You Sparkle....

Hey everyone!! I just got the new Edward Wild Sprout from The Greeting Farm and HAD to make something with him. He is so darn cute...how could I resist? Actually, I colored him yesterday, but I glittered the heck out of him and had to wait until today when I got out of work to actually make a card with him.

I colored him with Prismas/Gamsol and then I used xmas red Stickles on his sweater, broken china Distress Stickles on his shoes and a Quickie glue pen and Martha Stewart glitter on his hair. He REALLY sparkles. lol For the sentiment, I used a rub on and wrote over it with my Quickie glue pen and added MS glitter to that too.

For the background, I inked the 'indent' side of my Sizzix embossing folder with Versamark. Ran it through the Cuttlebug and then sprinkled glitter ep on it. It is hard to see in the scan, but the debossed areas are glittery and the raised design isn't. I LOVE doing this with embossing folders. Finally, I used the MS lace doily punch to do the two black strips and assembled the card. I used some glue on the end of the sentiment strip so it would hold the bend better. I added some rhinestones and Edward is pop dotted up on the card.

Well, tomorrow is a long day for me since I am working the drive thru, so I doubt I will be around much for the rest of the week. Have a great week/weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Copics....

Okay, I FINALLY got my Copics (still waiting for the blender and some other individual Copics...not a happy online shopper right now!!). Anyways, I was able to play a bit with them last week. I colored a couple of images and took a few minutes today to actually put them on cards.

Here are a few things I have learned:

• Copics are hard
• Copics take LOTS of practice
• I am much more comfortable with Prismas/Gamsol at this point
• Copics don't streak but properly blending to get dimension takes patience
• I will buy more Copics, but won't abandon my other coloring mediums
• I definitely need to buy a Memento black inkpad!
• I really like Copics! lol

Here are a couple of cards I made with the images I colored. No laughing allowed!!!

This one is for my nephew. His party is this weekend and I used his school colors.

This one uses the very first image I colored. This was a stamp that Wendy bought and I just love it. I had to stamp a BUNCH of them. lol It is a really quick and simple card, but I thought it was cute.

It's back to work for me tomorrow. I hope to get a few more cards made today and if I do, I will share them. Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #23

Hey Everyone! It's Monday and you know what that means.....TPE time!!!!! This week's challenge at The Pink Elephant is a color one.

Use Red, Light Blue and Dark Blue on your card/project!! Easy Peasy!

Here's my challenge card:

I used another one of those sweet Little Rascal images from I Brake For Stamps for my card. This little guy is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I embossed the back panel with the numbers collage folder and the strips are embossed with various folders to add texture. I finished it off with some white brads.

Be sure to stop by TPE this week to see what the other members of the dt did and don't forget to play along and enter the challenge too!!!

Have a great week!!!

Little Rascal

Miss me? I am sorry that I haven't been around lately. I have been CRAZY busy. I hope to catch up over the next few days since I don't go back to work until Wednesday......YAY!!!

I just had to play around a bit with this adorable image from I Brake For Stamps. These new Little Rascal images are sooooooooo cute!!! This little girl looks so darn sweet, but you can just tell that she is up to no good!! lol

Thanks for stopping by. Drop back tomorrow for my TPE challenge sample

and another Little Rascal card!!!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #21

Can you believe that we are on challenge 21 at The Pink Elephant???
We are having way too much fun and we would love to see you play along with us.

This week, our challenge is to use your favorite colors. How easy is that?!?!?! I love challenges that are no-brainers. lol

DRS Stamps is our sponsor this week....be sure to check out the awesome prize that one randomly drawn participant is going to win!! Not only were they generous with their prize, but they also sent each of the TPE designers an adorable image and sentiment stamp! So, a huge thanks goes out to DRS from all of us at The Pink Elephant!! Be sure to drop by and check out their stamps. They have a wide variety to choose from. And you Dustin Pike fans can get some super cute stamps that were created by him!!! That is what I used for my challenge card. I just love the jungle animals he drew for DRS!!!

I have to say that even though using YOUR OWN favorite colors is an easy challenge, I have way too many favorites!! I love all colors, so it was tough for me to decide. I have three favorite color combos that I like to use though: pink/green/brown, red/turqoise/white and turqoise/olive green/brown. I couldn't decide, so I looked through my PP and found the circle one that reminded me of the giraffe's spots and it happened to be one of my fav color combos!!!

Be sure to check out what all of the other TPE designers made using the DRS Stamps. And don't forget to play along. We'd love to have you.

Thanks again to DRS stamps for sponsoring our challenge this week and to all of you who take the time to stop by and show me some love :)

Artistic Outpost - Weathervane

Hi everyone! It's Saturday and that means I get tomorrow off! YAY!!

I tried to share this card on Wednesday, but blogger was hating me!! I got a few things to upload, but this card just would not cooperate. So, I figured that rather than get angry with the computer, I would try again another day. Well, today is the first day that things are working right on blogger for me. I have no idea what the issue was, but it is fixed now.

I made this card using the Home plate from Artistic Outpost.

I think this is probably one of my favorite plates. I seem to use it alot. I also LOVE this weathervane image. The quote is wonderful and so true!! I added some white accents to the stamped image with Prismacolor pencils. I just love how they look on kraft cardstock!!!

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Follow Your Dreams

One more thing for me to share today...

I wanted to play around with this adorable image from Fred She Said. I tried to color her with Twinkling H2Os, but I had her printed on my matte image paper. Next time, I will be sure to print her on white cardstock or watercolor paper. The paint didn't blend like it should on this paper. But, I still thought she was cute and I wanted to make something with her. So, I made a quick little ATC. I put the butterfly on foam tape, stamped the sentiment (PSX) and did some doodling around the edges and for the flight path. Pretty simple...

I have another card to share, but blogger hates me today and is giving me fits about uploading. Fingers crossed, I will be able to do the next post!!! Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Wednesday!!

Hey everyone!! I had a day off today and decided I needed to have some playtime!! It has been too long since I came in here and created anything. I got these super cute Shy Bear stamps from I Brake For Stamps and just HAD to ink a couple up!! Aren't they sweet?? I didn't make anything overly elaborate with them, but I sure did have fun coloring them!!

There are a ton of these little Shy Bear images. I do believe there is one for every occassion. Be sure to check back soon for even more examples and head over to I Brake For Stamps and get your own!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful rest of the week!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #20

Holy Cow!! Where has the time gone?? It seems like just yesterday, we were starting up a fun challenge blog and trying to come up with names, etc. Now...we are already on challenge TWENTY?!?! Yep, that's right, we are starting this week at challenge #20 and it is a great using one of Carol Houghton's fantastic sketches. Thanks so much Carol!!!

AND

this challenge is sponsored by Unity Stamps!! They generously supplied each one of us with a stamp set to use for this challenge and are donating a gift certificate to one lucky, randomly drawn participant!! I can't tell you how much we appreciate our sponsors and all that they do for us!! So thank you to Unity Stamps!!!

Here is my card for this challenge:

I just adore this hot air balloon set!!! I had so much fun paper piecing it to give it a quilted look! I am a bit upset that the sentiment looks so funny. I have NO idea why it looks so pixelated and blurry. It didn't look like that when I resized and added my watermark. I don't have time to retake the photo now, so just image that nice and crisp. lol!!!

I have to be honest and tell you all that I originally worked so hard with this stamp set and made a super cute birthday card....only to realize....that it was a sketch challenge! lol I guess I got in a zone, started working and forgot about what the actual challenge was!! So, I have a second card that I would like to share with all of you. I love this card!!! I am soooooo glad that I checked my worklist before sending Lori my card for this challenge though! Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten one done using the sketch!!!

I am off to work for this whole week because another person is on vacation so I have to fill in. I will love the paycheck, but am not enjoying the idea of working everyday!! lol I am such a wimp!!! Hope you all have a WONDERFUL week. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Reminisce...

Quick post today.

Have lots of art to create today and then its back to my other job tomorrow.

I just love this car from I Brake For Stamps. Looking at it now, I should have made this card into a Father's Day one. I guess I need to make another now. I know my dh would love it for Father's Day! The car and the compass thingie (can't remember the correct name for it now lol) are both from IBFS. The car is stamped and embossed and then colored with Distress Inks. I did the 'reminisce' with a traditional label maker and a strip of cardstock, rather than the tape that you normally use with it. Then, I lightly rubbed white ink over the raised letters to make them pop. The photo corners are done by inking with Versamark and then embossing with Distress EP in Vintage Photo. I thought it really makes them look rusty to match the key.

Thanks so much to all of you who stop by, take the time to comment and follow my blog. You have no idea how much it means to me to know you enjoy my creations!!