Seeing Spots at 7 Kids College Fund

Hi everyone!!  Wow...it's been awhile since I last posted.  I took a vacation from my hobby completely this last week.  :)  I just had to go visit my family and have my baby sis do my hair.  Ahhhh.....I feel like a new person but not sure where my mojo disappeared too.  Ugh!

Anyway, our challenge this week at 7KCF is "Seeing Spots".  Hmmmm....bet you can't guess what that one is all about!?!  LOL!  Yep, we want to see your dots and polka dots.  Here's my take on this challenge and be gentle, my mojo is missing remember!?!  For this challenge I have used a Magnolia stamp called "Secretive Tilda" from the Bon Voyage line.  Here's my card...

Isn't she just too cute!?!

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E02, E11, E13 and E95
Hair - E50, E53, E55, E57
Clothes - My own color of B21, B21, B24, B26 and V20, V25, V0000
Flowers - RV10, RV13, RV14 and YG61, YG63, YG67

Grass is colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Supplies Used:
Flower soft on the flowers
Prima Flowers
Copic ABS1 to spray the flowers
Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Misc DP from my stash

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at 7KCF for our "Seeing Spots" challenge this week!!  Make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has created for you also!!  WOW...some amazing talent!!

BTW...make sure you stop back by on April 1st because I am posting a HUGE blog candy!!  :)  Want a hint?  You color with them!!  LOL!!

Have a good one!!

Mardi Gras Color Challenge

Hi everyone!!  This is going to be a really short post today as I woke up with a horrid migraine.  Please bear with me if you find typo's, I will get them fixed and add more detail when I can focus.  :)   It's time for a new challenge at 7 Kids College Fund and this week our challenge is to use the colors "Purple, Green and Gold".  For my card I have used an image from Bildmalarna called "Mimosa's Flower Basket".  I absolutely adore Bildmalarna stamps and you can now find them at 7 Kids College Fund!!  WooHoo!!  Here's my card...

Doesn't she just have the prettiest little face!?!

Copics Used:
sorry....gonna have to get back to you on that one.  :)

Grass is done with Prismacolor pencils.  I find myself reaching for them more and more!

Supplies Used:
Memento Ink
Neenah Classic Crest (first time using this paper and really liked it)
Spellbinders Nestabilities in Classic Scalloped Oval and Classic Oval
Martha Stewart Scoring Board (LOVE LOVE LOVE)

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope that you will join us for our challenge this week at 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog!  Make sure you check out what the rest of the DT has created for your viewing pleasure this week.  :)

Have a good one!!!

Let's Get Square

Hello friends!  It's time for a new challenge at 7 Kids College Fund today and I bet you can't guess what it is.  Yep, you guessed it....we want to see your square cards this week!!  Hey, that was easy beings about 95% of my cards are square!  :)  For my card I have used this adorable stamp from Magnolia (yep, I've caught the maggie bug) called "Tilda With Balloon" and I absolutely adore her!  Here's my card for this challenge...

Doesn't she just look so precious standing there holding her balloon!?!

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E13, E21, E55 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E35, E50
Dress, Socks, Head Band and Balloon - R000, R30, R32, R35 and YG13, YG17, G40
Shoes - C0, C2 and 100

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Grass is colored with Prismacolor Pencils.

Supplies Used:
DP - Basic Grey Olivia
Diamond Stickles
Spellbinders Oval Nestie
Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Nestie
Nellie Snellen Leaf Punch and Embosser (OMG...these things freaking ROCK!!)
Prima Roses
VersaMark  Ink Pad
Bridal Ranger Embossing Powder 
Martha Stewart Branch Punch
Bella Baubles
Lace

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up.  Can you see the little embossed butterfly!?!

Thank you for for stopping by today and make sure you stop by the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the DT cards!  Wow...they are all fabulous!!!

Challenges entered:
All That Scraps Magnolia - Birthday

Have a good one!!

Shading and Highlighting at The Outlawz

Hello everyone!!  I'm so happy that you have stopped by today because I have used this adorable little Stampavie image called "Love Bubbles" for our Copic/Promarker challenge this week at The Outlawz. Our challenge this week is shading and highlighting.  We want you to practice on those basic marker skillz.  :)  Here's the card that I created...

Don't they just make a cute little couple!?!  I thought this image would be perfect for a newly engaged couple.  :)

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E13, E21, E55 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E35, E50
Dress - R81, R83 and my special blend marker with R85 and colorless blender
Shirt - B21, B24, B26 and colorless blender
Hearts - R32, R35, R37

Supplies Used:
Spellbinders - beaded circle
Stickles - diamond
Memento ink - tuxedo black
Distress ink
Martha Stewart scoring board
DP - Cloud Nine Designs (REALLY OLD)
Bow and flower was given to me by my very sweet friend Annika.

My sentiment is from Stampin' Up

I hope you will hop on over to The Outlawz and check out all of the fabulous challenges (all in one spot I might add) and don't forget that tomorrow we will be starting our week long party with lots of fun prizes!!  Make sure you check it out!!!

Have a good one!

Monday Morning Blues

Hi everyone!!  LOL...I'm not really having Monday morning blues but the new card I have for you today kinda does!!  :)  My daddy's birthday is on Thursday and I have been looking for the perfect image to make his card with and what arrived in the mail!?!  Some new stamps that I ordered from 7 Kids College Fund and there it was....the most adorable little stamp from Stampavie called "Fishing Bear".  Here's my card.....

Isn't he just too cute!?!  I absolutely love Stampavie stamps but these little bears from Penny Johnson just tug on my heart strings!!  BTW....there are some adorable stampavie stamps, spellbinders and other fun stuff up for preorder right now.  You can find them all HERE. 

Copics Used:
Bear and fish - E31, E35, E50, E53 and BG93, BG96, BG99 and R30
Water - BG0000, BG000, BG01
Fishing Pole - R35, R37, R39 and C0, C2, C5, C7

Supplies Used:
DP - Jillibean
Diamond Stickles
Martha Stewart Scoring Board
Ribbon

Challenges Entered:
The Sweet Stop - Sketch
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Birthday
Cute Card Thursday - Use Humor (hope my sentiment qualifies)

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you have enjoying my daddy's birthday card!!

Have a good one!

A Challenge of {heart}

Hi everyone!!  Well, the time has finally come for my very first challenge at 7 Kids College Fund and our challenge this week was to include hearts on your project.  This time of year that was an easy one!!  :)  For my card I have used this adorable CC Designs stamp called "Violet with Key Swiss Pixie" and I just love her. Here's my card...

Isn't she adorable!?!  You should see what the rest of the DT has created for you this week.  WOW...what an amazingly talented bunch of ladies!!  I am totally honored to be working with each and every one of them!!

Did you know that the preorders are up at 7KCF for the new Stampavie stamps, new Copic colors and much more!!  They are also going to be selling new stamps from La La Land Crafts and dang, are they ever adorable!!  And this next one I am so excited about I can't stand myself!!!  7 Kids College Fund is going to be selling Stamping Bella stamps!!  I can't wait until they are up for preorder!!  I'm sure I'll have to have all of them!  :)

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E13, E21, E55 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E35, E50
Dress - R32, R35, R37 and RV32, RV34
Shoes - W4, W6, W8
Key - YR24, Y000, Y11, Y15

Supplies Used:
Diamond Stickles
My new Martha Stewart Scoring Board (dang...do I ever love that thing)
Sakura Clear Glaze Roll and Clear Stardust Pens
Really old K & Co DP (yep...I'm a hoarder)
Flowers given to me by a dear friend
Ribbon

We would love to have you join us at the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog this week and show us what you can create with hearts!!

Thank you for stopping by today and hope to see you at 7KCF!!!

Have a good one!!!

If Friends Were Flowers

I would definitely pick you all!!  I now have 200 followers on my blog so I do believe that I'm going to have to round up some things for a blog candy!!  WooHoo!!!  Stay tuned!  :)

Did you know that the new Spellbinders are up for pre-order at 7KCF!?!  OMG...I almost ordered all of them!!!  YIKES!!  :)  

Hi everyone!!  Yep, it's me again!  :)  Today I have a card for you that I created for my very first DT card with 7 Kids College Fund using a Magnolia stamp.  I have a few of them but I have yet to catch the Maggie bug.  I think that is about to change!!  I finally got a chance to play with some skin colors and I think I've come up with a combo that I really like for them.  Here's my card using "Tilda With Flowers"...

So...what do you think?  She was so much fun to color!!

Copics Used:
Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E13, E21, E55 and R20
Hair - E25, E31, E35, E50
Dress - R30, RR32, R35, R37, R39 and YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
Boots - E44, E47, E49
Flowers and Basket - Y11, Y15, Y17, E55, E57, E59, YG63, YG67

The grass was colored with Prisma's.

Supplies Used:
Stamp - Magnolia Tilda with flowers
DP - Basic Grey Curio
Flowers - Prima
Spellbinders - Eyelet square nesties and Scalloped oval

Thank you for stopping by today and hope I was able to inspire just a bit!!  Make sure you check out the current challenge at the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog.  It's a great chance to challenge yourself!  :)

Have a good one!!!

Clean and Simple

Hi everyone!  Wow...can you believe that I am actually posting more than once this week!  I do believe that my mojo is making a comeback!  :)  I have decided to try my hand at CAS with The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz!!  Okay seriously....CAS is totally out of my comfort zone but I just got these new stamps and I have been dying to try them!!  Here's my CAS card...

Okay...so what do you think?  I don't know why my white is pulling pink.  Maybe because we are so foggy today!  I just had to add that button because my addiction for embellishing got the better of me!!  Oh well, I am happy with how it turned out and oh my...it was so fast!! 

Supplies Used:
Stamp - Stampin' Up! Word Play
Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
DP - Cloud Nine Design
Nesties - Spellbinders scalloped oval and oval
Ink - Colorbox Chalk Cat eye in warm red
Ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon
Button - Who knows  :)

Thank you for stopping by today and if you feel like doing some challenges then check out The Outlawz!  We are your one stop challenge heaven!!  :)  Hope to see you there!!

Have a good one!