Alice & Riley

Good morning!  My friends back East are currently preparing for a whopper of a snowstorm.  I'm actually a teeny bit jealous!  LOL  The only thing I miss is the actual snowstorm itself.  Everything else - the power outages, the clean-up, the treacherous driving - I don't miss one bit.  Anyway, I'll be thinking of you all.  Stay safe, stay warm.

I have a couple of things for today - first up is a card for the:

Sketch N Stash Challenge

and

Alicia's Challenge: Favorite Crafty Item

I used Alice in Wonderland from Alicia's Little Shop, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits (my fave crafty item) and Prismacolor markers.  I used a filmstrip die layered onto my DP and cardstock.  Brads are from Stampin' Up!

Next is my card for:

TGF Farm Fresh Friday: Ribbon and/or Lace

I stamped Riley directly onto my DP, colored her with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and paper-pieced her.  I used snippets of different ribbons for the ribbon tags and another piece tied on - all from SU!  Peace.

Valentine/Love

Wow - I actually skipped a day of blogging yesterday.  And - I didn't let it drive me crazy.  Go me.  LOL  I've actually been fighting a headache for a few days now and it was weird yesterday, it would go away for a bit and then come back pretty bad.  My headaches/migraines are usually just all or nothing, so it was definitely different.  I managed to get in a bit of coloring in between running the vacuum and catching up on laundry, but that was about it.  I hope today is a productive crafty day!

So anyway - we have a new challenge for you today at:

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge:  Valentine/Love

I'm also entering my little ATC into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew: Chocolate

and
Simon Says Stamp: Hearts
and

Digital Tuesday Challenge: Hearts

and

Party Time Tuesday:  Love & Romance

and

Ribbon Carousel: Love is in the Air

and

Sweet Stamps: Think Pink

and
V's Sweet Ideas 
and 

Top Tip Tuesday: Let me Call You Sweetheart

(My tip: use spritzes & sprays to cover up mistakes!  I smudged some pink ink on the ticket and so I sprayed the whole thing with a pink Shimmer Mist and you'd never know I made a boo-boo)

Our sponsor at Wicked Wednesday is Redonkulous Designs, and I used the sweet Gift of Love image to create my ATC.  She's colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and a bit of marker.  I added a ribbon with a heart charm, some little pink pearl stickers, and a cute freebie ticket that I got from this site here.  Peace.

TGF Purple & Green

I'm back just squeezing in quickly for:

TGF Double Take Tuesday:  Purple & Green

I used the Sweet & Toxic set, stamped directly onto DP and colored with Prismacolor markers, pencils, and mineral spirits.  Peace.

Hearts

Hello friends!  Just Some Lines is sponsoring a challenge this week at:

The Cheerful Stamp Pad: Hearts

 

So I played along with them and made this cute little card.  I used Wedded Bliss, printed directly onto DP and colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  DP is from MME. 

I'm also entering this into the:

Great Impressions Challenge: Hearts

and

Scrapper's Delight: It's all About Love

and

Crafty Calendar: Love & Marriage

and

Pumpkin Spice: Hearts

and 

Sweet Stampin': Love is All Around

Did you notice my snazzy new watermark?  It pays to have talented connections in this little community, I tell ya.  ;)  Have a great week!  Peace.

Tuesday Morning Sketches & TOF & HDH MM

Goooood morning!  Are you ready for some football?  :)  We are!  I even have dinner all prepared and ready to pop in the oven later.  We had a roast chicken dinner yesterday, and my family loves my "leftover casserole" - so that's what I made for today.  I basically take literally everything that's left over and throw it in a casserole dish with some cheese.  So today's casserole includes chicken, stuffing, corn, peas, gravy, mashed potatoes, and cheese.  Mmmmm..... I do leave the cranberry sauce out to serve on the side.  ;)  So who are you rooting for in today's game?  Being that I'm a Cali girl now, I gotta go with the 49er's.  Whatever you're doing and whoever you're rooting for, I hope you have a fun day!

My card today is for:

The Octopode Factory: Add Glitter

and

Tuesday Morning Sketches

I used my favorite TOF image, Angel Girl, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  I did her halo and eyelashes in gold Stickles and her wings are covered with SU! Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  I used my Tim Holtz flower die for the first time and made that cute flower - not bad, eh?  LOL  Oh and I bought this sweet little set of alphabet stamps at a craft store one day, I could not resist, the set was like $2.  I love the frame around each letter and they are so tiny, they work great for ATC's (which was really what prompted me to buy them).  It says "sparkle" on here, in case you can't see it.  My paper is from My Mind's Eye.

Next up is an art journal page I did for the:

HDH Macabre Monday: Famous Last Words

Do you recognize my story?  It's my favorite Stephen King story ever - The Dark Tower.  This line is both the first line of the first book, and the last line of the 7th book.  I'm kinda diggin' this journal page - I found some coloring pages online that worked for my scene including a desert scene, a running man, and a cowboy sitting by a fire.  I fussy-cut them out and glued them to my art journal page, then did a hazy white wash of paint over them to make them less outlined.  I then used acrylic paints to just paint them as figures, I didn't want a lot of detail.  It's funny, as I was painting I was thinking it was coming out childish-looking, unprofessional.  But once it was done and uploaded here,  I really like it!  I truly enjoy painting, but I don't have a lick of talent.  LOL  But it's fun, so I'm going to keep doing it every now and then.  That's what my art journal is for - trying new things and expressing myself artistically.  I love my art journal.  

Have a great day, my friends!  Peace.

WW & JSL Reminders & More

Happy Saturday!  Yesterday my husband Jeremy took my son Trevor to get a new bed. The kid is 19 years old and he's 6'2" and over 200 pounds - he just couldn't fit in his twin size bed anymore.  Well, much to my happy surprise, he also came home with a new sectional sofa for the living room!  Our couch was broken - you could still sit on it, but it was very uncomfortable.  We had been talking about buying a sectional, but it was just one of those things that we'd talk about and then not do.  So I was absolutely thrilled when he came home and told me.  It was delivered last night, but we got an Ottoman with it and that was on back-order, so no pics until it's complete.  LOL  But I'm starting my weekend as a very happy girl on my comfy new sofa!  :)

We have a reminder post for you today at:

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge: Gothic Love

 I am also entering this into the:

Digi Galore: 3 Colors Only

and

Digi Haven: Love/Valentine

and

One Crazy Stamper: February Love Challenge

and

Visible Image: Love

and
The Stamping Shack: Love is in the Air

I used our sponsor's image, Deacon with Skull Flower from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  DP is from PaperCrave.com.

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And we also have a reminder post for you at:

Just Some Lines:  Add a Charm

 I am also linking this card up to the:

Flutterby Wednesday Challenge (open - must include fairy or butterfly)

and

Paper Crafting Journey - For a Girl

I used one of our new Just Some Lines images called Emo - Happy Day, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits and paired with some DP from Jillibean Soup (letters were fussy-cut from DP).  Head on over to the JSL blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and to play along (we offer a freebie for you to do so).  Have a fabulous weekend!  Peace. 

Love Gives Me Wings & DICC

Happy Friday!  We have a new challenge for you today at:

Dilly Beans:  Love Gives Me Wings

I used one of our new Dilly Beans images, she's my favorite - her name is Nutmeg and I colored her with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, a bit of marker and some Stickles.  I printed out some angel wings and applied them to the back of her.  I used my Dymo Caption Maker for the text.

I am also entering my card into the:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes

and

Digi Haven: Love

and

Sweet Stamps: Valentine or Love

and

 Creative Card Crew: Girly
and
Ladybug Crafts Challenge: Valentine or Love

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And we also have a new itinerary challenge for you at:

Desert Islands Crafts Challenge

Our sponsor is Dilly Beans and I used one of the new images called Grandpa's Flowers Framed.  I paper pieced them using DP from MME.  Head on over to the challenge blog!  Have a great weekend!  Peace.