Daddy Lion

Yall know Im a last minute kind of girl so its no surprise I spent yesterday making Fathers Day cards right?!LOL!! I usually put off masculine cards since they are not as fun to make for me...except this card! I love how this turned out and it was actually alot of fun coloring it. I used this image by Crissy Armstrong available at Squigglefly. Ive been trying to decide if I wanted to use this image for bday or Fathers day for Danny. Its perfect since Danny is a Leo and of course the sign for Leo is a lion and we have 3 little lions! Maybe before August Crissy will come up with another "perfect image"!LOL! I love her images and she also a master at coloring so I visit her blog often-tons of inspiration available!LOL! I found this dotty background technique and decided to try it. My background didnt turn out exactly like I planned but Im still happy with it for a first try. Okay so I colored the image using copics y32, e30, e31, e42, e43, e44, and e49 for their fur and e04 and e09 for the noses. For the dotted background I used bg78, 75, 72, w3, w1, and w0. After I had my image colored I went looking for dp and stumbled across this Recollections dp from Michaels. I LOVED this dp in the fall -it was my fave but I also found that the colors in it were great for masculine cards! I paired the dp with a kraft base for Jeanie's TKT. Since this is a masculine card and the image is large I didnt want to embelish too much so I just colored a few dew drops and added them to the card. Thats its for me today! Hope all the Fathers out there have a wonderful day!

Kenny K Miss Thang

Okay Im back with my second card...blogger isnt liking me tonight!LOL!

This image is Miss Thang by Kenny K. You can find more info on Kennys images and a DT call on Donna's blog. Dontcha just love her hair?!LOL! I colored her with copics and paired her with some BG sugar rush dp. For my layout I used CCEE's sketch challenge . I really like this layout! I used the out of the nestie technique for her shoes and sponged some tea leaves ink around the nestie. It still need something so I added some primas and piercing to finish off my card.

Copics used:
r85, 81, 83, bv000, bv00, bv02, bv04-clothes
yr12, 15, 23, 24, 31-hair
r000, r00, e93, e95 -skin

I'll be back tommorrow to share a Fathers day card with you. Have a good night!

Kenny K's Digis

While I was blogging the other day I stumbled across these sassy and cute images by Kenny K. So somehow I ended up at the his store with a few of these cuties in my cart!LOL!! I also seen where there is a DT call for a new challenge coming using the Kenny K images. You can find more info Donna's blog about the DT call and Kenny's images.

For my first card I used Drama Queen. She so reminds me of the girl in the Princess and the Frog movie. I cant remember her name but she the blonde girl who wants her a prince!LOL!! I computer generated the "save the drama for your mama" sentiment and the inside says "to my favorite drama queen". Drama Queen is colored using copics and I sponged some key lime and mango ink around the image and sentiment. I added some clear glaze to her eyes, teeth, earrings, and phone. I added diamond stickles to her jacket for a little sparkle. I paired her with the fun MME glitter dp. I love it and it gave me a chance to use razzleberry a color I love but hardly ever use! For my layout I used the sweet Sunday sketch.

Okay so blogger isnt letting me add my second card so I guess I will post it on the next post!LOL! Copics used on image: rv23,25, 29,69, yr04, 07, 09, yg23, 25, 63, n9,7, 5, 3, 100, e000, e00, e21, r20.

Twitterpated surf

Really quick post for me today since we are getting ready to head out the door to go to Mamas for lunch and swimming. I had this Surfer Emma image out and was looking through my dp trying to decide what I wanted to pair her with and came across this twitterpated dp. Im really AR about flowers matching if there are flowers on my image it has the shape etc of the flowers on my dp! Just one of my things!LOL! So since the flowers matched I used this twitterpated dp. I even colored the flowers on her surfboard the same colors as the flowers on the dp. I colored her surfboard using bg11, 13, and 15. I colored the larger flowers using r30, r32, and r35. The smaller flowers are colored with reds r27 and r29 with y21 as the center of both flowers. Emmas hair is colored using e75, e77, and e79. I used the colors from the surfboard to color her swimsuit and added in some green using yg21, 23, 25, and 63.
I didnt sponge around my nestie b/c I had alot of trouble with this! My image slipped in my nestie and since this was the last step there was no way I was just trashing my image!LOL!! I was so mad! I used the larger oval scallops and it slipped too! Has anyone else had this problem and how do I fix it?!? I've only had this problem a couple of times before with certain nesties. I usually always run it through 2x just to make sure its cuts and embosses enough. Maybe my cuttlebug was just having a bad day!LOL!! Well Im off to go jump in the pool! Have a good one!

Peek-a-boo

We are back from the beach. We had a fabulous time!! Im ready to go back now that I've had a couple of days to rest from my short vacation. Why is it you are always sooo tired coming back from a vacation?!LOL!!

I started coloring this peekaboo girl from Bugaboo stamps for the ColorQ challenge before we left and wasnt able to finish my card until yesterday. As soon as I saw the colors I knew they were the colors in the retired SU autumn vine dp. Now that I've got my card made and posted I think thats actually more mustard instead of so saffron in the dp but oh well!LOL! I also used Jens sfytt for my layout which was perfect since I went diggin through my buttons and found these sage buttons! yayy! The smile sentiment is from Amy R's summer sentiments. I love the font of her sentiments! I need ALL of them!LOL!! Well thats all for me today. I still have tons of laundry to get done-my least fave thing!LOL! Have a good one!

Mint Chocolate Chip Bear

Happy Friday! Im back today to share with you another image Kim was so sweet to send me. I was so excited to see this adorable bear image. I knew I would have fun coloring his different flavors of ice cream. Wouldnt this ice cream cone be yummy??!LOL! Well not so much for me because Im not a big fan of mint chocolate chip ice cream but I just couldnt resist coloring it like that. Ive had some retired SU mint melody cs Ive been hoardin for awhile and thought it would be the perfect time to pull it out. I used Julees mojo sketch for my layout and look no dp! Shocker I know!LOL! I used the candy cane stripe embossing folder for the choc chip layer. I also added some PTI hibiscus burst and paper pierced it but dont look too closely to it!LOL! I couldnt decide what sentiment I wanted to use and then I saw this weeks Stamp Something Happy challenge and knew this Happy summer sentiment was perfect. I mean what says summer more than melting ice cream cones and who isnt happy with ice cream around!?!LOL!! BTW the mint brads were some white brads I sanded and then colored with yg41 to match my mint cs-gotta love copics! Have a great one!

Seas the Day

I really hope you all are having some gorgeous weather like we have been having this week. Its been so nice! We have stayed in the pool all week! Since I've been enjoying this lovely weather and getting ready to go to the beach this weekend I thought I would share a card with you using an adorable Sugarplum. This image is waving Emma. Isnt she a cutie??! She was in last years ATS summer release. I wanted to combine a couple of challenges for this card so I went looking for a sketch and color challenge. This weeks color throwdown is cool carribean, pumpkin pie, and so saffron. Emma is colored up using copics her hair is colored with y21, y26, yr24, and e25. I had to give her a little tan so for her skin I used e00, e11, and e13. For pumpkin pie I used yr15, yr16, and yr18 and for cool carribean I used bg10, 11, 13, and 15. I added some sand using e31 and e33 then made some dots using e33, e35, and e37. For my layout I used Jens sfytt . I had alot of fun with this one. I pulled out some (very dusty) polka dots pallette of prints in saffron and pumpkin pie. Its really hard to tell in the pic but the pumpkie pie layer under the nestie is embossed with the large polka dots SU plate. I even used a wave border punch I took from Mamas recently. Shopping at Mamas is the most fun!LOL!! J/K Mama! Okay thats it for me today off to go jump in the pool now! Have a great one!