A little Birdie told me....

Happy Sunday to you thanks for stopping by!  It is time for a new challenge at CMC challenges and this time it is all about birthdays.

The lucky winner of this challenge will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to spend anyway they want!  We are celebrating birthdays because it was a very special young lady's 18th birthday on Friday the 25th.  Happy Birthday Alexa!

 

I have used this cute little Saturated Canary image called "Canary Love" I just love her little ragamuffin style!

 



My image is colored with copics, the focal image is on cryogen white and the DP's are from my stash!  This card is done completely from things I had on hand, I am really trying to be good and use lots of the things I have.  The sentiment is from LOTV. 

 

Skin: E50,51 and R11

Reds: R22,35 46

Blues: B91,93,95,97

Hair: C5,7 and V25

Grays: C00,1,2,3,

shoes: E42,44

 

I dabbed the markers on the shoes to give the effect of suede.  I thought the distressed edges just was the perfect little touch for this card.

 

Challenges:

Little Claire's Designs - lots of layers

Sister Act - #54 anything goes

Party Time Tuesday - #169 anything goes

Simply Create Too - #60 Stack it up

 

That's it for me today have a great day!

Hugs,

 









Engine #25....All Aboard

TGIF...not sure what it is but I sure like it when Friday is here, even if I have to work tomorrow!  Hope everyone had a great week, mine was a good one productive in many areas.  I had the day off yesterday so I thought I would work on some Christmas cards.  I first saw this image awhile back colored by the very talented Jennifer Dove.  She is such an inspiration to me and this is one of the images she will be using at her upcoming card class which I cannot attend so I thought I would just give it a try on my own.

 

This image "Engine 25" is by Stampendous.  I have stamped the image twice and cut out the train scene and raised the outer layer. The edges are distressed with walnut stain.  My image is colored with copics.  The DP is "so this is Christmas" by Carta Bella.  I have a little stickles to the holly berries for a little bling.  This is one of the coolest stamps I have seen in awhile. 

 

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge- extra Nov.

Crafty Little Fairies - Christmas in Nov.

Christmas Card Challenges - #49 dimension

Created with Love Challenges -#65 reds and greens

CMC Challenge Group - wintry, cold

The Artistic Stamper - Christmas

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,





A White Winter Wonderland

Only 12 days till Christmas......are ready?  I am just need to do all the wrapping now.  I am sitting here enjoying a very cold wet winter day in Arizona....and it is suppose to stay that way for the next week !
We are in the last challenge of the year at CMC Challenge group this time it is all about

 ** HOLIDAY JOY--in Golds. Creams & Whites**

Show your holiday joy with sparkling colors of GOLD, CREAM & WHITE!

(yes you can use some other colors like hair/skin/etc but the majority of colors should be Gold, Cream &  Whites)

 For this Challenge we have LOTS OF PRIZES!!

AND A WAY TO DONATE TO A WONDERFUL CHARITY!!

WHAT YOU CAN WIN:

-1 person will win a NEW Provocraft CRICUT MINI machine

-1 person will win a NEW KINDLE E-READER

-1 person will win a $50 Gift Cert. to SCACD

-1 person will win a $25 Gift Cert. to the Paper Temptress

-1 person will win 5 digis from Tiffany Doodles and a $15 Gift Cert to 7 Kids College Fund and a Gilli Gift Bag

HOW TO PLAY:

4 different ways to enter

-Enter up to (2) TWO projects into the link system below by Jan. 5th

-Enter (1) one project into the BookEndz Challenge

-Donate a $3-5 donation to the Charity below for 1 entry

-Donate anything over $10 to the Charity and get 2 entries

OUR CHARITY:

Reading is Fundamental is the charity I have chosen to sponsor this season.  As you all know I am an avid reader and it amongst my very favorite things to do in my spare time.  I truly believe that literacy and reading opens up many doors in life for everyone.  Not only can you find joy in books but it opens your eyes to other cultures, places and people that is so worthwhile.  And just the fact that a huge part of life involves being able to read--to get through school, get a great job and navigate through life.  For me teaching children to read early on in life is a MUST yet so many children are not provided with the basic materials to learn to read.  So this charity is a non-profit that provides books to children and opportunities to bring literacy into areas that need it!

Click here to donate, but we would really love it if you would come and join us with a beautiful holiday card.

I knew what I was going to do as soon as Suzanne told us the challenge....

 

 My card is done with "Snowy with a snowflake" and the pine trees both are stamps from Magnolia-licious, I also used the fence doo-hickey die.  I used the snowflakes embossing folder and then went over it with Antique Linen distress ink.  The big gold snowflake under the sentiment is a "Whimsy die"  I have added stickles to the trees and the snowflake for bling.

Here is a side view of my card.

Challenges:

Just Magnolia - I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Papertake Weekly - I'm dreaming of a ......Christmas 

Totally Tilda - White on White 

Raise the Bar - #86 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 
Simply Magnolia - Christmas challenge 

Thanks for coming by today !  I wish each of you a very blessed Christmas season.

Hugs♥

Tilda is blowing love your way ♥

 

A very happy Sunday to you all, hope you are having a good end to your weekend!  I can’t believe that the month of July is over with already where does the time go?  I have been on vacation this past week and really got to relax and enjoy myself getting caught up on some coloring and doing some reading.  Hey if you like to read stop on by the CMC group site and check out the new “BookEndz” group we are reading a great book called “Snowflower and the Secret Fan”

So drop on by and join in the fun…

I have had this image colored for a long time it is actually from my beginning days of coloring and was just waiting for the perfect reason to make her into a card.  I can tell you that she is colored with the RV’s with stickles added to her for accent.  She is one of my favorite images called “Tilda blowing hearts” and you can get the mini version of her at Magnolia-licious.

The DP is “Express yourself creatively”.  I have used walnut stain and antique linen DI’s to give the vintage look.  I used RV95 to tip the roses to match Tilda’s dress. 

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday – sketch #175

Craft us Crazy – anything goes

Copic Creations – pastels

Thanks for stopping by that’s it for me !

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,