Outside the box.......for me

Happy Wednesday to All,

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I know there was a lot a severe weather across the US. I hope everyone is safe as well as their loved ones.

My card today is one that I have done for the Challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencils blog. The Challenge was distressing. I have to tell you this was really outside the box for me. I don't normally do distressing on my cards. Not sure why. I just don't think I do as well with it as other do.

I have colored this little guy using my Copic markers. For anyone who knows me, blues are not a color I use much. I was very happy with the way his shirt came out. I like this color blue.

The DP is from Basic Grey's Pyrus collection. It had a good bit of distressing on it already. I added some more.

I was looking for some ribbon the other day to make a bow for some flowers and came across this spool of ribbon that I have had for ages and thought oh how perfect Taylor's Chicken Farm. It already had a distressed feel (could be cause it is so old) but I added a little more with some distress ink.

Added some brads to the top right and lower left corners just because. The layout is a Splitcoast Stampers Sketch S332.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Monochromatic

Well hi there everyone,

My card today is made with a Mo's Digital Pencil Too image. This card is done for her challenge this week which is to make a card that is monochromatic. I decided to make mine in the vintage brown look.

This was fun. I love this image. It makes you want to go and buy some cotton candy LOL.

I have colored the little girl with my copics all in the "E" colors. The DP in the circle is by Melissa Frances. The other paper is some very very old paper from my collection.

The flowers I used distressed ink on to give them the vintage feels too.

There is a little bit of Martha Stewart ribbon on the card. It's a little hard to see.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and checking out my card today.

How does your garden grow?

Hi Everyone,

Well it has been a day to create. It's rainy and windy. So I came up with this card for Mo's Digital Pencil Too challenge this week. The theme was How does your garden grow. This image is called End of Summer

I have colored her with copics. I added a little blue chalk for the sky it is hard to see in the picture but in person it is very pretty. The chalk has a shimmer to it.

For little butterfly I have added black stickles to it's body and clear stickles to the swirls.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look.

Little Chickies

Happy Saturday All,

I have made this card to participate in the Mo's Digital Pencil challenge. This little guy is a digital image by Mo. I have colored him with Copic markers. The back ground is sponged with versa color ink using a Spellbinders Nestie die.

I followed the sketched that was presented at the challenge web site. I used a Fiskars border punch for the border along the image. I made me think a bit of chicken wire.

This little guy was fun to color.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Have a good weekend.

Play ground in my mind

Hi Everyone,

This card is done with Mo's Digital Image for this weeks challenge. She is colored with Copic markers. The image is cut out with a Nestie as well as a spellbinders tag is was embossed over and then cut and adhered at the top and bottom of the image.

A little closer image.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick card I did using one of Mo's Digital Pencil Too images. Isn't she cute?

I am sure everyone is busy with the upcoming holidays. Is everyone ready?

Thanks for stopping by and have a very Merry Christmas.

Fall

Hello Everyone,

I do believe fall is upon us. Finally! This card is done with Mo's image Young Love. I love this image. I added a little autumn flower soft for color. The background paper is Apple Cider by Imaginisce. I punched out the leaves and added Pebbles Metallic Cream Chalks to them. The punches are old punches that I had but I used my Power Punch by Punch Bunch . Boy does it make it much easier to punch when you have older stiffer punches. A good friend gave it to me as a Christmas gift and I would not give it up for anything.

I am still working with Copic's I think I am getting the hang of them a little more each time I use them.

I know there are not normally bluebirds out in the fall but I just thought they would add color rather than the gray birds that are mostly around now.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

First attempt at Copic Markers

Happy Fall Weather Everyone,

I took a Copic class that Suzanne Dean was teaching on Saturday. Wow, I have a lot to practice. Suzanne is a wonderful teacher and boy is she good at making those markers do magic.

Here is my first attempt at working with them on my own. This is not the best paper to be working on but I don't think I did to bad. It will take practice as did all of the other stamping mediums I have worked with. Reds are one of the harder colors to work with.

Don't look too close you will find my mistakes ;-)

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil Too.

If anyone has a chance to take a class with Suzanne, I don't think you will be disappointed.

Mo's Digital Pencil Too Challenge

Happy Tuesday!

I did this card for the Mo's Challenge this week Special Folds and Flowers. This is a calendar card that I use to teach about 10 years ago at a local stamp store that is no longer here. This card makes a great holiday gift for co-workers. They will be reminded all year of your thoughtfulness as they display it on their desk. Mo's image "Fall Kitten" is really cute on the front of the cover. Scroll down to see the full calendar.

I haven't used my Tombow makers in a long time but broke them out for this. I like the way the fur looks on the kitten.

Here is the card opened a little

This is the calendar up close a bit.

Open a little more.

I found a web site on line that you can download the calendar .

You can make this card simple or really fancy with embellishments and decorative papers.

Hope you enjoy this card.

Brown Challenge

This is for Mo's Digital Pencil Too weekly challenge. This week was a card in browns. I love brown. It just reminds me of fall and that is my favorite time of year.

Mo's Digital Pencil Too Challenge

I made this card for Mo's Challenge " Thank Heaven for Little Girls" I used some old background papers that I have had for ages. The spider web punch is a Martha Stewart punch. The brads and ribbon are from Big Lots and the Dollar Tree.

Mo's Digital Pencil Too Challenge

Here is a cute card using Mo's Digital Pencil Too image along with a Stampin up die for the butterflies. This is a really girlie girl card with all the pink in it.

Christmas in July, well not really since it's August Part 2

This image is by Mo's Digital Pencil Too. She was really fun to color. The stocking fur top is done using Sparkle N Sprinkle Twinkling Clouds flocking. The verse is by Paper Trey Ink.

Christmas in July, well not really since it's August

Happy August Everyone,

Hopefully this will not be as hot as July but is not starting off so well. I am so ready for the fall.

Here are a few Christmas Cards I did. The first one is called Sticky. This little Elf is so cute.

The greeting was created using Word. I thought it was fitting.

This is a cute Christmas caroler with her pup. Finally found use for the music background paper LOL.

Even more cards

I was very happy with the coloring on this one. I like the shading. This reminded me of the movie Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts was at the polo match. She had a similar dress on so I made the hair with a bit of red in it.

This little guy is playing detective. Image is from Digital Pencil Too.

More Cards

This is a card using Mo's Digital Pencil digi image. I added a background scene to the window.

This is also a Digi image by Mo's Digital Pencil Too.

Paper Piecing

This week's challenge for Mo's Digital Pencil was Paper Piecing. This is the first time I have ever done Paper Piecing. I think it came out pretty well.

The curtains, pillows and jeans are all done with digital papers that I have. I was surprised at how well the pillows and curtains look. They didn't look so well before I cut everything out.

A little close shot.

Thanks for taking a look.