To and Fro Puzzle

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Be sure to read to bottom of post for chance at prize!!

Took time to create a card with this fabulous Sugar Nellie image--called "To and Fro".  I had colored her up several weeks ago and kept admiring the image and today finally I decided to give her a home :)

Made a card for The Sugar Bowl challenge!!  Which is this sketch and the optional theme of using Kraft paper :)

Now I have a story to share here.......As I got the papers together---I started to die cut the image and guess what had happened???  Oh yes the die moved as I ran it thru my machine and I was ready to cry.  As I looked at the 2 pieces in my hand.....my little brain started thinking.....tick tick tick..Hmmmmm......I had used the SB deckled rectangle die soooooo I will Intentionally create a puzzle piecing image.  So Here it is.  Cut down the outside edges of each piece with a Fiskars decorative scissor and then Inked all edges with TH vintage photo .   I then tape pieces together on back and used on card!!!   Would you call it the Puzzle piecing technique LOL!!

The doily behind image is SB Contemporary Hearts and that is layered onto a SB Scallop Circle.  Papers are BG Manilla pad, shabby green door damask, kraft cs and the pink I am not sure.   The 2 rectagular panels were dry embossed with SU folders and then Inked with TH vintage photo ink.

Embellished with ZVA self adhesive pearls--I copic colored the center pearl to match her shirt ;)  and MS butterflies

Inside of card----  Oval is for personal message.

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Would also like to enter--

Little Darlings #18~~ Pearls

Simon Says~~ Anything Goes

The Emerald Faerie Garden #19~~ Embossing

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For fun---after you leave a comment then please email me how many pieces my image puzzle has and I will send the winner some ZVA pearl packs!!!  Here is my email addy.......dmschroeder57@yahoo.com

Good Luck My Friends!!!!!  Deadline is March 8th!!!

Thanks for visiting and Have a Great Day!!!!!

Pixie Cottage #110 and ICopic #71

Pixie Cottage time again....As you probably know either follow the sketch below and/or use the theme~~Anything Goes~~                               

Another Blog that I enjoy entering in is the ICopic Challenges~~The challenge this time around is to Create anything but a Card!!!!

Now for my creation..........using The PC~~Springtime Hannah with Butterflies by Sandra Hammer!!!

This time I altered a journal--just love the elastic closure :) Gotta keep those thoughts safe :D LOL

Colored with Copics~~Hair E27, 25, 21...Skin E11, 00...Butterflies E25, YR04, Y02...Dress BV04, 02,00 with black pastel pencil....Boots and Dressstraps N10, 7, 5, 3...Grass G99, YG67, G85, 07, 40, YG 01 Olive Spica pen....Gelly roll white pen on dress and flowers!!  TH mustard seed to ink edges

Flowers are an assortment of Prima, Wild Orchid, and center blossoms from bouquet I got at Michael's.  Pearls and metal butterfly finished the embellishments :)  Sentiment is Great Impressions stamp--so fitting for this adorable image!!!

Few more views to show dimension 

Hope you join in the fun and be sure to sneak a peek at the rest of the DT's talent!!!

Would like to enter~~

Simon Says~~Anything Goes

Little Darlings #18~~Pearls

Little Miss Muffet #29~~ Fancy or Lacy

Paper Sundaes #109~~Circles

Sparkles Challenge #29~~Things with wings!

ICopic #71~~Anything but a card

Fussy and Fancy #57~~ More than words....

Stamptacular Sunday #153~~Photo Inspiration

Have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!

SWC #26~~challenge

Hey Friends~~~~Today is my day to create for Sunday's with Crissy Blog!!!

My friend had asked me to make some some birthday cards....... her requests were that they had to include a "horse" and she loves the easel style!!!!  

Well it didn't take me long to know what to create.....

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Hope you enjoy--my friend just loved the results!!!!

2 easel cards

for an "18" and "50" year old :)

using

Crissy's Wings of Hope--this wonderful image was designed for The Haiti Relief devastation.  

You can find this Beautiful image in Crissy's collection for Whimsy along with several accesory and sentiment stamps--HERE!!!

Both images were colored with Copics and pastel pencils and cut out with SB labels 1 nesties.  Stardust stickles sparkled the wings and softened backgrounds with TH inks.  

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Now it's your turn to show us your Birthday cards or creations!  There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

Upload your creation HERE!!

You do have  a few more days to join in the fun!!!!!!

Would like to enter these into the...
ICopic #70 challenge--Animals

Hope your days are full of love and joy!!

EBWC for Feb/March

Time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell's World.......we would like to see stitching--real or faux along with swirls!!! 

Remember you MUST use a Elisabeth Bell image.

This month the winner will get their choice of 2 digis from the

Elisabeth Bell Gallery.

We would like for the winner to join us in the fun for the March 25th Challenge as our special guest. We hope that you would except the invite to join us for a month.

This month as a special sponsorship we have Michelle's Scrapbooking and More.

Michelle is offering a $10.00 Gift Card for her store.

  Well my friends--I don't do much sewing and my faux stitching~~~well to me it is ok but I need to practice :)   Anyway here is my creation...............  andddd I even distressed my paper edges--I really stepped out of my comfort zone but I do like :D

Whiff of Joy~~Willow Sitting Bride 

Papers were in my old stash--Shabby Green Door--I think I was hoarding these cuz they are so lovely!!!

I am sorry but I cannot remember where I found this digi sentiment--but do Love it!!! Made with SB ovals and TH antique linen and tattered rose inks and then I faux stitched using my piercing pen and connected with black and gold Atyou Spica pens

Pretty Willow colored with copics cut with SB Mega ovals and faux stitched same as sentiment.

Hair-E49, 47, 44, 43.....Skin-E21, 01, 00....Dress-E40.....Veil-E40, B60....Flowers-G07, 03, YG67, 06, 03, RV14, 11, B63, 60 litely added sparkle with Sky blue and red ATyou Spica pens

Oh yes this flower~~~petals are an assortment from my stash..paper studio elegant center....Kaisercraft pearls...HC Bella Rose die and stamp set prettied with TH peeled paint; pine needles inks and pearls--

Hope you join us this month in the Fun Here at EBWC!!!!
Your turn to create and share....you have until March 22nd, 6pm Arizona time ;)

Be sure to visit my teamies ~~they really rocked this challenge!:)

Digi Bells DT Post

Good Morning and Happy Monday

Today I have altered a cute little notebook for The Digi Bell's DT Blog

Used the adorable EBell image

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Li'l Janiel's Harvest

found in Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection

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Colored image with Copics and prisma pencils--Hair N7, 5, 2 and black pencil....Skin E21, 01, 00....Squirrel E09, 07, 04.....Frog YG 17, 11, C1......Notepaper E42, 41, W3....Dress RV 17, 14, 11 50% warm grey pencil....Cape and sack Y08, 02, 0000, E41, canary yellow pencil.....Basket towel YG 06, 03, 01, 0000.....Birds B34, 0000....Grass G99, 07, 21, YG17, 03, 01, E42 

Cut out image with SB die..layered on dp that was bordered with SU rtp scallop punches and gave those layers dimension with foam tape on SU textured CS which was cut out with same SB die that image was cut out with.  Inked all edges with TH walnut stain.

If you look close..I used stardust stickles on dress lace and diamond glaze on her basket.  Shows the dimension better here too :)

Another sweet view :D

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!!!!!!

Digi Bells Feb Release and Hop

HELLO~~~ Elisabeth Bell has released The Awesome February Digi--"On Cupid's Cloud" and without a doubt....it is the most precious Cupid I ever saw~~He is a Must have :)   If you came here from Sebrina's Blog you are following along fine.....if you came here to browse, I do thank you but.... to capture the talent of the entire uberly talented Digi Bell DT please start HERE so you don't miss a thing!!

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On Cupid's Cloud

 Is now in 

Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection

I just knew that I wanted to create a keepsake with this little cupid cutie and no better than to make a treasureable gift box :)  To me cupid's and flowers are a dream together!!!

See the little clear heart bead on the crystal pin and oh yes my pipe cleaner twirl amongst all those beautiful Wild Orchid Flowers :)

A few details--colored with copics.  Dp's are Kaisercraft's Magic Happens Collection--oh so pretty:)  The lace and many of the flowers are Wild Orchid~~Gorgeous Indeed!!!!

Now you are off to see what Special treat Rose has for you :)

Enjoy the hop and....

To win this digi-- you must hop through and leave a comment on EACH blog. You will have until March 2 to leave comments. The winners will be picked and posted to the Digi Bells Blog on Saturday March 3.

The second way to win will be to do the hop...leave comments... and then to make a card and post it on the Digi Bell Blog. The theme is ~~~~" Lots of Lace"~~~~ Use ANY Elisabeth Bell image. This will also end on March 2 at 9 AM Arizona Time and the winner will be posted on the Digi Bell's blog the next morning. (Saturday March 3)


Would like to enter the following challenges:
B'n Whistles~~Love and Hearts!!
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #26~~ Anything but a Square Card
Totally gorjuss #118~~Lurve
SSCC~~ Flowers (SB Heart dies...Copics...and many other products can be found at Stampin Scrappin Store!!)
Fussy and Fancy #56~~ With All My Heart
Hope you all had a Superb Valentine's Day
LOVE

Pixie Cottage #108

It's wednesday...so that means It's Pixie Time.... another new challenge at The Pixie Cottage Blog!!!

Challenge #108 is the sketch below and/or theme--which is "Anything But a Card"

Last November, I saw this Octagon Gift Box on The Stempeleinmaleins Blog~~saved the idea for just the right moment~Tada..... the moment has come :D LOL

I used The Pixie Cottage Bear Hugs Stamp  to create this Birthday Bear Gift Box filled with chocolate Kisses--Yum yum Yummmy :0)

Sides made using Marianne Creatable Die--threaded silver ribbon and inked edges with TH walnut stain before edging with silver glitter glue

Bear Hugs colored with copics--Big bear W7, 5, 3, 1...little bear E57, 55, 53, 51 R20 on nose.  On pic below you can see the diamond glaze on eyes and nose 

Do you Like????????

Papers--DCWV Luxury Stack for cover, SU Crumb Cake for pleated box and Acetate

Accesorized with Magnolia doohickey swirl, HC Bella Rose die and stamp, EK Success butterfly punch (3 in 1), Sentiment is a Studio G stamp, Papermania rhinestones, SB circle nesties, FSS acetate flowers with Wild Orchid Pearl center!!!

Now~~~

Be sure to check out the rest of DT creations--They are pretty amazing!!!!  Click Here to find them :)
Also...do go to Michele's Store and check out the fabulous new items she has in stock...... remember don't snooze you will loose....click on pic below to take you there :)

Would love to enter these challenges:

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #26~~ Anything but a Square Card

Simon Says~~ Tag It--I added a tag :)

Emerald Faerie Garden #18~~ Tag It

Little Darlings #17~~Favorite Embellishments--My faves are butterflies!!!

Thanks for visiting and deeply appreciate your comments!!!

God Bless

MiColorful--Think Spring

Good Day Friends~~~ I couldn't sleepin this morning so I got up at 5:00 am and decided to color.  I had this image on my coloring desk and wanted to create something cheery and bright.

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I am just sharing a colored image today~~ No card or project yet :)

The image is Li'l Janiel's Harvest found in Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection!!!

Make It Colorful has a challenge going on...... to colour with Spring Colors!!  I think this will fit the bill :)

I have used Copics and Prisma pencils on this cutie pie.

Hair N7, 5, 2 and black pencil....Skin E21, 01, 00....Squirrel E09, 07, 04.....Frog YG 17, 11, C1......Notepaper E42, 41, W3....Dress RV 17, 14, 11 50% warm grey pencil....Cape and sack Y08, 02, 0000, E41, canary yellow pencil.....Basket towel YG 06, 03, 01, 0000.....Birds B34, 0000....Grass G99, 07, 21, YG17, 03, 01, E42     Used diamond glaze on greyish basket and stardust stickles on dress lace

Glad you came to visit

Appreciate your comments

Hugs and Blessings