You Are Beautiful

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  I've had a busy day, but I am taking a quick break to share the card I made for Friday Sketch Challenge #23.   One of the challenge sponsors this time is Make it Crafty.  I recently purchased Zoe's new E-Books (Colouring Techniques and Shading With A Light Source) which are available in the Make it Crafty store here.  I thought this would be a great time to practice some of the techniques in Zoe's fantastic tutorials.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I started with a card base of SU Pear Pizzazz and layered with patterned papers from the Kaisercraft The Lake House 6.5x6.5 pad.   My beautiful image is Anastasia from Make it Crafty.  I printed her on Copic X-Press It and colored her with my Copics.  In retrospect, perhaps I should have started with a little less ambitious image!  I need a lot more practice before tackling hair this big!  In addition, my E25 and E29 markers are giving me fits!  I've cleaned the caps, changed the nibs and refilled them multiple times, but they are still yucky.  Of course, these are two of the colors I wanted to use for her hair.  Despite a multitude of issues, I couldn't bear to throw away my image after working on it so long.  The sentiment is from Paulette at Create With TLC.  Some Wild Orchid Crafts roses finished my card.

Reluctantly, here is a close-up.  Please don't scrutinize it too carefully!

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy what's left of the day and hope to see you again soon!

Geek Is Chic

Hi there!  Did you have a good weekend!  Mine was busy, but good, and we were lucky to have beautiful weather the whole weekend! We had much cooler temps and not much humidity - couldn't ask for more in AL in August!  I am popping in really quickly to share the card I made for the new MayzyArt Challenge #006.  The theme this time is "silly". At first I was at a loss as to what to do with this one, but then I remembered I had the fun freebie that Mayzy shared on her blog last month called Frankie Stein and a "silly" idea came to mind.

Here is my card:

I have never seen Monster High, but I went on-line and got a pic of what Frankie Stein looks like and tried to color her similarly.  I used GKD Cranberry Tart cardstock and layered with patterned papers from the Basic Grey Oliver 6x6 pad.  I printed Frankie on Copic X-Press It and colored all but her dress with my Copics.  I paper-pieced her dress with a plaid paper from the same pad.   I added some white dots to her skirt and sleeves with my Sharpie Paint pen and Red, Turquoise and Silver Stickles here and there for a bit of sparkle.  The fun sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It is part of the Hurray, Hurray, School Today set in Paulette's store here.  A few silvery rhinestones finished off my card.

Here is a close-up of Frankie:

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your evening and hope to see you soon!

Smart Business Woman

Hi there!  Hope you're having a good weekend so far!  We've been busy all day, but I took a break to finish up a card I was making for this week's Jackson's Digital Expressions Challenge (anything goes - brads or eyelets optional).

Here is my card:

I used GKD Smoky Slate cardstock and layered my simple sketch panels with patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Nutmeg 6x6 pad.  My image is Business Woman from Fine Arts by Robert Jackson.  You can find it in the Females section of Robert's store here.  I printed her on Copic X-Press It and colored with my Copics.  I used a Silver Letraset Metallic Marker to add shiny silver to her buttons, earrings and the buckles on her briefcase.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It is from the Embrace Your Crazy set that you can find in Paulette's store here.  I added three aqua rhinestone and silver brads to finish my card.  I can't remember the last time I used a brad!  I didn't add any other embellishments because I wanted to keep the design sharp and clean like the image.

Here is a close-up of the image:

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to get some time tonight to visit your blogs!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

It's Your Birthday!

Hi again!  I am on a roll here at the end of the week!  I guess it's to make up for the beginning of the week when I couldn't get anything done.  I am back to share a card I made for a few challenges.  It is for Tuesday Morning Sketches #158 (judged challenge - sketch plus make a birthday card), The Corrosive Challenge #155 (birthday), Basic Grey Challenges #74 (bright and bold) and Digital Tuesday Challenge #172 (recipe: 1 image, 2 papers, 3 flowers and 4 gems).

Here is TMS-158:

Here is my card:

I used SU Basic Black cardstock for my 5x7 card base and layered the sketch panels with two papers from the Basic Grey Urban Prairie collection.  My cute image is Poppy from Saturated Canary.  You can find her in Krista's store here.  I printed her on Copic X-Press It and colored her with my Copics. I had a few blending problems and don't know if it is my markers or the paper, so I'll need to work that out right quick!  I added some Diamond Stickles to the ruffle under her skirt and the center of the flower in her hair.  The birthday sentiment is from Paulette at Create With TLC.  Three Wild Orchid Crafts roses and four pink gems from my stash finished my card.

Here is a close-up of Poppy:

Thanks for stopping by again!  I really appreciate your visits and kind comments!
Have a great weekend and see you again soon!

Copic/Promarker Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Yay, it's finally Friday!  Hope you've had a good week and you're ready for the weekend!  I know I am!  Before getting on with the day, I'm here to post my DT card for the Copic/Promarker Challenge at The Outlawz site.  This week's fun theme is "circus/carnival".  Anything to do with either or both as long as there is some coloring with alcohol markers.

Here is my card:

I've got lots of layers on this one!  My cardstock is Papertrey Aqua Mist and Terracotta Tile and the patterned paper is from the My Mind's eye Lost & Found Two Mabel 6x6 pad.  It is more of the yummy papers I received in the awesome blog candy I won from Alice Wertz!  My adorable clown is Jojo.  You can find him in Mo Manning's store here.  I printed him on Copic X-Press It and colored him with my Copics.  I added a few polka dots with my Sharpie White Paint pen, Stickles to the star on his forehead and some Glossy Accents to his nose.  A dotted ribbon bow and a few buttons from my stash finished my card.

Here is a close-up of Jojo:

I used the August Sketch For You To Try from Jen Del Muro's blog:

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Copic/Promarker Challenge and check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the DT and our talented Guest Designer for August, Tabbatha.  We hope you'll come play along!  This month's CPC challenges are being sponsored by Guylou's Inimitability.

Guylou has the cutest digi images and they are very fun to color! Guylou is offering a GC to her on-line store to one lucky participant in the challenges during the month.  There are also lots of fantastic site-wide prizes at The Outlawz every month.  Hope to see you there!

Have a great day, a great weekend and hope to see you soon!