Rooftop Party -- for The Paper Shelter

 It's Wednesday, and every Wednesday a new challenge start on the Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  Challenges run for a week, and this week the theme is "Say Something" (use a sentiment).  If you are the random winner of the challenge and you use a Paper Shelter image, you'll get a $30 gift certificate to the Paper Shelter Store.  Otherwise, it's 3 images of your choice. Either way, it's an awesome prize!

For today's card, I used the adorable Rooftop Party...

I just love his big red nose!  I colored Rooftop Party with Copic markers.  I used some gel pens to add sparkle to the lights and Santa hats, although it doesn't show up in this picture. Then, I went hunting for a sketch.   I found this one at Sketch Saturday.  It's from earlier in the year. 

The papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  The holly paper is one of the papers in the Christmas Fun Collection. The red dots paper is from the Peppermint Collection. 

I hope you can join us this week at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  I'd love to see your pretty creations, and your take on this theme!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- November Linky Party

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft Extra -- ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft -- ATG

Passion for Markers -- Anything Christmas

Paw-sitively Grateful -- for Ching-Chou Kuik

 It's Tuesday, and this is my day to post on the Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog. There's also a challenge going on with the theme of Remembrance/Thanksgiving/Thinking of You/ or Thank You.  I hope you join us!  You'll find lots of great images in the GJZCCK Etsy Shop!

For today's card, I used an image that was given to everyone that participated in the October Facebook Challenge. It was in honor of our 7th Anniversary.   I hadn't had a chance to color it up yet, and I so loved it!  Here is the greyscale image, The Cutie...

The Cutie is colored with Copic markers, a couple of Spectrum Noir markers, and a white gel pen.  I used an edger die from Spellbinders, the sentiment is on dies from Tonic Studios, and that paw print is a die from Kat Scrappiness. 

The design team was given the additional challenge of making a shabby chic or distressed card, so I distressed the edges of the designer paper. It's from We Are 3 Digital Shop. It's one of the Inky Textures papers. 

I hope you visit the CCK Inspiration Blog often to see what the other talented designers have created. For another challenge, and more inspiration, there's the CCK Facebook group.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- November Linky Party

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge -- ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft Extra -- ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft -- ATG

Christmas Joy -- for QKR Stampede Challenge Blog

Another Friday, another week closer to Christmas!  These weeks are flying by!  It's time for another challenge at QKR Stampede Challenge blog, where this week's alternate theme is 'Christmas Cards'.  I've been hard at work sending mine out all week, including this one:

This card uses Eureka Stamps digital image, Christmas Joy (ES-digi6503), colored with gel pens.  I was not very successful with this medium, but it's how we learn, right? 

The die cut deer is one of my Christmas favorites, and I've had it so long I no longer remember who it is by.  The snowflake card base was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo with a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store.

I hope you can join us this week at QKR Stampede for our 'Christmas Card' optional challenge -- or enter anything you'd like.  In 2018, all the QKR Stampede challenges will be Anything Goes, so look for those coming very soon!