Cora's 12th Birthday Card

 I made a cute card for my dear friend's grand daughter for her 12th birthday.

Unbeknownst to me, she LOVES gnomes!

How about that for luck?!

Her favorite color is red.

This collection is so adorable!

I used shiny embroidery thread for the balloon strings.

Poking a hole with a die pick into the gnomes fist

made a perfect way for him to 'hold' the strings!

They are simply taped on the backside to hold in place.

I used a number of embossed die cuts to decorate with.

And I really love my new Happy Birthday word with shadow die!

Here is the inside of the card.

Thanks for coming by!

Have a nice & blessed evening,

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Recollections - Cardstocks

"Cape Cod" stack
(used the aqua color)

Aqua Glitter Cardstock

Light Blue Glitter Cardstock

Light Pink Glitter Cardstock

Paper Rose - Rainbow Garden - Embossed Die Cuts

DMC Embroidery Thread - Light Effects/Jewels E3849

Dies

Scrapbook.com
Nested Stitched Balloons

Spellbinders Nestabilities
Floral Assortment

Simon Says Stamp!
Bouncy Happy Birthday with Shadow Background

Sizzix Thinlits
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Script

Sizzix Thinlits
Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Tiny Type

Tools

Fiskars 12" SureCut
Deluxe Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart 
Scoring Board

Sizzix Big Shot Machine

Sizzix Magnetic Platform

Sizzix Standard Plates

Tonic Studios - Tim Holtz
Retractable Die Pick

Adhesives

Nuvo Glue

Nuvo Precision Tips

Scor-Tape

Scrapbook.com
Foam Adhesive Sheets
(cut into needed sized pieces)

My Favorites Coloring Wall - Update #5

 I sure update this wall in my craft room a LOT!

But, when it's ever-changing due to new colorings that 

I love to be added and replace something else,

well, I just do it!

My newest zentangle coloring of a kangaroo,

posted recently as "Zentangle Kangaroo"

was truly coloring to the extreme

because of how itty-bitty tiny the designs were!!  WOW!!

A magnifying glass was required.

Not only for the time & effort it took to color this page,

but also because of all the beautiful colors I used,

this one deserved to be on the wall!

I chose beautiful blue, mustard yellow & aqua blue

as the colors to mount my kangaroo coloring on.

Each of these colors were used throughout this page.

Thanks for coming by!

Have a blessed day,

Lisa >^..^<

Zentangle Kangaroo

 I decided to get back to coloring some zentangle images for a change.

I started with my favorite page out of a recently bought coloring book.

This is the tiniest, itty-bittiest coloring I've ever done.

I had to use a magnifying glass to color the page

AND keep my pencils extra sharp with needle point tips!

Unbelievable!

After finishing the page, 

I realized how helpful a magnifying glass was

so I ordered a "fancy" one to use for future colorings.

One that has its own stand and extendable, rotating arm;

LED Lights that can be adjusted to desired brightness;

as well as 5 color modes.

It's incredible!

My poor wrist and thumb hurt from using the hand-held magnifying glass,

so I'm really glad to have this new one!

These are the colors I used.

This page just deserved to be colorful!

I usually rub on chalk pastels that give a solid color 

to an otherwise pure white background.

This time I decided to give stenciling a try on this page!

Afterall, my crafting began with scrapbooking, 

so why not incorporate something from that craft!

It makes a nice background for sure.

I thought some grass, sunshine and colorful clouds would do the trick!

I also added a few mulberry flower clusters for added fun & interest!

Here are photos as up close as I could get them in focus.

You can see how incredibly tiny the areas are

using the pencil tip as a comparable size.

WOW!

Thanks so much for coming by 

and have a very nice, blessed day.

Lisa >^..^<

Products used:

Mindfulness Zentangle Coloring Book

Prismacolor Premier colored pencils - 150 set

Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils - 120 set

Prismacolor - Colorless Blending Pencil

Curate Colour Pencil Sharpener

Sakura Eraser

Scrapbook.com - Stencil - Outdoors

Tim Holtz - Distress Oxide inks

Scrapbook.com - ink blending brush (small size)

Mulberry Flowers

Cosmos Daisy
(Aqua/Blue mix)

Cosmos Daisy
(Purple Mix)

Mini Sweethearts
(Rainbow)

Grumbacher Final Fixative Spray