Spring is in the Air

Hi and Welcome To  another  Outlawz.ning.com  Monday Greetings Challenge. I am proud to be a Guest Designer for the month of May. This week the theme is "April Showers Bring May Flowers" and your card has to have a greeting on it. Our Sponsor for the challenge is Lacy Sunshine. Isn't that perfect. I love the images from this sight! I have an image that fits our Theme perfectly this week.

Lacy Sunshine

Isn't she gorgeous! I used Prisma Color Pencils to finish the image. The Bitty Butterflies are from a punch and I added Jems to the center of their bodies for some sparkle and texture. I used glossy accents on all of the rain and water spots because it looks so real in person. The sentiment is from my stash. I adhered everything onto an A2 sized card. I hope you play along on our Challenge. It's a lot of fun. All of the Crafters can comment on each others work and ask any questions they would like. That's what makes .ning so different from the rest of the blog challenges. It has a different format and talk with each other is highly encouraged. I can't wait to see what you make!!! Have a greaat week! Hugz

A Day At The Salon

Hi Everyone!! How Are You today? I have recently joined the Cute As A Button DT. I'm Here with a project for the May 1st Facebook Challenge. She is just adorable! I hope you have enough time to check out the Challenge and play along! I can't wait to see what you make!

I just love this image! It reminds me of when I was a little girl and I would sit and wait until my Mom and Grandma would get done at the hair salon every week. I finished the images with Prisma Colored Pencils and then used Gina Marie Design Stitched Rectangle Die set to cut it out. It was matted on a blue cardstock and the adhered to 6 x 5 1/5 Card base. I used a Martha Stewart paper punch to create the edge on the hair pin patterned paper. The purple ribbon is from my stash. I used glossy accents on the water in the foot tub to make it look more real and Stickles on the scarf and corners of her glasses.

This was a lot of fun to make. I love the images at Cute As A Button. The shapes of their faces and the way their eyes look so innocent is irresistible. I hope you have enjoyed the project and have found some inspiration to create your own. Good Luck in the Challenge!! Hugz

Flower Angel and a sense of Spring

Hello Everyone and welcome! Today at the Outlawz We have our weekly Saturday Paper Al a Mode Challenge Kicking off. It is an Anything Goes Challenge this week. Our Design Team has some gorgeous inspiration for you. I hope that you get time to stop by and check it out. I would LOVE to see your projects there and get a chance to know all of you better. Here is the my Design Team Card for inspiration.

our sponsor for this weeks Challenge is:

Eureka Stamps

I started out by painting her dress with Pearlescent water color paint. I used a shimmery white. Then I used the Shimmery Blue to do the high lights and stitched areas. I also used the blue on her wings. I used Markers to color in the flowers and leaves. In the bottom corner I adhered some of the Bitty Blossoms I made from a Spellbinder Die set. I rubbed a little light blue Powder Puff Chalk across the edges of the two white roses. She was cut using a Stitched Rectangle Die from Gina Marie Designs and matted to a light blue cardstock cut with the largest of the Dies. I adhered her to a navy blue A2 size card and added some Jems for detail.

I can't wait to see what all of you create! Its Anything Goes so let your imaginations run wild!! HUgz

My Granddaughter and I :)

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Festive Friday's Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. We have four fun and Festive Holiday's we chose as our Theme's for this weeks Challenge You can chose one or more of these theme's for inspiration on your project. The Holiday Theme's are International Dance Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, International Baby Day, National Firefighters Day. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects.

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Hello Everyone, Today I am going to do something different. I am doing a Project for International Baby Day. I am going to share a set of scrapbook pages I made for my Granddaughter, Layla's, scrapbook. I am trying to make a scrapbook for each of the grandkids showing memories of their first year. It's been a struggle because I have seven Grandchildren now. These pages are special to me because they showcase the very first time she slept over night at my house. All of my grandchildren call me Nana. I love that they call me this. It is what we called my Paternal Grandmother. I have lots to show you so we better get this party started!

The Theme is Layla and I and "Sugar and spice and everything nice."

 I used cardstock for the background from Nana's Kitchen Stack by DCWV. I used a second piece from the same book and cut two strips 3" wide. I used one piece on the top of the first page and the other across the bottom of the second page. I matted all of the pictures on a some cardstock I had in my stash

I used the Baby Steps Cricut cartridge to make the babies and the crib. The large Grandma sayings are on vellum and tacked down over card stock from Nana's Kitchen Stack.

I found little buttons that were different baby items and used them in several spots throughout the two pages. I found a cute little set of letters and numbers that matched perfectly. Sometimes you just get lucky! :)







I found the 3D sticker and Thought it fit so well with the theme of the pages so I had to add it in.

I sure hope you enjoyed the scrapbook pages. I know that some people add a lot more to their pages but I don't like the clutter. It draws away from the pictures and just looks like a mess to me. I guess I'm kinda Clean and Simple...Have a Great Day!!

Just saying Hello....

Good Morning Everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about a new Facebook Challenge Group that has started up. It's a Progressive Challenge and the Digi's are provided FREE. A new challenge starts each Tuesday. It's called Cre8tive Hands Fans. There are Prizes, Freebies and loads of fun! I hope that you will check it out and take part in the challenges.

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• I started by color the image with Prisma Color Pencils.
• I used a Stitched Rectangle Die set from Gina Marie Designs to cut out the image and the brown cardstock It is adhered to.
• I used the same brown cardstock to create the sentiment banner. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed with WOW white embossing powder.
• The flower was from my stash and added to the corner for detail.
• I adhered everything to a piece of vintage handwritten card stock on an A2 size card.

I plan on using this card for Mother's Day. 

Hello My Friend

Hello Everyone and Welcome! We are kicking off another Paper Al A Mode Challenge at the Outlawz.ning.com this week. Our Theme for this weeks Challenge is to us more than one form of media on your project. I hope you get a chance to stop by and see the Design Team's inspirational projects.

Our sponsor for the Challenge this week is:

Isn't she gorgeous!?! The images at A Day For Daisies are so sweet and fun to work with. I started by painting her skin with water color. I used a pearlescent water paint to paint the dress. The camera didn't show it very well but the dress has a gorgeous shimmer to it. I used distress inks to paint the hair and the birds. I also used markers on the hair. The Sentiment is from a Stampendous called Happy Messages. I added the pearly enamel dots for a little detail. I hope the card has inspired you in some way. I can't wait to see what you create! Have a blessed week!!

Eli Elephant

Hello Everyone and Welcome, Today I'm a GDT for Stamprints Digi Stamps Stop by their store and check out what's new. They are adding new Digi's every week and have some exciting stuff coming up this month.

• I used Prisma Colored Pencils to color her and the Balloons.
•  I used a Stitched Rectangle Die Set from Gina Marie Designs to cut the image and the red cardstock behind her.
• I used a black and white thread and wrapped it around the image for some detail and color.
• I couldn't resist adding the cupcake button between her two front feet.
• I adhered her to a red Polk-a-dot background and used an A2 size card to finish off the card.