A Cheeky Valentine

Happy Sunday!  Today is extra special for me as I have two posts - which also explains why I've been so quiet this past week!  I am honoured to have been asked to guest DT on the Anyone for Anya and Friends? challenge blog this week.  Two weeks ago I entered their February calendar challenge and I actually won Tilda in the Garden from the new You Are So Special collection!  AMAZING!  And then to be asked to be a guest - WOW!

This week's challenge on Anyone for Anya and Friends? is "Pretty Bows".  I decided to get a start on my Valentine's Day cards and made one for my husband with Cheeky Beauty:

This layout is from the sketch on Everybody Art Challenge.  My friend Christine tried to help me master my Bow Easy but alas, this bow I tied by hand.

I treated the edges of the patterned paper and sentiments with Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds and dug into my stash for these papers from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection released last year.

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Crown Y17/38

Stockings R000/00/81

Dress R000/81/83/85

Hair E50/35/25/27/29

Shoes E44/47/49

The sentiments were typed in Word and printed onto white cardstock.  This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - Something New (Cheeky Beauty)

Stampavie and More - Glitter

Sundays with Crissy - Ribbon

Secret Crafter Saturday - With Love

Basic Grey - Spots and Dots

Copic Creations - What's New? (Cheeky Beauty)

Thank you for looking!  Please join me later today for Paper Sundae's First Birthday Celebration blog hop!

Ava and Bella

I was so happy to receive my order from Stamp and Create Friday which included new stamps, charms, and bling.  Lacey carries images from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, The Greeting Farm, Stampavie (home of Mo's Digital Pencil in rubber), and many more!  For your viewing pleasure I have Ava from TGF and one of Mo's digital images, Bella hearts Bronte.

A couple weeks ago we took our three-year old daughter to see the newest Disney release, The Princess and the Frog so when I came across Ava I just had to have her.

Ava will be entered into the challenge at Sketch Saturday and Simon Says Challenge (shabby chic).

Bella was coloured with a combination of Lyra and Koh-I-Noor pencils and blended with odorless thinner.  Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps was last Tuesday's sponsor at Papertake Weekly and given my obsession with the Moonlight Whispers series, I had to enter.  Bella will be entered into the challenges at Papertake Weekly and Cute Card Thursday (pink and grey).

  

Thank you for looking and remember to enter this week's challenge at Paper Sundaes for a chance to win $15 gift certificate for Stamp and Create!

Details for Ava

Stamps: Ava from The Greeting Farm available at Stamp and Create

Ink: Memento, Colorbox

Paper: October Afternoon Detours: Garden Path

Embellishments: Stampin' Up button and circle punches, Crate Paper rub-on, stickles, copics, sewing machine

Details for Bella

Stamps: Bella hearts Bronte from Mo's Digital Pencil

Ink: Printer (Epson Stylus CX7450)

Paper: Making Memories Paperie

Embellishments: Lyra and Koh-I-Noor pencils, Nestabilities, Little Yellow Bicycle felt words

Miss Anya Valentine and Blog Candy!

Do I ever have an exciting post today!  First up is a Valentine card that I made my thirteen year old niece who is a huge Twilight fan.  The card design is a joy fold, the current challenge at Dutch Dare. 

These beautiful papers are from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection however I've paired it with the Making Memories ribbon slide and ribbon from their love notes collection.  I wanted to keep the final layer a surprise so on the second layer I cut out and adhered a matted heart.  The sentiment on this layer is printed from Microsoft Word and the arrow is drawn with Copic Atyou glitter pen.

                                                      

Any guess which team my niece is on?

Yep, she likes Jacob.  This card was a lot of fun to make and I think she is going to jump herself silly when she opens it!  Given the bright bold patterns of the paper, I chose to limit the number of embellishments on this card.  Pink and brown reminds me of chocolate covered strawberries and hot chocolate and happens to be one of my top three colour combinations. 

I will be entering Miss Anya into the following challenges:

- The Greeting Farm TGF stamp with glitter (Atyou glitter pen) and glue

- EAC favorite colour combination (pink & brown)

- A Spoon Full of Sugar (hearts)

- Simon Says Challenge (hot chocolate)

- Quixotic Paperie (hot chocolate)

- Charisma Cardz (pink/brown/cream/toffee)

- Roses on Paper (favorite colouring medium - Lyra)

- Creative Card Crew (distressing)

Details

Stamps: The Greeting Farm

Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet, Bazzill

Ink: Stampin' UP

Embellishments: Spellbinders, Making Memories ribbon and ribbon slide, Basic Grey brads

But even more exciting....this Sunday at 10 am EST I will be part of a blog hop introducing a BRAND NEW challenge blog and I will have blog candy up for grabs!

Come play with us Sunday!

Thank you for looking.

Fairy Kisses

As the Christmas season draws to a close once again, I eagerly look forward to Valentine's Day and my wedding anniversary.  Part of my Christmas present included the PaperCard kit of the month from Paper Works Co. which I combined with autumn fairy digital stamp from The Greeting Farm.  She is coloured with copic markers and finished with US ArtQuest mica paints on her wings, lips, and hair highlights.

The mica paints really come to life when the card is tilted.

Fairy Kisses will be entered into the challenges at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, Flutter By Wednesday #89,  and Cupcake Crafts.

Thank you for looking!

Details

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Imaginisce

Paper: Bo Bunny Persuasion, Bazzill, Prism, Lynx

Ink: Memento, Versamark

Embellishments: Copics, US ArtQuest mica paints,  Kaiser pearls, misc ribbon, Nestabilities Labels One , Sizzlits 4-pk Lots of Tags, Stampin' Up embossing powder 

Love under a New Moon

This card was created for Twilight fans including my teenage niece and me.  These cute digital images are from the Greeting Farm and remind me of Edward and Bella from the Twilight series.

This card will be entered into the Cute Card Thursday (teens), Roses on Paper (romance), and Sketch Saturday (sketch) challenges.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Stampin' Up!

Ink: Stampin' Up, ColorBox

Paper: BoBunny a gift of love, SU and Bazzill cardstock

Embellishments: SU and bulk ribbon from Evergreen Stationers, SU brads, SU punches

Thanks for looking!  Next up are Sugar Nellie and Motivet.