Mermaid ATC's

So, my Mom has been making ATC's lately (Artist Trading Cards) and has kinda gotten me into making them too, although, I have a lot of catching up to do!!  She's made so many by now and I think I've done... 8?  Hahaha!  I guess since I got her into cardmaking and scrapbooking to begin with, it's only fair that she get me into something new, too, right?

Well, she and I are looking forward to going to the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Expo in Portland, Oregon next weekend and they have an ATC contest and swap!  This year's contest theme is Mystical Mermaids, so I decided to make up a set of ATC's to enter into the contest - wish me luck!!  I am also making a few ATC's to take with me to swap, but I don't know how many I'll end up having.. it's still such a small canvas for me to get used to working on!

Here are my Mystical Mermaids - using the Mermaid digi from Karen's Doodles

I kept them very similar, to make them more of a set, but of course, not identical.  I also needed them to reflect my style of "art", so I kept them simple, but they had to have shimmer, glitter, sparkle and pearls!  I really like how they turned out!

Some ATC's are wild, some are simple... some are odd, some are cute... some are colorful, some are monochromatic... it all depends on the artist that creates them and their style of art.  I think these show off my style pretty well.  Simple, colorful, cute and sparkley!

I hope you like them and I hope they do well in the contest next weekend!  Anyone else going to the show in Portland?  I'd love to swap with you!  :)

I'd love to enter these into the challenge at Digital Tuesday Challenges - It's a Magical World

Meljen's Inspiration!

Hey! 

Did you see that Meljen's Designs now has a FEW select PRE-COLORED images??  All ready to go, just print them up, cut them out and paste them to some pretty paper!  How great is that??  And, for those of you (like me) who haven't quite finished their Christmas cards yet... the first release is all Christmas themed, so it's SO easy to get those cards done and in the mail!

Check it out - I've made a super cute card using the Caroling Snowmen pre-colored image and I think it took me about 5 minutes to put this card together!

I really love this card!  I think I'm going to make up a few more to finish off the Christmas card list!

You can find all of the pre-colored images right HERE in the Meljen's Corner at Whimsy Stamps!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed - Sparkle and Shine

Digital Tuesday - Sparkling Christmas

The Pink Elephant - Winter Wonderland

The Crafty Pad - Embossing

Totally Gorjuss - Snow!

If the shoe fits - Texture

A Spoonful of Sugar - Christmas Card

Karen's Doodles - Silver & Gold

Happy Monday and time for another fun Karen's Doodles challenge!

This week, we are asking you to make a card using Karen's Doodles and the colors

Silver and Gold

I've made a Christmas card using the Oh-So-Fun Christmas Moose image!  Now, I had to giggle while I was making this card, because I finished it up right after my hubby and I had finished hanging all the lights on the house!  And, so I was looking at this little moose, all tangled up in lights, thinking of my hubby.. all tangled up in lights!  Hehhehe!

As always, there are prizes to be won at Karen's Doodles!  But, you have to play to win!

Hope to see you join us this week!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - Christmas Cards
Stamp Something - Digi Day
The Crafty Pad - Embossing
Totally Gorjuss - Snow
Digital Tuesday - Baby, it's cold outside

Movie Night!

Second Post for the day - scroll down to see my cute bumblebee card!

I've been having some fun playing with my Karen's Doodles!  And, there are new Karen's Doodles challenges blogs up now!  There's one for the US, the UK, Scandinavia and the Netherlands!  So, why not play along, right?  You are allowed to enter any country challenge no matter where you live!  So this card fits into the UK challenge - where the theme is ANYTHING GOES!  Although I'm not entering it into the challenge - you'll see why in just a few days!  Just wanted to share it with you!

By the way - the cute little fastenator staple says "FUN" - but you can't read it in the photo :)

This card also fits into the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant: Party Invitations

The Corrosive Challenge: Sketch

Digital Tuesday: Piercing 

Cute Card Thursday: Celebrations (what's a celebration without an invite?)

What'd I Use?

Image: Karen's Doodles (digi)

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Ovals, Scallop Ovals

Embellies: Brads, Eyelets & Fastenator

Patterned paper & Ribbon, from my stash

Oh Alice, #2

Pssst... I still have lots of stamps for sale!!  Check it out HERE!

Another week down the rabbit hole!

I colored this image the other day, just practicing with my Copics, still need practice, but it sure is fun!  As I was coloring it, I thought it would fit well into this weeks Oh, Alice sketch.  It fits, I guess... but I wouldn't say that it fits well, now that I've done it!  But it works, in a way!  :)

If you haven't taken a trip down the rabbit hole, yet, you really should!  This challenge blog is awesome and the DT just rocks!  I love the Alice theme, the background on the blog is just cool and so far, the variety of challenges keeps me hopping!

Here's my card:  (Trust me, it's not as neon as it looks in the photo!)

What'd I Use?

Image: Digital Doodling

Markers: Copics

Sentiment: Sassy Studio Designs

Patterned paper: K&Company "Berry Sweet"

Nesties: Scallop Octagon

Brads & Dew Drops from my stash

Also putting this one in the hat for:
The Pink Elephant Challenge: Add Green
Digital Tuesday Challenge: Scallops