Friday, August 31, 2012

Friday cards for fun

TGIF! I recently discovered this newish line of digis through facebook. They are just adorable. They are drawn by Emma Canning and available at the Polkadoodles store. There is a new Flat Friends Challenge blog for challenges with this images. It's just started, but should have challenges running soon. I bought a few digis right away and had fun coloring them in and making some cards.

This first one uses All Lit Up. She looks like me with the holiday lights, lol. They always are a big tangle when I take them out. I paired her up with some non traditional colored Christmas papers from Echo Park. She is colored with copics and has some stickles for sparkle. Did you see those jingle bells??!! I was super excited to find glittery white jingle bells at Michaels this year (actually they have all sorts of colors and types, yeah!). The sketch here comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #169. As usual, a beautiful sketch from Arlana.



My second card uses another Emma Canning image called Millie Birthday. She is a cutie, too. I went with an auburn shade for her hair. I think I do brown too often, maybe because I'm a brunette. I've colored her with copics, added some liquid pearls and rolled roses, to coordinate with the rolled rose on her hair and dress. She is paired with some MME Fine and Dandy paper. My sketch comes from Fab N Funky #136, with the additional challenge to use a birthday theme this week. A fun sketch for sure!



Thanks so much for stopping by today! We are off to the farm to pick up our CSA produce. Anyone have any good beet or okra recipes? A bit stumped by both of these, but I'll figure something out. 

Have a great weekend!

19 comments:

Annette Allen said...

Kathy these are adorable...Awesome images...

Kate said...

Gorgeous Cards. Love the LO on both of them.

Shirley said...

Great cards! Love what you did with my sketch! Thank you for joining us this week at Fab'n'Funky!

mulberry station said...

Two stunning cards. I love them both Kathy. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Nancy SSW-DT

Linda Anderson said...

Kathy, two very gorgeous cards!!! What darling images. Love your jingle bells...looks like a trip to Michael's is in my future!! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Linda

Linda Palmer said...

Kathy, adorable cards. Have to check out those images. Great job on coloring and beautiful layouts or sketches.

Vicky said...

Fantastic card, I love that image and your colouring is gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Fab'n'Funky this week

hugs Vicky xxx

Heide said...

What a super fun cards. Love the SSW card, great papers and darling image. Thanks for joining us this week at SSW.
Hugs, Heide SSW-DT

Angela said...

Darling cards, Kathleen! It's fun to find new images, right?!

My Mom has made pickled beets...she likes them, but I'm not so sure I would recommend them! LOL

Kathie said...

Hi Kathy two very cute cards. Just love the one you made for SSW, this is such a cute image which I haven't seen before. Love your colour and wonderful bell embellishments. Great card and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck.
Hugs
Kathie SSW-DT

Pia S said...

You've made two lovely cards! To comment on your first one, I think the pink ribbon is really decorative, and I love how you've added those bells to the bow. A sweet card!

Jeannie said...

WOW! I have no idea where to begin because I love them both but the card for our challenge of course I will say is the best :) The image is adorable and the colors, papers, ribbon and jingle bells are just perfect!

Thanks so much for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Peace & Luv,
Jeannie

Unknown said...

Gorgeous - love these designs :-) x x

Regan said...

These are both absolutely adorable! GET OUT - sparkly jingle bells! I've been so involved in Halloween that I haven't checked out the holiday stuff at all yetq! Great papers on both and you really do know how to rock a sketch! :)
{hugs}
Regan

Arlana 11426 said...

Oh how cute your two cards are. Love your embellishments. Have a sweet day!!! Arlana@SSW!!!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Two great cards- love the Non-traditional Christmas colors- and the fun new images. I have not been shopping- love the Christmas bells- I had better get to the store soon...before they are all gone!

Sharon Basel said...

Wow Kathy I love this Christmas card in the non-traditional pink colors. What a festive card, especially with that adorable image and the jingle bells embellies. Beautifully done. Thanks for playing in the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge!
Sharon, SSW-DT

Unknown said...

Sweet cards, and the images are adorable! Great job with the layouts! ;o)

Jackie said...

Both cards are fabulous and you did such an amazing job on the sketches too! I am loving these digis too! Thank you for joining us this week at the Fab'n' Funky Challenge.

Jackie, Fab'n' Funky DT