Love One Another

I loved how this little girl was holding her stuffed bunny

and so I thought of the scripture...Love one another as

I have loved you; John 13:34

I paper pieced her dress and popped her onto a Prima tag.

She is a digital image so I just traced the outline of the dress

onto the patterned paper.  I used a real button in place of the

button that was on the image.  You can find this Sherri Baldy

image HERE!  She called Fairy Digi Doodle.

Thanks for stopping to take a look!

He Is With Me

This month we celebrate St. Patrick's Day so I

thought that I would use lovely green colors

and of course pink!!  Pink makes me happy

so I had to use some pink too!

I used the sentiment "I will not fear for He is with me"

because she looks like she doesn't have a worry in the 

world.  We can trust that God has us in the palm of His

hands.  His word tells us that we are inscribed on the 

palms of His hands in Isaiah 49:16a and He tells us to

"fear not for I am with you" at least 4 times in scripture.

You can find this adorable image HERE! She's a 

Fairy Digi Doodle image.  I used lots of 

Magnolia Doo Hickey dies and the sentiment stamp

is a Prima Creating in Faith stamp.  I hope that you

will stop by the store and check out all the gorgeous

images and goodies that Sherri Baldy creates!

Have a super blessed day!

Be My Valentine

Be My Valentine!

Tomorrow is the big love day and I wanted to 

make a shaker card.  You know I am obsessed 

them.  If you haven't made one you should try

it.  It is fun to decide which sequins to put in them.

I colored up a Sherri Baldy digital stamp that was released

last month.  I love coloring hair and silver hair is in. 

This girl is called Betty Davis Eyes and you can buy her here!

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have a 

blessed and happy Valentine's day with your loved ones!

Loads of Love for you!

Hi Besties!

This is my first card of 2019!  We've been busy

with prepping for and enjoying a Bahama cruise.

We had so much fun and look forward to more of them.

I must confess it felt good to get some crafting

and coloring in after enjoying our vacation.

As you know Pink makes me happy so of course I

decided on a pink truck, outfit and rose colored

glasses.  I used silver metallic paper for the chrome bumper

and side mirrors.  You can buy this adorable image

here!  My hubby and I celebrate 22 years of marriage 

this month and each year my love grows for him.

Hope your February is full of love too!

Remember love bears all things and believes all

things, love never fails!

Love and Joy

I am sharing a new Christmas image in the My Besties shop.

You can purchase the Fairy Santa's helper here!   You

can color her up in any color of your choice.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will go and take a peek

at all the beautiful images in the shop.

Enchanted Unicorn Fairy again

I colored this image a few months ago but I did her as

a blonde.  I wanted to give her a try with black hair.

Again, I made a shaker card.  I so love this image!

You can use the same image and get such a different look.

I made this card for a specific person.  She is in the

hospital and she loves unicorns.  I hope she likes it! 

I used Sherri Baldy's designer patterned papers that

you can find here.  You can purchase this image here.

Thanks for looking in and have a blessed week!

Shabby Halloween Card

Hello Bloggers!

It's been a crazy summer...my broken ankle is still healing but I am

slowly getting around.  We decided to go take a trip in the RV before

our busy season starts so I was able to get in some crafting!

It's good to get an early start on your Halloween cards so

I used this Halloween Batty image that you can find here!

I used pinks and blues to make it shabby chic!  I added pearls

to add to the shabby theme.  I used some Sherri Baldy paper

that you can find here!  Thank you for looking in!

Thanks for the Lift!

Remember last month I mentioned that I broke my

ankle and have been in a cast and now a bulky walking boot.

Well, since it's my right foot that means that I can't

drive!  Ugh!  So the sentiment on this card says so much!

Thank you for the lift!!! It may not be on a whale but I'm

still thankful!

I love the striped bowed tie in her hair!  You know that

I love pink so I added grey to match the whale and wanted

to color her up in some yellows.  I did add some glossy accents

to her sunglasses.  This image can be found here! She is part of

the new release!  I love her!!!

Thank you again for stopping by!  Stay cool!

Welcome to Summer!

Hello Friends!

Summer has arrived!  That means pool time, ice cream and air conditioning!

Well that's what it should mean.  I broke my ankle so I am not able to swim but

I can dream, right?!

Dream is exactly what I did!  While laying around with my foot above my

heart I did some coloring and decided on a mermaid image.

You can find this beautiful image HERE.  Sherri is having a sale

so enter in YOURSPECIAL50 and receive 50% off your total 

purchase!  She has so much more than just images!

I finally was able to use a metal flower embellishment

that I have had for years.  The color was perfect!

Thank you for stopping by!  Stay cool and have a safe

and fun summer!

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

I thought this sentiment would go well with this 

Chibi Kawaii Bestie.  She is too cute!  

She is her own special kind of beautiful.  

I have a grand daughter that will love this card.

I made lots of layers using some designer paper.  I fussy cut her 

and then popped her up.  I added a bow made with some 

contrasting paper and included some banners.

You can find this image here Chibi Kawaii Bestie!!

Enchanted Magical Unicorn! Oh My!

If you are a reader of my blog then you know that I LOVE to

color hair...so when I saw this digi I had to color her up.

I went to a Crafting Retreat last month and had fun

coloring up a few images and making a few shaker cards.

Yes this is a shaker card!  So much fun!  Can you see the

little purple hearts in there?  I think the wings look

delicate and I added some definition to her back.  You

can find this image Here!

I added some beautiful flowers to finish off the card.

You can color her up with any colors you would

like and it would look totally different.

There are new My Bestie images every month to

choose from so keep checking back.

Thanks for stopping by!   Have a blessed day!

HOPE!

It's still Easter month and it is one of my favorite holidays so...

Proverbs 13:12 says Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.  We should never lose hope!
Keep reaching for that dream and keep hoping! 

I so enjoy coloring and this one was fun to color up.

I was at a Crafting retreat this last weekend and this is one

of the few cards that I finished up.  If you would like to 

purchase this image or many others, you can find her HERE!
Thank you for stopping by!

Handle Life With Prayer

Hope you had a blessed and happy Resurrection Day!

 Easter is one of my favorite days. 

I thought this card would be perfect for this months project.

I think male cards are the hardest for me.  I mean it's hard

to keep from adding flowers but these gorgeous flowers are

from Sherri Baldy's booth at the Scrapbook Expo.  I loved

the color and had to get them.  The praying girl stamp

is always a big hit so I thought that I would color up the

"Say a little prayer" boy stamp which you can find here!

Thank you for stopping by!  Blessings!

Little Ducky

With Easter approaching I thought that I would make a gift

card holder for my second March Shabby Chic Besties project. 

I stamped this adorable Sherri Baldy image called Little Ducky.

I stamped it onto Recollections #110 white paper and colored her up with Copic markers.  You can find Sophia HERE!

Here are the Copic colors that I used:

Skin:  E50, E51, E53, E35, RV10

Hair:  Y23, E21, E35, E57, E47

Bunny Ears:  E71, E77, E79, R81, E04, BV00

Ducky:  Y13, Y21

 I used Kaiser Craft Miss Betty, Tilda and an

oldie, Girls Paperie paper.  I cut the bow from a die from

My Creative Time, the chicken wire die from Tim Holtz,  

and layed some leaves I die cut.  I also layered a Magnolia

DooHickey die cut on the edges.  The letters that spell out

"Easter" are from Girls Paperie.  Thanks for stopping by!

So Sweet Little Sophia

Isn't little Sophia sweet?  This image is named after Sherri Baldy's granddaughter, Sophia.  I just had to color her up for my March Shabby Chic Besties project.  You know that I love to color using my Copic markers and working with yellows is always fun too!

You can find Sophia in the shop here!

I stamped her onto Recollections #110 white paper

with black Momento Ink.

I used the following Copic Markers:

Skin:  E50, E51, E53, E35 and RV10

Hair:  Y21, YR23, E15, E18

Dress/Headband: Y0000, Y00, YR20, Y26

Ruffles:  B0000, B00

Flowers:  R81, E04, G21

I used Heaven Sent paper by Prima Marketing Inc.

I love the colors.  I layed a few of my favorite papers

and also used a chicken wire fence die cut.  The gold foil

"So sweet" sticker is from the Paper Studio.  I added some

white seam binding, buttons, pink bead trim, a Prima flower

and a few other misc. trims.  Thank you for visiting and I

hope that you will take a look at Sherri's store!  Have a super

blessed and creative day!

You're In My Heart Forever

Hello friends!  It's been a whole year since I posted but I am so glad to back with new projects for Sherri Baldy - My Besties Shabby Chic Design Team.  Sherri has created beautiful Steam Punk images and here is one that I used.  I love her!  You can find her in the shop by clicking here!   I used E50, E51, E53, E35 and RV10 for the skin.  For the hair I used Y23, E21, E35, E57 and E47.  The clothes and head band were colored with RV00, RV11, RV34, C00, C1 and C3.

It was fun to color this adorable girl with my Copic Markers.  I also used some beautiful flowers in some gorgeous colors to accent the card which I added diamond dust to in different areas.  I popped the image up on foam squares and also popped up the polka dot paper and Tilda background paper.  I added a sentiment and finished it off with the matching button.  Hope you will stay tuned for more Shabby Chic creations!  Thanks for stopping by!

It's A Blue Christmas Snowman

I made this Snowman for my daughter.  She will find out 

when she sees this post.  I hope she likes it.  She requested

this color.  This is my final project for Deb as she is 

closing her Gone Artsy Zibbet store.  She still has some

styrofoam balls and other shapes as well.

I used my favorite laces and jewels.  I popped

the snowman up on a left over spool and then 

covered it in the faux pearl ruffled lace.  I added

the polka dot paper and then used her black lace

to accent the spool.  I added the word bead on

top of a snow flake.

   

I used the Prima pearls as snow along the feet 

and on the hat.  I also used a delicate blue ribbon

from her shop on the hat.  

Deb was so generous to all on her Design Team

and I will miss working with her and all the very 

sweet and talented designers.  Thank you Deb for

the opportunity to play with your products.

Check out her store before it closed on the 21st

of this month.  I hope that you have a very

blessed Christmas!  See you next year!

When my Mother passed away in 2010 I wasn't able

to get any of her costume jewelry so this project

is special to me.  I took a wooden frame and

painted it white and added some gold paint over

the white.  I used E6000 glue to attach the items.  I

added GA320 Vintage Style Rhinestone Embellishment

to the top.  I put some faux pearls in various areas.

On each side I added GA100 23mm Pearl and Rhinestone

Cabochons to each corner.

I added the GA223 Pearl and Rhinestone Round Wheel

inspired metal embellishment to the bottom.  I used

some Rhinestone cup chain in silver but Deb has a

Faux Pearl and Rhinestone chain GA287 in gold.  

I think this is a great way to honor my Mother and Father

and it looks so pretty in my craft room.  Please go and

check out all the goodies that are in Deb's store at

Gone Arsty Zibbet .com

Shabby Chic Hot Air Balloon

It's that time of year when you see

Hot Air Balloons in the sky and friends

are riding them to celebrate birthdays and

other special events.  No thank you!

I like my feet firm on the ground! LOL!

Well I can still make one though!

I started with 2 doilies and then made

them stiff using a product called Stiffy.

You can watch my video here to learn

how to make this. 

 I used the many beautiful laces that you

can find at Deb's shop.  

 I used a lace butterfly from the shop too

and added the pearl and rhinestone chain

to the center of it. 

I hope that you will go and check out the

YouTube video for the details.  You can

shop at the store here!

Salty Destinations!

I up-cycled an old picture frame.  The glass had broken

and I had it laying around just waiting to be used.

I first painted the backing using some Prima chalkpaint 

in a beautiful blue color.  I dipped my cheesecloth in some

Prima heavy gesso and then applied that.  I added the

GA942 Prima Mini Art Stones and the GA941 Art Stones

while it was all still wet.   

The labels, Salty and Destination are stickers from

the French Riviera 12x12 Paper pad.  I popped them

up on some thick chipboard to give them dimension

and some sturdiness.  The metal anchor, starfish and 

bottle are from the Ephemera kit.  

The Shell is from the GA960 Relics and Artifacts kit.

I gessoed it and then added some Rose Iridescent Texture

Paste GA534 in the center.  The statue is part of the kit and

I lightly painted it gold and along the edge of the shell.

I added more of the mini stones that I had painted gold

and pink around the statue.  A few mica flakes in 3 colors

were also added.  I had to add the tricolored 

embellishment GA122 at her feet and it still needed 

more pearls so I added GA294 the faux pearl garland. 

I filled the bottle with the mini stones and some

GA630 Gold Fusion glass to mimic sand.  I rolled

up a tiny piece of the French Riviera paper and tied

it for a message in a bottle.  I am planning on putting

this in our RV.  We love Salty Destinations! 

Just thought I would share a picture of all the products

that went into this project!  I loved getting my hands

dirty to make this!  I hope that I have inspired you to

play!  You can find many of these items in Deb's store,

Gone Artsy Zibbet.com and use the code LOVEGA for

a 15% discount!  Thanks for looking in!