Bedtime Prayers - MP challenge 52

Hello everyone! I was sitting in my craft room yesterday pondering what to make. I've REALLY had an itch for coloring the last few weeks. So I started going through my stamps and came across this La-La stamp, "Bedtime Luka". I though to myself, "that would make a cute little wall hanging". Then my next dilemma, what colors am I going to use? I tend to use the same colors over and over so I stared at them trying to decide. I want to use colors that I'm not so comfortable with. I won't get better if I don't practice, right? So I narrowed it down to red, green, or yellow. I couldn't make up my mind so I thought I would see what the markerpop bi-weekly challenge was...GREENS! That sealed it for me! I will be entering this wall hanging in the challenge over at markerpop.com I stamped my image on Express it cardstock in Memento, Tuxedo Black ink. I colored him with my copics as follows- Hat and Onesie Cuffs/Collar: YG0000, YG41, YG45. For the poufy ball: W00, W1, W3, W5. Onsie Sleeper: G000, G05, G09, G07 and G29 on the zipper. Skin: E0000, E000, E02. Hair: E27, E47, E29, E49. I took a 6x6 piece of chipboard. I glued down a piece of twine at the top us use as a hanger. Then found this piece of scrap cardstock for the background. I got it in a RAK so I can't tell you who makes it. I took my Ranger Emboss it marker in clear and wrote the words "Now I lay me down to sleep" and used copper embossing powder on it, then adhered it to the chipboard. I inked around my image in Tim Holtz Distress ink in Peeled Paint and backed it with some craft cardstock. I went around the boarders with lace that I had in my stash and finished it off with some green flat back pearl trim. I think I'm going to send this to my brother-in-law and his wife. They are expecting their second child! Can't wait to see what they think of it!

If you cannot follow the link to the challenge, you can go to markerpop.com and select the "blog" tab. Once on the blog, look to the right and you will see a list of awesomeness. The Bi-weekly challenges will be listed there. http://blog.markerpop.com/2014/09/15/markerpop-challenge-52/

Project Life weeks 31-33

Alright! I got a few layouts done! I'm still three weeks behind though. I was on vacation this past week and spent the whole week in my craft room. I'm trying to stock up on handmade crafts so I can open my own little shop. I'm going to start a page on facebook to sell my crafts. Actually, I've already created it, just haven't released it publicly yet. Enough about that, you're hear to see my progress with Project Life :) Like the last couple of posts, I've kept it very simple (helps when I'm behind to not focus on embellishments) I used my Studio Calico August kit, Sandlot, for these layouts. Week 31 shows a big celebration! I got a check in the mail from my auto insurance. Reimbursement for my deductible for the repairs needed on my car! I messed up when creating my title card and labeled it as week 30. I had already created the next layout so I put a "ne" inside the 0 to create "one". Week 32 shows the cutest little post-it note holder that I have ever seen! It looks like a pallet of huggies diapers. I have discovered "Birthday Cake M & M's!!! OMG THEY ARE SOOOOO AWESOME!!! Not so awesome was my vet bill lol. I had to take one of the cats and one of the dogs back to the vet. They actually didn't charge me for the cat, he was just a re-check. But Rambo cost me about $275. Week 33 I got to enjoy a quiet morning with my coffee before church and make a duck tape wallet for my niece. I also received an awesome surprise at work. An invoice clerk at another store sent me a candy gram to say thank you for all the help that I have given her. That week she had called me quite a bit and was so grateful for my help that she wanted to send me a gift. I have to say that I got it just at the right moment! I was really feeling overwhelmed and underappreciated. That delivery made up for all of the stress and aggravation I had that week! Finally Aaron and I finished off the week with root beer floats, mmmmmm :)