You glow girl!

(Warning, long post!)  Gosh, it's been almost a month since I last posted and it looks like I'm trying to make up for lost time with this one post, lol! 

Time is flying by, but this time it can't go by fast enough for me.  You see, son #2 is expecting his first born middle of November and we're just counting the days waiting for our precious little prince to arrive!

The mini journal you see above was made for my DIL with the thought that she could have something to record her notes in whenever she went to the doctor or to her prenatal classes.   The image I used is called Pregabella by Stamping Bella.  I used copics and prismacolor pencils to color her, the DP is Lost & Found by My Mind's Eye.

Here's a page from the journal.

  The onesie was cut with a Die-namics die from My Favorite Things.

We had a surprise baby shower for our "Miss Pregabella" this past Saturday and DIL #1 did a fabulous job planning and hosting the event.   The theme was baby jungle animals and everything was adorably decorated and color coordinated from the banners on down to even the drinking straws.  Here are some pictures from the shower, I hope you can click on the pics for a closer view:

the deserts and the diaper cake

  

the favors, one for each guest...

25 of them!

...and, if you're still with me, lol, a kleenix box that I made for the baby's room:

The images are Zoo Babies Digital Doodles from KPM Doodles at Etsy.  I colored them with distressed inks.

Things have been quite hectic lately--cleaning up the spare room to turn it into a day-time nursery (I'll be baby sitting full time when mom goes back to work) and then with the shower--so I haven't had much time to craft or visit you in blogland.  And after baby comes, my crafting/blogging days will probably come to a crashing halt, lol!   We shall see...

Thank you so much for staying with me throughout this long post.  Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!

Dear Santa,

When I purchased this cute little digi from Make it Crafty a few days ago, I knew just the sentiment I wanted to pair him up with.  I bought this Studio G sentiment from Ben Franklin last year and a few days ago, got me a whole bunch more--they're so cute and inexpensive, it's hard not to buy them all.  

I had such a frustrating time coloring this little guy's hat with my copic pens that after 3 tries, I just gave up and glittered it all up instead.   It actually turned out for the best, lol (now I can laugh about it but at that time grrrr), because I can now enter this in Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is "Sparkle and Bling".   See the smoke coming out of the smokestack? (bottom right, click to see)  That's my bling.  And since it's "Anything Goes" at Papertake Weekly Challenge, I'll be linking this up with their challenge as well to join in on their birthday celebration.  Happy 4th Birthday Papertake Weekly!

The recipe:

Stamp:  Make it Crafty, Zippy Digi; Studio G sentiment

Paper:  Basic Grey - Eskimo Kisses, Manila

Ink:  Memento, Copic

Other:  Prismacolor pencils, Spellbinders and Die-namics dies, Martha Stewart train punch, bakers twine, buttons, adhesive rhinestones, pop dots

Thank you so much for looking and for your lovely comments,

 take care and have a great weekend!

Make a Child Smile!

Hi there, hope all's well with you!   Everything's good here, I just took a little break from blogland to get some things done and didn't realize that almost a whole month flew by since my last post.   

I had such a hard time getting back into card-making groove again--couldn't even color right, ugh!   But I was determined to make at least a couple of cards for a card drive.  You can read all about it here on Kris' blog, it's sure to touch your heart too.   Thanks to Kris and her aunt, they'll be a lot of big smily faces this Christmas!    (Kris, I'll be putting it in the mail today.)

Both of these images are from the Penny Black "Mimi's Christmas" set, the sentiment is from Savvy Stamps.   There were rules to follow--nothing that could fall or be rubbed off--so no glitters or embellies were used on these cards.  

I CASEd Vicky's adorable penguin card, you can see her video here.   Just love those Lily Pad how-to videos, enjoy the music!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Manga Girl

Are you ready for the weekend?  For us in the US, it's a 3-day holiday weekend and I've been busy getting ready for our annual family camp that starts tomorrow.  I remember I used  the term camp very loosly last year and had to clarify later that we "camp" in a two-story beach house--not in the wild outdoors roughing it in tents as some of you thought,  lol.

Before I go off on my holiday, I wanted to enter my notebook in the Simon Says Stamp and Show and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and also join in on their Stamp-tember Blog Hop and Treasure Hunt.   The theme is Anything Goes so it can't get any easier than that.  This sweet image is called Sugar Nellie Manga Girl #1 from Funky Kits, the DP is My Minds Eye Be Loved.

Well, I've got to make this short as I have a hop and a treasure hunt to get to before my weekend starts.  Have a fun and safe holiday weekend my friends and thanks for stopping by!

Cute as a Button

Hello friends, hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Have you been watching Amy Young's videos lately?   OMGosh, she has done several this past week and they're all so incredible!   If you haven't seen any of them yet, you must check them out here or here cause you're in for some awesome copic coloring lessons, she is really amazing!

After watching Amy color Fairwee Josie here, I was so inspired to make something with her that I immediately went to buy her as a digital image at ATS.    In a matter of minutes I had Josie downloaded and was coloring along with Amy--it was like having her in my craft room giving me step by step instructions, so cool!   Thanks so much for taking the time to share your fabulous coloring skills with us Amy, you are the sweetest!  

My inspiration for this card also came from Jennifer McGuire's cute-as-a-button creation here,  I thought her concept was adorable.   I just tweaked it a bit by making a button card using Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio.  Working with a digital image was perfect for this project as I could easily make Josie the size I needed to fit my buttons and I got to practice my coloring too.  The embellies I used came from my sewing box and my die cuts were made with Die-namics Doilies and Dainty Doily Border dies and Nestabilities circle die.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Pile It On!, #35 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Dies to Die For!

Stamps R Us Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Flutter by Wednesday - Anything Goes with a fairy

The Paper Shelter, #28 - Die Cuts and Punches

Thanks for stopping by

 your visits and sweet comments really mean a lot! 

Have a great day!

Enjoy the Moment

Hello, happy hump day to you! 

I made a CAS (clean & simple) card today to enter in Embellish Magazine's Coloring Color Trends Challenge.   I colored my images with copics, sponged in some clouds with Hero Arts soft pool shadow ink (thanks for the tut Amy!) , and added a couple of pieces of DCWV adhesive paper border punch strips at the bottom.

Stamps: Itty Bitty Adventurous by Unity (air balloon), Popcorn the Bear Bundle of Joy (duck) , Papertrey Ink (sentiment).

Hope you're having a wonderful week, thanks for stopping by!

Stop and Smell the Flowers

Hello sweet blogging friends,  I hope you're all having a wonderful, stress-free week! 

    

I read about the Tim Holtz easel die on Lynn's blog a few weeks ago and immediately went to purchase it as I thought it would be a neat thing to have (Lynn, you're such a bad enabler, lol!).

It arrived in the mail just as I was coloring my Sarah Kay "Spring is Back" image so instead of a card, she turned into a desktop plaque (for lack of a better word).  

Do you remember the saying, "stop and smell the roses" or "stop and smell the flowers"?  This was taken from a quote from Walter Hagen long ago, "you're only here for a short visit.  Don't hurry, don't worry.  And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."    I really love the depth of this saying.

I went searching for this particular quote in a digi but couldn't find one so mine is just computer generated--not very professional, but the meaning is there, lol.  I colored her with copic markers and went over the entire image with antique linen distress ink to give her a more vintage look, as her colors were initially much too bright for the DP.   The image was stamped on the DP first and then layered with the cut piece on top.  I'll be entering this in the ATS Challenge - Anything Goes and Stamp Something Challenge - Summer Fun Something.

Thanks so much for looking, have a wonderful day/evening!