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Showing posts with label Raise The Bar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raise The Bar. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

It's Spring!

Hmmm, not sure what happened but I've been in a bit of a funk since the weekend.  The hubby even commented that I need to "relax" and that I seem "high strung".  Funny...I feel high strung!  2 weeks with no Pepsi and I'm exhausted all the time...but I'm not giving in.  Then last night, the little one climbed into our bed at 2 am and started talking nonsense, then told us that "When Martina goes to heaven we'll have to get her a gift." Martina is our daycare provider...yikes!  Okay, boohoo me, onto the good stuff.

To make this card, I went in search of challenges...I just have not been feeling the inspiration.  I found a whole bunch that I could work with, and this is the result.
The paper is from an old K & Company Matte Stack but the image is brand new, first time inked!  Lily Butterfly arrived on my doorstep a few weeks back, but she's been neglected.  With all the talk of spring, I wanted to make something bright and cheery.    I hope you like it.

My card qualifies for the following challenges:
All Sorts Challenge Blog - Spring is in the Air
Raise the Bar - Fuits of Labour
S2G Challenges - Spring/Pastels

I've been trying to gather and take a picture of the copics I use when I colour an image...so much easier than listing them.  So, here are the copics that I used for this image...you'll see that I'm trying to label all my Ciao's so they are easier to find.  I still used the computer for a couple of them.

Stamps:  Pink Cat Studio Lily Butterfly
Paper:  K & Co, CTMH Clover Leaf, Bubblegum
Ink:  Copic Markers, Memento Black
Accessories:  Bella Dots, Prima Flowers, Misc. Button

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Happy Birthday

I made this card with the Just Magnolia Week 44 in mind, which was to make a birthday card.  It seems like I have a lot of birthdays in the coming weeks, so I'm making a few extra to have on hand.  This Tilda was inked up months ago, I just had to fnish her hair and shoes (how weird is that, colour an image except hair and shoes?)  I grabbed my CTMH Key To My Heart paper pack and went to work with OCC Sketch for Feb 27th. 
All in all, the card came together fairly quickly and after I was finished I realized that I also qualified for the Raise The Bar Challenge which is to use things in groups of 3. 

Today's funny kid story:  The little one who is 4 1/2 has finally decided that she is going to drink cold milk and so I told her that it was good for her bones and muscles.  That caused both kids to start showing off their muscles and flexing their arms.  The big kid flexed quite nicely and I commented that she had nice biceps and she replied "No Mom, I have girl-ceps!"  LOL!   Kids say the craziest things.

Stamps:  Magnolia Dalecarlia Coat Tilda, Stamping Bella Happy Birthday Sentiment
Paper:  CTMH Key To My Heart Collection, Juniper, Tulip, Creme Brulee
Ink:  Copic Markers, Memento Rhubarb
Accessories:  Misc. Buttons, Prima Flowers, Little Yellow Bicycle Brads