Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 370 - Ribbon & Lace

Wait. A Tuesday Throwdown challenge sponsored by Kitty Bee Design. Excited! What? The challenge is to use ribbon or lace? Thanks for catching me before I hit the floor... The mere mention of either makes me weak in the knees.

Luckily, Kitty Bee provided such a cute image to work with that my panic immediately subsided. Snow Penguin is the digital stamp I worked with, too cute for words and seeing that snowball took me back in time, to days of being so bundled it was hard to bend let alone walk or dodge snowballs.

I actually used 3 ribbons, yes I said 3. Here's a photo of what I used.

I know, hard to believe! 

First colored the image with Copics and while I know penguins don't need snowsuits, I colored as if he was wearing one. Successfully fought my urge to draw a zipper on the little guy. Ribbon was cut and pieced onto scarf (not an easy feat), flowers were trimmed off another ribbon and applied to the snowballs at the top and string ends of his hat. Glitter applied to the snowball. Cut him out and mounted to white card with a piece of designer paper as background.

Finishing touches are snowballs I made and stacked in a pile, a piece of chipboard colored with Copic, stamped with sentiment and a piece of ribbon knotted through the hole for mounting.

He makes me smile and I love the bright colors. What do you think?

Now that I've talked your ear off, it's time for you to check out Kitty Bee Design and join us at Tuesday Throwdown for challenge 370, ribbon and lace. I need the inspiration you provide 😀.

PIP Challenge 1748 November 27, MHK Designs

Turkey time is over and time for a new PIP challenge! Challenge 1748 and our sponsor is MHK Designs. Thanks Mynn!

I was provided Snow Babies to work with. I love the vintage style of this set and fashioned my card with that in mind.

Images were colored with Copics and fussy cut. I also printed the images on acetate which is trimmed down to fit the windows. I think the overlay helps the colors to pop. Card size is 9 x 4 and fits a standard business envelope. Thanks to my friend, Anne-Marie for the snowflakes. They are as lovely as the day I received them and the glitter is still holding after how many years!

Keeping it short and sweet so everyone can check out MHK Designs, the other PIP team's creativity and still have time to enter the PIP challenge.

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 369 So Very Thankful

Tuesday Throwdown time, challenge 369 and Sasayaki Glitter is our gracious sponsor. So very thankful is the theme and one I love to work with.

I've written in the past that I find something, no matter how small, every day to be thankful for. Good days it's easy peasy, bad days it might take a bit more effort. No matter what, it's always attainable and on those bad days, it's amazing how often it resets your outlook the rest of that day. With that in mind I created my card.

Dorrie is the digi I am using from Sasayaki Glitter and I love her simple, down home look. Her face is colored with Copics, rest of image in polychromo pencils. Semi fussy cut and mounted with Zot 3D glue dots on a purple card. Sentiment is two individual stamps, one on the left and one on the right of Dorrie for visual balance. Sweet, simple and true.

I am thankful to Sasayaki Glitter for sponsoring this challenge, the ladies at Tuesday Throwdown for letting me play with them and to those who stop to check my posts and leave their comment (I really do look forward to your thoughts.)

Please join us at Tuesday Throwdown this week with your ideas of So very thankful. I'd be thankful if you would check out Sasayaki Glitter where there are ample images to fuel your creative fire!


Parting thought: 
It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be thankful you have a glass and grateful there's something in it.

PIP Challenge 1746 November 13, Di's Digis

How was your weekend? Mine was filled with cold winds, a mix of snow, and freezing rain. Oh, and yesterday was my wedding anniversary - 41 years. I spent most of my day doing what I love, coloring because today is a new PIP challenge and this week's sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps.

I started with a Di's digi  printed off a while ago, for this post, using my polychromo pencils and Gamsol. I must have printed on a laser printer because I've learned the hard way, Gamsol lifts the toner enough it pollutes whatever color you are working with. Sadly, I had to toss the image and no computer to reprint.

Since a certain little man will be turning 6 the day before Thanksgiving, I picked He Is Loved from Sassy Cheryl out of my supply. Colored with polychromos and Gamsol in some of his favorite clothes colors. The number 6 was added to the bears hat using a gel pen. Background papers and image mounted to a chartreuse card. Happy Birthday sentiment stamped on a scrap of background paper and mounted slightly above the image with Zots Zip clear adhesive lines.

Time for me to stop flapping my fingers here because it's time for you to check out the PIP challenge blog and other DT members for inspiration. Why? Because I can't wait to see your entries! To make it easier, here's a link to The PIP challenge and to Di's Dig Stamps.