I am beginning to wonder if I don't need to take two days off when I return from Toronto...LOL I am already feeling behind in my coloring, then I get to work and forget my meds...and if I skip taking my pill at the same time every day I start to feel funky!! {it's an anxiety med and I have been on it for years now, I can't skip a dose} Sooooo, when I got home it was waiting for me and I had to lay down for an hour or so and let it kinda kick in.
I started coloring some things while we were in Niagara Falls and tonight I finally finished the twins... Leslie & Lorie lulu! {big wave to the real Leslie & Lorie...hi guys!! I finally got them done!} I colored these two cuties on Bella's bestest {CREAM} paper! Emily now has it available online, it's soft and not yellow-ee. I used a lot of colors in the dress on the right, crazy color combos but they came out so cool, and the white dots are from a white glaze pen, just like my favorite clear & black. It makes such a fun texture, can't stop touching it, lol
I colored this on the fly, no paper in mind but when it was all finished I knew that any paper in my stash was just too overpowering for the girls. I layed out several sheets and I decided on something very simple, it's the back side of an old piece of Chatterbox paper. {did that company go away?? I LOVED them!} I used a EK Success punch for the micro pinking at the bottom.
Friday's bellaRIFFIC challenge is BELLA herself, the original and what we all fell in love with, right? Get your cards email to Emily by thursday night and let's show Bella some lovin'... maybe, you will get some lovin' back in the form of bella bucks!
My classes this weekend were amazing and I really love getting to know the names and faces of returning gals and ones I remembered from the CreativFestival in Oct. In my second class I get an envelope handed to me...{Hi Sandy!} and Sandy tells me to put it in my purse and open it later, lol it's not a Bella image. I get back to the hotel room and tear into it and this is the card that was inside. Isn't it amazing!! I bought a book on tea-bag folding and never tried it, I think this is what it is. It is gorjuss, and perfect and the inside is as nice as the outside. Thanks Sandy! It's hanging up with my little collection of cards in my room.
I had an amazing time at your class Paula!! I so enjoyed meeting you in person - you are so sweet!
Posted by: Kerry J. | November 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Wow, what a stunning card with Leslie en Lorie! Love the colours! Just beautiful.
Posted by: Renata | November 18, 2009 at 01:27 AM
What fantastic colouring! Those two girlies are just the cutes - you've really brought them to life!
Posted by: Mary J | November 18, 2009 at 04:16 AM
This WAS the card I was gonna make for your b'day, cause we always hug like that when we see each other! BWAAAAHAHAHA! BUT....i ran out of time and didn't get it done, so you can just take this one, write "Happy Birthday, love Linda" inside and put it on your shelf! LOL!
Posted by: lindaH | November 18, 2009 at 06:51 AM
Paula this card is breathtaking. My new fav of all that you've done. It's so pretty & feminine. The coloring is gorgeous, of course. TFS!
Posted by: Tiffaney in VA | November 18, 2009 at 07:08 AM
Hi Paula!! Love your card and the teabag folding creation is amazing!! Lucky you!
Posted by: Janine | November 18, 2009 at 07:25 AM
This is another darling card...I don't think I will ever get over the "wow" feeling I get when I see your creations. Simply amazing!
Posted by: Terri | November 18, 2009 at 07:38 AM
Stunning card Paula! I love this image, it is beautiful. Love the coloring is so rich and soft at the same time. The birthday card you recieved is beautiful.
Posted by: Silvia | November 18, 2009 at 07:58 AM
It's been a while since I've visited, and your blog is always such a treat! I've been wanting those cute little lulu's and you colored them magnificently! Gorgeous, gorgeous card!
Posted by: Becky Rusher | November 18, 2009 at 10:57 AM
OMG!!! Paula my twinnie and I look amazing! You are so amazingly talented. Sorry to have missed you in TO this weekend. We will see you when you come back in the new year! I love this card!
Posted by: Leslie W. | November 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Totally understand about the meds. I take mine twice a day and sometimes I forget in the a.m. and by lunch time I am just bagged and then remember why. Take care of yourself, you are very important.
Posted by: lorri vallese | November 18, 2009 at 01:40 PM
So cute. Another amazing job coloring. Love the card you received as well.
Posted by: Judi | November 18, 2009 at 04:29 PM
Paula, Leslie and I are fabby!! Each time I see one of your cards I am in awe. This one is soooo special! Hope to see it in person the next time you are in TO in the new year!! Can't wait to see it and you in person!!
Posted by: Lorie H | November 18, 2009 at 05:32 PM
I could do bettah dan DAT.. LOLOLOL.. now that's a joke! Thank you for coming this past weekend sistah! It always means the world to me!
mwah!
p.s your card's a'ight..
Em
Posted by: emily | November 18, 2009 at 08:02 PM
Oh those two girls are so sweet! I love the softness of this card!!
I love Chatterbox too and I save all my scraps for fear I will never find it again. I don't know where to find it anymore.
Posted by: Danielle | November 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The Butterfly card you were given is actually Iris Folding. I have that particular pattern and it is so much fun to make. She did a beautiful job on it and you are very fortunate to have someone care that much for you!
Posted by: Patsy Behrendt | November 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I can't believe I am so far behind on comments! That should teach me never to go away.
These 2 lulus are just gorgeous, and your colouring is outstanding of course.
Posted by: Meahni | November 30, 2009 at 06:44 AM