joys of the season

Is everyone having a great Sunday?  It's rather dreary here so we're just hanging out and not doing much of anything.  I love the days when we just hang out at home together. :)  Anyway, I created this card yesterday for the Lili of the Valley challenge which is Anything Goes.  I'm also playing along with the Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge which is traditional Christmas colors.  I just love the adorable images that Lili of the Valley has and they just had another fun release with some cute images and lots of great seal sentiments.  I'm not admitting how many stamps I ordered! lol  This little cutie image is called Decorating the Tree.  I paired my image with some patterned papers from Echo Park's Merry Christmas line.

I colored my image with copic markers like always.  I used these markers:
tree: G21, YG63, YG67
stars: Y17
tree stand, ornaments, cap, sweater: R35, R37, R39, R89
pants: E55, E57
skin: E00, E21, E11
hair, ladder: E33, E35, E37
ground: E43, E44, E47

After coloring my image, I sponged some peach pastel ink around the edges and stitched it to a white cardstock mat.  Then, I added some white flock to his cap, some yellow glitter to the stars, and some glossy accents to the ornaments.  The pretty poinsettias are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I used another sentiment from Catslife Press.  (Yep, I an addicted to these fun sentiments! lol  They're great for cards, tags, and my scrapbook pages!)

Thank you so much to everyone for the sweet comments you left for the cards my kids created.  They had huge smiles on their faces when I read all the comments to them this morning. Thank you!

Have a Happy Sunday!

Niki

Supplies
Stamps: Decorating the Tree (Lili of the Valley), sentiment seal (Catslife Press)
Cardstock: white, vintage cream (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Merry Christmas (Echo Park)
Ink: tuxedo black (Memento), peach pastel (Colorbox), archival black (CTMH)
Accents: white poinsettias (Wild Orchid Crafts)
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, circle punch, sponge, glossy accents (Ranger), yellow glitter, white fun flock

Comments

[Dena]

Niki! Your work is amazing!!!! I love this card! The papers are so perfect!!
Thanks for joining the Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge this time around!
Hugs, Dena

[Shannon Erskine]

Love all the details on this adorable card Niki! Fabulous dp, stinkin cute image and love the poinsetta and sentiment!! All fabulous!

[deb vandersteeg]

This is just adorable Niki and your coloring is perfect. I love this image. I have a feeling that some of these stamps will have to come and live in my stamping room. :)

Have a great day.
Deb

[karen q]

What a pretty card. That little guy is precious. I love your coloring. I just bought my first Copics recently and am having a hard time transitioning from colored pencil to markers. I can tell it will be a while to get the hang of them. Someday I hope to be able to color like you.

[Nancy Thomas]

So pretty - I just stamped that image not half an hour ago! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Marie L]

Another oh so beautiful card, Niki. I love those cute LOTV images and your coloring is always phenomenal. Very, very pretty card.

[Laurel Beard]

Oh my goodness. I love this stamp. Reminds me of my son helping me decorate the tree. I am getting this ASAP! And your coloring is fantastic, as always! I am so pleased that I follow your blog and continue to get daily inspiration from you.

[Kathy Martin]

Super adorable! Love the sentiment stamp! :)

[Cindy haffner]

GORGEOUS!

[Carol R]

This card is so sweet looking. I love images of little children esp for the holiday seasons. Beautiful coloring!

[jen shears]

So sweet! Love the pp you chose, and your coloring is fab as always!!
I love that you read your kids the comments!!! I'm sure they'll want to play in more challenges now!

[Gabby]

Such a "rich" and colorful card! Love the image and all of your details add so much! Those poinsettias are very pretty, as well. :)

[Kelly Schelske]

Oh these LOTV images are too cute, love it Niki!

[kim piggott]

Oh my this is so adorably sweet and beautiful!
hugs
kim x

[Michele Boyer]

This is SO sweet, Niki! I love that image! Your coloring is stunning!

[Amy Johnson]

Oh my! How adorable! Love that image! The flowers are so pretty, and I love that creative sentiment.

[Diane Jaquay]

This is just fantastic Niki! Fabulously designed Christmas card!

[pops x]

Really super sweet card with a gorgeous image teamed with fab papers, thanks for joining us at LOTV this time big hugs Pops x x x

[saskia]

Lovely card, so beautiful!

Saskia :)

[Imke Ludwig]

Niki, this is so beautiful !! The image is really sweet and i like your coloring and colors !!

[Kimberly Gajewski]

This is absolutely beautiful Niki! Your coloring is just amazing! I LOVE this image! :D

[Alice W.]

awww.... this is adorable! such an adorable image. love love love this, Niki!

[Dawn Easton]

Oh my! What a sweet image!! Wonderful!

[~ Ali ~]

This is fabulous Niki, love it. Hugs Ali x

[Edna]

Adorable card - fabulous colouring and lo. Thank you for joining in with the LOTV challenge this week.

Edna x