Hey Girlfriend!

Hello again friends!  I didn't make it back here yesterday.  I managed to get my image colored and my paper cut, but I battled a wicked headache all day so I wasn't able to finish my card.  It's done now though!

I used a great image from Sassy Cheryl's called Sam's Rainy Day.  I think she is so cute peeking out from under her umbrella.  Unfortunately I missed the challenge I was going to put her in.  Oh well.  Hopefully I'll make the challenge for this coming week.  So, here she is.

I colored cute, little Sam with my Prismacolor pencils.  I blended the colors on the umbrella with my odorless mineral spirits.  I like how it turned out.

The DP was from my stash.  The seam binding and flowers are from Wild Orchid.  I used lace and ribbon from my stash and added some pearl sprays and adhesive pearls too  :)

I added Stickles to the flowers.  I don't always but it sure makes the card look bright and cheery  :)

I embossed the solid color squares with an Impressabilities die.  I really love this one.  It's pretty but it can also be fun and playful.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes

Cooking It Up With Katie - Make It a Green, Gorgeous Garden

Pixie Cottage - Sketch & make it for mom or another lady

Fairytale Challenge Blog - Yellow & Green

Paper Sundaes - Ribbon & Pearls

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Plants or Green
Creative Inspiratios - Anything

That's about it.  I'm kinda tired, that headache wore me out.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Relax...It's Your Birthday!

Hello again dear friends.  I have been busy this week with school and sewing for my friend's quilt shop so this is the first card I have made all week.  I missed it and it felt good to make one!

Today I have a card for the challenge over at Mo's Challenge Blog.  This week they want us to use out favorite color combo.  Now, that's a hard one.  Favorite for what?  For me?  My house?  My girls?  My boys?  Since one of my boys has a birthday tomorrow I used his favorite combo of blue and green.  I used Mo's great image, Buds. 

Isn't he adorable?  I LOVE Mo's images.  I have sooooo many!  I refuse to count, I don't want to admit how many I have!  lol  And she has these new baby fairies....OMG!  They will be in my collection very, very soon!!  Anyway, this little guy is so cute.  I colored his hair like my Seth, a little brown, a little red, a little orange, a little blond.  :)  He's adorable too, I think  :)  I used my Prismacolor pencils, of course.  Who knew I would love to color so much at my age?  Goes to show you just never know!



You can't see the DP very well.  I didn't realize my image was so big.  That is a large dog though, isn't it?  It's ok.  Seth loves all the layers and details in my cards.  I hope he likes this one too.  I used the sketch from Papertake.  They always have great sketches!  The burlap, buttons and blue colors were all inspired by different challenges (just check the bottom of my post for the details).

Here's the inside.  You can see the great paper in here.  I didn't cover it up this time  :)  lol

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Favorite Color Combo

Divas by Design - Buttons and/or Bows

Cute Card Thursday - Animal Magic

Papertake - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Let's Get Cute  (I think this image is VERY cute!)

Digi Tuesday - Blue

Shopping Our Stash - Something that starts with "B" (I used blue, boy, buttons and burlap!) The buttons and burlap were from my stash!

City Crafter - Burlap

I think that's about it, I am off to color my hair, but not with pencils!  :)  lol  Hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with another card!  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

A Hint of Pink

Hello friends!  Thanks for coming by again.  Its been rainy and cold here today.  A good day to make a card!

Today I used a great image from Saturated Canary called Let it Rain.  I've used her before and I think she is wonderful.  Krista's images are all adorable.

I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  I love using them.  This one was a little harder since I printed her so small.  I'm getting old.  I think I need some peepers  :)  lol

I used a piece of black cardstock and stamped it with a swirl stamp from Inkadinkadoo in white.  I love, love, love how this turned out.  I may use this color scheme again soon!  The pink fabric is a scrap of needlework linen (Jobelan actually) from a piece I did a long time ago.

Here's the inside.

You can see the swirls a little better here.  I'm sorry you can't see the detail on the smaller black panel.  I embossed it with my paisley embossing folder.

WAHOO!  I think you can see the swirls here in both black and white!  Bear with me ladies.  As soon as we are done with school I plan to update my blog and get a better setup with my camera.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - April Showers

Shopping Our Stash - April Showers

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Black, White & One Accent

City Crafter - Hint of Pink

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Material Girl

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Avery with Butterflies

Hello again!  Weekends certainly seem to be the best time for me to post.  Grab another cup of tea and see what I have now.

I have made a card for the challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's which is for butterflies.  I've got a couple different ones on my card today.  I've used the new image called Sweet Little Avery.  She is a sweetie!

Look at this cutie!  Don't you love her?  I love the look on her face.  I've colored her again with my Prismacolor pencils.  I've stamped 2 butterflies next to her, but not on the same paper.

Can you see there's a piece of acetate?  I've lifted it up so you can see the butterflies are stamped on it.  The ladies at Stampin' Sisters in Christ wanted to see acetate in our projects this week so this is what I came up with.  Not terribly clever, but its something.

You can see the glare on the acetate in this picture.  My great DP are from MME.  They're called Penny Lane and they are so fun!  I love all of them.  I can't wait to use the papers with the birds.  Too cute  :)  I've used some silk flowers from Michael's this time and a metal butterfly.  I like how all of these look.  Different, but very pretty.

Here's a side view.  The inside is pretty plain so I didn't bother with a picture from in there.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Butterflies

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Acetate

Paper Shelter - Things with Wings

Papertake - Stitching

Cute Card Thursday - Add Something Made of Metal

I think that's it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle





Rainbow Hearts

Happy rainy Saturday to you all!  I hope the sun is shining down on you wherever you are.  Grab a cup of tea and enjoy your stay.

Today I have a card I made for the challenge over at Tiddly Inks Challenges.  I used a sweet image called Wryn - Heartfelt Love.  I love this little girl.  There's just something about her.

I realized I forgot to take a close-up of the image.  Somedays my head just isn't working quite right.  But I was able to get my card made so I am very thankful for that!  My DP is from my stash.  The sketch is my own.  I colored little Wryn with my Prismacolor pencils.  I like how she turned out, especially her hair.

Here's the inside.  This DP is so much fun.  I didn't want to cover it up in here so you can read all of it.  I used a MS PATP for the writing panel.  It seems like I either use them on all my cards or I don't use them at all.  This phase will probably be over soon  :)

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Totally Papercrafts - Buttons

Ribbon Carousel - Bright Colors

I think that's about it.  It's a shorter post today.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle



SSiC DT call

This is my creation for the DT call over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ.  I couldn't figure out how to attach the photos to my email so here they are.

This is the front.  My image is from Tiddly Inks.

The image on the front lifts  to reveal a little message.

This is the inside.

And this is the back.

Thank you so much for taking the time to take a look.

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle



Tamborine Girl

Happy Day to you!  The little girl on my card is having a happy day and I hope you are too!

My image is from Mo's and she is called Georgia.  She is having such a good time!  I love this little girl!

I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used a slightly darker pencil on her skin to make her look a little more like she might come from Brazil.  (My daughter and I went there on a missions trip last year and the children in the jungle were BEAUTIFUL!)  I picked my colors from my DP which came from my stash.  (Why does it seem like my paper is multiplying even though I'm not buying any?)

Here's my card.  It is very bright and cheerful!  It is so much fun to look at!  The challenge at Mo's this week is spots.  So I used spotted paper and my swiss dot embossing folder.

My flowers came from Wild Orchid.  I added some Stickles to all of them.  The beads are from my stash.  I picked all the colors from the DP.

The bright colors continue in the inside.  You can see the DP a little better here.  I had a paisley stamp that picks up the paisley in the paper.  The sentiment was in the same set, as was the paisley border I used behind the sentiment.

I used the same sketch on the back.  I think you can see the red paper is embossed with a paisley embossing folder.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Spots

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

CPS - Sketch

I guess that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!



Blessings & Hugs

Michelle



Relaxing in the Tub

Hello again blogging friends.  It's raining here today, so I guess I won't be working in my flower beds right now.  I'll show you what I made last night instead.

I used a sweet little image from Sassy Cheryl called Callie's Relaxing Bath.  I just love this little girl.  Her braids pinned up, her skinny little arms.  I can imagine that she spent all day playing outside at Grandma's and Grandma is giving her a bath before bed.  She is making a mess isn't she?

I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  I wanted a very blond look for her hair.  I think it turned out pretty good.  I added some rhinestones to the corners.  A little bling is fun  :)

I used the great sketch from Truly Scrumptious.  I think you can see that the panel the image is on is flipping up a bit.  That's because . . . .

. . . . I made it a small card.  And I did that because . . . .

. . . . it's all mounted on a gift bag I made.  There are some great tutorials out there for "box in a bag."  I didn't use any of them because I wanted my bag to be a certain size.  Basically the bottom is a short-sided box and the sides are wrapped with more paper.  I wanted my 6x6 sketch to fit on the front of the bag, plus leaving room for handles at the top.  I also wanted to be able to fit some bath products in there for a gift.  My seam binding and flowers are from Wild Orchid.  (always)  I had fun making this project.  I don't know who will get it eventually, but I'll enjoy looking at it in my studio for the time being.

I am entering my creation in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Sketch

Papertake - Water, Water Everywhere

Creative Inspirations - purple, green and blue

Paper Shelter - Buttons & Bows

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Beautiful Rapunzel

Hello  :)  I'm glad to see you.  Welcome!  I finally finished my next project and I can't wait to show you!

I used the beautiful Rapunzel from Krista Smith of Saturated Canary.  Her images are so, well, beautiful!  I love coloring them.

How is it when I take pictures during the day they appear darker than when I take them in the same place at night?  Maybe someday I'll figure that out.  I colored Rapunzel with my Prismacolor pencils.  I think she turned out lovely.  My daughter says she wants her hair to look like this.  I told her good luck with that!  I think this image has such an elegant look.  Her face is wonderful.  Those beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid.  I really haven't found any others that I like as well.

It's somewhat difficult to tell in this picture, but my image is on the front of a spiral-bound notebook.  I made this as a journal for my niece for her birthday.  She LOVED the movie Tangled.  In fact, she drew, from memory, the 2 main characters from the movie.  And they look AMAZING!  When I saw this image I knew I needed to get it for her.  The DP is from my stash.  It's good to use up things that have been sitting around for a while.  The great sketch is from Ribbon Carousel.  Since I wanted this to also be a card the image is actually mounted on a pink card.  The green ribbon is not one long piece.  The piece on the right slips under the card and the one on the left wraps around the front of the card.  When the small card is closed it looks just like the sketch, but I now have a place to write a birthday message for her.  I hope you can see the charm dangling under the large flower.  It says "follow your dreams" which I think is appropriate for the movie and a lovely 17 year-old.



This is the back of the journal.  The DP is beautiful.  I'm glad I had a place to show it off.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - Sketch

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Celebration

Divas by Design - Charms

Cute Card Thursday - Spring Flowers

Digi Tuesday - Birthdays

Paper Sundaes - Kraft and Charm

This isn't as involved as my cards, but I hope my niece likes it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle





For My Sweet Boy

Hello again!  Thanks for stopping by.  Your visit means so much to me.  Grab a cup of tea or a diet Coke (I have both!) and enjoy your stay.

I made a card for one of my boys today.  I used a sweet little image from Digi Stamp Boutique called Chirp and Little Chirp.

Aren't they sweet?  This would make such a great baby card.  I might have to make another one with this image soon.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  It was so quick!

Here's my card.  Kinda bare, huh?  I love the design papers.  They are from a stack from DCWV called Nana's Nursery.  I love these papers.  They have been in my stash for a while as have the brads.  Since this card is for a boy I didn't want to embellish too much and brads are a little more masculine I think.  My sketch is from Sketch N Stash.  It's a nice, clean and simple look.

Here's the inside.  I used the same sketch for the top panel.

And the back.  Same sketch again with my custom stamp.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Sketch N Stash - Sketch

Digi Stamp Boutique - Any card this month

Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty & Dotty

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Spring

Shopping Our Stash - Masculine

That's it for me today.  (Shorter than my last post, huh?)  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

Blessings & Hugs,

 

Michelle

Easter Box

Hello lovely friends!  It's a beautiful day here.  I hope the sun is shining on you wherever you are like it is here  :)

I made a fun project for a bunch of challenges today.  It makes my brain work to figure out how to take what I have and make something that will satisfy all the challenge blogs I like to follow.  I think this one turned out pretty good.  :)  First of all I used Callie & her bunny Bam Bam from the super talented Sassy Cheryl.  Her images are too cute....and she adds lots of bunnies!  I love that!  Anyway, here's Callie:

The exposure on this picture isn't very good, but you can still see what a cutie she is.  And she has her bunny which is making her very happy  :)  I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.

This isn't a card though.  The sweet ladies over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ wanted to see something movable today and the lovely ladies at Cooking It Up With Katie want a different fold.  So..... here's what I did!

I made an awesome box!  Right after Christmas (and before my accident) I was looking at lots of blogs and bouncing all over the place.  Somehow I ended up here and found this great tutorial on how to make these boxes.  Her instructions and measurements are spot on!  Go check it out if you want to make one of these for yourself.  Callie looks better in this picture.  I took it outside..... I thought I would be so clever and take the pictures in my flower bed this morning since my daffodils are still blooming and looking gorgeous.  Only, dummy me didn't think about the fact that my box is waaaaaay shorter than my daffodils and when I zoom in to get a good shot of the box all you can see of the flowers is the stems.  Hello!  This one flower did feel sorry for me though and bowed his beautiful head to be in the picture.  Wasn't that nice of him? 

So, do you want to see the inside?  Hold onto your seat!

Isn't that great?  Oh, the treasures you could put inside this lovely creation!  This box is just going to be for me I think but I'm already wondering which of my lovey friends needs one of these and what I could put inside for them!  Chocolates are the first thing that come to my brain.  But, for those that know me that is not a surprise! 

Now, see that lovely little hat for the top of the box?  The sweet ladies at City Crafter want to see hats on our creations this week.  When I was at Sassy Cheryl's looking at all the cutie girls for an Easter themed creation none of those cuties were wearing a hat.  So I had to add one a different way. 

Since I didn't have a little one in my stash I decided to make one.  I crocheted this little masterpiece last night.  I used #5 pearl cotton from my stitching stash.  I think it turned out very sweet.  The pearl cotton has a great sheen.  Better than crochet cotton (which I no longer have since I gave it all away a few years ago).  I crocheted a little flower too since the ladies at The Shabby Tea Room want us to make our own flowers.  (They also had a LOVELY photo where I found my color inspiration)  I added my feathers which I do love and a small pearl spray.  Great Easter bonnet don't you think?

This shot is probably a little better than the one in the flower garden.



I am entering my creation in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - Soft Pastels

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - movable

Cooking It Up With Katie - Fold Me a Fun Flower (I think this is fun  :)  it has a flower and its a different fold!)

City Crafter - Hats

The Shabby Tea Room - Photo Inspiration and Make Your Own Flowers

Paper Sundaes - Easter

Digi Tuesday - Easter

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter

Creative Inspirations - Easter

Paper Shelter - Easter

Whew!  What a long post today!  Gosh I was chatty!  If you have made it this far I thank you  ;)

Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs,

Michelle



Mo's Challenge #129

Hello again!  How are you today?  I hope you are well and enjoy your time here at my blog.  Today I have a card for the challenge over at Mo's where it's Anything Goes this week  :)  I am using the same image I used 2 weeks ago.  She is just too cute and I couldn't resist.  Her name is Teen Fairy Mia.

I have colored sweet Mia with my Prismacolor pencils.  I tried to make her a red-head this time.  I've never tried that before and I think she doesn't look too bad.  Unfortunately I forgot to write down my colors.  I may experiment again to find them  :)  I added Stickles to her lace under her skirt.  I also used a great swirly stamp from Inkadinkadoo to stamp the background.

When you scroll to the bottom of my post you will see all the challenges I am entering and how they inspired the different elements of my card.  The DP, lace, ribbon, feathers, punches and buttons are from my stash.  I used an embossing folder to add a great paisley design to my peach colored paper.

My top panel inside shows off a MS punch.  I put a small strip of the great DP down the middle.  I like how this turned out.

I know this is a bit blurry.  I'm sorry.  I'd retake the picture, but I'm getting tired, it's getting late and I really want to get this posted.  I think you can see through the haze  ;)  and see it's just the writing panel that I used another MS PATP on.

Here's the back.  I really like how it turned out.  I would have done the front the same but my image was large and I needed to use a punch.  Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Anything Goes

Fairytale Challenge Blog - Everything Goes

Trult Scrumptious - Lace

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Buttons & Bows

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Sewing (Always!)

Ribbon Carousel - Spring

Papertake - Anything

Shopping Our Stash - Punches

Divas by Design - Anything

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch

I think that's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle