SWEET BALLERINA

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I love Wednesday!!  I can now get thru Thursday knowing it will be Friday soon!! LOL  Okay, on with my card - I love this image from Sugar Nellie at FunkyKits!  I colored this some time ago, so I do not have the colors listed but I did use Copic and Spectrum markers on this image. This was really fun to color.  I also used a silver gel pen.  Used Glossy Accents for her eyes which was my favorite part in creating this card.  Which by the way, is my first step card!  Finally, figured out how to score and cut it but I still need some practice.  Used lots of stuff from my stash - die cut corners that I found in that stash along with some rhinestones.  The sentiment is from Lily of the Valley stamps.  Paper is from my stash too.   Thanks for visiting and have a great remainder of this week!  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting By Design - Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can - Using Left Overs
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #221 - Shaped Cards
QKR Stampede Challenge  #92- Anything Goes

GET WELL CARDS

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I just thought both these bears were just so cute that I had to make a she and he card!:) I used card stock from my stash and all buttons, ribbon, and pearls were from my stash too.  I put some clear gloss on their eyes and colored them up with Spectrum Noir markers and shaded with some of my Spectrum Noir pencils!  Fun images to color!  Thanks to Mo Manning at Mo's Digital Pencil!  Now I don't want anyone to not feel well but I am ready for that needed "get well" card for a he or she!  Stay well, and until next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create #76 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart  #23- Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge  #218- 3 or more Embellies
Love To Create Challenge  #120- Anything Goes

Card Recipe
Spectrum Markers:
Bear Boy Body - EB2 EB3 EB4 EB6  FS6 FS7 FS8
Slippers - IB1 IB2
Bathrobe - GB4 GB6
Bear Girl Body - BG3 BG5 PP1
Eyes IB2 IB3
Bathrobe - HB1 HB2 HB3
Slippers - PP4 PP6

HAPPINESS

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Hope my little blog finds you well.  Had some gorgeous weather here on the East Coast of USA. Since we did not have a tournament to travel to, we enjoyed some family time!   Felt good to be just home!  So I managed to get one card done and I am on a Sugar Nellie high!  I have a few more to color up before this day is out and my "happiness" is being home from work and able to work in my art room with my pens and pencils!  So here is Alicia from Simply Adorable Stamps.  I wish you some happiness for today in whatever gives you pleasure! Thanks for visiting, till next time - which may be awhile as we are back on the road again for next round of tournaments this weekend!
Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create #75 "Anything Goes"
Crafts Galore Challenge Encore Challenge
Sugar Bowl Challenge 116 - "Anything Goes" - sad to say their last one for awhile:(
The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge #70 - "Lets Hear It For The Girls"

Card Recipe:
Digital Image from Funky Kits/Sugar Nellie/Alicia
Colored with Spectrum Noir Markers:
Skin  FS 3-4-5-6
Outfit GT1-2-3  CR1-7
Hair GB1-2-7
Papers and rhinestones used from BoBunny's Gabrielle
Ribbon from stash and Wood sentiment from LLC

SUMMER READING

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Do you like to read?  I wish I had more time to read because I love books.  I can spend my whole lunch hour just walking up and down the aisles of the library just trying to decide which book to choose.  I always end up with more than one - at least four - and sometimes start reading two - but, yes, my characters get mixed up in my head! LOL  Okay, enough, "blah, blah" onto the card.  I made it for the library that I spend so much time in not far from work.  I used my new Spectrum Noir blendable pencils and I got the Gamsol and used that for blending and it works like a dream!!!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find time for a book that will take you away to some far away place and time;)  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create Challenge #74
Crafting From The Heart Challenge #21
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Bright Colors

Card Recipe:
Image is digital from Squigglefly "Common Knowledge" text was included with the image
Colored with Spectrum Noir Blendable Colored Pencils
All paper from my stash and a bit of lace from my stash.  I made the little books with some paper.

TAKE TWO - A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME

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I just had to try my hand at my new Spectrum Noir markers on the same great image.  I found a new love (still in love with my Copics too) but nothing wrong with two loves;)  I love their color scheme and their Spectrum Noir blending colored pencils match to perfection.  So I used some pencils to add shading and dimension.  Love my new toys!!  Thanks for visiting.  No time here to make a card - between working and then traveling on the weekends for basketball tournaments!  We were in Springfield,  MA last weekend and now we go to Albany, NY for the Gym Rats blowout!!  Go Rockland Rockets (my grandson's team ;)  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Spectrum Noir Pens used

Skin FS1 FS2 TN3 FS3 FS4 FS9

Hair LY1 LY2 LY3 GB7

Bird BI3 IB1 IB2 IB3 PPI PP2

Window GB9 EB3 BGR1 BGR2 BGR3 and pencils for shading

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME

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A real short work week for me  as I had a few days off!  I managed to get a little creative juices flowing over the long weekend.  My hubby bought two sets of colored pencils (well, the truth be known - I bought them and told him this was my Mother's Day gift from him )  Love those kinds of gifts - don't you?  LOL

I wanted to try them out and found out real quickly that although they are as bright and bold as they say they are, they will never replace my Copic Markers.  But still not too shabby for the first attempt at the shading and I had to change my paper to something with more fiber to it.  I had trouble blending on the paper I use for the markers.  I would imagine the craft paper will work well too - when I find more time;)  The digital image is called A Little Birdie by Mo Manning.  Spectrum Noir Blendable pencils both primary and essential sets used.

Till next time, take care and thanks for visiting, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

BUTTERFLIES OF HOPE

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I hope you had a great weekend and to all the Mothers out there that celebrated Mother's Day this past Sunday, I hope you were treated like a queen or at least a princess;)  I know sometimes on "our day" we are still doing it all!  But that is what we do and do it so well!  So this card is for all of you that do it all - all the time!!  Big Hugs to you ~  CaroleAnn

I would like to enter the following card into the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #71
Challenges 4 Everybody #41

Card Recipe:

Digital Image "Butterflies of Hope from Crafts and Me  

Colored with my Copic Markers

E0000 E000 E00 E01 E012

Hair and Eyes E53 E33 E35 E37

Butterflies YR00 YR01 YR27 BG10 BG32 BG45

Papers Graphic 45/Sweet Sentiments

Lace from LLC

Liquid Pearls and Stardust 

Papers have been distressed that frame the image

Make It Crafty corners and butterflies colored with copic markers and glittered