A Priscilla Pie Birthday

     Isn't she beautiful!  She reminds me so much of my daughter, except for the blue eyes.  :-)  This week at The Kraft Journal we want you to find a great sketch and put it to work.    There are several places on the web you can go to find collections of sketches.  Here are a few:  CPS Sketches, Card Pattern Sketches, I Need a Sketch, IC Sketches.  The sketch I used is an old CLP sketch seen here:

     The image is Priscilla Pie from Saturated Canary.  I LOVE coloring these cuties.  I actually did this one twice.  I did her in blue and green and it just didn't match the papers, which were already cut, so I redid her in aqua and yellow.  If you're having a deja vu moment, you probably saw Bev Rochester's gorgeous card with this same image this past week.  Honest to goodness I wasn't copying her.  Those colors just went with my papers perfectly.  It's not like I'm up to Bev's coloring standards anyway.  I mean just take a peek at her much better coloring of the folds in Priscilla's dress.  :-)  I was VERY happy with my second go around with her hair though.  I'm getting better with the highlights.  A lot of the time the actual shape of the hair causes me trouble.  Oh well, the learning process is fun.  :-)
     So, I started with a base card of Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and then added some colorful DP from My Mind's Eye.  I'm a serious My Mind's Eye junkie people!
     Now this is a really special card because I actually got my hubby to help me with it.  Nope, he didn't color, and he can't understand why I would want to waste so much paper doing all those layers.  LOL
     I wanted a wonky ring.  See that kraft paper circle behind my image;  the one that's tied down with eyelets and Pastel Hemp Cord.  Well I got hubby to sit down at the table with me and draw me out an offset circle with a compass.  Now he's a pretty smart cookie.  He's worked as a piping contractor for years so he has lots of experience reading mechanical blueprints with all kinds of funky shapes and measurements.  He pointed out that ideally I needed an "offset circle die"---uh huh???  Since I wasn't well equipped enough to own one of those ;-) he had to do it by hand with the compass which meant physically changing the depth of the circle as he was drawing it.  He drew inner and outer circles and I was pretty darned impressed when I pulled out my largest circle Nestie and it was almost a perfect match!  LOL  This will probably be his one and only foray into craftiness.  :-)
     Find a sketch you like and come play along with us.  There are some top spots AND a chance at some Kraft Outlet goodies up for grabs each week.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's--ribbon or twine
Incy Wincy--Mother's Day or girlie
The Outlawz Friday Copic Challenge--anything goes
Make It Monday--anything goes
Addicted to Stamps--Mother's Day/card for a woman
Dream Valley Challenge--for a special lady
CMC Copic Challenge--celebrations
Crafty Catz--anything goes
Saturated Canary--birthdays
Simon Says Stamp--anything goes
Oozak Challenge--anything goes



Kraft Outlet Supplies


Light Kraft Cover Weight cardstock
Pastel Hemp Cord


Other Supplies


Paper:  My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary--Jack and Jill", Copic XPress-it Blending card
Stamp:  Saturated Canary "Priscilla Pie"
Ink:  Copics, tiny bit of Prismas and OMS, Tumbled Glass Distress ink
Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Squares, labels One, and Fancy Tags
Miscellaneous:  Prima flowers, Recollections pearls, Crystal Stickles