There is Sunshine in my soul!

Happy Saturday to you all hope you had a great week!  It has been a busy one for me with work.  Are you all getting ready for football to get under way?  We have our first pre-season game this evening so that is where I will be as I work for the Cardinals during the season it is always lots of fun and excitement at the game. 
Today I am sharing this sweet little "Sunflower Sprite" from Aurora Wings.  If you have not stopped by Mitzi's shop you are really missing out she has the most amazing images. In fact if you would like to play along Mitzi is giving this little cutie as a freebie on the challenge blog, so what are you waiting for!

I have use papers from Adornit the sunflower splendor collection.  The sketch used is from Sketch N Stash.   I forgot to list the copics used sorry.

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to get creative today, it is good for your soul!

Challenges:
Sketch N Stash - #144
Aurora Wings - #5 sprite delight
Papertake Weekly - 8-5 anything goes
Art by Miran - #12 anything goes
The house that stamps built - DCC730 sparkle, glitter or bling
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #47 anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - #189 anything goes

That's it for me
Hugs,

Find happiness in the little things

Happy Hump Day!  It's time for another challenge at Creative Moments, this week we have a sketch challenge for you.  We are being sponsored by A&T Emerald home of the Emerald Faeries!  The are adorable if you have not checked them out you are missing out.

 

I have used the little cutie called "Pip"  I think she is just so cute catching the drops from her leaf. I flipped the sketch. Here is a side view so you can see how she is popped up for depth.

 

and the sketch

 

 

My DP's are Bo Bunny "Primrose collection" the sentiment is from Whimsy.  She is colored with copics.

Copics used:
Skin - E50, 51 R20
Pinks -  R00, R11
Greens - G00, G21, G24
Leaf - YG03, YG25, G28
Hair - C1, C3, C5, C7
Water - BG70, BG72, RV34

I hope you will come by and join in our challenge I would love to see your creations.  Have a great rest of your week.  Find some time to get creative it is good for your soul!

Challenges entered:
Emerald Faeries - #57
Inky Impressions - #170 anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - #188 anything goes
Paper Shelter - summer anything goes

Hugs,

A little Present for you!

Happy Thursday to you all.  Are you almost done with all your shopping for the Christmas season?  Just 20 days left let the hustle and bustle begin.
I made this card for the Make it Crafty's  sketch challenge for the Facebook group, and their coloring with Red and Green and adding texture at the Make it Colorful challenge blog.  You can get this adorable image for only a dollar if you are member of the facebook group. Her name is Emo Willow Gift and you can find her at Make it Crafty stamps.  I am also entering into the DT call for Make It Crafty, so wish me luck there is lots of talent in that group!

 

The Make it Colorful challenge was to use the colors red and green and add texture.  I used the copic blending solution and a old terry rag to texture the green of the present, I added stickles to her leggings and glossy accents to the rubber of her sneakers.  Here is a little closer picture so you can see the detail.

 

 

Challenges:

 

Pile it on - P is for Presents

Challenges 4 Everybody - #34 anything goes

Jellypark - Christmas

Party Time Tuesday - Christmas

Crafty Ribbons - spots or stripes

Hiding in my Craftroom - #126 free style anything goes

 



Thanks for stopping by have a great day!

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♥

Sittin Pretty

Hi there happy Sunday everyone I hope you have had a great weekend...I had an amazing weekend !  I have spent the whole weekend with Suzanne Dean and some great friends it just does not get better than that...if you see that Suzanne is coming to your area do yourself a favor and take her classes you will have lots of fun and she is a wealth of knowledge, and a real sweet lady !  Speaking of Suzanne and her classes we have a new challenge going on at the CMC Copic Challenge Group and this time it is all about "Metallics" Color an image that has something metallic in it! Make it steel, tin, gold, copper, etc! If you don't have an image with metal in it, than make clothing or accessory images metallic! Come on over join in the fun !

I have used a little bucket that I got from my Sis...thanks so much ♥  I  have perched Tilda with Big ribbon up on it you can find her at at 7 kids college fund.   Tilda is colored with copics, her dress is done in R24, 27, 29...the bucket is C1,2,3,5 and 7.  Skin is E00, 000 and I forgot the hair #'s sorry.  I have added stardust stickles to her bow, socks and lace also the little flowers on the bucket.  My papers are digital from Aimee Asher...the artist is Bette Duganitz her "Denim and Scarlett" collection.  The scalloped oval is cut from my wishblade.  I have cut the bucket out and popped it up for deminsion.  Buttons, flowers, ribbons and charms all from my stash.  I used the sketch from Wild Orchid Challenge blog.  Here is a side view.



Just one last picture to share for today

this is Gail, Tab (7kids college fund) Suzanne and myself.....thanks for coming by hope you have a great week and find some time to color....it is good for your soul !
Hugs♥

Take time to smell the flowers !

Hi there and a happy Friday to you !  I hope you have had a good week, I can't complain life is good here.  Do you all have any plans for the weekend...I will be watching my youngest DGD play basketball Sat. morning, hanging out with my son and his family all day and then we are all going to dinner that evening for Valentine's day. 

Well on to the reason you are here my card....yep we are still using up the inventory on hand.  This week we are bringing on the layers, my card has 7 not including the card base. I have followed the sketch at Midnight Madness  MMSC#90.  Over at the CMC Copic Challenge group, our challenge was to color something with flowers and use different techniques and or color schemes.  I have used the feathering technique for the flowers and have added stickles to the center.  My DP's were a gift from my Sis they are DCWV "Once upon a Time" mat stack.  The solids are DCWV also.
If you have a minute please stop by my team mates Christina, Danielle, Rene, Sandy and our newest member Jean, I am sure they have some beautiful creations to show.

Additional challenges:
Craft us Crazy - Anything goes
Squigglefly - Circles...the center of the flowers :)

That's it for me today...have a great weekend !
Hugs♥

Cookin' up some Love !

Hi there... It's Friday, time for another use up the inventory challenge #16.  This weeks theme is "Hey good lookin, whatcha got cookin",  I figured this little kit that I had from a swap fit right in perfectly.  This is "Baking Tilda" and I don't see her in stock right now but I am sure if you email Diana at Magnolia-licious she will see what she can do.  I have used the  Swirl Doohickey cutting die that you can get at Magnolia-licious also....I have to say I am really please at how well this cut.  I have used Bazzill for my mat, the heart print paper is from Nitwits.  The cooking paper and the brown backing are from my kit so I have no idea what they are...except cute !  Tilda is colored with copics, with stardust stickles added to her socks, wings, cookies and hair ribbon.  I have shaded her with Distress Ink.  The little sentiment is from LOTV. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I would like to invite you to stop by Christina's, Danielle's, Rene's and our newest member Sandy and see what magic they have worked for this challenge.  Hope you have a great Firday and a fantastic weekend !

Challenges :
Midnight Madness - sketch MMSC #88
Wild Orchid Crafts - Lets get sentimental
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Valentine
Pile it On - #4 Love is in the Air
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Love theme
Do you stack up? - Patterned Paper

That's it for me today !
Hugs♥

You put the SUN in Sunflower

Happy Monday and a beautiful one it is here in AZ......upper 60's and sunny what more could you ask for in January.  I have a couple of much needed days off I tell you it is just go go go around here, sometimes I wonder how I have time to work ! I had my little pup fixed this past Friday so I have been keeping a close eye on him so we have been in the craft room a good majority of the day.  Tomorrow afternoon it is DGD's basketball game clear on the other side of town.

For my card today I have followed the sketch at Just Magnolia by Donalda.  My image is Tilda holding an Sunflower, and a little bee that is also from Magnolia, I don't see them in stock right now at Magnolia-licious but I am sure if you contact Diana she can help you out.  Have you checked out the new Mini Maggies they are just adorable.  At Magnolia-licious Highlites they wanted us to do a recipe challenge:*4 Flowers*3 types of patterned paper *2 Magnolia images (any image by Magnolia qualifies/ ie. accessory, background, tilda/edwin, animal, sentiment, etc.)*1 Ribbon.  My background papers are from Nitwits. The corners are the 3rd part of the papers as well as the 4 flowers and are from Laurie Furnell.  Sentiment is computer generated.  At the Magnolia-licious Challeng blog, Cabio has given us a color challenge to use green and orange.  And last but by no means least at 7kids College Fund they wanted us to challenge ourself...I challenged myself to color in the grass something I have never done and need more work on :)  My images are colored with copics.  I have added glossy accents to her shoes, and stickles throughout for bling,  The sunflower and bee have fun flock on them for depth.  The sky was done with chalk.  Lace is from my stash.
Thanks for coming by hope you have a great evening !
Hugs♥

Inventory Challenge #13

TGIF oh my goodness are you ready for this weekend?  I am so ready for this week to be done.  My card today is really using up the inventory I have on hand....I have had this image colored since I don't know when and thought I may as well use her in a card.  She is a Sarah Kay image...I believe her name is "Zoe gazing at the butterfly" she is just so relaxed and peaceful looking. You can pick her up from Tab @ 7 kids college fund. This week Chirstina wanted us to use 4 flowers, 2 ribbons and 4 different patterned layers.  Be sure to stop by Christina's, and  Danielle's  blog to see the awesome creations they are come up with.  Rene may be back with us this week.   My papers are from My minds Eye, the bella bella collection.  I have colored my image with copics.  I have stickles to her flowers in the basket and the little butterfly, her hair ribbon and hat ribbon have glossy accents for the silk shine !  I used my Nestabilities labels 4 to cut her out.  Ribbon, lace and charm are from my stash.   Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The little sentiment came from Create with TLC where my good friend Sharron is a new member on the DT !  Congrats Sis I am so happy for you ♥
Here is a side view so you can see the depth.

I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers but did not get this posted in time.
Challenges :
7 kids college fund - hot or cold this reminds me of a nice summer day
Cute Card Thursday - Out with the old...use up your old things.
Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by !
Hugs♥

Snowy says "Merry Christmas"

It's Friday can you believe that it is here already.... I tell you the days are just flying by, it is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is next Thursday.  I have been working hard on getting my Christmas cards done, and using up all those pieces laying around or the things I have on hand...a few of us are on a mission not to buy anything new until summer, now that does not include ink, paper to stamp on etc.  I had this little image colored and was trying to decide what to do with her...Snowy is a girl today :) and I knew I wanted to do a mostly white card.  I was looking at the challenge blogs I say this cute sketch on Cute Card Thursday and one of the DT gals Annie had use the embossed snowflake folder on hers so I thought oh my that is perfect for my little Snowy, so here is my take on the sketch.  My image is stamped on Cryogen white cardstock, colored with copics.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.  Snowys ear muffs have fun flock on them and her bells have glossy accents. Her little coat edge is done in puff paint.  Be sure to stop by and see what Christina and Danielle and Rene  have made in their quest to use up their inventory.

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - #139 sketch
Magnolia-licious challenge blog - pink and yellow
ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for Christmas

Have a great day thanks for stopping by.
Hugs♥

Holiday Wishes to you !

Good Friday morning, thanks for stopping by. This is week 5 in our "Use up your inventory challenge" where this week we are using scraps and pieces. I rec'd this cute little hAnglar image in a mingle card...thanks Lone I love her. She is stamped on X-Press It Copic paper and I have to tell you this is my new favorite paper even over Cryogen White. This cardstock is a dream to color on and you can get this paper from Diana at Magnolia-licous. The DP are from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 pad. I have machine stitched all layer except the image. Ribbon, buttons, snowflake metal holiday brad are all from my stash. Senitment stamp is a Studio G little clear stamp. My image is colored with copics. I have added "Polar White" flower soft to her scarf and "Diamond: stickles to her wings. I have followed the sketch from this past week at Friday Sketcher's. 

Be sure to stop over at Christina's , Danielle's and see the beautiful cards they have made and possibly Rene if she has joined in again this week.

Challenges: 

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #129 Snow/Snowflakes

The ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes

Enjoy your weekend...I will be baking with my youngest DGD there is nothing more precious than spending time with her.

Hugs♥

Do you know who's birthday it is ?

Yippe TGIF and it is an extra special Friday for me as we are celebrating my DGD's 15th birthday......yikes where does the time go, holy cow seems like just yesterday she was this cute little daddy's girl standing on the love seat waiting to see his car pull in from work and she would holler "D D D" and he would come in and say "A" as her name is Alyssa.
 ♥ Happy Birthday Princess you will always be my special angel ♥

This little card is just to appropriate for her. This is a Mo's Digital image "Dani and Friends" and Alyssa's best friends name is Dani and this so looks like the 2 of them.  Alyssa does not like lots of frills as she calls it so her are cards pretty clean and simple. I have followed the sketch over at Midnight Madness MMSC73.

My image is colored with copics.  All papers are digital.  This is another one of those cards made from everything in the craft room no purchase necessary and if you would see this craft room you would understand why I am trying to use things on hand KWIM ! I cut the backs off  the little black flower brads and just glued them on I like that better that holes in the card.
The black and pink background are raised, and the image is also raised with pop up dots for depth, and the the flowers have 3 layers for the 3D effect.

And the inside of the card,

I am entering this into a few challenges:

Pile it on - Cute and Charming

ASFOS -  Challenge 123 Spots and Strips

Stamp Something - Celebrate

Digi Doodles - Challenge 27 3D it

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge 19 celebration

That's it for me today, I hope you have a great day !

Hugs♥

Fall is in the Air

Good Sunday evening, hope you had a great weekend ! I did got a few thing accomplished on the old to do list and still had time to play :)  I made this little card for a challenge that Suzanne Dean gave us on the CMC Copic Challenge group.  The challenge was to color a "Monochromatic image and  copics must be used.  My image is "Fall Birgitta" and she is colored using E30's, E50's, E9 and E43 on Cryogen White cardstock.

I have followed the sketch #121 at Friday Sketchers.  The DP's are Cosmo Cricket, the Autumn line which I have had in my stash for a couple of years.  My flower is handmade you can find instructions @ SCS for the fan fold flower.  I am going to enter this into a few little challenges,
Pile it On - Cute "n" Charming
A Spoon Full of Sugar #122 - anything goes
Tuesday Throw down - paper pleating
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
Well that is it for me, I hope you find some time to color and create it is good for the soul !
Hugs♥

edited to add a better picture

Best Witches !

Good Monday evening to you all, I hope you are had a wonderful weekend ! The weather here has just been awesome, so much so I have had my AC off at night with morning temps in the low 70's ....gotta love when fall is in the air. Fall also means the holidays are just around the corner, I don't know about you but I love the holidays all of them. One of my favorite artists "Laurie Furnell" is now making stamps this is one of her images it is called "Witchie Poo and kitty". I have used Laurie's art many times when I did not color and loved them, so with this image I tried to color as close to her original as I could and I think it came out really cute.
I followed sketch #119 at Friday Sketchers . My image is colored with copics, papers are digital from some of Laurie's clip art sets. I added stickles to her collar, stars and the moons.
Here is a close up of Witchie Poo !

I am going to enter this into the following challenges
Stamp Something - want Spots and
Stripes.
Simon Says Challenge - wants Holiday fun.
Cute Card Thursday - it is a play on words.
That's it for me have a great day :)
Hugs♥

Tilda is going shopping !

Hi there, happy Tuesday to you all...I hope you had a nice long weekend doing something you enjoy. I worked and then went to my son's for a BBQ and just spent time enjoying all the grand kids. I found some time today to color and put this little card together, which was very relaxing.... Suzanne Dean has a little color challenge going on where she want at least 3 shades of blue used on an image of clothing etc., I used B91,93,95,97 for Tilda's jeans, I then took my colorless blender solution and put some on a rag, dabbed it on the pants for a denim look and then used the colorless blender pen to get the center light source high-light.
For my card today I followed the sketch #47 at Papertake Weekly, I am also entering this into a few more challenges.
Pile It On - wants layers...there are 10 layers on this card.
Stamp Something - wants something Cute....all Tilda's are cute IMHO :)
Just Magnolia Special Monthly Challenge - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - wants to see layers.
All of the papers, flowers, bling are from my stash so I am not sure who they are by. I cut the border on my wishblade.
Thanks for stopping by have a great crafting day !
Hugs ♥

You make me feel like dancing !

Happy Sunday to you all ! I sure hope you have had a nice weekend I have had a fantastic week as I was on vacation. I went to San Diego where I was born and raised and spent some time with my Godmother who is 87. The weather was just perfect so we were out and about the whole time I was there, I was acting like a tourist LOL ! Today being my last day of vacation I put together this little "Ballerina Tilda" she is one of my favorites for sure. I have colored her with copics, and then added stickles to her dress bodice and tiara. The pink background paper is "Bittersweet" form basic gray. The flourishes and matching paper backing Tilda (for some reason are showing as a black they are actually dark brown with white polka dots) is also basic gray from the "Porcelain" line. The band running in the back is from a glitter stack in my stash. The flourishes were cut with my wisblade.
I am entering my card into a few challenges....
7 Kids College Fund they want Pink and Dots.
Midnight Madness MMSC65 I followed their sketch.
Cute Card Thursday Whateva !
Simon Says Challenge "Sing It Baby" my card is singing "You make me feel like dancing !"
Well that is it for me today have a great evening !
Hugs,

Let's Ride

Happy Thursday everyone ! This week is going pretty fast for me lots going on, had my oldest DGD basketball game last night they lost but they played their hearts out and had fun that is all that matters. This weekend is jam packed for me going to Wet'n Wild on Sat suppose to be 108 so that will be great and then to finish off this glorious weekend my youngest DGD will have her 5th birthday party so lots of fun here.....sure hope you have some fun things going on....summer is just a time for lots of family fun :)

Speaking of fun there is a party going on at Magnolia-licious as they celebrate turning 2 years of fun ! Drop on by and join in. This week is a great sketch from Chris one of the mods on the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group. I have to say that the ladies that run this group to an outstanding job to keep everything going smooth and fun. My sincere thanks to each and everyone of you for all you do each day for our group.

I have colored my image with copics sorry I forgot to keep track of them. I added "Sweet Pea" flower soft to Tilda's bouquet. I used fun flock for the bike handle grips and added liquid embossing to the bike to give the metal shine and look.
The DP is Doodle Bug designs and it is machine stitched to DCWV card stock. I paper pieced her little T-shirt to match the DP on the card. I used my wishblade to cut out my oval frame. I embossed the oval background with the cuttlebug. Ribbon is from my stash and I used the bow easy to make my bow. I added my sentiment in the charm that is attached which says "Made with love". Here is a close up of Tilda

I have raised Tilda on pop up dots for dimension and to make it look as if she is coming out of the frame.

That's it for me today, I gotta go fix DGD breakfast and then we are having a girl day with movies and shopping !
Thanks for coming by.
Hugs,