Thursday, April 21, 2011

A few more "Just Because"

Happy Pre-Friday. Holiday weekend coming up, Woooo!!!

So I just wanted to share some "quick" cards I made. Lol!!! That really is a laughable term for me because even the simplest ones are nothing less than hours of love :)

 For my first card, I'm using a special Rio digi Simply Betty owner, Betty, created for her daughter. It was a special birthday digi in honor of her tuning 13. It was such a touching story of what her teen chose as her bday gift. ...... Ok, so I'm realizing with all this pink going on, I might be subconsciously trying to relive my pre teen years. Lol. I always wanted pink hair or pink tips but I was never courageous enough to do it so now, I'm vicariously living through my coloring. hehehe ......   I will be playing with Simply Betty Stamps - Rio Challenge. 

Card 2:  I used Cookie Bugg digi from Tiddly Inks. Lol! I just realized I forgot to color her legs. Oh well, It happens :). At least I caught it before I sent it off. Does that ever happen to you? You get distracted by something else on your card and you forget the final touch. [EDIT: I colored in her legs and uploaded again]. I will be playing with Tiddly Inks Challenge - You're a Stitch.
Card 3: For this card I used one of my new favorite rubber stamps, Cheeky Chat from the Greeting Farm. The cheekys are prob my favorite line although they are all cute! And whats not to love about this super girly cute stamp. Doesn't it take you back to the time when you usto just gab, gab, gab away on the phone. Awhhh, to be young again. I will be playing along with: Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Emboss It. I used 2 different embossing folders to give my card texture. I'll also be playing with The Play Date Cafe using their #78 color combo. I would have never thought to combine these colors but I think they look great together. I'm really glad I found this color challenge blog because it pushes me outside my {pink} box. :)

And now for some awesome news. Christy will be celebrating Tiddly Inks one year blogaversary on April 30 with an awesome Treasure Hunt. I'm very Excited!! to be a part of it so make sure to come back and hop with us. They're will be lots and lots of loot. So you DO NOT want to miss it!

Thanks for stopping by!

16 comments:

Kimberly said...

WOW!!! i love all your projects..great idea to use a large image and cut it down to fit...i would be easier to color, i'll try that, thanks for the idea. and i have to say i love love love your post it note covers...i just have to try them..TFS!
www.canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com

Erika Valdez said...

I love them Jess!! LOL so much pink, but it is fabulous!! I didn't even notice you didn't color the legs on the second one until you pointed it out! I always forget little things like that and notice AFTER I take the pics of it!Well they are both awesome!

Kimberly said...

Hey hey girl...i'm back. I tried cropping my pic and this is what i came up with...so much easier to color...thank you. http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/2011/04/tickled-pink-take-3.html

Anita Rex said...

Such great cards! I really like the design you've used! :> Thank you so much for your sweet comment on my blog earlier this week :>

Tracy Jedi said...

That Tiddly Inks cards is making me hungry for cookies! Great job! It is super cute! Thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks this week!

femke said...

great cards. that tiddly inks card is very delicious. love the postcardlike background and the way you colourd her. thank you for joining us at tiddly inks.

greetings femke

CraftyMomOf3 said...

Jess!!! You have outdone yourself!!! All of these cards are GORGEOUS!!! Tiddly, Anya and Betty - quite a trifecta girl!! Outstanding!!

Thanks for hangin with us at Tiddly!!

Fiona said...

Cute image, great texture, fabby use of buttons - thanks for playing along at the Play Date Cafe!

Mandy said...

Jess these are all absolutely gorgeous and your colouring is beautiful.
I know what you mean about "quick" cards, they are impossible for me lol.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp for our embossing challenge
hugs Mandy xx

Larissa said...

Gorgeous cards! Love the TI card, so sweet! Thanks for joining us at Tiddly Inks.

Hugs,
Larissa

Lorraine A said...

gorgeous cards Jess :-) all of them are fabulous :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x

mfc.melissamade2 said...

Jess - wow girl - you are busy and all three of these cards are fantastic!!! I love the Tiddly card with the cookies - your layout is gorgeous and I love all the browns!!! Makes me want COOKIES!!! So excited to have you joining us for the hop!
Hugs,
M

Jinny Newlin said...

Busy, busy! Beautiful cards! LOVE the image and row of buttons on our take! Thanks so much for playing along with us this week at The Play Date Cafe!

Michele Gross said...

Love that little chatterbox and her row of buttons! Fun use of the colors :) Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe!

Libby Hickson said...

So cute!!! Thanks for joining us at The Play Date Cafe!

Anonymous said...

Great cards, Jess! Love your coloring and the embossing on that last one is way cool!