Thank Heaven for Little Girls

It is so much fun making cards for girls.  I struggle with masculine cards but if you need a card for a girl, just drop by my craft room!  Today's card used another thing I like - coloring!  I am not the best at it by far!  I struggle but I am learning and it is one of my outlets for stressful days.  You can find me in my recliner when I am coloring.

I signed up for and take both pencil and marker classes from Kit and Klowder.  Alyce Keegan has a wonderful website and a wonderful Facebook group to learn the art of coloring!  I encourage you to sign up for her Facebook group Kit and Klowder.  I promise you start to learn right away (plus she is from Australia - I love her accent!)

Here is my simple card today:

Another thing I love is digital images.  I have bought quite a library.  The image today is from Beccy Muir at Beccy's Place.  She is the sweetest little bear!  I printed her on white card stock and cut out a panel 3 3/4 x 5.  I colored her using Prismacolors.  I know everyone has their favorites.  I'm happy just having colored pencils!  Some days I use Crayola pencils if my youngest granddaughter is here because she loves to do what I am doing and I am not letting her use the Prismacolors...  Gray Gray can just stretch her craft supplies so far!

I used light blues and tans, orange and grass green and white.  I tried to get shadows in all the right places but that is a work in progress.  I cut a blue and white card stock panel 4 x 5 1/4 and wrapped a pale blue organza ribbon around it.  I attached my little bear to the panel and a couple of rhinestones in the corner.  I started to add a bow but I didn't want to distract from the pretty little bows in her crown of flowers or her ballet slippers.  I added the sentiment to the inside which says "You are so Beary Special!"

My Emma likes to wear crowns, too!

Well, today I encourage you to get out those markers, those colored pencils or even those crayons and just relax and color your troubles away!

Gracie