Easter Basket

Hi there friends!!!

Nothing new in my life...still very busy and very stressful! At least it's consistent? lol!
I got a start on my Easter cards this week...1 down...many to go!
All the images are from Gina K's Spring Basket and Basket Blessings stamp sets. The flower, chicks and eggs are colored with Koh-i-Noor pencils and OMS. I added sparkle to the eggs and flowers using my Spica pens and clear glitter pen. The basket was stamped on a scrap piece of pattern paper and was cut out. The basket is actually a bit taller but I wanted a shorter basket for my chick to sit in among the eggs so I cut the basket down a bit. I also cut the top strip of the basket off and re-attached it cover up the rough edge after cutting down the basket.
The pattern papers are scraps of October Afternoon and the cardstock is Gina K's Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion and Red Hot.

I am submitting this card to a couple of challenges:
Stamp TV - Color Challenge
Paper Pretties - PWC144 Ribbon

I would love for you to stop back tomorrow night for the Gina K Designs CSS Alumni hop. We have a fabulous color hop planned for you!

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by today.

Sharri

Card Supplies:

Stamp: Spring Basket, Basket Blessings

Paper: Basic Grey, October Afternoon, Gina K, PTI

Other: Spellbinders Label and Rectangle die, Sizzix Checkerboard Embossing Folder, Spica Pens, Clear Glitter Pen, Ribbon

Love is in the air

Hiya!!

Are you all ready for Valentine's day? I am not! lol! We still need to get Abbi's Valentin's for school and find a little treat to go with them. I also have to pick up a little something for her and her sister. Yikes! I had better get my rear going huh?

I do however, have all my Valentine cards made ;o) whew!

This is the last one I needed to make. I used the stamp Tilda Holding Heart. I colored Tilda with copics, T6, T5, T4, T3, T2/R20, R21, R24, R35/E000, E00, E93/E71, E74, E77. I added stickles to the heart she holding and her hair bows. I used my clear glitter pen and niji brush to watercolor the sparkles on her socks and shirt.

The sentiment is from Gina K's Fanciful Tags stamp set and is punched out with SU's oval punch and matted on a Spellbinders Fancy Tag. I used Spellbinders Circles and Lacey Circles along with a pleated background to set the sentiment on.

I finished off the card with a paper doily, ribbon, prima and paper flowers and pearls.

The pattern papers are Basic Grey's Scarlet Letter and Urban Couture and the cardstock is Gina K.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges -

Magnolia-Licious - Pink, Red & Black

7 Kids College Fund - Hearts

Paper Pretties - Valentine's Day Inspiration

I am off to finish my shopping for Valentine's Day. Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by!!

A bit of news and a card too...

Happy Monday!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was pretty low-keyed which was perfect after a very stressful work week!

Before I talk about my card today, I wanted to share some exciting news....one of my cards is in the Jan/Feb issue of Through the Craftroom Door! I was just thrilled when I got the email back from Marti and Suzanne saying that they wanted to use my card in this issue! I am so excited!!! You can get a copy of the Magazine in print and/or a PDF version and here is where you can buy it along with information about the exclusive website for the subscribers.

Now on to my card...

This card is inspired by the Paper Pretties weekly challenge. This week is a sketch challenge and you can check out the details for the challenge here.
This image is called Falling for you Sophia. I wanted to make a Valentine's themed card and the image actually has leaves in it so I covered the leaves with little hearts that I punched out with my Friskar's handheld heart punch. After gluing down the hearts I covered them with Cotton Candy Stickles for a bit of sparkle and dimension.
Sophia is colored with copics - E25, E31, E50 - hair/E34, E33, W3 - rake/R81, R83, R85 - overalls/B000, B41 - shirt & pocket/Booo, B41, E34 - shoes.
I sponged Summer Sky ink for the sky and Bamboo Leaves for the Grass area.
I cute Sophia and the sentiment out using Spellbinder's Labels 10 and matted both on a Petitte Scalloped Oval.
All of the paper is SU except for the white which is Copic X-press It.

I finished off the card with a bow and pearls.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of your day!

Paper Pretties and 7kids

Good morning Stampers!

Today I have a card I made for a couple of challenges. Paper Pretties and 7kids College Fund.
Paper Pretties challenge was to make a square card and 7Kids was a birthday theme. I made a square birthday card to cover both challenges.

Stamps: Magnolia, Gina K

Ink: SU, Mememto, Copics

Paper: SU, Gina K, Copic, DCWV

Other: Ribbon, Primas, MS Branch and Leaf punches,

Stickles, Crystal Lacquer, Spellbinders Labels 10 & 11

Cuttlerbug embossing folder, Clear Glitter Pen

I picked up the Tilda image from Magnolia-licious store but I do not see there right now. Tilda is colored with copics, E000, E00, E25, E32, E43, E49, E53, R11, G20, G21, G24, and G28.
I added stickles to her hair bows and petticoat for some sparkle. I gave her boots a thick coat of crystal lacquer...I don't know about you but I like my girls to have shiny shoes and boots.  Must be because both of my daughters like the shiny, sparkly footwear.

The happy birthday sentiment is from Gina K's Happy Camper stamp set.
The papers are SU, Gina K, Copic X-press It and DCWV Crafty stack.  I picked up some new prima flowers at my local craft store over the weekend so had to use some on my card. I love these little paper rose! I fore see another addiction in my new future! lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!

Woot Woot!! It's Friday!!

Hello Stampers!!

I am so happy it's finally Friday!!! It has been a long week at work, let me tell ya!

Tonight my Hubby and I are having a date night which is another reason I am happy gal today *smile*. I am not sure what we will be doing but I am sure it will be fabulous!

Today I am sharing a card I made for a couple of challenges, CPS and Paper Pretties. You can see the sketch for this weeks CPS challenge here. The Paper Pretties challenge for this week was to use the colors black and white with one other color. You can get all the details on the Paper Pretties Challenge here.

Stamps: Fanciful Fall, Lovely Labels 2, Labeled with Love

Ink: SU, Versamark, Copics

Paper: SU

Other: Embossing Folders, Spellbinders/Nestibilities,

Stickles, Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder

I used a few Gina K stamps on this card. The flowers are from Fanciful Fall, the label is from Lovely Labels 2 and the sentiment is from Labeled with Love. The white panel was embossed with the Script Texture embossing folder and the pink oval was embossed with the Victoria embossing folder.
The flowers were colored with copics RV14, RV21, RV23, RV25 and covered in stickles to give them some sparkle.
The all the paper is SU - basic black, pixie pink, and white.

I hope the work day flies by today...I can't wait for my weekend to start, how about you?
Have a fabulous day and thanks for visiting!!

Challenge with Tilda

Good morning!

It has been forever since I have played along any of the challenge blogs out in blog-land. I follow several so when I saw this weeks sketch on the Friday Sketcher's blog I was immediately drawn to it and wanted to give it a try.  This is their sketch for this week.

And here is my take on the sketch.

Card Supplies:   Stamps: Magnolia, Gina K - Fanciful Tags

Paper: Gina K - Smokey Slate, Kraft, Ivory,

Innocent Pink, Basic Grey - Porcelain

Ink: Memento, SU

Other: Spellbinder Tags, Pearls, Cord, Eyelets,

Primas, Cuttlebug EF

As you can see I added a bit more to the basic sketch. Hopefully my card won't be tossed out because I did!
I used one of my adorable Magnolia Tilda images that I picked up at the Magnolia-licious store a while ago.
Tilda was colored with copics - R000, R00, R20, E000, E00, E27, E31, E41, E42, E55, E57, E59 and W3.
The papers are Gina K and Basic Grey. My sentiments were stamped on the tags before I tucked them behind the tilted square and can easily be pulled out by who ever receives the card. The tags were cut out with a couple different spellbinders tag dies.
The pink paper Tilda is standing on was embossed with Cuttlebugs Herringbone embossing folder. I embellished the card with pearls and and an assortment of prima flowers.
Now that I am posting the card I wish I would have added a bit of sparkle to Tilda's dress and a coat of crystal lacquer to her shoes. I think I will do that before I mail it out.

I am also going to enter this card in the Paper Pretties challenge this week which is to use pearls, Rhinestones, or glitter dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I really appreciate your visits and love to read your comments!
Have a wonderful Day!