H & S Valentines for Two

   It's snowing again, or should I say "still?"  It seems this winter has been nothing but one big snow/ice storm.  Which has made it one of the prettiest winters that we have had in a while.  But, jesh, I just got the driveway scooped from the last accumulation -- oh, well.

   Here are the Valentine's that I have been coloring up in between trips outside to scoop the snow off:

For Aunt Troy which features a sentiment by Stampin' Up:

Hanglar and Stanglar

And for Cousin Bill (the sentiment is from Anita Be Stampin'):

 

Hanglar and Stanglar

Challenge to Enter In:   Outlawz Friday Alcohol Marker Challenge:  Love/Valentine

Hanglar en Stanglar Valentine

          Remember making Valentine's for the entire class at school?  I'd never get that many made now -- but at least I have one done so far!

Hanglar en Stanglar

Copics:

Skin:  E13, E11, E00, R00, R11

Hair and Shoes:  E59, E57, E55, E53, E51

Shirt:  YG97, YG95, YG93

Jeans:  B99, B97, B95, B93, B000

Hearts:  R89, R39, R37, R35 (White Gel Pen)

String:  Black Prismacolor Marker
Shadow:  W1

Ground:  E43 and various E's for dots

Sentiment stamp:  Anita Be Stampin'

Embossing Powder:  Ranger

Die Cuts:  Cuttlebug

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Challenge to Enter In:  Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Love Isn't Love Until You Give It Away

A Gaming B-day

   My grandson loves his video games, so when I saw this digi at The Paper Shelter I had to buy it for his b-day card.  It is hard to believe that he will be 9 soon!  Since this is a new digi, I'm going to use it to enter the Alcohol Marker Challenge at Outlawz -- the topic of which is "Something New."

The Paper Shelter:  Mad About Video Games

Copics:

Skin:  E21, E11, E02, E00, R00, R11

Hair:  E37, E99, E97, E95, E93

Chair:  YG97, YG95, YG93

Pants:  B97, B95, B93

Shirt:  E55, E53, E51

Game Controller:  110, C7, C5, C3, R24

Ground:  E43 (and dots in whatever brown I grabbed)

Outline:  B000

Papers, brads, fiber and Birthday sticker:  ??

Dies:  Spellbinders

Happy Gaming Everyone!

Grade 1

Card for my favorite boy, starting 1st grade in a couple weeks:

The chalkboard is simply a black piece of card stock framed out with red strips. I used my best left handed printing on it, using a white gel pen. The piece of chalk is a rolled up piece of white paper.

Thank you to our Troops

Usually, I hit the after Independence Day sales to buy crafting items to make my cards for Operation Write Home. This year the clearance racks were filled with 4th of July glitter and shine -- not actually appropriate for our troops overseas. So, that thrifty bit of inspiration was not going to work this year. What am I going to do? Well, Rick St. Dennis left some cute little digi art at the Operation Write Home site and I used his Uncle Sam to start my card making this year.

This year I decided to make my cards in batches of 8, so I have 7 more of these to go. I don't think I am happy with the die cut "Thank You" and I think I will use a stamp and blue embossing on the rest of the cards.

Boy with Flowers For You

This image was given to me during a swap at the Anything Goes group on Paper Craft Planet. I was quite pleased with the way this little card turned out.

Cats Rule Dogs Drool

These were my entries to the Cats Rule Dogs Drool Challenge at Anything Goes on Paper Craft Planet. The dog image is from High Hopes. The cat image is from Victoria Case. They are both colored with pencils.

Raking

Riding

Mechanic

Goin' on a Trip

Brush Your Teeth at Nannie's

Independence Parade

Finished 26 of these little July 4th greetings just in time to get in the mail for the holiday. Next year, I gotta find an image without a flag in it -- that was a bear to color 26 of those beauties.

On My Head

Monster Fishing

Labor Day

Finally, I am getting my Labor Day card posted. This cute little "chillaxin'" image is by Victoria Case. Paper piecing and Copic markers were used to make this feller one of my favorite cards ever. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

Wii Gamer

The digital image of the Wii Gamer was drawn by Victoria Case. He was colored to resemble my 4 year old Grandson (per my grandson's instructions) using Copic markers. Papers are from DCWV & the American Paper Company. The metallic "Victory" is from ColorBox.
"Victory" is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
"Game On" is 5" x 7"