Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #120

Ladies and Gentlemen, get out those markers, pencils, crayons or whatever your weapon of choice may be.....

Today begins our new challenge at Hiding in My Craft Room
and the theme is:

Color It!

The lucky winner this week will receive a set of Copic Fusion markers.
Fun right?

There are so many possibilities for this challenge theme.  I would love to see you try a new technique with your coloring.  Maybe a color combo you've never used before.  That is not at all required!
Just my own little spin on the challenge.

A couple of days ago, I showed you a project that I did with my ProMarkers on kraft cardstock.  The card I did for this week's HIMCR Color It! challenge was actually the first time I tried it.  I'm so in love with the technique, I know that I'll be doing it over and over again!

As I told you in the post about the other kraft project, I've only tried this on paper I got from Patricia at Paper Temptress.  You will need to test it out on your own kraft to know how your markers will work.  If you use ProMarkers, I can't recommend the Colored Brown Bag Kraft from Paper Temptress strongly enough!
**Plus right now all of the kraft cardstocks are 25% off at 
Paper Temptress.  This would be a great time to give it a try!!**

Enough jabbering.  Here's a look at the fantabulous Mo Manning image I used this week:

His name is Adventure Guy and I am over the moon crazy about him.  He looks so much like my youngest son at that age right down to the "I'll be my own guide" kind of attitude.  It makes my heart so happy to just look at him!  Thank you, Mo, for such a perfect image.

The background papers that I embossed are more of the
Colored Brown Bag Kraft.  After embossing, it was lightly sanded to reveal the kraft core.  I think the over all effect of the sanding and distressing I did on the image layer make this a great card for a man or a boy.  But, honestly, I think it would be equally great for anyone who loves to travel or is getting ready to begin a new adventure.

You can see in the final photo that I've added just a bit of dimension to this card with mounting tape.  The other items used for this card were:

Papers: Bazzill, Papertrey Ink, Paper Temptress
Rustic twine: Etsy
Button: My stash
Distress Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
Colored with ProMarkers 

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Mo Manning DP2 -- Make it vintage
365 Cards -- Day 288: Vintage with buttons
Daring Cardmakers -- Digital
4 Crafty Chicks -- Multiple layers
Addicted to Stamps & More -- Make your mark
The Male Room -- Transport/travel
Paper Sweeties -- Challenge #12: Color inspiration
{Pin}spirational Challenges -- Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door -- Anything goes
Craft Your Passion -- Embossing

Thanks as always for spending some time with me!
Make sure to click on the photo of my Blog Candy.
You have until October 31st to enter for that great pack of yummies!

Crafty Catz Challenge #203

I'm so happy to be continuing with my spot as a Guest Designer for

Crafty Catz.
It's astonishing to me to see the number of entries into each challenge!  I'm not surprised by the loyal following though...
they are a bunch of very talented and friendly gals.
The large fan base is richly deserved!

This week's theme is a really fun one.  It is:
A Gift to Remember
So this one would be a great chance to show off all sorts of new projects.  Let your creative mojo go wild!

You'll be thrilled to learn that this week's sponsor is
Stamp Fairy.
They have generously offered a $10 gift card.  How much fun would that be?  It would be lots believe me!

Here's a little information they have shared about the company:
Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010.
Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday and Guest Designers each month. Please visit the store and browse Stamp Fairy’s wonderful images.
We hope Stamp Fairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity.

For my project this week, I thought I'd get a small start on making tags for this year's Christmas gifts.  That decision was easy once I saw Gerda's sweet little roly poly Santa images!
Here is the set of 6 gift tags I made:

That Santa image is so much fun to color with my ProMarkers! Because of that and the fact I love them, there will be more of these tags made.  The green paper I used for the base of the tags was from a Christmas stack I got last year.  The pattern was one I wasn't crazy about but using it this way really works, I think.  The red papers were all from my scrap box and the ribbons were from my scraps as well.  I just love they the way these turned out.  They'll be used to decorate packages of candied pecans for some lucky people on my gift list this Christmas.

Here's a close up of one of the tags:

You can find these tags in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenges -- Christmas
Crafty Little Fairies -- Christmas in October
Moving Along with the Times -- Christmas Cuties
Simon Says Stamp -- Christmas/Happy Holidays

Everyone at Crafty Catz is excited to see what you create this week.
Keep in mind that it is for any gifts not just Christmas.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
I hope you'll enter in my Candy drawing.  You can find the info by clicking on the photo of it at the top of this column.