Papertake Weekly For Mum

Hey everyone! It's time for another challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and this week Dawny is asking either for a card for your Mom or for a female. We are sponsored this week by our very own Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl, so a fabulous prize is up for grabs!! Do pop over and take a peek at all the wonderful things they have in their shop!  Here's what I've got to show you today

Image - Mo Manning colored with Copics

papers - Graphic 45 Sweet Sentiments Collection matted with Bazzill cardstock

Butterfly border by Noor

Lovely View die from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps

Mar Arts silk ribbon

image panel and banner are from Silhouette

flower from Wild Orchid Crafts

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to check out all the gorgeous creations, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - Button up!

Hey everyone! Today is my week for PaperPlay Challenges, and this week the new challenge is "button up"! We're being sponsored by the awesome shop Simon Says Stamp!   Now I have a very large order for some wedding cards, so needed to get a few done. So I took some creative liberties with the challenge and counted her dress buttoning up the back. Sure hope it's ok, Sandie!!

I used a beautiful image by Mo Manning at Digital Pencil and colored it with Copic markers. I've seen people using different sized pearls around their images around blog land, and thought that would look pretty cool with a wedding image like this. What do you think?

There's LOTS of Diamond Stickles and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The bow is made from May Arts silk ribbon and I put another flower in the center of that. The inside is decorated to match, but I was in too big a hurry and just too tired to get a picture of it. Sorry!

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and visit PaperPlay challenges to see the rest of the fabulous creations by my teamies! Then play along for a chance to win!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Have a wonderful day! Hugs!

Papertake Weekly - Get in Shape!

Updated to post that DORA is the winner of the Lili of the Valley voucher! CONGRATS Dora! Please  contact Dawny to claim your prize! Thanks again to everyone for joining us in our celebration!!

Oh wow, could I ever follow the advise of this weeks challenge!! LMBO! I NEED to get in shape. But ok...who wouldn't rather spend the time getting inky and having fun??!! I mean, really! LOL! I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that helped us celebrate Papertake Weekly's  4th birthday last week! We had an awesome turnout for the hop and we truly appreciate your support! We wouldn't be here if it weren't for you! So THANK YOU!!!  Now it's time to move on to the new challenge this week, and Dawny has asked us to "get in shape" by using three different shapes on your card. Your card base can count as one.  I  used more than three, but that's ok as long as you have at least three. Here's what I came up with

I have been wanting to color up this cutie since I got her forever ago! Of course I would use it for a Birthday card for one of my most favorite person in the whole world. :)  She's Angelina's Balloons from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed her onto Cyrogenic White paper from The Paper Temptress, and then colored her with Copic markers. Clothes and balloons - E97, 99, and 17;  skin - E11, 01, 00;  hair - Y21 and E33;  and T2, 4, and blender pen for the bloomers and socks.  For her cheeks, I used pink chalks after I was done coloring.  She's cut out with oval Nesties (one of my shapes) using the out of the box technique for the balloons.  I covered the balloons with some glossy accents and then sprinkled some fine glitter on them while they were wet.

The doily behind her is from a Cheery Lynn Designs doily die (another one of my shapes), then I added a rectangle panel that is bordered by a Martha Stewart punch, and added  the banner (Whimsy Stamps) up in the right corner (two more shapes).  See that flower? That was made with my newest Cricut cartridge The Flower Shoppe. I buy all my Cricut cartridges from Hallmark Scrapbook. They have the best prices and customer service, period!  I can tell I'm really going to love this cartridge and use it a lot! The leaves are from another Martha Stewart punch.

Oh man....looking at this close up shows how bad my eyes are getting! LOL!  The papers I used are VERY VERY old Daisy D's that I've had in my stash for probably four or more years. I used Bazzill cardstock as well as some kraft. The sentiment was computer generated and then just cut out and popped up.

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the amazing creatons by my teamies, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hug!

PTW - Anything goes with an option of metal

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you're having a great week so far! Can you believe it's August already??!! I can't believe how fast this year is going. We'll all be making Christmas cards in a flurry of a hurry before we know it! Enough of THAT thought, don't ya think? LOL! I don't EVEN want to think about snow again right now. It's time for a new challenge over at Papertake Weekly, and since this is the first Tuesday of the month, it's an "anything goes" challenge. Dawny always adds an extra option to the challenge, and this week it's to add something metal. Of course it's completely optional, so you're not required to use it in your challenge entry. We're sponsored by the amazing company Lili of the Valley! You know how much I adore their images and sentiments!  For my card this week, I'm showing you the card I made for my anniversary which was yesterday. I think this is Randy and I in about another twenty years or so.  LOL!  What can I say.... we are indeed a very lucky couple and we're still madly in love. The image is by Mo Manning colored with Copic markers. The papers are Graphic 45 (I believe) matted with Bazzill cardstock, some silk ribbon tying our hearts together forever, and a computer generated sentiment.

Please be sure and pop over to Papertake Weekly to see the rest of the fabulous creations by the talented design team, and then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and join us in the challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!