This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with Copic markers, pencils and chalks. The paper has been in my stash forever. The words were cut out from the other side of the paper.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Dragonfly Dreams - Lots of Layers
Jingle Belles - Spirit of Christmas Past
The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
I made a couple of cards with my Blue Eyes design. I am always mesmerized by her eyes. The image is by the ArtByteShop on Etsy. I colored the image with pencils and pastels. The papers are from Stampin' Up This image I started coloring two years ago. I usually get bored coloring an image with so much detail and the image was fairly large. I put it away and finally took it out recently and decided ti finish it. Since there was no way I would color it more than once I scanned it and reduced it significantly so I could use it on a few cards. This is it for this one. I usually don't like to repeat cards.
I almost never use my Silhouette Cameo. Frankly, I find it extremely frustrating to use. This weekend was no different, but I did manage 3 cards, with much effort. I thought this card and envelope set would have been my favorite. It's not. I wish I would have used glitter papers instead of flat colors.
This candle card, as simple as the design is, is my favorite.
I finally got up enough nerve to try a box card, not perfectly...but it will do. I had to cut the pieces multiple times. somehow the pieces kept doing a disappearing act. It is supposed to fit in a 5X7 envelope. That's not happening. I'll have to go with 6X8. It was definitely a learning experience!
Those Blue Eyes
I was so excited to see "show your coloring skills" as a Dirty
Dozen theme. I haven't
perfected my skills yet, but I work on them frequently. I started this
picture about two years ago, got bored and put it away. As soon as I
saw this challenge I decided to take it out and finally finish it. I
did not make it into a card. I may do that when I print off the image a
little smaller. I used Luminance and Polychromos pencils to color this image. The background is done with pastel pencils. For now it will go into my book of colored images.
This card uses Spellbinder's quilt dies and Stampin' Up paper.
This card was definitely an adventure. I threw away 3 finished cards
before settling on this one. It was settling, I am not very happy with
this one either. I had a lot of difficulty using the glaze for the
tiles. This one did turn out better than the other three, but not by a
lot. The tiles are still not as smooth as I would have liked them. The image is colored with Copic markers.
I got this image probably ten years ago. I can't recall who offered it. I have wanted to color it for years. I finally got around to it.
I found an old image on the internet to use for this card. I used a Stampin' Up stamp for the wood look background.
I found this image somewhere in my vast collection of digital images. I
didn't write the maker down when I pulled it from the file,
unfortunately. This is one of my favorite cards for this challenge. I drew lines with a fine tip markers to extend the points of the poinsettia and colored the image with Copic markers. The papers are from Stampin' Up.
I have used this image a few
times, first in 2010. I call this "faux dotted swiss." I always color
the dress the same way. I love the dotted swiss look. The image is colored with Copic markers and the paper is from Stampin' Up.
I made this card for my son-in-law Gabriel. He is commissioning into the Arizona Army National Guard Reserves as a Chaplin Candidate. He has been working on his Divinity Degree for a number of years and doesn't have long to go.When he completes his Masters in a few months, I believe. He will be a Chaplin. When he met my daughter he was in the Army training for Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Bomb Squad.)
My other projects this month are the Fourth of July cards for my five grandsons. It is a tradition now that I make a crda for each grandson on every holiday. I add a ten dollar bill in each one. It''s not a lot, but it is 50.00 every holiday. My oldest daughter shows them the cards and puts them back in the envelopes with the money so when they get older and understand about money they will have a little stash to spend on the fun things in life.
All images below are from Silhouette. It saves a lot of time to use pre-printed images when I have to make so many.
Lucas, age 12
Aidan, age 2
The Dirty Dozen theme for December 2024 was Wintergreen.
The above image is from the Spellbinder's Betterpress Collection.
It is colored with pencils.
This is another image from the Spellbinder's Betterpress Collection.
It is colored with pencils.
Lastly, is another Betterpress image. I have a stencil for this image,
but I preferred to color it with pencils.
I actually ended up being two cards short. I had re-injured my back.
I used a lighthouse image that I got from Etsy. I got a whole set and hey were very inexpensive! I use the when I need a quick birthday card that involves almost no work.
I chose this beagle image for my card this month. It is available at Morgan Fitzsimons Art Studio. I colored the image with Copic markers.
I made this birthday card for my Aunt Katy. She's my favorite aunt. Funny story, my second daughter was named after my Aunt Katy Brown, although I spelled it differently. Of course, my daughter had the last name Ahlers. She ended up marrying someone with the name Brown. Now there are two Katie Browns in my family! Anyways I got my love of country decorating from my aunt. I decided to make her a quilt card. This was cut with my silhouette. I went through mu stash of embellishments and found these cute flowers and bow already tied up perfectly.
Christmas Cabin
I have had this Power Poppy image for quite a while. I had never colored it. When I saw the theme could include a cabin I remembered it right away. I added some Stickles to the snow. The small rope came with a hummingbird I bought last week. I had it sitting on my craft desk trying to figure out what to do with it. The light bulb finally turned on and I thought of using it to frame the image. It worked perfectly!
For Eileen
I loved coloring this image. I have colored it several times over the years. She's just so adorable. The image is by Mo's Digital Pencil . I colored it with Copics This is for my sister-in-law's mother. Unfortunately, she is nearing the end of life. I have been making cards and sending them to her over the past year. Unfortunately, she has recently lost her vision so she won't be able to see this darling baby fairy.
Looking for Her Prince
I thought of this image
by Mo's Digital Pencil instantly when the theme was "In the Woods." It includes frogs.and a hollowed out tree This is
another image that I have never colored. I am so happy that I am
getting to use images that I hadn't used yet.This was colored with Copics. I used a Spellbinder's die to frame this pretty little princess.
I love this "Into the Woods" theme. My passion has always been coloring animals. When I saw that animals were one of the things we could use I was thrilled. I haven't colored animals in so long. I had almost given up card making. The Dirty Dozen has brought joy back to my card making.
This is my final card for the "In the Woods" theme. Seemingly looks like a blizzard is taking place. I was a little heavy handed on the snowflakes! The image is from Lili of the Valley He is such a sweet little snowman. It is colored with Copic markers and Carbothello pastel pencils. I'm not sure who the paper is from. The sentiment is from LOTV, also.
This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored it with Copic markers, pencils and chalks. The paper has been in my stash forever....
