So Much to Do...

Hey y'all!!  Well, it's 20 hours before the Anita challenge closes for the week....and I'm done with my entry!  I know, it's shocking.  If I keep going like this, I might finish my entries even a few DAYS before the challenge ends.  LOL

Ok, so this week was a color challenge.  The colors were: Teal Blue, Smoky Plum, Purple, Sage Green.

Pretty, huh?  I had fun with this challenge.  I think my colors are a little bit more vivid than planned, but hopefully that's ok.  Here's my entry:

I just love this Anita stamp, Tallulah.  I think she was one of the very first I bought, and I've been very happy with her.  She's just so sassy! I had to give her a sassy little sentiment.  I've been hearing a lot about Kentucky Derby parties going on this weekend...and that always brings to mind big hats, snooty attitudes and mint juleps.  (Kind of like the polo scene in Pretty Woman, you know?)  Anyway, I think Tallulah would fit right into that scene....then knock it on its ear.  LOL!  

 I was kind of trying to bring out the image of a sunny day (since most of these big hat parties take place outside).  I imagine Tallulah and the purple background as the center of the sun (because the world DOES revolve around her, you know).  I used a Sizzix sun ray embossing folder, then used jewels on the rays of the sun to give them a little fire.

I hope you enjoyed my card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Anita Be Stampin': Color Challenge

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges #25: Make Us Laugh

The Paper Shelter: Bling It On

One More Card for Mom

Well, it's the last Mother's Day card....at least for this year.  =D  The challenge over at Simply Betty is to create something for mom.  Now, it doesn't have to be a card, but that's what I do....for now, anyway.  Technically, this card does not have to be for Mother's Day.  It could be for a birthday, or congratulations, or just a "hey, how ya doin'?" card.  Anything for that stylish, special woman. 

Thanks for stopping by!

A Freaker's Free-for-All

That's just fun to say.  "Freaker's Free-for-All"  Try it! Anyway, that's the theme of this week's Haunted Design House Macabre Monday challenge. I originally had a card all planned out...I had the images bought, the paper and layout in my mind...  Then everything changed.  

A few weeks ago we had a bonfire at a friend's house.  One of the things we decided to burn was a giant cardboard tube/can.  The can was making some cool designs in the flames, so my friend Kellee and I decided to take some pictures with our phones.  Some of the pictures turned out awesome...sparks flying, flames leaping.  On Friday, Kellee showed me one of the pictures from her phone...and it freaked me out.  I decided this picture MUST be the focus of my project.

I call this "Always Watching". Do you see the face?  To me it looks like a child....and there are some very specific reasons that ghost children  kind of freak me out right now, but I'm not going to get into that.  It's just enough to say....it's creepy for me.  Here's the original picture.

I hope this gave a few chills (but not too many!) and I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Happy Mother's Day!

I just want to take this time to wish everyone a happy Mother's Day!  

I'm really close to my mom...she's one of my best friends.  Whenever I need her, she is there.  She is beautiful, talented, smart, funny...and she totally gets my sense of humor.  (She might be the ONLY one. LOL)  Since this is really the first Mother's Day card I've made her (except maybe when I was a kid)  I wanted to make sure it was really special.  When Tiddly Inks released this digi stamp, Sisters, I immediately thought of my mom...especially since the two of us look very much alike.  I knew right away that this was the stamp I wanted to use for her card.

This is my first easel card, so I knew it was something she had never seen from me.  She liked the card very much, so that makes me happy.  I like to remind her how special she is whenever I can.  I love you, mom!

Challenges:

Stamp Something: Digi Day

Polka Doodles: Easel Card

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday: Open Challenge

Digital Tuesday: Ribbon and Lace

Tiddly Inks: Vintage Mother's Day

Crafty Catz: Give us a Quote/Sentiment

Mother's Day #2

See!  I told you I'd be back soon!  =D

This is the card I created for my Grandmother for Mother's Day.  My family is very close, and I lived with my grandparents for a while growing up, so I wanted to make sure she received something extra special.  Sunflowers are her favorite, so when I saw this sunflower digi by Happileigh Scrappin' I just knew it would be perfect.

I printed three of the sunflowers and colored them and the sign using colored pencils and Gamsol.  (I'm getting more and more comfortable with that stuff.  I love the soft look it gives!)  Papers are from Ciao Bella and my scrap stash.  Even though the dps are lightly designed (sort of hard to tell in the picture; they have kind of a watermark design) I thought they were too plain....so I took my light green Souffle Pen and drew some dots, lines and squiggles.  I'm kind of diggin' the way it turned out (luckily because I SO did not want to have to cut those sunflowers out again).  Added Stickles (are you surprised??) to a few petals and the middle of the sunflowers, added some other flowers and a few sunflower seed stickers, and voila!

Oh!  I forgot to mention, the sketch I used is from The Pink Elephant.  See:

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog!  It's nice to know I'm not talking to myself out there in cyberland, and your comments are ALWAYS appreciated!! (Even if you have criticism...let me have it!  That's how you grow...)    =D

Good night...blessings for you and yours!

Challenges:

Stamp-n-Doodle: Mother's Day

The Pink Elephant TPE99: Sketch

KB Cute Monday: Use Dots

Catch The Bug: May Flowers & Pastel Colors

Mother's Day #1

I decided to get moving on my Mother's Day Cards....especially since I had to mail them today!  So late last night I finished this card for Wy's grandma.

The two images are from Happileigh Scrappin' and were colored with Copics.  The cloud background I can't really remember where it's from (Jilly Bean?) and the clouds were outlined with a  light blue Spica glitter marker.  The ribbon I received with an order from Anita Be Stampin'.  (Thanks, Anita!)  Butterflies have Stickles applied to the wings. (You know I just can't finish a card without adding Stickles SOMEWHERE! LOL)

I finished this card last night but was too tired to upload it, so there you go!  =D   I think Grandma will like it....I hope so!  I usually do cardinals (her favorite bird) for her but wanted something different this time.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and stay tuned! I'll have another post in just a few minutes with yet another Mother's Day card.  =D

Challenges:

Catch the Bug: May Flowers & Pastel Colors

Woot!!

It's Monday evening, and you know what that means....another Anita challenge that I'm running behind on!  LOL  I always seem to barely get these cards done in time, even though they are one of my favorite challenges.  How does that happen??

Anyway!  This week was a sketch challenge, and let me tell you...it's AWESOME!  In fact, I think it might be my favorite Anita sketch yet.  Here it is:

Isn't that pretty??  I really like it!  So, here's my card:

The stamp is (of course) from Anita...the fairies, my favorite release!  =D  The background paper is a pale purple, and a pale aqua (the lighting on my camera kind of screwed up the colors a bit).  She was colored with Copics (her lips ARE colored, I promise!  Her make-up is the same color as the aqua in her outfit.) and Stickles were added to the wings.  Large purple flower is from Archivers, butterflies are from Recollections.

Thanks for taking a look!  

Challenges:

Anita Be Stampin': Sketch

Stamp Something: With Wings

Polka Doodles: Color challenge: Aqua, Blue, Purple

The Emerald Faerie Garden: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Getting Ready...

Happi Monday, everyone!  It's time for another challenge over at  Happileigh Scrappin'!  This week was Happi Sister Chris's turn, and the theme is Honor Your Mom.  Since Mother's Day is coming up fast, it's a great time to create a card for that special lady.  Here's the card I made:

Now, since my mother is an avid follower of my blog (hi mom!) I can't actually give this to her, even though she is the inspiration for the card.  She really is the best mom, and roses are her favorite flower as well as being part of her name, but I want to make sure that any card I give her will actually be a surprise.  So I will probably send this to my MIL, who also has "rose" in her name.

I created my card using Leigh's Tea Cup Stack, which can be found at her store here. The image was colored using Copic markers, then Stickles were added at the edge of the doilies. The patterned background is from DCWV's Once Upon a Time mat stack.  The sentiment, which is a touch hard to read due to the flash, says "World's Best Mom" and is from Punch Studio.

 Hop on over to the Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge Blog for all of the details and to see the inspiration from the rest of the Happi Sisters...and we have a new Happi Sister that you DEFINITELY want to meet!

Remember, you do not have to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image to enter the challenge, but if you do your card will be entered twice!  If you do not have any Happileigh Scrappin' images yet, you can find some freebies here, or you can go to the store here.  Leigh still has her spring sale going on (buy 3 and get 1 free) and there's currently a Mother's Day special (receive a free Mother's Day sentiment with every purchase).

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week!

Challenges I am entering with this card:

The Paper Shelter: Ode to Moms

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: Mother's Day

Catch the Bug Challenge: May Flowers and Pastel Colors  I hope the colors are pastel-y enough...if not, feel free to take me out of the running.  =)

Dum Dum de Dum, Dum Dum de Dum...

Ok, so if you couldn't tell, that was the wedding song.  LOL  Guess what THIS post is about?  That's right....a WEDDING CARD!  Yay!  =D

The image is from Guylou's Inimitability, colored using Copics, Spica markers, and (of course) Stickles.  The frame is from Melody Ross and was colored using pewter Crackle Paint.  The sentiment (which is a bit hard to read since the silver caught my camera flash) says "The Wedding" and is from K & Co., outlined with silver Stickles.  Flowers I am assuming are from Sakura since they make Souffle pens and these silver outline stickers came in a pack with a couple of pens.  I used the souffle pens to color in between the silver outline. Daisy border punch is from Recollections.

This card was created for the following challenges:

CDAC's Other Theme Challenge: Hosted by Guylou's Inimitability 

Just Some Lines: Wedding

Crafty Catz: Congratulations

Cardmadfairy: Weddings

Thanks for taking a look!