Another Daddy's day card

 

Good morning All!
 

I have finally pulled myself away from my normal go to digis to color up something different.

I have had this image for quite some time now and Father's day is the perfect opportunity to finally color it up.

I used "Love you Daddy" from Mo's Digital Pencil on my Dad's card.

 

 

Isn't it adorable? She has the sweetest images. Although male cards are my least favorite to make, I am happy with the way it turned out. But now I'm thinking I need to go on her site and buy one or two more. Or maybe 3 ;).

 

Here is a close up

 

 

I decided to layer this image. I love the layered look (it took forever!).

 

 

That's all for today. Enjoy your day and Happy Crafting :)

 

Christine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Father's Day! And a card

 

Good Morning!

 

Are you all spoiling your Husbands today? We are trying to at my house, but my husband can make that difficult. He isn't very good at sitting and relaxing and doing nothing. Even when I insist on it! 

Hopefully after he has gone through his morning routine he will be able to relax and enjoy his day (OCD at it's finest, people!).

For his card I decided on a clean and simple design since it's much easier that way on male cards (at least for me), and I chose the 2 Hearts Cody and Mae digi from Some Odd Girl.  

 

 

Of course I layered the image (I can't help it - I'm obsessed!). Here is a close up:

 

 

 

I colored it with Copics, and made the banner with my Silhouette. I love the banners. Looking at the image now, I realize that they are floating. I always forget to do some shading under their feet. I really need to remember that part.

 

There you have it. Wow, that's 3 posts in a week. I'm on a roll lol!

 

Enjoy your day!

Christine

 

 

 



Something different

 

Hello Everyone!

 

 

Are you as obsessed with storage containers and boxes as I am?

I am always on the lookout for things that will hold one type of crafting supply or other. But I can never find one to hold those Stickles in the upside down position that I keep them in. I have seen some neat ideas and even tried a few, but I'm never quite happy with them. I suppose I just really want a box of some sort to store them in.

I finally found one that I think I will be happy with!

It is actually a file I found in the Silhouette store.

 

Here is the box

 

I couldn't just leave it like that! So I added a Tilda and a little flower spray

 

 

Then I double checked to make sure the Stickles bottles would still fit

 

 

 

I have decided to give this one to my sister since she has been looking for one too.

 

So now I'm off to make one for myself :)

 

Have a great day Ladies!

 

Christine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A birthday card and a new pet lizard!

 

Hello Everyone!

 

Today my son turned 16. 16! I still can not understand where those years went.

We have a fairly new tradition in our house. For the past few years instead of having

a big birthday party, I take my kids out for the day to pick out their gifts and then we go to lunch or dinner. So this year my son CJ decided he wanted a Bearded Dragon. He has talked about it for quite a while now. Well, I finally gave in.

 

Meet Charlie

 

We now have a very happy 16 year old boy :)

 

Now for CJ's birthday card. I made this one VERY clean and simple because, well, you know, he isn't a "little kid" anymore ;).

 I used Skateboard Tobie from SOG.

 

I colored him with Copics - I really like purple and yellow together. And CJ likes purple too.

  I couldn't resist making this guy 3D, though. I wish it showed up better in my picture! I popped out his wind blown hair, His pants and skateboard, and then his left hand and the top wheels of the board.

 

 

I want to share the card I made for him on his 14th birthday. It's not a great picture, but he is so proud of  this card and the fact that he still has it and it is in "perfect condition". He brought it down this morning to show me that he still has it :).

The image is Saturated Canary, but I don't remember the actual name of the stamp as I have had it for quite a long time.

 

As you see, it's purple :).

 

So that's it for today.

 

Have a great evening,

Christine

 

MIA

Good Morning Ladies!

 

 

Wow, it's been awhile since I have blogged! That would be because it's been awhile since I have made an entire card! I know quite a few of you understand when I say I have lost my mojo. I hate it!! Every morning I wake up wanting to go into my craft room but it just isn't happening. I have been busy coloring, though! I have colored and done paper piecing pretty much every day. So when I can get my mojo back, I will be well prepared :).

 

Onto my card. My daughter comes to me yesterday morning and tells me she has a birthday party this afternoon and needs a card. REALLY?! I had my 2 year old nephew here for the weekend, and I was given tickets to the Scrapbooking and Rubber Stamp convention in Syracuse for today, which was almost 2 hours away (that was a fun time!) so I had to get the card done last night, from start to finish. My plan was to color an image and stick it on a card. That did not happen.

 

 

As you can see I used Some Odd Girl's Puppy Gwen. This is the first African American girl I have had the opportunity to color, and I loved getting the chance to try out different skin tones for a change. I was happy with how she turned out :). I did do a clean and simple card, but I recently purchased a tube of  Pinflair glue (thank you Lea for tracking down a seller that ships to the US for me!) and I am now obsessed with doing paper piecing. I love giving my images that 3D affect. I actually don't even want to color an image unless I can make something on it pop lol. 

 

Here is a closer look:

 

Hopefully you can see that I popped quite a bit of her. I could have done more - much more lol - but I had to stop myself. My daughter picked the image, the color combo for her outfit, and the papers. I think she did a pretty good job with coordinating :). 

 

Well that's all for now. I will be back in a couple of days with another card - mojo or not, my son is turning 16 on Wednesday so I WILL be back!

 

Until then, have a great day!

Christine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean and Simple - Really!

 

Hello Everyone!

 

I hope you all had a great Easter. We had my family over to my house for dinner. It was nice to have everyone together. But it's also nice to have the peace and quiet again :).

 

The card I made to share today is actually the Anniversary card I made for my hubby. This Wednesday we celebrate our 16th. This time I really truly made a clean and simple card. It was painful not adding flowers and lace lol! But for him, it's just right.

 

I used Squeezy Hugs from SOG:

Isn't this image sweet? I love it.

 

 

A close up of the couple:

 

I thought this image was perfect because it reminded me of us when we first started dating 26 years ago so I had to color the boy's hair sandy blond just like my husband had when we first met.

 

That's all for now, short and simple just like the card :).

 

Have a great day,

 

Christine

 

 

 

 

 

 



Get Well

 

Hi there all my fellow bloggers!

 

So the sickness is still running rampant through my house. Every time one person gets over something, another person gets sick. But my poor daughter keeps getting hit with everything that is going around. Now she has Strep throat! It's just one more reason that I can't wait for the warm weather to stay. It stops all of these illnesses. At least for a little while.

 

 

The card I am sharing today is a get well card for my best friend. She had foot surgery a couple days ago - ouch! I chose Puppy Gwen from SOG. Yes, I am still hooked on these images. I have tons more to use still!

 

 

I chose this image because it reminded me of her. She has a little Chihuahua and she always wears a bow in her hair.

 

Here's a close up:

 

 

I had to add this cute BFF cut out I found in the Silhouette store:

 

 

And I added some rose buds that I made:

 

 

I had to make the card mostly pink because that's her fav, but I did add some other colors this time.

 

That's all for now. I hope you like it :).

 

Have a great day,

 

Christine