Color Me Copic - Challenge #1

Color Me Copic is having their first challenge...to use black and white! Ooh, and the fabulous Rachel has an excellent tutorial on her amazing technique. I definitely had a lot of fun doing this challenge, and I chose Swiss Pixies Ladybug Nora for my card. She can be found at ATS.

used a recent ATS sketch...

and came up with this...

All the b/w paper is from my dd's old papers for paper clothes, was lucky to find scraps that were big enough to use on the card. Also used an image background from Bugaboo stamps (and they're having a great sale right now). Couldn't resist using my stickles, only a touch on her wings and headband! and a shiny ladybug to finish! The flower is made with two little flower punches, and used MS butterfly punch...wish i had a smaller butterfly punch too!

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Wedding Cake...

I was on the search for the perfect image for a wedding card, but just couldn't find one. I adored the Magnolia set, but if I ordered them it would be too late for me to get the card done...as you know, I'm a last minute kinda of gal! So at the last minute (again!), I decided to draw my own wedding cake! There were three images that inspired me...

wedding cake from
Ace of Cakes

 

Magnolia love cake

pearl heart & swirls  

So this is what I came up with...

and my finished card...

Not quite what I wanted...I couldn't fnd my stash of purple flowers that I had leftover from some wedding favors I made years ago. I was running out of time, so just used whatever I could find. I have another wedding coming up, so I'll be using the image again...

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Believe....

When I saw this beautiful mermaid designed by Amy Y, I just had to have her! Pearl Tidepool & Seamoor...what perfect names. They are so so adorable!! This is my first time trying the monochrome technique, I chose purple and it so much fun to do!  Following the ATS and Tamiko's challenges, here's what I did.

When I finished coloring Pearl I thought, why did I color her face purple??? Then I lightened it up with the blenderless pen, and it turned out better. Added stickles shine and liquid pearl to pretty her all up! Flowers are from Petaloo...after a long search thru my stuff, I finally found some glass beads that I added to the center of the flowers. Ribbon and sentiment stamp are from Michael's and dp is from my old stuff. For someone that just got into cardmaking, I have alot of old stuff! lol! I bought alot of extras when I did party and wedding favors...now they come to good use!

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Hello Miko...

Okay, I must work on getting my cards done earlier!  I just submitted this to Club Anya's WCW color challenge...it may be too late but I wanted to finish it anyway because the color combo is one of my favs! The fabulous sketch is from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge here. Mercy makes absolutely magnificent sketches and amazing gorgeous cards!

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Here is Miko from the TGF Roll Call Kit, and she's such a cutie! I'm using alot of new stuff I recently splurged on...Basic Grey Koishi papers, liquid pearl, flowers & buttons from makin' memories, and some new copic colors! and finally sentiment is from AmyR's big words collection 

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My Friend Summer...

Look who stopped by, my friend Summer! Isn't she just adorable! This is another cutie from TGF Roll Call kit, which you can get here. This week at ATS weekly challenge  calls for using carribean blue, pink, and celery.

What a fun colors to play with. I used copics and couldn't resist some stickles shimmer on her. The cute ribbon I got from Michael's, and dp are from Me&My Big Ideas and Autumn Leaves. I followed the fantastic sketch from Club Anya Sketchy Saturday #24.  I'm so glad I got to finish this in time!

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Jade's in the house...

Few weeks back I got my TGF Roll Call kit and some AmyR's sentiments, and just over the weekend I was finally able to finish cutting them up and ready for some inkin' fun! I totally love Jade from the Roll Call set, she looks so mysterious, but yet so very sweet. For inspiration I followed the Whimsical Wednesday's month long challenge. The colors are so fun to play with, and just the perfect way to start the summer.

Jade was so much fun to color, and she's my first attempt at hair "feathering", which came out better than I expected. Check out this amazing video by Lysa. She makes some pretty awesome cards.
Couldn't resist to add some glossy accents to Jade's star and her boots. I used two MS punches to make the border behind her, and finished with some flowers, button and dew drop. Sentiment is also from the Roll Call set.

Challenges:
Whimsical Wednesday: photo inspiration
Club Anya: WCW sketch

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Cards, Cards, Cards...

Lately I felt I've made so many cards that I couldn't keep up with posting them. But in reality, it was just a few. It just takes me long to get one finished! LOL! I've had birthdays, graduations, and Father's Day. If I was better organized I would have finished the one for my DH first, but I didn't =(  so I owe him one!
I was so caught up in making the graduation cards, that for the birthday cards I needed, I used some of the ones I already made...uh, I guess that what they're for! Then I had 3 cards to make for Father's Day (that would be my DH, my dad, and FIL-just to make it clear LOL!), but I only ended up with one...and it didn't turned out so good. First it was supposed to be an easel card, but it ended up being a tent card. But when I glued down everything and stood up the card, the inside image was NOT right! I guess cuz I glued it to the back, it was "looking" down. Don't know if you can understand what I'm trying to describe, but I can tell you it was so odd, I didn't even take a pic of it!! LOL!

I did have better luck with my grad cards - all three of them!!

First one is for my nephew's high school graduation. The cute grad owl is from a website that I can't remember.  I was searching thru so many, I forgot to get the link for it. Anyway, I made the "congratulations" background paper using MS Word. Then just popped on the shiny grad owl, and of course used the school colors. Kept it pretty simple since it was for my nephew, can't be too cute! hehee!

I had a lot fun making these two cards for my nieces. They are sisters and both are graduating this year, one from middle school and the other from elementary.

For the older sister, I used the adorable monkey from ATS Flower Power set, which also comes with the single flower with l'il ladybug atop! I used copics, stickles and glossy accents to make it shiny! Again I made the Happy Graduation circle from MS Word, and even had to handcut this circle! Boy that was nerve wrackin! I had to fill-in lots of red around the black border with a black sharpie. I think I need to get a round nestie! DP is from Creative Imaginations which my dd helped pick out at Michael's. Finished it with a piece of cardstock stamped with stars and a few dew drops!

Next up is the card for the younger sister, she's going to start middle school next fall! I love this adorable star bugg fairy from Tiddly Inks. Her school colors are maroon and white, so that's what I went with. Copics, stickles are glossy accents are here again to make the sweet fairy shine! I found this cute DP from Basic Grey at the local Beverly's craft store. Didn't want to cut it up, but I did...very sparingly! Ooh, and the sentiment is from AmyR's Big Words set. I love this set, and of course the Handy Additions set too!

Pheww...that was long! Thanks for stopping by and to read my ramblings...

Have a great day! ;)

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! ;)