Hope you liked the cards. I can`t seem to get my fingers typing correctly so until later...
The challenge this week was to use animals on the card. So here is the peek of card #1 and....... 
here is the card. I had so much fun preparing this card. This is my New Sarah Kay stamp from Stampavie. This is my first Stampavie stamp and I am really impressed with them. It makes a great image.
I colored this image using my Prismacolored Markers, Pencils and of course my Inkessential White pen. I used my curved rectangle nestibility and ribbon I purchased at Michaels. The DP is from DCWV Pocket Full of Posies stack.
I love this sentiment stamp from Inkadinkado. I have used it so much...definitely a favorite.
Love this stamp...really looks like Spring even though its snowing outside...yuck. 
Again I used my markers and pencils to do this coloring. I love the way the markers and pencils work so well together. I used mini pearls from Michaels on the body of the butterfly on both cards. It adds such a nice touch.
the inside sentiment is from the SU set and is just perfect for this card.
I had such fun creating this card. I used punches, Twinkling H20s and Stamps Zia stamps and Flourishes stamps. I used the scalloped punch from SU to create the flowers. I trimmed the edges using a brush of Gold Dust H20 and a gold gel pen. Using Martha Stewart`s butterfly punch I created the opening into the inside panel. I also used the Martha Stewart flower punch on the top and bottom edges.
The butterfly is actually a moth stamp from Stamp Zia. These stamps or made of deeply etched green rubber and make a beautifully detailed image. I stamped it using versamark and gold detail embossing powder. Since the rubber is unmounted I put two layers of craft foam under my paper when stamping to get the perfect stamped image. I used Twinkling H20s to paint this image and I am very pleased with it. I actually only used 3 different paints a Petal Pink, Garnet and Autumn Butternut. I love the way you can get so many different colors using only a few colors.
The challenge this week at Magnolia vs Stampavie is a sketch challenge. I used this sketch to make this card. I used papers from Provo Craft and I love the colors. I think it is so great when you can use such coordinated papers.
I wanted to show how I had used the sketch to create a different opening. I used a closure from my hodgepodge kid from SU to keep it closed. I also used some pearls on the corners of the front flap for embellishment.
I colored this wonderful Magnolia image using my PS colored markers and added some highlights with the Inkessential white pen and my colored pencils. I used my markers to create a light blue haze around the image.
On the inside I used this sentiment from Stampendous to maintain the sketch. The flower is from Prisma with a large SU brad.
I made this card following the Fridays Sketchers blog for this week. Such a great sketch to follow. I wanted to use some new colors for me so I combined Raspberry and Pumpkin together with a little old olive.
I tried to jazz up the cheeks using a more vibrant color but it ended up being a mess....still I thought I would show it to you. I used my markers and love the pumpkin orange with the raspberry. The hair is done with sienna brown. I am really pleased with it all except the cheeks...bit tooooooo much.
I had a lot of fun doing the inside. The ribbon is from Micheals...$.59 for 9 yards so it is hard to complain about. I love the fact that it is so narrow. I also used some magic mesh to embellish the corners as well as some doodles around the edges.
I made a tag out of scraps and added some mesh and doodles and a clip from my hodgepodge kit. The stamp is "of all possessions, a FRIEND is the MOST PRECIOUS"-herodotus from Michaels $ bin.
I used the sentiment from the Ovals set for the Forget Me Not and the rectangle stamper for the while on vacation. I love this stamper set from JustRite. So much versatility. This final photo of this card shows how I embossed all edges with the gold embossing power. I love how it glistens.
This is the card I made for Tracy. She has a kitten that she just adores so I used the Cart Full of Treats stamp set from Alota Rubber stamps. She is one of the funniest people I know...she tells a mean joke. I wanted her card to be more joyful so I used her favorite color Pink and added a soft yellow to go with it. 
I embossed the wagon with brown sepia and clear embossing powder and the cats were embossed using black detail powder.
I used my markers to color and I must say those cats were hard to do. I had to repeat this little image 3 times before it worked. I had embossed it first to match the wagon but it look horrible, then I tried gold and finally the black. I used the circle and scalloped circle nestibility to layer the image. The background layer is embossed with my new circles folder (I think that is what it is called). 
On the inside I used the bow and sentiment included in the set.
I received some new stamps I had ordered from Alota Rubber Stamps and I had so much fun. I decided to use this one first...Fall Angel. I know its not fall so I had to change it up a bit and turn it into a Spring Angel. I used paper I received as a gift and unfortunately , there is no label.
I used the following Prismacolored Markers in the imageI used versamark and gold detail embossing powder on the image . I used French Grey all around the image and cut it out with scissor and knife. I used dimensionals to raise the image on the circles. I created the circle medallion using the largest round nestibility in olive green and the scalloped circle in a scrap out of the Poesy of Florals from DCWV. I added another olive green scalloped circle beside the DP.
The sentiment Once Upon a Time is from Hampton Art and leaves the card open for birthdays, anniversaries or even get well cards. I used the 1/4 inch punch from SU to trim the card with sections of the DP I used.
I`m having a great day playing so maybe there will be another post later on today.
Hugs
Heather
Whiff of Joy is having a Guest Designer call and this is my entry. I am very pleased with this card. I love the colors and the design. I would be very pleased to be a guest designer so I guess you have to apply to have this chance. I used my very favorite Willow with Lantern stamp from Whiff of Joy. I tried to make the berries and leaves appear different than hollies and berries.
I stamped the image using a mixture of black onyx and sepia versafine ink and then I painted the image using Twinkling H20s. I used Canson Watercolor paper to hold the image which allowed me to watercolor using a paintbrush. I am pleased with the final look. Here is a list of the colors I used:Using Twinkling H20s allows so many shades by the amount of water used.
I created the sentiment using versamark and gold detail embossing powder. The stamp is a Studio G stamp. I also used Martha Stewarts`flower punch on the DCWV Metallic Textured Gold paper. This same paper is used on all layered pieces.
The inside shows the two DP I used from the Old Western Stack from DCWV. I used Michaels ribbon to cover the joint. I also included a smaller version of the Lady with the Latern WOJ stamp also painted with Twinkling H20s.
This is the card I made for little Derek. The previous blog post has all the information and the address. All the papers are from the DCWV Cat Scrapbook Kit in a Stack. I used Martha Stewart`s lace punch to finish the bottom edge.
I picked up this stamp at Micheals in the $ bin. This Disney stamp has one of the clearest stamped images. I used my Prismacolored Markers in the following colors:I used the rectangle and scalloped rectangle to cut the image out and the first layer. The heart is raised with dimensions for a little punch.
I used this cuttlebug die for the ribbon slide and used letters from the cat stack. The ribbon is from Micheals. I doodle around the edges in a light blue gel pen.
I used letters again to print out Derek and wrote a little note to get better. It really is nice to be able to do something like this for a family. I hope it helps the family`s recovery.
My back and side are slowly recovering and my ego is coming back as well. Still not able to drive so everybody else is finishing the shopping. I hate doing it so this works out great for me. Off to do a little blog visiting. Talk later.
Hugs
Heather
Well here is what I came up with and I only used the correct colors.
The papers are from Stampin Up 2007 and scraps but I think they are a close match to the colors.
When you look at the image closely it does not appear to be the colors, what I did was to use a waterpen and the ink pads. I colored the shirt bashful blue and added depth is the nearly navy. I did the color first in old olive and then in nearly navy. The problem was that I did not use watercolor paper. I used Whisper White and it soaked in without spreading. I decided to keep going and this is how it ended. I plan on doing the image on water color paper and switching the images if it looks better; at least it will be fun to compare.
I used the ends of the papers on the front and a new sheet of a paper I won in a blog candy. The match was perfect but I do not know who puts out the paper...love it though.
This is the first time I have inked this wonderful stamp from Flourishes. I have left this card sentiment free, I want to have it available for either Easter, Birthday or Sympathy. It is such a versatile stamp.
I first embossed the image with detail gold embossing powder and then colored with Prismacolored Markers. I used To keep the gold theme going I edged all the sides with versamark and then dipped them in gold embossing powder. Since I had used the curvy rectangle nestibility to cut out both the image and the first DP panel, the embossing was very attractive.
The papers I used are from Creative Memories and DCVW. I made the back panels slightly off center to add to the design. On the bottom I used a ribbon slide tag from Cuttlebug and ran white sheer creations ribbon from Micheals through it. I used the dotted Swizz embossing folder to add dimension to the tag.
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