You're such a cutie

Hi y'all! 

Happy Saturday, hope all is well?! :) 

I'm swinging in today to share a card I made for the Stay Crafty with Hero Arts Challenge. Believe it or not, I have never played with an Hero Arts challenge! *gasp* (well, until now that is.) So for this challenge it's all about 'include a heart'. 

I don't have too many Hero Arts goodies, but I did order some things awhile back and haven't used them yet. So yeah, this is a good way to put them to use. :)  

Well, once again I reached for my colored pencils! I used markers on my last card (and I'm not saying I didn't like it) but I need way more practice with those...or perhaps I'm just more of a colored pencil type of gal?! ;) 

Anyhow, I colored my images and then after used the matching die with them. Once done, I added a touch of patterned paper for the background and then stamped on the sentiment before adding my colored die cuts to my card. To finish things off, for the 'include a heart' I added a yellow enamel heart on the one orange and then a touch of yellow enamel dots. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great weekend and see you soon! :) 

Hey gorgeous

Hi y'all! 

Hope all is well?!...I'm swinging in to share a card I made for the current PinkFresh Studio Challenge. For this challenge, it's all about 'a year in review' which I chose August 2020 for florals. :)

I wasn't really sure where this card was gonna go, I just started with coloring. lol I did use markers, which I think I need to practice more with them?!...It seems I've forgotten how to color with markers, I've been so used to colored pencils. The two are clearly different from one another. lol ;) 

Anyhow, once I had my image colored and die cut, I just started pulling out some more dies and whatnot and just went from there. Like I said, I had no idea where things were going. Thankfully, things seemed to come together. ;) 

Well, that's all for me today. I'd like to ask one extra thing from you...I'd love feedback about how my photo looks to you! I just updated my laptop and I'm working with a completely different screen from my old one, so it's a learning curve for me. lol It's different, but in a good way (at least I think so?!). I just want to hear what y'all see compared to what I'm seeing. (If that makes sense?! lol) :) Thanks so much! 

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Have a great day and see you soon! :) 

Happy 2021!!

Hi y'all! Happy 2021! :)

Hope the holidays were wonderful for everyone! 

This is my first post of 2021, so I changed up my blog header some and made a new watermark for myself. It's the little things, right?!...I thought things needed to be 'fresh' for the new year and I'm hoping it inspires me to blog more often. (Not just post my photos on social media.) :) 

So with that being said, here is my first card of the year! 

As usual, I kept things pretty straight forward and simple. ;) I pulled out some colored pencils to color in my image and then did some easy stenciling for my background. After, I stamped on a partial of a 'grid' image in light grey and then added a sentiment using black ink. Once done, I added everything to my card and topped things off with a touch of burlap twine and some clear drops. Simple, right?!...

I'm also entering this card into the current Taylored Expressions challenge on their FB page. (#TEMakerChallenge) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and week! :) 

Celebrate Love (last AJVD DT post)

 Hi y'all! Happy Friday!
Merry Christmas!! 

Somewhat a bitter sweet post, today. It was a tough decision for me but I decided to step down from being on the AJVD DT. Though, you may still see me around here and there guesting for them. ;) I want to give a BIG thank you to Bunny and Jillian for having me all these years!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! 

Now for my last DT card...

To get all the details about my card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. I would be so happy if you would leave a comment there, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon! Have a Happy New Year!! :) 

Happy Holidays

 Hi y'all! Happy Friday, hope all is well?! :) 

Today, I'm up on the Jillian Vance Design blog sharing this fun holiday card...

To get all the details about my card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. Also, I would be so happy if you would leave a comment there, too! :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon! 

Hello, bouquet of flowers

 Hi y'all! 

Happy Wednesday, hope all is well?!...

I'm slowly but surely still working on using my goodies that I have yet to use. Though, it seems to take me forever to even make one card! lol But to my defense, I was finishing up the last of some DT things, sooo...yeah. And I did finish up those things, so my new goal will be in 2021 to start back up blogging and sharing more on social media, etc. I would say 2020, but with this year almost done and all the holidays approaching, I think 2021 would be best. ;) 

Anyhow, here is the card I made this time. No challenges or anything, just for fun, using those 'new to me' goodies. 

I did pull out my colored pencils again and went to town coloring those flowers. It does take me awhile to color, so this took me about two days or something. lol I'm sure most can color everything in one day, but I'm not that fast/good. It's all about 'trails and errors' with me. lol ;) After coloring, I chose a cover plate that I haven't used in who knows how many ages?!...but at last, I used it! I didn't want to 'hide' my flowers too much (especially after all that coloring) so I just put a simple die cut 'hello' on top. I did a lot of mixing and matching but I think it all works together?... :) 

Well, that's all for me. For today, that is. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great rest of the week and see you soon! 

Frosty Snowman

 Hi y'all! Happy Friday! :)

Today, I'm up on the Jillian Vance Design blog sharing this fun card...

To get all the details about my card, be sure to swing on over to the AJVD blog. I would be so happy if you would leave a comment there, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon!