Sweet November Fairwee Emaline

Colored the adorable Fairwee Emaline for my 7 KIDS Sweet November Project Share. Made a bridge fold card using white cardstock and patterned papers. The banner across the front is from the Echo Park Christmas Cheer digital paper set. I altered the color to match my project. The photo doesn't show it, but Emaline is popped up with foam dots and her wings and furry trims are glittered with Wink of Stella pens.

Return of Sweet November

Yippee!!! Amy Young is once again drawing her adorable Sweet November characters and selling them in the 7 Kids Craft Store.  Her first release was last month and Halloween themed.  This month she has a collection of nine new Christmas themed digis titled North Pole Snapshots!  I chose to color up Cookie Thief.  His mischievous grin and sneaky cookie snatching hand was too much to resist, lol.

For the card, I layered the digi image on top of some digi patterned paper for the tabletop and the background.  I paper pieced his shirt with a coordinating patterned paper.  Coloring was quick and easy as all I had left was the elf's face, hands, hair, and hat.  Using Glossy Accents and glitter, the top of the cookies have a nice sparkle.  The Holiday Wishes banner was printed on photo paper and fussy cut.  A small white button completes this festive card.

 

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mother's birthday, and this card is for her!  The adorable image is A Day For Daisies Strawberries and Milk Fairy.  The strawberry background paper is from the Jillibean Soup Key Lime pad and the red dotted paper is from Echo Park Happy Days.  At first, I thought I'd use strawberries for embellishments, but then I remembered I had these fabulous crocheted flowers from Amy, and I had to put them on this special card!  Happy Birthday Mom!

Another CASE Card

Another CASE card...by accident!  I did not realize I'd copied Amy's card until I was perusing old pages on her blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper and spied her card using Blackberry Fairy.  Yikes!  Apparently her card made such an impression when I first saw it back in April of 2011, that I subconsciously re-created it (you can see Amy's card here)   Anyone else find themselves in a similar situation?

This image, along with her sisters, Blueberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, and Raspberry are favorites of mine!  Each little sprite has her own unique personality and the fruit that comes with them works well paired with them or alone on a card.  I'm hoping Amy will someday create additional fruit girls (maybe apples, pears, plums, lemons, etc.)...hint, hint, please, please!

Princess Ilyse - Round Two

Princess Ilyse is my favorite of Amy Young's Sweet November Princesses.  Her long hair is a dream to color and her dress is easy to paper piece or color.  And she's a versatile image...sweet enough for a young girl's card, yet not too cutsie for a lady's card.  While this card may look like a Valentine's Day card, it is actually a thank you card for a dear friend who is a great listener and provides sound counsel.

  

Does anyone see a pattern with my latest cards?  Just noticed I keep putting large hearts behind the image!  Note to self...break out of rut!

Dearie Dolls Valentine

For awhile now I've admired the images drawn by Mary Ellen of Dearie Dolls.  Mary Ellen's blog is full of adorable boys, girls, and critters!  And they are all FREE!  If you haven't already made a trip to her blog, you really should...especially as she's running out of space and may be deleting past images soon.  This little cutie is titled Valentine Chocolate Girl.  She's a girl after my own heart with that yummy box of chocolates.  I have three favorite chocolate shops (I know, that seems like quite a few, but they are all so different!):  Norman Love Confections located here in SW Florida, Ethel M Chocolates located in Las Vegas, and Woodhouse Chocolates located in Napa Valley.  Ladies if you want some delicious chocolates for Valentine's Day, send the links to your hubbies.  You cannot go wrong with any of the three!

Oh!  Btw, the divine crocheted flower is from the talented Amy Young!  Don't you just love it?  Thank you Amy!

The card design layout is based on the Mojo Monday sketch #270.  I rotated the design a quarter turn to the left.