RED & PINK Challenge at Squigglefly this week! Can you say Valentine's Day?

 What an adorable image to use for this great pre-Valentine's Day RED & PINK Challenge at my favorite Site- Squigglefly!!  The image is from Cheryl Alger's great collection and is called A Big Heart.  I just love coloring her designs!
I tried something new this time--striping the shirt instead of making it solid-I really like the effect.  Mounted it on pink paper and then onto the bed of red roses paper.  Because he was tall and narrow when I got done, I decided to create a little interest by narrowing the front flap of the card so that the "love sayings" paper would show through to the front.  It's by MMBI called Love greetings and could be used for so many card ideas.  I stamped HVD on a pink insert with enough room for a siggy and a personal thought.  I hope all of you are sharing your love thoughts with those that you care about!  Thanks for looking!
Carolyn
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Show Me Thursday
• Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog-anything but a Square

Squigglefly-Talk to Me Challenge- Oh What a mistake I made!!

Ok, I know this card is a bit weird for me....surely someone out there has experienced this before...I was determined to make the best of it...here's my story on how I was making a card for the Squigglefly's latest challenge- Talk To Me, and what happened. You have to use a sentiment on your card, whether it comes with the image, or an embellishment has a verse on it, or you make it up on your computer...Talk To Us!
Sooo...I'm coloring up my Image with my fav copics to use this week called Seriously Sally by Cheryl Alger, she's one of the contributing artists at Squigglefly.  I had the face roughed in and went back to shade the shadows when I noticed that...I HAD PICKED UP THE WRONG COLOR and now Sally had dirt smudges all over her.  When I realized my mistake, I was mortified!  Well what to do-make lemonade out of lemons!  I thought of that Peanuts character called Pigpen with the dirt devils all over the place and on the character.  So, that's what this is supposed to look like.  I tried a technique that I had seen where you wet your paper and then sprinkle coffee where you want it and watch it dissolve.  I think it looks kind-of like clouds of dust?  

So then I thought that maybe Sally didn't want to stop playing ball?...or tag?...and so "Seriously?" I have to Go Back to School?  Oh the stories that she could tell!  Well I hope you like my little story and that if anything happens to you like this-Don't despair. make lemonade!

Squigglefly wants us to GO MASCULINE

 I love this image from Cheryl Alger called "Come Here Often" and can be found at the Squigglefly Shop along with many other great designs.

This week's challenge at Squigglefly asked us to make a Masculine card and I'm always needing Thank You cards so this was a perfect chance.  I colored the image with Copics, found some vintage like paper, and added the goodies!  I especially like to use BUTTONS and found the perfect one with swirls! 


The first Saturday in each month you will find on Squigglefly new images and Artists launching their creations for very reasonable prices.  Come join us and take a peak!  They're so amazing! 
I'd like to enter it in this challenge:

Show me Thursday Challenge-What did you make this Week?

Thank you-Thank You-Thank You! Holly, it's your time at Squigglefly~

 I'm very pleased to Showcase my DT entry for this week's Challenge at Squigglefly!  Often times we let the opportunity go by in life to say Thank you to a Family member...a Friend...a fellow worker...a stranger that has done us or someone else a good deed.  I've always felt that we just need a little more KINDNESS in our World to make everything "Right".  Maybe joining us this week in our Thank You Card contest would be the first start for you!  THEN, when you're done making it, you could send it off to someone who may or may not know that they made a difference in your life!  What a wonderful thought!  Like Paying it Forward~ That's how I feel about our leader here at Squigglefly, Holly.  She does so much for all of us and makes us feel so welcome in her "Family".  I'm so glad that I'm part of her great group of gals and she makes me feel Blessed every day.

For my card this week, I used a soft vintage feel flowered background print-I love these colors!  One of the images at Squigglefly lately has been "Big Bear Heart" by Cheryl Alger.  I COULDN'T resist making this lovable bear into a Wobble image.  I'm always tempted to take a picture showing the blur of the Wobble but just figure everyone would just think I'd taken a horrible picture. From my stash, I stamped a sentiment and then threaded a grosgrain ribbon through the punched slots.  The inside has a rose pink renaissance die cut with a sentiment attached.

Come have some fun with us, get a chance to win a digital image and in the end, have a card to share your thoughts with someone in your life!  I'd like to enter this card in the "Show Me Thursday" challenge Blog that Cheryl Alger promotes- it's a great chance to randomly be chosen to win one of her great digis.  Thanks for looking!  Carolyn 

So much excitement in the Air~Graduation Days are nearly here

I don't think I've ever made so many cards in one week as this one!  This scrapbook room will need SUCH a deep cleaning when all the craziness is over that's for sure!  I had many Graduation cards to make for some well deserving students so did a mass assembly-lucky I had already colored several digitals in anticipation.  I thought I'd share some on the Blog ~who knows I may inspire someone!  Of course I had to go to my Cheryl Alger Digis for several of them-as much as I enjoy them, I'm sure they will put a smile on their faces as they cross the stage and get their diplomas!
 
I'd like to enter this in the following challenge:

• Sassy Cheryl Challenge Blog: Girl's Rule 
• Show Me Thursday Challenge: what are you working on