PIP Challenge 1812 Digital Delights

Did you ever have one of those weekends where everything you touch or plan just falls of the rails? Yup, my weekend in a nutshell. Is it pathetic that the highlight is looking forward to work on Monday? Bonus points for Monday - a new PIP challenge and favorite sponsor, Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Fair warning, there is a 50% off SALE happening right now so be sure to drop in and show your thanks for sponsoring this challenge!

I picked Bouquet Daisy to work with. She's colored with Copics and a tad bit of water coloring. Mounted to orange card stock which was mounted on a scrap background. Everything was attached to blue card stock after a scrap of light blue ribbon and some yellow flower gemstones were added, separating the image from the sentiment.

Apologies for the yellow-gray cast in photo. Just operator vs camera issues. Camera won... Maybe I will try at work and update photo or maybe I won't. Yup, it's been that kind of weekend.

Grousing finished, chores to get done so I can have time to shop Looby Loo's sale.  I'm going to set a timer as I am hoping to see a lot of entries for the $5.00 gift certificate to Digital Delights in the PIP challenge this week. It's anything goes!

Okay, sun is out (for now as rain in forecast tonight) and here is a somewhat better photo.

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 384 - Seeing Stars

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of stars makes me dream." Vincent Van Gogh

With that in mind, I made my card for this week's Tuesday Throwdown challenge. Our sponsor, Bugaboo Digi Stamps allowed me to pick the image for our theme: seeing stars. Love, love, love Jodie and her store!

I stepped out of my "snarky and/or cute" comfort zone once again and used Beautiful Fairy, which is exactly what it is. I flipped her to face the opposite direction and proceeded to color with Zig Clean Color watercolor markers, using blues and pinks. Side note, I really love the flesh marker in this set. Photo isn't the greatest at showing how wonderful the skin tone is and how easy it is to layer and pull with water for shadows and depth. Trimmed with a small border, mounted on a piece of DCWV paper, glueing her legs flat, 1 layer foam tape in the middle area and 2 layers (stacked) foam tape to the orb and wings, giving really nice dimension.  I used a corner punch that both rounded and  starred one corner, adding a scrap of watercoloring behind the stars to tie into the fairy colors. Everything is mounted on a white 5 x 7" card base. Sentiment is from The Angel Company (out of business) and stamped with Versa Mark Purple Hydrangea ink.

Did you fall in love with this image like I did? Seriously, do yourself a favor and check out Bugaboo's store, she has something for every style, occasion and budget. Don't forget to star gaze the Design Team works and enter your creations for "seeing stars" at Tuesday Throwdown, where everyone is a star!

PIP Challenge 1810 Di's Digi Stamps

Welcome to my world and a happy Monday to all! Time to play along with the Design Team at Pammie's Inky Pinkies aka PIP. It's anything goes so get creative and enter for a chance to win a $12.00 gift certificate from our sponsor Di's Digi Stamps. Yes, $12.00! You can get an awful lot of cuteness with that.

Speaking of cuteness, I used her DIY Pup for my card. Only a dollar and so versatile! He's colored with Prismacolor pencils and a touch of Copics. All colors are given below. The background panel was made during craft time with the little man. We used some Ken Oliver Color Burst and a spray bottle of water. Red and blue acrylic paints were mixed with Diamond Glaze and applied to create the messy look. No sentiment as I feel this could be used for several different occasions such as happy birthday, thinking of you, congratulations...

What do you think?

The challenge has been issued and Di's Digi Stamps has cuteness at great bargains to help you get started.

Material list: Prismacolor #1083 Putty Beige, #1094 Sandbar Brown. Ken Oliver Color Burst Cerulean Blue, Gamboge (yellow), and Cadmium Scarlet. Copic #R00 Pinkish White.

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 382 - Real Life Heroes

Today's challenge at Tuesday Throwdown is Real Life Heroes. Our sponsor, MyGrafico supplied the design team with images from the Superhero set. Fair warning, they have lots of images and papers to pick from if you search for superhero, both boys and girls, so allow appropriate shopping time. Then double that and cruise the whole store!

My superhero is colored with Copics and a bit of crystal lacquer was painted over the visor. Once again I didn't plan things out so was super excited when I found a sheet of thought bubble paper in my stash AND it worked with the colors used. Pulled words from various stamp sets I felt appropriately encouraging and randomly filled in those bubbles.

My inspiration is a certain little man who is the superhero in my life. He's over come so many obstacles in his life so far and still exudes joy and curiosity every day. I pray that never changes.

To quote the Beast, "Oh my stars and garters" it's time for me to go and time for you super heroes to shop, create and enter the challenge!