A Little Mo Love

WOW...2 posts in one day. Can you stand it? I've gone nutso (shut it). Nutso over submitting for guest design team spots. I'm throwing my hat in yet another creative ring over at Mo Manning's challenge site. I love her stuff. Her art is just lovely and it always makes me smile. So, of course I had to jump on the chance at being one of her guest designers! Duh!

The challenge over at Mo's (excuse me...Bronte and Bella's) challenge site this week is "Hugs and Kisses". I chose the always adorable Sophie. She's just too stinkin' cute, dontcha think? I colored her and her dolly up with my Prismacolor colored pencils on Kraft cardstock, then fussy-cut her out and popped her off the Nestability frame. The rest of the card just sort of fell in place. That's how I create most of the time--on the fly. I let my creative muse run loose and lead me wherever she wants to.

Sometimes she leads me to scary places...but today, not so much. Today, she led me to a warm and fuzzy place.

Here's a detail shot of my coloring. I'm finally learning how to shade more realistically--this is especially challenging on fabric...but I keep plugging away at it.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Bronte and Bella's Challenge Blog - #144 Hugs and Kisses
• Kraft Outlet- Make it Monday "Make Me Smile" 
• Crafty Creations Challenges: #180 Buttons 
• Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hey Girl
• Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes 

Ingredients:
Sophie stamp - Mo Manning
Nestability dies- Spellbinders (Lacey Oval and Long Scalloped Classic Rectangle)
Patterned paper - Recollections, Scenic Route
Binder edge punch and Scallop edge punch- EK Success/Martha Stewart
Prismacolor Colored Pencils
organza ribbon - Michaels
wooden buttons
embroidery floss - DMC
Chalk ink - ClearSnap
Kraft cardstock