Thursday, February 9, 2012

Love is in the air!

Hello my little sugar muffins!! Happy Thursday...hope you're having a great week! I've been busy trying to recover from my recent vacay!! I know you feel so sorry for me, right?! hehehe!  I promise, though, I had umbrella drinks for each and every one of you! Deeelish!!

Sooooo, let's get right down to business, shall we? For this fortnight's Sugar Bowl Challenge, our very talented Kiki has given us this fun sketch to follow . . . .


And, since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, our theme is . . . .

LOVE!

Perfect, huh?! Well . . . I thought I'd make a card that could be used for Valentine's Day, or an anniversary, or just to say "I love you." And here's what I came up with . . . . .


I chose a gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamp from the Simply Sassy Collection called "Pillow Talk." You can find this little missy HERE at Funky Kits! I decided to shake things up a bit, so I stamped the image with Memento Desert Sand ink, making the outline very subtle. The stamped image looks almost like it has no lines, doesn't it? I quite like the effect! Here's an extreme close-up . . . .


WOW! Would'ja just look at that hair? It's scrumptious!! And I had such fun coloring it!! Here's a side view . . . .


And another . . . sorry, I'm practicing my picture-taking! hehe!!


My card "recipe"...
Cardstock: Very Vanilla & Real Red (Stampin' Up)
Digi DPs: Bearly Mine Designs
Flourishes die: Magnolia
Heart & leaf dies: Marianne's Creatables
Ribbon & faux pearls: (my stash)
Sentiment: (SU)
Corner stamp: Magnolia
Roses: Wild Orchid Crafts
Copics & prismacolor pencils

Here's a peek at the inside...


And one last view . . . oh, c'mon now, you know I always have to end with an "artsy fartsy" angle . . . hehehe!


Guess what time it is now? It's time to pop on over to the Sugar Bowl and take a peek at all the gorgeous "Love" creations by my fellow DT Sweeties. Then, come join us for this fortnight's challenge! One lucky participant will be randomly selected to win a fabulous prize from Sugar Nellie. Once again, our prize for this Sugar Bowl Challenge is . . . . 

. . . . your choice of FOUR Sugar Nellie stamps
(increasing to SIX if we have 100+ entries!) . . . .

Remember. . . you can't win if you don't play!!

I've decided to enter this sassy little card in the following challenges:

Thanks so much for stopping by! And, as always, thank you for your sweeeeeet comments! Hugs . . . until next time . . . .