You're a Doll

#57 for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog is all about our favorite childhood toy/s. Well, for me it was dolls. I had/have many! Never really took to the Raggedy Ann kind, but that's the image I had from Dee Dees Digis, which doesn't seem to be selling any longer. The sentiment is from Tiddly Inks.

Part of the challenge was to use Kraft, which I just love using. I used some Copics, Prismacolor pencils, and gel pens.

An option includes sharing with Crafting Happiness who has an "kids" theme going on!

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Coffee Date with Lisa and Jean

I am so pleased to share the coffee date card I made with my dear friend Lisa Bzibziak for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers. We share the same love of collecting stamps and dies so it was hard to narrow down what we would select to use in common. We finally decided to go with one of our favorite stamp companies, Art Impression Stamps (I used Art Impressions Hot Java Mama), and a Stamps of Life Coffee Cup A2 Fold-it Card stand up card). Lisa is a great "date", and we had so much fun doing this for you!

I cut the card itself from Kraft and colored with Copic Markers, Prismacolor colored pencils, and a white gel pen. A wrap with some red heavy string finished up the card.
Please be sure to get over to Lisa's blog to see what she created for our "date"!

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Flowers in a Jar

Double Trouble Challenge Blog is asking for flowers for challenge #21. Many of us are longing for spring, so flowers were a joy to color. BZZZZ was also an option, so I added one of my little bee brads to one of the flowers. The sketch, shown below, came from an optional linked challenge from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #303.

The pretty glass jar of flowers is from a set from Paper Smooches, Best Buds, that I colored with Luminance pencils on Kraft paper. The sentiment, embossed with white, came from the same set. The background paper is from My Mind's Eye, Fancy That. All edges were distressed with Distress Inks, and several layers were popped for added dimension.

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Also shared with The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge.

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Hogs and Kisses Christmas Tag

This week we end our sponsor showcase over at The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday. This week, the optional twist is Anything Goes. I selected Imagine That this week and the fun little Hogs and Kisses image. Who couldn't love getting a Christmas tag with a tree full of pigs?

I used my Chameleon colored pencils over Kraft that was printed with a light gray tag under the image which was in white. The sentiment is from a set that came with a magazine from Practical Publishing quite some time ago. A Christmas ribbon and lots of fun Nuvo Crystal Drops finished off this tag.

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Dragons with Christmas Gift Tag

This month we are having a sponsor showcase over at The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday. This week, the optional twist is Recipe = 1 Image, 2 Patterned paper, 3 Embellishments.

This cute dragon image comes from Dragons Lair. I used my PrismaColor colored pencils over Kraft that was printed with a light gray tag under the image which was in white. I had three Christmas bulb embellishments that went well with the two patterned papers. Just a bit of gold thread finished up the tag.

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Spinner Card

Fun spinner card that I created myself. Here are three pictures showing some of the different things that will show up in the circle:

Had to rip this apart more than once, LOL! The stamps are from Waffle Flower, Cookie Time, as is the sentiment. Some Nuvo drops were added for some extra fun.

I created this for the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenges #20, Interactive Cards!

Three Funny Elves on Kraft

This month we are having a sponsor showcase over at The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday. This week, the optional twist is to use Kraft. Three Funny Elves is the image I selected to use from MMedel Illustrations

I used my Chameleon colored pencils over Kraft that was printed with a light gray tag under the image which was in white. Interesting how this turned out. I added some clear Nuvo Crystal drops over the jingle bells on the elves' hats and a real one (brad) on the top of the tag.  A bit of ribbon with a Merry Christmas sentiment and a simple green bow at the top finished the tag.

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Kitty from LeAnn's World 101

New to me Facebook group called LeAnn's World 101 generously offered this adorable free image, Kitty, for us to use. Coloring with pencils on brown, tan, or Kraft paper has been a current favorite of mine. Not to worry though; pencils will not replace my Copics as number one choice :)

I used the Chameleon Color Tones colored pencils, layered with Mat Stacks, added gold star brads, and popped up the XO sentiment from Paper Smooches on the word bubble die also from Paper Smooches.

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A Happy Hello Card

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected this fox digital stamp for the optional twist of Fur this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

I colored the image with Prismacolor colored pencils on GinaK Kraft (the same paper as the card base), fussy cut him and attached him to an embossed oval. The nose was topped with Nuvo Crystal drops in black and white. The far background is done with Distress Oxide Inks then covered with a die cut of birch trees. The sentiment comes from Paper Smooches Baby Birds, and a few sequins were added.



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Beautiful Birdhouse on Kraft

Our sponsor this month is PolkaDoodles. I selected Beautiful Birdhouse for the optional twist of One Word this week over at  Twisted Thursday.

The image was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils on GinaK Kraft paper.
I added some clear gel pen over the hearts and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in yellow for the centers of the flowers. The embossed white paper is popped up, and The Layered Hello is from Paper Smooches with the red topped using Nuvo Crystal Drops in clear. A few enamel dots and tiny red bird finished the card.


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