Yellow and Green

Good Morning! I have another card to show you that I made for the current Card Cupids Challenge. This challenge is a sketch challenge provided by Sketch Saturday and was sponsored by Sassy Cheryl. I think this image is just adorable. I remember working so hard to learn how to blow bubbles when I was a kid and this reminded me of showing off my new skill to everyone I could. 

We would love for you to join our challenge, you can find all the details here.

Current card requests can be found here.  

Have a great day, gotta run or I am going to be late for work!

Card Cupids Challenge--A Sketch

Good Morning! It is time for our mid-month challenge over at Card Cupids. Our sponsor for this challenge is Sassy Cheryl. In additon to this we are also participating with Sketch Saturday who shared their sketch with us. They also shared some of our Card Cupids DT cards to their blog as well. 

Here is the sketch we followed:

For my card, I used the image "Noah and Patches" from Sassy Cheryl and colored it with Copic markers. I was really happy to receive this image to work with becuase I have found that I am seriously lascking in images to make cards for little boys. I have to admit though, that the teddy bear totally intimidated me, I haven't ever really colored one that I was happy with. Even though I have seen lots of images with them I usually shy away from them. I am very happy with the way this one turned out!

We would love for you to join our challenge. Simply create a project with the avobe sketch and link it to our challenge post. 

Want to brighten the day of a child? Here is the Card Cupids list of current card requests. 

Balloon Riley

Hello! The challenge this week on the Riley and Company blog is a sketch challenge. I decided to use one of my newest Riley stamps for this one. Of course I love Riley, but I also love his little balloon bouquet that he is hanging on to. For some reason, I just love images that have balloons. I think they just remind me of happiness. I remember being a little girl and every once in a while we would go somewhere and come away with a helium filled balloon and those were always happy places so I just always associate balloons and happiness and they always make me smile!

My card uses the sketch provided on the challenge blog, I used Balloons Riley, colored with Copic markers, DCWV papers, a Fiskars border punch and some star trim from Making Memories. The sentiment was cut out using Nestibilities and the sentiment is from CTMH's Solos S set.

Riley Challenge

Hello! I am posting late today, we spent the weekend out of town and I am running behind on everything. I haven't played with my Riley images in a while and decided to play along with the Riley and Co. challenge this week. It's funny that I haven't colored one of these in a while. Every time Samantha is over here, she pulls out the Rileys because they are her absolute favorite images to play with. And this is one of my favorite Riley images too. It's perfect for fall and is fun to color. I followed the sketch on the Riley and Co. site, colored my image with Copic markers and used papers from DCWV. 

We spent the weekend in Gatlinburg, TN. My husband's business partner got married this weekend and that is where the wedding was. (I will have some photos on my photo blog later in the week.) I had a great time, met lots of new people and got to go shopping at some of my favorite stores. The weather was nice, even though it was on the cold side and on Saturday morning we even had some snow on the ground, not a lot though. I got to visit the Scrapbook Superstore and picked up some new papers, some embossing powders, some Sizzix dies and some embellishments. Then we visited my favorite tea store where I got some yummy Chocolate Mint, Banana, and Raspberry teas. I love shopping in there because the people that work in there are very knowledgeable. I usually pick out two teas on my own and then take their suggestions for a third flavor. So far, I have not been disappointed with anything that I have bought there. Today was back to work and trying to catch up on the mountain of laundry and pulling out more of my winter wardrobe. I'm cold!

Sassy Cheryl Challenge

Good evening! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was full of house cleaning and laundry but of course I managed to find some time with my Copics! No weekend is complete without some creative time. I have several images from Sassy Cheryl and decided to play along in their weekly challenge this week. This image was actually a free one that we were given for being part of the Sassy Cheryl group on PCP. She has so many cute images, it really is hard to pick a favorite one, but this one definitely tops my list. I decided to color all the parts of her glamorous ensemble different colors, and nothing quite matches, just like a real little girl might do when she is playing dress up. I followed the sketch provided by the challenge. The papers are Making Memories and DCWV, the earrings are some little rhinestones from Hobby Lobby as is the large rhinestone in the corner of the image and the white ribbon. The image and large rhinestone were colored with Copics and glitter pens (dress & bow RV13, RV 14, RV17, scarf B12, B16, V12, V15, V17, socks Y00, Y0000, shoes C3, C5, C7, C9, skin E000, E00).

One of the reasons I love this stamp is that it reminds me of the way I liked to dress when I was younger. I also begged for pink glasses every time I went to the eye doctor. After I was old enough to dress myself and pick out my own clothes, I rarely made it out of the house wearing my outfit of choice. My Mother was quick to veto many combos. Creative would be a good word to describe them. One Sunday morning when I was ten, we were running late and I didn't have time to change clothes so Mom said "whatever, we are late and not many people are to see you since we will sit in the back". My outfit consisted of a maroon floral print skirt, cowboy boots, green and yellow tube socks (and yes you could see them above the boots) and a plaid shirt. The one thing pulling this together was the color green that appeared in everything except the boots. The reason I remember this so well is that we had a wreck on the way to church so I got to meet lots of new people at the hospital dressed in all my glory!

Sweet Pea Nostalgia

Hello! I hope everyone has had a great weekend full of crafting time. I have had lots of time to color this weekend which makes me very happy! My card tonight uses a Sweet Pea image from the Ching-Chou Kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. I love these images, they are just so much fun to color. I was a little intimidated when I first saw them, especially after watching how my friends Angela colors them. I am glad she finally talked me into trying them. If you remember, Angela is my enabling friend, she started my Copic addiction too! This image is called Nostalgia. I used the sketch from the Fabulous Friday Challenge on PCP since it seemed to fit my image so well. Everything was colored with Copic markers. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. The paper I used has a white core, which slightly showed through when I embossed it. I wanted a little bit of a weathered look so after embossing it, I sponged some distressing ink over the background kind of randomly. The sentiment in the circle is from Studio G. Thanks for visiting!

Banjo Playing Riley

Good evening! I found a new sketch challenge site and decided to play along. It is called Delightful Sketches and can be found here. While I was gone last week, I spent some time coloring with my niece Zoie and this was one of the first images she wanted to stamp and color. We each did our own version of Riley but she took off with hers before I could take a picture. I used the sketch at Delightful Sketches to make this card. I started with this plaid paper from DCWV and pulled the rest of my colors from there. Riley was stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers onto Gina K paper. The belt stamp is from CTMH and was stamped with CTMH Desert Sand ink and then distressed with some powder from Making Memories. The buttons are some assorted buttons that were sitting in a jar on my desk, most are from American Crafts, I think. I used twine on the large button and the other buttons have very thin pieces of paper threaded through them. Thanks for all the comments on my last post and for the good wishes regarding the DT call, it really means a lot to me!

I don't know about where you are, but it is COLD here today! Last week I could still wear short sleeves and today I wore a long sleeved thermal knit shirt and still froze to death! I hate wearing a coat, I will wear a couple of shirts just to keep from wearing a jacket. I guess it is time for cold weather since we are closing out November. We sat down and made out Christmas shopping list tonight. So far we have exactly one present bought and a lot more to go. Thanks for stopping by tonight!

Ready for a Swim?

Good afternoon! I made this card for one of the challenges in the Hanna Stamps forum. It was a sketch challenge provided to us by Sandra. I thought this sketch was so cute! I know it is on that I will use again. You know how much I love Riley and this was the perfect sketch to use. I love this color combo too, it just says summer to me and is perfect for little boys. I use these colors a lot when I am making things for my nephew Silas. When he was born, I helped my sister start a scrapbook for him and the book used these colors. So I always think of him when I use this combo. I started by stamping Fins Riley with Memento ink and then colored him with Copic markers. The paper is from a Making Memories pack with all these great coordinating patterns and the brads are from The Paper Studio. That's it for today! i am going to try and sneak in a quick nap before I have to leave again.

Sketch Challenge

This is the card I made using the sketch from SCS today. This was a very fun sketch to play with. I used CTMH's set Rustic flowers. The flower is colored with Copic markers. Paper is DCWV and ribbon is from Jo-Ann's and the decorative accent in the middle of the flower is from Michael's. Quick post tonight!

Added later: I only had about an hour or so this afternoon to craft and that included helping the girls with their project. I stamped and colored a little and went to church with stained hands. I was playing with my friend's daughter and she kept telling me I had beautiful fingers. She also pointed them out to several other people! Little ones are so funny!

Jenna and Samantha (my friend's daughters) are hanging out with me today because Jenna needed to make a birthday card for her friend that is having a sleepover this weekend. Some days we stay at their house after school and some days they want to come here and raid the craft room. It really depends on how much homework there is and what time their mom gets off work. Jenna made this card all by herself, the layout was her idea and everything.

Howdy!

Quick post tonight! I don't usually have time to make anything on Wednesdays. I made this card using the sketch from SCS challenge for today. This adorable horse is Charlie and  he is from Clear Dollar Stamps. He was stamped with Memento ink and then colored with Prisma markers. All the paper is from the Paper Studio and the brads are from Jo-Ann's. I finished it off with some twine at the top.

Here is a card that Samantha made on her own. She has been coming up with her own designs for the past few weeks. She stamped this flower from the Petal Factory set that I used on the card last night. The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and then blended. Her paper is from SEI. After getting it together she decided it needed some beads in the corners so she added these acrylic baubles. She loves posting some of her artwork on my blog and would do it everyday if I would let her. Actually she would like her own blog! Let us know what you think!

Orange Flower

For some reason, I am in an orange mood today. When I sat down to create something today, I kept reaching for papers that had orange in them. There is a site called Card Sketch A Day that I sometimes use for inspiration when I want to try something new. Sketch challenges really are my favorite ones to do because that is where I seem to run out of ideas first. The sketch here is loosely based on their sketch for today. I flipped my shorter and longer pieces and I added a ribbon instead of a sentiment. My stamp here is from Stampabilities. I stamped the image using Palette ink and then colored it using Prismacolor pencils and OMS. The paper is DCWV and there is a decorative accent (pretend dew drop) in the center of the flower. I colored the dew drop yellow to match what I had colored. That ribbon is from Target from the wedding section. Have you seen that ribbon? There are several colors and I think two widths available. Each roll has a ton of ribbon and is only $2.99.

Did you watch all the festivities today? I wasn't able to see much of it as it was happening since I was at work. I have seen some of the hilights of the and am sure I will catch more of it tonight. I love the history and the traditions that are associated with these things. It has been interesting hearing how some of the traditions got started and how certain things connect the office of President from year to year. Thanks for stopping in tonight!

Finally a card!

I did figure out how to post the photos from my phone onto my blog. The pictures aren't as great as with a camera but it will have to do for now. The angel seems a little strange too! It really is straight, I promise.  I started with the sketch challenge for today from Splitcoast. I left off one of the stars though. The image is from The Angel Company set, Playful Kitties. I color the cat with Prisma markers. I tried to make him look like one of our cats, Hobbes. I don't know if you can see it or not, but the pink circle has the word "cuddly" stamped all around. That sentiment is from the CTMH set, Solo C and the orange star is also from CTMH, from a booking set I believe. I sponged blue ink around tge image to look like the sky.  All three of our cats are indoor cats and they occasionally like to come to the door and check out "the big blue room".  All paper is DCWV and inks are CTMH. Thanks for dropping by! 

For some reason I have a post with the picture and one with the text. The card below goes with this entry.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving. I braved Wal*Mart this afternoon to get groceries and came home and did most of my cooking this afternoon. This year we are having Thanksgiving in town with Kip's parents. My contributions to dinner are Cranberry Chutney and Green Bean Casserole and the most amazing Pumpkin Cookies. I got the recipe from Erica's blog and they are so delicious and they make the house smell so good. My card here uses the sketch from today's challenge on SCS. Riley is colored with Prismacolor markers and I added some silver Gelly Roll pen on the buckle on his hat. I used about 5 different colors on the turkey. I think the turkey looks a little happy here. Maybe, Riley gave him a pardon? Pretty simple card tonight. Happy Thanksgiving is from Studio G and was stamped with CTMH Chocolate ink. All my paper is from DCWV.

I know I have a lot to be thankful this year. If you want to keep reading I will list a couple of them for you. Of course I am thankful for my husband and my family so these are some other things:

1. I am thankful for friendships that have gotten stronger over the last year.

2. I am thankful for new friends, especially three ladies that joined our Sign Language class this year. I am so thankful that I have gotten the chance to get to know Janet, Leslie and Vi. They are all crafters! All three are such beautiful ladies that have enriched my life so much in the short time I have known them.

3. I am thankful for my job.

4. I am thankful for this blog and the friendships that it has brought me.

5. I am thankful that Julie and Angela have encouraged my hobby and taught me so many new things to do ( my wallet isn't so thankful though!).

6. I am thankful that I don't have crazy in-laws! Mine are great enough that we go on vacation with them every year and it is fun! They will even sit outside of craft stores and wait on me for almost two hours!

Gigi Giraffe

This is another stamp from Clear Dollar Stamps. The layout is from the Sketch Challenge today over at SCS. I rotated the original sketch to accommodate my giraffe. She was colored with Koh-I-Nor pencils. All the papers are from DCWV and the brads are from the Paper Studio. I am not sure about the ribbon, it came from my huge ribbon stash. I have been challenging myself lately, to use something on every card that I make, that I have had for a while. So far so good. For the longest time I would buy pretty ribbon all the time and never, ever used it! Not on cards or in scrapbooks. It just looked pretty in my basket. But I am using ribbon more now.

I am so tired so I am going to bed now! But before I go, I want to say, if you have never ordered from Clear Dollar Stamps before, go check them out. They have a lot of very cute stamps, good price and good quality and they ship super fast. Thanks for taking a look at my blog!

Changito Mummy Card

Good evening! I love these Changito stamps by Stampendous. Hobby Lobby has stamps on sale this week and I went in to grab a Thanksgiving stamp for our card class next week and this one just had to be taken home too. So did the the one with Changito dressed as a vampire. I really hadn't planned on getting more Halloween stamps but I couldn't resist. The Hobby Lobby near me had several new stamps, they were putting out new Cuttlebug embossing folders, Nestabilities and some other Spellbinders products. Every week I go in there lately, it seems like they have added something new. Yes, I go there almost every week. Kip says going to Hobby Lobby or Jo-Anns's with me is like going to Cheers with Norm, they know me by name at both places.

Anyway, about tonight's card: I used the sketch from today's Sketch Challenge over on SCS. The image was stamped with Brilliance black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. I colored the wrappings with white and then went over that slightly with a gray pencil. The Trick or Treat is from a Studio G Halloween set. All the paper is from The Paper Studio. I inked the edges of the stamped image with CTMH gray ink. Thanks for stopping by!

Pumpkin Patch Riley

I have been playing around with challenges on SCS and on other people's blogs for a while, but don't usually submit them! I really enjoy them so I have decided to play along more often. I like the way the challenges often get me thinking in a different direction than I would normally go. This card was made using the Sketch Challenge on SCS today. I used Riley in the Pumpkin Patch, stamped with Palette black ink and colored it in with Prisma markers. The paper is from DCWV and the brads are from Paper Studio. Thanks for stopping by tonight!