Christmas Angel

Iowa had it's first meaningful snowfall last Friday. Sioux City got about 6", but today the sun is shining and I'm enjoying the upper 40's temperatures.

This beautiful Mo Manning image seems not to mind the snow flurries.

I cut the frame with my Silhouette Cameo and sandwiched a piece of acetate between layers.

The image was colored with Copic Markers.  I mounted it with a Spellbinder oval and Spellbinder's Oval Regalia die. I added some liquid pearls for the snow.

I hope everyone has a beautiful holiday. Be safe!

Procrastination

Okay, on my previous post I did a little bragging on how I had posted 3 days in a row.  That was 7 days ago. Next time I'll try not to break my arm patting myself on the back.  I had to really scramble to get these Christmas cards done to fulfill my Splitcoast Christmas card challenge obligation of 3 per month.

I went for a vintage look on this one. 

Mo's Digital Pencil - Hero's Art sentiment - Graphic 45 DP - Colored with Copics & Prisma Pencils.

This was a really fast card.

Inkadinkado - Unknown sentiment - K&Company DP. Colored with Copics

Mo's Digital Pencil - Card Stock - Frame cut with Silhouette Cameo. - I added pearls and 3D crystal clear paint.

Three cards! I have to rest now.

Stitching

Count them.. I have posted 3 days in a row.  And I've even held a couple back. I had a really long dry spell where I just couldn't produce anything I really liked. I'm starting to feel creative again, so I thought I would try entering another Mo Challenge, which is stitching (real or faux). I chose real, because after all I paid good money ($49.95) for that machine. I've heard people use them for mending clothes also. Can you believe that?

I colored this sweetie with Copics.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.  The added some bakers twine with a strawberry that I cropped from a PSX stamp. The image was matted with some DCWV DP and red cardstock.

Stop by the challenge blog. The designers have posted some fantastic works of art. 

Puppy dog tails

This Mo image just captured everything what little boys are.  Her images all tell a story and it can be whatever you like. This reminds me so much of my boys when they were little.

I really had a hard time taking this photo. I really wanted to pick up the stripes in his overalls. I took some shots inside and some outside. I think this is an inside shot.

"Justin's Ice Cream"  was colored with Prisma pencils and Gamsol except for the skin which is colored with Copics. I used my liquid pearls for the ice cream. The sentiment is from Stampendous, which I was able to manipulate into a wave line. I mounted the image onto blue card stock and stitched it. I added the ribbon, then mounted everything on this pretty DP from Cosmo Cricket.  

I am entering this in Mo's digital challenge anything-goes-w-mo-image.

Favorite 2011 Mo Project

I posted this on my Splitcoast Gallery awhile back. I just forgot to post it here. It was one of my favorites, so I'm blaming it holiday overload.  I only remembered it when I ran across this Mo DP2 Challenge which is "Favorite 2011 Mo Project."

This is defiantly one of My favorite Mo images.  I colored her with Copics and shaded with Prisma pencils. The little poinsettia is a PSX stamp and the sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.  I added some 3D paint for the snow. Then I stitched it to some blue/gray and used cream card stock as the base.

I thought it turned out pretty, but after view what the DT created.. OMG!

Just one more

In my previous post, I said that I "probably" would not be posting until after Christmas. That was before I went to the Simply Less is More blog and saw this week's challenge theme is music . So it got me to thinking about the Mo's Digital Pencil image that I got last year. Then I started looking for it. Since I upgraded last year, some things got moved and apparently some didn't get backed up, because I just couldn't find it. Then I became obsessed and ended up purchasing this digi again. It's so cute I really didn't mind that it was a second purchase.

I colored Singin so Beautiful with Copics and added some 3D paint on hats. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Sophisticated Bunny

I mean really, doesn't he look rather stately and sophisticated with the black?  I think this is going to be a Mo Manning weekend.  I an missing my stamping buddy as she is a little under the weather.

This is a Mo's Digital pencil image that I colored with Copics and shaded with Prisma pencils. The sentiment is a Hero Art stamp.

There you have it. Pretty simple.

Lhasa Apso

This Mo's Digital Pencil image is so cute, I could have printed on a old wrinkled up brown paper sack and it would still be cute.  I posted this card on Splitcoast Stampers and it got a moderate response, which makes me think it's not as spectacular as I think it is.  I am humbled.

So I went to Minnesota to visit my sister and along the way I stopped at my favorite craft store A Walk Down Memory Lane. (Okay, maybe it was a little out of my way.) Anyway, I purchased these fabulous dies, Spring Border by Memory Box and the Leafy Flourish is by Die-namics. Aren't they gorgeous?

I printed Lhasa apso on some pink cards stock (also purchased at AWML) and used just a little grey pencil on him.  The butterfly is from Flourishes.  After I made the card, I Googled Lhasa apso and they are actually white with golden highlights.

AWML has an on line store if you are interested in purchasing any of these dies. They have a wonderful selection of paper craft items.

Happy Monday

Here is a card I started on Saturday and finished on Sunday and am posting on Monday.  How's that for speed? Maybe I do things backwards. I color my image then spend twice that time picking out my paper.

I must have been a little shaky when I took this picture.

This is a Mo's Digital that I colored with Copics, Prisma Pencils and Gamsol.  The paper is from Basic Grey's Sugared paper pad. The image was cut out with Spellbinder's deckle dies. I also used some Martha Stewart glitter for the first time, but not the last. 

That's all for now. Hope you have a great day.

Be Mine Valentine

That Mo Manning is so irresistible!  This is one of my Christmas gifts from my friend Sherri.

 I have been purchasing a lot of embellishments. Do you see any embellishments on my cards other than ribbon?  Maybe they will be like my stamps. I collected stamps for a couple of years, before I made anything I liked. So one of these days be prepared for an explosion of embellishments.  This image was so beautiful on it's own, I just couldn't bare to put anything with it. I hope I did it justice.

I colored "shy valentine Nessa" with Copics and shaded with pencil and Gamsol.   Then a little Stickles on her petticoat and some sponging on the back round to finish.  The paper is from that fabulous s.e.i "My Heart", that I bought at Ben Franklin. Since Ben is about 150 miles away, I'm going to have to find some more on line.

Got to get some beauty rest now. It's way past bed time for this old gal.

Challenge 62 - Fantasies and Fairies

Guess what my friend Sherri gave me for Christmas? 
A gift certificate for Mo's Digital Pencil Shop.  I had no trouble spending it. So I decided I try a challenge.

I decided I would put the fairy in a snow globe.  I cut the circle with a Spelbinders die. The base is a Spellbinder's die which I sliced in half and free handed the layers.

I colored her with Copics and shaded with pencil and Gamsol. I used a sparkly blue Gelly Roll pen to detail the skirt ruffles and dotted the globe with Stickles.

The paper is Karen Foster Design.

Shall I play for you?

I made this card for my best freind Sherri. We had our Christmas and exchanged gifts, so she has seen this.
We stamp together almost every Saturday, so I wanted something she hadn't seen.

He is really detailed, but I love details.  I had to photo this card twice.  The first time, I went to upload the photo to my PC, I noticed that I forget to do his nose. One other time I forgot to color a bird's beak.  What do you suppose that's all about?  Maybe it's because I have a really small nose. (That's the only thing small about me these days. )

Anyway.. The paper is from K&Company. This is another Mo's Digital that I colored with Copics and Prisma Pencils and Gamsol.  I love the instant gratification with the digitals.  It's so stressful to order the most adorablle stamp you have ever seen, order it (if it's instock) then wait days for it to arive in the mail.  An added bonus with the digitals is I don't have black ink all over my fingers.

Christmas Lab

I fell in love..

Another Mo's Digital. Paper is K&Company.  I colored this puppy with Copics and shaded with Prisma Pencil and Gamsol.  Awww!

Happiness is furry!

Let's switch it up a bit.  I could do Christmas all year long, but time has dictated that I upload some of my stash.  I do love to color.

I don't know why I can't get these pictures any bigger.  I'm still new to the blog world.
This is a Mo's Digital Pencil. I wish I could tell you the name of the paper because it's gorgeous and all I have left are some scraps.  I colored this with Prisma Pencils and Gamsol.  I also punched some circles of the same paper and popped them up to the right.

Visions of Sugar Plums

Well, doesn't he look all comfy? All snuggled up with visions of sugar plums in is head. I don't think I've ever had a sugar plum.  They can't be as good as a chocolate aniclair. Yum!

This is another Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with Copics, pencil and Gamsol and cut him out with a Spellbinders label die.  The Paper is from K&Company. I don't know if you can tell that I cut the mouse and the tea cup out and popped them up with Pop Dots.

Macho Penguin

This guy is on a mission. Can't you just read his mind? Trying to be all macho.  Anyway that's the way I see him.  There's a novel behind every card.  Hmm! Do I need  help?

This is a Mo's Digital Pencil image.  I just love the digitals. You can size them to suite your card.  I colored him with Copics and shaded with pencil and Gamsol.  I did a little bit of faux stitching and mounted him on some My Mind's Eye paper.  The sentiment is another used stamp find.

Which do you like?

This is Mo's Digital Pencil image that I colored two different ways.  I really can't decide which one I like best. The artist is one of my most favorites.

On the second card I used liquid perils for a pretty snow effect.

The stamp is Mo's Digital Pencil.  The Paper on the first is My Mind's Eye.  The second card, I think is K&Company paper. Both images were colored with Copics and shaded with pencil.  I used Stickles on boughs of both cards and a different Spellbinders dies for each.

Sing along

I can only imagine what caroling cats would sound like.  If I were to audition to join them, they would definitely say "No Way." If only they could hear how wonderful I sing in the shower.

Whatever. These felines just sang there way onto my paper.  Aren't they cute?

This is a  Mo Manning Digital Pencil. I colored them with pencil and Gamsol. This is a square card, so I had to  improvise a little with the Cuttlebug embossing folder. The paper is from My Mind's Eye and I have one more sheet left that I am hording. I cut them in a Spellbinder's round die and matted it with a Martha Stewart punch.