Living in Paradise: 365 Cards and D2D cards!

Aloha and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday! First up is my sample for this week's 365 Cards challenge which is a color scheme.

I was so happy when I discovered these colors are an almost perfect match for My Mind's Eye "Merry Little Christmas" patterned paper! The only color that's not in there is the brown so I threw that in through the coloring of the bear and the floor. The stamp is Yuki from Sister Stamps...not sure if you can buy it on-line as I get mine at the local Ben Franklin Crafts store. So here's some other challenges for this one:
1. 2 Sisters Challenge Blog - anything goes
2. By The Cute And Girly - Christmas Girls
3. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - cute
4. Mami Doodles: Digital Stamps - Christmas
5. Speedy the Cat’s Friends Challenge - favorite technique: mine is coloring with copics
6. Paper Pretties - non traditional Christmas colors
7. pile it on - traditional Christmas
8. Really Reasonable Ribbon - CAS Christmas + ribbon
9. Saturday Challenge - Spots and Stripes
10. the sweetest thing... - sketch
11. Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions
12. Wags ‘n Whiskers - Christmas Themed

Next up is my sample for this week's D2D Delightful Inspiration Saturday challenge which is "baby."

I went a little funky on the colors for this one and I think it would be cute for a boy or girl! The image "Bearing Gifts" is really probably supposed to be a birthday image but I think it's perfect for a welcome baby card too! I colored the image with my copics and even used my brand new Copic ABS-1 system to airbrush the background...LOVE IT!! I also blinged the heck out of this one...trying to use up some of those rhinestones I've had around for years (I went through a bling buying phase a few years ago and need to use them up). Here's the other challenges for this one:
1. 4 Crafty Chicks - baby-themed
2. BasicGrey Challenges - mix 'n' match: the patterned papers are from Lime Rickey and Sugar Rush
3. Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - digital image
4. digital tuesday challenge - cute and cuddly + digi
5. Eat Sleep Stamp - sketch
6. If The Shoe fits... Scrap It! - try something new: using my ABS was brand new!
7. iCopic color challenge - backgrounds
8. OLLCB - bings: ribbon, diecut, sparkle
9. Stamps R Us - bling it on
10. The ABC Challenge - D for Dazzle

Thanks for stopping by and can't wait to see what you come up with!
Aloha,

23 comments:

Tamara Morton said...: Gorgeous card I love the LO and the image is beautifully coloured.

Thank you for joining us Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog this time. If you are interested I have some blog candy up for grabs Posh Cat Crafts
Hugs
Tamara; November 15, 2011 at 9:49 PM
downrightcrafty said...: Gorgeous creation and fabulous spots and stripes, thank you so much for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
Hugs Kate xx
ps I have some new candy if you are interested:); November 15, 2011 at 9:56 PM
STAMPING SAM said...: Waking up to see not one but 2 beautiful cards made by you is making for one good start on my Wednesday!

The 365 card is sweetness at it's best! How lucky to have the exact PP colors that Pam picked out. Love the copic coloring.

Your D2D card perfect for a new baby. The bold colors make it such a happy 'welcome baby' card.

Again, your time spent in the copic classes was well spent with gaining new ideas on how to get the best use out of copics and how to spend more money on more gear! LOL!

As always,
Love, SAm aka MOM; November 15, 2011 at 11:37 PM
Barbara Colbert said...: So cute!!! Excellent coloring! Thanks for sharing at Speedy the Cat's Challenge! Good luck!; November 16, 2011 at 3:34 AM
Lori Turner said...: Very cute baby card - I love that you went bold and bright with it! Thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week :); November 16, 2011 at 5:11 AM
Leanne said...: Very nicely done, thanks for joining us on our baby challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!; November 16, 2011 at 6:52 AM
Dawnll said...: Both of these are so adorable,love your use of ribbon and that first bow is great!
Thanks for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon this week; November 16, 2011 at 7:54 AM
Aunty Sue said...: Brilliant cards and thanks for sharing with us at CRAFT & crafty catz this week; November 16, 2011 at 9:16 AM
carol said...: Gorgeous card, thanks for playing along with CRAFT and CRAFTY CATZ this week, x carol; November 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Tracy said...: Kim I love BOTH of these. Super cute!!! I haven't felt like stamping much lately, but after seeing your cards, I'm feeling inspired! :) Thank you for playing along with Sketchy Thursday! Hugs, Tracy; November 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Sudha said...: Wow beautiful creations dear.

Sudha
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http://sudha-kalra.blogspot.com/p/shop.html; November 16, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Curly said...: OMGosh this is one awesome creation, I just love colour theme, fabulous image and just perfectly coloured, its just perfect for our challenge this week,

Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Catz Use a Digi Challenge I hope you can join us again next week

Good Luck with the challenge,
Hugs Bridget Crafty Catz DT :-)x; November 16, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Helen said...: Fabulous cards - love the bright colours!
Thanks for joining us at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge!
Helen x; November 17, 2011 at 6:56 AM
Brenda said...: Fabulous cards!!!! Thank you for playing along with us this week at Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge.; November 17, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Curly said...: Oh wow these are absolutely gorgeous I love the colour themes and the images are so cute and coloured so beautifully they are just perfect for our challenge

Thank You so much for taking part at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: 160 Spots and Stripes I hope you join us again next week,

Have a lovely day,
Good luck with the challenge,
Hugs Bridget :0) x.
SCSC DT; November 17, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Wendi said...: Fabulous card I love that funky paper and cute image
Thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la this week I do hope we see you again
Wendi; November 17, 2011 at 10:02 PM
chilli pip said...: Two wonderful cards . Cant pick a favourite as they both have such wonderful images and colours , thanks for playing at ooh-la-la this week.; November 20, 2011 at 2:34 AM
Lin said...: Two fab cards.

Thanks for joining in with our Dazzle challenge at ABC.

Lin; November 20, 2011 at 8:02 AM
thescrapmaster said...: Both of these cards are SUPER CUTE! Thanks so much for playing with iCopic this week. Hope to see you back next week!
Hugs,
Samantha
www.thescrapmaster.com; November 20, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Shirley said...: Your cards are adorable!!! The little girl is precious and the card for the baby is so bright and cute!; November 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Faith S. said...: Awesome cards!! I love the bright colors you used for both!! Beautiful card designs as always!:); November 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM
Cheryl Walker said...: super cute cards!!! thank you for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon this week!!
Hugs,
Cheryl; November 29, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Unknown said...: Gorgeous!!! I love the rhinestones frame... great idea!!!!thanks for playing with us a ABC Challenge
hugs; December 1, 2011 at 8:44 AM