Allie's, I Mean, Pati's Kisses for the Digi Bells

When I saw this adorable digi from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, I knew I had to have her!  She reminds me so much of my granddaughter, Allie.  Her mom has been winning her some stuffed animals out of a machine that she has at her work.  When she bring them home, Allie holds them up and acts like each one of them is the best present she's ever received!  It's my day to post over at The Digi Bells Design Team Blog and this cutie kept coming to my mind.  

I colored her with Copics and added a little bit of stickles to her hair tie, bear and shirt.  She also has some Diamond glaze on her headband.  The papers are some older paper from Daisy D papers, the green card stock is from DCWV and the gems are from Cloud 9.  The layout is from the Deconstructed Sketch.  I'm entering her in their challenge.

I  just love her sweet self!

Here's a peek at the inside.

Here's a peek of the inside.

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Lady Anne's Challenges -anything goes
Crafting by Design - anything goes
Nutcrafters - lilacs and lemons
The Stamping Chef - ribbons and lace
City Crafter Challenge Blog - All that glitters
Cutting & Stampin Challenges - purple, green, and yellow
Craft Us Crazy - show your favorites (image and papers!)
Happy Campers - use favorite stamp
In The Pink - pink and bling
Lili's Little Fairies - butterflies
MilkCoffee Challenge - make it cute

Make sure to stop by The Digi Bell Design Team Blog tomorrow to get some more fabulous inspiration from my other designing sisters!

Dare To Be Sassy Thursday at Sassy Studio Designs

Time for another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday for Sassy Studio Designs!  The ever talented Kathy asked us to use stitching (real or faux) on our projects.  Well, I went with the faux since I've had a horrible tooth ache and I used a character that knows a little bit about needles!

Don't you just love a good fairy tale?  I sure do!  One of my favorites is Sleeping Beauty.  Those three fairies are some of my favorite characters, but my favorite villainess has to be Maleficient!  She's just pure evil and full of herself.   I love what Lindsay's done with all of the wicked ladies from all these tales. I always hated her for having princess Aurora prick her finger on a spinning wheel since I love to sew so much!

For the challenge, I chose Maleficient Sassy, which you can find here, and colored her with copics.  I added some Stickles to her dress, glittered candy dots and some silver stars to the corners and a bow with some ribbon from my stash.  The papers are from Memory Makers (I thing) and the Kraft card stock is from Stampin Up.  I used my white Jelly Roller pen to add the stitches.

Isn't she wickedly gorgeous?

Here's a peek from the sides.

I just added a plain box for a sentiment or note to the inside.

I think she's stunning!

I am entering this hottie in the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs - anything goes
Creative Moments - shades of blue
Inky Impressions Challenge - favorite color combination (Mine is blue/brown/white or cream)
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - anything goes
Stamp n' Doodle - anything goes

So head on over to our Sassy Studio Designs blog and show us your stitches!

Let's Hear It For The Boys for Elphine House Australia

It's time for another challenge over at the Elphine House Australia Design Team Blog!  Hope you enjoyed our last challenge and we've got a fabulously fun one this time.  Our theme is "Let's Hear It for the Boys!"  This was great fun for me because I don't do many boy cards and I had a blast!  I used Tommy Tell Tail of Ice Cream and you can find him at Elphine House Australia's shop!

Isn't he too cute?!  There's nothing like seeing a cutie pie kid eating ice cream!  Some of my favorite pictures of the girls when they were little was of them with ice cream.  Elisabeth Bell captures the essence of childhood like no one else, if you ask me!

He's colored with copics in really bright primary colors and I added some Diamond Glaze to his icecream cone.  I added some of my favorite papers from Basic Grey and cut out some butterflies with my Martha Stewart punch.  The buttons have some Scrapper's Floss in them and I added some mesh behind the background.  The swirl clip and baubles are from my stash.  And I couldn't resist adding some Stickles to the butterfly.

I was going to add the clip where the red butterfly is by this cutie pop, but Allie stuck it on when I went to stir her noodles!  Here's a peek of the inside.

Here's a view of the inside.  I thought a butterfly would be a nice touch!

I absolutely love him!  I did resist adding on any flowers to him and I think that says a lot for me!

I'm entering him in the following challenges:

Going Grey With Scraps Challenge ( BINGO and I used Glitter, die cut/punches/buttons)
Craft Room Challenge (Something for a man)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday (I'm Seeing Red, use red)
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog (Button mania)
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog (Lots of Layers)
Oldies But Goodies Challenge (Bright colors)
Papertake Weekly (Buttons and Bling)
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge Blog (Use the oldest designer paper in your stash)
Through The Craftroom Door (Always Anything Goes)
Use it Tuesdays Challenge Blog (Must be horded supplies, for me it's the buttons!)
Vickie's Challenges  (Anything Goes)

Make sure to stop over at the Elphine House Australia Design Team blog and give a shout out to the boys in your life.  I know there out there!  Besides, my design team sisters have some fabulous inspiration for you!

Green With Envy Blog Hop for Sassy Studio Designs

I love me some Sassy Studio Designs and am so excited when something different happens with them.  We usually have a release every month but due to some computer problems and time constraints, we're doing something different this time.  We're have a blog hop and the theme is Green With Envy and we're piling on the green!  If you came to me from Lori's blog, then you're on the right track. Wasn't her project fabulous?!   If not, head on over to our Sassy Studio Designs Blog and start from there.  All the details are listed but the jest of it is stop by each of the Design Team member's blogs, some today and then the rest tomorrow, and see what our favorite image is!  Leave a comment and each member will be chosing their favorite comment and that person will get that member's favorite image for FREE!  I can tell you from personal experience that this is a great way to get some of the images that are on sale in the store for FREE. Any who, here's my favorite!

For there, there's a toss up between the Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars as my all time favorite movie series, and all for different reasons!  But oh, I do love me some Star Wars and Princess Leia is one of my favorite heroines!  I love her strength and that she can really take care of herself.  I went the the spring green colors for her and the pictures just don't do her justice!  Isn't she gorgeous?  And if you leave a comment, you stand the chance to pick her up for FREE!

I used the layout from the Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog and I love it!  It's a keeper and I'm going to use it again!

Here she is a little closer.

She's colored with copics and has Star Dust Stickles on her dress.  I added some Diamond Glaze to her gun and lips.  The papers are from an older Basic Grey paper pack called Sultry and I love it!  I've been hoarding it!  I added some glitter tape to the middle and some swirls from Cloud 9.  I made the flowers on the corner and added some branches with my Martha Stewart punch and threw some Scrapper's Floss in.

Here's a couple of side views where you can see the dimension of the flowers and a peek to the inside.

Here's the inside.  I came up with the saying from the movie.  I'm sure after Valentine's Day, some people feel like saying this!

I'm entering her in the following challenges:

Little Miss Muffet Challenges (sketch)
Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge (colors)
Aud's Sentiments Challenge Blog (sentiment on the inside)
Chrisma Cardz Challenge (anything goes)
Craft Us Crazy (show us your favorites)
Hanna and Friends (pink and brown)

So now head on over to Debbie's fabulous blog and see what her favorite is!  Oh my stinkin word, you'll love it!  Happy favoriting!  Tell me about your favorite anything!  Make sure to stop back by on Tuesday, February 19th and see who ends up with this gorgeous image!

A Tasty Read for The Digi Bells

My daughter Nichole has me hooked on a series of books written by Cassandra Clare called Mortal Instruments.  I read the first one, "City of Bones" and am now on "City of Ashes".  She finds some good things for me to read!  When I saw this cutie, A Tasty Read by Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection, I had to have her and have been waiting to color her up.  I am posting her over on our Digi Bell Design Team blog so they can enjoy her.

I saw this paper by My Mind's Eye and loved the yellows and grays together.  They were so soothing and reminded me of Nichole.  She's eats really healthy and if anyone would read with an apple, it's her!  This cutie was colored with copics and Spectrum Noir markers.  The flowers are from Recollections, the swirls from Close to My Heart, and the pearls are from Studio 112. The branches are from a Martha Stewart punch.  Believe it or not, there aren't any stickles on this baby because for the first time in a long time, I thought she stood on her own!

Here's a close up of that gorgeous face.  I've been practicing my blending and I was really pleased with how she came out.

You can see the gorgeous paper a little bit better on this view.

I touched her edges and the white flowers up with some Scattered Straw Distress Ink and think it made them fit so much better!  I also distresssed the edges but they don't show up so well against the Kraft cardstock from Stampin' Up.

The paper was so pretty on the inside, I didn't want to cover too much of it up so I angled the writing area.

I hope you'll sit down and read a good book!  I'm always up for some suggestions so send them on!  Also please stop over at the Digi Bells Design Team blog tomorrow to see what gorgeous and inspiring creations my wonderfully talented design team sisters have in store for you!

And stop by my blog because The Sassy Studio Designs Design Team is having a fun blog hop and I'd hate for you to miss the opportunity to win a free image from them!  Stop by and see what all of our favorite images are!  Now go read!