A Spoon Full of Sugar #41 - Torn Edges

The challenge this week over at SoS is to use torn edges in your work. This is kind of outside my comfort zone because I am kind of OCD when it comes to things lining up and being straight...LOL! I used this card by Camilla on the DT as my inspiration.

I had this lovely little Cheer Anya just waiting to be colored so I pulled out my new Copics and here she is! I have placed the markers I used in the photo, except I forgot the colorless blender I used to bring out the highlights in her hair. I trimmed around the image and popped her up on foam dots.

CS: light blue that I had stashed away. DP: Cloud9Design double sided Chocolate Swirl & Chocolate Chalet, Kelly Panacci for SandyLion Atomic Turquoise & Turquoise Mini Squares Ribbon: Michael's $1 Bin "Friends" Embellies: Gemstone Brads are Spare Parts, Paper Flowers are Spare Parts and the sentiment is from a Joann's vellum pack called "Friends"

Inspite of myself, I like how the torn edges look and the layers give it lots of depth. Here is a shot of the layers and the image popped up.

This is a shot of the inside of the card and the sentiment that I chose to complement the sentiment on the front. I thought the Cheer Anya was especially appropriate for a friend card, because our friends are often our biggest cheerleaders!

I really like this color combination and can see this becoming a favorite very soon!
Blessings!

Love is in the Air...la-la-la-la-la!

That is the Sketch Challenge theme over at "A Spoon Full of Sugar." And, it just so happened that I was in a "Romantical" (is that even a word? hehe) mood today and knocked out...not one...but 4! Count 'em, 1, 2, 3, 4 St. Vali's Day cards! What was my inspiration? Hmm...maybe just the fact that I feel human again, or maybe just that it was a good excuse to make some cards! LOL The first one is the card I made for the sketch, followed in rapid succession by #' 2, 3 and 4. The base is a white, textured cardstock pre-made card blank. I added some pretty, swirly DP and just about every embellishment known to man

(or woman, in this case!) I also punched the corners with my Fiskars "Heritage" Three-Corner Punch. The sentiment is from a pack of romantical (there I go again!) vellum sweet-nothings...why do you suppose they call them that? Nothings...usually when my Honey whispers these, they mean A LOT! At least to me they do...(Love you Honey!) Have you noticed that I have been on a real vellum kick lately? I really like how it looks... Anywhoooo... so I also finished the inside of this card and I was really pleased with how it turned out!

base: DCWV White, textured, premade card blank
cs: light pink from Joann multipack
dp: unsure, no name...pink and red toile I got in a DCWV Stack ON SALE!!!
embellies: red & white heart-shaped paper doilies, MS Valentine ribbon, red foil heart-shaped confetti that I punched and attached with round, silver brad, pink & red felt flowers attached with silver brads from Target, and silver double-heart favor charm from the wedding section at Wallyworld.

I won't bore you with all the deet's for the others, I will just post them as "Eye Candy..." Enjoy!

Had to be a girl...

This card is pulling double duty, as I am using it for the Whimsy DT Call and the Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge. I know, I know...the Whimsy DT Call asked for a Whimsy image (if you have one, which I don't!) or an animal image. Around my house we call babies, "expensive pets!" so I figured that would count as an animal, right? LOL

As soon as I saw this stamp by Inkadinkado, I just KNEW it HAD be mine! DP is DCWV, as is cardstock. Flowers are from the $1 aisle at Target (pronounced...tahr-jey, hehehe) and the star trim from Wallyworld (better known at our house as "STUFFMART") I stamped the image onto WC paper and used my MS Art Markers to color her in. I added the "blushing cheeks" because it just seemed like the thing to do. Hope you like her as much as I do!

Blessings,

Shannon