Magical Monday - Bird Image

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This is the last challenge of 2011 at the Paper Cupcake's challenge blog. I bring the challenge of anything goes with design or layout, BUT you have to use a bird image of some type on your project..

I used the freebie image "Welcome Winter" that Paper Cupcakes was giving away as the freebie this week, as well as the sentiment that came with the freebie image. I colored my image with colored pencils and used chalk for the color of the sky. I used stickles to add a little sparkle in the snow, around the light on the post and the hat on the bird.

Although this was a fairly simple card I am up way too late this evening (1:09AM) typing this up right now. So, I am going to keep this short and sweet and thank you for stopping by and an extra thanks if you took some time to leave me some luvings. I hope you will stop by and grab the freebie this week it will be up all week and it is super cute if I do say so myself.

If I don't get around to blogging in the next few weeks, have a blessed Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year!!

Magical Monday - Winter Fun with Bling

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. For the month of December I am going to be hosting the challenges. This week I wanted to see everyone do some "winter fun". Using a image reflecting some winter fun such as sledding, skating, a snowman etc. With a twist of adding some bling as well to your project.

I used the image "Winter Fun" by Paper Cupcakes. I colored it with my colored pencils. I used chalk for the color in the snow and sky. I added some stickles for a little sparkle in the snow and used a white glaze pen to add some snow falling all over the image. I used scrap paper from my scraps and pre-made snowflakes from K&Company that I bought on clearance some time ago. My sentiment is computer generated. Kept it pretty simple and I love how the touch of black & red just makes it pop.




Had another busy week and a packed full weekend. My daughter does speech and she had a meet this weekend and she did a scripted duo with a friend and they walked away with first place this meet for that category. I was so excited for her since she is a freshman and this is her first year in speech. Her teacher has great plans for her if she continues in the years. Let's hope she sticks with it, because she is quilt the talented. It was a proud moment for her and for us. School has one more week before Christmas break. Which means I need to get in gear and get things completed before their release so I can enjoy the week prior to Christmas with them home and not feel stressed and rushed, so wish me luck for an organized task accomplished week!

That's it for me. Have a great week and remember to enjoy your time and days during this busy season!

Magical Monday - Sketch

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. For the month of December I am going to be hosting the challenges. This week is a sketch. I always love doing sketches, mainly because it takes a lot of the fore thought out of the work and makes it a little easier and quicker.

This is the sketch I came up with. Of course you can flip, rotate it, and/or stretch it as long as when your card is finished you can still see the initial sketch in the card. I pretty much left it the way you see it.



I used the images Penguin with Candy Cane which is a new release & Christmas Tickets by Paper Cupcakes. I used Bic Mark-its to color the image, except for the blue that I used to outline with which was a copic. Punched my snowflakes and added some Stickles. I also used all scrap paper. I thought the yellow ribbon and the yellow on his sweater was a nice pop of color.




Well, that is it for me today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Magical Monday - Vintage Card or Shabby Chic

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Sonia Rivera brings us our challenge. She wanted to see us make either a Vintage or Shabby Chic type Christmas card. This is always one of those challenges I am not sure if I am actually hitting the nail on the head when creating, but I love the distress look and inking along with homemade flowers and lace. So... with that all said, not sure which category you would place this in, so I will let you decide!

I used two images from Paper Cupcakes, Gingerbread Boy & Gingerbread Girl. I made several of each and made a little gingerbread line. I colored them with Bic Mark-its and then inked the edges with some cat eye chalks in brown. I dry embossed the red card stock and then I gathered some lace to run along the bottom and added some brown ric-rac on top of that. I made my flower using a large 5 petal flower punch. I punched some pages out of an old daily devotional book and then inked 6 flowers total; 3 red and 3 green and then placed a brad in the middle and then just scrunched them up for the look and fullness. I really liked how it turned out and have never made a flower like this with this particular punch. Added some brown buttons and then some white ink stitches and called it... well vintage or shabby chic...LOL... but mostly I called it completed! :oD





Well, that's it for me for this challenge not sure if I hit the vintage or shabby chic, but I do like the end result of my card and that is what really matters.

We had a very nice Thanksgiving. We got to spend some time with some family and then Friday we went downtown to the monument where they light the monument up. Fifty-two strands of lights are strung vertically from the top of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to its base, for a total of 4,784 lights. Twenty-six larger-than-life soldiers and sailors, 26 peppermint sticks, and another 90,000 lights surround the monument. Santa's workshop was the theme of the stage where they put on free entertainment and where all the festivities took place. Over 100,000 spectators were expected to attend this year's ceremony and yes, we were part of those crazy 100,000 spectators that took part in the celebration. We had a good time and the temperatures were a nice 55-60 degrees, so we couldn't beat that. We parked far enough away so parking was not a hassle when it came time to leave.

I hope everyone in the US had a lovely Thanksgiving and for those who are outside the US I wish you many blessings as well. I hope we all can find something in our lives to be thankful for!

So, make it a great week and thanks for stopping by if you either came by to lurk or to leave me a lovely little note.

Magical Monday - Being Thankful & Colors

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Gloria Westerman brings us our challenge. She would like to see us use Brown, Orange and Yellow on our cards/project, but with a twist....include/show "Giving Thanks" if can be words of gratitude or images...anything that shows being thankful....

I chose to do a more every day kind of card of thanks. I chose the image "Doodle Flower 3" & "Thanksgiving Tickets" by Paper Cupcakes. I used my Bic Mark-its to color my image and then I added some stickles. Punched a few butterflies. I kept this card clean and simple and I think it feels cheerful & happy.





Thanks for stopping by and for everyone in the US have a wonderful Thanksgiving day this week!

Magical Monday - Color & Shape

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Shirley Quarry brings us our challenge. She wants us to incorporate a circle on our card and use a color theme of Brown, Blue and Orange. This week there is a freebie image "Owl on Pumpkin with Hat" with some "Thanksgiving Tickets".

I colored my image with Bic Mark-its and kept my card simple. I haven't been feeling good so a quick and simple card is what I went for. Here is what I came up with. The base of my card looks more grey, but it is a light blue card stock.




Well, that's it for me today, so if you stopped by leave me some lovins and if you want the freebies make sure you stop by the challenge blog! Have a great week!

Magical Monday - White on White

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Audrey E. brings us our challenge. She would like us to create a card/project and use "White on White"; so paper, card stock and all elements = white (another wards monochromatic in white, except the image which may have color).

I used the image "Heart Felt Love" by Paper Cupcakes and the sentiment is computer generated. I colored the image with colored pencils, mainly because I wanted the black capped chic-a-dee to have a softness to it. I didn't really have other white papers, so textures with the embossing folders worked well for this challenge. Of course when I thought white on white I just thought snowy. So, I went with a Christmas card theme.





I really loved how this turned out and might make a few duplicates of this card. Well, that's it for me today, make it a great week!

Magical Monday - Trick-or-Treat or Something Sweet

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air This week Jennifer Scull brings us a color challenge this week. She wanted us to make a card or project that was themed Trick-or-Treat or Something Sweet. So, another wards make a card/project that uses any sweet themed image i.e. candy, cupcakes, ice cream, etc.

Well, I used an image of a cupcake, "Elephant Cupcake" by Paper Cupcakes, along a ticket from the Halloween Tickets by Paper Cupcakes. It was a busy busy weekend and of course I didn't start making a card until early evening, after craving pumpkins with the kids and after dinner. So, I started looking through previously printed off images that I keep in a folder. I ran across a partially colored image started by one of my daughters, so I thought I would just finish it and us it; thus saving some time, plus it was started out cute. I only had to finish the cup holder and added the design on the elephants ears and trunk.




Well, I can't believe we are heading into November this week... my how this year has flown! I am off to bed now, so make it a great week! And have a fun and safe Halloween for all who take fun in it.

Magical Monday - Color Challenge

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Tammy Newberry brings us a color challenge this week. She wanted us to make a card or project using a color theme of pink & black.

I made three cards using this color theme. The first card I made I used the image "Softly Afloat" from Paper Cupcakes which is also being offered for $1.00 image in the store. I colored the image with Bic Mark-its. It was a pretty quick, clean and simple card. I used the same pattern paper on all three cards.




On this card I used the image "Flower Tea Cup". I colored this image with colored pencils one of my favorite mediums to color with, especially when I want a softness to it. I made my punched flower. The ticket also comes from Paper Cupcakes; Variety Tickets. This card was also a clean and simple card.




This card has a little more going on in the design. I used one of the New Releases "Snider; Ice Skating" from Paper Cupcakes. This image cracks me up with him skating with one skate. Snider is suppose to be a boy, but I wanted to do him up in pink! I used my Bic Mark-its to color this image. The tickets are the "Christmas Tickets" from Paper Cupcakes as well. I punched my snowflakes. I will most likely add some Stickles on these cards, but it was getting late and I thought I would add it tomorrow when I wouldn't be photographing them. I think the pink, black and white made a really cute wintry card.




Well, that's it for me for this week. Have a lovely week and thanks for stopping by my blog and taking a peek. Leave me a message if you dare. I would love to hear what you think. Have a wonderful week!

Magical Monday - Halloween Color Challenge

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air. This week Ildiko Cseh brings us the challenge. She wanted us to make a card or project using a Halloween theme using the colors green, orange and black.

I made two cards using the image "Aye Aye" & "Halloween Tickets" by Paper Cupcakes, which by the way "Aye Aye" is a freebie this week over there. I used my Bic Mark-its to color the image, except the blue on the ghost which I used a copic. I used scraps except for the base of the cards.

On this card I made my first medallion and love how it turned out. I certainly will be making more of these. The border punch is Martha Stewart and the little frogs are stickers from K&Company.

The border punch on this card is also Martha Stewart, but only the edge of the punch. The spider's my mom punched for me from one of her Martha Stewart punches too. I added some eyes to them and they became my "sugar bugs".




Well, it has been a tough week with the death of one of our dear friends at church who also taught at the school our children attend. Our children had him for a teacher and he will be so dearly missed. He taught there for 33 years and touched many lives and the children just loved him and he loved them and it was well reflected in their lives. So for now we will find comfort in knowing where he is and the great memories we hold of him. Make it an awesome week and make sure you count your blessings.

Magical Monday - Scripture

This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog; There's Magic In The Air the challenge is brought to us by Sonia Rivera. She wanted us to use scripture on our card/project this week.

I made 3 cards for this and used the images "Snider; Hanging with Friends", "Gnome On Pumpkin" and "Cap Napping". I used Bic Mark-its to color all the images. I also used all scraps too, except for the card base.

Image: Snider; Hanging with Friends




Image: Gnome on Pumpkin




Image: Cat Napping




Have a great week and thanks for stopping by if you lurked around.

Magical Monday - Let's Go Green

I wanted to thank anyone who took the time to say a prayer for Patrick the 22 year old young man that needed a liver transplant. He was blessed with a new liver early Friday morning and is in recovery! I was so grateful to hear such wonderful news for him. Although now I will be praying that his body continues to accept his new liver and the family that had to loose someone they loved in order to give such a gift.

Now, as far as another Magical Monday over at Paper Cupcakes. This week over at the Paper Cupcake's Challenge Blog the challenge is brought to us by Jennifer Bliss brings us our challenge. She wanted us to go Green. So, what does that mean? She wanted us to either make a card/project with greens/neutrals and/or reusing/recycling items in your project. I decided to recycle a plastic container that I bought candy in last year for Christmas. I divided the candy up and had these containers left over. I knew I wanted to reuse them and alter them, but then again they sat there since last Christmas. I think when you are creative you can also become somewhat a pack rat as well. So, I decided that I would alter one; I had two. I thought I would do a Christmas theme, this way I could fill it up with something come Christmas and give it as a teacher gift or have something on hand to give away. I used the image "Merry Moose-mas" by Paper Cupcakes. I added a little clip art Christmas tree and a border that come from Print Shop. I added the sentiment by computer. Added a trim to the top and bottom. I really wanted to use little brown pom-poms around the bottom, but I didn't have any, which I thought I did. So, I went with this trim. I kept it kind of simple in case I decided to give it to a male.






Well, another busy weekend and to be honest, our weekends just seem to be too full. When soccer is over then Speech kicks in and that is an all day kind of thing happening 2-3 weekends a month. So, if you stopped by thanks again, someday soon I hope to get around to blogs I use to love to visit, but my time just seems to be gone and too much to get accomplished in the real world. So, have a lovely week and it is always nice to read a note from someone that took the time to leave one. Have a great week!