Crazy 4 Challenges #12

Woohoo!! Saturday is here and that means another fun challenge at Crazy4Challenges!

This week, our hostess with the mostest, Frances, has given us a sketch challenge.

I just LOVE sketches!!

Our sponsor for the month of November is Kraftin Kimmie!

I used the adorable Bernadette image from her line. Isn't she the sweetest?!?!

I colored her with Copics and added Marvy Puffy paint pen to her muff and tuft of hair. After they dried, I added Stickles to the muff just to make it more interesting. I added some gel pen accents and cut her out. I just LOVE her! I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper. The sentiment is a preinked stamp from JustRite Stampers and it is stamped on a labels trio Nestability. I stamped snowflakes with Versamark on the mauve background. Punched snowflakes with button centers finish off the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend! Be sure to drop by C4C to see what the other fabulous girls did this week!

New Releases coming soon!!

I'm excited to announce that I will have a new release of digis available at Squigglefly

on November 21st!! I created lots of holiday/winter and a few girly ones. I also had a request for some square sentiments and images, so there are a couple of those too!

Here is a peek at a couple of the digis that will be available for sale this Saturday:

This sweet snowman was printed twice. I colored the snowman with Copics and did his earmuff and dots on the scarf with a Marvy Puffy paint pen. Added Stickles to the edges of his face to give him that shimmery snow look. I cut out the uncolored one with my nesties, cut the snowman out and attached him the circle with foam tape. This was a quick way to get a perfect circle, but keep the scarf intact. The sentiment is pre-inked stamps from JustRite Stampers. I added glitter glue to the snowflake border. The pp is from K&Co and I used a Martha Stewart Border punch.

Here is one of the square images I have coming out. I just love this little girl bearing a gift!! In real life, the card is so much cuter. The colors of the pp (K&CO) don't show well in this photo. The Copic colors I used really are all in the paper. I used those wonderful Marvy Puffy paint pens on the brim and ball on her hat. Stickles on the dots on her hat and glove, the present and the snowflakes in the corners. The border punch is from Fiskars.

I hope you like this sneak peek and will drop in at Squigglefly on the 21st to see what other digis are available!

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

The Pink Elephant Challenge #41

Hey Pink Elephant fans! It's Monday and you all know what that means!

Another super fun challenge!

This week is a sketch challenge by our own Lori Boyd!!

Here is my interpretation:

I started with a round card like the sketch, but it drifted! lol You can still see the sketch though. I didn't like my little round card because it felt too heavy. I shouldn't have used such a large image...totally my fault. But, by adding it to a regular shaped card, I felt it balanced a whole lot more. I like having the white background and I felt that it still kept the integrity of the sketch.

I colored this sweet CCDesigns iimage with Copics and added white gel pen polka dots and accents. It is hard to see in the photo (bad light and had to take a straight on shot), but her bangs are popped up. I just stamped them a second time and cut them out and used foam tape to attach them. I used the Autumn Type embossing folder for the circle and the white background. I stamped the words using two different alpha stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Be sure to stop by TPE to see what the other designers created this week!

Crazy 4 Challenges #11

It's Saturday....Crazy4Challenges day!!

This week, we are challenging you to use acetate on your card. You can use it as the base of your card, part of your card of as an embellishment. What fun!! I don't have any card quality acetate (note to self: get some!), so I had to get creative!!!!

I had some Zsiage acetate letters and one sheet of printer transparency. I colored the letters with a sharpie marker (didn't have the right color in Copics) and then used Stickles over that. The "N" was the perfect seat for my sweet little CC Designs Christmas image. I LOVE these little kids!

I punched out snowflakes from transparency and patterned paper. Glued them together, offsetting the transparency and added glitter glue to the transparency snowflakes. Finally, I added pearls colored with Copics to the centers of each. When dry, I bent the transparency snowflake spokes up to add dimension. My image is colored with Prismas and Gamsol and the paper is yummy Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. I added Marvy Puffy Marker to the hat brim and ball for some dimension. It is hard to see in the photo, but the green layer is embossed with Quickutz snowflakes embossing folder. Here is sideview picture that shows the transparency snowflakes a bit better:

You can also see the embossed a bit from this angle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to drop by C4C to see what my fellow design teammates made this week!!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #39

It's Monday, which means another fun challenge from The Pink Elephant!

This week we are having a color challenge!

Use brown, yellow, neutral and a color of your choice. What fun! These colors definitely aren't in my comfort zone color wheel!!! lol

This is what I came up with:

This card was super fun to make. I colored one of my newly released digis with Copics. Then, I used a Marvy Puffy marker to color the marshmallows and then heated it to puff it. It is hard to see in the picture, but irl, it is super cute!!

I also hope that this yellow counts. It is yellow-like, right? I went through my patterned papers and couldn't find any that had brown, yellow and just one other color...so I figured this tan-yellow tone would be okay!

Obviously my 'other' color is pink.

Other big news...we have another new dt member at TPE! My bud, Vicki Garrett, is now on our team! You will love her work....she rocks!!!! So, please stop by TPE, check out the other designers' samples, join in on the challenge and don't forget to welcome Vicki to the crew. Also, welcome Hannah and Betty who joined the crew 2 weeks ago!!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful week!

Squigglefly debut....

The day has come. My new digis are available for sale HERE at Squigglefly!

I am still in shock that I am finally selling something I have created. Everything has happened so fast. I had a few days to create some images to sell and didn't even have time to make samples to show! So, I spent the afternoon making a few things to spark your creativity and maybe make you want these digis to use in your own creations!!

First, I used the snowman digi:

I colored him with Copics, cut out with Nestabilities and layered it on card with foam tape. The background is Cuttlebugged and inked with white ink. Pretty simple card.

Then, I used the Indian girl Thanksgiving image:

She is colored with Prismacolor pencils/Gamsol. I wanted to show that even though these images are round, you don't have to cut them in circle shapes. I think she looks very cute on a rectangle with the corners punched. I embossed the orange panel and white strip. Added buttons from Rusty Pickle and I have a quick and easy card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful week!

PS...stop by tomorrow to see my TPE challenge card, it uses another one of my newly released digis!

Halloween Pics

I thought I would share a couple of pictures of my girls all dressed up last night.

Shanyn is such a goofy girl. She found a nose that squeaked at the Halloween store and just HAD to be a clown this year. Funny part of the evening:

(driving in the car, halfway through the evening)

Me: Shanyn, what shoes did you wear tonight?

Shanyn: My clown shoes, what else?

Me: Those are shoe covers honey. What are you wearing under them?

Shanyn: um.....nothing, I thought they were regular shoes. No wonder it is so hard to walk!

I love her guts!

Here's a closeup that is quite boring. We had face paint, but it kept raining and she decided it would make a mess if she got it wet. Silly girl went to 90% of the houses forgetting to put her nose on too. It hung around her neck most of the night!

Then there is Shelby. She is entirely too cool to hang our with us on Halloween now. Makes me a bit sad....

She went to a friend's party last night and she totally made up her costume from mostly stuff on hand and bought a few accessories (eyelashes, tattoo).

She is wearing black boots too, but I didn't get a full body shot, I guess!! Oh and it is hard to see, but she DOES have shorts on under the shirt and on the pantyhose. lol They are black bicycle shorts, but they are there....she didn't go pantless as it appears. The shirt is actually a long shirt, almost like a short dress, but in this pic, you can't tell that. I didn't want you thinking I let my 13 1/2 yr old go out half naked!

Here's a shot of her face....

So, that's it for our Halloween. Nothing exciting....

But a couple of cute girls.

Crazy 4 Challenges #9

Happy Halloween!!!

It's time for another super fun challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges!

This week, our October hostess Vicki asked us to share Halloween creations of course!!

Well, I don't think it is any secret that I LOVE Halloween so I jump at any excuse to make something in that theme!

I decided to use this super cute Pink Cat Studios image. I think the frogs hanging on for dear life is hilarious!

I colored the image with Prismas and added highlights and polka dots with a fine paint pen. It is a pretty straightforward card. I obviously went with a polka dot theme throughout. lol

I made the sentiment using Teen font. Pink Cat Studios has tons of free digi sentiments to go with their digi images, but sadly, there were no Halloween ones.

Be sure to stop by C4C to see what the other super talented designers did this week. You won't be disappointed!!

Hope you all have a FABULOUSLY SPOOKY HALLOWEEN!

Lots of News!!!

First off, I must let you all know that my dear friend, Lori Boyd, has some INCREDIBLE new stamps out. I have been begging for ages to try to get some of her adorable drawings made into stamps. Actually, I think I asked her in one of our first email conversations! I fell in love with her sweet people and FINALLY it is a reality! Today, they were released. I spent all morning checking to see if they were out yet, then got too busy at work to check...but when I came home.....YAY!! They were available for me to start shopping. I am so excited for her. If you want to check our her SUPER sweet Lollipops----> click here

Now for my big news!!

A few weeks ago, I decided to share some Halloween digis for all of you. I thought maybe a few people would like them and maybe use them in their creations. I have been truly overwhelmed by the response they have gotten. I never imagined so many people leaving wonderful comments, following my blog and sharing creations using them. I thought they were cute, but never imagined they would be so well received. I had decided that I would maybe make some more in the future. Then, about a week ago, I was contacted by a lady asking me to contact her daughter who owned Squigglefly

I was so busy, I didn't have a chance to do so. Then, Ashley (the owner) contacted me a few days ago and asked if I would be interested in creating digis to sell at Squigglefly!!! I was shocked, stunned, amazed....well, you get the picture!! lol I am so honored that I was asked to do this. I first worried that I wouldn't have the time to dedicate to this. Lately, I find I have VERY little time for creating. But I asked for details and really had a good long think about it. I decided on Wednesday that I would love to give this a try and see if people would really like my drawings. I have some digis coming out on November 1st and I am very excited.

I still can't believe this is happening. I never thought that playing around on the computer for a couple of hours would end up being so rewarding!!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a creatively wonderful weekend!

Using my digis for what they were intended!

Okay, so I finally got around to doing the project that I made my round Halloween digis for!

I came across a site where someone had made small treat holders out of cardstock that looked like coffins.

Of course, I can't find them now to give credit, but I am sure if you did a search, you would come up with instructions. I just winged mine. I think that the tut I saw had an small holder inside that held the candy bar, but I just put a glue dot on the back of each one and stuck the candy to it. lol!! I am all about easy.

I also think that they used a small velcro dot to hold theirs closed, I preferred tying it shut with a small ribbon. I thought it added more interest. To make the coffins, I just cut 8.5" x 2.75" strips of gray cardstock and used my kewl tool (a textured sponge on stick type tool) to add speckles of black ink. I scored them at 4", 4.25"  and 4.5" and and folded. While flat, I cut the top corners off and then cut from the bottom fold up to the corners created on each side. I hope that makes sense. I really just eyeballed the shape and cut. Once cut, I inked the edges with black ink to add dimension. Added a Kit Kat bar to each one. Punched holes at the top and tied bows on each one to close.

I then resized my digis to 1.5" on the largest side. Notice that bat's circle is much smaller because his wings extend beyond it. I cut them out with the #2 (#1 is smallest) Petite Circle Nestie and cut out black scallops with the coordinating size of scalloped Nestie. I colored random parts of the digis with Copics and then added Stickles for interest (floor under cat, lines on bat wings, spider's eyelids, bubbles in cauldron, facial features of pumpkin, band on witch's hat).

I thought they came out quite cute and will be a nice little gift for me to hand out to my co-workers!

On a personal note: I am not sick today. It was wonderful to wake up feeling normal again. But, sadly, Shanyn is VERY sick. I stayed home with her today because I was not comfortable leaving her. She is feeling much better now though, so I think she will be well enough to go back to school tomorrow.

Have a great week!! Thanks for stopping by!