CASE#145 - Welcome

I decided to play along with this week's CASE Study Challenge#145 and here's the card I came up with:

This was a bit different style for me.  Since starting to do some mixed media - I've 'collected' a bunch of stencils.  When I looked at the inspiration card (below) - I knew I wanted to use the stencil as my background.  This is a Donna Downey stencils that I first sponged with Antique Linen distress ink and then Vintage Photo on top of that.  I then flicked some water on it for added interest.

I used some MME paper and then painted the wood butterfly and added some perfect pearls to the top for some great sheen.  Some pearls, gems and fun pom pom ribbon and it was complete!

Here's the inspiration card:

I'll be back tomorrow with my third and final Father's Day card!

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Father's Day 2

Happy Monday! Hope you were able to celebrate Father's Day with your loved ones!  Here's the card we gave my father-in-law:

This is a Stamping Bella image colored with Prisma pencils.  I used my Lil Inker Polaroid die and a Hero Arts/Basic Grey background stamp.  I popped his crown up too and added some washi tape & bling!

Hope you have a great start to your week!

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It's Father's Day!!!!!!!

Happy Father's Day to my dad, Dom and my father-in-law, Skip!  Happy Father's Day to my hubby, Frank  too - because after all - he is a daddy to Buddy, Nolie and Sweet Pea!

Here's one of three Father's Day cards I made for the holiday.  This will be given to my dad this afternoon at our BBQ:

This is a MAJOR collaboration of stamps!   The chair is from Eat Cake Graphics. The 'rug' is from Penny Black and the fish, slippers and sentiment is from MFT.  The image is colored with my Inktense watercolor pencils.

Happy Father's Day!!

Dad and I

Skip and I

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SSC98 - Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday!  It's supposed to be a GREAT weekend here in CT! Hope you're having nice weather where ever you are!  Here are two cards I made from the images I colored last week.

The first one plays along with the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #98:

Calla lilies are right up there with my love of poppies!  These There She Goes images are one of my favorites!

Here's the other card showing yellow flowers:

Here's the SSC Sketch if you want to play:

Have a terrific day!!!!!!

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Bellarific Friday - Many Wishes

It's been months since I've played along with the Stamping Bella Bellarific Friday challenges - but since I colored up a few images last week - I decided to jump in!

It's a pretty basic card - not many frills.  Ms. Pixie is colored with my Prisma pencils and then I added a There She Goes butterfly because she was lonely up there!

Well - hope you have a terrific Friday and a great weekend!!!

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SSSC186: You are loved

More fun playing with the images I colored on Sunday.  These are Penny Black flowers that I colored with my Prisma pencils and popped up on the card.

I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge#186 for the layout.  And, here's the sketch if you want to play along!

Have a great day!!

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Pixie Birthday

So, I'm really loving this card!  This is a Stamping Bella pixie image and she's just too cute standing among all those flowers!

I (once again) tried the 'out of the box' technique and it took me (again) way to long to do - even though I (again) followed a tutorial.  Why am I so dumb when it comes to this technique? LOL.

But - in the end - I really like it!  Along with that gorgeous large HA sentiment!

Have a great Wednesday!

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Cas(e)#31 - Thanks!

Well, there's been a lot of coloring lately!  Sunday was just gorgeous here in CT and I spent about 3 hours coloring on my patio.  Then Sunday night I was able to put a couple of cards together.  Here's a card following the CAS(E) This Sketch! #31 layout:

The only bad thing........is that it was pouring rain on Monday - so taking a nice picture was a bit tough.  But - these Penny Black flowers are still quite cheerful!  I colored them up with my Prisma pencils and then painstakingly cut them out.

Here's the sketch if you want to play!

Have a great day!!!!!!!

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