A Bold BRIGHT Card!

Well, I didn't get the stamping time that I so desired this week, but I was able to pull off a 2-day card!

It took me two days!

Day 1) I stamped and colored the image (C.C. Designs) in a moment of need... (the need for coloring therapy) yesterday. I used my new Koh-i-Noor pencils to color the image. (Many thanks for those!! ; ) I LOVE the weight of these pencils, the slick feel, the intense color, and the easy blending ability! As with any other coloring medium though....these will take practice! They blend differently than my prismacolor pencils.......I definitely need to work on the pinks! That was all I got done Wednesday, stamp....color.....that was it!

Day 2) On Thursday, I used my rectangle Nestabilities to cut the main image out, matted it on Green Galore (sponged a bit with Wild Wasabi...cuz that was the only green already out and I was too lazy to find the GG ink) and matted that on black. I used two black pens to create the dotted outline, then I used dug out my word window punch and made the three tabs, adhered them, punched them, brad'ed them (is that a word?), and "popped" it on top of the Prima Paper Dude patterned paper (sponged with a bit of Versamagic Black) all on top of a whole card of Green Galore!! Since my word window punch was already out on the table, I used it to make tiny notches in the edge of the card to hold the ribbon in place, slapped the ribbon on....and rubbed the rub-on on.....and there ya be! My two-day card! I'm actually quite pleased with it!

Look Ma! No Pink!

Yeah! I got to do another sketch challenge (Splitcoast Sketch Challent SC172)....and it is ON TIME! I don't know that I've ever made a card with these colors before...it feels very much like the 70s...avacado and and burnt orange, but it could totally be a boy card, which I'm not too good at! I have such a hard time NOT using Pink! I know I love the C.C. Designs Its My Birthday Set, and I LOVE-LOVE the rub-on stitches! I'm getting much better at applying them and I think I need to order more so save some for me!! I have never done the circles behind the brads, but I had to use my Big-Bite Cropodile to punch the holes and the holes were just a bit big and left the brads sliding a little bit, so I used the circles and I likie those too! I give this sketch an A+.

Happy Saturday!

Today was a beautiful day! I believe it was at least 70 at my house....beautiful....a much needed dose of sun! I spent the morning at a track meet for my daughter and the afternoon cleaning the garage and getting a few other things done around the house.

Last night I finally got to stamp! I needed some young fun birthday cards and being in the mood for summer, I picked some fun papers and stamps. I also decided to give the newest release of Sheet Load of Cards a try! This was my first time using something like this and I think I like it! I kept everything very simple; perhaps next time I will add more embellishments and be a bit more creative. Some of them don't have any sentiments, but I still might add them later.

I think the Sheet Load is a great idea and I will definitely do it again, especially when I want to make a set of matching cards! I received my new set of C.C. Designs Its My Birthday this week and I was so excited to use it! This is my first C.C. Designs set and I'm in LOVE! I was soo impressed with the quality of the rubber and I LOVE the thin EZ mount! This is the coolest stuff! I think I want everything mounted on this stuff! The images stamp beautifully and I'm so impressed with the quality and you can't beat the price, and definitely not the shipping at All That Scraps! This monkey is probably the cutest one ever and it was so easy to color! I used a paper piercer to poke the holes for him to hold the birthday sign. I think this is a cat....not 100% sure, but whatever it is......it sure is cute! I glitterfied the presents and the cupcake because I'm not very good at detail coloring....and glitter covers up a lot of mistakes!

This cute little girl image is from The Angel Company Girlz & Boyz set. I think the kidz in this set are really cute and fun to color!
This cute little beach guy is a retired TAC stamp set. The DP is Doodlebug Sunny Doodles. (My friend Janette used Daisy Doodle and I thought it was super cute...so I found Sunny Doodles..it is just as cute!)
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I know I am! Tonight I think I will get a few hours to play....and Basic Grey Sugared is calling my name! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!