My Besties Big Head Freckle Girl w/bow

I know i am crazy..i am really liking this technique of enlarging digi images and cropping them...  I can't do that to all images, they have to be just right to make it work.

I thought i would take this image to another level and paper pieced the bow and raised it like 3D decoupage.

So here is my card using Image 221:

I rotated her in Photoshop and then cropped her.  I also shaded the paper pieced bow w/copics.

Another view showing the dimension:

Copics used:
skin- YR000, 00, E02
hair- E71, 74, 77, 79
eye- BG11, 13
shading on bow- W5, 7 , CB

Challenges:
Stitch N Stash- Sketch  New stash is the yellow flowers..old stash is the butterfly punches/and the paper i used.
Fairy Tale challenges- Butterfly
Outlawz- Alcohol markers/ Keep Calm and Craft On
As You Like it Challenge- Stitching Faux or Real (i prefer real..i just like sewing it's my favorite craft)..I hope you can see my stitching..i made two lines..around the brown outer layer and on the inside yellow layer..and i used pink thread :)
Crafty Little Fairies Challenge- Button up
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge- Anything Goes

Whooo's too cute??? Sami Stamps- Snowflake Feathers Owl that's whooo....

When i saw the new Sami Stamps  Winter Owls release, i was in LOVE.  I instantly knew i wanted to use Snowflake Feathers for my card. 

The challenge this month at Sami Stamps Challenge blog is to use one of Sami's Stamps and to use the color red or green.

Please come and play, we'd love to see what you can create.  Don't forget, Sami always offers a freebie so anyone can play along!

I am so excited about this image that i made two cards..this one is a very detailed card, the other card, i will share in another post next week:

Guess, what, the owl is totally paper pieced other than the eyes and beak.  The branch is colored too.

Dies used:
Ha, should i say too many to list..  ok, i will be nice, just in case anyone is actually reading this...
the very background is a Joy Craft Square frame die, the corner snowflakes are a Martha Steward punch, allof the other snowflakes are one set of 4 from Your Next Stamp..really worth the money..i've used them so much they've "paid" for themselves.

Copics used:
Eyes- YG01
beak- 100
branch- W1, 3, 5
leaf- E41, 43
owl shading- W1, 3, R35
background E81

Here is the entire release, how could you pick just one? I know i say that every time..but it's true!

 Challenges:
Challenges and Candies-Winter Magic
Craft All Day- Challenge #1/Winter
Ladybug Crafts- Christmas/Winter

Lulu- Chinese Crested Dog paper pieced Card

At first when i saw this image, i thought, i am not sure i like this dog...and then i made her and fell in LOVE.  Not only that, but this image brings back memories of a stuffed animal my daugher had in the 80's...anyone remember the dog, "Poochie"...she loved that dog and i just found out that is why she named our dog we had in the 80's, "Poochie", i should've known!

Lulu is a brand new digital image released today, June 17th, found at Digital My World and is a series of dog images being released this summer. If you want to see what the design team is doing with these images check out the Digital My World blog.

What i did:
I printed this image about 5" tall and folded the paper over at the ears...it made a sideways fold but once it's cut out it will stand up great...if you want to display it.  I then printed the image on 2 different pattern papers and cut out the sections i wanted to make this card.  i added googly eyes and colored in some sections with my copic markers. 
Copics used:
N0, C3, C5