January "Dirty" Challenge

My first official "Dirty" Challenge! This is so fun. This challenge went out to all current and alumni dirty girls. We were to incorporate something sweet with a girl focal image. I actually thought of this one in the night....hubby loves that LOL! I remembered when my daughter and I were in Italy (it was easter time) and we strolled by many windows of shops filled with sweets.

This Rubber Romance girl reminds me of Europe so I decided to make my own little "sweets" window. I used the canopy from My Favorite Things (meet me at the cafe) and with my copic 0.3 black pen (that I got from Ellen's store) I drew the window and the sidewalk. I filled up the window with sweets from My Favorite Things (icing on the cake set).
I stamped the Amore alphabet by Crafty Secrets to spell "sweets" on the canopy. The sentiment is by Flourishes.
Finally after I composed the scene I watercolored it sewed around the edge. I also watercolored the white felt flowers and put them on the cake and sentiment with pink microbrads. Tied up the ribbon with a little charm and then admired it on my table for a while (smiles).

Make sure you check out what all the Dirty girls did in the gallery HERE! They are fabulous!

Blooming Beauties

Guess what I came home to.....phone calls from my card shops needing more! In the next few days you will see post of a lot of multiples in order to fill the shops back up again. This Rubber Romance beauty is so fast and fun to color with my copics it made these cards a snap! The sentiment is My Favorite Things, that I thought went well with the Amy Butler flower paper.

Here is a close up of one of the cards. The little metal detail is from Making Memories, you are supposed to curl it around ribbon but I thought it made a nice accent this way. I slipped a piece of coordinating paper underneath for the flower. Enjoy the last few blooms of summer!

Uptown Girl

Here is one that was a little different for me. Again, it is part of the fun challenges that are going on over on SCS. All week we have fun new things to try. I find it stretches me out of my comfort zone and I learn quite a bit. This is my Rubber Romance Lady with some paper piecing done to her outfit. The pollen dust flower I "kissed" off into a flourish. I had some lace for the side as well as some lush velvet ribbon. The sentiment is MFT and a touch I loved....strung her some white pearls on a black string. TFL! Be sure to check back for tomorrow's FUN!

Ribbon Card Binding

The challenge today on SCS was to do something creative using ribbon. I thought it would be neat to bind a card similar to how you bind a book. I think it added an interesting touch. I used my Rubber Romance lady and colored her with my copics. The sentiment is by Papertrey. I added a little ribbon under the sentiment. Julee had sent me a card with this image and finished hers this way and I loved it! I am also loving the stack of Amy Butler DP! Hop on over to SCS and join in on the ribbon fun!

Amy Butler!

Oh I got just a little giddy when I found out that Amy Butler designs are now in paper! Whoohoo! I just got two stacks of them in the mail today. These wonderful prints she has long had in fabric and they are so great. This DP is called Jellybeans (Lara I totally thought of you!). Julee at Poetic Artistry is having a fun game of bloggin' bingo so I created this card so she will draw another letter. Too fun! I used this Rubber Romance stamp for her because she sent me a card in the mail using this stamp and I just fell in love with it! I tied a ribbon to her hat and added some glitz. The sentiment is A Muse. Wow, two on one day....on a roll!