Father's Anniversary Card

I made this card for my father's 13th Wedding Anniversary. I like following sketches because I'm new to all of this and it helps. So I followed the sketch from Sketchy Thursday. I then used the idea from Allsorts Challenge Blog They asked for Pearls and Swirls which was perfect because the sketch had swirls in it which I drew and embossed with gold. I then put some pearls next to the flower pot. I also embossed the vase with the same gold. The gold idea came from Sassy Designs by Susie they asked for a touch of gold. I used flowers (of course) and got the "Love Is..." from the internet and then printed the entire passage for the inside of the card. I also used the crop a dile to add the gold to bottom of the card. I'm looking forward to all of your wonderful comments. Hope your having a wonderful weekend, V

Odd Shaped Creation

I created this tag to attatch to a thank you gift bag for my son's teacher and it just so happens to fit it with the challenge at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle, Saturdays Challenge which was to create a shaped card not using a square or rectangle: http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/12/ssds-week-19-shaped-challenge.html I used Princess Ava from the Greeting Farm. Isn't she adorable??? I put glitter on her collar and her crown and colored her with colored pencils. I'm hoping to buy copics after the new year :). I used a SU sentiment. My crop a dile and of course flowers and buttons. It's really hard for me to not use a flower in my creations. I'm going to get some big beautiful ones and see what I come up with using those. Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and please leave comments. I love hearing from you.

Marilyn Monroe Tag

Honestly, I only blog hopped for a minute today but in the process I found this FABULOUS site called "Something Completely Different" and their challenge was to make a tag using Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn is my absolute favorite celebrity so of course I had to complete it. Funny thing is I also need to make tags for some thank you bags I'm putting together for my daughter and son's teachers. Now that I've finished her I don't want to give her away :)

I used colored pencils to add a bit of color to her, some glitter for her necklace and earings, ribbon, buttons and of course my favorite... flowers. I really enjoyed completing this project. Thank you for the fabulous idea and I'm anxiously awaiting your next challenges.

Christmas Card for my sister

Here's another Christmas card. I made one for my mom and now one for my sister. I'm entering it into two challenges:

Anyone for Anya: "you can make whatever your heart desires...just be sure to include an image from The Greeting Farm." This is my newest purchase, Miss Anya Autumn. She was so much fun to color and I love her stylish outfit. I added a bit of sparkle to her boots.
http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/2009/12/anything-goes.html#comments

Inspirational Card Sketchers: I followed their sketch which was fun. They used three circles in the corner which gave me the idea to stand Ms. Anya next to a snowoman. :)
http://icsketches.blogspot.com/2009/12/icsketches-45-blog-candy-giveaway.html

I embossed the snowflakes in the background and also Ms. Anya's scarf. I added a bit of sparkle to her boots using glitter. I used the Crop-A-Dile for a touch of detail. Bottons were used make Ms. Snowoman (notice the hat). The hat is a retired stamp from Stampin Up! I colored her with colored pencils. Hope you enjoy...