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!

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!

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!