New BasicGrey Challenge # 29...A sketch by Me...Life is too short for beige!

Good morning crafty friends! Whoo hoo! it is the weekend and I am soooooo happy to be able to spend the day stamping up a storm, lol, but first I want to say that we have a new challenge for you over at BasicGrey Challengs blog and it's a sketch by little ol' me, smile! Of, course our very talented and computer savvy BG Boss, Martine, made it look all professional for me! Thanks, hun! So, I hope you can join us over the next 2 weeks at BG Challenges and try my sketch! I'm so looking forward to seeing all the fab creations with it! Just remember to be eligible for the fabulous 25 dollar voucher for the Simon Says Stamps Superstore you must use at least one BG item on your card or project! Also, please visit the BG DT as they have all made such gorgeous creations with my sketch. They are all sure to inspire you to paly along with us this fortnight!

So for my card I used BasiGrey Basics Manila 6x6 paper pad. Oh, I just love, love, love these papers they are soooooo fabulous and I also used a Kioshi paper as well from the 6x6 paper pad. The fabulous sentiment inspired this card. It is one of my all time favourite sentiments that I picked up at Stamping Bella! I stamped it with Versamark ink and used American Crafts Zing Chestnut Embossing powder. I coloured up this cutie pie Tilda with my Copics and cut her out and pop-dotted her on the Nestie cut circles and large scalloped circle. The ribbon is from my stash and I embellished with Prima Flowers and BG Wisteria brads and sprinkled a few half pearls here and there.

Here is the inside...this sentiment and cute little butterfly are Melissa Frances rub-on and I left a space that a note can be written to the recipient of this card on the BG Basics lined paper.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my BasicGrey Challenges card! I also want to thank all my lovely crafty friends who visit me and leave me such sweet comments....I'm sorry I haven't been so good lately at returning the favour...but I hope to be around to visit very soon. I also have a card for the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps challenge to share with you later this morning so pop back around to have a peek!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

Hugs,

Wanna see what I made?!

Oh I went to the Copic and Pencil class yesterday afternoon at the Bella Boutique. The class was taught by the uber talented and very sweet Linda Heavens! I really enjoyed myself and bumped into some friends that I didn't know were taking the class. So much fun!!!

So, I now love my Prismacolor pencils!!! They just give that extra little sumthin' sumthin' to the image, don't they!? I guess I just needed a little push in the right direction! This is the only image I coloured out of the 3 used in the class...I admit it...I'm a slow poke,smile!

Don't look too closely now or you will see all my mistakes that I tried to cover in hopes that the untrained eye (my girlfriend) won't see them, smile! I'm not totally happy with the yellow shading around her it's too round and defined but not bad for my first time with pencils...love them in conjunction with the Copics and with practice it will start to look better.

Isn't she a cutie patootie...Meridith the Tea Cup Girl! I had to rush home after the class as Chris and I were invited out for dinner at friends house. So, when I got home I quickly used the supplies for this card that Linda provided and added in some of my own stuffs and whipped up this card to give to my friend to thank her for dinner! I used this absolutely scrumptious ribbon that I picked up at the Bella Boutique and I added the yellow AC cardstock scrap that was sitting on my table, a Melissa Frances rub-on and a bling heart! I also added a little Skaura Stardust pen!

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my class card...I had a great time!

Hugs,