Magical Monday - Color Challenge w/ metal

This week's challenge over at TMITA/PCC is brought to us by Danielle Lord. Since this image is for St. Patrick's Day, you can see where why the challenge went where it did. :o) Green & Gold for the colors to be used outside the image and a twist to add some metal somewhere. I wish you could see my pp better because it has some foil type lines running through it, but they really don't show. I heat embossed the swirls you see in the background and just added some gold brads for my metal twist. Not sure if I am really thrilled with this, but I started making it about 10:00PM this evening, so... it is what it is. Although, I really love the little saying that is on the front. So, I might make another and do something else. I rarely send cards out for St. Patrick's day, so I made my sentiment so I could use it as a more everyday kind of card.



Well, that's it for the challenge and these next two cards I made for a few of my girlfriends that had birthdays. Of course they are late birthday cards, but I am telling you my time just is flying these days and I just can't seem to get ahead of it with all I have to still accomplish. ((big sigh)) Anyways.... enough whining, this first image is "Designer Cupcake" by Paper Cupcake Stamps and can be found in my store here. I must say I am satisfied with both these cards. I mean after all who doesn't love a good cupcake?!?



This image is called "Magnolia Cupcakes" and it too can be found at my store Paper Cupcakes.


May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

Magical Monday - Sketch Challenge

Here is the card I made for the Magical Monday Challenge which was a sketch brought to us by Patti Nelson this week. I have had a sick little boy since Thursday, Saturday is when he started feeling better. Thank goodness, but it certainly adjusts your time in a different direction. For this challenge you could use any cupcake image. I used the image "For the love of lipstick". I have not finished the inside, but it is going to say "When is comes to friends, you're just the right shade" I took this pic last night, so I will see if I can get a little brighter one. I colored my image with my color pencils and Avery helped me pick all the colors. There were a few rejects in his choices, but for the most part he did well! :O)



Well, that's it for me today, now I need to get moving on finishing some paintings I am hoping to deliver this week. So... have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Free Digital Image - "Lucky Bear"

This weeks image from Paper Cupcakes is this cute little bear image called "Lucky Bear". This weeks challenge is brought to us by Nilla and she asked us to distress. I distressed the edges of my paper with my scissors and then I also crumpled my paper and then pressed it back out. I really like this look on my cards. My sewing machine has been messed up for years with the tension so I figured I could use it because that would fit the look! :O) I so love real sewing on cards, so I got out my machine. I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to use this card in regards to a sentiment, so I went with this little chipboard word that said "charmed". So I will most likely use it as a friendship card. Needless to say since I wasn't sure how I was going to use it, I have not finished the inside yet. There it a little tag that comes out that is under the image. I thought I would place the word "friends" on it, but haven't yet decided. I used glossy accents on my shamrock and the bear's nose and I also added some on the dots of the flowers on the green paper. Both papers are Paper Studio. I just loved it paired with the orange card stock.

Well, thanks for stopping by and I would feel very "charmed" if you left me a comment of lovins! :O) Have a charming day!

Some More Cards...

These were some cards I stayed up late and made for some of my dear friend's birthdays, I didn't use any images and just did all paper. I made my own template for the card and just went from there. I really loved how they turned out. That's it for now, because I am extremely tired and off to bed early. I will be back with more details at later.

Magical Monday - Lace & Circle

This week's challenge over at TMITA/PCC is to use any acquired image from Paper Cupcakes and to use a circle (image in a circle or sentiment in a circle) and some lace (either paper punched or real). I used my image in a circle and and used some red lace my mom gave me (thanks mom!). I really wanted to use this image "Perfect Friendship" and so I did. I knew right off I wanted it to be really colorful, because I had this sentiment that I wanted to use with it. I made my own template for this card and this will have been my forth card made with it (hopefully I will post the others this week). I colored the image with my Bic Mark-its and inked all the edges with a variety of cats eye chalks. I made my lollipop flower and added Stickles to the edges. I also ran some thread through the lace and gathered it and just built it from there. The punch is Martha Stewart and I bought this primary colored paper stack this week. I always seem to want some primary colored pp, but don't really have any. DCWV has a lovely one and it will work so nicely for my boy layouts, kid cards and some brightly colored card like this one.







Well, that's it for me for today! Hope you had a nice Valentine's Day, I certainly did!! Thanks for stopping by and double thanks if you left me some loving comments!! Have a colorful day!!

Some More Cards...

Just dropping off some cards that I made weeks ago. The first two are using images from my store Paper Cupcakes. So, if you haven't been by my store you should stop by and check it out and also look through the gallery as well. There are a lot of really great projects in it made by some really talented people aka the Design Team aka my friends. "oD

This first image is called "Just Because" I really like this image, but then I find myself saying that a lot after I use them all! It is the first time I have colored a lot of my images if you see them here. I must say it is kind of fun too, to color them for the first time or to see what someone else does with them as well, if I have never seen them used before. Well, I have a lot of them out there like that, so why don't you stop by and buy a few and show me what you can do with some. Also, stop by my blog over TMITA/PCC you can find the link on my side bar, just click on the icon and maybe join in some of our weekly challenges.


This second image is called "Teddy Bear Sunday" I think he is soo cute and super cute all colored up (see, there I go again!). I added some glaze on the lower part of the drips, the cherry and on a few of the dots on the pp; it looks so cute in real life.


This third card I made for a friend that had a baby back in December, OK, I am really slow about posting these, but she didn't even receive it until January! I bought the 3-D sticker of the animals, because, well, you can see how cute it is and so this was a really super fast and easy kind of card. Mindy loves buttons and has an addiction for them so I made sure I added some buttons! She probably is pulling them off and re-using them... LOL.. nope probably not, she has a stash load of them that she probably doesn't need to do that!


OK.. it's late, I have a few more pictures to upload, although they are not my projects I do want to do a special posting, but it is getting late and I am going to bed. Everyone else is already in bed and the house is nice and quiet and still, so I think bed is where I need to be as well!!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look and special thanks if you left me some lovins, I so love reading it!!

BOM Challenge:

I did the layout a few weeks back for the BOM Challenge over at scrapbook.com with my ETG. The challenge was: What's The Word? This challenge is to choose one word that sums up your plans for the new year--how you want to aspire to live, dream, create, etc. This word will set the tone for your 2010 BOM! You can use whatever pictures you like, or no pictures at all! You can include any resolutions if you made any and want to include them. But be sure to tell us your word and why you chose it in your journaling. 25 POINTS!

My word for 2010 was "Focus". My journaling is on the hidden tag that pulls out which is where the "2010" is. The things I want to focus on are: 1) Seeing & realizing my everyday blessings 2) Spending more one on one time with Eric 3) Taking more measures to being healthy with exercise and better choices in eating 4) Building my business 5) declutering certain areas in our home

I can't believe how blue my eyes look in this picture, I swear I didn't do anything to them in the photo program either!! I think the blue paper certainly helps bring out the color! "O)

I kept this simple and clean, I seem to be getting better at this! This was a fairly quick and simply lo too.



Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Free Digital Image - "Flight Of The Fuschia"

This is my card for Magical Monday over at TMITA/PCC. The challenge was to use this image "Flight Of The Fuschia" and make a card of comfort (thinking of you, sympathy, etc.) I rarely have these kind of cards on hand and also find them one of the most challenging to make. Probably because I always want these type of cards to be just perfect. I was going to do a monochromatic card at first, but decided to add a touch of lavender. I kept this real simple and let my image shine. I just barely met the challenge with that little pearly button! I really liked how this turned out and I just loved all the designers cards for this type of card as well. I certainly will be casing some of their ideas in the future!



Have a peaceful day!

Free Digital Image - "I Heart You"

This week's challenge over at TMITA/PCC was to make a Valentine's gift tag with some kind of stitching (tread or hand drawn) using this image from Paper Cupcakes "I Heart You".

I have lots of favorite color combinations and green and pink is one of them. I seen this really pretty paper from Paper Studio and thought it would be perfect. I colored my teddy bear with my colored pencils and also added some soft pink into the lighter parts of him, but I am not sure you can see it here. I cut my tag with my Fiskars shaper tool and then just added my embellishments. OH, I hand stitched my "x's", I love to hand stitch and always love the look, but I love stitching on things all the way around! I also finished off the other side of my tag with the pretty pp as well. This was really a quick project and I just loved how all the projects turned out over at the challenge blog, but then again, I always love 'em. So make sure you stop by and check them all out as well as their personal blogs.

This was a lot of fun, so if you are looking for a bit of creative fun today, make a cute tag with this image! In the mean time have a heartfelt day!

It's A Boy Thing...

This is my lo for the ETG - TECH Challenge over at sb.com ETG (the challenge): I Can See Clearly. This challenge is to use clear (transparent) or translucent items (you can use as many as you want, but you MUST use at least one!) on your layout--this includes transparencies, overlays, vellum, plastic, or even glass (tiles, etc.)! You can use these materials in any way you wish, so use your imagination! 25 Points!
TWIST: NONE, 10 extra points for everyone who does this one, too! TOTAL 35 POINTS!

I use transparencies to cut stars out using my fiskars tool. I then used MM paint and sponged/outlined the stars in the blue and then went back and did some white doodles on them with my uni ball pen. This is a very simple lo for me, but I really liked how it turned out. I added some mustard colored ribbon with blue ric-rac on top of that and then added buttons in the middle of the stars. The 3 is Avery's age in this pic and it was made out of a transparency as well, but I painted it gold. added a few rub-ons and I really loved how this turned out; simple and clean, which is really hard for me!


Thanks for stopping by and taking a lookie!

Magical Monday - Box/Bag/Container

This week over at TMITA/PCC the challenge is brought to us by Kim McDonald. The challenge was to make some kind of container, box or something that would hold or contain candy or something like that. I love making other things outside of cards, so I thought I would do a set again this week. I have to say this project photographed really goofy in the color way. Have you ever had one of those projects where the colors that show up in the photograph really aren't the true colors of your actual project is in real life! Well, that is the way this bag photographed and it drives this perfectionist nut-so! The flower looks an odd green, but really matches much better then it reflects here and my giraffe here on the bag looks more bluish purple then purple. Really look at the giraffe on the bag and then look at the giraffe on the card! Both colored with the same colors, but yet they look like they were not. I think that purple on the green must bring out more of the blues in the color for whatever reason, so I just gave up and this is what you get, photograph wise! :O)

So, anyway..... I had these little bags from the dollar store and so I used one as a template for this bag. I covered the handles with this lovely fuzzy yarn for some fun texture (love texture!) and interest. I colored my image with my Bic Mark-its and then added some colored pencil as well. The PP is from my friend Ami and it is made by Prima (both on the card and bag). OK.. this picture of this bag is REALLY driving me crazy because of how odd the colors look and I almost didn't want to post it, I think I want to replace the flower with a big red one as well!! LOL.... But truly in real life it looks more like the card! OH WELL....





Well, that's it for this week, come back later this week I have some other cards to post with some other images from my store. So, as you go through your day "Think Love".

Free Digital Image - "Tons Of Love"

These are the cards I made with this week's Free digital image "Tons Of Love" from PAPER CUPCAKES showcased on TMITA/PCC's blog.

This first card is for the challenge over at TMITA/PCC and it was to use the "Tons Of Love" image as well as Red Ribbon, Buttons and something Glittery and/or Sparkly.

I did my card tall and thin to fit into a regular business size envelope. I colored the elephant with my colored pencils to keep her soft and used the Bic Mark-its for her skirt and hearts for a little more rich color and boldness. I love this ribbon from Wal-mart and have it in several colors. The pp is from a Christmas stack called "Magic of the Season" from Hobby Lobby. I added Red Stickles to the waist of her skirt, toenails and to the hearts. Affixed a button onto of the bow and called it complete after I stamped the word love which is a stamp by Stampabilities. I always finish the insides of my cards, but never take pictures of them. I placed a verse inside that says, "Life's most beautiful things are not seen with the eyes, but felt with the heart"




I wanted to make a softer card in color, more of a baby type card with this image so I went with some pastels. I thought it would be fun to make a blue elephant and so I did just that. The photo corners are Heidi Swapp. I used the Fiskers scalloped border punch with the holes and then tied all those cute little blue bows through each hole. I added some small white pom-poms under the image and then added some blue ric-rac on top of that as well as along the top pp edge. Added 2 yellow rhinestones at the top. I yellow stickles her her skirt (bling bling), and pink Stickles to the toenails and hearts. I wanted to add a sentiment on the top right side, but I couldn't decide what I wanted so I left it blank for the time being, as well as the insides.





Well, that's it for "Ton's Of Love" for me today. I love taking an image and seeing the different looks you can achieve with it. I had fun with these two cards that reflect just that. Thanks for stopping by today and remember it only takes a few minutes to leave some lovins! :O)