Surfin' USA...

One more post for today - I had a blast making this summery card and thinking ahead to days by the pool or at the beach... COME ON SUMMER!

I used the new Surfer Anya stamp, colored her with a combination of markers & pencils/mineral spirits.  Cardstock, DP, glitter, punches & rub-on sentiment by SU!  Sticky gemstones from my stash.

This cute card was made for the following challenges:

Sketch N Stash Challenge (Surfer Anya is my NEW stamp)

and

Cute Card Thursday - Weather Inspired

and

Paper Playtime - Weather

Have a lovely Sunday, I'm spending the day making some projects for SNR and for my new DT position at Just Some Lines.  Peace.

Haunted Design House & Polka Doodles

Yesterday was one of those lazy days, I wasn't feeling that great and spent most of the day on the couch watching movies with the kids... which is nice, because my kids are teenagers and that doesn't happen very often!  I watched Secondhand Lions and Dreamer in the afternoon, cried through both of them.  LOL  Then last night, Jeremy & I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.  I cannot wait for the 4th one to come out!  

Anyway - I have a couple of cards for today.  First, this is for the:

Haunted Design House Macabre Monday - ZOMBIES

As soon as I saw the theme for this challenge, I knew what I wanted to do - I used Friday from The Greeting Farm and made her into one of the zombies from Michael Jackson's THRILLER... hee hee  You like the blood around her mouth and dripping down her chin? That's right - I can do creepy!  She's still kinda cute, though, isn't she?  HMPH!  ;) Anyway - she's colored with Prismacolors & mineral spirits. The gray ribbon, cardstock & DP is from SU!  The buttons and red & white polka dot ribbon are from my stash.

 Next up is a card I made for a new challenge I found, it's called the:

Polka Doodles Week 14- Sketch Challenge

I used Baby Levi from By Lori Designs, colored with a mixture of SU! markers and Prismacolor pencils with mineral spirits.  The (retired) DP and ribbon are from SU!, colors are Sage Shadow & Brocade Blue.

Are you watching American Idol?  Who is your favorite?  My favorite is James, but I think this is a great year and I really like at least 5 more of them! They will all end up successful, I'm sure, they really are a great group and I've enjoyed watching it this season.  Peace.

Michelle Perkett Studio Easter Blog Hop!

Happy Saturday and welcome to the 

 The instructions (along with the entire blog hop list, in case you get lost!) are on Michelle's blog.  You should have arrived here from Irene's blog.

Along the hop, there will be 4 Easter trivia questions.  If you answer them all correctly, you will be entered into a chance to win this adorable Easter basket digi set, which has not yet been released:

 

And I just happen to have one of those Easter trivia question for you today - since we have "hoppers" from all over the world, we're keeping it simple.  The question is......

Fill in the blank of this popular Easter song: "Here Comes Peter Cotton----"

Leave your answer as a comment on this post.

Now here's the card I made especially for this blog hop - 

I used the Easter basket image that we're giving away, along with the new Harvey the Easter Bunny image, colored with Prismacolors & mineral spirits.  Cardstock & DP in Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla & Pretty in Pink by SU! Ribbon from SU!

The next stop on your hop is Wendy's blog - good luck and happy hopping!  

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:
Stampin' For the Weekend - Easter

My Sheri Crafts - Bunnies

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter

Sparkles Forum - Easter


Peace.

Unscripted Sketches & Bellarific Friday - Sketch

Yay - it's Friday!  I'm going out to dinner with my daughter Cassidy, my favorite sister (she's my only sister, but even if she wasn't, she'd still be my favorite!) Michelle and her son, my nephew Josh, tonight.  I am looking forward to it - we always end up laughing a lot when we're together, and who doesn't like laughing?  Bumhugs, that's who (Stephen King's Dark Tower reference, which I am reading for like, the 4th time.  It's 7 books long, I'm on the 5th one now).

Anyway - I have 2 cards for you today.  First is my card for the:

Unscripted Sketches Challenge

I colored those cute ballerina  mice with Prismacolor pencils & markers.  Cardstock, DP & buttons by SU! in So Saffron & Regal Rose.  That pink feathery fiber is from my stash.

Next up - here is my card for the:

Stamping Bella - Bellarific Friday (Sketch)

I used Florence the Flowerpot Girl, colored with Prismacolors & mineral spirits.  Cardstock and DP by SU!  And that's it - simple, but sweet, right?  I think she's adorable, she's one of my favorite Bella images.  Have a great weekend, my friends!  Peace.

Stamp Something & Latte Lounge

Today I have 2 cards for you.  First up is a card for the:

Stamp Something Challenge - Sassy Circles

I used Syren, one of the new stamps from the Greeting Farm - I thought she was pretty sassy, no?  she's colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits. Cardstock, DP, brads, glitter and ribbon from SU!  Rub-on sentiment "I'm glad there's you" from my stash.  

Next is a card I made for the:

Latte Lounge Challenge - Coffee & Cream

 I used Perk Me Up Peeps from Stamping Bella, colored with Prismacolors & mineral spirits - cardstock, DP, brads, and glitter by Stampin' Up!
Peace.

D2D - Garden Party

Check me out here!  :)

This week's freebie for playing along in the progressive challenge at:

Delightful Inspiration Stamp of the Month for Designed2Delight

is called Garden Party, and here is the card I made using this pretty image:

I colored it in with a combination of markers & colored pencils/mineral spirits.  Cardstock & DP, ribbon & gemstone brads by SU! in Rose Red, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Old Olive.  Rub-on sentiment by SU!  Peace.

BLDC12, My Grafico & Card Ideas

Sometimes I find color challenges especially difficult, especially if I don't have any designer paper that perfectly coordinates.  But I love the challenge, and I usually do my best to stick to the colors pretty closely.  For today, I have a card for the:

I used Ella's Umbrella and colored her with Prismacolor markers, I also paper-pieced her boots and part of her umbrella.  I used various DP's.  Glitter and ribbon are from SU! Isn't she precious?

I am also entering this card into the:

My Grafico - Anything Goes

Card Ideas: Delightful Inspiration - Card for a Child

It's funny - a year ago, I only had a few digi images and rarely used them.  Today, I use digis more than rubber!  But there's room in my heart for both of my addictions - it just so happens that digis also save room in my crafting area! One of the things I love about digis is not getting black ink on my fingers - I cannot tell you how annoyed I get when I spend time stamping on my good cardstock, only to realize I got black ink on my finger(s) and smeared it on my images.  GRRRRR!  What do you like about digi images?  Peace.