Special Thanks...

It's been so slow for my to get back into making cards. The kids have been back to school for a week now, so finally I found some quiet time to make this card...which is going to someone that I won awesome candy from awhile back. I'm not mentioning her name here, cause I wanna surprise her! But she is super talented and so inspirational!

I tried quite a few new techniques here. First I followed a fantastic tutorial from Color me Copic, made by the one and only Amy Young, on coloring curly hair. All I can say is she makes it look so easy, but I defninitely need to practice ALOT more! I also "tried to" distress the edges...didn't look like it made much difference. Lastly, I used some fabulous Shimmerz on the flowers...think I need more colors now! hehee! Oh..and I followed one of the FFF sketch by Mercy!

Challenges:
Color Me Copic - Challenge #3 Curly Hair
Karber - Thank You
YNS - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Off to the Ball...

Happy Memorial Day! Hope everyone (in the US) is enjoying the day off, and let's not forget to give a moment to remember our fallen heroes.

Now, this little princess is ready for the ball. She's new from Tiddly Inks, and there's a brand new collection of royal princesses. They are having a big sale tomorrow, so hurry over and check out the very cute images by Christy Croll! I picked up this little cutie called Petite Q, and she's perfect for my neice upcoming birthday!

Sparkling princess ready for her dance at the ball...

Used copics to color this princess in my neice fav colors, pink and purple! Gave her some shine and bling, and couple of butterfly gems. The flower border is a MS punch, and added some sparkles to the flowers. I found this dp at a local craft store (Beverly's) and it's from Cloud9 Design papers called Pixie Dust. So pretty I didn't want to cover it up too much!


I'm entering this into a few challenges this week:
Tiddly Inks: bring on the bling
Whimsical Wednesday/Deidrich Dare: make it sparkle
Your Next Stamp: use border punch

Have a fantastic day and thanks for stopping by! ;)

Just in time...

I was looking through the cards that I've made recently, and I couldn't find a birthday card quite right for guys. This will be for my BIL birthday coming up tomorrow!! I thought I might as well try to find a challenge to guide me through another card, and I found ATS Weekly Wednesday and YNS challenge! At ATS you need to use dry embossing (ok, have that..) and over at YNS, cut it and POP it (did that too!).

here's a closeup of the cutest puppy from ATS!

This one of the adorable Pixie Pets from ATS (and sentiment too). Colored him with copics in gray tones because my BIL has a dog of the similar colors (not exactly, but close). Covered the yummy cupcake with stickles and of course a shiny red cherry! (though it didn't turn out too shiny in the pic...not very good light today...can u believe it's rainy!) Used a Cuttlebug embossing border, and my handy nesties for the frames. This came out cuter than I had planned...hope it not too "cute" for my BIL! hehee!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)