Magnolia Forever goes BLUE...

Welcome to Magnolia Forever Challenge reminder for the,  " Blue Challenge"

Please join us and enter your card/project here.

Today i would like to share my card/project using "Tilda w/Heart Scarf"

Dies used:
Frame is from Sue Wilson
Snowflakes from Noor/Joy Craft

Copics used:
skin- YR20, 21, 24
cheeks- RV21, 23
hat/scarf- R21, 23, 25
dress/boots- B000, 00, 02, 04
hair- N4, 6, C7

Let is Snow sentiment is from Lili of the Valley

Please come and view the team's beautiful cards/projects here.  

Challenges: 
Deep Ocean- Winter Dreams
Scrap Creations- Favorite embellishment (snowflakes and gem centers) 
Papertake Weekly- Get in Shape (3 shapes, rectangle, circle, square, snowflakes) 

 

Sherri Baldy's My Besties International Snowflake challenge #2

Our challenge at My Besties International Challenge blog has been going on since Monday.

The challenge at the My Besties International Challenge Blog is to "Use Snowflakes". 

I can't wait to see what you create, so that i can view it on the blog!

To join this My Besties International challenge please click here! *Remember you must use a My Besties image when you create your project. :) 


Here is my card using  img380

More details:
I created this card over the holidays in advance so i went with a card that was a bit more simple.  I distressed the edges and added Frantage embossing powders.

Dies used:
Large die is from DooHickey limited additon dies vol.2
The aqua and blue medium dies are from Your Next Stamp
The white and smaller snowflakes are punches.

Copics used:
skin- YR20, 21, 24
lips- RV29
hair- Y21.23, 32
dress/aqua- BG10, 11, 13
scarf/stripes- B32, 34, 39
bird- R20, 22, 24, YR65
white/shadow- C1, 3, 5, 7, CB

Please visit my team mates blogs and see what lovely things they have created too!

Annette
Gudrun
Bonnie (that's me)
Julie-Anne
Julie P
Lisbeth
Lorraine
Marion
Natalie

Challenges:
Holly Jolly Christmas- Lots of Sparkle
Just Inspirational- Sparkle
Card Mania Challenge- Make it Sparkle
 

Coloring with Kid's crayons and My Besties Friends Aboard image part 2

I thought i'd do a step by step on my blog..i do have an album on Facebook with the step by step as well posted to My Besties Designs.

So here we go, i will be coloring up My Besties img Friends Aboard found here.
This card is a slider card, not an easel card.

Step by Step kid's crayon coloring..step one-
Because you can't really "blend" what you put down first stays the other "builds" up on top with not much color..so plan to put down your darkest first (in most cases) Wax on top of wax doesn't blend well. A bit of shadow here.

step 2..
Cheeks, skin and eye color. Darker crayons show up better.

step 3
Hair color..don't you like that.."Fuzzy Wuzzy".. LOL Should go on the bear!

 
step 4
Adding the magenta and hot magenta to the trim on the outfit and the hot magenta to the cheeks for the bear, dog and moon.

step 5
Some shadow for the outfit and moon..

step 6
moon colors..

 step 7
bear colors... brown eyes for the bear and the dog.

step 8
Dog colors

 step 9
Boat Colors

step 10
Waves and ribbon mast colors

 step 11
Sail colors

 step 12- Last step. Finished colored image.

Challenges:
Cosmic Colours- Color Palette








                                                                                                                                                     

Coloring with Kid's Crayola Crayons and My Besties images part one

Recently there was a challenge at Kit and Clowder asking their viewers to use kid's crayons to color an image.   I have always loved to color and i thought i am going to give this a try.  I colored up two images and instantly put them into cards.

The first card i colored was with My Besties image Brittnay.  I chose to use a standard cardstock to color this image.

Here is the card from this crayon colored image:

Next i colored up another My Besties image called Helping Hands.  I thought i made the mistake of coloring on x-press it paper..but i am not so sure..it does have a slick surface..but it allowed me to slightly scrap back the wax build up with my fingernail.

And my finished card.

These are super fun to do and i hope i have encouraged you to give it a try.

I have made a step by step coloring image/card in my next post. 

Challenges:

Sami Stamps new Release Floral Brides

Every 1st, 3rd and 5th week of the month,  i look forward to the new release that  Sami Stamps  creates.  This time the release is called Floral Brides!

The challenge at Sami's Stamps is to use a Sami Stamp and a touch of glitter! 
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, Rose Bride:

I have used vellum for my image and put it in the window to give it a lighted affect.
Because the window is vellum i added a flap inside the card to write the sentiment/message on.  Here is a look at it:

Dies used:
Frame is from Cheery Lynn
Heart flourish is from Doo Hickey
Tiny flowers from Memory Box.

Copics used:
skin- YR00, YR24
hair- Y19

I did some Pergamano on the flower bouquet. It is where you put pressure with a tool w/ a ball point on the back side of the vellum and it turns it white.

Here is the fun new release:

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

• Anna
• Audrey (Hippieaud)
• Emily L
• Grandma Bonnie
• Jenee Todd
• Julie Gleeson
  Kathy
  Mei
  Ruza 

Challenges:

Lots of Love with Miss Fancy Pants Bestie.

I have made this card because i had colored up this image some time ago and a friend challenged me to get this one done today. :)

Sherri Baldy has created an entire line of images called My Besties Fancy Pants..and this is one of them..she is so darling..looks like she is skipping.. One of my granddaughter's favorite thing to do being 5 going on 6. :) The link to this image is here.

I have used several dies on this card. 
white flourish - Marianne Designs
Corner and lace border- Cheery Lynn
Oval and scallop oval- LifeStyle Crafts

Copics
Skin- YR000, 00, R20
hair- E25, 29
hat/dress- W3, 5, 7 (GellyRoll pen- Clear Star)
red socks/stripes- R35, 37, 39
flowers- RV21, 23, Y19

Come visit me on Facebook at My Besties Designs here.

Challenges:
Sketchy Colors- Sketch
Dazzling Diva Challenge- Red, Pink, White

A new name and a fun new challenge! My Besties Pretty Pre-colored Printables!

For the next two weeks at My Besties PPP Challenge blog we have another great challenge for you!

** Note our new name**  PPP = Pretty Pre-colored Printables

The challenge theme is- Anything Goes with a Printable!

To participate in our My Besties PPP challenges go here:

For this project i am using a My Besties tag sheet called Clever Chole Maison Jar Tags found at Sherri Baldy's My Besties Etsy store here .

When i cut out this tag, i added a slit at the top to add the foliage die. I also added some Magic Mod Podge and some glitter when the Mod Podge was wet. This gives a "jar" shiny look.

Side look at this card:

These sheets are fun and easy to use!  They are all pre-colored for you, all you do is print out your sheets, this set comes with 6 tags all on a sheet.  You can reduce or enlarge these images for your use.

Dies i used:

The large pink snowflake is Spellbinders
The white snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch
The tiny snowflakes are a punch.
Winter word die is from Noor/Joy Craft

You should also check out my PPP  team mates awesome designs..the links are below:

Julie Team Leader
Andrea N.
Andrea
Annette
Deirdre
Luana
Tonnie
Bonnie (me)

Challenges: