Eldon has a Flower for You

Happy Friday morning! I want you to meet Eldon. He is this week's "freebie" from TMITA done by Nina May. I think he is adorable and he's on a special date, complete with flower. I have done so much with Fall colors lately that I went with the same idea in coloring Eldon. The challenge this week was from Curt and he called for adding ribbon and a bow. I cheated a bit and added a bow-tie instead of an actual bow. I used Basic Grey's "Acorn" from Indian Summer for the main DP and the orange piece is from Basic Grey's "Offbeat". The main CS is SU's Rich Razzleberry. The ribbon buckle is from Flourishes and the velvet ric-rac is from Sharon Johnson's Ribbon Store. I'm still pondering my sentiment. I'll probably make my own from my Just-Rite letters to say "A Flower for You" so that I can punch it out with my word window punch. Perhaps I'll just use "For You." Meanwhile, I thought I'd get this posted before my day gets busy and I fail to post it at all. I did want to share this in case you want to get your very own Eldon. He's available through Sunday I believe. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Miss Gigi on Holiday

It's another "magical" Monday and Nina has a great FREEbie for you over at "There's Magic in the Air." You've got to be sure to get in on this adorable image of Gigi, the Pig who doesn't appear to have a care in the world. We were challenged to paper piece this one, and I do love paper piecing. My DP's are Cosmo Cricket's Snorkel Collection from Taylored Expressions, found here, including her umbrella and floatie. I used my Dew Drops and the sentiment is from AMuse. My SIL has a birthday this week and she happens to love piggies, so this one is going to her with HB wishes. Today is my last post as Guest Designer, and I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of this great DT and new adventure for Nina. I plan to continue participating as I don't want to miss out on any upcoming images. I know there are some great ones to come. Thanks for stopping by to see Gigi and be sure to check out what the rest of the team has done as well. I hope you all have a wonderful week. Tomorrow is Copic Creations Challenge #11 so don't forget to see what's coming up. Our DT has been busy and having fun on this one. See you soon.

Could it be......Elvis?

Good Monday morning to you. It's time for another wonderful TMITA image and this week I'd like to introduce you to ELVIS......the adorable duck. The DT was given a color scheme to incorporate into their work-up of Elvis, and this is what I came up with. I paper-pieced his hat to match the background paper, which matches the colors in the challenge. I used a frame from a Nestie die-cut to go around Elvis, who is playing in a puddle on a somewhat cloudy day, but that doesn't bother him a bit. He's making the most of the rainy weather. I used my Crystal Effects for raindrops, if you can make them out. The sentiment is computer-generated. Be sure to get in on your FREE image from Nina at "There's Magic in the Air", and then check out what the rest of the DT did. Thanks for stopping by. I should have several more posts this week, hopefully, so stay tuned and have a wonderful week.

Lazy Days

Happy Monday - I hope you all had a wonderful week-end. Today is another "magical" Monday with another fabulous image by Nina called "Beached Boat". The DT was asked to make a Gate Fold card with this image, so here is my card. I colored it with my Copics and I happened to have some cute beach-related brads from Taylored Expressions and added them to my finished card. I stamped the "sea oats" on the two panels behind the image from Flourishes "Beauty in Nature." Hope you like it. I know you can't help but like this image by Nina. Be sure to get your FREE digital image this week at the TMITA site here, and while you're there check out what the rest of the DT came up with. They're a talented group.
The tea party was a great success and I'll try to get pics up from that soon. Thanks so much for dropping by.

More Monday Magic

Welcome to another "magical" Monday. I hope you took the opportunity to get your own free download of Orson with Cake at the TMITA site. Today there is a new download, and it's Kacey. She's a delightful fairy waving to all of you, and we on the DT had a sketch to work around. I made mine with a "Fall" flavor. I used SU papers and made a computer-generated sentiment. The bow was once again made with my Bow Easy. Hope you like her. Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT did and don't forget to get your own FREE download this week. I'm working on a huge project for this week-end for a birthday tea party for my sister, so I'm not sure how many posts I'll be able to get up this week. I'll try to get pics of the project as so far it's looking pretty good but lots and lots of coloring. Have a wonderful week.

Who Can Resist......?

Who CAN resist chocolate cake with pink icing and chocolate sprinkles, especially when it's being served by an adorable little monkey by the name of Orson. Isn't this the cutest image, and the first one to be featured by the talented artist Nina May from "There's Magic in the Air." I have the great honor of being a Guest Designer for the month of August, so I get to be part of the very beginning of this new and exciting venture which is sure to be a huge success. To share the details of this card, I'll start with the image itself which I colored with Copics and then sponged with Adirondack Cloudy Blue, SU's Pretty in Pink, and Adirondack Sandal. I then sponged the edges lightly with Creamy Caramel. I cut it out with a rectangle Nestie and adhered it to a piece of CS from "The Sweet Stack" by DCWV. I chose this piece because there was a cake on the DP that I thought enhanced the theme. I adhered blue silk ribbon from Sharon Johnson's Ribbon Shop behind the image and attached a bow made with my Bow Easy, also from SJ. I sponged the same colors onto white CS and stamped the sentiment from PTI's "Mailbox Greetings" along with the hearts from the same set. I cut it out with a Curved Rectangle Nestie and adhered it with dimensionals. This is all on top of Blush Blossom, which is on top of a piece of blue CS from the June Kit from Taylored Expressions. Please refer to this post for the details on the blog challenges and the FREE downloads. I hope you like what Nina and the DT and other Guest Designer have come up with to make you smile. Have a wonderful Monday and a wonderful week. Thanks for dropping by.

Exciting Announcement!!

I am very excited to tell you about a new blog starting up with brand new artwork being offered by artist Nina May ("Having an Art Attack."). All images are original designs by Nina and they will be offered at first in digital stamp format with FREE weekly, limited original digital stamps. They can be found at There's Magic in the Air (link also included in sidebar). Each Monday a new challenge and FREE digital stamp will be released for that week along with inspiration by a wonderful DT and Guest Designers. I am very excited an honored to be a Guest Designer for the first month of this exciting venture. Nina is offering a small giveaway to the winner of a random drawing of the participants of each weekly challenge. The future holds more digital stamps by Nina for sale as well as photo polymer stamps. I know you're going to love the wonderful images she has come up with, and our first official post and challenge begins next Monday, August 3 so be watching!! Also, there is free blog candy giveaway being drawn on July 27 and August 27, so be sure to get in on your chance to win this super package that Nina put together. I hope you had a wonderful and restful week-end. I'll be back soon with my week-end's endeavors that I hope you'll like.