Rick St. Dennis

Little Bits of Spring

 

Rick St. Dennis has come out with a sheet of 12 images for spring that are just adorable! When he sent them to me, I couldn't wait to get coloring. Here are two cards I've made with the sheet so far. I have other images colored up and will probably have them up later today, too!

He has the sheet on sale for  $8.00 right now, so grab it before the price goes up to his regular $10.00!

I think this looks like "Froggy Gone-a-Courtin." It would be great for many occasions, but I'm using it as a birhtday card this time.

I made the cattails using the SU! Word window punch. I covered the shapes with glue and Fun Flock. They weren't quite the right color, so I colored them with a Copic marker. I cut the lily pad  out free-hand, distressed the edges a bit and made some score lines on it.

The inside says, " ....and have a wonderful day! Happy Birthday!"

Images: Frog from Rick St. Dennis's "Little Bits of Spring", Computer-generated Sentiment

Tools: Copics, White gel pen, Crimper, MS ZIg-zag border punch, Mounting tape, Circle punches, Fun Flock

Papers: SU! Gable Green, Green Galore, Garden Green, and Really Rust, Neenah smooth white, Basic Grey DP

Embellishments: Button brads, Fringe trim

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I'm still doing baby cards! I love this silly duckling, and there's another on the sheet as well.

I tried the "dot" technique for the first time. Haven't got it down quite yet, but it looks okay.

Image: Duckling from Rick St. Dennis's "Little Bits of Spring" sheet, Sentiment "Short & Sweet" from SU!

Tools: Copics,Tacky tape, Corner rounder

Papers: SU! Only Orange, Tempting Turquoise, Yo-yo Yellow, Neenah smooth white, Yellow gingham DP

Embellishments, Rick rack, Grosgrain ribbon, Ducking charm, Tiny button brads

Watch for more projects using the images form the sheet, and check out what the other DT members have created!

Thanks for dropping by!

Elaine

Mo's Challenge # 70

A Sketch!

 

Our hostess, Cathy, has given us a wonderful sketch to use for this week's challenge.

I'm sure you'll find it as easy to work with as I did.

Puddle Jumper!

I used Mo's adorable "Spring Fairy Puddle". I was nervous about coloring this image the very first time, but I shouldn't have been. This time it was fun! I just looked up images of frogs and used them as a guide for colors. I chose to use  more common colors, but frogs come in every color of the rainbow, so you could go wild if you'd like.

The little figurine is Beatrix Potter's "Mr Jeremy Fischer". 

I love frogs and  have a small collection of frog figurines.

They are placed here and there around the house, so

it's not obvious to most people that I collect them.

Images:  "Spring Fairy Puddle" from Mo's Digital Pencil

Tools: Copics, Marianne swirl dies,  Mounting tape, Spica pen (on wings)

Papers: SU! Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Neenah smooth white,

K & Co. DP

Embellishments: Prima daisies, Lace, Mini brads

We'd love to see what you do with Cathy's sketch, so join us 

in Mo's Challenge this week for a chance to win an image from Mo!

Good luck!

Elaine

Mo's Challenge # 28

   Leap Frog Fairy

 Our hostess for Mo's Challenge this week is Peggy Marsh. The challenge is a recipe: one ribbon, two buttons or brads, and three designer papers, and, of course, one of Mo's images!

I love frogs (That's another one of my collections. LOL!), so I chose this Mo image called "Spring Fairy Puddle".

I think this image personifies joy! Have you ever seen such a happy little face?! This image certainly was a joy to color, too. I took my colors from the new Basic Grey DP collection, "Green at Heart" (Appropriate for a frog, don't you think?), and colored it with Copics and Prismacolor pencils. The SU! CS is Kiwi Kiss and Melon Mambo. I love using designer paper for inspiration when coloring an image and choosing card stock. I end up combining colors that I never would have on my own.
I threaded a narrow piece of CS through the middle of the Martha Stewart Lattice border punch and finished the card off with buttons tied on with linen thread and a bright grosgrain ribbon.
The sentiment is part of a cone flower set, a free digital download from Paper Garden Projects. It comes in both jpg. and transparent png. formats.

This challenge should be a fairly easy one, so let's see what you can do with it!