Hello Friend!

I'm typically a day late...and a few dollars short.  LOL  I really loved Karen's sketch for last Sunday; you can see it HERE and finally found some time to play - late Saturday night.  :(  Hence, I didn't get it uploaded in time but hey, I'm still going to show it to you!

I used "Pillow Talk" of the Simply Sassy girls - I love these images and coloring them is also lots of fun!

I used a new die cut from Verve Visual and a new stamp set for the "Hello Friend" sentiment.  The papers are Ocean Tide from PTI and some Stella and Rose Hattie DP.  Gosh I am so in love with the new MME papers; I'm using them on everything!

The Pillow Talk image is very large; so I cut her with a nestie but allowed her foot and a bit of her pillow to be outside the circle.  I also hand-cut a matting layer from Ocean Tides for the "hello friend" die cut.

The rest is pretty self-explanatory!

Hope you and your loved ones are having a splendid Easter!

...Easter eggs and pillow talk...Hugs, ~M.

WHAT'S IT TAKE?
Stamps:  Funky Kits Simply Sassy and Verve Visual Hope Blooms
Papers:  PTI Ocean Tides, GKD White, MME DP
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Chamomile & Chai Tea Dye Ink
Accessories:  Copics, nesties, Verve Visual Dies, misc gems

MOJO109 Manga Style

Look at my new girl - a manga girl! This image is also from Funky Kits - looks like this particular image is sold out right now; but they have several other images for you to choose from, lots of new ones too!

I used the Mojo Monday sketch for the layout (MOJO109) and chose the card stock colors based upon the My Mind's Eye Pretty Please paper. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE MME's paper? Yeah...thought so!

I colored the girls in with Copics matching the striped paper on the bottom of the card. I love looking at the images online and seeing more ways to color them; they offer such great examples.

This first card uses a tag from the same MME paper collection; I stamped "friend" on the tag and "It's Your Day" on the inside of the card. The ribbon is tied with a button & twine, such a fun little accent.

This next card uses buttons across the button with an additional pink button tied with twine & mounted on dimensionals to the middle button. Did you notice I left the other buttons 'nah-ked'; I know, some of you just freak at nah-ked buttons; I'm sorry.

I really loved coloring these images; the cards were such fun to make! The 2nd card says "just sittin' here thinking of you".

Thanks for stopping by, I really do appreciate when you visit! Thank you! Hugs, ~M.



WHAT'S IT TAKE?
Stamps: Sugar Nellie Manga Girls
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI's Hibiscus Burst, SU! Retired Cool Caribbean, MME's Pretty Please
Accessories: ribbon, buttons, twine, dimensionals, Copics, nestability dies

TESC86 & JUGS2

Bingo - two challenges in one; don't you *heart* when that happens? I gotta work smart - LOL!

What do you think of this precious little girl? She's called Fragile Beauty by Sugar Nellie; I think she's so very cute!

I used Taylor's sketch (TESC86) and also incorporated the JUGS challenge (Just Us Girls) which was to paper piece your image & you could also use the color pink. Hmmmm...did I cover the pink part? :D

Both her shirt & pants are paper pieced using BG's Bittersweet DP. The flowers are part of her shirt so I just stamped the image onto the same pink paper that was used in the background of the card. Aren't her pants fab? You know you want some just like that...in fact, you may have had some similar when you were a little girl digging around in the flowers! Ah....precious!

I kept the card very simple; just the image, paper piecing, some wonderful ric rac ribbon & dew drops - simple. The main panel (pink & white) are popped up onto dimensionals before they were added to the base Kraft card.

Thanks for popping in; I love when you visit! I hear the weather here is supposed to get very cold and yucky tomorrow; I really hope they're wrong - I'm just not ready for winter! Hope you have a great week! Hugs, ~M.



WHAT'S IT TAKE?
Stamps: Sugar Nellie Fragile Beauty
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI's Kraft & White, DP by Basic Grey (Bittersweet)
Accessories: ribbon, dew drops, EK Success punch, dimensionals, Spica Glitter Pen (Clear)

Working with Kraft

I have seen so many great creations recently on Kraft card stock using colored pencils to color the images. So...I had to give it a try and I like the result. I've been using Copics on everything, so this was a nice change of pace! I used two new images - Giving Shelter by Rachelle Anne Miller and Daisy by Elisabeth Bell.

I used SCS Sketch Challenge #224 - I love this sketch and will definitely use it again! You know me, I love to make more than 1 card at a time so I inked up both images with Memento Tuxedo Black and stamped them onto PTI's Kraft. Then I used watercolor pencils to color the images. I love both of these images, they are so adorable. I also decorated the inside of both cards.

I used Kraft and SU! Real Red card stock, the DP is by SU! called Bella Rose.

Isn't the little girl ADORABLE? I just love this image! At the center of each flower I used a yellow spica glitter pen and on Daisy's belt and heart on the pocket, I used the red spica glitter pen. You can't see the glitter in the picture, but it adds great 'bling' to the picture!

(Don't forget, you can click on any image to see it up close)

This is the inside of the Daisy card using PTI's anniversary stamp set (yeah, yeah, yeah - I love this set), this sentiment says "sending a happy hello". Unfortunately this stamp set cannot be purchased, you have to earn it.

Next is the "Giving Shelter" card - isn't this image just the cutest?

I once again used colored pencils for the image and added the yellow spica glitter pen to the center of the flower. I also used a black 3D gel pen for the little snail's nose. I wanted my snail to be colorful!! :D

I don't think they are green and orange in real life...but they are on my card! HA!


I have two posts today so if you'd like to see some baseball pictures, just scroll down to the next post!

Thanks for popping in; it's great to see you! Hope you had a fantastic weekend, we sure did!! Hugs, ~M.

Flowers

I started coloring this image a couple of months ago, but just didn't like how it was going so I set it aside...yes, a couple of months. I finally decided to pick it up, finish coloring and make it into a very simple card. I like the end result - do you?

The DP is by Stampin'Up; the white card stock is 120 lb. Pure Luxury by Gina K Designs. Nothing fancy, just lots of coloring and shading with my Copics - I so *heart* my Copics!

This stamp is by Elisabeth Bell (no, I didn't misspell her first name!!); I LOVE her images. There are several others I'd like to get - they range from a very young girl, like a toddler, to a teenage girl, very thoughtful and insightful. I just love the array of images!

I'm glad you popped in; hope you have a GREAT week! Hugs, ~M.

Just because...

Oh my, my, I really *heart* these stamps! This one is called Pen Pal designed by Elisabeth Bell and purchased at Funky Kits. Is she not the MOST adorable little girl? I had a marvelous time coloring her; I used Copics and a couple Spica Glitter Pens.

She reminds me so much of our oldest who is so creative; loves to draw, color, sketch, etc.

For the layout, I used Mojo Monday 72...I had to cheat a bit as my image was pretty long, but I still love the way the cards turned out! The "Just Because" is from Papertreyink's Mixed Messages set. Mixed Messages has a sentiment for anything you may need!

The base card is Regal Rose, layered with Chocolate Chip. All DP is by My Mind's Eye (have you noticed how much I've used My Mind's Eye paper lately...I love it; hope you don't mind!). These two pieces I got about a year ago at Hobby Lobby and just had small pieces left, but I thought they went well with the image - particularly those crowns, cuz this little girl is a P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S!!!

I used Martha Stewart's Lace Doily Punch; I really like the punch and think it adds such a delicate touch to any card.

The pearls used throughout the card are from a dear, dear online stamping buddy. She's the best!! For the brunette, I colored the pearls around the small flower brown; the blonde has pearls colored in one of the reds used in her shirt. I used Copics to color the pearls. AND see those flowers on the right-hand side of each card? The small flowers were pink; I changed them to red; one of the base flowers was light blue; one was yellow - yep; I made them BOTH chocolate with my Copics. Yummy!

I'm glad you stopped by; I hope you like my new friend - Pen Pal!

Take care and stop back by soon! Hugs, ~M.