Good Morning or rather afternoon, I guess it is now. It's been a busy week at the McLaughlin household and not much crafting got done. Last night I sat down and did some coloring. I've tried to focus more on techniques lately with my Prisma's. I found a great tutorial over at my friend
Dorcas' site for coloring clouds. I've also been working on the coloring challenges Zoe is doing over at
Make It Colorful. Last week was to focus on shading, which is my biggest hurdle. If you're in the same boat you might try out some of their tutorials. The thing I have to remember is it takes practice so don't get frustrated if the first couple aren't just right. I've got some great DT projects I'm working on this weekend that will give plenty of practice.
So onto todays card. This is the adorable "
Wonder" by the most talented Mo at
Mo's Digital Pencil Two. What an artist! I love everything she does. Mo's had a sketch for us to follow this week. This is the first time I've colored her and thought she would be great for some spring colors. I'm working on coloring hair too. It's better, but still has some work to go. I've paired her with some papers by Pebbles. I just love those little flowers. I used my EK Success punch to make the border at the bottom. I added a scrap of ribbon from my stash and some flat back pearls from
Pizzazz Aplenty(love that store!!!!)
To finish off my card I took a scrap of cardstock and built my embellishment. I started off with two leaves, twisting the stem around my paintbrush then adding a beautiful yellow rose. I love those little ribbon scraps they just add so much and that butterfly was perfect for a spring sentiment which is also from
Pizzazz Aplenty.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy your weekend wherever you are and whatever you are doing!
Challenges Entered:
Simon Says - Make your own embellishment (flower cluster)
NEW RELEASE at DZ Doodles!!
There are 6 of these adorable NEW cupid's!!! These are available for purchase today as a single image or all grouped together here. You should have arrived from the DZ Doodle blog, if not head back over there and read up on the details.
I hope you'll take a few minutes and hop through our DT. Make sure you leave some love along the way so you'll qualify for the giveaway. Then head over to our store and pick up one of these cuties to play in the upcoming challenge on Thursday! Or if you're really on the ball check out the easter cuties and get a head start on your easter cards!
Challenges entered:
Phew....that's ALOT for me! Have a great week and hopefully fingers crossed I'll still have my MOJO tomorrow!
Big hugs - Ms. Jen
***Please accept my apologies. The weather knocked out our internet yesterday. So this is a few hours late***
What's the Buzz Blog Hop and Image Release at
DZ DoodlesWhat's Buzzing through DZ Doodles today??? It's 6 adorable NEW bee's!!! These are available for purchase today as a single image or all grouped together
here. You should have arrived here from the wonderfully talented
Joyce's blog. If not you can head back to the beginning and start at the Doodle Blog.
So who's ready for a little fun! Let's buzz on out and visit each of the DZ Doodles design team and play a little blog hop game. What we want you to do is visit each blog (list at the bottom of this post). You are going to comment on each blog and collect a letter from each blog to spell out the "secret word". Then your going to go back to DZ Doodles Blog at the end and comment what the secret word is from the letters you collected from each blog...if your word is correct you will be entered to win 3 free images of your choice from our Buzzing Bee collection release! Sound fun?!?! Let's get started!!!
I've used "Doodle Bee" for my image. Isn't he just the cutest??? He was so fun to color and pair up with my papers and embellies. I hope you enjoy him too.
I am finishing off the secret word with my cutey patutey "E"! Now head over to the
blog and leave your comment with the secret word here.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!
Challenges entered:
It's raining, It's pouring, the Old Man is............You get the picture. We really needed some rain though so I'm not complaining. It's Seattle rain, reminds me of home.
I saw this image at
Digi Doodle and I knew I had to color it. It's called "Hobo Prayer". It reminds me that there people out there less fortunate than myself. No matter how bad things seem there is always someone who has it worse. I hope you'll take the time to remember those less fortunate during the holiday season. And remember we are all God's children!
Recipe:
Paper - TLC Thanksgiving pack
Flowers - Prima
Embellishments - Prisma Pencils, Ribbonfrom stash, buttons from hubby's old work shirt, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Challenges entered:
May God bless you and yours!
Jen
Good Morning and a Happy Sunday to ya! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day and thanking the Lord for all their many blessings. In today's economy so many of us are struggling and facing hardships. It's important to stop and look around you for all the many blessings that we may overlook. One blessing we are having is that our garden is still producing, belive it or not. I canned over 10 cases of salsa, tomatoe juice, and tomatoe sauce this summer. I thought I was done, but our vines are crawling with tomatoes AGAIN! Our peppers are still going strong even with 35 degree weather last week. We have made our own pepper mixes and smoked chipotle peppers. We've been able to share tons of fruit and vegetables with coworkers and friends that needed it. One small blessing for us meant blessings for others too. Take a minute and leave me a comment for what your blessed with today!
I have a
Karen's Doodles image today "
Scarecrow Girl". I've used her before but she's so fun to color and I wanted to try her out in blues this time. I continued the pattern on the inside and added a tag that reads "Thanksgiving Wishes". My papers are from DCWV and the flowers are miscellaneous Prima. I distressed all the edges with blue to continue the flow. I know it's not contemporary Thanksgiving colors but I really like it nonetheless.
May each of you be blessed in some small way today!
Jen
Challenges Entered:
Karen's Doodles - Distressing
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Simon Says - Thanksgiving
Wildflower Patch - Twine
Stampin for the Weekend - Halloween or Thanksgiving
Penny's Paper Crafty - So long as it flies (my little birdie flies)
Good afternoon! I've been so busy with the kids and my big card order this week I haven't had alot of time to add to my blog. Today I have two great images from
Sugar Creek Hollow. The pumpkin is "
Swirly Punkin Head" and the spider is "
Swirly Spider". They have some fantastic images over there. I printed out my spider on cardstock then cut it out and ran it through my Xyron twice. After I ran it through I added black glitter. Because it had that extra bit of glue on the edges it gave it a bit of a hairy look to the spider which I love. I colored my punkin with Prismas and added Green Glitter Gel pen to the swirls. My stamps smudged so I just went with it. The main cardstock is cuttlebugged and I added a piece of ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I've been trying out a few new challenges to meet new people and get a feel for some different artists. As a general rule I don't usually enter more than 3 challenges at a time because I like to dedicate my cards to those challenges and I don't feel I can do that with tons of entries. Let me know if you have a favorite too!
Hope you like it!
Jen
Challenges entered:
Sugar Creek Hollow: Sketch
Paper Playtime: Mostly Orange
The Shabby Tea Room: Pumpkins
Simon Says - Halloween or fall
Paper Romance - Halloween or fall
Here's my second post for today. This image is "
Acorns" and it's from the
Digi Doodle Shop. It's that time of year when the trees start changing and the temperature drops and we can smell that wonderful fall aroma. We're FINALLY experiencing some cooler weather. We haven't been over 80 in the last couple days and it's been so nice.
I colored it with my Prisma's. The design paper is from my Swirlydoo kit. I embossed the cardstock with some vines and added some green ribbon to match the leaves. Then I cut some leaves to add to my Prisma petals and finished it off with some green gems. I really loved this sketch. It was very easy to do and I love the finished look of it.
Now for my
BIG news! I was accepted on the
Hodge Podge Design Team! My first design team EVER! I'm so excited. I know the work of several of the other DT's as well and you are in for a treat. The challenges are starting on October 7th
here. Pop over and get some images so you're ready to play! Here's the
shop. I've been working on some cards, but you'll have to wait to see them! He He He
Thanks!
Jen
Challenges entered:
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