I Hope You Dance

Hello!  Hope your week has started off well!  Mine, not so much, although everything is fine now, thankfully.  This morning, we were awakened by the screaming of the tornado sirens at 3:00 AM.  Apparently, a couple of tornadoes did touch ground a little northeast of here and caused quite a lot of damage to property and sadly, the loss of a couple of lives. Fortunately for us, we only got the heavy rain, high winds and severe thunderstorms - no damage in my immediate area.  Tens of thousands of people are still without power.  Now  it's warm and sunny and you wouldn't know anything had happened.  It certainly was a scary start to the day.

Anyway, I'm popping in to share a couple of cards I made for the Create With TLC Design Team.  Both have a dance theme.  I created them with a combination of freebies that Paulette has shared on the Create With TLC blog and sets that are available in Paulette's store here.

Here is my first card:

The patterned paper is from the Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings 6.5 x 6.5 pad.  The vintage dance collage and the sentiment are from Create With TLC.  I added a little bit of color to the images with Copics and then sponged the panels with a bit of Old Paper Distress Ink.  Some hand-dyed seam binding and a tiny Wild Orchid Crafts rose finished my card.

Here is the second one:

I started with a card base of SU Close to Cocoa and layered with Pale Plum and patterned papers from the GCD Studios Antiquities 8x8 pad.  My image and sentiment are from Create With TLC, of course.  I colored  parts of the image with my Copics and sponged around the borders with Old Paper Distress Ink.  The frame was cut with the Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails Oval die. I added a few pale plum pearls to the frame and the sentiment.  A double-loop satin bow and a Prima cameo button finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!   It's going to be a busy week for me, but I hope to be back soon with something new to share.

A Couple of Valentine's Day Cards

Hi there!  Have you had a good weekend?  We had some pretty yucky weather - severe storms, drizzle, fog - not so nice.  At least there were no power failures or damage here.  I know others weren't so lucky.  Anyway, I'm popping in to share a couple of Valentine's Day cards I made.  One was for the Just Us Girls Challenge #120 - a color challenge with pink, red and white.  The other was for the Corrosive Challenge #141 (I {Heart} You - use at least one heart on your card). 

Here is the color inspiration for the JUGS Challenge:

Here is my card:

I used a fun digi background paper that was a freebie from Create With TLC.  The subway art and sentiment are also from Create With TLC.  They were some of the goodies from the February Club.  I colored the letters on the sentiment with Copics.  A big pink satin bow and a few heart rhinestones finished my card.

Here is my card for the Corrosive Challenge:

This one was created with a bunch of the Valentine goodies from the February Club from Create With TLC.  I printed all the images on Cryogen White.  Some of the images already had a touch of red on them.  For the ones that didn't, I added it with my Copics.  Everything was distressed then sponged with Antique Linen Distress Ink to give an aged look.  I used a vintage red patterned paper but I'm not sure what it is as it was in my scrap bag.  A sheer ribbon bow and faceted pearl heart finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate your visits!  Hope to see you soon!

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi there!  Hope your Friday has been great and you are ready to start on a fun weekend!  I'm popping in to share a card I made for a couple of challenges.  First, it's for a little contest going on over at the Digi Bells Blog to celebrate the release of a brand new Elisabeth Bell digital image called "Click".  You get to enter a card created with any Elisabeth Bell image (anything goes) to be entered to win the adorable new image.  I jumped all over it!  My card is also for this month's Belles 'n Whistles challenge which had a theme of "frosty winter".  Lastly, I am entering my card in the Simon Says Stamp challenge, which was a sketch challenge.

Here is the SSS sketch from Domi:

Here is my card for the challenges:

I flipped the sketch to horizontal for my card.  I started with a card base of SU Blue Bayou and layered with patterned papers from the Bo Bunny Snowfall 6x6 pad.  My cute EB image is from the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection called Frosty The Snowman.  You can find it here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored it with Copics (E00, E000, E11, BG78, BG75, BG72, BG70, E37, E35, E33, E31, E27, E25, E23, W5, W3, W1).  I added a bit of ice glitter to their hats.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Warm Winter Wishes. The doily was cut with the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die.  I punched a few snowflakes with MS punches and added pearls to their centers.  Some stitched ribbon and a few buttons from my stash finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look!  Have a fantastic weekend and see you soon!

Copic/Promarker Challenge - The Outlawz

Good morning!  Can it possibly be Friday again?  I am happy for the weekend, but I'm wondering where the whole week went!  Anyway, I'm here to share my DT card for this week's Copic/Promarker Challenge on The Outlawz site.  This week's theme is "girls only".  The theme is open to your own interpretation, but there should be a tie to a girl theme somewhere on your project.

Here is my card:

I went with a girlfriend theme for my card.  I started with a card base of SU Rich Razzleberry and layered with patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6x6 pad.  My girlfriends image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.  It's called There For You and it can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with Copics (E000, E00, E11, E25, E31, E50, YG00, YG93, YG95, BG000, BG10, BG11, BG13, RV63, RV66, RV69).  It was cut out and matted with Spellbinders Petite Oval Nestabilities.  The sentiment is from Create With TLC.  It was one of the freebies Paulette generously offered on her blog a bit ago.  If you sign up as a follower of the Create With TLC blog, you'll never miss the awesome freebies Paulette shares every day!  The Create With TLC store is also full with fantastic digi images and word art.  A couple of pink pearl flourishes, a double-loop pink satin bow and a tiny aqua rose finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to head on over to the Copic/Promarker Challenge thread and check out the amazing creations from my oh-so-talented and sweet teammies! We are thrilled to welcome Linda, who was our wonderful GD for January, as a full-time member of our team!  Why not get out your markers and play along with us?  We are always inspired by your fantastic creations!

Have a great weekend and hope to see you soon!

Mo's DP2 Challenge #118 - Stitching

Good morning!  It's Thursday and time for another Mo's DP2 Challenge!  We had so many fabulous entries for last week's clean & simple challenge!  Let's keep 'em coming this week!  We so love seeing your creations!  This week, Pat is our hostess and the theme is "stitching - real or faux".  You don't even need a sewing machine!

Here is my DT card for the challenge:

I started with a square card base of marbled cardstock from my stash and layered with a lighter marbled CS and patterned paper from the Webster's Pages Western Romance Petite Papers pack.  I machine-stitched around all the borders.  I stitched on some eyelet lace and velvet trim from Webster's Pages Romance and WonderFall Trim Cards.  My sweet Mo's image is Ragged Romeo.  It can be found in Mo's store here.  I printed it on Cryogen White and colored with Copic markers.  It was cut out and matted with Spellbinders Scallop and Classic Circle Nestabilities.  I added some Liquid Pearl accents to the scallops, then popped up the main image.  The sentiment tickets are from Create With TLC.  They were some of the goodies in the February Club.  A few Wild Orchid Crafts roses finished my card.

My card is also for a few other challenges: Sketch Saturday #190, Digital Tuesday #143 (romantic card) and Joan's Garden's Card Challenge (valentine in non-traditional colors with lace and roses and an optional key).

Here is SS-190:

Thanks for stopping by!  If you haven't done so already, be sure to visit Mo's Challenge blog and check out the fabulous samples from the rest of the DT!  We hope you will be inspired to pick out your favorite Mo's image and play along with us!

Have a great day!