High Hopes Challenge #25

I don't know if this is even "legal", but I found this image while perusing the Internet looking for Sarah Kay images. She is soooo cute, she needs to be a stamp, don't you think? She made an adorable card. I've done several images, and if you think it shouldn't be used, please, please let me know! Don't want to do anything I shouldn't! I promise not to sell her!

The card: I really liked the sketch challenge. I used Copics to "enhance/color" the image (part of it is grayscale, part ready to color). I used FlowerSoft on the flowers in the foreground. I cut her out with Nestabilities Ovals and matted with Scallops. I put three Kaiser Craft Bliss pearls on the bottom left, and Prima flowers with tiny Bliss pearls in the centers. I tried to cut out leaves with my Cricut from "Walk in My Garden" but they seem a little large for the flowers. It has three main layers, counting the image. Pretty simple, but great image!

Let me know if this is "illegal"! Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

High Hopes Challenge #24

This card is for High Hopes Challenge #24. I don't have any High Hopes stamps, so I used this cute image. I'll be back with the company...In Style Stamps. The challenge was to create borders. I used a Fiskers border punch, punching a single punch on each side of the card. I ran it through Cuttlebug's swiss dots embossing folder. I ran a ribbon (I've been wanting to use this ribbon... isn't it just gorgeous!) by BasicBasic from top to bottom, attached a bow at the bottom. I used the flowers from the cut out on the borders on each corner of the image. The image and mat are cut with Nestabilities regular rectangles and scallops. The image is colored with Copics: Y02, Y06 and Y11; BG10, 11, & 13, R11, YR02, E33, E35, C3 and C5, and G21. The card base is GA Pacific and the lilac and blue are DCWV.

Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Just hangin' out!

I have a hard time yet creating my own layouts :-( so I still use challenge sketches to help me out. This card was made for the High Hopes Sketch Challenge #17 and I combined it with the very first Copics challenge!

I usually go by the sketch first then choose a stamp (is that backward???), but this time I selected my stamp and colored it with Copics. The colors for the challenge were:
B28 - Royal Blue
V06 - Lavender
YR07 - Cadmium Orange

I used:
B24 - Sky
BV31 - Pale Lavender
YR07 - Cadmium Orange

I also used: YR04: Chrome Orange; B32: Pale Blue; RV13 Tender Pink; YG06: Yellowish Green; G09: Veronese Green; W3: Warm Gray #3; W5 Warm Gray #5

I found cardstock that matched fairly closely to my image. I layered the main background, ending up with blue on top; orange for the second layer, and topped it off with blue and a shade of lavender with the image on top of that. I used an orange ribbon and a bow on the image, a blue gingham ribbon behind the image, and a lavender gingham ribbon at the bottom left of the card. I used denim 1/2 pearls from Kaiser in the upper left corner of the card. The phrase is computer generated.

This was a fun card to make, and a fun sketch to follow.

Thanks a bunch for lookin' and have a blessed week!