Elzybell for WSC28

Okay, here is another Elzybell card using Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. If you would like to play along click on her link for the details.

I used the following:

cs: Garden green, purely pomegranate, vv, ww, and a smidgen of mellow moss

ink: pomegranate, garden green, StazOn black, prismacolor pencils, and white gel pen

accessories/tools: Scalloped classic circle nestabilities, designer punch, snowflake cb, paper piercing, and pomegranate ribbon

More Santas and a cute little Elzybell

I got in some stamping time today!!! Gotta love Friday mornings, they are my time off if I so choose! Yeah, and today, I CHOSE!!!!

I totally cased this card by bwstamper, and I hope she does not mind. Her card is prettier, but I hust had to try it too. I used pomegranate cs and ribbon from my friend Jlazarski (Jessica) and the acetate and Santa Collage stamp are from my new friend Crooked River (Nancy). Thanks so much, girls! Without your wonderful gifts these cards could not have been made.I stamped swirls and snowflakes from the Frosty set and used a Merry Christmas stamp on vv, lightly sponged with pomegranate and layered on mellow moss.Edit: Forgot to mention, I used prisma colored pencils, sakura gel glitter pen, and crystal effects on the Santa and his glasses.Thanks for looking! :)

Then just before I started working tonight, I saw Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge, and since I already had some scalloped circles made with my Elzybell's skaters, I thought I would try this too. I used Not Quite Navy cs, black for an underlay of the scalloped circle, dp from my DCWV Christmas pack, blue ribbon, and these cute little heart medallions are from my good Canadian friend, Chris (Catt871 on SCS). She's the sweetest, and I hope to meet her and my good friend Jessica (above) some day! :D

Some better pictures

These are the same cards from yesterday, just some better pictures!

The group one still has some shadows though from the other cards sitting in their light. Uggh! Okay, okay, photography was just a minor for me in high school *wink*

Santa or Elzybells?!

Oh, I think these images are so cute, I hope I did them justice. I know this picture isn't the best. I will try and post a better one tomorrow. I ran out of natural light tonight, and took these from the kitchen table. After I did it just right to get all four of them in the picture and brightened them on PhotoShop, I realized that I took the picture straight on--not the best angle to see detail and dimensions--duh, Kelly! lol





So . . . anyway, I got to play with my new nestabilities, SU dp, some old SU dp, SU designer punch, party punch stamp set and my new TAC Santa. The ribbon I used is slightly off white with gold swirls to match the swirls in the background of the Santa card (and only 75 cents at AC Moore, can you believe it?!) It was a GOOD day! :) Well . . . except for running out of work this morning--holiday's usually do that to the medical transcription profession.



I really enjoyed having the time to play though. I used a Fluffles stamp with that one Elzybell mouse, because that corner was just so bare, and this Fluffle looking down like that just looked too darn cute. He is not sure whether to stay under the missletoe or check out that mouse on a limb. LOL



So, please let me know what you think of them! The Elzybell's were a Wish RAK from a fellow swapper and friend, Sandye Curry (sgc). Thanks, Sandye!



Added 2 closeups so you could see the sparkle in Santa's beard (sakura gel pen) and the crystal effects used on the glass ornament. Sorry, I forgot to mention them earlier.

Blog addicted?!

Wow, I think I am getting blog addicted for sure. I have at least 25 blogs that I keep a close eye on with my Google Reader, which is awesome by the way--if you use email that is great too. I really like FeedBlitz when they send them all in one email, but I was getting 13 in one email and then quite a few scragglers in separate emails, which really was time consuming to open. So . . . now I use Google Reader through http://www.google.com/ and sign in there with the name and password (same as I use here, so not another pw to remember) :) That is a plus! They update as soon as someone types a new post too, so I just made Google my home page, and voila--I see when one of my talented "friends" (if I may call them that) posts to their blog. Cool, huh? The only draw back is that you have to type the name of their blog in your add subscriptions box on Google Reader (or copy and paste it there after you visit their site--that is what I do).



Alas, that was not all of what I was here to tell you . . .



I recently inquired about a ribbon contest on a web site that sells gorgeous ribbon (not sure what all I can tell yet as this is being submitted), but hopefully I am not breaking any rules by showing you my card. I have purchased ribbon here before, and for the most part it all matches very closely with SU colors, and the owner is kind enough to give you a list of SU comparisons to these colors too! I found her previously on SCS when I purchased my ribbone. So anyway, the other day I found her web site, and I asked to take part in the contest. She sends you a random color/type, and you have to make something either a card or 3D item with it. These will be judged around Dec 1st, and then added to the gallery at her web site. So anyway . . . I just had to show off my creation. The image is Elzybells Ice Skater, which was a RAK from a sweet lady--Sandye Curry (sgc on SCS). Thanks, again, Sandye! I just had to use this image yesterday with my ribbon! :) Isn't she sweet?!

I did have some trouble getting a really good picture, as I believe the image looks a little fuzzy . . . hmm not sure why either.



Stamps: Elzybells Ice Skater and "bliss" from SU's noteworthy

Ink: StazOn black, blush blossom, tempting turquoise, SU markers, prismacolor pencils, white gel pen, and Sakura gel pen.

CS: SU designer paper certainly celery (palette of prints samples), white cs, tempting turquoise, and blush blossom.

Tools: Nestabilities small oval dies and SU round tab punch

Accessories: gorgeous argyle ribbon, Star Dust Stickles, and pale green brads

Thanks for dropping by!! :) Kelly