Retro Birthday

Good morning!  We are to the middle of the week already!  So far it's been pretty busy!  It's been raining cats and dogs here most of the time since Sunday.  We had some thunderstorms and even a little hail last night!  Luckily I have lots to do indoors today.  Before I get to it, I'm here to share a project I did that fits a couple of challenges I like to do.  First it is for Copic Challenge #34 on Suzanne Dean's Color Me Creative Classroom site.  The theme this time is "retro" and we are to use hot pinks, black and white for our coloring.  It is also for the second challenge at the new Crafter's Cafe Challenge blog (happy birthday theme).

Here is the inspiration photo for the CMC Copic Challenge:

Here is my project for the challenges:

I altered a gift bag for a friend's upcoming birthday.  The bag had the challenge colors already.  How good was that?  My retro image is a digi called Monique from Guylou's Inimitability. I printed her on Cryogen White and colored her with Copics.  I added a bit of Gunmetal Stickles to the lace on her dress and her shoes. She was cut out with Spellbinders Classic Circles and matted with GKD Passionate Pink CS cut with Spellbinders Scallop Circle Nesties.  The circle sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It is from the Life Encircled set which is new in the Create With TLC store here.  I colored the cake with Copics and added some more Stickles to make it sparkly.   The "Happy" on the image panel is from the SU set, Warmest Regards.

Here is a close-up of just the images:

That's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a good day and hope to see you soon!

Happiness

Hi there!  I'm back with another quick post today to share my first DT card for Create With TLC.   My card is also for this week's challenge at The Play Date Cafe #113 (juniper, mint and vanilla) and the first challenge at the brand new The Crafter's Cafe Challenge (new year/new beginnings). 

Here is the PDCC Color Story:

Here is my card:

My interpretation of "new year/new beginnings" for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge is that this is my first card for a new design team in a new year.  I started with a card base of SU Soft Sky and layered with Sage Shadow and patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Portobello 6x6 pad.  My image is a digi from the new Words To Live By Set by Create With TLC.  It can be found in Paulette's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with it with Copic markers.  I sponged around the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink to age it a little.  The image is matted with a Spellbinders Lacey Squares diecut.  I added lots of ivory pearls and a triple-loop bow of dyed seam binding to finish my card.

Thanks, as always, for visiting my blog!  I really appreciate it!  I'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning with my DT card for the Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site.  Hope to see you then!