New Beginnings

Hi again!  Can you believe it?  I've managed to create another card and even found the time to sit at the computer and post it!  It was such a gorgeous Saturday!  Sunny and 80 - just perfect!  Hope it stays this way for the rest of the long weekend!

Here is the card I created:

My card base and mats are SU Baja Breeze and the patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up 6x6 pad.  The sweet image is New Beginnings from Elisabeth Bell for Sweet Pea Stamps.  I stamped her on Make it Colour Blending Card and colored her with my Copics.  I also colored in a sky and grass with my Copics.  I added a few highlights with my Sharpie White Paint Pen and Viva Decor Ice White Pearl Pen.   I used Spellbinders Lacey Circles and a Lacey Square Die for the background.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  Some lace and a few Wild Orchid Crafts flowers finished my card.

Here is a close-up of the image:

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #207 (sketch)
One Sweet Challenge May (Spring colors)
Elisabeth Bell's World May/June Challenge (new beginnings)
Elphine House Challenge #44 (diecuts and lots of layers)
No Matter Which Challenge #9 (things with wings)
Polka Doodles #21 (to die for)
Card Makin' Mamas #70 (rubber stamps)
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge ( photo inspiration)
Crafts and Me Challenge #134 (lots of layers)

Here is SSW-207:

And the PCJ photo inspiration:

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Be Yourself

Good morning!  Happy Saturday!  I hope your long weekend is off to a great start!  It's a beautiful day here and I'm looking forward to getting outside to enjoy some of it!  Before I do, I am here to share a card I made for a couple of challenges I enjoy doing when I can find the time.

Here is my card:

My card base and mats are SU Wild Wasabi and the patterned papers are from the GCD Studios Happiness by Kathy Davis 6x6 pad.  The image is Nevaeh from Saturated Canary.  You can find her in Krista's shop here.  I printed her on Make it Colour Blending Card and colored her with my Copics.   I added a few highlights with my Sharpie White Paint Pen and Viva Decor Ice White Pearl Pen.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  I thought it was perfect for this purple-haired beauty!   A few pearls in the corners finished my card.

Here is a close up of the image:

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11

Hair and purple on outfit: BV000, BV02, BV08

Green: G40, G43, G46

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Saturated Canary Challenge #44 (different hair)
The Squirrel and The Fox #44 (here come the girls)
The Corrosive Challenge #174 (my sentiments exactly; sentiment on front)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day and see you soon!

Copic/ProMarker Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Happy Friday!  The weekend is nearly here and for those in the US, it's Memorial Day weekend with an extra day off!  Hope you've had a good week and you have fun plans for the weekend! I've got a lot going on today, so I'll make my post brief.  I am here to share my DT card for this week's Copic/ProMarker Challenge at The Outlawz site.  The theme this week is "one layer cards".  We want to see images colored on the card base or no more than one layer above the card base.  Don't forget that there must be coloring with alcohol markers (any brand).

Here is my card:

This was a really hard challenge for me!  As you know, I love my patterned papers and layers and I rarely go the CAS route with my cards.  The image and sentiment are from the Write, Paint, Create set by 2 Cute Ink for Whimsy Stamps.  Heidi, from 2 Cute Ink, is sponsoring our challenges for the month of May.  I stamped the image and sentiment directly on the card base of XPress-It Card and colored the image with my Copics. I added some Fruit Punch Stickles to the pool of paint and tip of the paintbrush for a little sparkle.  That is it!  Clean and simple - lol!

Here is a close-up of the image:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Copic/ProMarker Challenge and check out the fantastic CAS creations from the rest of the DT!  They do this style far better than me, as you will see!  We hope you will play along!  As I mentioned, our May challenges are being sponsored by 2 Cute Ink.  One randomly-selected participant in this month's challenges will win three digistamps of their choice from Heidi's 2 Cute Ink store.  There are also lots of site-wide prizes up for grabs when you enter the challenges at The Outlawz!

I am entering my card in the following challenge:
Sentimental Sundays #155 (clean and simple with a sentiment on front)

Have a great day and weekend and see you soon!

Little Miss Muffet - New Release and Blog Hop

Good morning!  Happy Thursday! Hope you've had a good week!  It's time for my Little Miss Muffet post! We have something very exciting going on this week!  We've got a very special new release for you!  Jodie, from Bugaboo Stamps, has designed some exclusive Sunbonnet Rubber Stamps for Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  How cool is that?  Wait until you see these adorable new stamps!  And in addition to that, Little Miss Muffet Stamps is releasing a fantastic new metal die called "Birds on a Wire"!  You are going to love it! You can see everything from the new release in the What's New section of the Little Miss Muffet store.  There are a bunch of Special Offers going on for this new release where you can get free stamps with your order, so be sure to check out the details on the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog!

To celebrate this special new release, the Little Misses have joined up with the Bugaboo Stamps DT for a fun blog hop!  There will be lots of inspiring projects with the new stamps and a fabulous prizes to be won by hopping along and leaving comments along the way.  The prize winners will be randomly-selected from all the comments, so the more comments you leave, the better your chances of winning!

The blog hop will close at 8 PM, Central Time on Sunday May 26.  If at any time you get lost, the entire blog list can be found on the Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog.

You should have arrived here from Becky's blog.

Here is my card for the hop:

My card base and mats are SU Riding Hood Red and the patterned papers are from the Nikki Sivils It's Raining, It's Pouring collection.  The adorable image is Fancy Sunbonnet Umbrella from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I printed her on Make it Colour Blending Card and colored her with my Copics.  I added some sky and grass, also with my Copics.  I added some Glossy Accents to the puddle and raindrops and a few polka dots with my Sharpie White Paint Pen. The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  I finished my card with the Birds on a Wire diecut that was just released.

Here is a close-up of the image:

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of the hop and be sure to leave comments for everyone so you have a chance to win the fantastic prizes that are up for grabs!

Your next stop is Cheryl's blog.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Sketch 'n' Stash #114 (sketch; I flipped the sketch to vertical.)
Through The Craftroom Door Challenge (anything goes)

Have a great day!

Style Is Eternal

Hello.  It's the end of the weekend and the first chance I've had to create anything new.  Sorry that I haven't visited either.  I am still trying to catch up when I can.  I am popping in quickly to share a card I made to preview a beautiful new set in Paulette's Create With TLC store.

Here is "Roman Fashion Vintage Collage":

And here is my creation using this set:

My card base and mats are SU Soft Sky and the patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Serenade 6x6 pad. I printed the vintage collage on X-Press It Card and colored it with my Copics.  The sentiment is also from Create With TLC.  It is from the Retail Therapy set in Paulette's store here.  Some vintage lace and a few mulberry paper roses from my stash finished my card.

Here is a close-up:

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to be catching up on my blogging tomorrow, so see you soon!