He Is Risen!

 A glorious sun beckons,

Revealing a wondrous vision -

As we all praise Him in adoration

And hold a magnificent celebration

for He Is Risen!

This is the verse that I made up for an Easter card using Sherry West's image. It is a very touching, heartfelt image. Come and join her Facebook page, Sherry West Art Coloring and Crafts, and you might be able to nab the image free! I used copic markers to color the image, Icicles Stickles for some of the sun rays, a white gel pen for some highlights, and a gold gel pen on the flower. I used a Fish Embossing Folder from Divinity Designs on the background cardstock and sanded it slightly so you could see the fish better.

Take a close look at the image, there are so many wonderful things in it - a sun, cross, snail, lady bug, singing bird, butterfly, duck, bunny, and egg - all coming together to praise Him!

I hope you have a Happy Blessed Easter!

Butterfly Baby

 My nephew, his wife and their 4 year old son are getting ready for the arrival of a baby girl! Everyone is very excited to have a baby in our family again. I used an image by Krista Leigh Smith called Butterfly Baby. Unfortunately, this image is no longer available. It is a very sweet image that can be used for either a boy or girl.

I paper-pieced the baby's jammies and used copic markers to color the rest of the image. I used a gold gel pen to color the dots on the baby's wings. I had some Precious Moments stickers that I added to the card front and a small butterfly from another artist, all on foam dots. I kept my card really simple, not much on the embellishments, as I wanted the image to be the star of the show. The image is also popped up on foam dots.

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R02, RV21

Lips RV55, RV52

Eyes B66, B63, B60, V12

Hair E40, E41, E43

Wings R81, RV32, RV34, R56, R59, white gel pen, gold gel pen

Ground W00, W1, W3, W5, V04, V12, B60

I hope you enjoy my card! Have a wonderful day!

Easter Special Delivery

Do you send Easter cards? I always do to my nieces, nephews and grandchildren. Sherry West has some wonderful Easter images that you can use for cards. And there are MORE images in addition to the ones I used! If you prefer rubber stamps, Stamp Addicts has those available for some of these images!

I actually used two images and merged them to create a funny scene on my first card. The main image is the Easter Basket and the other image is of four not-quite-hatched eggs. I isolated each of those eggs and spread them around the Easter Basket. I colored the scene with copic markers. I used a white gel pen for highlights on all of my cards. The egg paper around the basket image is digital paper that I had on my computer. I also added my sentiment before printing so all I had to do after coloring was mat it, add the little extras and I was done! The next eight images were diecut and placed on a diecut egg card - FUN! That dancing chickie just cracks me up! Well, actually all of the chickens crack me up! And the Easter Bunnies are so adorable, very furry! I made the first bunny egg card using gold foil cardstock. The same copic colors were used throughout each image, just refer to the color choice in a previous image if you are curious.

Chicken E43, E44, E07, E47

Beak E99, E97, E95, E93, Y23

Comb R59, R56, RV34, RV32, R81

Eggs E41, E43, E44, Y02

Basket B69, B66, B63, B60

Bow V99, V28, V04, V12

Ground E44, E43, E41, E07, E15, Y02, Colorless Blender

Fur E29, E27, E25, E23, E21; W7, W5, W3, W1

Ears RV21, R20, E00

Egg E43, Y19, Y15, Y11

Ribbon V28, V04, V12

Ready to work on some Easter cards? Get goin'!

I hope you have a blessed Easter!

Some Bunny Loves You

 With plenty of time to make something for Valentine's Day, Sherry West Art has released some really cute, endearing images for you! This one is called Some Bunny Loves You and you can contact Sherry West through her Facebook page, Sherry West Art Coloring and Crafts, to purchase it or any of her other wonderful images.  I colored the image with copic markers, used a white gel pen for some highlights and a blue glitter gel pen for a few highlights. I  used a beaded ribbon trim for my main embellishment along with some different printed cardstock for interest. Take a look and let me know what you think!

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

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Wings Y11, RV21, B00, YG03, RV14, blue glitter gel pen

Gown RV19, RV17, RV14, RV21

Bunny BV000, BV02

Butterflies B26, B24, B00, white gel pen, blue glitter gel pen

Flowers E08, RV14, RV21

Grass G28, G05, YG03, white gel pen

She really looks so sweet cuddling that bunny! Take a few minutes and check out the other images Sherry has, not only for Valentine's Day but ALL of her images!

Have a wonderful day!

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!