Sherri Baldy's My Besties Woodland Greeting!

I love making Woodland type cards, because Fairies are one of my youngest daughter's favorite thing.  Her love for fairies began when we lived in Wales, UK for 3 yrs.  Now she has a room with fairies on the wall and part of the decorations..most of the items we purchased when we lived in Wales.

Anyway, one of the challenges i am doing is offering this image at a discounted rate and with the current sale going on at My Besties Etsy you can get this image for $1..not too many digi's out there for such a bargain...oh but wait it's even better if you use this digi on a card for the My Bestie's UK challenge you will also get another free image just for using the discounted image.  Not bad, i'd say..two images for the price of $1.  For your discounted digi click here.

Here is the image that is discounted..and BTW i "erased/masked" the eyes on the mushroom...just like you would when using a rubber stamp, except i did it in a program.
This is a horizontal slider card.  I am on a roll with making these because they make the image just pop (no pun intended) even more.  This is the slider "open".

This is what the card looks like from the front and the slider closed:

Copics used:
skin- YR000, 00, E02
hair- Y13, 15, 19
wings- YG00, 01, watercolor pencil/pink
shirt- R81, 83, 85
grass- YG03
eyes- B04
mushroom top- R35, 37, 39
base- E50, 51, 53

Glitter used:
stickles/diamond (wings)
Extreme glitter paint (on mushroom top)

Embossing folder- Sizzix leaves

Dies used:
Noor/Joy Craft- leaves
heart flourish? (maybe Doo Hickey)
mat behind image?
charm from Spoilt Rotten Beads/UK


Side view of slider and another view of when it is folded flat:

 special sale code

Challenges:
My Besties UK- Anything goes w/sparkle/ special image
My Besties Aussie- Dry Embossing/Die cut

Happy Birthday to my friend, Sher! Sherri Baldy's My Bestie's featuring Mother's Pearls, Daddy's shoes.

I am a bit late at making this card for my friend Sher.  I just met her this year and found she lives close to me when i am up in Michigan.  She always has the time to listen and encourage me when i am working on the My Bestie teams.  Truly a wonderful new friend. 

I am a day early at completing this card for Sher but a day late at sending it out to her.  Her birthday is tomorrow.. June 21!

For this card i am using a die from Paper Trey..they have a vertical slider die that works perfect for this card design.  The image i am using is called Mother's Pearls, Daddy Shoes and can be found here.  

I decided because i spent most of today working on this for Sher, that i would enter it in a few challenges (here is the card with the slider pulled open):

Here is the card closed (left) and on the right is the side of the card so you can see the construction, you can also see the embellishment butterfly digi i used from Sami Stamps found here:

Here is the card so you can see it folds flat:

Copics Used:
skin- YR000, 00, E02
hair/shoes- W5, 7 (Water color pencil black)
eyes- E25
hat/dress- R0000, 81, 83, 85
bow/skirt layer- R20, 22, 24
second skirt layer- E00, E04
balloon- Y11, 13, 15, 19
leaves- YG03
skirt lace- W1, 3



Challenges:
My Besties Dutch Girls- Twine/charm (i have a tiny bit of twine in the bottom left corner with the charm)

My Besties Norwegian Designs - Charm/punch

Sami Stamps featuring Butterfly 1

Every two weeks i look forward to the new release that  Sami Stamps  creates.  This time the release is called Butterflies!

The current challenge at Sami's Stamps is to use a Sami Stamp and to use Stripes. 
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!  To go to the Sami Stamps challenge click here.

I love this sweet whimsical image called Butterfly 1:

What i did to achieve this look.. i printed off the butterfly large and then i printed off a bit smaller.  When i did the purple butterfly, i printed it off twice and colored it twice and then layered it with a foam dot.

I used watercolor pencils for these butterflies and Extreme Glitter paint/hologram.

Dies used:
The white lace border is from Marianne Designs
The floral flourish is from Memory Box

I also used an embossing folder in the background and cotton string to form wreath circles.


Here is the fun new release, Butterflies:

Want to see some more inspiration using these images?  You can check out my team mates blogs featuring them as well.

• Anat (tshupile)
• Audrey (Hippieaud)
• Bettina L
• Emily L
• Grandma Bonnie
• Jenee Todd
• Julie Gleeson

Challenges:

My Besties 3D Deco (decoupage) Pink Mermaid window card

This week at My Besties 3-D Deco Challenge blog we have another great challenge for you!

The theme is to make a shaped card with your 3-D My Besties card/project. 

To participate in our challenges go here:

All we ask is that your My-Bestie Image has 3 or more layers, making it raised up from the surface of your Card/Project and to follow the challenge theme.

For this project i am using the 3D sheet with the image i am calling Pink Mermaid found at Sherri Baldy's My Besties store here.  I have used a shaped window card, that i made up using some Marianne Designs dies.

This picture from the side shows the dimension and the 3D layers of the image:

This card can lay flat for mailing also:

 Dies i used:

Fiskars- banner punch
the rest of the dies are all Marianne Designs

I have made a quick video showing how i made this card:

You should also check out my 3-D Deco team mates awesome designs..the links are below:

Julie Team Leader
Angela
Miranda
Deidre
Bonnie (me)

Challenges:

Digital Delights featuring Pelican Set!

This is a set of digis at Digital Delights called Pelican Set..you get several digis in this set.  I've used the Pelican and the wooden posts.  This is great a for a masculine birthday and an image that works great for Father's Day (for next year)

Here is the card i made for the Digital Delights Blog:

Dies used on this card are:

Circle dies from Lifestyle Crafts
border die from Doo Hickey

Copics used:

Pelican:
W1, 3, 5, C0, 1, 3, B60 CB
belly/bottom- YR0000, 21, Y21
beak/feet- YR00, 04, 12, 23

wood posts:
W1, 3, 5
gold bands- E97, Y28, YR21, 24
rope-E41, 43
water- BG10, 11, 13

Please, please check out the other cards/projects my team mates made at the Digital Delights blog or you can check out the Digital Delights challenge blog and win some great prizes!

Challenges: 
 PDE Linky Party- Beach/Ocean

 

Sherri Baldy's My Besties Paper Doll Dresser Card

Some time ago, i saved this cute dresser card (step card) with an adorable image of a little girl and i've wanted to make this card ever since i saw it.

Since that time i have come across another adorable Paper doll image from Sherri Baldy and thought, "oh, how perfect this would be"!  To find the paper doll image click here.

Now here's the deal.. i didn't print off the extra clothing..in fact for some reason i didn't even down load it to my computer..and found out about the extra clothing AFTER i made the this card.  LOL.  Now i can make another one with different clothing.

Here is what i created:

 

Here is a side view:

Have you ever made a side step card before?  This one is fairly easy..and you can make two bases out of one 8.5" x 11" piece of paper.  Here are the instructions i used to make this one.

Now to make it my "own", i found a great Memory Box die called Victorian Frame set #98535 to make into the mirror and i used foil for the mirror part.  I also added some Wild Orchid flowers, hand strung some pearl beads onto wire for a necklace..added embellishments i had cut out and saved in my stash (butterflies/paper flowers).

Copics used
paper doll:
skin- E50, 51, 53, E02
hair- Y11, 21, YR23
lips- R35
eyes- B02
blue- BG15, 11
under garments- R81, 83, 85
shoes- W1, 3

dress:
Y20, 21, YR23, BG11, 13, 15, R81, 83, 85, YG03
Gelly Roll- white

Challenges:
Scrapbook Stamp Society- Anything Goes
My Besties Friendship- Flowers
Clear it out Challenge- Anything goes w/stash item (used punched out pieces i've saved)
Everybody Art Challenge- Pearls (see pearl necklace hanging on mirror)
Inky Chicks-  Special shape card no rectangles/squares

Tuesday Morning Sketches featuring Doodle Pantry and Summer Song Birdie

For this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, our sponsor is Doodle Pantry!


Here is my card, using Doodle Pantry's Song Birdie(s) please come and join us at Tuesday Morning Sketches for this challenge:

Isn't this just the cutest image.  There were 3 birdies singing together and i chose to use just one so i could make the image larger on the card. 

Dies used:
Lea bilities- Circle flourish
Marianne Designs- card border edge
Doo Hickey- lace border
Memory Box- clouds



Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch this week:

Copics used:
bird- C0, 1, 3, 5, E00, 02
beaks/feet- YR12, 16, 000
duck inner tube- Y11, 13, 15, 19
flower-RV21, 25, YG01, 03, 17
post- W1, 3, 5
rope- E41, 42





For more inspiration don't forget to visit the rest of team's creations:

Angela

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenee

Jessi 

Kris

Melissa

Challenges: 
PDE Linky Party- Beach/Ocean
Artistic Inspirations- Anything Goes/Summer Fun
My Craft Spot- Fancy Edges