Sweet 16

Hi All!  Sorry for being a little MIA- I decided that I didn't want to feel any sort of stress or obligation during my little mini vaca from work so I did a TON of coloring and some crafting but just didn't pick up the laptop to blog it.  Oh well, just means I've got some back stock of stuff to blog right?  Well, this little cutie of a card was a special request from someone at work- she has two daughters that are celebrating milestone birthdays this month- one is turning 16 and the other is turning 18 (don't worry you'll see that card too, lol).  I've gotta say this was one of the most fun cards that's ever been requested!  She'd already told me that she wanted me to use this image from Saturated Canary after she saw a pic of my Beach Babe card, which I was more than happy to comply with because I love coloring this one up :)  Then she told me her daughters favorite swimsuit is black with gold details so I colored the swim suit to match with my Copics and gold Spica pen.  The best part of all was that her daughter loves bright florescent colors like pink, blue and green so I really got to play with some funky colors and push the envelope a little which is not normally something I get to do when I make custom cards- the papers do look a little brighter in person than how they turned out in the pics, I never can figure out how that happens, lol.  Overall, looking at the finished product, I'm pretty sure my 16 year old self would have loved to get a card like this so I sure do hope she likes it- and that it helps give mom a little bit of 'cool' status for thinking of doing something special for this very special birthday!

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30, R21, BV34
Hair: E50, E51, E53, YR31, E33, E37
Clothes: T3, T5, T7, Gold Spica
Bag/Accessories: RV23, RV25, RV29, E71, E74, E79, BG18, BG53, YG03, G20, T5

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion- Blast from the Past: #113 Chevrons
Paper Pretties- Birthday Card
Addicted to Stamps- Lots of Bling
The Squirrel and The Fox- Anything Goes


Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzill; DP- Echo Park Everyday Eclectic; Felt Flower Die Cut Sticker- KaiserCraft; Bling- Recollections; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Metal Heart- Tim Holtz; Metal 'C'/Sweet sticker/Canvas Number Stickers- my stash

Love

Hi All!  I've got another quick baby card to share with you- I swear there must be something in the water :)  This was a card order but I was pretty much given total freedom as long as I used the color palette of grey, yellow and coral which sounded like a winning combo to me!  I instantly thought of this gorgeous grey patterned paper from Pink Paislee- I think it's from the Soiree line- I bought a few sheets of it when I saw it the for the first time because I loved the pattern and shade of grey so much...a perfect neutral.  Then I grabbed a couple of different sheets from different MME lines for the yellow and coral patterned paper.  When I set them all down together they seemed to be the perfect match :)  I knew that I had some baby cards coming up so I snagged this image from Saturated Canary called New Baby the last time I was shopping and colored her up with my Copics to match.  I'm sure you can't tell from my blog but I'm a little obsessed with Krista's images- they are perfect for so many different things and I just LOVE coloring them!  To finish the card off I added some bling (shocking I know but I think it's kinda becoming my thing, lol), a shimmery doily from Martha Stewart, some flowers and a gorgeous wooden ticket from Prima.  Then it looked like it was missing a little something on the left so I tucked some pins tied together with bakers twine in there and decided it was good to go.  I've gotta say this color combo is definitely a favorite and will probably be popping up here again fairly soon :)  Hope you all enjoy- thanks so much for stopping by!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E33, E37
Clothes: W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, YR30, YR31, Y35
Baby: E50, E51, E97, R30, R20, R22, R02, W5

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
No Matter Which Challenge- Anything Goes
Paper Pretties- Anything Goes
Paper Makeup Stamps- 3,2,1- 3 Design Papers, 2 Pins, 1 Image
Critter Sketch Challenge- Use A Digi

Supplies- Cardstock- American Crafts, Bassill; DP- Pink Paislee, MME; Flowers & Tag- Prima; Bling- Recollections; Doily- Martha Stewart; Twine- The Twinery; Pins- Heidi Grace

Keep Calm...

Hi All!  I've just got a quick little card to share tonight...I've got a super sweet blogging friend Jill (you MUST go check out her blog if you don't already know her- I promise you won't be disappointed!) who started using these awesome stamps from Mayzy Art Stamps and I just knew that I had to go buy some of them- a girl can never have to many cute stamps right?  So after putting a few in my cart (okay, lets be serious, after filling my cart, lol) with some images that I just couldn't live without I was itching to get my Copics in my hands and have a go...let me just say I had so much fun coloring these stamps!  This cutie is called School Time Hailey and I love everything from her braided pigtails to that adorable book bag- plus she can totally rock the school uniform look which is not easy to do :)  I colored her up to match a couple of random design papers that fit the whole 'school' look and then kind of just winged it for the rest of the card, lol!  I didn't really have a sentiment in mind necessarily so I was just pawing through some of the new stuff I've picked up and came across this label sticker from Jillibean Soup that could not have gone better with the theme of the card- although in the pictures it doesn't look like it matches very well but in real life the orange is way more toned down and the Ask Mom part matches the color of her book bag perfectly.  Plus, I like how it's got a little bit of humor to it :)  Well, I hope you like my offering this evening- thank you so much for stopping by to pay me a visit!

Copics:
Skin- E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30, R21, BV34
Hair- E21, E23, E25, E47, E49
Clothes- E40, E41, E42, E43, E47, W0, W3, BG72, BG75, BG78
Book Bag- G20, G24, G29, R83, R56, R59


I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
One Stitch At a Time- Use a digi
Paper Pretties- Use two or more patterned papers
Sweet 'n Sassy- Use flags/banners

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzill; DP- Creative Imaginations, MME; Chipboard Stickers- Fancy Pants; Paint Rub-on- MME Dee's Designs; Sentiment Sticker- Jillibean Soup; Twine- my stash