Shining Light - Happy Father's Day

Hi folks,

back today with another of this year's Father's Day cards. The first one was for my brother, this one is for my Dad.

I finally tried something I've been meaning to try since seeing Tanya do this technique so skillfully - colouring with my PrismaColor pencils on kraft paper. This was the PERFECT image for this technique.  The white of the lighthouse shows up so nicely on this paper. I even added some "fog" with my cloud blue pencil.

I know a lot of you out there struggle with masculine cards. Me? No problemo. I actually find them easier than girlie girl cards. My secret - great masculine papers and classic images or just a simple sentiment. It helps that most of the "masculine" colours are more my style.


card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches 
• stamped image and sentiment: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps "Shining Light", coloured with PrismaColor Pencils (938, 988, 1070, 1076, 1072, 1030, 1023)
• patterned papers: Gartner Studios Bon Voyage Map
• cardstock: CTMH Cocoa, Bamboo, Kraft
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• layout: Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #112 (modified to make a square card)

additional challenges for this card:

• Sew Many Challenges #56: Father's Day
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #138: A Male Card
• Crazy 4 Challenges #91: Masculine Card
• Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #115: Dads or Grads
• Sentimental Sundays #59: Father's Day or Masculine Card

Anyways, hope you are all having a fabulous day! Thanks for taking time out today to pay me a visit!

See you again later this week!

Dark Chocolate or White Chocolate?

Hi folks (second post for today - feel free to scroll down for the previous post),

I got crafty this afternoon and coloured up a few images to use on my Easter cards. One of the images I coloured up was the digi image Easter Egg Cocoa from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I actually down-loaded four new (to me) Cocoa Mouse digis so you will be seeing them pop up on the blogarooni over the next little while.

I could not decide if Cocoa should be popping out of a dark chocolate Easter Egg or a white chocolate Easter Egg, so I did both! Personally, I don't like white chocolate. I like a nice dark chocolate, about 85% or so is my fave. Dearly beloved actually likes 99% chocolate - blech. It's like eating a spoonful of cocoa.

Here's the first - with a white chocolate egg, using somewhat more traditional Easter colours for the patterned papers.

And here's the second, with a dark chocolate egg, with more boyish colours for the card.

I figure the white egg card will go to one of our nieces and the dark chocolate egg can go to one of our nephews or to grown-ups.

card details:

• finished size: 5.25 x 5.25 inches
• digi image: Easter Egg Cocoa from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, coloured with Copic Markers (Mouse - W1, W3, W5, R81, R83. White Egg - E50, E51, E53, YG17, V04, V06, V09. Brown Egg - E55, E57, E59, YG11, YG13, YG17)
• sentiment: CTMH Seasonal Celebrations
• patterned papers: Cosmo Cricket Pixielicious
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops Border Punch
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles, Classic Squares
• flowers from my stash
• buttons: CTMH
• layout: Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #100 with a "sweet" spin. I think my chocolate Easter egg counts as something sweet. Don't you?

Anyways, I'll be back over the next few days with more cards using the images I coloured up today. And tomorrow I will likely have my weekly Christmas card post - once I see what the challenge is over at Sparkle's Christmas card challenge blog!

Hope you are all having a lovely crafty weekend - or that you are outside enjoying some spring-like weather.