The Paper Nest Dolls ~ Artist Ellie

Hiya Friends,

I have a simple card for you today. As soon as I saw this new stamp by The Paper Nest Dolls I immediately new I had to color it. After all, what is better than a wagon full of Copic Markers???

 I did not want to cover up the artistic paper I used here so I have simply added a bow to the side for added interest.

I had fun coloring Artist Ellie in Rainbow colors. She is ready to go coloring with her girlfriends.Here is a close up of my coloring. I have used ALOT of different Copic Markers, which I will list below:

E000,E00,E11,E21,E08,E51,E53,E55,R20,R27,R29,RV06,RV09,RV14,B06,B28,B29,BG05,BG23, V05,V06,V09,V25, BV00,BV13,G02,G09,YG06,Y06,Y08,Y17,YR02,YR65,YR68,C1,C3,C5,C7

Thank you for stopping by & Happy Coloring!

Open Minded Crafting Fun Challenge ~ Fowl Of All Kinds ~ The Stamping Chef

Hello Friends,

Life has been a little hectic around the Smith household. The cool air of autumn is currently changing all the leaves here in Georgia very vibrant colors. I love this time of year and this year we have a lot to be thankful for. In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season The Open Minded Crafting Fun challenge this fortnight is "Fowl of all kinds" So get your thinking caps on and create a card using any kind of bird. This image called "Ella Lovely" by The Stampin Chef was just perfect. If you look close you will see Miss Ella looking up at her 'birdie friend' - The bird is actually part of this adorable image but I decided to cut them apart for my card :-)

 I used the sentiment on the background paper and worked my card around it with matching papers. I distressed all the edges with my Tim Holtz distress tool and distress ink.

 Just an angled look to see the dimension of the flowers.

 This cutie is part of the "Ella Lovely" image and I have fussy cut him out and added him to the top of the card. Isn't he adorable?

Here is a close up of just my coloring. I used Copic Markers in the following colors:

E000,E00,E04,E11,E21,R20,R24,R27,R29,G12,G14,G17,BG02,BG05,Y17,100,E13,E15,E35,E37,E59

I want to thank all of our awesome sponsors this week. 

The Stamping Chef

Milk & Coffee

The East Wind

Dr. Digi

Di's Digi Designs

Please consider stopping by their stores in an effort to support these amazing companies. 

Hello Mr. Snowman ~ Exclusive stamp By Mi Ran Jung

Hello Treasured Times Friends,

Today I come to you with a really fun inspirational post using one of the newly released rubber stamps from Treasured Times Rubber Stamps. This is an Exclusive stamp By Mi Ran Jung. Isn't it just precious? I absolutely love snowmen at Christmas time and they are so fun to color. I have also used a "Merry Christmas" sentiment from our newly released "Modern Christmas" Stamp Set. Make sure to check all the newly added stamps over on our website simply by clicking on "recently added" 

 I have used Copic Markers to color my image and used paper from my stash. The die is from Joy! Crafts Dies and I have cut it down to create the shapes shown. Lace and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 Here is a close up of my coloring.

Thank you for visiting today. I really appreciate any comments that are left. If you begin following my blog please let me know your blog address in the messages below and I will return the favor. :-) 

Happy Crafting!

Melanie Smith

Treasure Times Stamps Christmas Blog Hop Party!

 

Hi welcome to the Treasured Times Rubber Stamps "Christmas Release Blog Hop". The TT design team has created some amazing projects to inspire you. We hope you will follow along for your chance of some amazing prizes!

My project for this hop is one of the new release stamps simply titled "Aleks" By Jehanne Silva Freimane. The stamp measures 3.75" Tall x 2.75" Wide.

I  have a special person who will be receiving this come Christmas.  I tried to keep the card somewhat masculine due to the person I will be sending it to. The image was such fun to color and I absolutely love the little birdy looking up at "Aleks"

I have used an image from the new release set called "Modern Christmas Set" By Vickie Duffill. It is an amazing set of sentiments which I am sure I will use over and over again :-)

Here is a close up of my coloring. I have used Copic Markers in E000,E00,E04,E11,E21,E31,E33,E35,E44,E47,E49,E59,R20,R27,R29,G24,G94,G99,Y17

I hope you like my project and be sure to leave a comment to be eligible for the blog candy and I would love for you to become a follower of my blog. I look forward to reading your comments about my work, now please hop on over to Tracey's blog for more inspiration.
Here is the blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way

 Keeley Ainsworth

Tammy Louise Cunliffe

Christa Cornelissen

Melanie Smith (You are here)

Tracy Fremman

Kelli Hull

Nia Smith

Marnie Bushmole

Astrid Galjaart

Melissa Cazpor

Valou Allard

Denielle Sargeant


Many thanks for hopping with us today and hope to see you again soon.

Winner will receive 1 of each of the new stamps being released today, 12 stamps total.
Winner to be announced November 3rd.

Follow the "Yellow Brick Road" ~ Flat Friends

Hello Bloggers,

Today I have a project that means quite a lot to me. When I was a little girl my dad was in the military and we were planning a tour over in England. Knowing a lot of the television in the UK was quite different my dad recorded a few fun movies for me to watch. This was back when VCR's had just come out and I was about 9 years old.

My favorite movie he recorded was "The Wizard of OZ" and I had to of watched it along with "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", "Mary Poppins", and "Popeye" (with Robin Williams). In the course of the year and half I loved in the UK I had to of watched those 4 movies the most.

So I have chosen "Yellow Brick Road" Digital image by Flat Friends Boutique for this week's challenge post over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun. We have 4 amazing sponsors this week including

Crafty Sentiments Designs

Flat Friends Boutique

 Scrapper's Delights

The Stamping Boutique 

Please feel free to check out all their amazing stores.

 I had a lot of fun designing this card. I fussy cut out the balloon and clouds and pennants from a piece of scrapbook paper and framed them to match. The sentiment was added because all Dorthy wanted was to get home. The Red flowers signify the Poppy field that she slept in when the wicked witch cast a spell on her. Then the Hot air balloon represents the Wizard's Hot air balloon that he drifted away in. Just remember friends, there really is "No Place Like Home"

 A close up of my coloring.

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THINK PINK in Honor of Those Fighting Breast Cancer.

Breast Cancer Awareness is a topic that touches my heart dearly. A lot of you know that I sell AVON. Well My husband and I had a elderly lady who was a customer/friend of ours and even though her mother died from breast cancer she lived in fear of being tested. We visited her each month and she shared her fears with us. She even showed me her breasts and told me it was cancer eating her up. I tried to get her to go to the doctor but she said it was too far along. One thing I remember about Miss Jane was that she loved her football as well as her AVON. She used to purchase each breast cancer awareness product from our AVON brochure in memory of her mother. She was such a special lady. One month when we visited we brought her a breast cancer awareness teddy bear that I had purchased for her. It had a cute pink hooded sweat shirt on. Unfortunately Miss Jane did lose her battle on Easter Morning a couple months following that. She had fallen during the night and when a ambulance was called they realized what was happening they decided to take her to Hospice. We were told later that she refused to leave with them until she had her teddy bear. She held on to it for comfort as she was taken out by stretcher. She died before reaching Hospice. So In Memory of Miss Jane I am not only putting the Live & Love Crafts Blog candy photo on my side board but I am posting it really big on my main page in memory of Miss Jane. Please consider donating to the cause this month and every month and share your stories on your blog to reach out to others about this amazing cause.

http://www.liveandlovecrafts.com/

Creative Knockouts ~ Meljen'sdesigns "Little Witch Hazel"

Hello Friends,

Tonight I come to you with a fun NEW Challenge over at the Creative Knockout's Challenge Blog. Our Theme this time is simply "Halloween"! So lets see all your scary and fun projects.

The image I have chosen to work with is from our amazing sponsor this week, Meljen's Designs. The image name is "Little Witch Hazel" You can pick her up in the Meljen's Store. 

She was such fun to color with my Copic Markers.

Here is a close up of my coloring.

I hope you will stop by the Creative Knockout's Challenge blog to see the rest of the design team cards. They are all quite magical.