Take Out Those Images #24.

I'm doing great using images sent to me by sweet stamping friends! This was my last Easter card I made this year that I mailed out to family. I normally am so bad, I make the cards, and don't seem to mail them. This year, I did mail them, but ouch! The shipping on a few of them cost me 1.71. I so need to lay off the buttons! I knew I was mailing this one, so I went easy on my embellies, and tried to add with papers, not bulky flowers or buttons. Debbie sent me some wonderful Easter themed Magnolias this year. Loved them! This sweet little Magnolia was adorable, and a ton of fun to color! I followed a sketch from somewhere, but I'm drawing a blank about what site I had visited.

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Other supplies: Copices, nesties, stickles, primas, Eleagant Eggplant ink, Cert. Celery cardstock, Cricut Cartridge Serenade for the swirls.

Take Out Those Images #23.

Life has gotten by me! I've been doing so well on being ahead of blogging stuff, and somehow, spring break comes for the kids, and I'm behind again! Oh, well, I've been working on a big project. I shouldn't beat myself up too much. I'm dying to show it off, but it's not ready just yet, and it's a gift, so I want the recipient to get it and not accidentally peak at it on my blog.

So, today's image features a sweet Elisabeth Bell image. My paper is from Pink Paisley, and the cardstock is from SU. I realized after I had completed the card that I had left off a stripe of pattern paper. It was to go over the pink layer. But being that I had already taped down, layered up, I didn't pull the card apart to fix my boo boo. This will be going to Trey's teacher during teacher appreciation week. Thought the book was perfect for a teacher. I followed the sketch 188 at Mojo Monday.

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Supplies: Nesties, stickles, copics, primas,

Take Out Those Images #22.

Today's card was made for a friend of mine who is having surgery for skin cancer. They found it above her ankle on her calf. I remember a past boss telling me that they found skin cancer on women on their legs a lot. I guess we worry about arms, and faces, but tend to skip the sunblock on the legs.

Personally, talking for myself, but I think it's the whiteness of legs that is scary! LOL! I sat at a ball game for Trey on Sunday, and had my legs crossed. I sunburned both my legs. Half of both calves are white, the other half red-cuz they got a little sunburned, and they have perfect lines separating the two areas. Very comical looking! First day I wore shorts outside this year. Will have to be better about that, since I don't want to get to get skin cancer on my legs.

I didn't have to do a lot of coloring on this image. I did her hair to look like my friend, and left her uniform white. I think Kim sent me this image a long time ago. The papers are really old too. Those are from SU's hostess pack, not sure what catty year. Been hoarding them for too long. I followed the Mojo Monday 187 sketch. The sentiment is from TAC.

Take Out Those Images #21.

This image is so pretty! I want to say it came from Debbie, but it might have been Tammi. So forgive me if I have them mixed up. I tried to picture Gabi doing ballet while I was coloring her. I don't like how my tights and shoes turned out, the colors seemed off to me. I was super pleased to see how well it went with a pack of paper, Maggie, from TAC. I started digging thru my paper stash, and came across it, and ooohhh'd when I put the image next to it. Beautiful match! Even cooler, it's double sided, so all of the paper came from the same sheet.

I added shimmerz and stickles to her dress. I thought it would look so pretty with a lot of bling. I know Gabi loved her costumes that were colored in bling. I sprayed my flowers with glimmer mist. I followed sketch 112 on Sweet Sunday Sketch. I punched out the flowers using a Cuttle Bug die, and tabs are from PTI's double banner die. I dusted all my edges with Rich Razzleberry ink pad.

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Supplies: Nesties, stickles, copics, PTI banner die, CB die, shimmerz, glimmer mist, Maggie SWIC.

Take Out Those Images #20.

Okay, super sweet card today. This one will probably head to my Mom. She collects Precious Moments, and I'm sure this will make her smile. I'm sorry, but I can't remember who was kind enough to send me this darling image. It's been in my stash for far too long. Even my papers are a few years old! I colored this image before matching it to any papers, and so thankful it matched so perfectly! I followed sketch 103 from The Sweet Stop.

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Supplies: Nesties, copics, stickles, primas, DCWV Spring stack, PTI cardstock, SU cardstock, scrappers floss.

Take Out Those Images #19.

Okay, today's a darling image from Claudia and Co, Puddle Jumper Emma from Lori Boyd. How cute is she? I can't remember who gave me this image, and guessing at one point it was sold as an rubber stamp. Looks like now it's in digital form. I used up some more Wild Raspberry paper from K and Co. Love that it's double sided, so one sheet gave me enough for the card. I used a sentiment from Verve Star Of Wonder stamp set, and kept off the last word of the sentiment, so it would work with my card. I kept thinking The Lord is Risen.

I followed the Mojo Monday sketch 185.

I haven't done this in ages either, and decided to blurf around and find some other challenges to play.

Pink Elephant's 97: Easter.

Anything Goes Challenge 38: Pearls.

Scrap Creations Going Grey: Recipe-Pick 3 - Ribbon, Flowers, Pearls, Glitter, Buttons, Charm.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: 105.

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Supplies: EK punch, Verve stamps, stickles, nesties, copics, PTI die, SU cardstock, primas.

Take Out Those Images #18.

Lovely spring card today for you all. I don't recall where the image came from, sorry. Thought this would be perfect for Easter and/or a spring themed card. Hard to believe Easter is only a few weeks away. Time sure does fly. I'm even thinking about trying out some of those cute carrots Debbie put on her blog a few weeks ago. My paper is from K and Co, Wild Strawberry. It's a colorful stack I picked up last year at Michaels. My cardstock is So Saffron, Cool Caribbean, More Mustard, and Cameo Coral.

Take Out Those Images #17.

Okay, seriously, how stinking cute is this Magnolia image?! And lookie, two on this card, because the background is a different image from my stash. These came from Debbie. I had such a blast coloring these. Hard to believe spring is on it's way, been cold here the last few days. Wet too!

I like cold, but sometimes, a touch warmer would be nice. As I'm typing this, my dog, Maxwell is dying for attention. Keeps hitting the keyboard, the computer, pawing at me...guess he missed his momma. Doesn't he understand how important blogging is?! I've started subbing at Trey's school, so poor Max has been chilling more with the cats than he's used too. This is my Mojo Monday card. Haven't played their challenge in awhile. I colored them with copics, topped off with stickles, and Martha S. punched butterflies. I used my PTI cloud dies, and used one to mask off and sponge the sky with Brocade blue, and pacific point SU ink. Thanks for stopping by. Other supplies: nesties, Martha border punch,

Take Out Those Images #14.

Whew, been a busy few days for me. Baseball has started and Trey's on two teams. So, lots of practices, and sitting around. Lucky for me, I had colored this image a few weeks back and hadn't made it into a card yet. Saw the Mojo Monday sketch for the week, and had to play along. I flipped it left to right because of how my image laid. This sweet image came to me from Tammi. I had a blast coloring this cutie. Reminded me of Gabi, and had to go crazy on the pinks. Worked out well that I had papers to match! I thought the sentiment went perfectly with the bright fun colors in my image, and papers.

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Supplies: Stickes, nesties, PTI cardstocks and ribbon, gems, Verve stamp set, copics, paint pen.

Take Out Those Images #13.

Sat down to color again the other night. Lately, I've been watching Ugly Betty on Netflix Instant Downloads on the Wii. Love that you can do that! Keeps me entertained while I'm coloring. Tammi sent me this image. She's by Elisabeth Bell, and she's sold at Susana's store.

I followed sketch 57 at Sketch and Stash. The paper is new, it's a K and Co paper at Michaels. The rest of everything is from my stash of supplies.

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Supplies: nesties, copcis, martha cupcake floss, PTI cardstock, primas, pearls.

Take Out Those Images #12.

I promise I didn't slack on using images last Thursday. There wasn't a post from me, but two of my up coming Flutter By Wed. cards use images. I ended up making them for Flutter By, and didn't have time to do another card for Thursday on top of that. Today's sweet image came from Tammi. Such a sweet Magnolia image, isn't it?! Love when Tilda has long hair!

I used Mango Frost paper pack for my papers. SU cardstock, Bermuda Bay, and Groovy Guava. I followed the sketch at Just Magnolia and aHanglar Challenge blog. Mu flowers I found on clearance at either Michaels, or Target. I swear, my scrapping space looks like a store. It matched my paper, so I was giddy. Colored my image without having things picked out ahead of time, so it makes my day when it ends up matching something I already have in stock!

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Other supplies: copics, nesties, stickles,

Take Out Those Images #11.

Okay, I'm super excited to show off today's project. Forgive me, because there's gonna be several photos to show what I did on these pages.

I was sent these images from The Greeting Farm from Tammi. Aren't they the cutest? I thought they'd be a wonderful addition to this page after I had the photos developed. I colored one to look like Gabi, and one to look like Trey.

Now a little bit about the page, because it's got some fun elements on it. Back in December, my neighbors invited the kids and I over for what they call the "Christmas Cookie Cook Off." Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Man, my neighbor was prepared for this too! Sheets covered the tables, and they were all decked out for decorating messy cookies with frostings, sprinkles, cookie cutters, rollers and flour! They were serious about their cookie cook off! They compete to see who can make the coolest cookies. Hands down went to their son's girlfriend, the one where glasses in the photos. She's been to culinary school, and rocked decorating! Second place had to be their son, Patrick, who made an ice cream cone out of a star. I mean, that's crafty for a dude, isn't it?!

The kids loved it, and spent 4 hours rolling, cutting, frosting, sprinkling love, and eating cookies.

Than I kicked it up a notch, and used a neglected cricut cartridge, From My Kitchen, too add some extra fun touches to the page. Do you see that darling timer? Look at the rolling pin...love it! Even cut out a little hand mixer. I had planned on using cookies we decorated that I took some photos off to use for the 'O's in my title, but they were too big. So, had to go with something else. I had grabbed this cartridge the other day when Trey wanted bacon on a hat for Dr. Seuss Week-don't ask. There wasn't any bacon on this cartridge, but it was fresh in my mind from pulling it out for him, and thought it was perfect for this layout.

The cartridge didn't have a lot of cookies though, but did have the cute gingerbread chap. I thought the hot pads would be perfect with the cookie theme. I mean, how cute are those cherries? I layered up just about all the cut pieces, which is a great feature with the cartridge.

Than in a rare "Ah-Ha!" moment, I added the buttons for the cherries, and to the gingerbread men. Perfect touch, huh?! The gingerbread man was accented with white paint pen. It did have a feature to layer it up, but they were tiny parts, so I just did the pen.

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Supplies: Cricut, stickles, DCWV cardstock, Christmas stack-o9, The Greeting Farm images, Sure Cuts A Lot-title

Take Out Those Images #10.

I'm doing good! Made ten cards now from wonderful images sent to me! This week's image came from Tammi. I gasped when I saw the images she sent me. This cutie pie is from Bildmalarna. First time I've colored one of these images, or seen them in person. So flipping cute! I couldn't wait to color up a few images she sent to me a week or so ago. I decided to see if they had a blog, because they're totally new company to me. I discovered they did have one, and had to play along with their challenge, which was to use hearts. I also followed a sketch challenge Tuesday Morning Sketches. This is their sketch challenge 83.

Supplies: Sabrina paper pack, brads and flowers from Michaels-like 3 years ago, copics, nesties, stickles, SU cardstock, Martha Stewart punch.

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Take Out Those Images #9.

Here's a darling image from Elisabeth Bell from my stash of images I'm working on showcasing wonderful images I've been sent. Always love Elisabeth's images. This image is from the Sweetart Ebony Collection, Sweetart Girls, Strawberry Tea. Looks like they were sold thru Belles and Whistles, but I'm not certain if they still are.

I colored this one without having my papers picked out ahead of time, and happy to discover it matched my Mango Frost papers from DCWV. I followed sketch 48 at Sunday Sketch and Stamp.

I used Cindy Loo cricut cartridge to cut out the swirl. I love when I see them used on other blogs, and most folks probably have a cool die to cut them out, but since I didn't have one, was excited to use my cricut to cut one out. Good to use what you own, right?!I'm gonna have to make more of those suckers because those are pretty cool! Now, I see why everyone uses them all the time! I noticed after the fact that my little lady is a bit sideways. Gonna try to fix that.

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Other supplies: SU cardstock and ink, nesties, stickles, prima flowers, copics,

Take Out Those Images #9.

Another image that I colored without having papers picked out ahead of time. My friend, Kim, from Sunshiny Days sent me this image ages and ages ago. Seemed like a great spring time image to play with. We've had some warm weather lately, and feels like spring is coming. I followed the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

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Other supplies: nesties, Martha punch, SU cardstocks, copics, stickles, primas.

Take Out Those Images #8

Cute image to show off today! How sweet is that doggie? I have no idea where this image is from, thought Whipper Snapper but not seeing it there. I sent it to a sweet friend who's been ill, along with her little one. Figured the sweet image, and fun colors would brighten her day. I had so much fun coloring the sofa, and pulling out whatever color markers. Normally, I color based on paper, but I sat down the other day and just colored a few images. Should be interesting to see how the other images turn out when I make cards with them.

Supplies: DCWV Mango stack, SU cardstock, stickles, nesties, Martha punch, scrappers floss

Take Out Those Images #7.

Darling card to show you today. Love this image too! Elisabeth Bell images are some of my favorite. She draws such cute little peeps. This image is from Whiff of Joy's Willow with umbrella. I've had this image for a long time, I'm sorry I can't recall who was kind enough to send it to me. The card is five and half by five and half to allow me to add embellies around Willow. I followed a sketch Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

I'm still working on using up some packs of papers I've been hoarding, and this is Basic Grey's Sultry pack. Love the colors in this pack. Pink, green and brown, one of my favorite colors to use together. I added stickles, and paper glaze to the rain drops. The umbrella is topped with stickles, as well as the flowers. My sentiment is from Verve Stamps, Blue Skies. I cut out the image and the sentiment with nesties, and dusted with choco chip ink. Willow is colored with copics. I used retired SU cardstock, and PTI's chartrues cardstock.

Other supplies: primas, shimmerz, Joann's ribbon, distresser, dew drops.

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Take Out Those Images #6.

Today I have a small quick project to show with my images. With Valentine's parties at the kids schools, both needed boxes to put their cards from fellow students. Gabi requested something pink with cute animals. So, I went to my pile of images, and pulled out 4 cute bears I thought would work well for a Valentine themed box. She loved it and was so pleased with it. I've never made the Valentine's boxes from tissue boxes. Neat idea if you all haven't heard of that either. Plus, with cold season, I'm sure there's a surplus floating around to be recycled at your houses!

I used a pack of paper that had the letters already decorated with matching paper by We Are Memory Keepers that I found at Michaels called Tiffany. It also came with some die cuts, which were easy to add on her box as well. She saw the pink sheet when I was digging thru my stash of papers last week, which has glitter already on it, and was dying for me to use it. The images are colored with copics, and topped off with stickles. I pulled out just about every pink copic I had to use on the bears. Glad they matched the papers well! That girl loves her pink!

The buttons were just a nice added touch for Gabi, and helped use them from my stash. The paper is mod podged on the box. The top sheet was left over scrap paper from another project, but I liked that it said love is all you need, so I felt that was perfect for her box.

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Take Out Those Images #4.

I'm making good progress on using images! I've made five cards with them! This image came from Debbie. Perfect image from her. She loves hearts! My sentiment is from TAC. I thought it went perfectly with this sweet Tilda.

I'm a sucker for the Tilda's with long hair. Wish my hair would grow that long and be softly covered in curls! Using more of my Bittersweet Basic Grey pack. I'm down to a handful of full sheets. Plus, I figured I should make some Valentine's day cards before Feb. 14th arrives!

I followed the sketch challenge at Eat, Sleep and Stamp.

I'm having blogging issues. Thought I was just playing around with their new designer stuff, and ended up messing up my blog. Than tried to undo it, and couldn't get that back right either. Than found some cool tutorials on how to make my own background, thought I had that right, but couldn't ever see when I refreshed my blog. Not sure if it's my computer being ornery or what. Either way, hopefully, I'll have it figured out soon.

Thanks for stopping by! Pull out some of your IRAK's and let me see what you create with them!

Supplies: nesties, copics, SU cardstock, Martha punch, stickles, PTI die, TAC sentiment.

Take Out Those Images #3.

Took another image out of my stash! This Stamping Bella image is way too cute. Love her full hair! Wish I had thick wavy hair like her. I decided she'd make a perfect Valentine card, holding all those hearts. Proud to say I used only scraps of my Bittersweet Basic Grey paper pack too! The cardstock was a full sheet. Wasn't sure how big my cricut was gonna cut the card base. I used my Wild Card cartridge to make the card. The wave is made from the paisley nestie. I didn't notice that the pearls had moved at the end of the card when I took my photo. I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for this card.

She's colored with copics, and topped with stickles. I used an old Gingersnaps set for the sentiment and hearts on the inside of the card. I also used my PTI banner die.

Other supplies: nesties, Choco chip ink, Rose red cardstock, cricut,