Emily's Card

I can't believe my oldest daughter is going to be 11 on Saturday. Where has the time gone?  

I made her a little beach scene card using the Forest Friends image from Mygrafico.  I usually print it twice so I can play with them.  I didn't this time and only printed one, so I just went with it.  I decided to use lots of colors, instead of traditional animal colors.

Forest Friends

I went with a long, thin card in order to make room for all the critters.  I used the black gel pen on the eyes and Glossy Accents on their noses. I think she will be happy with it.

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Melanie

Winter Pup

I have been using my Copics so much lately that I haven't used any other mediums to color.  So I decided to pull out my Prismacolor pencils and some digi images and took them to the pool with the kids on Saturday.  I saved using the Gamsol till I got home.  

Last year I got some really cute images from Meljen's Designs.  Here is the Cozy Winter Pup.

Meljen's Designs - Cozy Winter Pup 

I used some really old paper from a 6x6 pad in my stash along with the My Favorite Things Cross Stitched Ovals Stax and Blueprints 13.  

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Melanie

Monster Hugs

Today I made a card for my sister who had a fall two weeks ago.  She is still recovering and I wanted to send her a card to let her know I was thinking about her.  I had seen a card before and really liked the layout, but of course, I can't remember who posted it and can't find it pinned on my Pinterest board.  Any who, here's my card.

Lawn Fawn - Monster Hugs

close up of the Monsters

I used the Lawn Fawn Monster Hugs stamp set and the My Favorite Things Blueprints 20 to create my card.  I cut two of the window frame and glued them together before adhering them to my card front.  

I marked the corners of the windows and stamped in the images inside each one.  I then colored them with Copics and added some details with a black gel pen, white gel pen, Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.  I had some tiny googly eyes and couldn't resist.

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Melanie

Best Friends

I've been working on turning some more of my colored images from June's color challenge into cards.  Today I have an image from Tiddly Inks.  There are just so many cute images there.  

Best Friends - Tiddly Inks

I colored this cute dog and cat with Copics and used My Favorite Things Blueprints 1 to put my card together.  Super quick and easy.  

I am entering this card in the Tiddly Inks Challenge.

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Melanie

Prickles

I've been busy making more cards out the images I colored in June. Today I have "Prickles".  I found him over at From the Heart Stamps.  He's just so cute I couldn't pass him up.  I colored Prickles with my Copics and used Glossy Accents on his glasses.  

Prickles Says Hello - From the Heart Stamps

My papers are from the 6x6 Amy Tangerine Plus One paper pad by American Crafts.  I used various dies from the cross stitched rectangles, ovals, and circles by My Favorite Things, as well as the large stitched rectangles by Lawn Fawn.  I really like all the stitched dies that are available now. 

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Melanie

Henry's Hazy Days

I finished another card with an image I colored during last month's 30 day coloring challenge held by The Daily Marker. I used another digi from Di's Digidownloads.  I love this little hedgehog.

I used some of the dies from My Favorite Things, Lawn Fawn, and Spellbinders to create my layout.  I used papers from the 6 by 6 Garden Party paper pad by Pebbles.  Can you tell yellow is one of my favorite colors?  Two cards in a row.  

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Melanie

Bearable Friends

The 30 day coloring challenge is over, so now its time to turn all those colored images into cards.  I have gotten a few done.  Today I am sharing one that was a digital stamp I purchased from Di's Digidownloads. I really like her critters.

Bearable Friends by Di's Digidownloads

I made this a 5 1/4 square card.  I used the circles and scallops by Spellbinders to cut the image and the mat.  The papers are from the 6x6 Fine and Dandy paper pad from Echol Park Paper Company.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie