Sweet Cherub

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Here’s the counter part to the Sweet Angel I posted yesterday… this is Sweet Cherub from Make it Crafty, plus some of their snowflake chippies. These two angels look great together as well and look like their holding hands. Just darling. ;D


I’m just about getting to the end of all my saved projects from December so I guess that means I need to get crack-a-lacking and work on some more projects!! Hmmm… what should I do next? There are so many choices but I think I have project in mind with lots of black and white. However, I need an accent color and I’m getting tired of the usual standbys. Anyone have any suggestions? It’s a romantic project but that’s the only hint I’m giving at the moment. He he he

Sweet Angel

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This will be a quick post to show off one of my Christmas cards that I made last month. This one features Sweet Angel from Make it Crafty plus some snowflake chippies. This little angel was quick to color and with the soft color scheme really makes her sweet. 😀


I used a simple layout and even got out some new ribbon I purchased which matched perfectly with the snowflake decorative paper. This little angel has a friend too which I’ll show tomorrow. Hope you all have a sweet day!

Guitar Marci & Luka

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The challenge right now at Make it Crafty is to color blades of grass and there is several ways this can be done! This is one of my projects I’ve had saved up with shows short blades of grass. I used a few different colors of green and just flicked up with the brush tip. It also helps to have some of the blades of grass color over the bottom part of the image.


It’s not very often that I have the colors written down anymore, but I do for this project…
Copic Colors: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, C1, C2, C3, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99, B41, W0, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8, E555, E57, E59, E31, E35, E37, E04, E00, E11, E21, R12, R14, YG61, YG63, YG67, G99, R59, R46, R37, R17, R14, R21, YR18, YR14, YR21, Y32


The images I used are Mod Marci, Suitcase Set, and Lil’ Rocker Luka all from La-La Land Crafts. I recently purchased each of these in digi form and assembled this scene together. Here’s a close up of Marci and Luka.


Both faces were shaded in giving them colored eyes and even eyeglasses on Luka. The first thing I did was leave the area white like most people do already when they color LLLC images. Then I shaded in the eyelid going from tip to tip of the black curved line. After that I added the color around the eye and finally came back in with a white gel pen for some highlights.


I also shaded in Luka’s glasses by using a darker color green for the shadow areas first then working my way into the lighter colors. Luka’s guitar was done the same way too … starting with the flames, going from red to yellow then finally comeing back in and coloring the black. Perhaps I’ll get a chance to play around with more grass techniques before the challenge is over. We’ll see! 😀

Pirate Luka

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Each month as I go through my stack of cards, I never seem to have enough boy cards – I’m always using my last one! However, as long as there is one last one to grab then I’m all set. LOL So to add to my box, here’s a fun boy card that I created with Pirate Luka from La-La Land Crafts and background images from Make it Crafty, Lonely Island. LLLC has a sale going on now and I was able to purchase a few favorites.


I chose to go with a monochromatic look and used each of the four shades of gray in the Copic range. (C0-C8, N0-N8, T0-T8 and W0-W8) I think it gives it an interesting effect and I liked how each of the elements could be featured/highlighted separately.


I shaded Luka’s face with Copic markers giving difinition to his nose and eyes. Then with a white gel pen I added some highlights back in. It was actually easier that it looks and only a step or two more than how some already color the faces. Just shade in the eyelid first and then add color around the eye for the iris.


Here’s a close up of the background, Lonely Island from Make it Craft, and I extended the water to the edges of my paper. The rest of the card was put together with some ribbon, Dew Drops, chippies and a ticket diecut tag from Whimsy. “Hope ye enjoyed de carrrd!” ;D

Beep Beep Jude

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It’s a Simply B Stamps Blog Hop announcing the new releases that are now available!! You should have arrived here from the wonderful SUZI or you can start at the beginning HERE.

Today we’re featuring Beep Beep Jude from Simply B Stamps but you don’t want to miss out on all the other details too as there are two new Betty stamps available with your purchase! 😀


I colored Jude here with colored pencils while I was getting some much needed one-on-one time with my daughter – check out her project below and she even did all the cutting too – she’s so proud of it! Every time she catches getting my stamps out or printing a digi she always insists that I print out an extra for her too. It’s great!


Your next stop on the hop is actually back to the SBS Blog…. which is perfect because you don’t want to miss out on the release details! Hope you’ve enjoyed this mini hop and thanks for stopping by! *Hugs

Tea Time Lily

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Welcome back and today I even have a new project to show off!! I had plans to get to two projects today but ran out of steam… so you can read about that “phantom” later on. But first, I wanted to show off Tea Time Lily from Simply B Stamps! Isn’t she cute!! You can head on over to the SBS Blog and see more inspiration too.


For my project I made a cute little tag using a few new elements I got in December. My first new toy is a set of diecut tags from Stampin’ Up! They’re the perfect size for a quick project and a tag is a great way to dress up a little gift too.


If you haven’t noticed the maze yet, that is my other fun new product, also from Stampin’ Up! There is a coordinating stamp set to go with is which is where I got the sentiment from. But the maze is fun because I can take of the backing and customize it… which of course, I did for this project! And here’s a close up of Tea Time Lily!


For my other phantom project… it was to instroduce the new Little Miss Muffet Challenge that is starting today. The theme is “Blues & Creams” and you don’t want to miss out on the inspriation that the DT has created for you today.