Sassy Cheryl's May Flowers

Hello friends!  It's been a few days since I've been on here, but I was busy last night and today making a couple cards.  I've had a good time, and I hope you enjoy your visit.

First up today is a card I made for the challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's.  The challenge this week is May Flowers.  I chose this sweet image called Avery's Big Flower.  She was so much fun to color.  She has such a happy face.

I used my Prismacolor pencils to color her and I added some clear Stickles to the edge of her skirt.

I used the sketch from Sketch & Stash this week.  It's a great sketch and the part that is from my stash is the dark burgundy ribbon with the flowers.  That ribbon is over 12 years old.  Maybe over 15.  That makes it vintage right?  Is it worth more?  lol idk but it matches well. :)   I have a whole spool of it.  I wonder how long it will last  :)  lol

Here's the inside.

And the back.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - May Flowers

Sketch & Stash - Sketch

Digi Tuesday - Bugs & Blooms

So, there's the first card for today. I hope you like it and will come back to see the other one.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

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