Sweet 16 for a Special Girl

 It is hard to believe that this cute, little cherub has grown into this beautiful young lady.  Her mother and I have been friends for 16+ years so I have enjoyed watching her grow and being a small part of her world.   She celebrated her Sweet 16 this past weekend and while I could not be there, my husband could.  He delivered a very special present and this card.  Of course I had to make a glittery, blinged out card for her special day.  

I loved this image, not too young. She is Let Us Eat Cake from Tiddly Inks.  I colored it with Prismcolor pencils and added gold Stickles to her crown and Diamond Dust Stickles to her dress.  I used a lot of rhinestones...more bling the better...so I kept the overall design simple.  

I hope she enjoyed her card, gifts and party.  

Next year I will be there to celebrate with her!

~Marie

Birthday Wine Card

Quick share of a card I made for a swap.  I had the image in my colored file with the papers already picked out, so this one went quickly.  The image is Cocktel Denny from Karber Images.  I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils.  I added Rock Candy Distress Stickles to her lips and the wine glass.  All the papers are from my scrapbasket.  For a little sparkle I added the rhinestone corners from Recollections at Michael's. Thanks for stopping by!  Marie

R.I.P. Youth Card

A very dear friend of my husband's will be celebrating his 70th birthday this year.  I wanted to make something fun for him.  After digging through all my Cricut cartridges I knew I had to do this vulture from Life's a Party.  Isn't he cute?  All the cuts (card base, tombstone, coffin & vulture) are from the Life's a Party cartridge.  I used lots of scraps, a silver pen to write "youth" on the coffin & to add some accents, a wiggle eye for fun, black Cat's Eye chalk ink to tone it all down.  I think he will like it!

Thanks for looking!
Marie

Betty Kick Up Your Heels Birthday Card

Lot's of September birthdays...this is the card I made for my BF. 

After everything she has been through the past year, I thought she truly needed to have a little fun...kick up her heels.

Here are the details:

Image:  Betty Kick Up Your Heels by Simply B Stamps, colored with pencils & gamsol; then accented with purple Stickles.

Sentiment:  printed on my computer

Papers:  from my scrap basket

Extras:  hot pink rhinestones, pink glitter swirls by Recollections, silver Prima flower, small purple roses

Thanks for looking!  

                         Marie

Betty Sweet Cake Card

OK, so two deaths in one month is just A LOT to handle along with DS starting school, all this government shut down BS, and well...just life!  I am finally starting to get back on track...a little crafting never hurt ;)

This is the card I made for my DH birthday this past week.  Isn't she cute?

Here are the details:

Image:  Betty Sweet Cake from Simply B Stamps.  I colored her with my pencils & gamsol, added stickles for fun 
Sentiment:  came with the image
Papers:  red & white card stock, Colorbok stripes
Extras:  red pearls, silver corners and lines from Flower Soft, balloon stickers, bracket edge punch

I have to say, my husband got a chuckle from this card.

Thanks for looking.  Happy Crafting!  

Marie

Puppy Package Card

Second week as a guest designer for GerdasDoodles...another adorable image.  This week I did one of Gerda's picks, Cute Puppy in Box.  He looked like he was in a birthday box, so...here is what I came up with...
I used a sketch from Paper Crafting Divas.  
I really like how this card came out.

Here's the details:

Image - Cute Puppy in Box; I colored the image with pencils then added Crystal Effects to the bow, nose, and eyes for dimension.  I also colored a second box top, fussy cut it out, and pop-dotted onto the image for extra dimension.
Sentiment - printed on computer
Papers - Bo Bunny "It's My Party" stripe/words....love two sided papers!  Black and white card stock.
Extras - small bow and heart punches, red rhinestones, and open scallop edge punch.

If you haven't checked out Gerda yet, you should.  She has a challenge and adorable FREEBIE right now!

Thanks for looking!  Hope your weekend is off to a WONDERFUL start!

          Marie

Birthday Cupcake Cardsketch

Just a quick share as I am trying to get as many projects done today as I can.....

First project:  create a card using this sketch from Paper Crafting Divas:

Sketch from:  http://tayloredexpressions.blogspot.com/

This is the card I created:

The ribbon was the inspiration for the color palette...it has been in my stash for quite some time and just needed to be used.  The pink and white embossed papers are from a PCD swap and the blue leftovers from the layout I just finished.  I used a punch for the cupcake and added a little glittery flower sticker.  You knew I would get that glitter in somewhere!

Ok, more creating on the way!  Hope you are having a WONDERFULLY crafty Saturday!  Thanks for looking!

Marie