Sew Many Challenges #12 DT Card

Hello everyone! It's Friday and it's time for a new challenge at Sew Many Challenges. This week...Anything Goes! Don't you all just love to be able to decide what you want to make! I know I do. Here is what I came up with:

I was trying to come up with a little something different this week...and, I think I did. I chose 'Girl with Heart' as my image this week. Isn't she sweet...You can get her here at Sew Many Cards. I'm not really sure what to call this, it's just something I made up, I guess.

Here is the card opened. The two pieces are held together by a brad so you can just turn the top to the side to see the sentiment. I liked the idea of giving this card to a child and writing something special for them inside. I know kids like to hold onto things...especially cute pictures, so I added a ribbon on the back so it could be hung and used as a decoration on the wall or door. This card is hanging in the first picture...neat idea, I thought.

Here is a close-up of this cute little girl.

My Recipe:

DP is Daisy Bucket 'Playful Petals'

Cardstock is DCWV

Image on Neenah classic crest solar white #80 paper

Copics:

Skin: E53,51,50, then all over with E000 to add a little pink

Dress: R35,32,&20

B00,02,05

YG03,06,09

The heart was embossed with pink embossing powder.

Well, I think that's all my info. Make sure you check and see what the rest of the DT has for you. The sponsor this week is KLM Designs and this weeks winner will receive 3 free digis....you want a shot at those, don't you. The challenge ends next Thursday the 29th, so get your thinking caps on and head on over to Sew Many Challenges and enter for your chance to win!

Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing YOUR creations!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Challenges:

HFOS: Use Up That Stock

Pile It On: Spring

My First Tilda

My first Tilda! It only took all day, but, I finally got more and better pics up for you to see.

Tilda has been sitting on my desk all colored up for at least a couple of weeks now and I don't know why I chose to color her dress green, but, I did. I think I had just gotten these colors and thought...Hey, that could be cute. Well, I think I was right about the cute, but I sure had a heck of a time finding the right paper and more so, embellishments, to go with her.

I'm still not sure I'm on board with the blue embellies, but there's a little bit of blue in the Basic Gray paper, so, I thought I'd go with it. What do you think, does it work?

The green cardstock is Bazzill. The cutouts were all done on my Cricut using the Storybook, Plantin Schoolbook, and Once Upon a Princess cartridges. The embossing was done with a cuttlebug...my newest toy...it's about time I got one. The punch is MS, flowers are Bobunny, and ribbon is from my stash.

Here is a close -up of Tilda

I used a new skin color combo on Tilda and I wasn't sure about it at first, but I think it's growing on me. I used E53,51,&50(darkest to lightest) then all over with E000 to add a little pink. Her cheeks were done with R20. Her dress is YG67, G24, &12 (darkest to lightest). Tilda's shoes were done with E49,29,37,&13; I used the same colors on her hair except for E49 and I added a little E33.

Last but not least, this is what it looks like when opened. Well, I think that's all the info I've got.

Oh', I almost forgot, and since were on the subject of Tilda, I wanted to give a big Thank You to the very kind and generous Suzanne Dean! I have won some awesome blog candy from her...Tilda with Spring bundle and a lovely pack of SEI paper!!! I can't believe I forgot to mention it on my blog earlier this week. Anywho, Suzanne was one of the first few people I started following and I just love her stuff! Suzanne is UBER crafty and full of helpful tips too. If you've never checked out her site go here...you won't be disappointed! Thanks bunches Suzanne!

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

~Autumn

Challenges:

Just Magnolia: Sketch
Pixie Dust Studio: #19 Tag It!
Fab 'N' Funky Challenges: Get it all out
Kaboodle Doodles: Embossing
Our Creative Corner: Butterflies
Simon Says: Things with Wings
The Creative Cottage: Going Green

A funny story... I was sitting here, uploading some more pics and my 4 year old comes over to me and says, "mom, please will you help me to draw Rintoo, HoHo, Tolie, Lulu, and Kai-lan." Apparently he thinks I can do anything, lol. So, since he asked so nicely I decide to give it a shot and considering I've got enough talent to copy pretty much anything I can look at they didn't turn out too bad. Anyway, I gave it to him and he brings back Lulu and say's, "Hey, she's supposed to have a balloon", well, she didn't have one in the pic I copied, but that didn't matter to him...now, she has a balloon. Aren't kids funny! Well, I just thought that was kind of funny and thought I'd share. My little Alex, makes me laugh daily....why would anyone not want kids!!! Also, I've posted some new pics. These are professional-type, as I am not a professional, of my kids. Take a peek if your curious...even if it's just wondering what my kids look like, lol.

Just Magnolia's First Birthday

Just got done going thru the Just Magnolia Birthday Blog Hop and it was amazing! There's still some time and some awesome candy up for grabs, so be sure you check it out! Click the blinkie to get there!

Sew Many Cards: Eris With Flower

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today, I have the adorable 'Eris with Flower' to show you. You can get this cute little Elephant at Sew Many Cards.

This isn't actually the card I had in mind for Eris...I was gonna follow a sketch, but I was going thru my paper and just putting Eris on top of some papers and fell in love with this look. I love how it looks like she's sitting on a bed of flowers and leaves. My Eris, here, is kind of big, so that meant I couldn't follow the sketch and had to do my own thing. Unfortunately , this made my card take a little longer as I never want to enter just ONE contest so, I had to search around for more. Don't you just hate it when nothing seems to match your card! O'well, I think the end result here is cute and I've got a couple to enter so I'll just have to live with that.

Anyway, on to the card. I've colored Eris with my copics...love those things, and put her on the Bobunny 'persuasion' line paper. The plain card stock is from a DCWV stack. I've put a random pearl, colored with copics, in the center of the flower. The buttons are from Bobunny and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Well, I guess that's about it. The card is pretty simple, but cute and alas, I'm not so good with lots of stuff on my cards anyways.

Don't forget, there is still time to enter the 'Sketch with a Mother's theme' going on at Sew Many Challenges and the prize for that is three free digi's from Sunshine Stamps!

Last but not least, my copics:

C: 1,3,5,7

R81

RV: 00,02,04

B: 000,02

YG: 06,09

Y35

100

Challenges:

Meljen's Designs: 3D Elements

Paper Sundaes: Anything but people

My photos

In case anybody is interested I've decided to share some of my pictures with you. I dabble in photography and have gotten some pretty good shots over the years. Today, I figured out how to make another page within my blog and have posted a few pics if you would like to look at them. There will be a link on my right sidebar that says My Photos and the different categories will be listed below it. I will probably have several different categories to make it easier to view but please bare with me as this is a learning process and I'm sure to make several mistakes in getting this all done. I will be adding new pics periodically so make sure you check back. I'm sure all be doing a lot more in the coming days and then will taper off a bit, but for now if you want a peek at things that are coming go ahead and take a look. Feel free to leave me any comments or tips if you know anything about photography. I am self taught in this field and I'm open to construcitve critisism. Hope you are all having a great day, now I gotta get LOADS of laundry done!

Lexi's Creations Challenge #12: Recipe 3,2,1

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend!

It's challenge day at Lexi's Creations and today Lexi has a great recipe for you:

3 papers, 2 embellishments, and 1 image.

The sponsor for this challenge is the Stamping Boutique and the winner gets to chose 5 free images...how great is that! The Stamping Boutique has a great variety of images so be sure to stop by there and see what you could win.

I made my easel card with the adorable image 'Lillie With Tulips' ...Isn't she just the cutest! You can find Lillie and much more at Lexi's shop, Lexi's Doodles.

Here are some more shots of my card:

For my card I used patterened papers from Sandylion "Lollia" collection that I've had for ages...It doesn't show that well in the pic, but the colors are actually very bright lime green and teal...The blue cardstock is from Canson...also had that for a while...so, that's 3 papers.

My two embellishments are my bright yellow gingham ribbon, that I got from Hobby Lobby, and my pearls, also cheapies from Hobby Lobby, that I colored with my copics to match...I so love this technique! Then, of course, my adorable image 'Lillie With Tulips' by the uber talented Lexi.

The punch I used is MS and sentiment cut-out was done on my cricut with the Mother's Day cartridge. The sentiment is from the TGF buddies stamp set.

I was thinking I didn't use THAT many copics so I didn't take a pic...turns out it's more than I thought so now I gotta list them all out for you, sorry this makes it a little bit longer.

Copics:

Y:000, 02, 11, 35, 38

YR: 04, 68

YG:03, 06, 09

RV:00, 02, 04

The yellow 35 & 38 are on the orangier side and were used with the oranges for the bill and feet.

Well, I think that's about it remember Lexi's challengs are bi-weekly and start on Monday's.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have enjoyed my card and enter the contest.

Feel free to leave me any questions or comments, your feedback is always appreciated!

Have a great day!

Autumn

Challenges:

Wild Flower Patch: #10 3 punches & bold colors

I used the MS border punch twice and a cricut cut-out

Handfull of Stamps: #24 You're Special to Me

Stampin' for the Weekend: Ribbons and Bows

Stamp Something: Layers

Cute Card Thursday: Touchy Feely