A Get Well Card

An older relative has been sick, so I spent yesterday putting together a card for her from my granddaughter. Though I didn't actually use any of the digi graphics I've collected for this card, I still wanted to share it with you. Let me know what you think. The card is larger than a normal card. I have some fancy special-sized envelopes and wanted to send the card in one of them.

Since the card was to be from my granddaughter, I put her name on the little girl.

My daughter wanted me to use use this Magnolia stamp in the card, so I started coloring away. I'm still not sure about skin tones (just how much color to use), so my little girl's skin ended up being a bit darker than I intended it to be. And, and her red hair (Skyla has red hair) still needs a bit more of a lesson learned, or practiced, or...whatever.

In the next day or two, I'll be posting a new free Word Art. Not sure if it will be another Halloween design, Thanksgiving, or an Autumn one. Got several ideas churning away in my brain.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Remember, I'd love to hear from everyone, so please take a moment and leave a comment.

Autumn Nymph

With Autumn arriving in the northern parts of the world...I wanted to work on Ike's World graphic "Autumn Nymph". I also decided to try something different with it. It was a learning lesson on how to blend two different colors. I'm new at using copics. Self-taught you might say.

Recently I adopted the hit and miss or hit and land method. If it works Hooray!  If not...punt.

Punting is actually a good thing. It gives me a chance to be experimental. Which, in turn, teaches me to be more creative. I like that. It's a win-win situation.

So...with fanfare...below is my take on "Autumn Nymph" and the Word Art I designed for it. Let me know what you think.

I learned a lot by blending our Nymph's hair with different autumn colors. By the way, this card is a 5X5-sized card. I made it larger so I could fit the larger leaves behind the graphic.

Here are the files for my Word Art.
I included the design with leaves and without.

That way you can choose whichever file
works best with your own card. Have fun.

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When you do design a card with my Word Art, let me know.

I'd love to see what you've done with them.

Happy Monday!

Today's free Word Art came about because I fell in love with Ike's World delightful "Pointing Witch". When I first saw her I was certain she wanted to say something to me.  I opened my mind and the first thing I heard was "Beware of the Witching Hour".  Ooooh, that did it for me. I had to make a card with her saying it to others.

Here's where you can get the graphic. It's on page 5.   Pointing Witch

So...a' draftin' I went. I came up with several options. I decided to offer both for your consideration. Enjoy!
 

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I will be posting another of Ike's graphics tomorrow.
With a new Word Art freebie. Be sure to check back for it.

My Gifts to You

Here are the phrases I designed for two of my cards.

To access them click on the words to pull up a full screen.

Right click on image, then select "save as"

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Halloween Cards - My Take

In between battling a flu bug, working on a manuscript with my writing partner, and babysit my granddaughter, I did manage to make a few Halloween cards.  Here are 3 I managed to complete using some of the free graphics I've received. Other cards I have chosen to use, I will finish late and post them as soon as I can.

  

The main graphic I chose for the focal point

in the above card is from Creepy Cute Stamps.

The other graphics are from Kimberly Stewart's "Boo Kit",

which can be purchased at Scrapbook-Elements.com. The phrase I made myself.

For this card I chose Dustin Pike's generous free graphic "Pumpkin Head". I opted to use his colored image.  The word art I took from the "Great Googly Moogly" collaboration by Tracey Monette & Saxon Holt. The kit can be purchased from Scrapbook-Elements.com. 

 

 For this card, I chose a cute graphic from Beccy's Place. Because I've been short on time, I decided to use her pre-colored graphic version rather than the black and white one and color it myself. The phrase "Best Witches!" I made because I wanted to the word art to match the skirt.
 

My Charm Bracelets

A selection of bracelets

Here are some of the charm bracelets I've made over the year. Some I wear myself, others I have given away as gifts or prizes. I like putting together color coordinating bracelets.  It's been fun.

Some of my earlier cards

Here are some of my cards I've created in the past. I did them for two specific reasons:

1. Simplicity - so they could slip easily into an envelope.

2. Inside addition - so they could carry a generic saying or phrase, or an extra graphic.

It's a Beginning

I did it. Opened up a new blog site. This one will be used for craft thoughts. Now it's just a matter of figuring out how to find friends and share how I feel about my crafting. Which is mostly card making and jewelry making.