A card for my BFF

Good Morning!  I hope you are all recovering from a fabulous weekend.  It was pretty quiet around here.  Just me and hubby and we definitely enjoyed it.  I have a card I made for my  BFF, Jocie.  I wanted to share and enter in a couple challenges before I pop it in the mail.  We've been missing each other alot lately and the phone calls just don't seem to cover the miles so I thought I'd send her a little reminder of how special she is to me.

I used most of this 12X12 paper on another card and kept cutting it to save this mannequin.  I knew I'd use it for something.  I sewed the pearl strip on to the top of the tulle and then attached it so you could still see the quality of the paper.  I hit a few of the beads (just the green ones) with glitter and made the pearl border at the bottom.  Jocie loves vintagey stuff and I know she'll love this one. 

Challenges Entered:

Clean and Simple - Sketch

7Kids College Fund - Challenge myself (first time sewing on a card)

Stamp-N-Doodle - Use a dress somewhere (I created one)

Crafty Purple Frog - Distressing

Have a great week!

Jen

Just Breathe.....

Brrrrrrr....... it's a whopping 24 degrees out at the moment.  How about you?  They say we don't have fall here in Tennessee and I think it's true.  You go from 90 degree weather to 40 practically overnight!  Crazy, so different from Washington state.

Today I have another one of the infamous Michelle Perkette's designs "Serena".  The challenge there this week is Under the Sea and what a better way to showcase her mermaids.  They're truly magical. I chose to follow the sketch at Magical Mondays and of course I'm entering it into Flutterbye too this week.

The coloring is with Prisma's.  The papers are from my swirlydoo's kits as well as the flowers.  I found that gorgeous butterfly at Hobby Lobby.   just think it adds a sweet touch to it.  I did highlight her hair and flowers just a touch with shimmerz.  My hand isn't real steady but hopefully it doesn't detract from the overall image.  I also added some pearl flat backed gems I got from Paola, thank you so much!  I love these.  Now I just need to find out where you got them.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a look.  If you want to enter my blog candy you can find the link in the upper corner.  Also, next month is my Big Birthday Candy so if you're not a follower you might want to think about it now.

Recipe:

Image - Michelle Perkett "Serena"

Paper - Webster Pages from my Swirlydoo Kit

Ribbon - from my stash

Butterfly - "Woodland Wonders" from Hobby Lobby

Embellishments - shimmerz, Prisma's, gems, Prima flowers,

Challenges Entering:

Michelle Perkett - Under the Sea

Flutterby Wednesday - Anything Goes

Magical Monday - Sketch
Crafty Purple Frog - Sparkle
Stamping for the weekend - sketch with a butterfly

Warm hugs to all!

Jen