Three for Friday!!

   Yippee!!   Can you believe it's already Friday...and that it's also almost the end of July?    Wow, is time sure flying by this week, I hope things do slow down a bit now, because I am no where near ready for Summer to be over.  As much as I make not love the super hot and humid days....I take them ANY day over a cold winter day -- for sure!!

     Today is another good day for me, (knock on wood), and a blessing.  I'm so happy to be creating and enjoying every minute at my craft desk.   I have three new cards to share and all three were inspired by new challenges, starting with this card which I created today for the "Anything Goes" Copic/Alcohol Ink coloring challenge being hosted today over at The Outlawz.

     This is fun little digi image from Bugaboo Stamps, that I printed out, and then colored with my Copic and Touch Markers.   I have found the I absolutely LOVE the TOUCH Purple shades and that they are prettiest purples that I have ever seen.   Perfect for me, since purple is by far, my favorite color and one I use often.  Once the had my image colored, I added a little bling for my flower centers and and then finished it off with some of my new Stickles Dry Glitter!  I then embossed a deep purple background for my mat and added that on top of green card base by Hero Arts.   This is my finished card and the one I'll be submitting to the challenge.

   
   My next card is also a card that was colored with a combination of Copics along with some of my brand new Shinhan Touch Markers, which I'm very quickly falling in love with.   I bought a few of my favorite colors to try out and I absolutely love the bright vibrant colors.  If you are new to the world of alcohol markers, these are what I would start out with.    The prices are awesome and you can also mix and match them with any other markers you currently are using.   I have purchased mine from  MarkerPop and  also from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.   The purples are absolutely gorgeous and they were the very first colors I purchased.  I also have some of the gorgeous pinks and this skintone set that I purchased at SCACD.   I love how Susana has put together great sets which are perfect for those starting out or those who are not sure which colors to try.   I've been very pleased with how these color, I like the ergonomic style and that fact that these are also refillable and can be your forever markers.

  The new Twin Touch Challenge is a photo inspiration challenge, which you can find on their challenge blog here.   I have also included a copy of the photo, which is a set of three adorable pillows.

Photo Inspiration for #TTC22

My Card

   As you can see I used the colors of the gorgeous pillows as the inspiration for the color scheme for my card.  I chose a simple digi image from Bugaboo Stamps and colored it both my Copic and Twin Touch markers.   I am slowly adding Touch Markers to my collection and in time hope to have some in each of the colors, which I will need to continue to take part in their challenges, which I plan to do.   To add some extra shine to my hearts, I coated them with a layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer and the find touch was adding some of my brand new "Stickles Glitter", in the Diamond shade!   I am loving this new glitter line and think it will be very popular, especially since it comes in so many colors -- just like Stickles.

   My third card today had me back in the "Stretch Your Stamps" class, which I'm slowly catching up on an enjoying more and more each day.  The card I created today is another card that I CASed after seeing the fantastic card that Shari Carroll has shared in class.   The class I am working on today focused on using "Reverse Stamps" and the stamp that was used primarily is this ONE by Hero/Basic Grey.  This is one that  I added to my collection, when I saw it on the class supply list.   It's also the same stamp that Shari used on her card, although she did use different colors and stamped on a different background, which I also loved.  Shari's card started by stamping on book print and changed that up a bit by stamping on "music print", which I had picked up at a craft yard sale.  I also used one of my new mid-tone inks (by Hero) and this color is the Stonewash, that I bought in the full set at Simon Says Stamp with my class discount!   Thank you SSS!!!

   Once I had my background stamped, I cut it down into the shape of  ribbon/banner, as Shari did on her card.  I then added a matching sentiment and tied on a matching ribbon.  This was then mounted on top of a white layer that I had first embossed in my Cuttlebug.   I then added that onto a matching card from another Hero Hues set and had this lovely card.  My thanks to Shari for the fabulous inspiration! 

  And now I am off to add my cards to each of these challenges and then head back to my craft desk to do some more coloring.  I totally love to color and find it so relaxing and every since I started these projects this morning, all I want to do is color away my day!   And being that it's a cloudy and dreary day, that's exactly what I plan to do.  Hope you all have a terrific day and enjoy some time relaxing too!