A Best Friend.....

After a loooooong day of work, I love to come home and colour. It's so relaxing....really. Don't you think so?? If someone had told me a few years ago that I would love lined images and like to colour in my images with fancy schmancy markers, I would have said you were insane! Totally, not my thing. I never even took art in school. But I've really grown to love it and that's really my extent of being 'artsy'!

Back to my long day at work. Yesterday was supposed to be my day off, but I was covering for my boss, so I worked 9-5pm. So it was Monday morning and guess what my first question of the day was? I had a lady call me at the reference desk and ask me 'Can you give me a list of all the Clown Clubs in Melbourne, Australia?'......you should have seen the look on my face. I almost asked her if she was serious, or if this was a prank phone call!!! Really, we hear the most bizarre questions!!!

Anyway, I come home to soothe my aching brain by colouring my stamps!! heehee!! I love to join in the different challenges that are posted all over the 'stamping world' and there are so many to choose from. One of my favourites is Cute Card Thursday, 'cause ya know I love CUTE!!! This week's challenge is a fabulous sketch, which I got a chance to play with over the weekend!!

I pulled out a sitting Tilda from the Shabby Chic collection and some lovely papers from the Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack from DCWV. Now I originally didn't have the dark blue/green Copic marker to match these papers in the sets that I had, but I asked my pal, Michelle which one she used in her card, and she shared with me that it was BG72 Ice Ocean. SO that's the first one I grabbed when I visited Mary Maxim a couple of weekends ago. Thanks, Michelle!!!




Also, I thought I'd also let you know that I've found a new favourite marker for the skin tone! I'm really lovin' E02 Pink Flamingo, that I picked up at the same time! It's more of a pinky tone to it and then I use E02 Fruit Pink to blend into the cheeks.

So I used textured Blue Bayou for the 6x6 square base and layered two of the sparkly papers from the stack and tied wide grosgrain ribbon in Certainly Celery around the middle. I scalloped the bottom of the top layer of dp and punched a tiny hole in each scallop too. I made a little cameo type layer from Very Vanilla and Soft Sky for Tilda to sit on and added those lovely sheer blossoms and leaves by Creative Impressions with glitter brads. The sentiment layer is popped up and I used a stamp from my new Full of Live SU set. Of course, Tilda is pop dotted on her perch and I added some highlights with white acrylic paint.

Well, I'm off to work again today, all day. Hopefully I don't get any crazy questions today....just simple ones! Hope you have a lovely sunny day where you are!!!