SSS34 Sing Noel!

Oh my word, I am sooooooooooo cold as I sit here preparing this post for this week's Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! My fingers are numb and my feet...well, I can't feel them....brrrrrrrrrrr, the wind is blowing like crazy outside, making it feel so much colder! OK....so, I've had ENOUGH of Old Man WINTER, seriously, he needs to move on outta' here!

My Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge SSS34 card uses a digital image from KLM Designs, titled 'Singing Angel'. She is cute as can be, isn't she! It only took me about 8-10 tries at coloring the image before I was somewhat satisfied...just let me say, coloring with Reds is not always so much fun, at least not for me. I don't know what it is, but the Copic Red inks almost always seem to 'bleed' outside my lines...I don't have that problem as much with the other colors, but it almost always happens with the red shades...and forget trying to 'clean up' the edges with the Colorless blender....the red seems to bleed even more, grrrrrrrrrr. Oh well, at least this one is fairly decent and the task is complete.

I stamped the image onto white, colored it using my shades of red...added some gold spica glitter pen to the choir robe collar and also to the stars....Ended with some gold glitter to the angel wings. But, I decided it would be even better if I colored another image and popped it up off of the main image....so here we go with another round of battles with the Copic Red Markers. Once completed, I liked the idea, so I'm glad I took the time to march back into the war zone and win the battle once again....well...this time, anyway!

Be sure to visit the other Sugar Baby Design Team Blogs for more FABULOUS samples using today's Sweet Stop Sketch! We would love to have you join us with the Sketch Challenges, so if you are able to play along with us, please post a link to your project at the Sweet Stop Blog....I hope to find some time this next week to catch up with those who have been participating....it is always a joy to view your designs!

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate your interest and do hope all of you are having a great time with family and friends during this wonderful season of Christmas Blessings!

Hope to see all of you again, next Saturday!

Spend time with family and friends and then....

Make time to create but remember to have fun and enjoy the experience!

Merry, Merry Christmas....
Barbg(WV)

Anna Banana

(As always, you can click on each picture in order to have a larger image for better viewing)

Oh my, I've had this image colored for a couple of weeks but I was having trouble deciding on a lay-out for the card. After about 4 different ideas, I finally decided on the design you now see. The pattern paper is from a new Martha Stewart 12X12 paper pad, 'Bright' and I just love every piece included with this collection. For this card I only used one of the designs, but on the inside of the card I did punch out just a glittered circle image from one of the other pages. I will probably be using more of these pages in the coming weeks so I hope you don't become 'bored'. This particular pattern seemed to work well with the Anna Banana Clown digital image from KLM designs. I won't even admit just how many times I colored this cute little clown before I felt I had something I could actually use. The fun thing about using digital images is that you can 'size' the images to whatever scale works best for your design. For this card, I used a larger size than is typical for me, but of course, it is the one on which my coloring finally came together, so I HAD to use it.

In order to get that curvy embossed score line for my pattern paper, I used a 'Crafter's Companion-Top Score Multi board (purchased from Ecletic Paperie at this link: http://www.eclecticpaperie.com/cctop1.html).
After getting the embossed lines, I then used my scissors and cut about a 1/4" border on the outside of the line. (Hope that makes sense, if not, ask questions and I'll try to help make it more clear).

The clown image (KLM Digital Design) is colored using Copic Markers, and Stickles have been added to all of the 'spots' on her costume. After coloring the image, I cut closely around the image and it is attached to the card using SU dimensionals.
The solid lines are drawn free-handed using Copic's Spica Glitter Pens (orange, yellow, pink, green).
The sentiment is from Wordsworth Stamp Company, Clear Set-'Tiny Words'.
The inside sentiment, is just my own addition, written using a Copic Multiliner SP 0.3 Permanent Ink Pen.



Other details:
1 1/4" circle punch, scalloped circle punch, sponge (SU products)
Inksentials Opaque White Pen
Small Brads and large Shimmer Brad (Making Memories)
Silk Floral Flower
Scalloped Corner Punch (Marvy Uchida)
Cardstock: Select White (PTI)
Glue Glider

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for coming by and I appreciate all of the wonderful comments many of you have been leaving for me!
The comments are always an encouragement and do inspire me to keep creating!



Until next time,

Make time to create but remember to have fun and enjoy the experience!
Barbg(WV)