Bright Yellow Flowers

Flowers?  December 26?  Why not?!  The weather around here has been incredibly warm.  It feels like April.

This image is from Inkadinkado.  I colored with Derwent Inktense pencils a couple of years ago, when I just got them.  I came across the colored image accidently as I was going through some papers in my stamp room.  Seemed like it was finally time to put it on a card.

Sentiment is a die from Paper Smooches.  Rectangle and circle stitched dies are from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for dropping by my blog today.  I hope these flowers brightened your day.

I'll Be Darned

I'll be darned.  It's another card using my Derwent Inktense Pencils.  I'm loving the bright colors and how easy it is to add a background color to a scene. And for whatever reason, I really like the look I can accomplish on those spools of thread.

You can read all about this card over on the A Jillian Vance Blog today. This card features the set "I'll Be Darned" designed by Becky Schultea for AJVD.  Here's the inside of the card:

Perfect for a belated birthday wish.

Speaking of belated...I'm thinking spring is rather belated.  We had ANOTHER weekend of snow here.  So. Done. With. Winter.

Sew Thankful

It is rather humorous to me that I made this card, given I can't even thread a needle or sew on a button to save my life.  Perhaps, I should give this card to my seamstress, LOL.  If I ever have a seamstress.

Anyway, I am SEW THANKFUL to have a three day weekend!

You can read all about this card on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today.  It is a result of me playing around with the AJVD set "I'll Be Darned", watching too many videos by Sandy Allnock, and deciding it was time to play with my neglected Derwent Inktense Pencils.  I. must. get. over. this. learning. curve. using. them.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  Another post tomorrow, so come back.  Coloring is all one can do when it is freaking freezing outside.

Inktensing at the Beach

Most people take towels, bathing suits, etc to the beach.  I do too.  But what I also take are my pencils.  This year, I took my Prismacolor pencils as well as my neglected Derwent Inktense Pencils.  I colored this up on my oceanfront balcony one afternoon, because I burn rather easily.

I stamped the image from the Kraftin' Kimmie set "Totally Tubular" (illustrated by Cheryl Grant) with Stazon Jet Black onto Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I colored her with Derwent Inktense pencils.  The "sand" is from Mudd Puddles and was given to me by my sassy sister Linda Compton. It was awesome to meet her.

I kept the card very CAS, because I think the coloring pops with the white.  I simply used my Scor-It to give the edges some texture.

Here's another card, made the same way, though I lost a little control of the flesh tones on the poor little guy's face, LOL.  I'll post it any way...

The only thing I did with this Kraftin Kimmie image was stamp an old Stampin' Up canvas background stamp with ColorBox Frost White to attempt to lighten things up.  Patterned papers from Lasting Impressions and Pebbles.  I guess the card isn't too terrible.  Just not as good as the first one.  Which is why I must practice, practice, practice with those Intense pencils.

I am going to enter the one I like (LOL) into Kraftin Kimmie's Challenge #242 which is "Outdoor Activities".  There is no finer outdoor activity than being at the beach!

Yellow Roses

Santa (me) made sure I started the year with some new Derwent Inktense pencils that I've had my eye on for quite sometime.

I've been playing around a little bit with them.  There is a learning curve with them, and I am certainly going to need to work some more to get over that curve.  But, I thought I'd share a little something I made with them.

The rose image is from Stamps Happen.  I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black onto Neenah Solar White.  I colored the image with the Inktense pencils and a waterbrush.  I cut around the image with detailed scissors, like a crazy woman.

I placed it onto a white cardfront, added a border cut with a MFT die-namics die, rounded a corner and called it done.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  Stay warm.