I made this card for my oldest daughter. She has always loved pandas. I saw this discontinued stamp recently and I figured why not! The stamp set is by Simon Says Stamp. I have so much difficulty using stamps that I need to ink. I am just so messy! Give me digital stamps any day. I colored the image with Copic markers.
I am entering this in the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Birthday
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
Passion for Markers - Animals
Show Us Your Pussycats - Furrything Goes
Crafty Catz - CAS with a Sentiment
This is an image that was in an Xmas Freebies folder in my digis. It is labeled Free Coloring Page. That's all I know about it. I have no idea where or when I got it. He is a rather cheery Santa. I colored him with Copic markers and added lots of glitter to his fur. Unfortunately, not unusual in photographing glitter, it does not photograph well. The paper is from Stampin' Up.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
The Holly and the Ivy - Anything Goes/Christmas
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
A Place to Start - Favorite Holiday/Celebration
Shopping Our Stash - Christmas in July
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon - Midway to Christmas
Paper Shelter - Going Digital
The Male Room - Christmas in July
This is a Precious Moments image from an online coloring book. I have probably had it for at least eight years. I think this may be the first time I colored it. I actually have the full Precious Moments Nativity set. We had it up on our mantel for Christmas every year. My daughter's sweet little cat walked along the mantel and randomly pushed off statues. She broke one of the three wise men. So I had to replace them all because they were only sold in a set. She broke Mary. so the entire main set needed to be replaced. She also broke several other pieces. I feel bad about it now, but that cat went to the shelter the next day. She had a habit of breaking glass. I used to collect antique bottles and she used to love to push them off shelves also.
I colored this with Copics. I tried using pastels to color the background. I just a beginner with that. I'll learn. I asked Tom what he thought. His reply was "very brown." I wanted it brown...so whatever!
I am entering this card in the following challenges:.
Dare 2B Artsy - Christmas in July
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July
Crafty Hazelnutls Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Music or Songs
Christmas 24 - Add Twine
Digi Doodle Studio - Christmas in July
The Twelve Months of Christmas - Anything Goes
The Holly and the Ivy - Anything Goes
We got to see our son and daughter-in-law for the first time in a year and a half due to Covid. We brought home a hoard of Christmas presents for Tom and I and two grandsons. I decided to make a card that all four of us could write on. Inside the card Tom and I both have our own sections and there are two flaps for Lucas and Ethan.
The flaps did not photograph very well, but you can get the idea. I also did not attach the kids writing pages yet, just incase we need a redo. You never know with kids!
The imsge is by Laurie Furnell Ink. I have purchased quite a few of her items, but have never gotten a chance to use them. I colored the images with Copic markers. The paper was from JoAnns. I bought it for my daughter's baby shower. (I cut out the baby related parts.) My grandson is turning nine in August so I'd say I've had this for a while.
I think I will finally start entering in challenges again. I haven't been doing that for duch a long while.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Gem of a Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes
Creative Creases - Anything Goes with a Fun Fold
Color Crazy Challenge - Anything Coloring Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge - Fancy Fold Card
The Outlawz/Crash Your Stash - Old Paper
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
The sponsor for this week's challenge at The Outlawz, Colour Challenge is Eureka. The challenge was to use three of five colors given. I used all five. They are in the stained glass. There is also a twist which is to make it a get well card. This is my last DT card for quite a while. I didn't think I would get all the June cards done, but I managed.
This card is for The Festive Friday Challenge at The Outlawz. This challenge is sponsored by Hetty Clare, I colored the image with Copic markers.
This card is for The Monday Sentiments Challenge at The Outlawz. The sponsor is KLM and the challenge is to use pink and gray. I colored this image with Copic markers.
This card is for the Festive Friday Challenge at The Outlawz. It is quite a bit late. I am not handling my card making very well. I am trying to get my all my June commitments completed today and then I am done with design work for a while. Between, my health issues and loss of mojo I decided to leave all design teams. I will now just make cards that speak to me somehow.
This image is by Hetty Claire. It is colored with Polychromas pencils..
This image is from NinoKurtsART on Etsy. She is colored with Copics and a variety of pencils. I want to practice making a background on this with pastels. I think I will photocopy it so I don't mess up the original. I intentionally ma=de her skin pale. I usually have quite a bit of color in the skin, but I wanted to try something different. So Tom's opinion is that she looks dead. Some people are very pale, it happens. Part of it is that I colored it very light plus the photography was not done well, my fault. I asked Tom what I should name this image. He picked Emily, and so it is.
I will update the photos if I ever get the background done. I am seriously delinquent in my Design Team duties. I am not handling life well at all right now.
Our Monday Sentiment challenge at The Outlawz is being sponsored by Jan's Digi Stamp. I chose this cute, pre-colored image. It's hard to tell because the lighting was not right, but the background is done in chalked clouds.
This is another image by Emanuelle Colin. I am trying to slowly work my way through the five coloring books I bought. This image was colored with Copic markers and Polychromos pencils. That seems to be the combo I use the most. I really love the colors available with Prismacolor, but they just cannot hold a point well. When I do manage to get them sharp enough they break within the first few seconds of using them. I am still having difficulty photographing. I told my husband he needs to take over the photography job. I just need to teach him what I want. I always ask him to critique my art. I know he will tell me the truth no matter what. On this picture he said he has never seen a bird that color before. I told him it was artistic license. Other than that he liked it. I had to laugh. My first thought when I saw the bird was that it looked like a narwhal. Apparently, I was not the only one. My eight year old grandson asked me why she had a narwhal in her hair! Great minds think alike.
The Tuesday Color Challenge this week is sponsored by Eureka. I was on their DT quite a while ago so fortunately I have lots of images to choose from. The challenge this week is Black and White and one color from the picture below. I chose red. Also the twist is polka dots. I used black enamel dots for the polka dots.
The next challenge is the Progressive Freebie Challenge. The image this month is from The Paper Shelter. This is an Anything Goes challenge as long as you use the image. The image provided included black and white and pre-colored images. Also provided is a background. I used the black and white image and colored it with Copic markers.
This is another image by Mariola Budek called Night Hunter. This was a real challenge for me. I still see many things I want to change. I had decided to leave it alone, but I may go back and fix a few things. I put my usual streaks in her hair, but they don't show up in the photo. I may go back and draw them in with a darker pencil. I still haven't learned how to do backgrounds. I am going to watch some You Tube videos and try to figure it out.
Time to get busy on cards. I have two DT projects due on Tuesday and I haven't started them yet. I better get moving!
