Sweet colors and a Sweet Challenge or Two

Happy New Year everyone! It's time to return to this routine of posting some of my favorite things to do. I'm getting a bit of fun in with coloring these days. I've started teaching some basic classes in the Valley and well, I need to brush the dust off my markers and get back into the swing of things.

I made this card and decided to use it for the Paper Craft Planet Sketch challenge today, so I hope you'll pop on over there, say hi and grab the sketch. It's a sweet little sketch if I do say so myself. Tee-hee.

I'm posting for Stampendous today with a Kiddo Hop card. I really enjoyed getting back into the skin tones and I realized I haven't tested out those other fabulous combinations in a while, so that's where I'll be headed dusting off my markers. The Kiddos is the new challenge for January. Please join us every month and play along as much as you want using Stampendous products (bonus points for using them) and link up to join in the gallery fun.

I've made it even easier to link up your Kiddo! Just click the Felinius button and add your details!

I'm popping back in post publish to add my marker selection for the curious minded (click to enlarge).

Details:
Stamps: Kiddo Hop (Stampendous), Daisy Stem (Stampendous)
Paper: Core'dinations (yellow and red), Chap Scot (American Crafts)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Onyx Black (Versafine, Tsukineko)
Accessories: Over the Rainbow Glitter and Flock Kit (Stampendous), Cloud shape scissors (Fiskars), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), brads (American Crafts)

Painted Clouds

(credits: Photo by Janelle Stollfus
Balloon: )
Edited with Corel Paint Shop Pro X3

Happy Labor Day to my US friends, but also a wish for a wonderful weekend wherever you are. We are having a staycation with the family. We were up really early on Saturday morning to catch up to 40 hot air balloons launch at the Spirit of Boise Hot Air Balloon Classic. We usually see a few balloons over our rooftop at this time of year, but we've never made down to see them all launch together. This was the year and it was spectacular! I took tons of photos of balloons and just in case my mother-in-law asked, I snapped a few of the grandkids, too. :)

There is nothing like the look of real sun-kissed clouds, but I know a close second. I've stirred up some curiosity over a few clouds I painted on this card I posted back in July. Now you can have a chance to make them yourself with a tutorial I'm hosting over on Paper Craft Planet Blog today. Come and see!

SuperNova explodes on the tutorial front today and other exciting news

Good morning! I've got a few announcements to tell you about today. Woo-hoo!

Today is my first Super Nova post! Head on over to Paper Craft Planet to figure out the tutorial that made this card! When you're done you need to find out what products I used to make the card. It's got a nifty little tool with it that makes creating so much easier!

So go to Paper Craft Planet and leave me a little {wave} in the comment section.
Then go to Stampendous to find the products I used!

There's one more thing to tell ya!

The Stampendous team is having a FULL week of FUN partnering with ClearScraps! There are 3 prize packages up for grabs and you will want to find out all the details. I'll give you the first jump in Monday's inspiration so you can get in on the amazing fun! Ready... Set... GO!