Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Christmas Girl With Tree

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have HAPPY plans for the New Year! I've just finished the cute image from LeeAnn's World 101 called Christmas Girl With Tree. (Actually on LeeAnn's Etsy page the image is called Daisy.) It was the image for The Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie for December. I tried to keep my color scheme limited so I wouldn't have to carry around too many Copic markers. I added a little background and floor to the image, some Christmas embellishments to dress it up and colored a piece of cord green (with my Copic marker) to add to her hair. Then, the background paper is a little different - have you noticed in some of the Christmas cards you receive that the envelopes have liner paper?? Sometimes the liner is a large piece of pretty gold or silver paper. One of the gold ones was my matte paper. And then a pretty little bag that was used from a store where I bought a pair of socks is the damask gold/black background paper! Keep your eyes open for those things - lots of fun to re-purpose them! Here is the card I made:
Happy New Year to you and yours!

Monday, November 18, 2019

Come Here Often

I made my stepdad a birthday card using a super-cute image from Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations called Come Here Often. I drew in the floor to help make the scene look like an old-time ice cream/soda fountain diner. I printed an IU logo on the hat and shirt because that's his favorite basketball team (Indiana University). I used Copic markers to color the image, added three tiny red buttons and the Happy Birthday clip. The image is on foam squares to give it a little dimension. The message on the inside was along the lines of the Shake, Rattle and Roll theme, as I made up my own little rhyme. Many times I try to make up my own little poems or rhymes for my cards, it helps to make it that much more personal, I think! Here's a look at my card.
So get on up and do The Stroll and enjoy your day with some soul! Have a wonderful day!

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Moving House

Can someone tell me how to find more hours in the day, Please? Somehow my list of things to do grows faster than my list of things done - LOL! Anyway, this month's Progressive Freebie Challenge at The Outlawz features a cute image called Moving House by Hetty Clare Art. I used Copic markers to color it, then cut a grunge frame with my Silhouette Cameo. I added a little saying about moving day with flower and butterfly buttons (the shanks were cut off) and I'm finished! Take a look and let me know what you think!
Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E13, R05, R02
Clothes, items in wagon B16, B14, B12, YG03, G05, G28, R29, R24, R22
Key, wheels, bird, phonograph C05, C03, C01, C00
Hair E18, E15, E11
Grass YG03, G05, G28, white gel pen
Wagon E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, R24, B12, YG03, W1
I know, I know, that's a lot of pens for a little image, but you have to use them in small amounts. I hope you enjoy it!
Have a wonderfully colorful day!

Monday, October 21, 2019

Winnie Wednesday Bat Dog

Hi, Hi! I hope you've been able to get your Halloween cards (almost) finished! I had one more to complete with the freebie from Polkadoodles for the October Progressive Freebie Challenge at Outlawz Challenges. The image is called Winnie Wednesday Bat Dog and is perfect for a Halloween card! I used Copic markers to color the image; G28, G05, YG03 (clothing, dog costume); Y11, Y15, Y38, E35 (clothing); E23, E25, E27, E29 (hair, shoes, dog); E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20 (skin); N3 (for the ground) and a little touch of B16 on the dog's costume to darken it. I used some twine to make bows for her hair and glued googly eyes on the tombstone sticker skull. And to complete the image I printed my sentiment on the side. Take a look and see what you think!
Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Friday, October 4, 2019

Halloween Cards

I'm trying to stay ahead of cards that I need to make. For Halloween, I make 9 cards! 7 boy cards and 3 girl cards were needed. I made three cards like the one in my last post, Lorie's Mocha, for the girls. For the boys, I used Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations stamp, Frankie's Pet Bat, and kept the layout of the card the same. I did add some small stickers to the cards that I picked up at Walmart. I also decided to add some Apple Sour Nuvo Glow Drops on their eyes, the brew and fingernails. Here are the cards and the copic markers I used are listed below. And don't forget to check out Kit and Clowder for awesome coloring classes - there are even some free classes to get you started!

The copic markers I used are:
Skin E0000, E71, E70, G82 (only in shading areas)
Frankie's Hair and Shoes C9, C7, C5, C3 (YG01 on shoe highlights)
Frankie's Jacket, Lorie's Dress, Shoes, Bow BV08, BV13, BV11, YG01
Frankie's Shirt, Lorie's Hair G29, YG67, YG25, YG01
Frankie's Pants E79, E77, E74, E71, E70, YG01

Beware of things that go BUMP in the night - During the day I don't believe in ghosts, but at night I'm a little more open-minded!
Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Lorie's Mocha

Can you believe two posts practically back-to-back??? Me either - lol! This one is kind of a three-in-one: 1) the Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie for this month 2) the Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch and 3) a Halloween card for my granddaughter!!! How great is that, to get a three-for-one! The image for this month's Progressive Freebie challenge at the Outlawz Challenges is actually 4 images and like 18 different sentiments you can use with it, all from Imagine That Digistamps! The image is Lorie's Mocha For All Seasons, however I decided to make her a little more ghoulish, ha ha ha! I used the Copic BV08, BV13, BV11 markers for her dress, bow and shoes; YG and G markers for her hair, E70, E71, E000 for her skin. I then used the YG03 for the green highlights among the BV markers. Oh, and I added a sentiment on her cup and a spider sticker (in place of the cherry). I made a couple of eyeballs from circles, copics and googly eyes and put those on top of spider web washi tape and orange/black twine. I cut the oval from some old Halloween paper I had and colored it with the YG01 copic marker. Take a look - so much FUN!!
Hope you get some fun ideas for your Halloween cards!
Have a Spooktacular Weekend!

Friday, September 20, 2019

Yorkshire Terrier

Well, ALOHA! I know, I know, it has been over a month since my last post, but there have been SO many things going on. I've been working on another lauhala hat (pictures when it's finished!), my husband and I went to some WCS dance workshops in Arizona and another card (today's post!). I've been wanting to color this image for my sister's birthday card, as she used to have Yorkies. But, I was also afraid I would mess it up because it requires those small, tiny flicks with a copic marker and I have not mastered those yet - they come out in all different sizes, usually tooooo big. But, my sister's birthday is getting pretty close, so I HAD to bite the bullet and start coloring. This image was from Kit and Clowder's February 2019 monthly pencils class, so the first thing I had to do was convert the pencil colors she used to copic marker colors. Then I carefully watched her videos (yes, the pencil coloring videos) and kept the picture of her coloring next to mine as I slowly got started. I finally finished and put the card together, and I can say that I am pretty happy with it! My sister's favorite colors are blue and green, so I tried to keep that color scheme going. Take a look and let me know what you think!
I didn't use too many embellishments; three sequins which I filled with stickles and a double-sided ribbon that I hand-sewed a stitch and gathered and then made a double bow with the rest of the ribbon.
Have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Stars and Back

This month in the Outlawz Challenges group our Progressive Freebie Challenge image was from All Dressed Up, called Stars and Back. It is a super-cute image you could use for any loved one, or even to say Thank You to someone! I colored the image with copic markers, diecut a stars background with my Silhouette Cameo and added five very small bling stars here and there. I used a bronze metallic pen to color in the "love" and a white gel pen to place a small white highlight on the moon (on her pants). I tried to make the sky a little like outer space with some sweeping colors - take a look below!
This evening, take the time, stop and look at the stars, remember someone special and count your blessings for having known them.

Monday, July 29, 2019

Cutting The Rug

Have I mentioned that my husband and I do ballroom dancing? We have for about 27 years and have met some very nice people throughout that time! About 3 years ago a very unusual thing happened - a single guy started coming to one of our dance groups. You may wonder why that is unusual, but I gotta tell you, it is very common for women to come, single, unaccompanied women. In fact, we always have more women than men, and the men are very busy - lol! If a man attends a dance class, he is usually there because his partner asked him to come. So this single, never-before-knew-how-to-dance, guy starts coming to dance class. He learned to dance, met a super-nice gal from our class and they really hit it off! So much so that they just got married!!! We are all So Happy for the two of them!

So, I used a Mo's Digital Pencil image called Cutting the Rug for their card - it was just perfect! I colored the image with copic markers and paper-pieced their clothing. I cut out the image using my Silhouette Cameo along with a diecut for the lattice background. The paper behind the lattice is the same paper I used for her dress. I used a light gray copic marker to add some shading to both of their clothing. Instead of coloring the flowers in her hair I added a couple of small flowers and little sheer ribbon streamers with stickles added on the ends. I then placed some pearl hearts for accents on the lattice diecut. Congratulations to our friends, we hope they are very happy!
I am entering my card in the "Anything Mo Goes - Optional Theme: "Christmas" challenge #281.
I hope you have a wonderful day and Dance Like No One's Watching!

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Shellabrate Your Anniversary

Well, one more anniversary card with this super-cute couple from Tiddly Inks. They were a freebie a few months ago and I decided to use them for the three anniversary cards I had to make. I colored them with copic markers, but forgot to write down the colors (I am so sorry!). I added small dots on them with a white gel pen. The sun is a paper clip and I added shell buttons, beads and a strip of burlap ribbon. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut and write on the cloud and the rainbow is a little sticker. I hope you enjoy my card!
Shellabrate and enjoy every day!

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Coloring Sophie

This month our image for the Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie came from Little Blue Button and is called Coloring Sophie. It's a very cute image that can be used for many different occasions. I've used copic markers to color it and then used the Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge layout to make my card. So many times I get stuck on how to put a card together, so the Sketch Challenges really help with great ideas! The copic markers I used were minimal, the W's for the kitty, V17, 15, 12 for the yarn ball, E29, 27, 25, 23 for her hair and shoes, E30's for the chair seat, C's for the chair legs, Y's and YR23 for the table and E21 andC1 for the floor. I hope you enjoy my card.
Have a lovely day!

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Fin-tastic Anniversary

Wow - has your summer been as hot as ours? We are having late August temperatures right now and it's crazy! My niece's anniversary card practically made itself with the summer heat we're having right now. For this card I used the mermaid couple from Tiddly Inks that was offered a couple of months ago (April) as a freebie on her blog. I colored them with copic markers, added some white gel pen highlights all over their tails and then fussy-cut them out. The paper on the card is some scrapbooking paper - one that had a sun and the other had shells all over it. I placed a piece of burlap ribbon where the two papers met and added some plastic shell buttons (I cut off the shanks) and a couple of beads. Then I printed a shell with some text on top saying, "Have a Fin-tastic Anniversary!" I attached this shell with a small piece of shimmery elastic as if it is hanging from the sky. I hope my niece and her husband enjoy the card! Have a look:
I hope you have a Fin-tastic day!

Monday, June 17, 2019

Nadia

For the month of June, The Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie Challenge image is from M Medel Illustraions and is called Nadia. It's a simple yet elegant image that has so many possibilities and great for working on your coloring skills - eyes, hair, skin. I did not find Nadia in M Medel's Etsy shop, but there are many other images available! I used Square Frame Fancy from Mo's Digital Pencil to frame Nadia. The frame comes in both black and white and pre-colored versions, both available with one purchase - very versatile! I used the pre-colored version for my card. I colored the image with copic markers and used a small jewel flower for a necklace, drawn in with a gold metallic pen. I placed a jewel dragonfly at the top and used green velvet ribbon for embellishment. The layout is from the Wednesday Sketch Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges, too! You should check out The Outlawz Challenges - they have a different challenge for each day of the week, some are two weeks or a month long and there are PRIZES! We have great sponsors at The Outlawz Challenges! The card I made this month is for a friend who just entered hospice care. I hope it gives her a bit of a lift as she goes through this difficult time.
Enjoy your lovely June day!

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Bye Bye

I have to admit that I had a BLAST creating this birthday card for my nephew! He's turning 18 and is off to Ball State University, the same university from where I, one of my sisters and my brother (his dad) graduated. It took me a couple of days to work out the details for the look of my card, and then there's all the measuring and positioning. I used an image from Mo's Digital Pencil called bye bye (b). I colored the image with Copic markers and added little touches of a silver gel pen to the white handle streamers and the gray metal of the tricycle and car backpack. I also added little touches of a red glitter pen to the red handle streamers and the tricycle. On the backpack I put "BSU HERE I COME" and covered the little window with Glossy Accents. In the window of the card I put a couple of pictures of the BSU campus and printed the BSU logo several times on the outside paper. I then cut a little path using a gold paper I had and placed the tricyle on it as if he is pedaling his way to school! I can't wait to hear what he thinks of his birthday card!!! Let me know what you think, too!
I am entering my card in Mo's Digital Challenge this month, "Anything "Mo" Goes...with an optional theme of "For the Boys/Guys!"
I hope you have a wonderful June!

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Papale Lauhala

So, "Papale Lauhala" translates to Lauhala Hat. Lauhala is the leaf from the pandanus tree.Once dried and softened it can be stripped to the width you wish to use and weave it to make many different items. The leaves also dry in various shades, depending upon the tree. Some are more white and can go to a deep red and even a chocolate brown. For the last 20 years I have been attending the Ka Ulu Lauhala O Kona conference in Kona, Hawaii. It is a lauhala weaving conference that takes place in May with many different classes and levels, depending on your skills and interests. This year I made a lauhala hat with an overlay, that is, placing a different fiber on top of the lauhala, to enhance a pattern. The pattern I used/learned is a switch-back. The fibers I used are black banana, white bamboo, and bamboo leaf. The bamboo leaf came from another participant at the conference who harvested it in Japan. She weaves bamboo in Japan and brought the dried leaf to share with others to use. The conference was so much fun - seeing friends I've made over the years, making new ones, learning new things! Here is the hat I made - I placed a shell necklace around the brim to decorate it.
I've been talking with a friend about her making a lei hulu (feather lei) for the brim. I'm excited to see what she will design, as she makes beautiful feather leis!
I hope you have a wonderful day!

Monday, May 20, 2019

Feed The Birds

Masculine cards are always the hardest for me to make. With Father's Day coming up I was struggling with what kind of card to make for my stepdad. Then I saw a card on one of my FB groups (Bella and Bronte's Clubhouse) and fell in love with the possibilities of these images.
The images are a combination of Little Birdies and Feed The Birds, both from Mo's Digital Pencil. Really, the image could be used for masculine or female, boy or girl, and lots of different sentiments could go with it. And she carries many images that can be used for masculine cards, so go take a look!
My mom and stepdad LOVE to keep birdseed out, year-round, with a bird book at hand to help them identify all the different kinds of birds they see. So, I thought this would make a great Father's Day card. My stepdad loves the color blue, so I used my favorite blue combo in copic markers for the coat and birds, B99, B28, B24, B32. I used some yellow copic markers for the rest of the birds, Y28, YR23, Y15, Y23, Y11. The boots did not turn out quite like I planned - I wanted a brown/yellow color, but I am still learning how to use those markers! I used some lovely greens for the scarf, G29, G07, YG03. For the ground I used E11, E13, E15, and E18. Then I wanted the birdseed to stand out, so I colored a sliver of my paper with the browns and yellow copics, cut it into tiny pieces, dampened them and then rolled them between my fingers to make tiny birdseed. I glued them on wherever there was birdseed on the picture, including in the palm of the mitten. Then, after it dried, I colored lightly on top of the birdseed with a white gel pen, then a yellow glitter gel pen. I know, a lot of work for some birdseed, but it was kind of fun to play with and added a little dimension/3D to my card! The sentiment I used is from the Little Birdies set. So, here is my card, let me know what you think!
I am going to enter this in the current Mo's Blog Challenge, "Anything Goes."
Remember - It's the little things that make a big difference! Have a wonderful day!

Thursday, May 16, 2019

French Lilac

I don't know about you, but I just love the smell of a lilac bush! I think they might be blooming around this time, but I am not sure, because we don't have them here in Hawaii (at least I haven't seen any). Lavender/purple is my mom's favorite color, so when I saw this beautiful French Lilac image from Power Poppy, I knew I wanted to make it into a card for my mom's birthday. Power Poppy has both clear and digital stamps, with awesome detail, and they come with beautiful sentiments! I colored it with copic markers, the V09, V06, V04, V01, V000 group for the flowers and used G28, G07, and YG03 for the leaves. I used just a couple of the E markers for the stem. I added a small sheer lilac ribbon around the stem - it was a really light color so I lightly went over it with my V04 marker to make it show up better against the background; and it allowed me to enter my card in Power Poppy's Blog Challenge!!! I used an RV000 marker to color the background of the image, except for the area of the sentiment. I used my Silhouette Cameo to diecut around the image and a lattice background and added a paper with lilacs on it behind the lattice diecut. I then added four little pearl hearts in each corner of the image. Take a look and let me know what you think!
Have a beautiful Spring day!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Flowers In Watering Can

There are SO MANY great digital stamps these days and many artists have a certain style that you can see throughout all of their images. However, Illustrations by T has a diverse group of images that can feed all your moods! I'll just let you click on the link and you can check out her line of images. For this post, I am using a free image that she offered those of us in her FB group, Flowers in Watering Can. She gave us fourteen different color swatches to choose from, and asked us to color up the image and enter it for a chance to win 2 of her images FREE! AWESOME! So here is my image, made into a card. I used the Citron Breeze color swatch. Take a look and enjoy!
Have a wonderful Spring Day!

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Valentine Derek

Maybe you've noticed in some of my previous posts that I participate in the Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie. It is a monthly challenge that involves an image sent to you every month - FREE! You have until the end of the month to use that image in a project. Many times I am working on it up until the last day of the month because, well, it has just been one of those months - lol! But this month I was able to finish my card early - YAY! And I really like the way it turned out, it was super-fun to put together. The image is Valentine Derek from Doctor Digi. But who said it has to be a Valentine-themed card??? I colored the image with copic markers; paper-pieced his tuxedo from some pineapple print paper and cut out 4 extra bowties to layer on top of his one bowtie just to give it some depth; printed my message on vellum and placed it behind a diecut photo frame; added a little bow I made from a shear ribbon to the candy box, and added a diecut hibiscus to go with the background paper. Take a look and let me know if it doesn't make you want to SMILE!
Doesn't this make you want to run out and get a box of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts? Have a great day!

Monday, May 6, 2019

Graduation Boy

Have you every heard of Saturated Canary? Years ago Krista Smith created these amazing images under her business name of Saturated Canary. Unfortunately, she closed that line, but has since opened a new line on Etsy! The image I used for my nephew's graduation card is from Krista's Saturated Canary line. My nephew's school colors and black and gold. I used copic markers (W's for the cap and gown, YR's and E's for the hair, Y's and E's for the shoes, B's for the jeans) to color the image and then used a sketch layout from The Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge. Every month I participate in the Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge. But I was having trouble deciding how to use all the graduation papers and embellishments I had so I turned to their Wednesday Sketch Challenge and gave it a try! It really helped!! Take a look at my card:
Have a Grand Day!

Friday, May 3, 2019

Thank You Tulip Block

I've been trying to get ahead on some cards lately. Sometimes I procrastinate and end up in a bind to get all of them done, and then I don't really have time to do some other crafts that I enjoy. So, here is an anniversary card I just finished for my sister and her husband. I used a Bugaboo Stamps image called Thank You Tulip Block. This week's Catch A Bug challenge is to use this photo as an inspiration:
Even though the original image says "Thank You" on it, I enlarged the image so I could just use the tulips and butterfly. I colored the image with spring colors: the tulips with some BG copic markers and then put dots on the petals with these same BG colors; the leaves with G's and YG's; the butterfly with RV's and BV's (for a pink and purple combo). Then I used a white gel pen to place more dots on the tulip petals. Lastly I made it into a shaker card. Did you know the one thing you need to remember when making a shaker card is to put the transparent piece down BEFORE you put the foam adhesive pieces on it? Well, I found out the hard way - so I carefully had to remove all the foam pieces, add the transparent piece with it's own double stick tape and then the foam pieces (two layers to make enough room for all the beads, glitter and sequins!). I diecut a little scallop frame for the window, covered a heart with deco-foil and then added my sentiment on a heart on top of that - Whew, done! Take a look and let me know what you think! And I have to mention the coloring classes from Kit and Clowder - they are awesome!
Have an amazing and colorful Spring!

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Hurricane Harvey

I used this image for one of my great-nephew's birthday card last December and thought I would use it again for another great-nephew's birthday card this year - lol! Two toddler boys in the family, 6 months apart - whew! The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called Hurricane Harvey (PERFECT for a toddler boy!) and it even comes with the sentiment. My great-nephew loves dinosaurs, too, which made this an even more perfect image for him - I added a diecut dinosaur and put a little googly eye on him. I used some lego paper I had on hand to cut out three little flags and diecut a couple of cars to add also. I used copic markers to color the image, including the wall behind the boy. I take the coloring classes from Kit and Clowder, so you learn something from every class that you can apply to other projects, which is wonderful! She even has a few free classes available for you to get started, so check it out! Here is my card:
I hope you enjoy my card! Have a Wild & Wonderful Day!

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Hydrangeas

Happy Easter! I hope everyone is having great weather for this holiday.
For my Mother's Day card this year I thought I would color the Hydrangeas from Kit and Clowder's Nature class. There are so many different types on flowers in the class and I am working my way through them, slowly - lol! I just love hydrangeas - growing up we called them "snowball flowers" or "snowball bushes" and mostly had the white ones. For Alyce's class she has you color them in different blues using copic markers and they are really pretty! I used a pretty ribbon in the back, mica chips on the table covering and added some stick-on letters with jewels. I just hope I have done them justice and that my mom likes her card.

Have a Blessed Happy Easter!

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

You Were Mer-Maid For Each Other

This month's challenge at Tiddly Inks is to use a FREE image she provided. I needed an anniversary card for my nephew and his wife, so this was perfect timing! I used copic markers to color the image, used some cute papers, embellishments and bubbles to hold my sentiment. I am still practicing on coloring hair - it is such a challenge - but those lessons at Kit and Clowder are just incredible! So, look for Tiddly Inks on Facebook and join this month's challenge! (Sorry for the flash glare on my picture.)
Have a great, mer-mazing day!

Monday, April 8, 2019

Cute & Sassy Big Eye Girl Sorry Sally

Happy Monday! This month the Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge featured an image by Oddball Art Co. called Cute & Sassy Big Eye Girl Sorry Sally. It's a super-cute image that I've decided to use for a friend that is going through a rough time with cancer. Although this image has text that goes with it, I chose to type my own inside one of the hearts that came with the image. I've colored her with copic markers using techniques learned from Kit and Clowder. Please check out the classes, they are great and there are several free ones to get you started with markers or pencils - of many different brands, just click on the Class Rooms tab. I added  some twine around the card, a little stick-on image of plumeria (frangipani) and some tiny flowers in her hair. Here is my card - I hope you enjoy it!
Have a great week!

Friday, April 5, 2019

Vintage Bicycle with Flower Basket

You know, if you belong to Kit and Clowder's monthly coloring classes, you'll receive a free class every month, too! For the month of February the free class was a Vintage Bicycle with a flower basket. It was so pretty! So I colored it up and decided to put it on a gravel path (which hid my coloring outside of the lines) with grass on the sides (learned from a previous Kit and Clowder monthly class) and now I have a birthday card! I added just a little bling strip to the bottom - I really like it and I hope you will too!

Have a great day and remember to sit still for a moment and enjoy the view!

Monday, April 1, 2019

Eggs

Do you struggle with backgrounds? I do! I have a stamp, I've colored it, maybe added a ground or floor or grass or something under it, but what do you do for the rest of the area??? Well, March's image for the Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge was Eggs, drawn by Sandra VanBlaricum. This cute image came with grass at the bottom, but I just couldn't decide what to do with the rest of the space. Then I read an article from Splitcoast Stampers about using washi tape for all sorts of things on your cards, including the background - VOILA! How cool is that?! So I colored my eggs and grass in bright colors with copic markers,cut them out and placed them on top of a background covered in 3 different washi tape that I alternated. Easy as can be! So, here is the final card:
So, next time you are struggling with a background, try washi tape!
Have a truly egg-stra special day!

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Ava from Di's Digis

This month's freebie for the Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge was Ava from Di's Digis. I had been working on a unicorn, trying to make the mane a rainbow, but one of my markers dropped a huge blob on it! What do you do?! I decided to make Ava a rainbow - from her hair down to her shoes. Ava is colored with Copic markers and the little letter was printed on my computer. I added a few sequins with the colorful paper. I hope you enjoy my card.
Have a colorful day!

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Bear Love

A perfect image for a Valentine's Day card or even an Anniversary Card is Bear Love by SheepSki Designs! And SheepSki Designs has so many images that can be used for lots of different occasions - please go check it out! Bear Love is such a cute image and super-easy to color so you could have a card ready in no time with this image. I used Copic markers to color the image and kept my layout pretty simple with some matching papers and a little piece of ribbon. I hope you enjoy my card!
I hope you have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Friday, January 4, 2019

Lucy Lou Princess on Ice

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Well 2018 sure flew by and I think 2019 won't be any different. One of my nieces has a birthday in January so, many times I do a winter-ish image for her card. This year I colored Lucy Lou Princess on Ice from Sassy Cheryl's Illustrations. Her images of boys and girls are all so cute and useful for many different occasions. This image is actually one of three in a set, all for $4! And I think they are on sale for a very short time, so you should go and grab it today! I colored this with Copic markers (G's and BV's for the clothing), cut out with my Silhouette Cameo, used some confetti snowflakes and snowflake paper, gold stick-on gems and finished! I hope you enjoy my niece's birthday card!
Have a great year!