Look Hula's Turning TWO??

Awww, my niece is 2 today. I remember meeting her in the hospital when she was just barely 30 minutes old and it freaked me out to see the nurse holding her underneath the faucent by just one armpit while giving her her first bath.

When my sis in law told me that she was planning on a luau theme, I came across this Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm and just thought it would be PERFECT for invitations!!

Unfortunately, I got a bit derailed in my personal life the first couple of months of the year and never got around to actually working on them. :((((

I finally dusted off my Copics and made this little hula girl inspired card. Her birthday luau was a blast this past weekend!

I'm proud of myself for shopping out of my own stash entirely for the making of this card, which is in keeping with my New Year's Resolution:

• Obviously there was a reason why I was coveting SO MUCH Basic Grey Lollipop - remember THAT line? Because one day I was going to make cards for my niece! Lol! I loved it back then and I still love it now. These colors actually match the decor of her party. I drew in a few more bangs to make her look a bit more like my little niece. :)

• I also was able to dig up some really pretty satin hem like ribbon in my stash from Making Memories. Remember these from back in the days? Again, I must use what I covet! The green bluish daiquiri was perfect for this card!

I was inspired by two challenges in the making of this card.

1) Verve April Week #2 Card Sketch

2) The Pink Elephant #100 "Favorite Color Combo, Polka Dots and Crinkle Ribbon" Challenge

I put this one together rather quickly since this is my first crafty project in awhile and thus I couldn't find A LOT of my tools, i.e. where is my CM corner rounder? So a lot of this was hand cut by just eye balling it. I had also lent out Big Shot so I was tracing a lot of my dies (Spellbinders and MFT) for some of the decorative accents. Ahhh, little girl is worth it! :)

Happy Birthday little girl!



"Look Hula's Turning 2?"
Paper: BG Lollipop PP, Bazzil CS & Neenah Solar White 80# CS
Stamps: The Greeting Farm "Sing" Hula Anya
Embellishments: MM Ribbon; Michaels Dollar Bin Bling & Heidi Swapp Bling;
Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders Ovals; MFT Ric Rac Die

Copics Used:Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9
Skin: E00, E11, R20
Ukelele: E25
Dress: B04, BG13
Flower: R20, R85

Friday Challenge #37 @ Embellish-Online

Where did the week go, cuz another Friday came and went. It's DT Member's Michelle Pearson's turn this week to host our Friday Challenge over at Embellish-Online which was to create something with lots and lots of flowers to welcome Spring.

I am using EVERY morsel of this Prima Flirty Shimmers paper - I looooove it soo much! Its like someone poured a coating of melted sugar over this yummy paper and it dried and set like that. That's what I made the flowers from using my Sizzix flower die.

This is also my very first attempt at using Copic markers. I have to work on controlling the bleeding of my colors (see where the basket and the dress colors are bleeding into her cute little legs? ugh) and also blending of my colors as I'm not too entirely happy with how her cute little cheeks look. I wish I had more muted Copic marker colors to better match the color pallette of the papers I used, but its pretty cost prohibitive to run out and get a few more colors just for a card right now so I just made do with what I had. Practice will make perfect, so I have alot of Copic coloring practice to do. :)


Anyway! Here's my card I created for our challenge this week using a tutorial that's being featured over at SCS. My card also fits the challenges over at the Caardvarks and The Pink Elephant challenge sites, so definitely check them out too! You can get all the papers I used from Prima and Basic Grey along with the Copic markers that I used at the Embellish-Online store.



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"This Way for Bunny Hugs"
Paper: Prima "Flirty Little Secrets" Shimmer PP; BG Porcelain PP; Repurposed Prima Packaging
Embellishments: Prima Rub Ons; Misc Bling; Maya Road White Dotted Sheer Ribbon
Accessories: Sizzix Flower Layers #3 Bigz Die; Cuttlebug "Diamonds in the Rough" Embossing Folder; Martha Stewart Border Punch; Foam Pop Dots; Glue Dots; The Greeting Farm Anya Easter Stamp; Copic & Spica Marker Pens
Size: 5" x 7"