J'Adore Birthday Girl

Hi All!  I hope everyone is having a great week :)  Mine's been busy as usual but October is always a great month at work- it's so fun to see pink pop up all over and the support that's given to Breast Cancer Awareness.  Now I know it probably seems like there was just a release at Tickled Pink but that was the super special pink ribbon release so I'm here to help share the new full Pinkette release for October and I'm sure you are going to love these Lil Party Pinkettes!  I love party images because they can be used for so many different kinds of cards and I make a TON of birthday cards so I love anything that works for those :)  Today I get to show off Lil Party Pinkette Coraline- she looks so cute in her pretty party dress which was soooo much fun to color with my Copics.  I used some more papers from the MME Lost & Found 2 Blush set and went the soft and pretty route after finding the paper with the Eiffel Tower on it which seems to suit Coraline perfectly.  I hope you find yourself loving Lil Party Pinkette Coraline as much as I do and don't forget to stop on over at the Tickled Pink Stamps blog for a glimpse of the other jaw dropping creations by my fellow DT girlies and a chance to win this little cutie for yourself!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R21
Hair: E21, E23, E27, E29
Clothes: W0, W1, BG10, BG11, BG34, BG18
Balloon: RV91, RV63, RV66

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie- Fabulous, Fun and 'F'rench
Simon Says Stamp- Sparkle and Bling
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenge- Use 3 Design Papers

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzil; DP- MME Lost & Found 2 Blush; Distress Ink- Pumice Stone; Film Strip Ribbon- Tim Holtz; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Bling & Pearl Swirl- Recollections

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Hi All!  I can't believe that a whole week has gone by and it's time for another challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges- I guess time really does fly by when you're having fun :)  We have an awesome challenge for you this week...Use a Music Sheet...and you don't know how excited I was for this particular challenge!  See, before cardmaking was ever something I was into I expressed my creativity in another way- music.  I've played piano since I was five and starting singing in the 4th grade- I eventually even went to college on a music scholarship for voice.  While my dreams of becoming a huge pop singing sensation never came true music is still something that's as much a part of my everyday life as card making has become.  So the chance to marry the two things I love together was AWESOME.  You'd think because I have so much music floating around everywhere it would make things easy but it's kind of like when you're at the candy shop and you have so many choices it takes you hours to decide because you want to pick just the right thing :)  Since I couldn't do a billion cards for this one challenge I started looking through my Tickled Pink images and thinking of all the different songs that could go with them.  I settled on a theme using Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Baseball Pippa that I think turned out pretty good if I do say so myself...it's to bad the song's so catchy because I caught myself singing it repeatedly as I assembled my card :)  I can promise that you'll be seeing some more music inspired cards in the near future because even if I couldn't do a whole billion cards for this one challenge my mojo definitely kicked into high gear and that inspiration has got to be put to good use!  Please stop by the challenge blog to check out the rest of the DT's amazing creations because, as always, they have all totally knocked it out of the park with this one!  And if you have time I hope you'll join in the challenge and share the fun, just remember to use a Tickled Pink image!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R21
Hair: E43, E44, E47, E49
Clothes: R22, R24, R29, R59, W1, W5, W7
Bat: E41, E42, E43

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown- Dimension & Texture (canvas stars, burlap)
Stamps R Us- Anything Goes

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- My Minds Eye Lime Twist Fly a Kite; Star Border Punch- Martha Stewart; Distress Ink- Tim Holtz- Vintage Photo; Canvas Stars- Jillibean Soup; Star bling & Burlap- my stash

First Days

Hi All!  It's time for another challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges and this week we've got a super easy one for you- Anything Goes.  I decided to try something new so I made a circle card which I haven't done many times but I'm always pleased with how they turn out so I don't know why I don't do it more often :)  The trickiest part always seems to be the layout and getting my mind to switch gears from the standard square and rectangle cards I'm used to making...but I like to challenge myself and go outside my comfort zone sometimes.  I've used Lil Little Frankie since I hadn't colored him up yet- I have to say I seriously love the Lil Littles!- and thought since he had a backpack I'd go with a kind of first day back to school vibe.  I hope you'll join us over at TPSC this week with Anything Goes and remember to use a Tickled Pink Stamps image when you join in the fun :)

You'll have to excuse my 'moment'- I forgot to write down my Copics...I know, bad Katie :)

Supplies: Card base- Truly Yours Archivers; DP- My Minds Eye; Borders- Bazzil; Bingo Card- Jenni Bowlin; Metal Embellishments- Tim Holtz; Brads- my stash

The Witching Hour- Lil' Pinkette Haunting Witch Audrey Preview

Hi All!  I've got one final preview to show you from the new Spinks & Spooks line over at Tickled Pink Stamps and I hope you love her as much as I do!  It's little witch Audrey and she is all dressed to the nines to go trick or treating black pointy hat and all.  I went with the traditional Halloween colors this time around and had a blast coloring her up with my Copics.  I decided to throw some of my favorite things on this card so there's some bling, some flowers and another of the canvas tickets from Little Yellow Bicycle....you wanna know a secret?  Of course you do :)  I'm going to get a lot of mileage out of these tags because they were actually supposed to be a border for a 12x12 page and there were two complete strips in the package, so when I cut them up I've got a nice little pile that should last me a while!  I hope you enjoy my card and remember to hop on over to the store blog to not only see some amazing, out-of-this-world inspiration from the rest of the design team, but a chance to win this stamp from the ever generous Kellie, owner of Tickled Pink Stamps!

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, R20, R21
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
Bag: T5, T7, R17, YR07
Clothes: 100, T5, T7, T9, V09, V15, V17, YG61, YG63, YG67

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Craft Us Crazy- Anything Goes

MelJen's Designs- Use Black


Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- My Minds Eye Mischievous; Flowers- Recollections and Prima; Bling- Recollections; Stickles- Gunmetal; Canvas Tag- Little Yellow Bicycle

Lil Pinkette Haunting Pirate Patrick Preview

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Hi All!  Time for another sneaky peek from the new Spinks and Spooks release we're counting down to over at Tickled Pink Stamps!  Today I've got the super swashbuckling Pirate Patrick- is he not just the cutest thing ever?!?  He was so much fun to color up with my Copics and I had a blast picking out some cool pirate stuff to pair him with like those awesome skull and crossbones brads from Creative Imaginations.  The sentiment is just something that I thought up and printed out from my computer using the Chiller font and then I dirtied it up a bit with some Tim Holtz Pumice Stone Distress Ink so the white wasn't so in your face.  I have definitely fallen in love with this new release and I hope you feel the same as you check out all the sneak peeks from the week.  Remember the ever generous Kellie, owner of Tickled Pink Stamps, has a great opportunity to win this stamp so please hop over to the store blog to see all the other fabulous creations from the DT and your chance to win!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13
Clothes: T3, T5, T7, T9, R29, R89, E23, E27, E49, E59, B39, B93, B95, B97
Stardust Glitter pen

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Die Cut Dreams Challenge: Holiday Fun
One Stitch At A Time: Use A Digi
Craft Us Crazy: Anything Goes

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- My Minds Eye Mischevous, Creative Imaginations Dead Men Tell No Tales; Brads- Creative Imaginations; Flocked Lace- We R Memory Keepers Graveyard; Sentiment- computer generated

Boo!

Hi All!  Its time for another challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges and this week we'd like to see 'Happy Haunts' so break out those Tickled Pink Halloween images, put in a scary movie and get yourself in the mood to craft :)  It was pretty easy for me to get in the Halloween spirit because as a DT for the Pinkette's we've been doing some sneaky peeks this week of some awesome Halloween images so all my Halloween stuff was easily in reach.  I did get to play with one of the new Tickled Pink Lad's Wizard Eric and I loved it because Eric is a favorite of mine.  I was kind of struggling with what to have him directing that gaze and firepower on and then I thought instead of focusing on a potential foe why not have him conjuring the sentiment, and as they say the rest is history!  I sure hope you enjoy and this helps put you in the haunting spirit so you can join us in the fun.  For more inspiration don't forget to hope on over to the rest of the DT's blogs because they never disappoint!  And remember to use a Tickled Pink Stamp when you enter :)

Copics;
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: E13, E18, E19
Staff: T1, T3, T5, BG93, BG96, Spica Pen- Clear
Clothes: BG93, BG96, BG99, Spica Pen- Silver

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- Making Memories Spook Alley; Chipboard Frame- Little Yellow Bicycle Trick or Treat; Flocked Lace- We R Memory Keepers Graveyard; Sentiment Stamp & Green Hemp Cord- my stash

Lil Pinkette Haunting Fairy Coraline Preview

Hi All!  I'm so excited to bring you my first preview as a new Pinkette DT member!  I've got the lovely Lil Pinkette Haunting Fairy Coraline who is part of the new Spinks & Spooks release that we're counting down to over on the Tickled Pink Stamps blog.  I had so much fun coloring her up with my Copics; she's just so darn cute- it reminds me of when I was little and Halloween was an excuse to get to be a princess or fairy and wear makeup :)  This card ended up being a funny combo of more pastel colors and black to try and pull in a little of the traditional Halloween feel.  I used Flowersoft for the first time on the bottom of her dress and have to say I LOVE that stuff!  I also added some Platimum Stickles to her wings because lets face it- Halloween is one of the times where we're totally allowed to be a little over the top with all things shiny and sparkly :)  Now the lovely Kellie, owner of Tickled Pink Stamps, is always super generous during previews so be sure to hop over to the store blog for a look at all the lovely sneak peeks and leave a comment for a chance to win a stamp!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R32
Hair: E42, E44, E47, E49
Bag: Y26, Y32, YR21, W3
Clothes: R20, R21, R22, R24
Wings: Y26, Y32, YR21, R21, R22, R24, YG61, YG63, YG67

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Raise The Bar- Anything Goes
Stamp Something- August Digi Day
Fabulous Friday- Color It In


Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- Kaisercraft Chapter One, Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime; Canvas Tag & Scallop Border- Little Yellow Bicycle; Flowersoft- Sweet Pea; Stickles- Platinum; Flowers & Gems- Recollections; Distress Ink- Black Soot

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #31- Use A Feather

Hi All!  I'm so excited- it's my first challenge as a Guest DT over at the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge blog and it's still mind blowing to me that I get to type that :)  This week we're asking you to use a feather on your project.  As soon as I knew that's what the challenge was I knew that Lil Little Kellita would be the perfect stamp to use since she has her little feathered friend with her.  I colored Kellita with my Copics to match some papers from KaiserCraft, the ChapterOne pad, which has quickly become a favorite of mine.  Those papers have made me fall back in love with using blues and greens on my projects- because, I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I get a little caught up in pink and neutrals :)  I hope you enjoy my card and please stop by the Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge blog to check out the other DT projects, which are amazing!, and to play along...just remember to use a Tickled Pink image!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E07, E13, E18, E19
Bird: B32, B34, Y07, Y38
Clothes: T5, T7, T9, G07, G14

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion- Anything Goes

Supplies: DP- KaiserCraft Chapter One; Cardstock- Bazzil; Feathers & Bling- Michaels; Bird Charm- My Minds Eye; Sentiment- Scrap-a-licious-times.blogspot.com- mmdesigns

A Lil' Something Different

Hi All!  I've got a little something different to share today than just the normal card :)  I'm not really sure where I saw these for the first time but out in blog land I came across a cute little memo/picture/card holder made with one of those enormous clothesline pins and thought to myself 'Man, those are pretty cute!  I bet even I could do that!'.  So on my last trip to the scrapbooking store I picked myself up a package just to see what damage I could do.  Since they're not really that enormous I just knew that one of the Lil' Little's from Tickled Pink Stamps would be a great fit so I colored little Willow up with my Copics to match a piece of patterned paper from 'Blissful' by Authentique and grabbed a couple of other goodies from my stash to finish it all off.  It was actually a little bit of a challenge to get everything on there that I wanted- not a whole lot of surface to work with- but I think I crammed as much cuteness on it as possible :)

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge- Not a Square Card
Totally PaperCrafts- Bling It Out
AllSorts Challenge- Free & Easy
Craft Us Crazy- Anything Goes

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: E70, E71, E74, E79
Eyes: B91, B93, B95
Clothes: R20, R21, R22, R24

Supplies: DP- Authentique 'Blissful'; Pearls- Recollections; Ticket- Tim Holtz

Thinking of You

Hi All!  I've just got a quick little post tonight :)  I'm in love with the Perfect Matches line over at Tickled Pink Stamps and I've got Lil Lad Eric paired up with his Perfect Match Christina on my card today- aren't they so cute?  They are so much fun to color, which I did with my Copics, though I have to admit Eric's hair was not at all how I planned it, in fact I wasn't even sure that I was going to be able to keep the image at one point because it was looking so bad, but thank goodness for happy mistakes because I ended up really happy with how it turned out!  All I can think when I look at these two paired up is that if they were a real couple they'd be so cute I'd probably hate 'em just a little...thank goodness they're just stamps :)

Copics-
Skin: E000,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair: hers-N1,N5,N7,N9 his-E50,E51,E53,E55,E57, E59
Eyes: hers-BG10,BG72,BG75 hisE43,E44,E47
Glasses: hers-BV23,BV25,BV29 his-R14,R17,R59
Clothes: hers-R22,R29,R89 his-B37,B39,B52





I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
All Sorts- Free & Easy
Stamp Something- Something Embellished
Tickled Pink Stamp Challenge- Spots & Stripes
Totally Gorjuss- Punch or Die
Craft Us Crazy- Anything Goes

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- Lilybee Design This & That, Echo Park For the Record; Flowers & Gems- Recollections; RubOn Sentiment- Deja Views Wonderful Words; Star Border Punch- Martha Stewart

Butterfly Smiles

Hi All!  Well, you know that saying 'Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug'?  Lets just say the past week or so I was not on the winning side of that equation :)  But things finally calmed down and I got to spend some quality time in my craft area which has definitely made things a lot better!  I was able to purchase some of the new stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps in digi form when their digi week started on the 15th and I couldn't wait to color up Lil Little Lilith- she is definitely a new favorite- with my Copics and then it was killing me that I hadn't put her on a card yet so I paired her with some butterflies that I cut out of some DCWV matstack papers from the Mariposa line so I can enter Tickled Pink's Challenge for 'Cute with Butterflies'.  As I started out I wasn't sure about how it was all looking but it actually came together pretty well by the time I sat back and looked at the final product- thanks in no small part to a cutie of an image :)

Copics:
Skin/Face- E000, E00, E11, E13, R32
Hair- E11, E15, E18, E19
Umbrella- BV23, BV25, BV29, BV31
Clothes- BG09, BG10, BG11, BG15, BG18, BV23, BV25, BV29, BV31

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T.- Butterflies
All Sorts- Free & Easy
Emerald Fairies- All Things Nice (Girly)
PaperPlay- Things with Wings
Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge- Cute with Butterflies
Totally PaperCrafts- Girly Girls

Supplies- Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- KaiserCraft Chapter One, DCWV Mariposa Matstack; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Border Punch- Martha Stewart Crafts; Rub on Sentiment- Lasting Impressions; Pearls & Gems- my stash

A Fairy Happy Birthday

Hi All!  I've got a first to celebrate tonight...it's the first challenge over at Pink {Ink} Sketch Challenge which I'm super excited to enter!  I love sketch challenges because they always push the boundaries of my creativity and force me to stretch my 'style'...and this challenge is even more inspiring because of the awesome DT members that are heading it up.  All that inspiration in one place is pretty mind blowing!  I hope my card measures up :)  I've paired papers from a new paper pad called Uncommon made by Authentique with the Fairy Kira stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps.  Matched up with those are some of my favorite things- some flowers, a generous sprinkling of bling and a Tim Holtz metal embellishement...when all these things end up on the same card you really can't mess it up too bad- at least that's what I tell myself  :)  Hope you enjoy!

Copics:
Face/Skin: E000, E00, E11, R37, BV23, BV25, BV29, YG61, YG67
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
Wings: BV31, Colorless Blender, Spica Glitter Pen- Clear
Clothes: R32, R35, R37, YG63, YG67

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Flutter By Wednesdays- Open Challenge
Pink {Ink} Sketch Challenge- Sketch
Stampin' For The Weekend- Wings & Things
Tickled Pink- Use a Doily
Truly Scrumptious- Things With Wings

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- Authentique 'Uncommon'; Doily- Martha Stewart Crafts; Bling- Recollections; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Metal Embellishment- Tim Holtz; Sentiment- computer generated; Ribbon- my stash

It's The Simple Things

Hi All!  I know you're shocked that I'm doing two posts in two days but I told you I had lots of crafting time this weekend :)  I've been eyeing the sketches over at Deconstructed Sketch and I finally got my bum in gear in enough time to get one entered.  I flipped it on its side and left off the sentiment just because I'm not sure exactly what I want to use it for yet.  I may use it for a birthday card to fill an order or I might just keep it for my own stash mostly because I really like how the coloring on Pippa from Tickled Pink Stamps turned out this time around....she's so much fun to color and every time I just like her more!  So here's another card from my crafting whirlwind...hope you enjoy :)

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, R32, R35
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
Clothes: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, W0, W1, G40, G82, G85, T1, T3, T5, T7, T9
Flowers: G24, G28, RV13, RV14, RV17, RV19, V15, V17

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch
Deep Ocean Challenges- Cards
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Stampalot Challenge- Anything Goes
Stamps R Us- 'There was a little girl'
Tickled Pink- Flowers

Supplies: DP- KaiserCraft Chanteuse; Twine- Jillibean Soup; Flowers- Prima; Border Punch- Fiskars; Tag- Tim Holtz

Groovy Baby

Hi All!  I hope that everyone had a great weekend- I'm so sad it's over!  I had some time to do some coloring recently and had to take the opportunity to put together a pair of stamps from the new Perfect Match release over at Tickled Pink Stamps.  I love the concept of making matches to stamps that were already in existence, and after seeing an inspiring line from Little Yellow Bicycle called Free Spirit I knew that the first pair I wanted to get on a card would have to be '60's Willow and Stefan.  I love using digital stamps because of the versatility and this is a perfect example of that- I tried something new and actually cropped and merged the two stamps leaving a heavy black circular border that I cut along once they were colored.  I'm pretty pleased with the results and will definitely try something like this again...especially since there are so many perfect matches now available at Tickled Pink!  Plus, instead of only offering the digital version of the stamps for one week like usual, the owner Kellie is offering digi's for the whole month of June...Is it sad how excited that makes me?  Anyways, moving on :)  I hope that everyone has themselves a very groovy week!

 Here's the requisite close up and list of Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair: hers- E50,E51,E53,E55 his- E41,E44,E47,E49
Eyes: hers- BG10, BG45, BG49 his- E53, E57, E59
Clothes: hers- V12, V15, V17, G21, G28, YR00, YR07, Y15, RV21, RV25, R29 his- E30, E33, E99, Y11, Y15, YR04, YR07, R29, R59, G07, G28



I'd like to enter this is the following challenges :)
Tickled Pink- Texture (canvas sentiment, flowers)
Totally Gorjuss- Flower Power
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes- Girly Girl
Totally PaperCrafts- Summer
A Spoon Full of Sugar- Here Comes Summer
Supplies: DP- Little Yellow Bicycle 'Free Spirit' and 'Boardwalk'; Canvas Sentiment Stickers- Little Yellow Bicycle 'Free Spirit'; Bling Star- KaiserCraft; Flowers- Prima; Ink- Distress Ink Orange Marmalade

Flowers for the Birthday Girl

Hi All!  Wow, it seems like it's been forever since I've had a second to sit down and blog!  It must be all the working I've been doing- between my actual job and doing cards sometimes it feels like the only time I'm not working is when I'm sleeping :)  Which is probably why I've had this lovely digi stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps named Lil Pinkette Pippa printed and waiting for some color for some time.  Well, I just couldn't wait any longer so I carved out some time this weekend to do some coloring and then couldn't wait to get her on a card.  For the first time I'm using the sketch over at Crafting Life's Pieces and it was so much fun to work with- I'll definitely be using them more often...and it just so happens that Tickled Pink is sponsoring the CLP sketch challenge this month so it's almost like it was meant to be!  I used a new 6x6 paper pad from My Minds Eye, it's Lime Twist and this is the Happy Go Lucky set- I just love the colors in it.  There was so much potential in the sketch and the gorgeous stamp that I just hope I did them both justice!

Copics:
Face/Skin: E000, E00, E11, E20, RV34
Hair: E53, E57, E59
Overalls/Shoes: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59
Shirt/Headband: RV32, RV34, RV66
Flowers: RV34, RV66, Y15, BG15, BG18, YG93, YG97
Ground/Background: W0, W1, W3

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Crafting Life's Pieces Sketch Challenge- Sketch
Tickled Pink Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes
iCopic: Brown Hair
Stamp Something- June Digi Day
Diva's By Design- Florals
Fab 'n' Funky- What'eva

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky; Flowers- Prima and Recollections; Bling- Recollections; RubOn Sentiment- my stash

A Tickled Pink Birthday

Hi All!  It is soooo past my bedtime but I desperately wanted to enter iCopic's challenge for coloring blonde hair.  You see, when I first started using Copics blonde hair was the one thing I thought I'd never get- the lovely and helpful ladies at my local scrapbooking store can attest to this as I was always asking for tips on what colors to use.  And I can still remember the first time I got done coloring and wasn't embarrassed by how the blonde hair had turned out.  Now I can honestly say it's one of my favorite hair colors to do!  I have my standby colors that I turn to repeatedly- E50, 51, 53 & 55 because they make a pretty blonde without being too yellow.  I'm sure as more time goes by I'll find other color combinations that I like as well but for now I'm just glad that I don't have to feel a panic attack coming on when I see a stamped image that just screams at me to be blonde :)

Here's a close up of my image-'30's Lylah from Tickled Pink Stamps and my Copic List:
Face: E000, E00, E11, R20, R14, R17, V17, V20, V25, BV25
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55
Clothes: BG10, BG72, BG78, T1, T3, T5

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T.- Happy Birthday
iCopic- Blonde Hair
Sketch Saturday- sketch
Tickled Pink- Distressing

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil; DP- My Minds Eye; Flowers- Prima; Charm- Michaels; Pearls and Sentiment- my stash

May All Your Wishes Come True

Hi All!  Wow, it's been a long week and I'm so glad that tomorrow is Friday!  Can I just say how much I really want the sun to come out and play?  It's killing me- I'm ready for summer already :)  I've got a birthday card that was requested and I was asked to do it vintage style...now this isn't my comfort zone by any means but I did have a lot of fun doing it and I think I'm getting better as I stretch myself to try new styles.  I used 20's Evie in digi format from Tickled Pink Stamps and cropped her for my main image.  To me she just screams vintage.  I distressed the heck out of everything, I've the inky hands to prove it, and in the end I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out and I hope that person receiving it feels the same!

When I went to grab my list of Copics I couldn't find it!  Talk about disorganization- I blame it on the 'creative process' :) 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge: Lace and Pearls
Craft Your Passion Challenges: Show Us Your Layers

Supplies: DP- 7Gypsies; Vellum Page- Websters Pages; Sentiment- My Favorite Things- Lets Celebrate Ala Mode; Ink- Momento; Lace and Pearls- Recollections; Flowers- Prima; Clock Charm- The Girls Paperie; Metal Corner- Tim Holtz

Beach Bum

Hi All!  This card is probably a figment of my wishful thinking- I'm so tired of all the rain I can't wait for summer weather!  Oh to live somewhere that's always nice enough to surf...it's probably the same place that Margaretaville is (hey, if I'm gonna dream might as well dream big right?) and I would love to become a permanent resident!  But alas, I'm stuck here with the clouds and rain so I guess I'll take refuge in my craft area where I can make things bright and sunny if I want to :)  Here I've got Lil Lad Stephan from Tickled Pink Stamps (find him here) and couldn't wait to get him on a card.  I used a new 6x6 paper pad from Fancy Pants called Beach Bum and it couldn't have been more fitting.  Now, in my infinite wisdom, I chose to use a boy image to enter the TPS Challenge which is 'Bling It Out'...probably not my finest idea but I did manage to find a rhinestone arrow that I think complements Stephen nicely and I threw in a few gems as bubbles in the piece of wave paper.  Now I think it's time to unwind- I've heard it's always 5 o'clock somewhere :) 

Here's a close up of cute little Stephen and the Copics I used:
Skin: E00, E11, E13
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55
Eyes: YG61, YG67
Bracelet: E42, E43, E44; Y15
Shirt/Shoes: R46, R59, C5, C7
Shorts/Sunglasses: BV23, BV25, BV29 (I used a glaze pen for the lens)
Surf Board: Y02, Y15, YR04, YR07

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Tickled Pink Stamp Challenge: Blinging It Out
Stamp Something: Digi Day
Totally Papercrafts: One for the Boys
Charisma Cardz Challenge: Bling and Sparkles
Make It Colourful: Colour with Bright Colours
Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil;DP- Fancy Pants Beach Bum; Word Stickers- Little Yellow Bicycle Boardwalk; Rhinestone Arrow- KaiserCraft; other gems-stash