MO's Digital Challenge is sketched up this week!

Yes, this week there is a wonderful sketch at Mo's Digital Challenge!  And this last week I really needed the help of a sketch... no major thinking required. All I had to do is pick my papers and my image. I have had this one colored up for a couple of weeks now, and this sketch was perfect for her and her bunny!

Now I had cut the paper too small around her to cut it into an oval. Total honesty here... LOL But I so wanted to use the image, so I decided to cut around her and attach her to a oval piece of pattern paper! I love how different it looks!

I started my card with a hot pink dotted swiss Bazzil card stock, the background is a cream colored card stock that I inked the edges with light green ink. and doodled the edge. The pattern papers are all from K&Company Terri Conrad Sweet pad. Love these papers, so pretty... I followed the sketch with three of the pattern papers. I found three buttons in the same color. My sentiment is an epoxy sticker from my stash and seems too perfect.

I don't know the Copics.. sorry colored this one before I started trying to get the numbers down.

Now make sure you visit the Challenge site.. the team really did some FABULOUS cards with the sketch...

HUGS and -

MO's Digital Pencil - Birthday Challenge!

Hello - it is MO's Digital Challenge day - and today's challenge is a Birthday! We all need lots of those cards don't we -

I love Mummu Dancing - All of Mo's images are wonderful... but I don't know why Mummu is one of my favorite images - I just hope I have this much spirit when I am her age!

Now I colored her with my Copics of course :0) ... and then sprayed the background with my Copics and air compressor. She is cut out with my oval Nesties and then the edges inked with Memento New Sprout ink - For the card I started with a cream card stock for the base, then all of the papers are Scenic Route Sonoma line, I just love these papers, the colors are wonderful - and the patterns gorgeous. I matted a couple, and then sewed them down with a blanket stitch.

I found three buttons I liked with the papers and put them in the corner - Now for my sentiments..

LOL.. this is one of my first stamps - I purchased it years ago with a House Mouse stamp.. and it is still one of all time favorites - and when I first saw Mummu... I knew it was the only sentiment for her!! I then added a Hero Arts Happy Birthday to the bottom. I then inked the edges with Memento New Sprout ink.

Now you just have to see the other DT Birthday cards and then join in yourself at Mo's Digital Pencil! :0)

I am going to start to try and list my Copics that I have used. It is my News Year Resolution you could say... So for this image I used: 
Skin: E000, E00

Hair:  C1, C5
Jacket: R22, R32, YG03

Skirt: YG63, YG97, E43
Shoes: E18
Background: YR31, YR21,E25


HUGS and -

A New Beginning at MO's Digital Challenge!

Hello and yes I am still alive! The puppy hasn't eaten me yet. LOL - keeping me busy, but lots of fun. So now to an actual card!!!

Today is Mo's Digital Challenge - and the challenge today is A New Beginning! I started to do a baby card.. then a new year card, and then I came across Jack and Ginger - I thought.. now this is a new beginning card!!!

I love this image - you can find it at Mo's Digital Pencil - and also as a Stampavie image. Isn't it just too sweet? I colored with my Copics - then doodled the edge.

For my card I started with a white card stock, then pulled out a SEI Madeline collection - love how romantic these papers are. Perfect for Jack and Ginger.

Stacked them about.. with a white eyelet lace border punch from Martha Stewart. I also found a piece of twine that was a perfect match as well - a button to finish off - the sentiment is from Stampavie Rachelle Anne Miller.

Please make sure to pop over to the challenge and see all the New Beginning cards at MO's Digital Challenge! I have and they are great.

HUGS and-

Mo's Challenge is all white!

Today at Mo's Digital Challenge we were asked to make an all white card! Sounds simple huh? I reallllly had a hard time with it! LOL

This is Singin so Beautiful I love these two cats! Perfect Christmas card for the cat lover.. I colored with my Copics, then used glitter paint for the fur on their hats and then puffy paint for some "snow" on the ground.

For my WHITE card I started with a piece of white Bazzill card stock as the base. Then I took a small piece of white card stock and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Spellbinders Snowflake embossing template. (you can see that the are snowflakes in person... in the photos is just looks bumpy! LOL)

I ran a sheer satin ribbon over the edges of the embossed piece and tied a bow at the top. For my flowers - I stacked Michael's Bridal white flowers with small satin flowers I found in the bridal department. - then if you look real close you can see I put a bunch of Martha Stewart punched branches out of vellum all around the flowers... vellum is hard to see!

My image I cut out with a Spellbinders Circle - around the edge I put a layer of the sparkle paint... and then I smudged it! Oops! But it is only an accident if you can't fix it right? Well I kind of liked the smudges part... so I used my compressor and blew out the rest of the bead of paint! HOW COOL!   My accident ended up being a "technique" I may use in the future! LOL

So despite me freaking out a bit about an all white card  - I like how it turned out!

I hope  you will visit MO's Digital Pencil Challenge blog and see the other all white cards and then try one yourself!

Have a wonderful Thursday! EEEKKK only one more week until Christmas!!!
HUGS and -

Mo's Challenge is asking for Thanks!

This week the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is asking us to make a Thank you card - and it was great timing as I needed a Thank you card for a neighbor! And she is an animal lover like me so I new this image was perfect for her card!

This is Coexist - I just love it! Too cute huh? Maybe not a traditional Thank you Card... but perfect for my neighbor! I colored with my Copics -

For the pattern papers I used DCWV Bella Cafe Stack - really cute paper, with lots of sparkle to them! I matted everything with the same blue card stock that I used for my base. I also took a scrap and ran it through the Martha Stewart Thanks border punch... I didn't really like the Thanks over and over... so I cut the first and third one off leaving just the middle Thanks.. I like how that came out!

I hope you like my "Thanks" card for my Friend... and I hope she likes it too :0)  - now you can pop over to the Mo's Challenge and see all the other DT cards and then join in yourself! And remember if you don't have any of Mo's images you can purchase them and be coloring in minutes with the digitals... and if you join her Paper Craft Planet group there are a bunch there to download for FREE!!! Can't beat that price! LOL

Have a great Thursday!
HUGS and-

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge! Christmas for Someone Special!

Making Christmas Cards for Someone special - that is the challenge for this week at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge! I really was having a hard time trying to figure out what I was going to do. I didn't have any really Christmas images "yet" from Mo - Then I remembered Siku and Shiya... and thought hmmm they might make a cute Christmas card. I think they are really cute, rubbing noses and all - OH and this image is now available as a stamp from Stampavie! (Mo had 10 images that are now available... check them out here)

I colored them up with my copics, then used Stickles Lace for the snow, and Stickles Diamond for their fur - really has some bling to this one!

For the rest of the card I used a light blue card stock as the base and the mats. Then I used the Polar collection paper, that I cannot find a maker on to save myself!! Driving me nuts not knowing the maker... LOL If you know shout out and please let me know :0)

I rounded the corners of everything and sewed down all the pieces with a pretty shimmering ice blue thread. A sheer ribbon with a bow for a band across the bottom and then the sentiment is computer generated. I thought "Christmas Kisses" was perfect for a card for someone special -  I had a lot of fun doing this one!

Now you should join us and work up a special card too... Visit the challenge blog HERE to see all the other DT's wonderful cards -

Me.. gotta run this morning, I am suppose to take MIL shopping and run some errands, then I want to get home early before it gets much colder and the weather turns nasty..... I am hoping for time for Micheal's in there... gotta see if any more new punches have come in.. LOL

HUGS - Stay Warm and

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #6 - A Sketch!

It is Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Day! Challenge number 6, and today's a wonderful sketch! Now my card... well you may need shades for this one, I don't know what I was thinking but man it ended up really really bright! LOL

This image is Rae with Journal I think she is a wonderful teen girl image. She is part of the Dani and Friends Digital set and end of this month she is one of the new STAMPS being released from Stampavie from Mo Manning's collection. I am very excited about these new stamps!! Make sure you favorite store has them pre-ordered cuz they are gonna go fast!

For the card - I started with a Bazzil Bling card stock, and then because I had colored Rae with such bright Copics, I had to find some papers that matched her "style" and Basic Grey's June Bug collection, just seemed to work out as long as you have your sun glasses on! For a couple of the mats I used some bright pink card stock, and I sewed everything down with pink thread. The vine at the bottom is from Doodle bug and then a large pink Prima flower adorns the top. It is hard to see in the photograph, but I added some sparkle to it with Spica Glitter pens - looks really cool in person, hate that things like that don't photo well.

I do hope you will join in this week for the challenge! Now pop over and see all the other DT's wonderful cards with the sketch! HERE is the link...  And guess what.. I just found out that the prize this week is going to be special.. you tell what you would like Mo to draw and then YOU get to name it!! How cool is that!

Have a wonderful day... me... working around the house, and in my craft room :0)
HUGS and-

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #5 - All Glittery!

Mo time! And today at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge we are all Glittery - Sparkling even! The challenge this week is to add at least 3 different kind of Glitter or Sparkle to your project. Well we all love a little Bling so this one is going to be fun!

For me this was a great time to use Kai in the Snow! Snow is shiny and glittery! Especially when you cover it in Stickles! :0) I colored with my Copics - and the sky is colored with Twinkling H20's - love the shimmer that brings.

Now for added sparkle, the paper is from Heidi Grace and has a really pretty sparkle to it. I added a mat to the image of white card stock punched with one of the brand new Martha Stewart corner/border punches, I believe this is one called eyelet lace. Pretty huh?

The ribbon across the middle is another bit of sparkle, has a silver that runs through it, then in the bow I added a bridal "diamond" to the knot. Scary sometimes how real these fake things look - but really adds a sparkle to the center of the bow! Then for just one more glitter I added two snow flake ornaments to the corner, these are mini ornaments that I got from Hobby Lobby - for those little tiny trees. Perfect sizes for cards and really great sparkle.

This is a close up so you can see the snow and the sky twinkling - I really love this challenge just wish it was easier to photograph.. LOL

Now pop on over to Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and see all the DT's glittering cards and then hopefully you will join us and sparkle yourself! We all know that Mo's images are too fun to work with!

HUGs and Happy Thursday!

Mo's Digital Challenge #4!!! Fancy Folds -

Wow!! It has been a month since Mo's Digital Challenge started up? Seriously! Time has just flown by this month! Well Sandy the October DT host has asked up to make fancy folds - anything other than the normal folding A2 card -

Now, somewhere is all of this mess - I have a pattern for some really neat folded cards. Since I found out about this challenge I just knew that was what my plan was - when I got a chance to sit down and work on my card - well I can't find it in any of the stacks.. boxes or piles of craft stuff! So I just had to wing something and I know this isn't very creative - but well... my MOJO seems to also be packed up!!

For my image I was so excited to use one of Mo's newest images. This is Friday's Child. Have you seen her children of the week images? Oh they are all wonderful! But this one just really jumped out to me - isn't she beautiful! I adore her dress - really fun to color. I used my Copics - and then Spica Glitter Pens.. hard to see in the photo I know, but she has a sparkle to her dress!

Now for the "folds"... I started with a standard 6x6 card stock base, then a second just the same and flipped in over so one opened to the left and one to the right. Does that make sense? I then cut out Friday's Child and attached her to the left fold. I then found a piece of cloud paper and attached it to the right fold. Both sides were cut out around the shapes.

On the clouds I used the Greeting Farms sentiment Whimsical Wishes - I doodled around the edges with a Spica Glitter pen and stickled the clouds.

For the inside of the card I used some new Cosmo Cricket papers - Earth Love. Really pretty collection, I got the 6x6 pad - may have to get another! I doodled the edge of it, added some buttons at the top, and the corner rounded the sentiment mats - and that sentiment....

Again from Greeting farm - I love it!


Now pop on over to Mo's Digital Challenge and see some really GREAT folded cards! Oh and in case you missed my post yesterday - there are links to some great free Mo's images!

Have a wonderful Thursday - me... we are suppose have lots of rain today - but Hubby and I are suppose to be inside working on the addition so we will be inside dry - I can see an light at the end of tunnel!!! This addition is going to be really wonderful in a very short time! I know I have been saying that for a while now.. but you know how these things go... :0)

HUGS and-

Mo's Digital Challenge with NO CARDS!

OH my I get so excited on Thursdays now! It is MO's Digital Challenge day! I have fallen head over heals in love with Mo's stuff - have you been there to see her stuff! I am sure you have... but if not pop over HERE and take a look and see... bet you go nuts too!

Now to this week's challenge - we were asked to make anything but a card! Now sometimes that really stumps me. As I am just the last couple of months learning how to do 3-d things and make things other than a "normal" card. Well I went through my MO's digital folder to decide which image I wanted to use... I have just started my collection... so I don't have a whole bunch. Folder is growing though! Well my first and one of my favorites images called out - Sumpin's Wrong. Is this just the cutest baby or what?

Now one of the great things about Digital's I am finding is that you can make it the size you need. And I went large on this one. (And colored with my Copics)

This is a gift bag. A chipboard bag that I purchased a few weeks ago. I liked that it is hard sided. I covered it with some of my favorite papers.. DCWV Nanna's baby boy Nursery. I sanded and inked the edges with purple ink. And then ran ribbon across the two patterns of paper, then lace across the top. I untied the handles and added large eyelets - looked more finished. Then I added three mulberry purple roses and some Martha Stewart frond leaf punches.
I added some gift bag filler into the bag - loved how it picked up all the purple cuz it is clear. And you can see.. perfect size for bottles as gifts :0)

Now please do visit the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and see the wonderful items that the DT came up with!!! And join us with our fun! If you don't have any of MO's images... it is instant gratification to purchase them... you can be coloring in minutes!

Craft room update!!!! The flooring went in yesterday!!!! It is so gorgeous! Hubby really has spoiled me! Now just the walls and a bit of trim work and I am in!!! Have a wonderful Thursday!

HUGS and-

It is Thursday and that is the MO's Digital Pencil Day!!

I have been just so excited about being a part of the Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Blog - I am addicted to Mo's images! They so fun! And today you can get double fun if you love Mo's stuff! One is the challenge team challenge HERE or you join Mo's Design Team or as she refers to them as the "The Dream Team", they are having a monthly HOP with their Favorite Image and Favorite Color combination. The Blog Hop will start with Lori Boyd http://byloridesigns.blogspot. com/ Wow this is really a MO DAY! But first ... how about my card for the challenge. The challenge this week is Fall Colors with only limited (2) embellishments. I went with Halloween - as I really was excited about using this adorable kitty on the pumpkins! This is BAT CAT -

Cute huh? I have colored with my Copics -


and then used shimmerz on the mask, I hope you can see how much it sparkles... I tried to get a close up as photos really do not show it well.


Now because I made the mask purple, the card base just had to be purple, then I layered orange and black card stock as a mat for the gorgeous Basic Grey pattern paper - love the fall colors in it. I sewed them all together with random stitching with orange thread. I matted the image with purple and black and sewed it together.

For my 2 embellishments I used a felt row of pumpkins I got at the scrap booking show last month, and then purple little rhinestones... now I have to say here... after I finished this card and uploaded to the challenge site I thought.. hmmm wonder if the 6 little stones count as one embellishment... or 6??? If it is 6 I blew it bad.. hope not and I don't get my hand slapped as cheating! :0) I then used my Making Memories Slice and cut the word BOO!

Now please visit the challenge site and see all the wonderful Fall cards/projects with Mo's images and don't forget the "Dream Teams" HOP!!


Just a quick update on the Craft room - We are doing the trim work! This is really starting to look like a real room! :0) I am dying and driving Hubby nuts wanting to move in! Flooring and painting still has to be done before he will allow it...

HUGS and see you tomorrow for Just Magnolia's Day!

MO's DIGITAL PENCIL'S CHALLENGE!

Hello again! Sorry for two post today... but I had two DT projects come up in one day :0) My exciting news that I mentioned earlier??? I was asked to join Mo's Digital Pencil's Challenge Design Team!!!!! I am SO excited! I have been seeing Mo's work all over the web - then I got the FABULOUS news that some of MO's favorite images will be coming to Stampavie this November as stamps! And then I just couldn't stand it anymore - the drooling over her store and out the window went my no spending freeze! :0) I had to get a few! And even before I had a chance to print and color I found out that Mo's was having a DT call... so I sent in some of my other cards - just to put my name in the hat..... could not believe my eyes when I got that wonderful email asking to join the challenge DT!!!! So today is day one! A sort of warm up challenge just to get us all going - I started to color up one of my new purchased images.. and then MO sent us this wonderful image... the header of our challenge! Bronte and Bella - I just love this! Too cute - the challenge for #1 is to use Purple Bronte and Bella's favorite color :0) Well it happens to be one of my favorite colors as well, so I was on board right away. I colored up the image with my Copics... making sure she was dressed in lots of purple! And would you love some purple boots?? I know I would! Man... too cool -
Then I went on to the card - I found some scraps of green gingham paper (no name, sorry using up scraps LoL) And then found this gorgeous dark purple dot paper from Papertrey Ink - I matted the image with the green - then some white card stock that I punched the edges with the Martha Stewart loop border punch top and bottom. I then punched the the sides with the Stampin Up slit punch and ran a purple satin ribbon through them. I tied a bow and placed it on the corner... then I went through all of my sentiment stamps - nothing seemed right, then I remembered I had just gotten a couple of new cartridges for my slice. I ran across the word "Therapy"... I went right past it, then went back. We all say that our hobby is our own therapy - I know it keeps me sane - well as sane as I can be :0) I cut the word on my MM Slice out of DCWV Nanna's boy Nursery purple dotted paper, and then cut a shadow out of white card stock, and stitched the edges with purple pen. Two flowers are punched from EK Success retro punches, jewelry spacer - mini brad and Martha frond punched leaves complete my card.


Now you just have to go and see MO's New Digital Pencil challenge site - meet all the new DT members and join in our fun! And you know MO... she will have lots of great prizes! I still am pinching myself.. I can't believe it is me on that DT list :0) And if you haven't visited MO's store... you just HAVE TO!!!! holy cow... I just go nuts there! AWESOME images! Go see for yourself HERE... but warning - I dare you to leave there without a long list of images you want!


Thanks for visiting me today.. and my two post :0) - today I am out helping hubby with my craft room addition! Despite all the "stress" yesterday..we got the ceiling up! Whew! And now today we put the ceiling trim up and then start on the sheet rock walls. It is really starting to be real! Soon we will knock through the wall and join the house. We haven't done this yet, as we wanted to keep Libbie and Gato out - and well the mess. But hopefully soon it will really be a part of the house... :0) I just can't stand it.. MY OWN CRAFT ROOM! not a corner of the bedroom... ok reality.. the crafts will move to its own room and I will have a bedroom again as I have pretty much taken it over and spilled out of my corner and all along the walls, just allowing a path to the bed and closet. Well I better get out there and help so it moves quicker!

HUGS and have a wonderful TUESDAY!