Pansy Sprite

I really tried to stretch my coloring on this super cute image, Pansy Sprite, from Mitzi Sato-Wiuff on her Aurora Wings Blog. She offered the Pansy Sprite free while her challenge was on-going. Unfortunately, I could not color it during the challenge as I was off traveling. But the more I looked at it, and pictures of pansies online, I thought I could use it for my Mother's Day card. So, I used a picture of a pansy I found and tried to color the image as close as I could. I hope you like my card!

Face and Arms E00, Y11, Y15, Y17, YR04, YR07, FYG1

Greens YG03, YG63, YG67, G99

Purples on Flowers E00, V0000, BV00, BV02, BV13, V04

I did use some very pretty flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and diecut using my Cameo.

Have a great day and thank you for looking!

Butterfly Princess

I keep pushing myself to try new things and the messier they are, the more fun! I needed a card for my SIL's birthday, so I chose one of Heather Valentin's Lacy Sunshine images called Butterfly Princess. She is so pretty, and I so wanted her to be perfect. Then, because she is sitting, I didn't want just a plain floor or something under her, so I made a background using one of the techniques from Alyce Keegan's website, Kit and Clowder. If you are looking to learn to color images with markers or pencils, this is the place to go - she even has a couple of FREE classes to get you started! So, here is my card using the beautiful Butterfly Princess and the Copic marker colors I used to color her.

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

Hair V93, B99, V04, C1

Dress RV63, RV66, RV69, RV21

Wings BG11, BG70, BG72, BG75

Yellow on Wings Y11, Y15, Y17, YR04

Wink of Stella Gold on necklace and armband

Background Y11, Y15, Y17, YR04, RV21

Have a great day!

Kissed By An Angel

I found the cutest image for an Anniversary card, Kissed By An Angel by Conie Fong. It is so cute! My nephew's anniversary is this month, so I thought I would use this image. It turned out so cute that I think I'll use it for all my Anniversary cards this year (4!). I coloring the image with Copic markers and used Distress Ink to give a little shading for the sky. I know I used A LOT of colors for my tree branch, but I have to tell you, using a little of each gives you an amazing wood grain. Try them!

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

Dress R81, R83, R85, R89

Overalls B12, B24, B28, B29, B99

Shirt BV00, BV02, BV13, BV08

Her Hair E23, E25, E27, E29

His Hair E53, E55, E57, E59

Branch E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, R24, B32, YG13, W1

I have entered this into Conie Fong's April Facebook Challenge USE A RIBBON.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hummingbird n Morning Glory Flowers

Well this month's Progressive Freebie Challenge at Outlawz Challenges offered a pretty digi with a hummingbird. The digi is an image by Createful Heart, if you want to pick it up for yourself. So I thought I would try blending some colors a little bit. Then I thought I would try cutting it out with my Cameo. Whew! I set a HUGE challenge out for myself on this! But I actually finished it ahead of the end of the month, so WooHoo! Here is the card I finished and the Copic colors I used.

Leaves YG06, YG09, G28

Flowers BV00, BV02, BV08, BV13;

White spaces of the Flowers BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV01

Hummingbird V01, V05, V06; B91, B93, B95, B37; YG03, YG17, YG67

Beak/Feet E51, E23, E25, E08

Thank you for looking!

Friend Flower Doodle

This month's Progressive Freebie Challenge at Outlawz uses the Friend Flower Doodle from Bugaboo Stamps. I printed the image on watercolor paper, made it a tag and did a wash using the Twinkling H2O Golden Opal. Then I painted the image using some of the other Twinkling H2O colors, did a final wash with a sparkle glitter spray (only I lightly painted it on). I haven't really learned to use the Twinkling H2Os in different ways, but they are so pretty and I love to paint small images with them. I put my tag on a card and added a few sequins. I hope you enjoy it!

Hockey Player

Well, our family has a little hockey player who is turning 6 in a few days, so I found the perfect image for his birthday card: Hockey Player by KennyK Stamps. My grandnephew's favorite color is red, so I made the shirt red and the contrasting color on the card is red (the mat background and the image's background layer). I've been wanting to try the starburst background and thought this image was perfect for it. I cut paper to 5 inches by 1.5 inches, then cut diagonally. I then glued them on a 5 by 5 inch square. Then on the back I measured for my card front and cut it on my paper trimmer. The starburst wasn't as hard as I thought it might be!

I colored him with Copic markers:

Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04

Hair and Eyes E31, E33, E35, E57

Red R32, R35, R37, R39

Black W1, W3, W5, W7

Stick Y11, Y15, Y17

I also used Wink of Stella Silver for the ice skates and trim on his hat. I hope you enjoy my card!

Aloha!

Butterfly Kisses

This month the Outlawz Challenges Progressive Freebie was a beautiful image by All Dressed Up called Butterfly Kisses Girl. I decided to try both paper piecing and a shaker card on this one. I paper pieced her dress and purse and colored the rest with Copic markers as follows: Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, RV21; Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29; Hat & Scarf BV00, BV02, BV13, BV08; Butterfly BV00, BV02, BV13, R81, R83, R85, R89. I added the Happy Birthday sentiment behind the shaker and trailed the sequins on the card. I've decided to use the card for our granddaughter's birthday.