Sundays With Crissy--Challenge #17--Flowers

Happy Sunday!!! It's challenge time again over at Sundays With Crissy!! This month the theme is all about FLOWERS!!! This time around I chose Crissy's new digi image "Nose to Nose"!! I just adore this image and couldn't decide what size I wanted to colour so I tried it three different ways using a monochromatic colour treatment. I really enjoy using the grey scale to colour people, especially children!! It looks like a black and white photo and just softens the image.

Here's my first card...

And the artwork...



And the inside...


I thought this sentiment was perfect...it reminded me of a little girl picking out her new puppy and their first meeting...

And my second card...

Thanks for stopping by today to take a look!! Now it's your turn to show us your Flower Power. Click here to check out the deets on this month's challenge!! You could win 5 free digi stamps drawn by Crissy from Whimsy Stamps!! All you have to do is enter your own card or project and if you use one of Crissy's images (rubber or digital) on your entry, you will be entered twice in our random draw at the end of the month. In fact, in last month's contest, it was a participant who used one of Crissy's images (and got a second entry) who won!!!

***A note about Crissy's rubber images: these include any image that Crissy has ever drawn for Kraftin' Kimmie, Wags 'n Whiskers, High Hopes or Whimsy Stamps.*** So for those of you who are wondering, wonder no more--as long as Crissy has drawn it, it's worth a second entry in our draw.

Well that's it for me!! Happy stamping!!!

Hugs,

Sarah ☺

Card Details--Digital Stamp--Nose to Nose--Whimsy Stamps, Printed on Neenah Paper, Coloured with Copic Markers--WOO, WO, W1, W3, W5, W7, Patterned Paper--Bella Blvd.--#210--Sprinkles & Lace & #223--Tall Tags, Cardstock--Bazzil Papers, Punches--EK Success--Daisy, Mini Daisy, Brads--American Crafts, Jumbo Pebble Brads--Making Memories

Sundays With Crissy Challenge #6

I'mmmmm Back!!! It's Sundays with Crissy time and for this challenge it's all about shades--monochromatic shades that is!! This is only my second time doing this type of technique and I just love it!! I chose Crissy's image "Oswalda Goes Shopping" from Squigglefly!! Isn't she sweet??! I coloured her using the Copic warm greys (W00, W0, W01, W03, & W05) to give the image a black and white photograph look.

I apologize for the picture quality--I find this type of artwork very hard to photograph--not sure why?? Anyway, I will keep this post short, but if you want to see more monochromatic cards check out what the rest of our awesome DT has come up with HERE!!!

Thanks for stopping by--have a blessed day!

Sarah ☺

High Hopes Challenge #77

Good Morning!!! It's challenge time again over at High Hopes and this week the lovely Amy Leggate, my fellow Canuck, holds the reins!! Amy's challenge this week is "Spring Flowers". It's been so cold here where I live these past few weeks that not a lot of flowers have been poking their heads out--finally we are starting to see the sun!!

I have been wanting to try the monochromatic technique for some time now and decided to use it on this belated Mother's Day card for my mom. With Jules being down with the chicken pox I never got to visit my mom on the big day and was a little side tracked when it came to making her a card.

"Andrea's Kitties" is the name of the High Hopes stamp I used and it's amazing how much she looks like me when I was a kid--cartoon version of course ☺ Although my kitties would have been fully clothed in doll clothes and would not have been as well behaved!!

I have also entered my card in Copic Creations "Monochromatic Challenge" and into the Spoonful of Sugar "Cute & Girly Challenge".

I do apologize for the poor picture quality--I tried unsuccessfully for 2+ hours to shoot this card and after that I felt like really "shooting" it!! ☺

Here's a closer look at the image...


I just love this look--it reminds me of old black & white cartoons. Yes, I am old enough to have watched them as a child on a regular basis ☺. The first part of my younger years was shot in B&W so that gives you a little hint of my age.

Well there you have it!! Go check out what the rest of our super-talented DT has done with this week's challenge --> here!! Enter your own version of "Spring Flowers" and you could win yourself a free High Hopes stamp!! I can't wait to come by and see your creations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Sarah ☺

Stamp: High Hopes
Stamped On: Neenah
Ink: Memento--Tuxedo Black
Media: Copic Markers: W00, W0, W1, W3, W5, & W7
Cardstock: Bazzil Papers
DP: Autumn Leaves--C'est Pink
Die Cut Letters: Quickutz--Snow Angel
Flowers: Prima
Metal Charms: Michael's
Pearls: Dollarama