Molly's Basket

Well, Happy New Year! I haven't really been in the mood to color or craft. This sheltering-in-place is getting old and kind of takes the wind out of your sails, if you know what I mean. But, I needed to get a birthday card finished for one of my nieces and I haven't made her a shaker card before, and I wanted to enter the Outlawz Challenges Crash Your Stash Challenge, so I got to work! I used a really cute image from Conie Fong called Molly's Basket of Love. It is really cute and can be used for many different occasions. The Outlawz Crash Your Stash Challenge is to use microbeads, so a shaker card was a perfect idea for my niece! I colored the image with copic markers and used a white gel pen for some of the highlights, and glitter gel pens for the flower centers. I kind of threw a little bit of everything into the shaker - sequins (round and heart shaped) in gold, blue and purple, small blue and purple hexagon-shaped large glitter, and blue and purple microbeads. The background behind the shaker is a blue/purple watercolor image I downloaded free from online and printed a Happy Birthday message in the center. I diecut the front on my Silhouette Cameo and put it all together. Unfortunately, I made the image a little large, so it covers part of the Happy Birthday message, so I popped up the image on foam circles. Here is my card.

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV21, R20

Hair YR14, E15, E07, E18, E19

Basket E25, E23, E21, Y15

Dress B28, B26, B23, B00

Purple V09, V06, V04, V00

Pink RV19, RV14, RV21

Leaves G28, G05, YG03

Leg warmers BV02, BV000, colorless blender

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope your New Year started off great!

Polly Paper Dolly

 I had completely forgotten that I used to love paper dolls when I was a little girl. What I loved most was to make my own clothes for them. I would draw around the doll on my paper to make sure it would fit correctly and then draw some pretty outfits and color them with my crayons. Well, Sherry West has made a digital version of a paper doll called Polly Paper Dolly. AND she even has some very pretty digital outfits for you to color in addition to making your own. The great thing about them being digital is you can make them as big or small as you want! Guaranteed hours of fun for a little girl, and perfect timing right before Christmas! I haven't yet had a chance to make my own clothing for Polly, but I did color up a few of Sherry's dresses and took some pictures. The other great thing about these being digital is that you can print multiple copies of one outfit and color it many different ways, and they will all look different! I colored all of mine with copic markers (love the coloring classes from Kit and Clowder!). I think Polly is so cute - have a look at my pictures!

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV02

Hair E33, Y26, E37, E18

Slip B0000, B00, B12, B24, B26

Pink RV17, RV13, RV04, RV00; RV95, RV93, RV91

Brown YR21, YR14, YR07, R08

Purple V06, V04, BV000; Trim RV95, RV93, RV91

Blue/Green BG75, BG53, BG10

Green BG57, G05, YG03

Scarf BV000, RV00, Colorless Blender

Wings B0000, BV000, RV00, Y11

Fun, don't you think? There are so many color choices for the clothing!

Come join our group on FB, Sherry West Art Coloring and Crafts for some fun inspiration, check out Sherry's Blog, or PM Sherry (on FB) to purchase her images!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kids

 Kids - what do you do with them? COLOR THEM! Or maybe color WITH them - lol! Sherry West has some really cute Kids images (I think her kids are cute, too). There are some new Kids and Elements images by Sherry that are being released by Stamp Addicts as clear stamps. You can tune into Hochanda TV today and Watch the show! If you can’t make it, watch the rewind at https://www.hochanda.com/cinema/745868. Sherry West Art designs for Stamp Addicts will be shown, along with lots of other great stamp designs and products! You can get the digital stamps as a complete set with elements or singles directly from Sherry at: SherryWestArt@gmail.com, or pm her by Facebook Messenger: Sherry West.

I have made a couple of cards and added my own sentiments. I colored everything with Copic markers - make sure you check out the Kit and Clowder coloring classes, they are awesome! I did use a white gel pen for some of the highlights on both cards. For the Girls card, one of the patterned papers is actually made of several papers cut in strips and then individually laid down at an angle. I used little heart embellishments from Honey Bee Stamps ( I LOVE their embellishments!). The butterfly embellishment is from Little B (they are a bit expensive, so I use them sparingly). The colored image is popped up on foam squares. For the Boy image, he is holding a kitty, so I also added a puppy from the Elements and then made up my own sentiment. I used an older Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge sketch to make the Boy card. I used a gold washi tape across the brown striped glitter paper. The other brown, designed paper is a pretty paper sack I had been saving to use on a card (1 never throw anything away!).

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV02

Hair Y21, YR23, E15, E18; and Y21, YR14, YR07, R08

Clothes RV19, RV17, RV14, RV02; G28, G05, YG03; B28, B24, B12, B000

Butterflies B28, B24, B12, B000; Y21, YR14, YR07, R08; W3, W1, W00

Grass G28, G05, YG03

Flowers Y21, E15, B000

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20

Hair Y21, YR23, E15

Clothes B28, B24, B12, B000; R27, R24, R22

Cat and Dog - I did not write these down, sorry!

Sorry, I did not write the colors down but they are a combination of all the colors used in the above two cards.

There you have it! There are lots of other images available, too! Stamps Addicts has clear stamps and Sherry has the digital versions, so we've got you covered!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Ellie With Kittens

Can you believe how fast November is going? I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week! This month's cute image for the Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie Challenge is from Paper Nest Dolls and is called Ellie with Kittens. This image could be used for just about any occasion, but since Christmas is right around the corner, I decided to go with a Christmas theme. I also used this month's Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge for the layout of my card - a twofer! I colored the image with copic markers (great coloring classes from Kit and Clowder!) and used a white gel pen for some highlights. The image was cut out with my Silhouette Cameo 4, and popped up with foam squares. I used a sequin and three embellishments from Honey Bee Stamps on the JOY tag and there is a large, very pretty red glitter Christmas tree behind the image. One of my sisters is a huge kitty fan (well, so am I!), so I might just send this to her. She's been very helpful and supportive to me when I've needed it. Let me know what you think!

Ok, now I'm off to start my Thanksgiving cards - lol! Have a great day!

Poppi Pokkadott's Christmas

 Well, Christmas is right around the corner, and, I don't know about you, but I am BEHIND on my Christmas cards! But, using these cute images from Sherry West, Poppi Pokkadott, I've been able to get a few gift card holders done. I colored the images with copic markers (check out those Kit and Clowder coloring classes!) and placed them on stocking gift card holders that I cut with my Silhouette Cameo 4. The top cuff of the stocking lifts up to reveal a gift card for the recipient! Since we'll be unable to have any family gatherings this year, my husband and I are giving a lot of monetary gifts for Christmas and these stockings are PERFECT! I used the poinsettia from the Elements images to add to the cuff of the stocking, too. I also used one of the images to make an ornament. I cut out four of the shapes, printed the image only on the front and back (I remembered to flip the image so it was reversed!), and, after coloring, I glued them all together. I had pre-glued the ribbon hanger between the first two shapes. I really love how she turned out! The images are available through several avenues: the artist directly, Sherry West on Facebook (digital images), Sherry West email (digital images), or Stamp Addicts (clear stamps), Hochanda TV Stamp Addicts (clear stamps) - CHOICES! Take a look at my creations!

Well, I better get started on the rest of my Christmas cards - lol!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Wryn Have Heart

For my husband's birthday card I used a Tiddly Inks image called Wryn Have Heart. She is so sweet and comes with all these cute little extras that I had fun placing around the main image. I used 3 digital papers for the background and the images layered just perfectly for me on them. I colored the images with copic markers. I added my own text inside the heart banner Wryn is holding. I colored a wooden heart button with a dark blue copic marker, embossed it with UTEE and then while it was still hot I added a little glitter embossing powder too. Then I tied a twine bow through the button holes and used Glossy Accents to glue it to the card. My sentiment at the top is printed on vellum. Take a look and let me know what you think!

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV02

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Yellow Y11, Y15, Y17, Y38, E35, E25

Blue B000, B12, B24, B26

Scissors W00, W1, W3

I hope you enjoy my card and have a wonderful day!

Red-y For Fall (& Christmas)

I previously blogged about a glorious image from Sherry West Called Mother Earth. Mother Earth is a Fall image. Well, Sherry also made this image with a Christmas look, and she is BEAUTIFUL! You can find this gorgeous image, and many more, on Sherry's Facebook page Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator. And both images are available together! I diecut the image with my Silhouette Cameo and used Copic markers to color the image (make sure you check out those Kit and Clowder coloring classes!). My card layout is from The Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I hand-wrote and gold embossed my sentiment on vellum and the gold strip on the diecut is a thin washi tape. I am really liking blue for a Christmas card and happened to have some blue Christmas paper on hand to go with my coloring. Take a look and let me know what you think about these colors for a Christmas card.

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV02

Hair E50, E33, E35, E37, RV69

Dress, Flower B00, B12, B24, B26, B28

Pinecones E50, E33, E35

Berries R20, R24, R39

Oak Leaves YG01, YG25, G94, G99

Holly Leaves YG03, G05, G28

Thin Leaves Y13, YG03, YG25, BG57

I also used The Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge for my layout.

I hope you made it through your Daylight Savings Time change with no loss of sleep - lol!

Have a wonderful day!