I woke up like this.

Happy Friday, friends! I'm so happy the weekend is here!
I wish I could spend the entire day in my robe and get a jump start to laziness (lol)
but we're not all as lucky as Morning from Saturated Canary:

This is a revised version of an original image, but I think all of them are just perfect in any form. ;)
I wanted to keep this cutie in black, white, and pink,
but didn't want to have the robe merge with her hair.
Easy fix: make the robe patterned!
With a white Inkessential gel pen,
I added a grid pattern to differentiate her outfit from her locks.
I added a doily and an American Crafts rub on to another scrap piece of paper.
Easy peasy, if only I woke up looking like this.

You can find Morning here at Krista's shop,
be sure to spoil yourself before the shop closes at the end of August!

Have a beautiful weekend everyone, thank you for being you!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Sleeping Beauty

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start. :)
It's my turn to post away with another sweet image from Saturated Canary.
Sleeping Beauty is adorable, isn't she?

She reminds me a lot of Rapunzel from Tangled with this hair color.
I need to find her a Flynn. teehee!
I paired her with a rub on sentiment from Stampin' Up
and papers from Simple Stories {Vintage Bliss}.
I kept the layout pretty simple because the flower patterned paper was so pretty with this beauty.
You can find her here at Krista's shop,
along with the other dozens of must haves before the shop closes end of August. {sniff}
Have a beautiful day everyone, thanks so much for swinging by the blog!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Mother Mary

Happy Friday, everyone! :)
Today I'm sharing a couple makes made with the beautiful Mother Mary.
She seems to be a new DT favorite with the holidays quickly approaching!
I always love trying out different color schemes with Saturated Canary images,
just to show how brilliant Krista is as a designer.

First up is a black and white card that I made with a pop of yellow:

And here is one that I made with a more colorful palette,
inspired by the Altitude paper collection {Bo Bunny}:

I just adore the way Krista's images come to life,
no matter what your style or color preferences are!
Thank you for stopping by the blog today,
be sure to spoil yourself at the Saturated Canary shop
and visit on Facebook to share your lovely samples.
Have a beautiful day everyone, and a wonderful weekend!

xoxoxox,
~*Joni

Which Witch?

Happy Tuesday, everyone! :) I hope you're having a great start to the week!
I'm on the Saturated Canary blog today, sharing my latest creation.

With Halloween quickly approaching,
I wanted to color up the adorable Witchkeys image from Krista.
The problem was, I couldn't decide which papers I wanted to use,
so I made two different samples! (Problem solved, btw.)

Having two older sisters, and three daughters of my own,
I'm automatically drawn to images of three girls.
The funny thing is, I can name which witch is which in the family. hahaha!
That's me pouting on the far left,
my oldest sister (nicknamed "Princess" - seriously) in the middle,
and my sweet sister Jen on the far right.
When it comes to my own daughters, that's Lily (youngest) on the left,
the oldest daughter (Nala) in the middle,
and the sweet, content one is Maali. So basically, this matches birth order quite perfectly. teehee!

Be sure to grab a Halloween image or two for your fun coloring this weekend,
there's still plenty of time to trick or treat yourself!
You can spoil yourself with all the eye candy here at Krista's shop.
Have fun and thank you for stopping by to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

A little bit of Altitude

Happy Friday, everyone! :)
Two weeks ago after the flooding in SC, my kids had a week off from school.
Last week they had a two hour delay.
This week they had a one hour delay, with Thursday and Friday off as previously planned.
Yup. That meant I had a lot of craft time since everyone has been sleeping in. ;)

I came across Bo Bunny's Altitude Collection when I popped into Hobby Lobby.
All paper pads 50% off? Yes please.

I wanted to share a few of my cards that I've made with this stack,
the colors are so beautiful paired together!

Trees from The Greeting Farm's Sing Hello

Sheena from TGF's Ever After Kit

Makeup Time from Saturated Canary

Isn't this just a lovely collection?
I think I may end up using up the whole paper pad before the season is up!

I found mine at Hobby Lobby, but I am sure it's everywhere in craft stores.

Have a happy Altitude day, everyone,

thank you for coming by to say hello! 

xoxoxox

~*Joni

It's Makeup Time!

Happy beautiful Tuesday everyone!
 I hope you are all enjoying the lovely change in seasons
and all the excitement it brings. :)
I am getting a jump start on my holiday cards
and thought it would be fun to use Krista's sweet image:

Makeup Time is so festive, isn't she?
 Just a classic cutie for any occasion!
I paired her with Bo Bunny's Altitude Collection, a rub on sentiment,
Martha Stewart snowflakes, and a bit of bling
with rhinestones and ribbon.
The silver and neutral colors were fun to play with,
normally I love a lot of color.
I think I'll be making up a few more of these!

You can find Makeup Time here in Krista's lovely shop,
and, with my permission,
go ahead and spoil yourself with a few more of her gorgeous digital images. ;)
Thank you for stopping in to say hello, have a wonderful day!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Back to School with Mya

Happy beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
I hoping your week is off to a great start!
I know for many of us, September means that the house is a little emptier
 with all the kiddos off to school.
Funny how the house is emptier, but I feel like I'm busier. lol!

With this new month, I just knew I wanted to use this sweet image Mya to celebrate:
 

She actually reminds me of my son's classmate in first grade. :)
I colored Mya up with copics and used a fun technique for the flowers:
Simply make five dots in a circle, then add in another dot right in the middle.
Easy peasy!

I changed the flower colors for her socks,
and then did stripes for her backpack using a white Ink Essentials pen.
You can find Mya here at Krista's shop,
but be sure to browse all those wonderful pages before you decide to check out.
Because you deserve it. ;)

Have a wonderful day everyone! Thank you for stopping by!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #305

Happy beautiful Monday, everyone!
I'm celebrating a brand new, shiny week,
and one that has finally cooled off to a low *90s instead of *105.
brrr...teehee!
Regardless of temperatures, I LOVE Summer and its relaxed vibe,
sleeping in, lazy days, family time, and of course swimming.
I was born and raised in Hawaii, so water is my home. ;)
Today is a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:


ANYTHING GOES

I fell in love with Beach Pretty from Krista's Saturated Canary shop
and had to color her up for today's post:

She's such a doll!
I love her chic, mommy-friendly swimsuit, and her flowing hair.
I used a fun technique on her swimsuit that a friend did on her card -
instead of paper piecing a clothing item, simply color it in.
With a 0.3 copic black pen, I dotted 4-5 dots (depending on the location),
then added a red one in the center to create a flower.
Super easy and it gives the swimsuit a bit of dimension.

Be sure to enter in on the ANYTHING GOES challenge over at TPE this week!
Click here to hop to the blog and see all the designers' inspiration.
{It's an adorable lineup today!!}
This is also where you'll link up your work. :)

Thank you for swinging by to see me today.
I hope you have wonderful plans for the week ahead, have a great Monday, everyone!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Vintage Swim

Happy Hump Day everyone!
I hope this post finds you well and zooming through the week.
I know for many of us, summer is right around the corner - woohoo!
And what better way to celebrate it than with Vintage Swim:

This beauty is available as part of a bunch of digis called Another Bunch of Digis. ;)
Krista is so funny and talented. teehee!
Vintage Swim debuted as part of the Complete Cardmaking Magazine (UK) and was quite the hit!
I think she's absolutely beautiful, that swim cap and bathing suit are so classy.
I colored her up with copics,
then paired her with a rub on sentiment from Pebbles {Hobby Lobby}
as well as papers from Pink Paislee {Hello Sunshine}.
I added coordinating primas to keep it simple and a bling for her earring.

Treat yourself to this beautiful bundle of images!
Click >here< to hop to Krista's store
where you'll see all the new bundles and specials just calling your name.
Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you for popping in to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE #299

Happy Monday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:

GRADUATION

Let's celebrate all these hard working students of all ages!
Here is my card using an adorable Saturated Canary image:

Isn't she so proud of herself?
You can find Grad Girl 2015 here at Krista's shop. :)

Come play along with Ella's girls as we crawl to the end of the school year. lol!
Click here to see what the designers have made with this theme
(trust me, they're so adorable!)
and link up your work as well.

Thank you for coming over, have a great day everyone!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #298

Happy beautiful Monday!
It's time for a new challenge over at TPE:

We want to see your cards inspired by this sweet picture:

Mmmmm...now I want a sugar fix. ;)
I'm more of a Dunkin' Donuts kind of girl!

Here's my card using The Donut That Went Straight To My Hips:

teehee! Isn't she adorable? Krista has the cutest Saturated Canary images!
I colored up hipster (get it? lol!) with copics, then added stickles for sprinkles.
The sentiment is a Pebbles rub-on {Hobby Lobby},
and I decided to skip embellishments and keep it simple.
Come on over and join in on the fun!
Click here to hop to The Pink Elephant's blog to see the other designers' art,
this is also where you'll link up your work.

Have a great start to your week everyone!
Thank you for stopping by. :)
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #297

Happy Monday everyone!
{If you're looking for my Saturated Canary b/w tutorial,
please scroll down to the next post - Thank you!}

Today begins a brand spanking new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:

This week we have a THEME challenge:
In honor of Teacher's Appreciation Day (5/5) and Nurse's Day (5/6)
we want to see your APPRECIATION/THANK YOU cards!

Here is mine, using an image from Saturated Canary:

Neeve is only available through Complete Cardmaking magazine,
she is on an included disc, along with 8 other special edition Saturated Canary images.
{You can order your own copy here! I promise it's worth it!}

I colored Neeve up with copics, then did a fun stripe on her pants using a white gel pen.
The grateful sentiment is from Stampin' Up. :)

Be sure to see how awesome TPE's designers have rocked this challenge!
Click here to hop over to The Pink Elephant's blog,
this is also where you'll link up your work for us to see.

Have a beautiful day everyone, thank you for coming by to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Don't quite your Daydream. :)

Happy beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
I'm back today, sharing a card I made with one of the sweet images
from Saturated Canary's New Year's Bundle:

Isn't Daydream adorable?
I love her sweet expression and beautiful outfit -
she truly captures the endless possibilities of dreaming!
I paired her with some older paper from MAMBI damask cardstock,
then paired her with two different hues of red ribbon.
I also added a Thinking of You sentiment from a very old Stampin' Up set.

While this may be a New Year's Bundle,
the images are perfect for all year round!
It's a wonderful set of five new stamps that I love love love.
Click here to hop over to Krista's shop to browse around a bit, the Bundle can be found here. :)

Have a beautiful day everyone, thank you so much for coming by!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #289

Happy warm Monday, everyone!
The sun is finally peeking out here in South Carolina.
Thank goodness for vitamin D. :)
Today starts a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:

SHAPED CARDS

Yes yes! We want to see different shaped cards for your projects this week,
not your standard square or rectangle.

Here is my circle card using Saturated Canary's Gardener Gayle:

She is part of a Spring Pack (5 digis for a great price!) found at Krista's shop.
I used a larger Nestabilities circle in my Grand Calibur,
and paired her with MME Tangerine papers and an American Crafts rub on

Come on over and join in on the fun!
Click here to hop over to TPE's blog to see what Ella's girls have designed.
This is also where you'll link up your work for us to gush over. :)

Have a great day everyone, thank you for popping by to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #288

Happy Monday, friends!
Well the sun is shining, it's a new month, and it's also time for...

This week we want to see you create with the theme of:

GIRLY GIRL

Here is my sample using Zoe from Saturated Canary's Spring Pack:

Zoe is quite the looker, isn't she? teehee!
I colored her in with copics, added two American Craft rub ons,
paired her with mini primas, and DIY Crafts paper {Crate Paper}.
Come on over to TPE and play along with us!
Click here to see what Ella's girls have done with this theme.
It's really fun to get girly for a bit, the sky is the limit. ;)

Thank you for swinging by to see me today,
have a beautiful start to your week!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #287

Happy beautiful Monday, everyone!
I wanted to apologize for my post not going through last week,
I was so busy that I didn't even notice until recently.

But no sweat, because this week is a fun new challenge:

ANYTHING GOES

For my card, I used an adorable image from Saturated Canary:

I paired this Valentine bundle cutie with papers from Hobby Lobby {the Paper Studio}
and a rub-on sentiment from Pebbles.
And the bling is missing from the top right panel. lol!

Come along and join in on the fun!
Click here to see what Ella's designers have done with this challenge.
They've done an amazing job with anything goes!

Have a beautiful day everyone, stay safe and warm where you are. :)
xoxoxox,
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #285

Happy beautiful Monday, everyone!
It's time for a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant,
and we are celebrating the week of Valentine's Day with a theme:

BE MY VALENTINE

Today I am using an adorable image from Saturated Canary,
this sweetie is from the Valentine's Bundle:

This image makes me giggle out loud.
There's something about her awkward confidence that makes me smile!
(I am pretty sure she's that co-worker who wears Christmas sweaters during the winter. lol!)
I colored her with copics, lined her skirt with a white Inkadinkado pen,
and paired her with papers from the Paper Studio {Hobby Lobby}.
I found that cute sentiment on line and thought it was perfect with her curvy sweetness. ;)

Be sure to pop over to The Pink Elephant's blog
to see all the other AMAZING samples by the fabulous Design Team.
This is also where you'll link up your new entry for the challenge. :)

Have a beautiful day everyone, thank you for coming by to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #284

Happy happy Monday everyone!
Not only is it a new week, but can you believe we're already into a new month?
February is such a lovely time, I get so excited to see color. :)
And speaking of, this week we have a fun, new, festive challenge over at TPE:

Isn't that inspirational picture adorable? Candy, bunting, cupcakes...mmmm...
Here is my card using an image from Saturated Canary:

I copied the burlap panel and bunting, then added that sweet image found here.
Krista's Valentine's Bundle is well worth the cost - 5 images for $10! :)

I colored her in with copics, then added a rub on sentiment from Pebbles.
The bunting was done with a TGF stamp outline that I used on scrap papers.

Come along and join in on the inspirational fun!
All you have to do is interpret the first picture as you desire.
Be sure to pop over and see what Ella's girls have done,
and link up here at The Pink Elephant blog.

Have a blessed day everyone, thank you for coming by!
xoxoxox
~*Joni

TPE Challenge #283

Happy Monday, friends!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. :)
For those of you up in the NE, be safe today!
Lots of snow and inclement weather, it's a good time to just craft.

Today starts a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:

ANYTHING GOES

Here is my card using a sweet image from Saturated Canary:

This cutie is part of the special 2015 Bundle that Krista has in her shop.
There are five images total that are so adorable!

I paired the image with an American Crafts sentiment,
bling from Michales, and papers from my stash.
I also added some stickles to the headphones for a bit of sass.





Come on over and join in on the fun!
You can oooh and ahhh over more samples from the Designers
here at The Pink Elephant's blog.
This is also where you'll link up your work for us to enjoy.


Have a wonderful day everyone!
Thank you for coming by to see me.
xoxoxox
~*Joni

Black and Gold with The Pink Elephant!

Happy 1st Monday of 2015, everyone!
It's time to jump into those resolutions of getting crafty again,
and what better way than with a new challenge?

This week is a fun and festive one:

We want to see your cards using BLACK and GOLD (inspiration photo above).

Here is my card using an adorable image from Saturated Canary named May:

{This cutie is part of a 2015 New Year's Special Bundle from Krista found here.}

My resolution is to actually mail out these cards instead of keeping them in a pile,
and since I use plenty of birthday cards, this one came together quickly!
May is so much fun to color, her hair is just so beautiful and wispy.
I paired her with papers from Me & My Big Ideas Specialty Cardstock,
a gold charm, ribbon from Michaels, and a rub on sentiment from American Crafts.

Come on over and play along with us!
Gold and Black puts you in a glamorous mood. ;)
Hop over to the blog here to see the other beautiful samples by Ella's Girls,
this is also where you'll link up your work.

Have a wonderful start to your week, everyone,
thank you for coming by to see me!
xoxoxox
~*Joni