Ready, Set, Go!

The TGF CHA Relay begins today. Go on over to their blog and get the info. This Mer Ian is a free digi, if you play and upload a card with him to their gallery by 6pm CST you get the next digi free, and so on all week. Pretty good deal, right? Go download him and give it a try. Even if you don't get done in time, you still have a super cute new digi!


This one is pretty simple, I wanted him to look like he was swimming, so the background is embossed with tiny bubbles from Cuttlebug. For some reason when I saw him I knew right away that he was a red head! LOL, I love red hair, so beautiful.


If anyone has any digi tips for not smearing the ink, please let me know. I let it dry well and even tried to heat set it. It doesn't seem wet enough when it comes out of my printer to emboss it. I probably should be a bit less heavy handed with my markers, I keep going back to blend over and over. But like I said if you have any secrets, please share!


Hope you have a wonderful Monday!


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Mer Ian digi, sentiment from CHF
Ink: Printer ink and Palette Noir
Paper: Bashful Blue, Only Orange, DCWV summer stack, GP110
Embellishments: copics, stickles, Water dew drops, Cuttlebug tiny bubbles embossing folder, offray ribbon, nesties, dimensionals

What a Finn-tastic year it has been!

Today is my baby's first birthday! As some of you may know his name is Finnegan, Finn for short. So I guess he'll be getting fish type cards for a long time. I always call him "Finn-tastic", so this sentiment was perfect, although spelled a bit differently. His first year has flown by so fast. I think this time around I enjoyed everything more, and worried less. I really have loved every minute of seeing him grow and develop a personality! He is so happy, he has a great big belly laugh, loves to crawl after his brothers and claps his hands when he gets excited. He is just the sweetest little guy.

I used the MoJo Monday sketch #105 for his birthday card. The fish is highlighted with some stickles for a bit of sparkle.
Finn on the day he was born.
A recent photo of Finn in his backyard swing, which he really loves. Happy birthday little man!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cornish Herritage Farms Ocean Friends
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Brilliant Blue
Paper: YoYo Yellow, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, PTI ssw
Embellishments: circle punch, offray ribbon, Robin's Nest water dew drops, stickles, copics, cuttlebug Divine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders, foam mounting squares