Birthday #2

Well, as y'all may have seen in my previous post, the 16th was my mom's birthday.  Not only was it my mom's birthday, it was also my hubby's birthday, our friend's birthday and our niece's birthday.  Plus, next Monday is my MIL's birthday, and the 28th is another niece and our nephew's birthdays.  Whoo!  Looks like y'all will be seeing quite a few birthday cards from me the next week or so. LOL

Here's the second one I created: the one for my hubby.  His favorite color is purple, which makes me giggle, so I always try to use that color in his birthday cards.

I used this fabulous image I just got from Kenny K called Bodacious Bev.  I merged her with a keg of beer I found on public domain.  The image was colored with Copics.  The background paper is from my new kaisercraft paper.  The gems, ribbon and cross came from my stash.  The sentiment I printed out on word.  It has always made me laugh, and my hubby is a beer connoisseur, so it was perfect.

Because of the colors, it's hard to see the bow on the front of the card. I tried to lighten up the picture a bit more and did a closeup so you could see the bow better.  It's still a bit hard to see...but it's the best I could do.  Sorry!  =D

Well, thanks for stopping by!

Here's the challenges I am entering:

Kenny K Krafty Girlz: Bow-Dacious

Card Crafter's Circle: Happy Birthday

Charisma Cardz: Happy Birthday

Crafty Cardmakers: No Floral Embellishments

Cute Card Thursday: You're Having a Laugh

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT: Bows

Nature!!

Good morning, my lovelies!  It's Thursday, which means it's time for another Digi Doodle Shop challenge.  Woot woot!  Bet you can't guess the theme....unless you read the title of the post, of course. LOL  It's..........nature!

I used the adorable Sliding Penguins, which can be found here.  I just love how joyful they look.  I colored the image with Copics and accented the snow with Stickles.  The paper is from DCWV, the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart (also accented with Stickles) and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Gems in the center of the snowflakes are from my stash.

Now you've seen my card, hop on over to the Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge blog to check out the amazing creations by the rest of the team.

Remember, you don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop stamp, but if you do it will be entered twice.  Also, you can enter as many times as you want...as long as it's with a new card/project each time.  PLUS.....for the whole month of December.....EVERYTHING is 25% off!!  Woo hoo!!  If there's an image (or two or three) you've been eyeing...now's the time to get it!

I am also entering this card into a few challenges:

Bee Crafty: Christmas

Pollycraft: Christmas Fun

The Emerald Faerie Garden: Christmas - Nontraditional Colors

Dude Time Doodles: Holiday Spirit (I know glitter isn't SUPER manly, but...it's snow! Snow glitters! LOL If you don't agree that this could be a "dude" card, please feel free to remove.)  =D

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes + Glitter

The Pink Elephant #128: Snowflakes and Sparkle

Ladybug Crafts Ink: Snowflakes and Sparkle

Tuesday Throwdown: Celebrate the Season

Another Batch of Cards

Well, it's just been a busy, busy weekend.  =D  I've got another batch of cards...I hope you enjoy them!

First up, we have an autumn fairy card.  The image is from Saturated Canary.  Isn't she fabulous?!?  She's one of the images I won as part of a blog hop candy from Tracy. Image colored with Copics. The papers are from Bo Bunny.  The leaves and sentiment are from my stash.

Challenges:

Saturated Canary: Autumn Colors

This next card is using the beautiful Louise and Wreath by Guylou's Inimitability.  The papers are from DCWV. Flowers and circle sentiments are from my stash. Image colored with Copics, Stickles added to wreath and outlining most of the papers.

Challenges:

Guylou's Inimitability: Christmas with a Wreath Twist

Papertake Weekly: Christmas Crackers

Crafty Ann's: Sketch

This one is my very first trifold card.  I was so excited how it turned out!  The image is a recent freebie from Tiddly Inks, colored with Copics and stickles added to fur.  The papers are from TPC Studio. The main sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The skates and sentiment are from Dear Lizzy and American Crafts.  The snowflakes and penguin are from my stash.  You can't really see it, but the strips of paper on the top and bottom center say "Let it Snow". 

****************Also, a small tip!*************

 I don't know if you're like me, but I have a TON of scrap paper.  I love it, and still want to be able to use it on cards.  To be able to find what I want quickly, I have three photo boxes that I use for scraps.  I have them separated into warm, cool and neutral colors.  Then I know exactly what box to go to depending on the color scheme of my project!  Eventually I will add boxes for different seasons (i.e. Christmas, Halloween) to be able to find the papers even faster.  =D

Challenges:

Tiddly Inks: Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up: A Splash of Blue

Crafty Sentiments: Metal (The snowflakes on the front of the closed card are metal.)

Top Tip Tuesday: More than One Fold

Ladybug Crafts Ink: Winter Blues

Charisma Cardz: Snowflakes

This ATC was actually created for the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge. Unfortunately, silly me didn't pay attention to the TIME of the due date and missed it by a couple of hours.  LOL  Just shows...make sure to PAY ATTENTION to the deadlines!  =D  I thought I would still show it off, though, since I spent so much time on it.  The image and sentiment are stamps by Penny Black.  I just love the Penny Black girls...though Mimi is definitely my favorite.  I won this stamp set as part of the Scrapfest  swag from Archiver's.  I colored it with Copics and glaze pens (for the outside  of the flower wrapper and the flower petals).  The paper is from DCWV, and I colored the flowers using Spica markers.  I then added Stickles to the center of the flowers.  You know me...can't create anything without Stickles! LOL  The ribbon and butterfly punches were from my stash.  I don't really do Thanksgiving cards, but I'm entering this into The Stamping Boutique's Thanksgiving/Give Thanks challenge.  I figure it is still a give thanks project.  If you do not agree, please feel free to remove me from the challenge entries.  =D

Wow, like I said...busy weekend!  Plus there were a few more I finished that you just don't get to see yet...they're part of my DT posts.  Bet you can't wait, huh? LOL  I hope you all have a fabulous week.  Thank you so much for stopping by!