Birthday Cake Marci - La La Land Crafts

Hi ladies!

I have another wonderful card to share with you from La La Land's new release!  She is called Birthday Cake Marci and she is too cute!  The challenge over at La La Land is a "Sketch".  Here is my take:

I love her little headband and ruffled tights!  I used MME's Life of the Party paper pad.  The little pleated ribbon around the image just ads that part feel.  :)  The sentiment banner is also new in the release and is called Happy Birthday Banner.

I colored her up with Pro Markers and Copics.  She has a lot of Wink of Stella on her outfit and the cake.  Here are the colors I used on Marci:

ProMarkers:

Skin: Coral, Oatmeal, Sunkissed Pink, Baby Pink

Copic:

Hair: E55, E35, E3, E41, Y0000

Headband/Bows/Collar: BG13, BG11, BG10

Dress/Tights: YG25, YG23, YG21

Cake Decorations: R02, R01, R00

Cake: B0000

Cake Platter: W2, W0, W00

 

She is very vibrant in real life. :)

 

Here's another look at the new release:

 

 

 

Please pop over to La La Land Crafts to see what awesome cards the design team has created to share with you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Natasha

Toy Soldier - Kenny K - Songbird Challenge #30

It's getting close to Christmas!  I am so not ready yet!  Time to get it into gear!  :)

The time we have a month long challenge over at Songbird Challenges.  Our theme is "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".  Alot of fun with Kenny K's digi stamps ;).

I used a stamp called Toy Soldier.  She was alot of fun to color.  This image reminds me of the "Little Drummer Boy".  One of my childhood favorite songs.

 

I used Pro Markers for her skin and Copics for everything else.  The paper is from My Minds Eye, Lost & Found Christmas.  I hand dyed some seam binding and added a wooden button to that fun bow. 

 

You can see the Wink of Stella pen in this picture.  :)

 

I used a Spellbinder Label 10 die for the main image.  I distressed around the edges with Broken China and Tea Dye inks.

 

Please join us in this months challenge over at Songbird!

 

Thanks for stopping in!

 

Natasha 

Funny Face - Redonkadoodles (TPE229)

Happy Monday Mernin! (Pronounced mer-ning ;)) Today over at the Pink Elephant Challenge blog we have a Recipe for you to follow you need to use 2 Pattern Papers, Ribbon, & Sprinkle of Sparkle!

 

I have one of my new favorite images to share with you all today - she is called Funny Face from Redonkadoodles.  This is a great image and it can be used for so many different types of cards.

 

 I did a "wonky angled" card.  I kind of like it...  A little change from my standard OCD straight up and down - LOL.  I used two different paper pads, one is Merry Little Christmas from My Minds Eye.  The pink glitter paper is from DCWV Glitzy Pastels paper pad.

 

I colored her with Pro Markers and Copics.

 

The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's Winter Wishes set.  As you can see I added some sparkle with the glitter paper and some sequins.  The ribbon is from my vast stash.  ;)

 

Come on over and join us in this weeks fun Recipe Challenge!

 

Natasha

 

Tree Topper - Saturated Canary (TPE228)

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  We had family come over and it was wonderful! Lots of good food and games.  :)

Today over at the Pink Elephant Blog we have a "Winter Theme" challenge.  I made a card using an image from Saturated Canary that I purchased a few weeks ago called Tree Topper.

 

I used non-traditional colors for the card - so I had to make up the background.  I cut various sized strips of Bazzil card stock and created the striped background.  I like how it turned out.

 

I colored her with Pro Markers and my new set of Spectrum Noir markers.  :)  I love how vibrant the Spectrum markers are.  :)

 

I added a bow and a few jingle bells to complete the look.

 

On the little ornaments I added glossy accents and there is a lot of glitter all over for the snow.  :)

 

Please pop over to the Pink Elephant and join us in this weeks Winter Themed Challenge!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Natasha

Steampunk Girl - Meljen's Digi's - Songbird Challenge #29

Hi chickies!  We have an exciting challenge for you over at the Songbird Challenge blog today - it's Die Another Day.  :)  Which just means you need to use a die on your card!

 

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Meljen.  I have used her fabulous Steampunk Girl image.  She is so sweet!  Old Toy Trains  by Nana Mouskouri is the song this image reminds me of.  I colored her up with ProMarkers and Copics.  I used the Banner Stacklets 2 die from Taylored Expressions for the main image and layered it a few times.

 

That fabulous ribbon is rm my stash.  I stitched around the entire image and added some Wink of Stella to her outfit and the little sparkles around her.

 

The paper is from My Minds Eye - Merry Little Christmas pad.  The sentiment was punched out using some SU punches.  The actual wording is from Papertrey Ink's Merry & Bright set.

 

Please join us in this week's challenge over at Songbird!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Natasha

Harvest Princess - Saturated Canary (TPE227)

Happy Monday morning!

This week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge blog we have a "Be Thankful" theme going on for Thanksgiving.  For this card I used Harvest Princess from Saturated Canary - I love the girls she draws!  :)

 

 I used my Kaiser Craft Miss Empire pad for again (it has wonderful Thanksgiving-y papers) for this card.  I added some flowers and a doily from my stash.

 

I colored her with ProMarkers and Copics. I like the fine tip nib on the ProMarkers for very small areas. But I have all the Copics so my array of color choices there are amazing!

 

I added some Lace Trim from Martha Stewart. It is gorgeous!  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms.  I finished the card off with a fancy bow and some Wink of Stella on the feathers in her hair and the apples in her basket.

 

Please come on over and join us for this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

 

Natasha

Art Impressions - Girlfriends, Picture Perfect & a Video Tutorial!!!

Hi!  Today I have a cute card using a stamp set from Art Impressions called Picture Perfect.  I love these ladies!  They are a great group of friends.  :)

I used a  paper pad  from Catra Bella called So Noted for this card.  The layout is from the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.

I used Pro Markers for thier skin and copics for thier out fits.  I colored the lady in purple with a hoodie, I think it is supposed to be hair, but it just looks like a hoodie to me.  :)

I added some lace trim and a cute ribbon from my stash for the bow.  The sentiment is from SU.

Here is a close up on the little wooden camera embellishment.  I covered it with he Wink of Stella pen.

Here is the video I have of the coloring process:

I hope you enjoy it!  Here is a link to my Youtube channel.  I will try to add videos for the cards I make as I go along.

Natasha

Picnic - Saturated Canary (TPE226)

Hi chicas,

Hope your all having a great Monday!  We have a fun challenge this week over at The Pink Elephant Challenge blog - it a color challenge!

 

You have to use Brown, Orange, and Cream on your card!  Lots of fun for Thanksgiving!  For my card I used a Saturated Canary image called Picnic. 

 

 

I used MME's The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine paper pad for this card.  I stitched holes around the boarder image and actual stitches around the main image.  I used lots of fun layers to incorporate the challenge colors!

 

I colored her up with ProMarkers and Copics.  I added the Wink of Stella pen to her dress and the flowers.  I made the little glittered clothespin.  :)

 

I added some rhinestones and enamel dots from My Minds Eye.  The ribbon and the lace trim are from my stash.  I'm looking forward to see what you can create using the colors for the challenge over at The Pink Elephant!

 

 

Have a great day!

 

 

Natasha

 

Cornelia - Saturated Canary (TPE225)

Hi ladies,

This week over at The Pink Elephant we have a photo for this weeks challenge:

 

TPE225 - Challenge Photo

 

Here is the card that I made for it, I used a digi stamp from Saturated Canary called Cornelia.  I've had it for a while and never colored it up.

 

 

I just bought a few new paper pads, this is one of them called Miss Empire from Kaiser Craft.

 

I used ProMarkers for her skin and Copics for the rest of the image. 

 

I hand dyed the seam binding and tied it into this funky little bow.  The leaf is from Prima.  I covered the leaf and parts of her dress and feather with Wink of Stella.  Looks great in person.  :)

 

The sketch I used for this card can be found here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Please join us for this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant!

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Natasha

 

Comfy Slippers Fairy - Saturated Canary

Hey there! 

I have an embellishment heavy card today.  :)  I love this look but it is not something I am 100% comfortable doing...  So I gave it a shot and I am happy with how my card looks.

 

So I started off with this adorable digi from Saturated Canary.  I colored her with Copics and ProMarkers.  I added lots of Wink of Stella to her wings and the transparent area over her skirt.  I used very different colors on her hair - but I love how it looks!  I used a paper pad from Kathy Davis called Journeys.  It has ALOT  of beautiful purple papers.

 

Here is a close up on my coloring.  I am really enjoying using ProMarkers for skin tones.  I feel like I have more control of the ink...  It also blends beautifully.

 

I added lots of details to this card, let me list them: stitching around the boarders, pearls on a string, copic airbrushed flowers, vellum butterflies that have purple stickles on them, ribbon, a doily, sequins... I think that's it!  LOL.  Nope, I have a glittered clothespin and a cute little star embellie!

 

I finally have a pic that shows the Wink of Stella pen!

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the challenge over at Saturated Canary, Cratf-Dee Bowz, The Memory Nest, and over at Craft Catz.

 

 

Thanks for popping by!

 

 

Natasha