Showing Thanks at Phindy's Place

This week's challenge on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog is to create a Thank You card or project. We can always use a Thank You card, especially at this time of the year.

For my first card I've used this adorable Phindy's Place image called Summer Blossom, and she's one of Phindy's Summer Cuties. You really need to check out the Phindy's Place store, because she's recently added some wonderful new images including the cutest little boy with a snowball and a Shopping Collaboration with Paulette of Create with TLC. My image is colored with my Copics.

The papers are digital that I printed. They're from the Garden Path Collection at Raspberry Road Designs. The sentiment is from an acrylic set  by Inkadinkadoo.

Another Paper Piecing for Phindy's Place

I love that the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog allows for double entries  when you use a Phindy's Place image. Needless to say, I am going for the best chance I can at winning, so I'm sticking to Phindy's Place images. I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone isn't going with using Phindy Images just because they're so great, forget the double entry.

As you know this week's challenge is to do Paper Piecing. I sat down yesterday and found the papers I wanted to use for the three cards I plan on making for the challenge. For my second entry, I've used  the Phindy's Place image, Smooch. I must have Katie on my mind today, because this image reminds me of her two children, big sister and little brother. Again there is only minimal coloring with Copics.

These papers are also from a digital kit called April Showers from Just So Scappy Too. I had to use those little rubber ducks on the baby boy's pj's, and Big Sister needed a polka dot dress and this Big Sis just happens to like lavender.

Saturday Challenge has an Easel Card Challenge, and it was there that I saw a card that I CASEd. I'll also be entering my card in that challenge.

Fall at Phindy's Place

Create a project about fall or autumn, that's the challenge over on the Phindy's Place Challenge Blog this week. I'm running out of time, but I've gotten a couple of cards made.

This card is called Fall Fun, and this adorable fellow is enjoying the first days of fall. The image is called Dragonfly Days and doesn't he look like he's chasing the last dragonfly of summer. Be sure to check out all the wonderful images at the Phindy's Place Store. I've colored him with my Copics.

The papers are from digital kit called Heart & Soul by Doris Castle from Computer Scrapbook Dot Com. The sentiment was created in Photoshop. You're welcome to grab it if you'd like.

Stripes Again

I never fail of tiring of participating in the Phindy's Place Challenges on the Challenge blog. I especially like the fact that if you use a Phindy Image in your creation, you get two entries in the challenge, and that you can enter more than one creation. I always have at least two ideas for card creations for most challenges and sometimes, I find myself having a hard time limiting myself to 3 choices. Phindy's images are just so REAL to me. Just go out and check the Phindy's Place Store and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

When I was picking papers for my first challenge card, I came across this digital paper from a kit called Ho-Ho-Ho designed for Pickleberry Pop by CRK. When I saw the musical note paper, I KNEW exactly which image I was going to use. She's called "Sweet Carol", and she brings back such sweet memories of my childhood as well as my children's. Can't you remember the Children's Christmas program from church where you were dressed in a white choir robe with the gold trim, the wings and the gold halo that refused to sit straight on your head(just making the performance that much more adorable). There's little coloring to her, but what there is is done with Copics. I added gold glitter for her robe and halo and then clear glitter for her wings.

The sentiment was created in Make the Cut and exported as a  JPG file. I LOVE this program, that was primarily designed to be used with die cutting machines, but Andy has made it so much more versatile than that. The best thing is that it allows me to open tons of fonts without putting them into my Windows Fonts folder and slowing down my machine. Sometimes it's just so much faster for me than Photoshop.