Liebster Blog Award

Hello to ALL my blog friends. I have received this awesome Blog Award from my very best friend Sara.  I am so proud to receive my very first blog award and couldn't be happier. Sara is not only my dear friend but has an outstanding style that you will all love. She is a very talented artist and teacher.  Thank you Sara so much for this award.

How it works is...

These awards give small bloggers with less than 200 followers some well deserved recognition for their creations. Here are the rules: * Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter(s) on your blog. *Link back to the blogger(s) who presented the award to you. *Copy and paste the blog award on your blog. *Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed. * Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog.

I have chosen to present this blog award to the following people:

Jackie

Challenge #20 "Spring Is In The Air Challenge"

Can you smell it? Spring is right around the corner. Here in New Mexico we get to celebrate the coming of Spring with WIND. It's a little early but we have been blessed already with days of 50+ mph wind. I think that the state just constantly moves itself from the west to the east. If the Easter Bunny ever decided to visit he had better carry some pretty heavy eggs with him!!! :0)


Our Sponsor for this challenge is the very talented and really great person, Rick St. Dennis! You can find his etsy store here. I fell in love with the Spring images and am going shopping for more. The prize, the Spring Digi sheet that we used to create all of our cards, and there will be two (2) winners!!!


So everyone, grab your Springtime image and join us for a fantastic and fun challenge. Go to Paper Creations Ink check all the Challenge details out and enter your beautiful creation with us.

 Outside of my card

 Inside of my card

Side View

I have a tendency to leave my cards pretty simple so I can add whatever I want before I send them out. I colored all these cuties with my copics, and the papers are digi from not sure where. The ribbon is from SU! I used a MS corner punch, along with Stickles for my little snails, oh ya some Crystal Effects for the ducks.

I had so much fun with these images and will be using them for all sorts of different cards. Love the ducks, oh and the snails are to die for :0) The flowers can be used for so many wonderful cards as well as the cats. I am so excited!!!!!

"Show Us Your Style Using Your Favorite Technique Challenge #19"

OK ladies and gentlemen I had such unique experience with this challenge. I have always wanted to learn how to use Perfect Pearls and all the video's made it look sooooo easy. Ok, Ok, for you painters and such it probably was, but for me, I didn't get what I wanted but still had fun learning something new and will definitely be using this more and more for a new favorite technique.  I wanted my fishies to be more pearlized but the glaze kinda took it away and you can't see it unless you tilt it waaayyy to the side ;0)

That being said, I can't wait to see what all of you use for your favorite technique. So come on over and show us at PCI your favorite technique and join in the challenge. Ike's Art is sponsoring this challenge and the prize is 5 digi's of your choice. So go to PCI's challenge blog and check out the rules and join us for a fantastic challenge.

Challenge #18 Easy as 1-2-3

Simply Betty Stamps is our sponsor and they are offering 2 digi's of choice from the ones used in this challenge by all the Paper Creation Inks Design Teams. 1 Image, 2 papers, and 3 embellishments. So go and check out PCI's blog, read the rules and then join us in the fun of creating

I've colored this cutie pie with copics and the DT papers are from my stash, and I've colored my digi with the following:

Hair - YR 23, Y23, E35

Dress - RV 13, 14, 17, 19, 69

Accessories - RV 10, 13, 14

Skin - E00, 01, 93

Shoes - C00, C01, RV10

Candies - V000, 01 04

RV 00, 02, 04

Y 00, 02

Cotton Candy Stickles

I pray that ya'll are having a fantastic month so far. Don't forget to give that special person in your life a hug and a squeeze. Some chocolate covered strawberries and Sparkling Cider wouldn't hurt either :0) Thanks for stopping by and saying howdy.  Love each and everyone of you.

 

Summer Lovin'

Summer Lovin' had me a blast, Summer Lovin' happened so fast. WOW, I know, it's only February but had a request for a robust woman card and this sweetie came right to mind. She is from McMahan 5 and can be found here. Who can resist that bikini? I went pretty simple with the card and everything I used is from my stashes from Michaels on the ribbons and hearts. Papers, heaven only knows, and I apologize for that, need to keep better track of things for ya'll.

Copics used are: 

C00, 2, 4, 5, 7

R 35, 37, 89

Y 00, 6, 13

Hope everyone is having a fantastic Year so far, I know I am. God has been blessing my family so much already.  I pray that all of you are using your talents that God has so richly blessed you with. Each and everyone of you is special made by His hands, not as an after thought but was thought of before anyone here on earth even knew about it. We were not rubber stamped out or made en masse, but each one, hand crafted by the Lord. WOW, that blows me out of the water :0) Like our cards and creations. We create each one, individually, no two are the same, but we put the same love and care into each one.

Have a fantastic day, week, month and year.  See everyone later on.

Challenge #17 "Love And Romance"

Love is in the air here at Paper Creations Ink. Smeared Ink has sponsored this wonderful challenge so come on over and join us for the "heart" felt challenge :0) If you like unusual and different things take a swagger on over to Smeared Ink and enjoy yourself. The prize for this challenge is.....a whole digi set from them. So come over Ladies and Gents and join in the fun.  See ya :0)

My little grumpy can be found here and it has some little buddies to go with it.

I colored it up with copics of course and embellished the card with Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers.

 V000, 00, 01, 12, 15, 17

Have fun creating and I can't wait to see all your great projects.

Challenge #16 "Die Cuts And/Or Punches

I pray everyone had a blessed and joyful Christmas and a very happy New Year. I can't believe how the time has flown and another year has passed. But, it's time to put the past behind us and look forward to another year that is just waiting for us to write on it's pages. What are you going to put on yours? Mine has things like better organization, working towards becoming debt free, expanding my crafting talents, living life as God would have me to do. Reaching out more to others and thinking less of my circumstances, having more friends and studying God's word daily....Wow, what a list, huh :0)

So to start the New Year off well, PCI is having a wonderful challenge that I know you all are going to love. Use your punches, die cuts and your favorite images and have some fun. One lucky person is going to win 4 digi's of their choice from Kenny K. How awesome is that?

Here is my take on Kenny K's image called "Scarlett West" and she is a girl after my own heart. What's not to love about her? She is sassy and packin' heat. I still have so much to learn in putting cards together and I look forward to seeing my work at the end of the year and pray there is much improvement.

My copics recipe is....

Boots, Hat & Jacket: B99,95,93

Hair: E19, 8, 7, 00

Gun: C 3, 5, 7, 00

Skin: E 000, 00, 93

Outfit: RV 10, 13, 14

R 89, 85, 83

Bag & Belt: E 35, 34, 31

I also used crystal effects on the glasses, some Silver Zig Zag and Stickles in Pink and Silver. The Butterfly sticker is from the Paper Studio, flourishes from Spellbinders Floral Flourishes, and the flower was made from Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die. The papers are all from my stash of leftovers.

So run, don't walk, get those dies and punches out to work and check out PCI's rules and get busy.