Ukelele with Flowers

 

I thought it might be fun to color this picture...it was not.  It took four days and it was a monster to color.  I'm not really happy with some of the color choices I made.  At least I didn't tear it in half and toss it which I usually do when I'm not fond of my artwork. Hopefully, it grows on me.  I colored it with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.

Finishing this card today, on our 50th wedding anniversary, reminded me of making my wedding gown. I took me a year to make the dress and juliet cap. I sewed on thousands and thousands of seed pearls. About a month before the wedding I considered buying a different dress because I was so tired of looking at it every day. Fortunately, I could not afford to buy a different dress so I wore it and absolutely loved it.

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything from a Garden  

Just Us Girls - Flowers 

Time Out Challenges - Playing Music 

Little Red Wagon - May Flowers 

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Florals 

Do-All Creative - Flowers as an Eye Catcher 

 

Scarlet Macaw

 

This is the next in my  bird series, a Scarlet Macaw.  I am not really pleased with this one, but decided not to redo it.  I'm fine with the bird itself, but I don't like my choice for the flower color and paper.  I feel I should have used a brighter color for the flowers to have more of the intensity of the color of the bird.  Oh, well!  I colored the image with Copic markers and pastels.

Hairy Woodpecker

 

This is a very strange-named bird, indeed!  I bought a set of 40 bird images on Etsy and I am slowly working my way through them.  They are not named so I need to do research to figure out what they are.  I found the top of this bird's head to be very interesting.  It kind of has a corn on the cob look to it, but black.  Interesting bird!  I colored the image with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and pastels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

A Place to Start - ATG

AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog - Flowers + a Sentiment 

AAA Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes 

Ally's Angels - ATG 

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Flowers Goes 

Classic Design Challenge - ATG 

Crafter's Cafe - ATG 

Crafting from the Art Challenge - ATG 

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG 

Crafty Animals _ ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy Challenge - ATG 

Love to Craft - ATG

Love to Scrap - ATG 

 Morgan's Art World - ATG

The Creative Crafters - ATG

The Four Seasons Challenge - Anything Spring 

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies or Blooms 

613 Avenue Create - ATG 

Li'L Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG 

I Love Pro Markers - Summertime 

 Passion for Markers - Animals

 

 

 

 

Red-Headed Woodpecker

 

This is a Red-Headed Woodpecker.  I colored hum with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and Pastels.  The papers are from Stampin' Up.

Mothers' Day

 

 

This card uses a Power Poppy image colored with Copic markers.  The paper is from Stampin' Up.

Nautical Cards

 

These two cards were made using the Spellbinder's sets, Guiding Light, Set Sail, Fair Winds Sentiments and Fair Winds stencils for background.  I used Distressed inks for the background.

Fancy Trees

 

I used a Stampin' Up die set and papers to make this card.  My lighting was awful today!

Cache of Cards

 

I am trying to clear out my craft space of things  have no intention of using.  I already got rid of about 100 Stampin' Up wooden block stamps.  Lots of other stamps and dies, also.  I got this card set from a group I belonged many years ago.  This was one of the quarterly card kits.  I never really liked it.  It was supposed to make thirty six cards.  I decided to make one set before I got  rid of them.  I actually only make five because the other set was just plain ugly.  The set included the images.  The paper and dies were mine.

 I also made one Christmas card.  I didn't like this one either...just one of those weeks!  It uses a spellbinder's die and paper from my stash.

On to more craft supply purging! 

 

Spring Cardinal

 

I guess I am in bird mode.  I'm having fun so what the heck.  I  purchased a set of bird digital images 

from DigitalPike on Etsy.  I really don't enjoy actually stamping my images.  I am a disaster with a stamp pad.  I end up with black ink all over the place. This image was colored with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and pastels for the sky.  The paper is an old one from my stash.

 

I also purchased some angel images at the same time. I'm trying to decide if it will be an angel or a bird first.  We'll see! 

 

 

 

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

     Digi Choosday - ATG        

I Spy With my Little Eye - Spring Flowers    

Crafty Gals Corner - Spring  

A Place to Start - ATG 

Allsorts - Springtime 

613 Avenue Create - ATG 

Classic Design Challenge - ATG 

 

You're In My Thoughts

 

I designed this card for Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge.  Below is  the inspiration photo.  I loved the turquoise color of the birds.  I used the pink instead for the flowers. I have no idea what kind of bird this is supposed to be.  I purchased a group of digital bird images from Etsy, but none of the birds were named. It appears to be a Common Kingfisher.

 I colored the image with Copic markers, Luminance pencils and Pastels, for the sky.  I had all of the bird completed when I was coloring the brown branches.  All of a sudden I had a tremendous bloop flow from the marker.  I lightened it as best I could.  Once I got most of the brown off, I realized that there were flowers and leaves in that spot.  Coloring them completely covered the bloop.  Thank goodness!

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - ATG

Dragonfly Dreams - Clean and Simple 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG 

We Love Stamping - Spring 

Allsorts - Springtime 

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Spring or Easter

Alphabet Challenge - Y is for Yellow Flowers 

CAS on Sunday -  Botanical

Crafty Catz - ATG 

Creative Fingers -ATG 

Cards4Galz - Spring Flowers 

Craft Rocket Challenge - Layer It Up 

Creative Inspiration Challenge - ATG

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything in or from a Garden 

Just Us Girls - Spring with a die cut

I Love Pro Markers - ATG 

Passion for Markers - Dies (sentiment) 

Morgan's Art World - ATG  

 Triple B - Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

Let's Craft and Create - ATG 

 

German Shepherd #4

 

 

This is the fourth time I have colored this image.  They all look so different  The image is by Morgan's Art Studio.  It is colored with Copic markers, Prismacolor pencils and white gel pen.  The paper is from my stash. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Morgan's Art World - ATG

Creative Fingers - ATG 

Krafty Chicks - ATG

Seize the Birthday - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp - Birthday 

A Place to Start - ATG 

613 Avenue Create - ATG 

Crafty Animals - Include an Animal 

Critter Crazy Challenge - Include an Animal

Orange Pomander

 

This was a little quickie Christmas  card  I did using a Power Poppy image.  It is colored with Copic markers.  I mounted it on a embossed piece  of heavy vellum.