4 Crafty Chicks #256 - Sun, Sand and Sea

What says summer better than the smell of sunscreen, sand between your toes, and laying on the beach?!?  I am a water baby.  It's where I go when I want to relax and find peace.  Unfortunately in MN, the closest we get to the feel of the ocean is Lake Superior - and there is nothing much warm about that water!!  I don't mind - at least the waves crash on the beach.

The 4 Crafty Chicks have a Sun, Sand, and Sea Challenge for you this week.  I added some sand and sea to create a scene for this Little Umbrella image from Mo's Digital Pencil.  Come and play with the Chicks in the summer fun this week!

  Challenges Entered:
Through the Craft Room Door 7/21/ - AG
Digi Choosday #29/ - All About the Girl
ColourQ #300/
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #95/- A Day at the Beach
Crafting by Designs 7/22/ - Summer Holidays

Sketch Saturday #369

 Hi Sketch Saturday Fans!

Niki created our sketch and it's a Simon Says Stamp! sponsor week for us - which means $25 for the lucky winner. I adjusted the orientation of the image panel to fit this fabulous Fairy  Godmother image from Mo Manning.




















On June 29th, Sandy Allnock posted a coloring ethnic skin tones video on her blog as a result of the tragic deaths in South Carolina and in support of #thehumanrainbow project.   She invited crafters to join her.  I've decided it's one of the things I can do from my little corner of the craft world, so you will be seeing me try different color combinations for skin tones on the cards I post. Think of the power we like-minded folks have when we join together.  I am reminded about a quote I love from Margaret Mead:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. 

Play along with us at Sketch Saturday this week and I'd like to extend the invitation to you to join supporting #thehumanrainbow on social media sites.

Challenges Entered:
Mo's Digital Challenge #253 - AG
Creative Fingers #87/- AG

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #304

YIKES . . . How can it be the first Saturday of April already?!?!  Honestly, sometimes calendar pages flip too fast for me!

On to the business of the day - since it's Saturday, that means a new sketch from Sketch Saturday.  This one is Lesley's.  I took a little license with it.  I know she won't mind.  I dug through my stash and used another of my hoarded jumbo eyelets.  It seemed a perfect addition to this little boy card.

Mo's Digital Pencil is this week's sponsor, so I went to my Mo's digi file and found Eli.  It reminded me of when my grandson made a garbage truck out of a box and drove it around the house.  What fun!  He's 13 now and still loves cardboard boxes - last week he tried to construct a coffee table for his mom out of some Ikea boxes.  He spent hours on the project!  (Better than on video games or his iPhone!)


Copics Used:
Dog:  E50, 53
Skin:  E00, 11, R20, E41 inside his ear
Hair:  E50, 31, 33, 35, 37
Cardboard box:  E41, 42 44 & when dry 51, 53 to warm up the color
Floor:  YR65, 68
Shirt:  BG 11, 15, 57

Motor on over to the Sketch Saturday blog and see what the rest of the DT did with Lesley's                                                                              fun sketch.

Challenges Entered:
Clear It Out - theme -male, stash-sticker
Little Red Wagon #231 - Make It Masculine
4 Crafty Chicks #188 - Color a stamp or digi
Mo's Challenge Blog #226 - K is for . . .  (kid)

Stick It Down March Card Sketch Challenge

The Stick It Down Challenge Blog is back with our March Sketch.   I used Kady, an image from Mo's Digital Pencil.  She was a perfect choice for a birthday card for my youngest granddaughter who is into the being a mommy to her baby dolls right now!  Play along with us at Stick It Down.  I can't wait to see what you create for our March card sketch.
















Challenges Entered:
Mo's Challenge Blog #224 - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #209 - Female Birthday
Simply Create Too - Shop in Your Stash
ABC Challenge - G is for Girls
House of Cards - cute or shabby that have a button
One Crazy Stamper March Challenge - anything goes
Make It Monday - final challenge