Happy Birthday.... Paper Sundaes DT

Happy Sunday morning to you all!  I told you it wouldn't be long before I had another post! ;-)) I'm on the ball this week! ha! This weeks challenge at Paper Sundaes is being sponsored by Tiddly Inks and we need to use STRIPES!  Not sure if you have checked out Tiddly Inks before, but she really has some adorable digis. Super cute and fun to color. I chose "Pinky" from the Gothic collection. I thought it would make a great teenager birthday card.

I colored her with Copic markers. I seriously have a phobia of coloring black but I forced myself to do it and  I was pretty happy with the results. Could they use some tweaking, yes...but not to bad!  I have a confession to make. When I made this card I totally was so excited about this little Goth cutie and coloring my blacks that I didn't have a stripe in site!  So I had to go back and add that little piece of striped paper..totally cheated, it's just slipped in there! LOL I had a tough time getting a good photo of this too.  Anyways, the paper is from Echo Park. Not much else going on except I added some Liquid glass to the cupcake and stickles to the skull. Did you notice my sentiment phobia too? Yea...I have the darnedest time finding sentiments or places to put them...so this is lacking a sentiment, but I think I am going to decorate the inside and add it there. ;-)

That's it for today be sure to check out the challenge at Paper Sundaes and play along!

Hugs,

Exciting News!!!

Hello Everybody!! I'm back!!!!!!!!  It seems like forever since I have had a post. I think that was the longest since I started blogging a year ago. Which reminds me.......be on the look out for some birthday Candy...coming this week! ;-))  

So here is my exciting news!!! Well, I have lots really...but the first one is - I am on Suzanne Deans Color Me Creative DT! Yeah!! Our first challenge as DT is a photo color/inspiration. So use something with pinks/greens/creams or white along with your interpretation of the photo.

This is a digi image from Heart Song Designs. I do not have much in terms of "Baby" and what I love about Digis....I can find one, print it instantly in most cases and I'm good to go!  They also do not take up space in my craft room which is always great. I don't have enough space in there as is! I have of course used COPICS to color this image in. I'm sorry...since this DT is based on Copics I had meant to record which ones I used....but I put them all away and then it dawned on me. I can't remember them all offhand either because they are not my usual color combinations!  The DP paper that I have used is from Crate paper and the solid CS is from CTMH. I believe the buttons are also from CTMH.  I kept it simple mostly because it is such a large image. Being a digi I could have sized it smaller but I liked this size. I also thought this would look really cute as a wall hanging. Hung with ribbon and a bow. Cute.

So I do hope you join us in the challenge, check it out at the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group! Challenge goes until March 18th. There are some yummy prizes including a pack of cryogen paper!! I have to tell you, I have been using Papertrey Ink paper pretty much since I starting coloring. I have tried a few (neenah, xpress blend, and Gina K) with so/so results. However, I FINALLY tried Cryogen last night and I LOVE IT!  I can actually see myself using this paper regularly. Not only does it have a nice shimmer to it, but it blends so nicely. I'm a fan.

So on to my exciting weekend! Last night I got the pleasure to meet my new bosslady, Suzanne Dean! ha!  Suzanne is in town this weekend to teach some Copic classes at my local scrapbook store. Ten of us went out to dinner last night to a Japanese Restaurant. We had a very nice time and I got to meet a few other bloggers.

Tomorrow I will be taking Suzannes Copic class and I can't wait. Lots of blogger friends will be there, some I already know and a few I can't wait to meet.

I have a few post for this week...so be on the lookout! I was away but I wasn't totally slacking!! ha!

Hugs and have a great weekend,

Let it Snow - Paper Sundaes and Senti. Sundays

Good Morning. I have a cute little card for you this beautiful Sunday morning. I hear this beautiful weather isn't going to last for long though! Yikes. We are going to dip back into the low 30's again tonight and my friends up north I hear are going to be getting some kind of a huge snow storm. I am originally from Akron, Ohio (which gets all that lake effect stuff) I have lived in Florida for 13 years now, this is the first time I ever remember us getting cold weather in December. Usually we are still wearing Shorts in December! It's kind of nice, but I had to go out and buy my son Pants lol. He NEVER wears pants and will wear shorts all year round. However, between last years cold winter and this year starting off cold, he has been wearing pants.

Friends and Family from up North are always picking at us saying...50 degrees isn't cold, 40 isn't cold. Thats great weather. But, it is cold when you don't have the appropriate gear (sweaters and jackets, etc) Only so much cold weather attire comes into the local stores and when we get cold snaps like this, you won't find anything after that! Lucky for me, I travel quite a bit to colder climates so I do have a large assortment of sweaters. But alot of my coworkers look silly with all their layers trying to stay warm!

Ok, so with all that cold weather talk....I made a "Let it Snow" card. That will probably NEVER happen here in South Florida, but it would be pretty cool to witness!! hehe

This weeks Sentimental Sundays challenge is "Let it Snow" and Paper Sundaes is "Anything but Square" they are being sponsored by Meljen....so be sure to hop over and enter into this weeks challenges!!!

Ingredients:

Copics

Circle - Spellbinders and creative memories

Snowflake punch - MS

Image - MelJen Digi

Paper  - My Minds Eye and CTMH

Sentiment  - Just Rite

Challenges:

Totally Gorguss - Snow

Elephantastic - Winter/Christmas

Bee Crafty - Winter / DIGI