Christmas Gingerbread Cookies

This is my fourth card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge, series 5.  This series runs until the end of October, and then series 6 will run until mid November.  This cute little girl with the basket of gingerbread men is an image from SSBS Design. I have paper pieced the full image.  Some of the paper is the same as the background pieces.  The paper with the green & red holly is from BoBunny, the other papers and the ribbon are from my Christmas stash.  The pointsetias are punches from Ecstasy Crafts (2) - one cuts, one embosses.  The sentiment is a sticker from Ecstasy Crafts.

Thanksgiving Turkey

My third card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 5.  This handsome Turkey image is from Sew Many Cards.  I have colored the image with copics.  Added a clock from a piece of DP from my stash.  Tied bits of ribbon to a piece of leather and added it down the side of the card.  Typed up and colored the edges  of the sentiment with copics.  Background paper from Colorbok.

Dirt Biker

I know my grandson rides his motor bike in his uncles fields, but I have no idea what the bike looks like!  This is another great digital image from Kenny K,  I think I have used one of his images for every one of my grandsons, there are seven, actually eight, but the last one is only 6 months old!  I had colored the image with copics and cut circles with my coluzzle and the larger circle with my Martha Stewart Cutter.  Added colored cardstock to finish it off.  A fun card to make, now to add something to the inside to make it complete.


Was curling this morning, this is our second week, I have curled five games, all with different people, and I have not had the privilege of buying anyone a drink -  which means I have not been on a winning team yet.  Oh well, hope there are better days ahead.

Thanksgiving Abundance

This is my second card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge, series five.  This fancy turkey image with the pie is from Sew Many Cards.  I have colored the image with copics and added a small amount of glitter.
 The DP is from Debbie Mumm and has glitter on just about everything.  The Background Paper is from my stash.  All in all a very colorful bird!

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Santa's Helper

This is my first card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 5.  This is a sweet digital image from Digis by Phooka.  I have colored the image with copics, added a little white glitter to his hat and popped him up.  The background trees are from Priscilla Styles, with stars and glitter added.  The sentiment is a stamp from Stampin Up, it has been embossed in silver and some coloring with copics.  The DP is from my stash.


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Christmas Mandela

The 2nd time I have used the Mandela from Daisy Doodles in the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 4. This is my 7th entry.  I have chosen to make it into a Christmas Card adding a flourish from K& Company.  I embossed the image onto a transparency with Stamp N Stuff detail white embossing powder.  Added a sticker sentiment from Starform.  Mounting it onto bright blue shiny cardstock.

Miss Happy Halloween

This a bonus card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 4.  It is a wonderful image from Jen 4 Digi Stamps for Joy .   I colored the image with copics.  The DP is from K&Company.  The stickers are from K & Company and the spider stickers are from Stampendous.
In Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend, so will be going to the fair in Norwood, where we will see the girls artwork, and watch them enjoy the rides.  Then we will have our Turkey dinner, stay overnight and drive home on Monday.

Halloween Sweets

This is my sixth card for the 4th Series of the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  This series will end on the 15th of October.  The "sweet" digital image is from Sew Many Cards Digital Stamps.  I have colored the image with copics, adding Glossy Accents over the pumpkin, thus the strange shiny lines.  The Black border around the oval is a Peel Off.  The DP and the Sentiment are from K&Company.  All of the cards I have made for this series of Halloween Cards will be going out in the mail to my grandchildren very soon.

Me & My Pets

Its too bad the camera doesn't catch the shine on this image as it has been painted with watercolor metalic paints by Yasutomo and Artquest.  It is an amazing image from Delicious Doodles.  This is my 5th card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 4 which runs until September 15th.  I have mounted it on black cardstock.

The Cat & the Pumpkin

What a happy Pumpkin with a scared little kitten hiding behind it!  The image is from Design 2 Delight.  This is my fourth card for the fourth series of the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  I have colored the image with copics, using some Stickles on the pumpkin.  I stamped the corners of the orange cardstock with a stamp with a swirl and spiders from Inkadinkado, using Versa Mark.  The brown chipboard button is from K&Company.

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The Boy and his Frog

A wonderful image for a young boy from Fred She Said.  I have colored the image with copics.  The DP is from K&Company.  Sentiment is a small stamp with no markings.  This is a card I am sending to my nephews son, They live in BC, but we did get to visit with them in Ontario this summer.  I have 4 cards to finish addressing to get in the mail, so I had better get busy.  It was a really cold grey day here to-day, but I understand we are to get some very warm weather again.  Looking forward to that as I don't want to put those golf clubs away yet.

Mandela

The first card I have made using a Mandela it is a very pretty one from Daisy Doodles Digital Stamps.  This is my 3rd card for the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 4.  I chose to color it with my copics, adding some rhinestones and small pearls.  I have wrapped and tied Satin Rattail Cord to the bottom of the card, which meant I had to pop up the layer the image was on to accommodate the cording.

Father & Son Square Head

Halloween - I love halloween cards and so do my grandchildren!  These lovely creatures are from Bonniebleaux Designs Digital Stamps, for the CDAC Progressive Challenge Series 4.  It is one digi which I copied in two sizes.  Colored with copics, added spiders from Stampendous stickers.  Beware is from a sheet of Halloween words by K & Company.  Background Paper is from Prima Marketing.

The Witch and the Playfull Cat

This crazy wonderful image is from Simply Betty Digital Stamp for the CDAC Progressive Challenge, series 4.  (cdacpc4, SBS).  I was lucky to be able to get my images prior to the start date of this challenge.  This is my first one for this series.  I have colored it with copics.  The sentiment stamp is from Studio G.  And the frame is from my stash.  That cat sure is giving her a hard time!

An Autumn Day

This is my fifth image from the 3rd series of the CDAC Progressive Challenge. This image,from Liastampz can be used in so many ways because of the pointing finger, but I chose to stick with the Fall Theme for this challenge.   I have used Distress Inks to do the coloring.  DP is from BoBunny, Forever Fall Foliage.  The Maple Leaf brads are from Forever in Time. (They don't show up too great in this photo.)  The words are from DCWV Fall Scrapbook Pad.  Happy Thanksgiving printed on computer.  The Die Cut is from Spellbinders.

Swallowtail & Sunflower

My fourth card for CDAC Progressive Challenge the 3rd series of 6.  The Sunflower and butterfly is a very pretty digi from Just Inklined.  (cdacpc3, justinklined.)  The image is colored with Ranger Distress Inks and copics.  The dye cut it is mounted on is from K & Company.  The BP Is white card stock crumpled, painted with a sponge using Ranger Distress Inks, and then ironed before placing on card.  Rhinestones from Studio 18, and sentiment "Thank You"  from Dollarama.

Girl with Oak Leaves

This is my third card in the CDAC Progressive Challenge series 3.  (cdacpc3, GKD)  The very pretty image is from Gurukitty Designs printed on a transparency, embossed in dark green and colored with copics.  I have added a frame around her.  The pearls at the top of the card are from Forever in Time and the saying on vellum is from my stash, it says "Friends share footsteps in the garden of time."

Apples at the Fall Fair

This is my second card in Series 3 of the CDAC Progressive Challenge, cdacpc3,GB.  The bowl of apples image is from Glitterbabes and I have colored it with copics, and mounted on a scalloped circle which is from a Spellbinder die.  The County Fair and First with ribbon, are stickers from Me & My Big Ideas.  The ribbon is swiss dot red from Offray.

Lord Duck

This awesome image is from Ninecrane Designs.  I thought the image would lend itself to a collage type of card, I have never done one before, so hope that I have enough contrast between the additions.  The background paper has been in my stash for a long time.  The center of the clock, the hand, and the top Eiffel Tower were cut from the same page and popped up.  The key and the stamp in the right lower corner were from stamps from Inkadinkadoo, I popped them up as well.  The duck , key and some of the background were colored with Ranger Distress Inks.  A very different card for me, but I kind of like it.

The card is to be entered into CDAC's Progressive Challenge Series 3.  This is one of five images for the challenge.

School Bookworm

This little card is an image denique's school bookworm that was a bonus if you had completed at least two cards for the progressive challenge this series which ends to-day. Next series is for two weeks starting to-morrow. This is my sixth card for this series, all fun cards.  I have colored the image with copics and mounted it on a scalloped edge circle which I cut with a Spellbinders Die.  The small card is from studio G, I Craft.  The circle the image is on was cut out with a Coluzzle.  The card is very plain and simple, and I will use it the next time I give someone a gift of a book.

Mom & Sons

This very bright card is for the CDAC Progressive Challenge this series ends to-morrow.  Then a new two week series will start. If you have made cards with the free images you received for this series, you will get free images again for the next series. The image is from Ellephantastic colored with copics.  The border punch is from Fiskars and the butterfly is from Dollarama.  The quote is from the internet authors name is on the bottom.  Papers from my stash. 

Back to School

This little girl with the freckles is a digi image from Stamp & Doodle her name is Madison.  Another image for the CDAC Progressive Challenge.  I have colored her with copics.  The DP papers from my stash, the outline ruler had something else in the center which I covered with the brightly striped paper.  Love the colors in the stripes, they remind me of fall and the flowers that you see at that time of the year.  Printed the Back to School and added it to the bottom.  Well, I have one more image to add to this challenge, and just two days left!

Bookworm

 

 

 

The Bookworm

This digital image is from Jens Digi Stamps part of the CDAC Progressive Challenge the second of six parts, this one ends on September 14. This is the third of  five images I have made into a card. I have colored the image with copics, the designer paper is from a small scrapbook kit.  The sentiment I made up myself to go with the image.  I have a grandson that always has a book within reach of his bed and he has done this since he was first able to read.  His mother usually has to go in and turn out the light sometimes more than once, so that he will go to sleep at night.                                                                                                                                                

Oh Christmas Tree

I have not added a card to the Midnight Madness Challenge for a week or two, but thought I would add one this week, if I'm not too late. The sketch is for MMSC 120 and I tried to follow the fancy this time. I decided to do a Christmas card as the season is fast approaching.  The stamp is from Tin Can Mail and I used Ranger fired brick ink to stamp. The papers are from my stash, The wooden swirls with holly are from Kaiser Scrapbook, and the Poinsettia & Leaves are from Hero Arts.   

Girl with Glasses School Days

Here is another wonderful image from Tortagialla for the CDAC Progressive Challenge due by Sept.14th.  I have colored this cutie with copics, framed her with a die from Spellbinders and Pop dotted her onto DP from my stash.  The BP is from Paper Boutique.  The sentiment is author unknown, and the pearls are from Forever in Time.

The Gamer

My grandson is now 13 and I have chosen a Kenny K image for him.  I colored it with copics, used a Spellbinders die to cut the shape.  The DP is from Scenic Route Paper Co.  The blue of the paper does not show up too well in this picture.  The sentiment is DP from Teresa Collins and that is the name of that series of papers - On the Edge.  I chose that as a sentiment - because he is a kid that will push everything to the limit. 
But, saying that he really is a great kid.

Back to School

It's just about that time of the year when the children all go back to school.  We have five new digital images that are all related to going to school for the CDAC Progressive Challenge which runs to the 14th of September. [cdacpc2].  This is the second of a series of six challenges.   This image is right on the mark for the return to school it is from Sweet Stamping Treats.   I have colored the image with copics and used the alpha from DP - DCWV - Nana's Kids, and cardstock from my stash.

An Old Fashioned Teacup

This cup is a bonus digital image from Sandi Sample, very pretty.  The card is for the August CDAC Progressive Challenge.  I used denim Ranger distress ink with a stipple brush for the background of the cup and colored the flowers with copics and added some trim with a silver paint pen.  The background paper and sentiment are from Paper Boutique, a scrapbook kit.

When we got married, they used to give the bride a teacup shower before she was married. Now we don't use these cups too often, because the dishwasher takes the silver or gold off the edges.  Now most of my friends prefer to use a mug whether it is for tea or coffee.  Now I have china mugs for tea.

Teatime

Another card for the August CDAC Progressive Challenge.  This pretty teapot was colored with copics and the background of the teapot was stippled with Ranger Antique Linen distress ink.  Paper doily behind teapot.  Paper flowers from my stash.  Border around mauve cardstock done with Fiskers punch. 

The Baker

A sweet digi by Jen Lee, Digi Stamps 4 Joy for the August 2011 Progressive Challenge.  I have colored the baker and the cupcakes in the background with copics.  The DP are from Niki Sivils, and the Blue diamond DP from Colorbok.  Sentiment was silver colored with orange copic from stash.

Red & White Fan

An image by Priscilla Styles for the CDAC Progressive Challenge, this series ends at the end of August.  Then there will be a two week series with new images.  I have colored the image with copics and cut around it.  The white flower is from Petaloo and the red ones from Dollarama.  There is a stick pin with two beads, red and black.  The die cut is Martha Stewart and the DP is from Colorbok.

Cool Guitar

This is another digi from Kenny K.  Just love these digis for my older teenage grandchildren.  I think they enjoy them too - something different from Grandma.  I have colored the image with copics, cutting the pitcture  on an angle and backing it with black and white.  The DP is from Teresa Collins.

Antique Car

I made this card for the CDAC MMSC117 (Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge)  It is a fun challenge to enter as it makes you use backgrounds, that you may not think of yourself.  Because this card is for a man, I did not add too many embellishments.  I have gold embossed an image from Priscilla Styles.  Added a gold frame using a Spellbinder Nestabilities die cut.  The background DP is from Cosmo Cricket, and the two colored cardstocks are from my stash.  The sentiments are from Horizon.

The Dancer

 

This sweetheart of a digi is from Whoopsiedaisy Digi Stamps, and I am entering this card in the CDAC Progressive Challenge for August. I have paper pieced the image, and colored her with copics.  The background paper is from my stash, and I used a Martha Stewart punch.  The flower is from Studio 18.                                       

It is my grandson Justin's 16th birthday to-day, and we had a nice dinner for him at our house last night.        

There were seven of us, he and his brother are now over six feet tall so I would say all adults at the table.       

I made him a Kenny K digital card with a hockey player as that is his sport, but with a very busy time over the last week I forgot to take a picture of the card before I put it in the envelope.                                                 

Girl in Tub

CDAC has a brand new challenge, a Progressive Challenge of 6 sessions, first time period 4weeks, after that two weeks for each challenge, with new images for each session, the images are free if you have entered each time.  The first image I have chosen is by Anne's Digital Art which had the Top Vote for June "Everyone" Drawing Challenge.  It is a sweet image which I colored with copics and Ranger Distress Inks.  The BG paper is from my stash.  The chipboard kitten and the sentiment are  from K&Company, and the lace is from Dollarama Crafts.

I have company for the week end, so will probably not have much time to be on my computer.  My youngest son and his three children are here, while my DIL is away with her friends for the weekend.  We should have a fun time even though it is suppose to rain this weekend.

Looking Out

Another fun digi from Whoopsidaisy.  The girl is a freebie image for the Freebie Challenge CDACFDC29,
which is going on now.  I have colored her with copics and have added some glitter glue to the flowers in her hair and on the ground.  The fence is also an image from Whoopsidaisy and has been colored with Ranger Distress inks.  The flowers on the top of the fence are chipboard and are from a scrapbook kit.  The background was done with a cuttlebug folder.

We were hurrying out of the house this morning, so I added this image very hastily to My Page for the gallery, and I left the challenge tag off.  Hope I can rectify that little detail (haste makes waste.)  Spent the day in Niagara Falls stateside to-day.  ( Don't know why when we are crossing the border, I always get behind the car that gets held up for some reason or another.)  To-day it happened both coming and going.  But we had a fun day anyway.

Girl with Watering Can

I like making cards with little girls or boys on them.  This card is for the CDAC Midnight Madness sketch challenge #114.  The images are from Whoopsiedaisy ( the girl and the arbor).  I colored the image with copics.  The scalloped circle is a card front from I-craft.  The flowers are from Walmart, and come with a tiny pearl in the center.I cut the little girl out and popped her up with pop dots in front of the arbor.

Went golfing with my husband this morning, but the heat was a little too much for him to-day.  Next time we go together he will have to take a cart if it is at all warm.  Otherwise we had a good day, went to Dairy Queen for a treat after dinner.

Dance Party

This is another Kenny K Digi.  His designs are such fun this card is for another one of my grandsons.  Hope he likes it, I know he likes to get together with his friends for a party often.  It is colored with copics and I have again used DP from Teresa Collins - On The Edge.

Last night I planted some flowers in my garden, we moved two years ago next month, every time I dig I try to add some new topsoil, but whats underneath is clay combined with gravel, and pieces of cement.  Eventually,
maybe I will be able to have a nice garden, but in the meantime lots of hard work.  This is a great time of the year to add to a perennial garden as they are all on sale right now.  Trying to get a nice variety like I had in my old garden, but this area is about 1/4 of the size I had before, there is no way I can get that much variety in this garden, but I keep trying.

Rock On

What a fun card this was to make for my grandsons 16th birthday he does play the drums.  It is a digi from Kenny K.  I colored it with copics.  The DP is Teresa Collins - On The Edge.  I hope that he enjoys the card as much as I did making it.

I golfed Monday and to-day scores nothing to rave about.  But on Monday on the course which is in town - we saw a deer first, then a coyote wandered across the 8th fairway (rather large and mangy looking) and before we finished we got to watch a hawk.  It was as good as going on a nature walk. 

Merry Christmas in July

What a sweet image to work with.  I entered this  Christmas Card in the CDAC Sketch Challenge28.  I think this is the earliest I have ever made a Christmas card.  This is a Bugaboo Image, colored with copics and Gelly Roll Pens.  Stampendous crystal snow on leaves from Martha Stewart Punch.  Anna Griffin DP and Ofray Ribbon.  Flower soft on the hat.  The sentiment is a small sticker from Suzy's Zoo.

Seem to spend every morning watering the lawn and garden it is so dry here, the rains just seem to keep by-passing us.  This afternoon took my hubby to the dentist.  His appointment lasted two hours and kind of backed up all the other afternoon patients.  A tooth that was in sideways had fused itself to the jawbone.
The dentist said he had never seen that happen before.  Anyway he came through it looking pretty good. But because he can only eat soft foods for a couple of days I feel a little guilty when I eat something he can't have right now.

Birds Nest

I entered this sweet digi from Pattie G in last weeks CDAC Sketch Challenge.  I used all bright colors and paper pieced the image.  The flowers, leaves and sentiment were punched from cardstock.  The flower punch and circle punches were from stamping up and the leaves were from a Martha Stewart punch.  I do like the results, even though I forgot to put the ribbon across the bottom and it was too late after I had it all glued.

When you have visitors, sometimes, it is hard to get everything done, that is why I am just getting around to adding it to my blog now. 

The Happy Cow

 

This digi image is from Marg Kieser, I think it is a happy fun image.  I am entering this card in the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge MMSC112.   I have colored it with copics, and added 3 different colors of denim dp as the background.  I have the chosen the Keep it simple version of the sketch.

I have not been very active on the CDAC site this week, I have just popped in several times to see what is going on. 

I have had company all week.  My daughter and her three children have all been here for the week.  My daughter has been working all week from my house, sending her work to the office via her computer.  Her eldest was going to computer camp every morning, and I got to drive him.  Her daughter was going to gymnastics and they went on their bikes, as it was very close to where we live.  Baby got to stay at home with whoever was still there.  It was a very busy week, but it was so nice to have them here and keep in touch with events in their lives.  I must add some pictures of  Colton to my blog, he is now 10 weeks old. 

They both enjoyed their camps, and may return again over the summer for another session.  ( I hope so!)

Butterflies and Flowers

Time for another Midnight Madness Challenge CDAC MMSC110.   I chose the fancy version this time, a very busy card.  The background is a cuttle bug folder which I applied Ranger Mustard Seed Distress Ink to, then ran it through my Wizard.  The leaves are a die cut from Marianne Design.  The butterflies were a stamp colored with markers onto glossy card stock, and then cut out.  The background papers and ribbon are from my stash.  The border punch is from Ek Success.  Small blue geo shape sparklers applied to the ends of the ribbon.  My purple ribbon might be a little too dark, but I like it.

Golfed this morning, great day, just enough breeze so that it was not too hot.  Sure could use some rain,  we seem to get too much rain all at once, or none at all.  Had a nice visit with my nephew, his wife and two little ones ages two and four over the weekend,  They are staying at his parents for 12 days, they are from BC so they were glad to see our sunny weather as they have had nothing but rain for quite some time.  They keep lots of umberellas & rain coats near the front door.  Seemed that last week was very busy, did not get too much done in the way of cardmaking - will have to see what this week brings.  

Fair Fairy

This pretty digi is from A Day for Daisies.  I have paper pieced her with DP from Paper Boutique and colored her with copics.  The flowers are from Petaloo, Color Me Crazy and the leaves are a die cut from Marianne.  The stripes and flowers are colored with Memories Mists, Mango Lemonade.  The eyelets are from e-z set.  I am entering this in the CDAC Midnight Madness Challenge MMSC109.

Lady in Charge

This card is for the Bugaboo Whacky Wednesday Challenge.  Love their digis such a variety and some oh so funny.  The challenge was to use three buttons and no DP.
I colored the digi with copics, used a Spellbinders die cut behind the "lady" and for the sentiment.  Just plain purple cardstock for the background.  Used three buttons which I colored with my copics and added two red gems to her purple shoes.  The sentiment came with the image.  Tied it all together with a bit of embroidery thread.

Rained very hard about an hour ago, but there is a beautiful sunset beginning now.

Lilacs

This card is for MMSC 108 Sketch Challenge.  The lilacs are from Stanzbogen Die Cuts.  The butterflies are from Recollections.  The Cardstock and pearls are from my Stash.

Was away last week, golfing for 3 days with a group of 14 had a great time the weather was good all the time we were away.  Card day Thursday, all day.  Friday my husband wanted to go to the Falls and because I am the driver - away we went had a good day there.  Not too much rest over the weekend, so when I golfed this am. at 7:27 - you could tell I was tired - probably should have taken a cart.

Old Fashion Golf

I am going to enter this card into the CDAC Midnight Madness challenge MMSC105, I have chosen the KISS version of the sketch we were provided with.  I am quite pleased with my card.  The image from the Stamp Barn  is embossed, with Stampendous black embossing powder.  The paper has a leather feel to it and the back is a metalic copper color.  It is from my stash so don't know the mfg.  The ribbon top and bottom is one of my favorites for male cards. it is from So-Facile Canada Inc.  

The above is a card for my eldest sons birthday, I do love to tease him about his age.  He is retired now, but works under contract.  He does have more time for golf, as he does not always put in a five day week.  He has a very sports minded family, everyone has their own favorite sport including his wife and three boys.  All favor a different sport.  His is triathalons, but is training now for an Iron Man race. 

To-day is card day, so must be on my way.  To-day we play out in the country, so on my way home I pass several farms that sell plants.  If it isn't raining, I hope to stop and get some new plants for my garden.

Cute Gardner

Such a sweet digi from Mami Doodles.  I tried to capture her planting the flowers with green grass, a fence, and sky beyond.  The sky has quite dark ridges showing in the photo, but looked totally blue when I added it.  The image is colored with copics.  The corrugated and embossed papers were from a Scrap Pack from DMD.  The other papers from my stash.  The edging was done with Provo Craft scissors.  I am going to enter this in the CDAC Midnight Madness Challenge MMSC104.  I have chosen the plain Sketch.

It is raining here now, but has been a great holiday weekend, with sun and much warmer.  Hope the rain stops so that people can set off there fireworks.   Managed to get some work done in my garden. Now, I guess I should get some work inside done; time to bring out the summer clothes and put away the winter ones.

Blue Daisy

This beautiful daisy image is from Digi Drawn, Maureen Kuppe, CDAC.  I am entering this card into the sketch challenge cdacsc23.  The card is to be simple and to have a ribbon, and a round tag or button.
I colored the image with copics, used papers from my stash and some paper rick-rack instead of a ribbon.

Last night I went to a birthday party for three of my golfing friends.  We had a great time eating snacks and playing Family Feud  - there were 7 of us on each team.  The game is shown on the tv and you guess at the right answers -  our team didn't guess right often enough - and we lost!  I was suppose to go golfing to-night, but it has been raining here all week, and it doesn't look too promising at the moment.

Flissy Fairy

An adorable free image from CDAC Ellephantastic colored with copics.  The wings are colored with Pearlescent & Metallic Watercolors from US Art Quest.  The color around the fairy is put on with a brush it is Ranger Distress Ink - spiced marmalade.  The dp are from Pewter Press.  The lace and buttons are from my sewing cupboard.  I am entering this into the color challenge; the colors are green and orange.  The challenge is sponsored by CDAC Ellephantastic, Helen Laurence.