A Darling Birthday

 Hi All!  Boy, I don't know if you've missed me but I've missed you :)  Some changes in my world- like a promotion at work!- have kept me from getting too crafty lately but I finally managed to find the time to take a seat in my craft room and get some cards done...

Ever since I saw this image, Violet Vintage, for the first time by Krista over at Saturated Canary I've been absolutely dying to get my hands, and Copics, on her!  I'm so in love with her hair and those huge glasses on that cute little face that I decided to do the 'big head' look and have some real fun coloring.  I paired her up with some pretty soft papers from the MME Be Happy line and think it's the perfect compliment.  Because the card making was a little rusty I set out to find a sketch that could get me started and came across the beautiful one for the week over at Deconstructed Sketch which caught my eye with it's banner taking centerstage...I love me some banners lately, lol!  As usual I threw some of my favorite embellishments on there to balance it out and called it good.  And I was glad to find that the card making skills didn't completely disappear during my absence :)  Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R30, R21. BV31, BV34
Hair: E93, E95, E97, E99, E27, E29
Clothes & Headband: V12, V15, V17, BV29, BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges-
Deconstructed Sketch- Sketch
Fussy and Fancy- Anything Goes
By The Cute and Girly- Birthday
Totally Gorjuss- Bling It On

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzill; DP- My Minds Eye Be Happy; Bling Flourish- My Minds Eye; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Sentiment Sticker- Jillibean Soup

An Angel Named Snowflake

Hi All!  I hope that you are all making it through the stress the impending holiday can bring :)  I'm super excited because I don't take much time off at work but was able to get part of next week off so I'm not to stressed just yet- but knowing me no matter how much time off I have I'll still be up at midnight on Christmas Eve trying to finish up last minute gifts for my family.  I've determined that procrastination can actual help my creative process (or that's at least what I'm convincing myself of!).  I've got another Christmas card to share- I know, shocking right?!?  Ya'll are going to be really happy when I've blogged my way through most of these huh?  Well, between these needing to be mailed, and me using up a lot of my mojo with soooo many cards to make I kinda went clean and simple with a few and this just happens to be one of those.  Luckily the images from Saturated Canary, like this one called Christmas Angel, are so eye catching when they're all colored up that its easy to let them take center stage.  Pair the image with one of my favorite things about winter, snowflakes, and you really can't go wrong.  And even though it's one of the more simple cards I've ever done there's something about it that still appeals to me.  I hope the person that receives it feels the same way :)

Copics:
Skin- E000, E00, E11, R21, R30
Hair- E50, E51, E53, E33
Clothes- R20, R21, R22, R30, R43, BG0000, BG10, BG11, BG53, W0, W1
Ornaments- BV01, BV02, BV04, Y26, YR21, YR31, B32, B34, B39




I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges-
By the Cute and Girly- Let It Snow
My Sheri CRAFTS- Let It Snow
4 Crafty Chicks- Christmas Card
Charisma Cards- Last Minute Xmas Makes

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzil; Charms- snowflake- Michaels, Token- Tim Holtz; Flowers- Prima; Twine & Pearls- my stash