hunka hunka burnin' love!!!!

Hi everyone! Sure hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a very busy day today as not only was it Mother's Day here in the US, but it was also my hubby's birthday! Well, I just HAD to make him a card using this fabulous Stong Man image from Mo Manning over at Digital Pencil Too. And I'm sooooo excited cause I actually found a tutorial on how to merget two images together in Photoshop Elements! I was so excited as I've been looking for a simple tutorial for forever on how to do this. Here's a link to it in case you've been on the same quest. It truly is a wonderful, easy tutorial to follow.  So along with Strong Man, I used Mo's image Smooch!  I kept this card extremely simple as I wanted the images to say it all. I only added a couple tickets from Whimsy for the sentiment.

I love these two images as a couple!!!! When my hubby opened the card, he even gave me this pose and look! LMBO!!!! The images are colored with Copic Markers,  R22, 24, 27, and 29. The skin is E11, 01, and 00. Her hair are E20's, and his hair is YR21 with a touch of E33.  I was thinking after I colored her outfit all red that it's actually supposed to be a top along with a skirt. But I guess it looks ok colored like a dress. LOL!  I used a Martha Stewart PAP for the top and sides and left the bottom part alone. The cardstock is Bazzill and the DP are from Inque Boutique. That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon!   Hugs!

Paper Smooches by Kim Hughes

Hi everybody and happy Friday Eve! I am a huge Kim Hughes fan, and I'm so excited as she is producing stamps for her very own shop called Paper Smooches! Isn't that the cutest name?!! This adorable birdie is from her set called Birthday Buddies. Love it!  I colored it with Copic markers to match the papers which are from an old DCWV stack called Sweet.

The birdhouse was cut with my Gypsy and Expression using the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge which you can get for  a mere 19.99 over at Hallmark Scrapbook right now!!!  I have been puchasing from them since I bought my Cricut years ago, and you will NOT find better service anywhere! And I'm not being paid or compensated to say that either. Try them, I promise you will love them!  All the cardstock is Bazzill and the May Arts silk ribbon is from Stamp and Create.

The birdie was cut out with circle and petite scalloped Nesties, and both it and the birdhouse are popped up with dimensional tape for lots of dimension. That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Have a great day! Hugs!

Wags 'n Whiskers - Birthday card challenge!!

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge from Wags 'n Whiskers, and this week the new challenge is from me! So with today being my birthday, I chose the challenge of making a birthday card. I made this little lovely for my wonderful Mom-in-law whose birthday is Sept 13th. I used this beautiful image called Angel Whispers. I truly love this image and she's so versatile and could be used for anything! She's colored with Copic markers and then cut out with round Nestabilities. The beautiful butterfly is a Marianne D die that is available at Nikki's shop Bunny Zoe's Crafts! These dies are soooo beautiful!! I love them!! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the gorgeous ribbon is May Arts silk ribbon available at Lacey's shop Stamp and Create! The paper is digital from Bearly Mine. We'd love it if you would join us in the challenge over at Wags 'n Whiskers, but remember to win, you must use a Wags 'n Whiskers image!  Also please be sure to visit all my Diva sisters to see their fabulous creations and don't forget to leave them some love!

Chris, Tracy, Michele, Karen, Angelique, Tina, Jeanette, Debbie, Melanie, Louise, Crystal, Emma, Kristen, Vicky, Lacey, and Nikki

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Wags N Whiskers challenge #5 distressing

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a fabulous week! I can't believe how quickly time is flying! Santa will be here before I know it, and I still have so much to do! How am I ever going to get it all done?! Oh dear! I'm sure there are many of you that are feeling the same way. I guess we'll make it through. We always do, right? It's time for a new challenge over at Wags N Whiskers Challenge Blog! The challenge this week was chosen by the talented Danielle, and it was to use distressing. Now I love to use ink for definition in my work, but I very rarely distress. So this was a good challenge for me. I used a lot more chalk ink than normal, and grabbed my scissors and really roughed up the edges of the DP. I used this adorable stamp called Ride 'em Ryan. He's available right now over at Wags N Whiskers. Isn't he the cutest??? This birthday card is for my little Grandson, JJ. I can't believe he's going to be six at the end of January!

I stamped the image in Memento ink onto Cryogenic white cardstock and colored it with my Copics. Sorry - no pic this time of the markers used. I did this card in segments and just had to put them away in between so I could color other images. The embellies were all cut with the Cricut Expression using my brand new Gypsy! Oh how I love my new Gypsy! The sherrif's badge was cut from A Child's Year, the circle from Plantin Schoolbook, and the stars are from George. And I didn't have to dig out a single cartridge. How cool is that??!!! That awesome cowboy boot charm is just perfect for this stamp, and I received it from Lacey at Stamp and Create! I love it! And it's double sided unlike a lot of charms. So no matter which way it hangs, it looks great! The DP is old, I got it almost two years ago over in Sacramento. It's by Fancy Pants. The twine I wrapped around the card is from PTI. Oh, and the Happy Birthday is computer generated. That's it for this card. Please head over to play with us at Wags N Whiskers challenge blog. If you use a Wags N Whiskers stamp and link your card to the challenge, you could win a free stamp!! If you don't have any WnW stamps yet, then do yourself a favor and head over HERE to get some. You're going to love them!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and sure hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!