My Green Angel

Hello and thanks for stopping by again.  Today I have a card with an adorable angel from Sugar Nellie called Heavenly Angel. 

I think she has the sweetest face.  She was so much fun to color with my Prismacolor pencils.

I added lots of sparkles to this card  :)  I used a very fine glitter on her wings, a MS chunky glitter on the cloud, silver Stickles on the stars and green stickles around the edge of the image.  It really is very sparkly!

The DP is from Basic Grey.  The white panel is embossed with my Snowflake folder from Cuttlebug.  It is getting alot of use since I bought it!

I used my Frosty Border die to embellish the the front.  The ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

The top panel inside is embellished with my Winterland Tree die (both dies are from Memory Box).

The writing panel is embellished with an old, old, old snowflake stamp which I embossed with silver embossing powder.

The back is simple again.  I should work on dressing them up a bit more.

One last view.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - silver, white, and a touch of color (I chose green)

Papertake - Sketch

Digi Tuesday - Go Green

Cooking It Up With Katie - Anything

That's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

A Sepia Christmas

Well.... sort of.  This was my first attempt at coloring an image using only one color in many shades.  I really wanted to enter the LOTV challenge this week which was "Anything" but I have a limited number of their stamps.  I figured if I was going to re-use a stamp I better make my card look very different from the last one.  I started thinking I would color it like I have seen several other cards colored lately... all in browns and absolutely gorgeous!!  Then the Shabby Tea Room challenge fit perfectly with this idea so I went for it.

I used my Prismacolor pencils (on Kraft paper) to color this adorable image from Lili of the Valley called Woodland Christmas.  Its one of my favorites  :)  I added silver Stickles to the lights on the tree.  I love Stickles  :)

I didn't use any DP this time.  I used Coordinations CS and used embossing folders to add interest.  The lighter panel on the left is the Swiss Dot folder from Sizzix and the dark panel on the right is Snowflake from Cuttlebug.  I added some pearls to some of the snowflakes.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid.  The ribbon is from my stash and since I know it is at least 15 years old, it certainly is vintage!

The inside panels are pretty simple with the addition of a Christmas tree die cut from Memory Box.  I bought mine at Simon Says Stamp.  These dies are wonderful!  I added a "shim" of cardstock under this one and it cut beautifully!  Can't wait to order more!

The back is simple also, but I do love this color combination!

One last picture, this time without the flash.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes

Mojo Monday - I used their great sketch!!

The Shabby Tea Room - Winter Picnic (for a great color scheme!)

Cupcake Challenge Blog - Color on Craft

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

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Sweet Christmas Wishes

Hello again!  Thanks for stopping by today!  Today I have another card using a fabulous image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Christmas Fairy Mint.  This is not Mo's new site, but rather the old one.  This cutie doesn't appear to be on the new site yet.  You can still order off the old one though  :)  And I'm glad for that because the old site has some great images!

 

I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils and added Stickles to her wings and the edges of the paper.  I also added glossy accents to the candy canes.

The DP is from a K&Co stack called Secret Santa.  The dark green mat is embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folder called Snowflake.  The pink rose and pins are from Wild Orchid.  The other flower and white "berries" are from Hobby Lobby (the floral department).  I added Stickles to the pink rose as well.  You can only see a tiny bit of the great die cut I used but the next picture shows how gorgeous it is!

 

I used a great die from Memory Box.  I ordered mine from Simon Says Stamp and you can find it here.  I also used the Corner Snowflake die and embellished the writing panel with it.  It looks like they are on sale right now so hurry over and snatch one because they seem to go quick!  I have to tell you these dies cut like a dream!  And the paper pops right out after you cut.  No sitting there with a pin to poke them out.  They were great!!

 

The back panel shows off the great DP.  It is very fun and festive!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Challenge Blog - Elves, fairies, Santas or snowmen
Digi Tuesday - Sparkle and Shine
Ribbon Carousel - Any Holiday
City Crafter - Pink Christmas
Cooking it Up with Katie - Punches, Ink, Embossing
Fairytale Challenge Blog - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

Thanks for taking a peek today!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle



Stampin' Mindy's Mega Candy

 Stampin' Mindy has great candy to give away!  It ends December 10th so hurry over and sign up for your chance to win all these goodies!!

Thinking of You

Hello again, and thanks for stopping by.  Today I have a card with a sweet image from Crafts and Me called Dear Diary.  I chose this image because of the challenge over at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.  The challenge this time is a photo inspiration and as soon as I saw the photo I knew I wanted to use this image.

I colored this cutie with my Prismacolor pencils.  Her skin is a little orange  :(  I certainly need more practice, but I do like how the toadstools turned out.  The beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid, of course, and the charm is from Hobby Lobby I think.

The great DP are from MME.  The pad is called Deena's Penny Lane.  These are the first sheets I've used from this pad and I can't wait to use more.  They are gorgeous and fun!  So much glitter on them!  The sentiment is from an old SU set.  It's my go-to set for cards.  So classic.

I made the front and inside left panel to follow the sketch from Graphicat Sketch Challenge.  It is a great sketch with all the layers so I thought I would repeat part of it on the inside.  The writing panel is embellished with my new favorite stamps from Inkadinkadoo (Flourishes).  Love this set!!

The back has one more layer than normal and I added stitching.... nothing wrong with looking great coming and going  ;)

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Fairy tale Challenge - photo inspiration

Graphicat Sketch Challenge - Sketch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

The Song in Your Heart

"A friend is someone who knows the song of your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."  Do you have a friend like that?  I know I do.  I don't get to see her as often as I would like, but she knows me inside and out and she always says exactly what I need to hear.  This sweet gypsy from The Saturated Canary is so beautiful, and I'm sure she's dancing to an amazing song.

I colored her on kraft cardstock with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used my new stamps from Inkadinkado "Flourishes" to stamp the edges of most of the papers including the image and the sentiment (both of which I printed from my computer).The edge of the image got some bronze glitter glue.

This is the quote I used.  I love it.  I added teal pearls to the rounded corners (which are a little off).  I stitched all the layers too.

I decided to make this an easel card since I haven't made one in a long time.  I added only one flower from Prima.

I think I might send this card to my friend.  Just to let her know how much I appreciate her.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

The Saturated Canary - Autumn Colors

The Pixie Cottage - Family Thankfulness

Creative Inspirations - Sketch
Catered Crop - kraft paper, Prismacolor pencils, circle punch, pearls, layers and layers

That's about it.  Thanks for taking a peek today!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Eskimo Kisses

Warm Winter Wishes... these two don't seem to mind the cold!  Siku and Shiya from Mo's Digital Pencil don't seem to mind the cold at all!  They look very happy!

I colored this adorable couple with my Prismacolor pencils.  I added tinsel glitter from MS to all their "fur".

I bought the great paper at AC Moore.  I didn't write down the name and after searching through the garbage in my studio I came up empty.  So sorry.  It is gorgeous though isn't it?  I added the swirls to the corners with a great stamp from Inkadinkado.  The set is called Artistic Flourish.  All the stamping done on the card is from this set.  I added some light blue glitter glue ($1 stuff from Joanns) to the edge of the image panel.  The pearls and rhinestones are also from AC Moore throughout the project... oh!  There's more!  Wait til you see!

Are you ready?  I'm in love with this project and I hope you like it too!

I had so much fun making this project until the wee hours of the morning last night...er, this morning!  lol  My inspiration came from our little friends on the front cover giving each other what I was always told is an "eskimo kiss".  So, me being me, I started thinking about kisses and of course that means chocolate kisses, and one thing led to another and by 3am I had this box.  TA-DA!  I free-hand drew the "kiss" shape to cut out the window in the box.  I covered it with acetate so you can see the yummy goodness inside.  :)

On this side I have a tag I embossed with my Snowflake Cuttlebug folder.  I love how deeply it embosses.

This side is a rather large box (6x7x2.5 deep) to hold lots of chocolate!  I used the blue glitter glue around the edges of the cutout.

I added more of the gorgeous designer paper to the sides of the box.  This shot also shows how beautiful the flourish stamps are.

I am entering my box in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge - Winter

The Shabby Tea Room - A Shabby Pastel Christmas

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Two's Company

Digital Tuesday - Christmas Time

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Card and Gift Holder in One

Top Tip Tuesday - Tags

Ribbon Carousel - Sketch

Cooking It Up with Katie - Die cut a tag  for Christmas

The Paper Shelter - Snowflakes

Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with Pearls

Thanks for taking a peek today!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle