Saturated Canary Challenge #12

Hello again my blogging friends!  Thanks for stopping by today.  It means alot to me that you are here.  Today I have a card for the challenge over at Saturated Canary.  They want to see doilies on our cards this week.  I have one on there.  It's just hiding most of its self.  But if you look close you can see part of it  :)  I used Krista's image called Wildflower Fairy.  She is so cute and I love the way she turned out.

I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  I really like using them.  I take forever coloring an image lately.  I keep going back and adding a little here, a little there.

I followed the sketch from Papertake Weekly.  I rotated it and made the "text" spot a tag which is part of the challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room.  The ladies over there want to see pink, aqua and green along with a tag.  My tag helped me alot because I really wanted to enter the challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog which is to use 2 ribbons (got it) and 9 or more words (for "29" - leap year).

This great paper has lots of words and the colors are great!  I always have a hard time defining "aqua" so I used several different blue/greens hoping one of them comes close.  My lovely flowers are from Wild Orchid of course.

The inside received alot of attention as usual.  I feel like its disappointing to open a card that is so detailed on the outside only to find...nothing on the inside.  So, my muse works on all 4 "sides" as I'm putting my card together.  My sentiment is very general so this card could be for many different occasions.

I know, 2 pictures of the same panel, but I wanted to show that again I have put a small card to write on inside.  I wanted to show off that great DP again and also my MS PATP looks like another doily.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - doilies

City Crafter - 2 ribbons, 9 words

Papertake Weekly - Sketch

Top Tip Tuesday - Stitches

The Shabby Tea Room - Colorful Confections (pink, green, aqua and a tag)

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



Blessings & Hugs

Michelle





Happy Birthday to My Bug

Hello friends!  Thanks for stopping by today.  I have a card for the challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's where they want to see Spots and Dots.  I used the cute Sassy Sally Sits in Wonder.  She was so much fun to color.  She reminds me of my daughter, Katie.  She loved lady bugs when she was little.  She still likes them, so I made this card for her birthday.  Good thing she doesn't follow my blog!

 

I used my Prismacolor pencils to color her.  No glitter or sparkles this time.  Katie isn't the glittery kind.  I did add some pearls.  She doesn't mind those  :)

The sketch is from Sketch & Stash.  It worked great with this image.  The DP are both from my stash.  I have NO idea how old they are, but they are perfect for this card.  The eyelet lace is also from my stash.  I took off the binding to make it flat and I think it looks great.  The beads are from my daughter's stash.  She doesn't use them so I'm really helping her out  :)  I made the sentiment (which the ladies over at Shopping Our Stash want to see) on my computer.  I like how it turned out.

On the top panel of the inside I added a pocket and a small sleeve.  I plan to put a gift card in the sleeve.  The swirls on the edges of some of the panels are from my favorite Inkadinkadoo set.  Those swirls are great.  The fill in the blank areas without being a distraction.

The bottom panel has another small card to write in.  I added the rest of the sentiment in here.  My husband started calling our Katie "Katydid" when she was really little.  We still call her that but we also call her "Bug".  I figured that would be appropriate with the image on this card.  I used a MS PATP to surround the small card.  I also used my Spellbinders Ovals for the sentiment. 

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's - Spots & Dots
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash - Sentiments Required

Sketch N Stash - Sketch

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

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Mo's Challenge #123

Hello and thanks for stopping by.  I have a card today for Mo's challenge which is "Lace".  I used Winter Fairy Talva who is so cute.  I enjoyed coloring her in, especially her leg warmers.  My daughter liked them so much she asked me for a matching pair.  :)

I colored her in with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used my swirly stamp from Inkadinkadoo to fill in the background.  I really like how that looks.  I forgot to take a better picture, but the spots on her skirt are covered with pink seed beads.  I poked a hole in the paper at each spot and sewed the beads on.  I really like how it turned out and I may have to do that again.

I decided to put my image inside my card and cut holes in all the layers so you could see her while the card was closed.   The flowers are from Wild Orchid.  I found this sweet narrow lace in my stash and put it between the layers in the opening.  My circles were off slightly so the lace helps to conceal it  :)

I like how you get a little peek at her sweetness while the card is closed.

 (For some reason Blogger was blocking this picture and when I clicked to allow it it became distorted.  So sorry for that.)  Anyway, this is the inside.  The image is matted several times and put on a small card.

This is the inside of the little card.  I used the swirly stamp again in here.

I am entering my card on the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - lace

Delightful Challenges - Use Patterned Paper

Cute Card Thursday - Winged Things

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

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Saturated Canary Challenge #10

Hello again.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I have a card for the challenge over at Saturated Canary this week.  The challenge this time is Red, Pink & White.  I used this adorable image called Nevaeh.  I really love how she turned out.  She is so sweet.

I used my Prismacolor pencils to color her.  I also used a stamp from Inkadinkadoo to fill in the background edges. 

The white lace is from my stash.  This piece was all I had left and it fits perfect.  It was meant to be  :)  The brown trim is from Hobby Lobby.  I think I need to go back and get the rest of the colors  :)  lol  Having a stash is great when you are creating.  With a stash you can pick from everything to make the best decision for your project.

The inside was alot of fun to put together.  The background papers are from Basic Grey.  They are called praline and raspberry cream (good thing I'm not hungry right now).

The top has two ribbons layered together.    The crocheted doily is from my stash as is the button.  The seam binding is from Wild Orchid.

I did something a little different on the bottom panel.  I used a MS PATP to make a panel.  Then I added a small card on top of that.

I was thinking about this idea as I woke up this morning.  Does that mean my head is getting better from being whacked so hard?  I hope so.  Anyway, I like how this turned out and I may have to use it again.

The great sentiment panel is from Rubber Punkin.  She has great stuff.  Go check her out.  The free printable can be found here.  I plan to use most of them on Valentines for all my children.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Red, Pink & White

Delightful Challenges - Love

Truly Scrumptious - Love & Hearts

Top Tip Tuesday - Valentine's

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Pink & Red

The Paper Shelter - Be My Valentine
Creative Inspirations - Lots of Love
The Shabby Tea Room - Candy Hearts

That's about it.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Mo's Challenge #120

Hello friends.  Thanks for stopping by.  I have a card using another great image from Mo's.  This time I'm using Winter Fairy Halla who is just the sweetest thing. 

I colored him with my Prismacolors and added some clear Stickles to the frost he is blowing.  And there's something on his wings, but since I colored him a couple weeks ago and didn't get the card together for the challenge I don't remember what I put on them....so sorry.  It's hard to tell in the picture, but I added gold microbeads from MS to the upper left and lower right corners.  They look great, but I think I need a better adhesive next time.  At least they seem to be done falling off.

My papers are from MME.  The white piece is embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folder, Snowflakes.  I've used it alot and still love it.

The tulle and beads are from my stash.  The blue seam binding is from Wild Orchid.

The writing panel is stamped with an old snowflake stamp from my stash.  It's probably been around for 20 years.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Buttons and Bows

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

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Mo's Challenge #117

Hi friends!  Thanks for stopping by today.  I have another card for Mo's Challenge Blog.  This week is Clean & Simple.  It's not usually my favorite technique, but with the fractured wrist, a little less in the embellishment department wasn't a bad thing.  Honestly, the small amount of coloring on the card took me almost 3 days of sporadic coloring to finish.  Don't tell my husband, but I removed the bandage on my right arm to do the coloring.  I figure if the arm is that bad they would put a real cast on there.  Ace bandage?  Meant to be adjusted at times....right??  Anyway......I used an image that I've used before, but this time it looks completely different. 

I used Siku & Shiya.  They are too cute.  I used them here on a great box.  Lots of work but I'm still in love with it.  :)  This card has no embellies....but its growing on me.  And it's for my hubby for Valentine's Day and he doesn't like embellies so it's all good.  I used a Nestie to draw a circle around their faces.  I'm still not sure if that is obvious.  I hope it is.

See??  There's not much to say about this card cuz there's pretty much nothing on it except Mo's great image.  OMG!!!!   I just remembered.....I was chosen for a prize last week at Mo's!!!!  That was so cool and really made my week!!!!  I have been slowly getting better from the accident and when I saw that I texted EVERYONE to tell them  :)  lol  I assume they were all properly impressed!  Thanks Mo!  I LOVE your images and am so glad to be getting more.  :)

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge Blog - Clean & Simple

 

Thanks for taking a peek today!

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle

Mo's Challenge #116

Hello, thanks for stopping by today.  I have a fun new card today.  I've never used this fold and it turned out great! I'm so glad Mo posts what the upcoming challenges are, because I was riding snowmobiles with 3 of my boys 3 nights ago and we crashed.  I don't remember anything about the crash, but I broke my arm, my nose, part of my back, and my forehead.  I don't remember anything till I woke up in the hospital.  It was kind of freaky  :(  My boys are all pretty much ok.  I guess that's what happens when you are old!  So, anyway, my card was made ahead and I can get it posted.  Yippee for me I guess  :)  I used Teacup Fairy and she is such a cutie.  She's for my best friend's birthday and I'm safe because she doesn't follow any blogs.  lol   I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils.  She turned out pretty good.  Now that the card is done I think I should have colored the teacup more, but I was taking inspiration from my teacups and they were all white backgrounds.  Now that my wrist is fractured the coloring is going to take longer. 

I added some fine glitter to the wings, as well as my face and my son's face.  He was very sparkly  ;)  Because the card was such a great fold, and I used a MS PATP. I felt like it didn't need alot of embellishments.  I didn't add flowers because I thought they would interfere with the folds.

You can find the instructions for this card over here.  She has some beautiful examples that will inspire you!  My DP is from K & Co.  It is Susan Winget, Botanical.  It has beautiful paper and the great thing is I'm using up and that means I'll be able to buy more without feeling bad about adding to my stash. :)  WAHOO!!  I used some cream colored seam binding from Wild Orchid.  I love this stuff.  It is so pretty and has such a wonderful feel.

I used a stamp from Inkadinkadoo to fill in the edges of the stamped image panel.  Otherwise it looked too blank. 

Here, it is with the "belt" untied. 

Here is a picture of the inside and the writing panel.  The website, I'm sorry, I can't remember her name, gives you all the measurements for the triangles to fill in the empty spaces.  My brain isn't working so good, it got hit pretty hard the other day.  If you go to her blog she has all the instructions. 

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Anything

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Sparkly & Ribbon

Papertake - Anything

Ribbon Carousel - Anything

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything

Thats about it.  Thanks for taking a peek.  Hopefully I'll be back again soon.

Blessings & Hugs

Michelle