S2G's Day 3 Release

Welcome to the Day 3 of the Shirley's 2 Girls Alice inspired release. Today's release is the Cheshire cat! I have always loved that cat and was so happy it was one of the images that I was able to work with. That character always fascinated me for some reason. Here is what the image looks like:

All the previews that I have seen for the upcoming movie show the Cheshire cat with these wonderful blue stripes, so that is where I drew my color inspiration. After sizing and printing my image, I colored it with Copic markers. For the card, I started with a black piece of paper and then added the blue circles. "Smile" is an epoxy sticker that I added to a smaller black circle. You need to so head on over to Jennifer's blog too, because she will also have a project made with this image.

So have you seen the movie yet? Planning to see it? I have only seen the Disney movie once and that was about five years ago. Somehow, I missed that one! I will be out of town for the next couple of days but I have the rest of the Sneak Peeks scheduled and will have lots to show you when I get back home!

Day 2 Release

Welcome to the second release of the Alice inspired series from Shirley's 2 Girls! Today we are releasing the White Rabbit image.

Don't forget to check out Jana's blog and Carlie's blog to see samples of this great image.

S2G New Release

It's finally time to reveal the newest images from Shirley's 2 Girls! Over the next few days, we will be revealing a new image each day, so be sure to check in each day. With no further ado, here is Alice going down the hole

Check out Judy's blog and Jane's blog because they have projects made with this image. Check back here on Saturday for my reveal!

Red, Brown and Caramel Color Challenge

Hello! I made this card to follow along with the color challenge on the Riley and Company blog. The colors are red, brown and caramel. I stamped Cafe Riley with Memento ink and then colored everything with Copic markers and added a some hi-lights with a white gel pen. I used Nestabilities to cut out the image and a Fiskars border punch for the caramel panel. The papers are DCWV and the flowers are from Prima.

Speaking of white gel pens, I would love to have your recommendations for a good white gel pen that will work for a long time? I have a nice collection of them, but none of them work for very long.

I am excited because I am going to see Mama Mia tomorrow night! I saw the play a couple of years ago and loved it. My MIL gave me and my SIL tickets as part of our Christmas gifts. I listen to the music all the time and can sing it from start to finish. Have a great night!

S2G Sneak Peek

I have something fun to share with you! I am so excited about this new Shirley's 2 Girls release for March. Here's a little sneak peek of what we will be working with in the coming days.  

Keep checking back to see the actual images as they are released. These other ladies are also featuring Sneak Peeks on their blogs today:

Gina (that's me!)

Jane

Judy

Jana

Carlie

Jennifer

Peace

Good afternoon and thanks for all the comments on my poor little cat Hobbes. He is finally coming around me again. I thought about getting the crown out and wearing it myself, just to see what he would do, but I thought that might be a little mean. I may keep it handy just in case.

A friend asked me if I could make her an Asian inspired sympathy card. This is what I ended up making. She provided the characters and I made the card around that. I believe she said that it reads "peace" but I wasn't sure. I will write it in when I find out for sure. The papers are from DCWV and the pearls are from Hobby Lobby. They were white, but I colored them with a Copic marker. 

Come back tomorrow, I have a cool sneak peek to share.

Twisted Thursday--Birthday Crown/Add Hot Pink

Welcome to another Twisted Thursday!! First I need to apologize to my poor cat Hobbes for making him wear this crown. Even though it is a lovely crown that any birthday princess would be proud to wear, Hobbes was not a happy cat. As a matter of fact, as I was taking this picture, he was already jumping out of my arms. My second apology goes to the other DT members of Shirley's 2 Girls because this is the best picture I have of my birthday crown. 

Since it is the end of our birthday month celebration, all the DT members have made crowns to show you. My lovely crown is being modeled by the oh so happy Hobbes and was made using a crown template that I printed directly onto my lime green paper. I used one of my Party Favor images for the top. I have had so much fun making things with those favors and I know they will continue to be a staple of my "go-to" birthday images. A crown isn't complete without jewels, is it? So I added some small rhinestones on my image panel and then some larger jewels with some diamond shaped brads between them. To finish my crown, I added some hot pink silk ribbon.

A smart person probably would have taken a picture of the crown before trying it on her cat. Today was not one of my smart days. The second I snapped the picture above, the cat took off and hid. And yes he was still wearing the crown which by then was a necklace. I spent a couple of hours trying to find him and every time I did, he took of running in the opposite direction.  I tried everything to get him to come out so I could get my crown back. Not even a can of wet food could get him out of hiding. He did race by me every once in a while and his looks left no doubt about how he felt about me. I was able to get my crown back after he fell asleep. It's a little worse for the wear, but here it is:

We would love for you to play along with us for Twisted Thursday. The twist is to add hot pink to your project and you can make a card or a crown. If you want to make a crown, the template is on the challenge site too! Please drop by and visit the rest of the DT for some examples of non-mangled cards. 

Ann      Anne       Carlie     Cat      Deanne      Debbie      Georgia      Jana      Jane      Jeannie      

Jennifer      Judy     Lisa   

Blowing Bubbles

Hello! For this card, I used another Sassy Cheryl image. She has a ton of images that are not only cute, but they are so much fun to color and you know me, I love to color! I think she is just too sweet blowing a big bubble with her bubblegum. I think she looks a little surprised too, like maybe its the first time she has blown one so big. I colored everything with Copic markers. All PP is Making Memories and the card stock is the Paper Studio. The ribbon is once again from the bag I had left over when I was doing my wedding programs. The jeweled brad was one I just found in a drawer. The colors match a little bit better IRL, I have a new camera and it has tons of features and things my other camera didn't have and I am still learning how to use it. That was what my Valentine gave me this year. A total shock too, since we don't normally spend that kind of money on each other. But I am so glad he did, I love it!

I want to say a big THANK YOU to Jennifer. She sent me a package that arrived today and it had a crafting tool which was very sweet, but she included a thing of coffee. We both have a serious love of coffee! Gotta run, time for Lost!!

One Image, Three Cards

Hello! Yesterday was Shirley's 2 Girls Digi Day on SNR Card Universe. We were all given this free digi to work with and then met on the forum to chat and show everyone what we had created. If you haven't every participated in these Digi Days, you should check them out sometime, they are tons of fun. The next scheduled S2G one is on March 14th, I'll post a  reminder a little closer to the date. As soon as I saw this, I thought of first birthdays, but the more I thought about it, I thought that if you changed the colors, it could commemorate the first of anything: first date, first anniversary, first place. If you wanted to recognize a first place sports win, you could make the card with sports team colors. It could also be a general card to anyone that is #1 in your life. Since my first thought was birthdays and I have friends with little boys nearing their first birthdays I made cards for them. I made both cards with the same color combo, but each was colored different and uses a different layout. 
I love seeing people make cards with the same image and getting different looks. It helps me be able to look at my own stamps in different ways so that I get the most use out of them. After quitting my other job a few months ago, my stamp budget took a hit so I have been enjoying this exercise in creativity! I decided to make another one using my favorite colors this time. I love this summer mat stack that I got from DCWV, it was full of yellows, oranges and reds. 

Top 2 cards: Image from Shirley's 2 girls, paper is Making Memories, card stock is DCWV, punch from EK Success, and orange stickles.

Card 3- Image from Shirley's 2 Girls, paper and card stock from DCWV, colored with Copics and flower and brad from my stash.

Monochromatic Riley

Over the past few weeks I have been trying to play with some new color combinations and using colors that I don't use a lot. I saw the Design Team Challenge on the new Riley and Company Blog and since it was a monochromatic challenge, I thought this would be perfect for me to play along with. If you've read my blog at all you know how much I love this little moose and this is one of my newest ones. I also like the color purple, but I have a hard time matching shades of it for a project. I normally like it if the purple is an accent color but I decided to give a purple monochromatic card a whirl. I was happy with the way it turned out and hope you like it too. After stamping Riley, I colored him with with Copic markers. I found the paper I wanted to use in a stack from DCWV and then matched some purple card stock from my stash. I punched out three small circles in the light purple and then three more with the darker shade and then arranged them in the corner. The panel with Riley is attached with foam dots. To finish the cards, I added some purple brads.

We've had a nice relaxing weekend so far, hope you have too! My friend's daughter came over and spent the day with us and we took her out for sushi for lunch and then to Hobby Lobby. We spent most of the rest of the day coloring and sculpting things with clay. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!