A Surprise, A cute Easter Digi from Grab-A-Doodle-Do and a Cliff-Hanger!

Look at the beautiful card I got from Barb over at Made For Keeps! Isn't she gorgeous? I was #5 in her First Five game and she said she would send me something that she made herself. I have to tell you, when she saw this, my 12yo DD screamed...snatched it out of my hands...and ran away! LOL But, at least I have this photo to admire....go give Barb some bloggy love, she deserves it!
This is the card I made for Mel-Mel, my niece. She also has a birthday close to Easter and this cute little digi-chick from Grab-A-Doodle-Do seemed like a good match!

I colored him with Copics, but not on my fave paper...I was out. I will probably do another one of him on better paper, but he still turned out really sweet! I am still working on shading, but I think I am getting better.

The flowers are K & Co, the gemstone brads are Spare Parts and all the CS, DP, Ribbon, etc is from my stash. The sentiment is a vellum sticker and I used my Cricut (Yaaayyy!!!) to make the little speech bubble layers.

Want a sneak peek at what I am posting tomorrow? Ok, then....Here it is!

Can you guess? Leave me a comment and tomorrow when I post the whole card, I will choose a winner from the guesses left in the comments to receive a surprise from me!

Blessings!

Cupcake Craft Challenge #33 A Sketch...

This week on Cupcake Craft Challenge, we were given a sketch to work with. I had this lovely little Henry image from WoJ all colored and decided to use him as a starting point. I used a turquoise colored CS out of the Kaleidoscope ValuPak from Joann, and a lovely bright orange out of my stash. I rounded the corners with my EK Success Corner Rounder.


Henry is colored with Copics and I tried something new with him this time. I put a "halo" around the candle flame with a couple of different yellows. I think it turned out pretty good!

The DP is from a clearance sale at Joann...no info on the back, sorry! The ribbon is from the $1 bin at Michael's. (see a pattern emerging here? I am ALL about getting a good deal! hehehe)

The flowers and brads are Spare Parts. I mixed and matched from some yellow, green and blue sets. The buttons are a mix of Basic Grey Urban Prairie and some from my stash.

I followed the theme thru on the inside and added a vellum sentiment sticker from a Lil' Messages pack by American Traditional Designs (the one on the front is from the same pack) and some green grosgrain ribbon from my stash.

He is so cute, I might not be able to give him away! hehehe

Blessings!

Happy Monday!

Well, this weekend was busy, as usual. Two birthday parties, a wedding shower, church and yardwork! Whew! I am tired all over again just thinking about it! hehehehe

I DID get to do some crafting, though. Here are a few new things....

This card was inspired by a lady that came to look at my cards at the Library Fund Raiser. She asked if I had anything with Lighthouses. I remembered this stamp set by Our Daily Bread Designs and thought it would be perfect! I used my MS Picket Fence Border Punch to accessorize the look. The CS is corner punched with the Fiskars Heritage Corner Punch.

Here are the Copic colors I used to create this image. I was going for a night-time look, not sure if I pulled it off, but I think it looks nice.

I layered the image with soft grey and royal blue CS and some soft blue/green DP from my stash...not sure what the name/maker is. I used paper flowers and gemstone brads from Spare Parts to embellish.

Don't you love this scripture? I know I do...it reminds me that no matter what is going on in my life, God is present and in control. I can rest in His peace knowing that He takes care of all my needs.

I followed the theme from the front to the inside and used my MS Picket Fence Border Punch again to just give it that little extra "something."

Blessings!