World's Best Dad

I know, I know, Father's Day has come and gone and I'm LATE! But life just got in the way this week, what can I say. Anyway, here we go! I used Dr. Digi's House of Stamps image World's Best Dad. I think it is difficult to find good images for masculine cards, but Dr. Digi's has some awesome images to use for the men in your life. They also have some great images for women. The original image says I love tea on the mug, but I put "coffee" in place of tea because my stepdad loves his coffee - he especially loves a McDonald's  frappe! I colored the image with Copic markers and heat embossed the sentiment tag under the image. I put Glossy Accents on his glasses and on the coffee cup. I saw a great diecut background with different sized circles on someone's card and thought maybe I could make that on my Silhouette Cameo 4. So, I worked on it over a couple of days to get it with just the right number of circles spaced apart - almost looks like swiss cheese - lol! Then came the paper under the diecut. I came across some gold-marbled paper I purchased at Joann's several months ago and thought it would look nice under the swiss cheese diecut - yay! With all those gold swirls, I decided not to add any other embellishments. My stepdad loved the card and thought it was the best one yet! I'm so glad he liked it! Take a look and let me know what you think!

Happy Aloha Friday and have a great weekend!

Pack Light

Good Afternoon! I did something a little different for my granddaughter's college graduation card. After her junior year she did an internship in Morocco and had planned on another internship this year in Tanzania (cancelled now due to the virus). In past years my husband and I had taken her and her brother on several trips abroad, so she has travelled quite a bit by now, and it is very clear to us that she loves to travel. The image I used for her graduation card is from Krista Smith, called Pack Light. I colored the image with Copic markers, as I continue to practice my lessons from Kit and Clowder. I used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to cut around the image and a slightly larger image for the matting. I also used my Silhouette Cameo to diecut the other images: globe, graduation cap, and airplane. This is the first time I have colored an image based on the paper I wanted to use rather than coloring an image first, in the favorite colors of the recipient, and then trying to find paper to match. I used a gold pen to make/color the tassel on the graduation cap and I popped up the main image on foam dots. I completely made up the verse on the inside using the phrase, "Oh the places you'll go." I know that is a Dr. Seuss book, but I only used that phrase and made up the rest to rhyme - I like to try to write little poems for the cards I make - lol! It makes them a little more personal when the recipient knows you wrote something just for them. Let me know what you think of my card!

I hope you have a wonderful week - ALOHA!

Pony Plait

This month at The Outlawz Challenges our Freebie Progressive Challenge image is from Hetty Clare Art and is called Pony Plait (and it is on sale right now!). I had some copic markers out for another image I am coloring, so I thought I would use them for this image, too. I was really pleased with how this turned out, so I decided to use it for a friend's birthday card instead of another image. Then, I looked at The Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge and thought I could use that as my layout for this image, too! So I printed a little sentiment and used it for one space. Then I used a little colorful and glittery paper scrap for the other space. I added a ribbon and made two little bows for the area below the image. I thought about adding Stickles, but decided I should stop here. Sometimes it is hard to know when to stop adding embellishments and things, and maybe I could add more, but I thought the image would speak louder here if I just left it alone. I did use my white gel pen to add a little bit of sparkle to the girl's purple underskirt. Take a look and let me know what you think about this colorful image and card!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Birthday Fairy

Fairies are so much fun to color - you can do anything you want with their hair, clothes, wings. My cousin in Las Vegas is having a shelter-in-place birthday party for her soon-to-be 8 year old granddaughter and asked friends and family to send birthday cards, so I thought I would use this cute Anniversary Fairy from The Greeting Farm. I used this same image in May for another birthday card. This time I used more purples and yellows from my copic markers. I also made her hair ombre with pink and purple on the ends with yellow in the middle. I added stickles on the stars in her hair, her wings and the flower wand. The background is a digital file from Raspberry Road. I also added three little sequins to the front. A super-cute fairy with lots of possibilities! Fun, Easy and Fast!

I hope you have a Fairy Nice Day!

Dogs In A Boat

Doesn't the time seem to just fly by? Three months ago when the whole shelter-in-place thing started, I thought time would just drag on and on. But, here we are three months later and I still don't have that one room cleaned up and organized! Of course I have been procrastinating a little on that project - lol! I have been able to keep up with my card-making, though, without having to scramble too much to make it in time for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. If you haven't found Mo's Digital Pencil yet, you really should check out her images. There are plenty of images for every sort of occasion you can imagine! I used her image, Dogs In A Boat, for a birthday card for a dear male friend. Instead of using the included sentiments, I decided to go with the theme "They say it's your birthday," from the Beatles song - it just seemed to fit and made me smile thinking that's what these dogs are singing. My friend is a dog-person, too, so I thought it was a great image to use for his card. I added a digital image of fireworks I had for the background and added stickles to light them up. I sponged Distress Ink, Broken China, for the water. I colored the dogs with Copic markers. I haven't mastered coloring fluffy fur with Copic markers yet, so I colored these cute guys using shading. I used lots of the E, N, C, and W Copics. I am entering this in Mo's Digital Pencil: Challenge #292 - Anything Goes (with a Mo Manning image).

I think this turned out to be a really fun card and I can't wait to hear from my friend after he opens it!

I hope you have a wonderful day!