Pretty in Pink Tilda and Sweet Pea Customer Challenge

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday! :) I hope you all are having a wonderful week and a wonderful day. I have two cards to share with you today so I'll keep my chit chat short and get to the good stuff :)




For my first card today, I inked up this adorable Tilda image from Magnolia stamps. I received this image from the Magnolia Sweden Winter Kit. It doesn't look like Diana over at Magnolialicious has this image in stock right now, but if you just send her an e-mail, I'm sure she'll get a new shipment in soon. I colored my image with copic markers (dress: R81, R83, R85; socks: R81, R83; shoes: E55, E57; hair: E33, E37; skin: E00, E01, E11; and B000 to outline the apron (a great technique I learned when you want something to be white, but also want a slight shadow to it). I then cut the image out and adhered it to my oval panels that I cut out using my oval nestabilities (the top oval was also run through the Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder). Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Regal Rose and White). All design paper is also from SU. I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners and added pearls. I added a pink ribbon, which I tied using my awesome Bow Easy. For some finishing touches, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and I also added some punched out branch punches from my MS punch to add some extra dimension to the flowers. What do you think?



My second card today is my submission for the March Customer Card Challenge over at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog. Our challenge was to think spring. We had to have green, pink, and yellow in our card and we also had to have flowers somewhere on the card. I decided to ink up this beautiful stamp from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. This particular image is called Masked Fairy in Green. I colored the image with copics (Pinks: R81, R83, R85, R89; Greens: G22, G24, G28; Yellow: Y21; Hair: E35, E39; Skin: E00, E01, E11; Tree trunk: E55, E57). I added two small pearls to the image, one to her head piece and one to her necklace. I also added some Martha Stewart glitter to her wings. I then sponged around the image with SU's Pretty in Pink ink. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Pretty in Pink and Sage Shadow). My design paper is by K&Co. I added a ribbon and bow, a hat pin (I found this one at Jo Ann's), roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, and pearls. The sentiment is also from Sweet Pea Stamps.

Here is a picture that shows the glitter on her wings a bit better (it was really hard for me to get the glitter to show up on camera):



And finally, here is a close up of the image:



Whew, that was a long post from me today :) Thanks for reading this far and thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Big Hugs, Christine

Ever After

Hi everyone and Happy Wednesday! We are halfway through the week, I can't wait for the weekend to get here. I have so many projects to get done in my craft room and I should have a bunch of time this weekend to check things off the "to do" list. :) I hope you are all having a wonderful day. I'll keep my chit chat short today and get right to my card.




For my card today, I inked up another fabulous image from Sweet Pea Stamps. This one is called Love is Gone from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. I colored the image with copics (dress and wings: R81, R83, R85, R89; middle part of dress: W6, W8; skin: E00, E01, E11; hair: E35, E39) and added lots of Martha Stewart glitter to the middle section of her dress and to her wings. All cardstock is by SU (Basic Black, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red) and my design paper is from K & Co. For some finishing touches, I added swirls from my swirl punch, pearls, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by. I will be back tomorrow with another card to share. Have a wonderful day! :)

Big Hugs, Christine

A Very Merry Unbirthday!

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! :) We are having beautiful weather today, it will get up to almost 60 degrees which will feel like the middle of summer with all the snow and cold we've had this year :) I had the best mail day ever yesterday. My big order arrived from Sweet Pea Stamps with my order from the last release. I just can't get enough of these gorgeous images and I decided to share one of my new stamps with you today.



For my card today, I decided to ink up this brand new Alice in Wonderland image by Elaine Cox. This particular image is called Mad Tea Party. Don't you just love it? These images by Elaine are wonderful! I inked my image with Memento ink and stamped it onto PTI white cardstock. I colored the image with copics and then added lots of Martha Stewart glitter to the Mad Hatter's hat and coat. I added lots of Glossy Accents to the tea pot and tea mug to give it a lot of shine. All cardstock is SU (Always Artichoke, Real Red, Brocade Blue) and my design paper is from MME (Penny Lane collection). The adorable sentiment is also from Sweet Pea Stamps, it's called Alice Sentiments and these are so cool. I love the different fonts and the clever sayings. For a finishing touch, I added Primas and dew drops. What do you think?

Here is a picture using the flash so you can really see the Glossy Accents and glitter:



And finally, here's a close up without the flash:

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Thank you all so much for stopping by. Your kind comments mean so much to me, I really appreciate each and every one of you. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow (probably with another Sweet Pea image . . . I'm obsessed) LOL :)

Big Hugs, Christine

Butterfly

Hi everyone and Happy Monday :) I hope your week is off to a great start. We had a lovely weekend here, the temperature got up into the mid-50s yesterday and the sun was out. I'm hopeful this means spring is on its way, I'm so tired of winter! :) Well, I have a lot of pictures to share of my project today so I'll get right to it.







I decided to create another easel card with another gorgeous image from Sweet Pea Stamps. This image is from the fabulous Fantasy Art Collection by ching-chou kuik. This particular image is called Dance of Butterfly. I colored my image with copics, and then added Martha Stewart glitter to the tail and to the butterflies. I sponged around the image with Versamagic Aegean Blue ink. I next created my easel card using SU cardstock (Night of Navy and Pale Plum). My design paper is from DCWV's Far East stack. I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners and added pearls. For a finishing touch, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and also butterfly punches from a MS punch. The beautiful sentiment is from Verve. I was actually really happy with how this turned out. What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thank you all so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Big Hugs, Christine

Love You

Hi everyone! :) I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I have a quick post for you today as I'm running a little late this morning :) For my card today, I decided to ink up this adorable stamp from Whiff of Joy called Charlotte Kissing Pigeon. I inked the image with Memento black ink and stamped it onto PTI cardstock. I colored the image with copics (Shirt: R83, R85, R89; Skirt: B32, B34; Skin: E00, E01, E11, R20; Hair: E35, E39). I added some Martha Stewart fine glitter to the heart on her shirt. I then inked around the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink and added a pearl to her necklace and three pearls to the bottom left corner. Next, I created my card base from SU cardstock (Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink). The design paper is from MME Love Nest stack. I used my SU Ticket Corner punch on the corners and added pearls. I found the sentiment from my stash and inked it up with Pretty in Pink ink. I used my SU Word Window punch to punch it out. I added a bow, which I tied with my wonderful Bow Easy, and then I added some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts for a finishing touch. What do you think?

Thank you all so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine

Burst of Orange

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday :) I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far. For my card today, I went way out of my comfort zone! I usually work with pinks, lavenders, blues, soft greens . . . I rarely ever work with bright orange :) I found this design paper from My Mind's Eye at Michael's (it's the "Home" Collection) and decided to challenge myself a bit with some colors I don't usually use. To be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about the end result. I think I probably should have left the space around the image white instead of coloring with another shade of orange. Oh well, I learn something new with each card I make so hopefully, I'll get better in the future :) For my card, I used another beautiful image from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection available at Sweet Pea Stamps. This image is called September Rhythm and I think she's just gorgeous. I colored her with copics and added some Martha Stewart glitter to her tail (I love this stuff, but it gets everywhere!) :) My card base was made with SU cardstock and the DP is MME. For a finishing touch, I added orange roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think? I'd love any suggestions or comments you might have, as I said, this one was way out of my comfort zone :)

Thank you all so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs, Christine :)

Love Songs

Hi everyone and Happy Monday :) I hope your week is off to a great start. I got to spend some time in the craft room this weekend which is always great fun. Hubby and I also watched the end of the Olympics and man oh man, did you see that hockey game yesterday?!?! What an amazing game. I was rooting for Team USA, but I'm so happy for Canada that they were able to win on home soil. What a fun game to watch. I'm so sad the Olympics are over. They are always so fun to watch.

Well, onto my card for today. I titled my post "Love Songs" because when I saw these two images from the Winter Kit from Magnolia, I pictured Tilda sitting on the piano singing love songs to Edwin. I know, I'm a hopeless romantic, what can I say! :) I first stamped the piano (this image doesn't appear to be available at Diana's store yet, but I'm sure she'll get a new shipment in soon) and colored it with copics (W8 and W6). It's hard to see in the pictures, but in the second picture, you can kind of see that I added Glossy Accents to the keys on the piano to give them some shine. I then cut the piano out with my Labels 4 Nesties. While the paper was still in the nestability die, I sponged around the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink. When I popped the paper out of the die, it left a really nice white border around the image. I love this technique and will definitely be using it again. Next, I stamped Tilda (again, this image doesn't appear to be available at Diana's store at the moment, but I'm sure she'll get it back in stock soon), colored her with copics (dress: R85, R83, R81; bow: B34, B37; hair: E33, E35, E37; shoes: R89, R85), and cut her out. I added some small pink pearls for earrings and some Stardust Stickles to the rose pinned to her dress. I next created my card base using SU cardstock (Regal Rose and Bordering Blue). The design paper is from DCWV's Rustic stack. I used my ticket corner punch from SU on the corners and added pearls. I also used my Martha Stewart Lace Hearts edge punch for the top panel of design paper. I added the piano image to the card base with dimensionals and then added Tilda to the top of the piano with dimensionals. Finally, I added a bow, tied with my Bow Easy, and roses from Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?

That's it from me today. Thank you all so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day and a wonderful week. I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine