Color Challenge #41

Wow, it is already December! I wanted to do a color combo that felt cozy and I wanted to use Sorbet. It's one of my favorite colors and I have yet to really utilize it. To play use at least 3 of the colors and send me a link to your artwork so I can post it here. Have fun with the combo!

Sorbet

Crystal Blue

Twilight

Creme Brulee

Sparkle's Gorgeous MFT Christmas Card
Jenn's Darling Partybella Card
Marcia's Adorable Penelope with Presents Card
Jena's Lovely Butterfly Birthday Card
Kelly Jo's Awesome You're a Star Card


My Sample:

Supplies: Gratitude, Spot on Backgrounds, and Cottage Floral Stamp Sets, Chipboard Letters, Sorbet Ribbon, Fresh Cuts Chipboard, Twilight brads, and Cardstock all by CTMH; Big Brads by American Crafts; H and E Chipboard Letters by Rusty Pickle

I wanted to do something other than a card this time around and just wasn't feeling in the mood to make a layout. I don't often make fun things like this but I thought, why not? lol The blues and yellow match my MILs furnishings so this will probably be gifted to her ^_~ I want to make one for me now though, hehehe. The squares are simple 4x4. This was actually really easy to make and was inspired by the big hanging in the fall keynotes. Here are some close ups to show more detail:

It's got a bit of dimension:

Even though the crystal blue came out funny in this picture (my lighting in that corner is not too good), this picture really shows the fun dimension in this project. It also shows the ribbon's color a little better, it came out super bright with the flash, lol. Anyway, I want to thank all of you that have been playing in the color challenges with me! It keeps me motivated to continue to host them :D Hope you enjoy the colors and have a fantastic Monday!

Darling Tilda

Supplies: Euphoria Patter paper by Basic Grey; Cardstock, buttons, brad, Sentiment from Say it in Style Stamp set from CTMH; Flowers by Prima; Crayola and RoseArt Colored Pencils; Odorless Mineral Spirits with blending stumps; White gel pen by sakura

Sparkle had RAKed me a few weeks ago with some absolutely darling Tilda images. They are the ones I have been saving to color in using the Gamsol Magic Technique that I have been practicing the past couple days. I have done some strokes and blending on cardstock aside from the two cards I made just to kind of see how the gamsol affects the different pressures you use with coloring pencils as well. I love the softer look of the pencils and thought it would work beautifully with these darlings! Anyway here is my first one :D I think she is just too cute! Thanks for stopping by! Have a lovely Sunday!

More Gamsol Magic Practice

Supplies: Teapot Daisies by Stampingbella; Pattern Paper by My Minds Eye; CS by Bazzil; Ribbon, Brads, Say it in Style stamp set by CTMH; Crayola and Roseart Colored Pencils; Odorless Paint Thinner

Another card I made to practice a little more with the Gamsol Magic Technique. I messed up less on this one, though I'm not sure if my own changes in the way I colored made much of a difference or if they even made it easier for me. You are supposed to do each shade separate(starting from lightest then to darkest) and blend before adding the next layer. In this one I added all of my colors first and then blended them all at once to see if it changed it at all. I'm still experimenting a little with it. Either way I think I do well enough to play with the images I've been wanting to use this technique on ^_~ They are RAK images so I wanted to make sure I did okay before using them up.

So now that Thanksgiving is pretty much over, what do you miss about your Thanksgivings while growing up? When I was little we used to go to the huge family get together that my mom's side has on that Saturday. She's the 10th out of 11 kids, but two of the brothers are still in the Philippines. Anyway, most of my aunts and uncles have big families and everyone always brought tons of food. There was always so much Filipino food (I miss it and I am not good at cooking it, lol) so I definitely miss having that. I also miss being a part of such a huge gathering. I can't stand crowds and don't care for big parties, but when I think back to when I was ages 7-11, I really loved having so many cousins to hang out with in a overly stuffed house, lol! Anyway, I hope everyone had a safe and fun Black Friday! Have a fun lazy Saturday (or maybe a busy one wrapping up all those gifts ^_~)!!

Bella Color Challenge #56 with a Twist!

Hope has been doing the color challenges on the bella forums with a twist, and it has been a lot of fun for me to try and get both the challenge and the twist in my cards :D This week the colors are Tulip, Buttercup, and Orange and the twist was to color in your image using a medium you don't normally use.

Supplies: Poppy Bitty Bloom by Stampingbella; some CS, Buttons, Sentiment from Treasure Life and background flowers from With Love stamp sets by CTMH; some CS by Bazzil; Ribbon by P Inc.; Colored pencils by RoseArt and Crayola; Odorless Paint Thinner

Well since I had just barely gotten some odorless mineral spirits I thought this was great opportunity for me to immediately dive in and try out the Gamsol Magic technique! I think I did alright for my first time. I messed up a ton, but nobody needs to know where except me, lol! I am putting up Christmas decor with my girls and niece since she is in town and I am watching her while her dad is at work. And I'm not the least bit disappointed to not go out in that shopping craze today!!! It's been raining here the past couple days and people drive NUTS here when it rains. Add black Friday to that and I am glad I was planning to stay home anyway, lol!! Whatever your plans, have a great crazy black Friday!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

My card for the #56 Bella Sketch Challenge on the SCS forums. Uses My Minds Eye papers, Clickabella, and sentiment, cardstock, and embellies from CTMH

I hope all my US sisters have a great Thanksgiving today! And the rest of my blogging sisters around the world have wonderful day as well! Since it is Thanksgiving I wanted to thank all of you for being a part of my life. Knowing that people actually get online and view my creations for inspiration inspires me to be creative, to make time to create, and essentially take time for myself! I'm thankful that you visit my blog, thankful for all the amazing support I have received from such wonderful crafting sisters, thankful for all the inspiration, friendship, and love I have felt from sharing my life with you.

Tuesday afternoon our family received a package in the mail that was sent with love from gals I know online and anonymous ladies as well, each with such large hearts. Vicki B. had sent us a package that contained cards, images, and other wonderful gifts from these different ladies on SCS. There are so many images, this really was amazing! I would love to personally thank everyone that participated as it really lifted my spirits and touched my heart so very much, but since there were a few anonymous gifts I will have to settle for hoping that you all get to read this and know how very thankful I am for your friendship and generosity. The heartfelt messages in your cards were a warm blanket of comfort and your gifts showered us with kindness. And I am so very thankful. We as a family are so thankful for this wonderful surprise. Vicki had said that you guys just wanted to do 'a little something' for us and I want you to know that maybe even if you thought your gifts were little, they are a big deal to us!

And just for fun I thought it would be nice to post 10 random things I am thankful for today :D Feel free to play and post your 10 thanks on your blog! (This pic is from my house. If you look closely you can see the girl's fingerprints on the cabinet top, lol!) So here are my ten:

1 - Family and Friends (okay so that one isn't random, lol but it is definitely important!

2 - Homemade Quilts

3 - Vicks Vapor Rub (The girls and I spent the last week with stuffy noses and sore throats)

4 - The color of fall leaves

5 - The sweet scent of my girls

6 - Chilly mornings

7 - My hubby's freshly shaved face (minus his goatee of course, lol but it's soft right now so that's okay ^_~)

8 - Freshly baked cookies

9 - Handmade cards

10 - And Knee Socks (I have an obsession with them, lol)

Last but not least I'm thankful for not having to cook the turkey, lol!! I know that's eleven but once you get going it's hard to stop at 10!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope your turkey or ham or whatever you are having tonight tastes great and the company is wonderful as well!

Blog Candy Winner!!

Sorry this has taken so long! My hubby's laptop is on the fritz and he's been trying to fill out a scholarship for next semester that one of the financial ladies informed him about this last Monday. It's for students like him who are kind of the underdog, people facing a lot of adversity in their lives but are still trying to get their degree. Anyway, the computer is finally free... for a few minutes anyway so here is the winner that Audrey drew :D

You can tell how interested she is in drawing a name, lol. Charlie and Lola are WAY more captivating ^_~.



Congratulations Emilee!!!! E-mail me your snail addy so I can get this in the mail for you :D

And here is the updated blog candy pack! How neat is that, to see how it grew from each card! Here's what got added - Christmas colored safety pins, spirals, nail heads, and conchos, little pastel primas, big summer primas, flower sparkles, acrylic flowers and flower chipboard, and some pretty green satin ribbon! Thanks everyone for playing! The girls and I had so much fun viewing your cards (Caitie LOVED all the snowmen ^_~) and it was a blast finding fun little bits to add to the blog candy!