Tuesday Morning Sketches on Thursday

I know, I know, I'm late. But hey great work takes time. I received this image and the pattern paper from Melissa in the mail, and I haven't been able to play with the last couple weeks sketches, so I knew that this was going to work this week. I colored this CC Designs Sweet Pixies Gretal with Prismacolor Watercolor pencils, and then I decided not to use the water to blend them but to use the white pencil instead for a softer look. I just love her!! I sprinkled some pixie dust on her wings. Is she not divine? I used the level two Nestabilities to cut her out as well as the Always Artichoke paper behind her. I smudged the edge with some Cameo Coral and everything else got edged with Always Artichoke. I couldn't bear to cover up any more of the DP so I just made the space between the embelishments wider to show it off. Thank you Melissa for the image and the great sketch! Hope you all enjoy. I know I am looking forward to next Tuesday's sketch.

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Play along

Good morning all. Today is the debut of Tuesday Morning Sketches, a blog put up by Melissa Craig here: http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/. Melissa is a good friends sister and she decided to start a blog. She asked her sisters to be her design team and today is the first sketch. You can visit Melissa's blog to check out the sketch and how to play along if you want. I was creating mine and putting it together and I got to the point where I decided that I liked the card SO much more before I put the main image panel on, but if I left it off, it wouldn't really follow the sketch, sooooooo, here it is. The picture is super bad, because it has cut off the top and bottom of the card and it washes out the watercolor I did in the center of the sun, but hopefully you get the general idea. Good luck to Melissa in her new endeavor and hope to see you all next Tuesday.

Recipe:

Paper - Stamping Up: Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Pale Plum; DP is Provo Craft Imaginations

Ink - Stamping Up: Pale Plum, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink, Blush Blossom; Memento Black

Stamps - Stampendous for the main image, Stamping Bella for the sentiment

Accessories - Fine Detail Clear EP, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swirls

Happy Birthday Peanut!

Wow, It's been a very long time since I have posted! Just when I got things under control with being able to upload my cards using jpg files, work went and got a new copier/scanner which does not seem to have that option. I have several cards that I have scanned that are all in Adobe. ARGH!!!!! I have to figure out how to get them up here. I have to get a camera, figure out this technology and than we will be on board. So in the meantime, I have a card to share today for my niece, Olivia, or as I call her..."Peanut". Today is the big day! One year ago, I got the call from my sister - "Dars, it's TIME." OMG - IT'S TIME. So I call my boss, jump in my car and head down to my sisters to pick up my little nephew. She was on her way to the hospital and by mid afternoon we had the good news that Olivia Lea had arrived. She was soooo tiny and beautiful. Fast forward to today. She is ONE! She is still tiny though, hence the "peanut" I made this little card today with her in mind. She is born on the first of July and it really doesn't get toooooo much more patriotic than that, (unless you are actually born on the fourth) so I used the red, white, and blue for the card stock (Bazzil and Bazzil Dots). There is a great collaboration of stamp companies on here: The Greeting Farm with the Wild West Anya colored in with Copics for skin tone, and than Stampin Up markers for her western wear, and hair; than we have Clear Dollar Stamps with their supercute!!! Charlie horse who is also colored in with Stampin Up Markers, and the Giddy Up sentiment is from the same set; and last but not least Kitchen Sink Stamps with 1/2 Pint Playful Alphabet and 1/2 Pint Playful Alphabet Buddy for the Number 1. Congratulations, Peanut! You've come a long way this last year, and today is the first day of the rest of your life! Enjoy