Reading to the birds

Happy weekend :-)
Hope you have been enjoying it so far. I can't complain here, had some time to finish this card plus I finally cleaned the coils on the fridge, which was long overdue.

The other day I had some time to read a tutorial on merging digistamps and actually had time to try it too. Many thanks to Debbie from Debbie P's Place for sharing it!!

I decided to use two digistamps from MelJen's designs. Doesn't it look like this little mouse is reading the birds a story? So cute! Of course I decided not to overlap anything at this point to make it easier for me so I didn't have to erase anything on this one.

It's been colored using Derwent coloursoft pencils and baby oil. I used couture 80lb card stock which I got from "I heart papers". I have found out that this paper works beautifully with these pencils, I have been kind of disappointed in the results when using Georgia pacific card stock, so I won't be using it for coloring anymore.

Designer Paper is from my stash and then I used some bashful blue and old olive card stock. Embellished with some glitter, a tiny punched out flower and tiny pearl. Then I did some sewing with my Janome Mini. Sentiment is from a retired Stampin Up set.

I used the sketch from Everybody Art Challenge,
I am also entering it to

• Charisma Cardz Challenge (theme: things with tails),
• Dutch Dare (theme: anything goes),
• PaperPlay Challenges (theme: anything goes as well)

Thank you so much for visiting me today. Hope you liked the card!

Have a GREAT day,
Ellie.

DTC# 69 - Dazzle me

Happy Tuesday!

It's time for another challenge over at the Digital Tuesday Challenge blog. Our challenge theme, chosen by the lovely Maria, is

"Dazzle me"

We would love to see your glittery, sparkly or blingy creations!
You may use any company image as long as it's digital!

I decided to use a cute freebie by Meljen's Designs. I just love the big smile on this mouse's face!

Image has been coloured using Derwent coloursoft pencils blended with baby oil. I so much enjoy coloring with these pencils because I don't have to worry about ink bleeding over the lines anymore. And I just love the results. Who knows, I might be selling my copics soon unless hubby wants to keep them for his artwork.

Papers are from DCWV and stampin up. It's hard to see but the flowers on the designer paper are sparkly in real life. I embellished with some ribbon, rhinestones, glitter for the flower centers, and used a cuttlebug die for the flourish and some punches for my flower and scallops.

As always we have another great sponsor, Digital Delights is back this week and the winner gets a $10 gift certificate to their store. Lots of cuties to choose!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, hope you'll find some time to play along!

Have a great day!
Ellie.

Penny Black Poppies

Happy Monday!

Hope you've had a good start of the week. Mine's been great so far, spent most of the morning outside, then decided to make this simple card while the kids were drawing.

I already colored the image a few days ago using my Derwent coloursoft pencils and gamsol. The hedgie's face was colored with copic markers.

I kept this card very simple, I used a nestabilities labels 8 shape to cut out the sentiment. The butterfly was made with a martha stewart punch. It's pumpkin pie card stock and I sponged the edges with white craft ink. Adhered it with a tiny glue dot and added a couple of tiny pearls to the body. Stickles glitter was added to all of the butterflies and the flower centers.

My card fits the challenges at

• Create for Fun (theme: flowers),
• Stamp Simply (theme: 2 of someting -I used 2 pearls)
• Papertake weekly (theme: anything cute)
• The shabby tearoom (theme: garden)

That's it for today. Hope you liked my card. Be sure to check back tomorrow for a brand new digital tuesday challenge.

Have a great day,
Ellie.

Birthday celebrations

I completed this card on monday, I think, but just now had time to finally take a picture of it and post it. I have been so busy redecorating the house, sorting through lots and lots of stuff to take to the thrift store... it just never seems to end.

So here is my card, it uses a stamp from Whipper Snapper. What a fun stamp to color!!
I used my new derwent coloursoft pencils blended with gamsol. I actually ended up buying the whole set of 72 pencils because I love them soooo much and still had some birthday money left.

The body was actually stamped twice and popped up with dimensionals but it is hard to see in the picture. The nose and cookies are also popped up with dimensionals. Papers are brand new from My minds eye. Sentiment is from Stampin Up. I added a touch of glitter to the cookies, cherry and heart on the apron. Card base and mat is stampin up's kraft card stock.

I am off to do some more decluttering, and then hopefully I'll find some time later to create something.

Have a great day,
Ellie.