Gretel gets dirty

Man its been a HOT week in GA! Sheessh!! We have been staying indoors this week and I've been busy stamping. Most of what I've been working on I will have to wait to show you

but you wont have to wait long. A couple of things before I get onto the card. This Sunday Kenny K is having a release blog hop so be sure and stop by for that. I also have some BIG NEWS to share!! Check it out here!! Im super excited!!

Okay now for the card...I finally got a chance to play in some more of the dirty challenges over at SCS. I got 10 challenges in this card!!! Can you believe that!LOL! My Mom taught me well!LOL! I used Kims grass tutorial but changed the colors. If you havent checked out the Color me copic blog yet you should..tons of info and inspiration! I had alot of fun making this one and I think this card will be perfect for Alana for her first day of school next week. Cant believe she will be in 4th grade! Have a great day!

Mad Skillz with Pizzazz

I had alot of fun coloring this Kenny K image. She looks like my girls singing karokee on the Wii!LOL!!Betty asked me to make a sample for todays color challenge: Daffodil delight, pear pizzazz, and crushed concord. Of course I said YES!LOL! Since I dont have my SU order yet...fingers crossed for tomorrow! I had to improvise a little. I sponged the so saffron layer w/so saffron ink for a close daffodil delight. I stamped SU linen background on certainly celery w/versamark and sponged the edges w/versamark for a close match to pear pizzazz. For the concord crush I used Coredinations blue violet. I used Jens sfytt for my layout but changed the oval to a rectangle.

Copics used: r00, e00, e11 for skin, e93 and e95 for blush and tounge, r35, r37, and r 39 for lips, e50, e42, e43 for hair, bv00, bv11, bv13, and bv17 for concord crush, y11, y21, and y23 for daffodil delight, yg11, yg21, yg23, and yg25 for pear pizzazz.

Movie Star Hugz

Hello! Sorry I've missed posting a couple of days this week but this is the last week my neice and nephew are staying here and I've been getting lots of love to last!LOL!!

Today is the Kenny K challenge and Team A is up today with a sketch...and you know me I cant pass up a good sketch!LOL!! I've used Movie Star and she is so cute!! She looks to me like she's got her arms out to give a big hug so I used a hug sentiment on the inside. I paired Movie Star with some MME Penny Lane dp. NO telling how long I've had this!LOL!! I only have this one sheet though and its textured so I prolly ordered it at ATS. This sketch also gave me a chance to pull out some much neglected SU Hodgepodge Hardware. Talk about dust!LOL!! I ran some polka dot ribbon I got from the $1 bin at Michaels and tied on some twine. Its hard to see in the pic but I put some bling on the knot of the twine. Well thats it for me today. Monday I get to go to our classroom and start unpacking everything I spent a week packing 2 months ago! So not ready for the summer to be over!!

Copics used: hair e53, e25, e59, e49: skin r00, e00, e11: clothes v01, v15, v06, g20, g21,g24, e40, e41, e42

Cupcake Kiki

I have a card to share with you today I made for a couple of Dare to get Dirty challenges over at SCS. I used some Nook and Pantry dp from BG and paired it with CC designs Cupcake Kiki. I have actually been hoarding this dp to pair with her and finally got a chance to get the card put together. I colored Kiki using copics and added some sponging around the nestie with Versamagic pixie dust ink.

Brayden is doing much better today. He actually wanted to eat something today besides pudding or ice cream so thats good. His mouth doesnt looks quite as gross today either!LOL! Im such a wimp about those kinds of things. Shhh Mama!LOL!! Tommorrow is the last day that my neice and nephew will be staying here so Im looking forward to my last week before I have to go back to work. I dont plan on leaving my desk!LOL!! Have a great day!

HG Classy Latte

Sorry I didnt have a chance to post yesterday. My son trying to be a monkey and a trip to the ER took over my stamping time. My children must have something against their mouths because they sure are rough on them. Madison busted her mouth open a little over a month ago jumping off the ladder in the pool and landed on Brayden as he was coming up. Not fun! Yesterday Brayden tried to swing from the counter to the kitchen island and landed face first. He knocked one of his teeth loose and his mouth looks sooo gross today!!

Okay so in all of that fun yesterday I really wanted to do the SCS color challenge. Regal rose is my fave pink so I had to play! As I was pulling out the cs I realized I only had a small strip of regal rose!GASP!! Oh no!! So I went through my pinks and found that PTI hibiscus burst is really close so I used that. Now I dont have the peach parfait cs yet but Betty was so sweet to send me a few suggestions on colors that would be close. She said if you use apricot appeal and sponge it with pumpkin pie it was a close match. She also sent me copics she used to color her flower I think she used yr01, r14, and r24. Well I dont have r14 or r24 so I had to start thinking....so what I did is use yr02, yr20 which is what I use for apricot appeal and yr16 which is what I use for pumpkin pie when coloring. I colored her dress using rv10, rv13, and rv14. For olive colors I used yg93, yg95, and yg97. I also added in some chocolate chip e44, e47, and e49. I wasnt in the mood to use any dp so I pulled out and dusted off some of my background stamps. On the hibiscus burst layer I stamped linen with regal rose ink and I stamped french script onto olive cs with choc chip ink. I used one of the dare to get dirty sketches for my layout. I know this little girl looks like shes ready for a tea party but I didnt have any tea sentiments so I pulled out an oldie stamp from Treehouse Friends and lattes. I think the font of the sentiment looks good with the french script background. That's it for me today! Hope you have a more uneventful day than I did yesterday!LOL!!

Gracie's Christmas Rose

Stop! I promise your at the right blog!LOL!! I know this is so totally different than my normal style but I was in the mood for something different. My Mom and I recently purchased some digis from a couple of the places Crissy designs for. This weeks challenge at Sunday with Crissy is Christmas in July. Now I will admit I probably cheated a tad on this one. Its very hard for me to get inspired to make a Christmas card with 100 degree weather!LOL! I knew I wanted to use this Gracie's roses image b/c it reminds me Christmas pictures we always get made for the kids so I went through some of my Christmas dp and came across this piece from BG wassail. Ive been wanting to try some monochromatic coloring and thought this sweet image was perfect for giving it a go. I used warm greys to color her and added some antique linen to the edges. I used another crocheted flower Anne was so sweet to send me and sponged it also w/the antique linen. I used Jens sfytt for my layout. Im really happy with how this turned out! See...never hurts to try something different!LOL! Have a good one!

Download Diva

Today is the second Kenny K challenge and Team B is up with a sketch. I love this layout and will be using it again and I hope you want to play along too! For my card I used Kenny's Download Diva image and colored her using copics. I paired her with some BG Lime Rickey dp. I love the yellow and greens in this. So fun and summery! I was inspired by Toris sentiment panels. I love how she airbrushes them but since I dont have the airbrush system I decided to do some sponging instead. I sponged yoyo yellow in the center and went around the outside with pti new leaf ink. I also used some Bazzill bitty blooms and SU 3 flower punch for my flowers. Check out what the other girlz did here.