"Follow Your Heart"

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are all having a good week so far. Mine has been crafty, and relaxing since the hubs is out of town at the moment. I made this card last night while watching all of my favorite CBS shows: NCIS, NCIS:LA and The Good Wife. I used Regal Rose, So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie, which were colors actually inspired by a challenge over at Play Date Cafe; but it's too late for me to link the card there. Oh well, it still gave me inspiration! I followed the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches. It was a fun sketch and one that could definitely be used again! I used some stickles to go around the outline of the flower to make it all sparkly, which I did for the challenges posted over at Paper Take Weekly as well as Craft Your Passion. I really really wanted to put some buttons or a bow down at the bottom; but I resisted the urge and decided to put some orange little blingy stickers along the bottom on the Vanilla Ribbon. This means I can use this card for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesdays "No Buttons or Bows" challenge.
Ok, so I'm off to link up my card at all the appropriate challenge sites and to do a bit of blog hopping. Have a great day! Thanks for visiting me!

Pink Dragonfly

Hi Everyone!

Here is my card for today's MMSC sketch. As you can see I rotated it, to make a horizontal card instead of a vertical card. I didn't realize until after I photographed it, that I completely forgot to put on a sentiment! Oops!! I used Scarlett Jewel (PTI), Regal Rose, Blush Blossom(SU) and pattern papers from Basic Grey's Indian Summer Collection. The dragonfly is from the Priscilla Styles store. I printed it out on Gina K. Luxury White card stock and then colored it in with Copic Markers (RV32, RV34, R59 and E29) I glazed the entire image with crystal effects and then used silver stickles to add some bling and sparkle to it.
This card fits a number of challenges including:

MMSC: Sketch
HYCCT 22: 3-2-1 (3DSPS, 2 Embellishments, 1 Ribbon)
2 Sisters Challenge: Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Paper: Die cuts and punches
Totally Gorjuss: Sparkle
Crafty Emma: Buttons and Bows

Christmas White Mojo

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for such a late post. I was working on something else this morning and didn't get a chance to work on this one until later this afternoon. This is for today's Mojo Monday sketch. I used Ocean Tide, Aqua Mist, and Ruby Red and White for my colors. I really like using white with my cuttlebug folders; but it's hard sometimes to get it to scan well. The wreath in the middle is from Our Craft Lounge "Tweet Winter Wishes" I used some rub-ons from SU for the sentiment at the bottom. Since this is a small square card, I opted not to put a lot of stuff on it. It's a pretty simple holiday card and I hope you like it. Enjoy the rest of your night and I'll be back again tomorrow!

Love You

Good Morning Everyone!

TGIF!!! YAY. Do you all have a fun weekend planned? I think we're going to try to go to the Pumpkin Patch and then Jonathan's Birthday party is Saturday afternoon. Jim's leaving to go do some training for about 4 weeks on Sunday, so lots of stuff going on over the next couple of days.
Here is my card for today using OCL's "Savor the Roses" set. This is such a pretty set and I always enjoy coloring it in. I used Pure Poppy, Vanilla and Chocolate Chip for my color base. The pattern paper is from SU. I cut a Vanilla oval using Petite Oval Nestabilities and then embossed it also using my tan embossing mat. I stamped the image with Rich Cocoa ink by Memento. I colored her in using Copic Markers (E000,E00,E01,R20,E04) Skin, (R24,Y21, G24) Hat, glove, flowers, (E29,E25,E33,E35)Dress and shawl.
Here are the challenges for this card:

Sketch: SCS
Color: For Fun Challenges (Red, Brown and Cream)
Embellishments: Nutty Nutshells (use 2 buttons, ribbon and flowers)
The ABC Challenge (flowers)
Misc: HYCCT17 (Pop it Out) It's a bit hard to tell in the picture, but I did pop out the main image as well as the flower in the corner.

Have a great weekend everyone!