Monday, December 27, 2010

Challenge 62 - Fantasies and Fairies

Guess what my friend Sherri gave me for Christmas? 
A gift certificate for Mo's Digital Pencil ShopI 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.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Many Thanks!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I received so many great gifts. This will be just one of my "Thank You" cards.




Paper:  The Paper Studio
Ink: Memonto
Copics, pencil and Gamsol
Spellbinder Dies
Stamps:
 "Thanks", Verve Stamps
Bear, Stampin Up (2002)
"Your the Best", Hero Arts


Thursday, December 23, 2010

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.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Warm Winter Wishes

I'm blond!  I saw this challenge over at the Pickled Paper Design.  I knew right away what I wanted to do.
I downloaded these images from Verve Stamps last year. I love the simplicity of the mittens.  Now my dilemma is I can't figure out how to enter the challenge.  I think it's pretty challenge or not.

This card is loaded with bling, with the jewels on the mittens and the "i" in Winter, all done up on glittery
My Mind's Eye DP.  These are two images from Verve Stamps that I had downloaded and put together.
I colored the mittens with Copic BG13. Also used Hobby Lobby ribbon, a Spellbinders die and a Martha Stewart puch for those tiny snowflakes.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

How about another Challenge?

Well we survived the blizzard. Although we had to shovel.  Our very expensive snow blower, (that we just got back from being serviced) broke!  So can you believe I would want to do a winter card? When I checked these cute little stamps, I just couldn't resist.



The challenge is from Catch The Bug Challenge Blog and the challenge is "Winter Wonderland with lots of glitter and sparkle!"  I think white background cards are going to be hard to photo. I did this one about 6 times and decided this one is the best.  The Stamp is a digital from Bugaboo Stamps.  I traced the cupcake holder with a gel pen and sprinkled some embossing power on it.  It turned out pretty good, but the photo won't show it.  I colored it with Copics, Primsa Pencils and Gamsol.  I used a Spellbinder die, a Cuttlebug die for the snowflake and a Sizzix embossing folder.  I used lots of Stickels (again the photo doesn’t show it).  I added some jewels to the icing and the embossed snowflakes.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Storm Warning: Two feet of snow

They warned us Friday that there was a storm coming.  So, I am prepared. I went to the store and bought all my comfort foods. Then I downloaded a bunch of images from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I'm ready!

For those of you who don't live in Iowa.. Burrrr!  Our first storm of the season.  Although we aren't expected to get much snow, the winds are around 40 MPR and the temp is steadily declining.  We are expected to have wind chills way below zero and the blowing snow makes for white-out conditions.

Funny!

So I'm calling this card "These Boots Are Made For Walking"

My BFF gave me this stamp a while back.  I've had him colored for a couple of weeks. I've been trying to tweak the faux ribbon boarder that I did with a Paper Trey Ink stamp and die cut from the Friendship Jar set.
Funny?

I've had this argument with my BFF. I said I've never seen a snowman with boots, she says she has.
(I think she been drinking).  

The stamp is Snowman Winter Greeting Card Set by Peach Keen Stamps. I colored him with Copics and added a little Stickles to the tree.  I also used stamps and die from Paper Trey Inc, Spellbinder's die and the paper is from K&Company.