Analogous Holiday

Hi again! I am back with yet another Christmas card; I am having a lot of fun with all of the Christmas challenges this month. Did my title stump you? When I first saw the word 'Analogous' it sure stumped me! According to my friend Mynnette, "Analogous colors are colors that sit in a group of three right next to each other on the color wheel. We usually use these combinations when doing monochromatic artwork." Mynnette challenged us to do just that, in blues, for this week's Make My Monday challenge. I was able to do that and combine a few more challenges besides for today's card.

Here is my newest card:

Front View

Close up of Glamour Dust on wings & around ovals

Close up of tag with sentiment

Inside of card

 Challenges I am entering with this card:
Pile It On - #30 Tag, You're It
365 Cards - Day 146 Geometry (I used a square, oval & rectangle)
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Use Non-traditional Colours
Lollipop Crafts - #84 Christmas in July
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - #12 Tags
Addicted to Stamps - #35 Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - #50 1, 2, 3 Recipe (1 - image, 2 - designer papers, 3 - embellishments)
Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph Day - Make a festive card
Cardz TV - Challenge #12 Anything Goes
Always Playing With Paper/Merry Monday - Merry Monday Sketch With a Twist

 Make My Monday - Analogous Colours in Blues

Thanks so much for stopping by again today.

Hugs xo

Celebrate Hiking & Canoeing

Today I want to share a card for a guy that is both sporty and in the United States patriotic colours. I don't seem to get enough opportunity to make cards for guys so I am often in a brain freeze when planning them. I guess, maybe its because I just naturally prefer to create with flowers, ribbons and all things lacey. I don't know, lol. Once I had a bit of an idea of what I wanted to do, it all just sort of fell into place.

Here is my card:

Card Front

Inside of Card

Recipe:
Patterned Paper - CTMH "Fanfare"
Inks - CTMH Archival Black, Outdoor Denim & New England Ivy
Stamps - CTMH "Happy Camper", "Say It In Style" & "Curly Sentiments" stamp sets
Brads - CTMH
Water Colour Pencils & Blending Pen - CTMH
Card Base & White Cardstock - My Stash

For the image on my card, I again tried the masking technique with the "Happy Camper" stamp sets. It turned out much better this time and I had a lot of fun doing it. I coloured it all in with my water colour pencils then blended with my blending pen. I thought I would take a break from the Copics, for this card anyway, lol. I love using the blending pen because it blends the colours so the shading blends in and you don't see all of the pencil lines. Like the Copics, if you aren't happy with the result the first time, just keep blending and adding or removing colour.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Sporty and/or Patriotic
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC212 - Red, White & Blue
Pile It On #27 - For a Guy with a Sports Theme
Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge #48 - Color Challenge Red, White & Blue
Make My Monday - Colour Wheel Challenge Week 1 - Primary Colours

For this card, I used a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #41.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I am signing off as it is my fur-babies 6th birthday today. I have 2 Shih Tzus who are brother and sister from the same litter. Their names are Angel and Zeus and my hubby and I spoil them terribly. Every year I buy them a birthday cake from K-9 Delights Bakery. They specialize in all natural gourmet baking and treats for dogs; Angel and Zeus thoroughly enjoy the treats I buy for them from this fabulous bakery.

Thank you so much for popping by today.

Got to run, I have puppies to brush before hubby gets home and we have their birthday party.

Hugs xo

A Mother`s Day Card

I finally got another card made! Only 1 more left to make for a Mother and I will be ready for Sunday.

One of the challenges I chose to work with this week is Card Makin`Mamas Challenge 44 - Spring Photo Challenge. Their photo this week caught my attention immediately. Here it is:

This cake looks so yummy. The inspiration I took from this picture is the colours and flowers.

Sketchy Colours had a sketch challenge for us this week. Here is the sketch Marianne designed and gave us for inspiration:

Here is my card:

I just love my Sara Kay stamps and decided to use Zoe Gazing at the Butterfly as my image. I coloured her with the following Copics: B02, B06, B12, E31, E33, G02, R000, RV19, RV23, V12 and Y06. other than the copic paper for my image, all of the other paper is Hot Off the Press. The flowers are Prima and the ribbon is Offray. I used a doily again which is Wilton. I decided to try adding paper leaves with my flowers so I cut them out on my cricut using the Reminisce Accents cartridge and CTMH green cardstock. The gems in the centers of my flowers and up the right hand side of my card are from my stash as is the pink butterfly.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 44 - Spring Photo Challenge

Sketchy Colours - Sketchy Colors #116

Addicted To Stamps - mother's day (card for a woman)

Dream Valley -Challenge 31 - For a Special Lady

Paper Sundaes #119 - Mother's Day

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - May Challenge # 10 - Blossoms and Butterflies

Well folks, thats it for me tonight. Thank you so much for stopping by to have a peak at my newest card.

Hugs xo    

Happy Birthday

Addicted To Stamps is celebrating their 1st Birthday with a blog hop and a card challenge. Guess what their first challenge is.....cake (of course) and/or stitching. I did both on my card and the stitching was even done by hand. I am also entering this card in this week's Pile It On challenge which is Sparkle & Shine. The cupcake patterned paper is very glittery although it doesn't show up in the picture.

The Crazy Challenge and Card Makin Mamas both want to see "Girly" cards so I will enter this card in both of their challenges as well. This card is also being entered into 365 Cards Day 55 - On The Fringes challenge where you had to have atleast 4 different 'fringes' on your card that you made yourself. Aren't edge punches awesome! They help add such dimension to our creations. Lets not forget Simon Says Stamp where the challenge this week is Anything Goes.

Here is the front of my card:

The inside with a good close up of my stitching:

Here is the full view of my card. As you can see, it is another easel card lol.

As it has been a long day and the surgical site on my neck is giving me a lot of pain tonight, I will be back later to list the materials I used.

Thanks for stopping by :)
Hugs xo