No Line Coloring

Hi, lately in the "coloring" world no line coloring is

all the rage.  I have to admit I love the look of it, but not

very good at it.

So over at Power Poppy this month the challenge is......

"Say YES to NO lines"

I had to give it a try using Power Poppy image 

Tulips in a Hobnail Pitcher.  I printed it on my printer

but changed the lines to print in very light gray, probably 

too light cause it was hard to see.

I have to admit I kind of messed up, mostly on the leaves.  

All in all, though I do like the color palette and once I put it together on

a card it didn't look too bad.

I colored it using my Zig Clean Color pens on Strathmore Bristol smooth

paper, I like this paper for Zig coloring. 

I then cut out the oval using a Gina Marie die in the middle of my

checked paper.  Love this set of dies cause after you cut out the center

you also have a stitched oval piece to use.  I mounted that whole panel on craft fun foam to raise it off the base.  The circle I cut using my Cricut and then

stamped with a stamp from CTMH.  I used Catherine Pooler's Tiara ink                    and it matched the paper perfectly.  I love these inks!

Now over at Kit and Clowder this month Alyce has a class

for coloring with no lines, so after I did this I went on over and sign up                    for the class.  Maybe I will do an updated version

of this one after I have done the class, just for comparison

purposes.  I am sure it will be remarkably better as Alyce is

a fabulous teacher. 

So you have until the end of the month to join this challenge 

at Power Poppy's blog, head on over a join in.

Thanks for stopping to take a peak.

Challenges entered:

Crafting by Design - It's almost Spring - ends 2/28  

The House that Stamps Built - Anything goes - ends 2/28

Stamping Royality - use dies - ends 2/27

Unity Feathers

Hi, I have a card to share with you that I created using some

Unity Stamps.

The challenge this time on Unity's Show & Tell Facebook page

is all about feathers.

For this card I used the feathers from the Feather Soft Love set.

I had such a hard time getting a good picture of this card.

 I could not get the color to show right.  The background is a real pretty      coral like peach.

I bought it as a single sheet from Michaels and it was already embossed

with the chevron pattern, I really need to go back and see
what other colors and patterns they have.

I stamped the feathers and then heat embossed them using gold embossing

powder.  I then watercolored them using my Zig Clean Color pens, and fussy cut them out.

The sentiment is also a Unity stamp from the 

Butterflies & Sunbeams set. 

That's it, it was a fairly simple card.  Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Heartfelt Stamping - Repeat stamping - ends - 2/26

AAA Cards - Water Coloring - ends - 3/4

Angies Digital Stamps - Anything goes - ends - 2/24

PennyBlack All Sorts - Must use a stamp - ends - 3/1

Let Your Dreams Bloom - Bugaboo

Hi, this month at the Bugaboo Crafting Circle challenge

we got to work with a "mystery" image and you can image

how thrilled I was to find that it was flowers!  I love coloring

flowers and making cards with them.

The mystery image was Flower Doodles from

Bugaboo. 

This time I printed the image on vellum, then I colored on the backside

using my PrismaPenicls.  After it was colored I layered the vellum on

a very pale yellow piece of paper.

I  cut the ribbon banner using a Gina Marie die and then stamped it with in fact a                   Unity stamp. Pretty simple but I love the way it turned out.

This is a pretty new challenge over at the Crafting Circle, in fact, this month 

is just the second challenge.  It runs every month from the 15th 

through the 14th of the next month.  

You need to use a Bugaboo image but not to worry Jodie offers

a freebie every Friday, plus her prices are very reasonable on her

other images.

Thanks for stopping by, look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Get Well Teapot - Bugaboo

Hello, hope everyone had a great Valentine's day and didn't

eat too much chocolate.  

Today I have a card to share with you for our new 

Bugaboo Challenge at the Crafting Circle.  

This is just the second month of this brand new challenge so we would love fo you to join in the fun.

You can create anything you want as long as you use a 

Bugaboo image and there are some adorable ones.

The image I got to work with is called Flower Teapot and it can

be found HERE.

I printed out the image onto kraft cardstock and the colored it with a

mix od PrismaPencils and Polychromos.  I absolutely love coloring

on kraft cardstock with pencils.  The colors seem tp pop off the paper.

I thought this image was good for a get well card so I cut

out the sentiment using my Cricut Explore.  I picked up some

of the colors I used and then matted the kraft paper on those colors. 

The edges I stamped with a stamp that came in a ProvoCraft stamp

set I got a few years back.  The stamp is only about 2 1/2 inches long so thankfully I had my MISTI and got to stamp around the edges perfectly lined up.

So that's it!  Go ahead grab yourself a Bugaboo image and play

along, you will have till March 14th to enter.  Remember 

Jodie at Bugaboo has a Friday freebie, plus her images are very reasonable.

Sending Love

Hi, Valentine's Day is fast approaching so I have

a card today to share that could easily be used as a Valentine card.

This is one of the stamps that was in Unity Stamps,

  December Kit of the Month. 

I stamped it watercolor paper and watercolored her using my

 Zig Clean Color pens, I love them!

I distressed the edges, matted it and mounted on a kraft card stock base.

A pretty simple card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Addicted to Stamps - Holiday - ends 2/13

Crafting by Design - Love & Romance - ends 2/14

Crafty Creations - anything goes - ends 2/14

Midweek Magnolias - shoe some love - ends 2/14

Hi, I have a quick card to share with you today.

Well quick for me even though it is very simple it still took me 

30-45 minutes to make.  It just takes me forever to pick my papers

and the embossing folders.

Freshly Made Sketches

As soon as I saw this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches I

knew I wanted to make a CAS (clean and simple) card using

different tones of the same color.

So here is what I came up with.

I used pearl linen like paper for the white background and embossed

it with an Anna Griffith folder. I stamped the sentiment

using a Verve stamp.

And that is it, even though it is a very simple

card I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by, I would love the hear what you think of my card.

Challenges entered

Freshly Made Sketches - sketch - ends 2/6

Art by MiRan - anything goes - ends 2/16

Crazy Colour Challenge - anything goes - ends 2/17

Crafting With Friends - anything goes - ends - 2/16

A Purple Giraffe?

Hello, well here it is the 1st of February so it is time for

a new Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over at Crafting Circle.

This month our sponsor is 

Cute As A Button digital images.

I have a great-granddaughter's 6th birthday coming up so

I chose to use this cute giraffe

image.

I colored "her" using my Copic markers.  Fro some reason I never color

a giraffe a normal giraffe color lol.  My G-granddaughter loves purple

so purple it was.   

I cut him out using one of my new Gina Marie dies, I LOVE this 

Loopy Edge rectangle.  I embossed the pearl yellow background and added

a glitter panel down the center, after all, a little girl can't

have too much sparkle.

I cut a wavy ribbon banner out using my Cricut Explore

and then stamped it with a Unity Stamp from the 

So Glad you were Born set.

You have a whole month to create something for the 

Crafty Awesomeness challenge,

so come on over and join the fun.