Summer Days !

Wow I can't believe I did 2 cards in two days.....you know I am enjoying my days off ! This little card is made from a kit that I got from a swap on SCS...thanks Lena I love it ! This was just perfect for the challenge given by Suzanne Dean to create a summer themed card, the images must be colored with Copics and color at least one embellishment with Copics.
My embellishment colored with Copics is the wooden stir stick that Edwin is standing on I colored it using E33.
The images used are Surf Edwin #136, and the Pier Fence #615 both of these images are in stock and you can get them here from Diana.
I have followed the sketch at Papertake Weekly sketch #41. I am also entering at Magnolia Stamp Lovers challenge #11 where they want Summer.
Over at Quixotic they want to see embossing in any form so I have liquid embossed Edwin's hair, his surfboard, the life raft and the water.
At Challenge up your life they want us to recycling...I used a coffee stir stick for Edwin to stand on.
Just Magnolia #57 is Hot n Spicy = Summer for me especially here in AZ !
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Great Outdoors
The Corrosive Challenge is clean and simple

The raffia for the bow and the sentiment are from my stash.
Copics used for this card E00, 0000, 11, 30, 39, 51, 53, 55, YG21, 23, 67, YR16, C1, 3 and 5.
I used cat eye chalk inks to give the light blue tint to the sky.
Well that is it for me, I hope you all have a very safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.
Hugs,

For a Gorjuss Girl

Hi happy Thursday to you...are you all getting ready for the long weekend? The weather here in AZ has just been beautiful. Last night was a very special night for me as I watched my oldest DGD walk in her 8th grade promotion.....holy cow where has the time went she is just growing up so fast. I am so proud of her she is a determined young lady with lots of goals for her future....she wants to be a doctor ! I made this little card for her and she is very specific that she does not like lots of fluff, ribbon etc. on the things I make her :) so this is what I came up with for her.

I am entering this card over at Cute Card Thursday where they want - No DP
At Creative Inspirations they want - Distressed
Stampin' Sisters in Christ wants - distressing
Sew Many Challenges where anything goes !
Crafts and Me want distressing
My images is sitting Sugar Nellie and I just love these little stamps, she is embossed. The copics I used are E000, E00 for the skin, R20 for her cheeks, RV02,04,06 for her dress, RV02, 04 for her stockings with stickles added for bling and the flower in her hair is RV06 with stickles, her hair Y21,YR24, E35.

I cut the word "celebrate" with my wishblade and then colored it with the copics to match. I have distressed all the edges and then inked them Memories Direct Ink Duo Daubers. I ran the white card stock through the cuttlebug using swiss dots folder. The flower and the ribbon are from my stash. Thanks for coming by, your comments are very special to me.

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Magnolia-licious !

Hi and thanks for coming by today, TGIF are you ready for the weekend? I am working this weekend so no big plans happening here :) Magnolia-licious is celebrating its 2nd birthday so they have lots of fun planned so for this week they wanted an explosion box. I was going to enter this in the little contest on the birthday blog as it said "have it posted by Friday the 21st" but is seems the link is gone ummmmmm wonder what is up there...oh well we will see what the powers to be do ! Oh goodie see how sweet the powers to be are they fixed the link ! Love ya oodles MOD SQUAD :)
I had so much fun putting mine together as it is for a very special little Princess in my life......my youngest DGD who will be 5 the first week of June and this will fit right in to the new decor of her princess room ! I have used the castle stone window with Longing Tilda on one side, you can get these from Diana here on the other side I used Prince Phillip the frog and then I used the crown and put it on him so it looked like as he shrunk to frog status his crown stayed prince size.
I added some liquid embossing to his eyes for depth and also the crown rest on them. I decided to keep the outside of the box pretty simple as it will be shown open on her shelf. I am not sure what I am going to put on the lid so I will finish that later this week LOL !

On the inside I have used Princess Tilda (thanks Lorianna) I just love her I think she is my all time favorite Tilda, I have used the mini fairy Tilda and the butterfly from the Fairytale collection. I used little acetate arches to make them airborne.


The DP is Amplified jukebox collection. The little flowers are from the wedding section of Hobby Lobby, the doilies from a dollar bin somewhere, and the greenery are MS branch punch. The border on the box lid is cut on my wishblade, it kinda reminded me of a crown then I ran it through the cuttle bug for some texture and put a light coat of lavender chalk on it. The birthday sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michaels. All the images are colored with copics.
Other challenges
By the cute and girly - Celebrations
Sweet Stampin challenge - something for someone special
The ABC challenge U for unsed stash, first time using stamps inside the box and the castle wall stamp.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my little labor of love here.
Have a great day !
Hugs,

I am so proud of you !

Thank you all for the nice comments about my card and for all of the congratulations to my son. I have to say this day has been full of emotion for me, as I have seen how hard my son has worked. The things he has had to miss out on because he had school work to do, and a family crisis which tore the very core of our family and yet he persevered. Now it is on to Anesthesia school and a Masters Degree !
Have a great Mother's Day !
Hugs,

Congrats on your degree !

Happy Friday to you all, hope you are having a fantastic day ! I have had a wonderful day off getting pampered with a pedicure and manicure and getting some things done I wanted to do. It is a really special weekend for me because tomorrow I will be watching my son Phillip walk with the University of Phoenix graduating class of 2010 with his Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I am so proud of him ..... Congrats to you Phillip ! Way to go....
Well this little card is for him and it is the first little Edwin I have ever done, he is #152 heart breaker Edwin from the "Raising the ceiling collection" and you can get him here from Diana. I love his little wings cause I have always called my boys my angels. I have followed the sketch at Magnolia-licious Highlites. The DP's are TPC studio, Class act Thoreau's quote. The little cap and diploma are stickers from Jolee's. Copics used B34, B41, E000, E00, E02, E30, E33, E39, C00, C1, C3, C5 and R20. I took a piece of jeans and put some colorless bender on it and dabbed it on his pants to give them a jean look. I added some stickles to his wings for bling. The sentiment in computer generated font is LD Walt, and I had wrote on the diploma.

The inside of the card says " Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.....by Henry David Thoreau.
I am entering this card in the following,
Cute Card Thursday....challenge 111 Boyz to Men
Stmapin' for the Weekend... a card for a male.

Thanks for coming by and sharing in my special moment !
Hugs,

Froggy gift ! MMSC51

Well the weekend is coming to an end, hope you had a nice one...ours has been really windy here. I tell you I fell like I have been going in circles non stop, I have been working to much here lately however hopefully that will all change after this week as I have hired a new person. Ok on to my little card ! This little image just makes me smile, I love the frog, the backwards hat(how both of my boys wore them when they were little.... the youngest one(28) still does and those feet are just to much. I have followed the sketch over at Midnight Madness MMSC51. This card is really out of the norm for me as most of my coloring is of Tilda and girly type cards, but this is a special little card that is going to a very special little boy, my grandson Ricky IV that lives in Florida who is 6 and I miss so much.

The name of my image is called "Froggy gift" by High Hopes you can get him at 7 Kids College Fund he seems to be out of stock at the moment.....I was lucky enough to have a friend send me a couple, thanks Lena !

I have colored my image with copics R22, 24,27,29 32
E00,11,30,31,33,39
B32,34 & YG21, 23 and C1
Sakura Gelly roll white use for highlight dots.
Frame and border were cut on my wishblade.
I inked the outer edge of the card with deep blue cat eye inks.
DP's were scraps from my stash and buttons are stash too !

Well that is it for me this weekend thanks for coming by, and find some time to color it is good for the mind :)

Hugs,

Don't shoot me...kiss me I'm a Prince !

Hi and thanks for coming by I hope you are having a nice weekend, we are here the weather is just beautiful so that always makes for a good day in my book. Diana at Magnolia-licious is always thinking of fun things for us to do, so her latest challenge to us was, to create a card using "Right through my Heart" image. I had my little image already colored, and could not think of a thing to do with her....well lo and behold I woke up with this idea in my head and put it right into action. I have used the Oak tree stamp which I cut the branches off the right side and placed them over some hard to cut out areas in the center and on the left. The little dragon fly and frog prince are from the new spring collection and can be pre-ordered from Diana as well. I made my card a frame card for the depth. I have added some embroidery floss for the twine on the bow and made an arrow from a tooth pick, colored it with copics and the little feathers on the arrow are just hand drawn and cut. I added some gold stickles to the little frogs crown ! The background is a graphic I used from some images that I have from PC crafter, called "Earthscapes". I am hoping to get the air brush system soon. I hope you like my little take on this challenge it was lots of fun to put together.

I am going to enter this at Papertake Weekly where they want something different from the norm.
A Spoon full of Sugar they want something 3D.
Have a great rest of the weekend and try to find some time to color it is good for the mind and soul.
Hugs,