Its a Bee-autiful Day

Happy Monday to all my crafty friends out there. Jerri here with a card for Tiddly Inks.  Although it is coooold and blustery outside, I still feel cheery... perhaps it's because I have the day off or just maybe it's because I've colored this little Tiddly Inks cutie!!

This sweet stamp is called "Happy Bee Day".  I will be entering this card for an opportunity to be on the Tiddly Inks Design Team.  Wish me luck!  I will put a link below in case you would like to enter as well!  But first, let's talk about this sweet image.  You can find it by clicking HERE.  I would highly recommend that you hop on over to the Tiddly Inks Shop where you will find a huge variety of clear stamps, digital stamps, digital papers and coloring books.

I will be giving this card to my BEE-autiful Momma for her birthday.  I colored this digital stamp using my Copic Markers.  I've used the colors shown below:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R21

Hair: E33, E31, E50

Y15 Y13, Y11, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1

B60, B23

T1 for shading

Wink of Stella was used on her little wings to give them some sparkle.  I found the black and white polka dot paper in my stash and used it along with the yellow to matt the image.  A white gel pen was used to put dots on her head band. For finishing touches on the card itself, a Cuttlebug embossing folder called "Honeycomb" was used for the white background. I stitched together a black ribbon and a little piece of yellow ric rac to run along the bottom of the card and the flowers were colored yellow using  my Y13 Copic Marker and finally black buttons with yellow thread were used to make the centers of my flowers. This was So Much fun to color!! Just what I needed to cure my Winter blues today.

If you have an interest in becoming a Tiddly Inks Design Team member click on the image below.

Thank you for visiting my blog! I try my best to give you accurate information. I am not affiliated with any of these companies nor did I receive compensation or free product for mentioning them. All products used and mentioned were personally purchased... except any digital stamps won through challenges, which were received from the company with no expectation. This blog is NOT sponsored, requested, or paid and I did it only because I wanted to. The information provided in this video is based on my own personal experience and opinion. I am not an expert nor do I work for these companies.

Sweet Valentine

Happy Tuesday!

Look at this sweet image from My Besties.  There are so many cute images at this site.  I really have a hard time deciding which one I want to use.   I thought I would work on a few Valentine cards because you know it will be here before we know it.

I colored this image with my Prisma Color Pencils. I used some Glossy Accents on the lenses of her glasses and then found a little " I Love You " stamp buy a company called Stamp and Cut.  I think I purchased the stamp from Hobby Lobby.   I matted the image on some patterned paper and lined the inside of my envelope with the same paper so they match. 

Thank you for visiting my blog! I try my best to give you accurate information. I am not affiliated with any of these companies nor did I receive compensation or free product for mentioning them. All products used and mentioned were personally purchased... except any digital stamps won through challenges, which were received from the company with no expectation. This blog is NOT sponsored, requested, or paid and I did it only because I wanted to. The information provided in this video is based on my own personal experience and opinion. I am not an expert nor do I work for these companies.

Have an amazing day!

Getting Back To It!

Well today I get back to work after a nice long winter break.  I work for a school district so I am so blessed to have a couple of weeks off during the holiday but today that ends and I will be heading back to work.

Below is a card that I have created for two purposes.  First, it's perfect for my Niece's upcoming birthday.  Second, I will be entering this card into the Challenge on the All Dressed Up Blog.   Make sure you use the link I have provided above to check out all of the fabulous images in her store.  Also check out the wonderful creations entered into the challenge. 

The image I've used below is called Sweetie Pie.

I'm a little out of practice as I haven't picked up a Copic marker in quite some time but I think this image is just too cute to mess up. Here are the Copics I used:

Skin: E00, E01, E11 and R20 for the cheeks and lips.  Hair: E31, E33, E50.  Dress: BG13, BG11, BG10. I added some highlights with my Prisma Color Pencils and matted the image and glued it to some background paper was in my stash.  

Thank you for visiting my blog! I try my best to give you accurate information. I am not affiliated with any of these companies nor did I receive compensation or free product for mentioning them. All products used and mentioned were personally purchased... except any digital stamps won through challenges, which were received from the company with no expectation. This blog is NOT sponsored, requested, or paid and I did it only because I wanted to. The information provided in this video is based on my own personal experience and opinion. I am not an expert nor do I work for these companies.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

It's Not Just the YEAR That's New Around Here!

Happy New Year!  A lot changed for me last year.  I changed jobs, moved to a new house and got a different vehicle!  It was a great year and I am grateful for all of the blessings in my life.

I am working a few less hours now and thought it would be a great time to get back to my blog.  I've been working hard setting up my craft room in my new house.  WOW! If my husband didn't realize how much crafting stuff I have BEFORE we moved, he sure knows AFTER.  We loaded box after box after box up the steps into my new space.  I cannot wait to get it together. I'm sure I'll share pictures when I do. Having a new, bigger craft area is motivating me to spend more time crafting again and I hope to make more cards, crafts, and participate in more challenges this year.

The weather has been beautiful in KC. 60 degree weather is a little crazy for January but in Missouri you just never know! The warm days have given us a great opportunity to take down the Christmas decorations from the front porch. I took a few pictures of what our porch looked like this year.  We put up new shutters on the house when we moved in and stained the floor of the porch.  I love it.

I refused to spend the big money that retailers wanted for a wreath.  I bought a few stems from Walmart and tucked them into a wreath I already had.  This wreath literally cost me about $7.00.

















Thanks for reading my post today.   I'll be back tomorrow with a card.

Have a wonderful day.

Jerri