Cute As A Button Guest Designer

Good morning everyone! It has been a hectic couple of weeks. I'm not feeling all that great for the past couple of days. I think I may be fighting the ick that my son has; He has strep throat. I took him to the doctor on Friday to get that figured out and him on antibiotics. And my 17 year old son who doesn't really like to hang around us decides to get himself all comfy on the couch near Kevin and I with his blowing of nose and coughing!  What the heck! LOL  So.. I think my body is trying its best to fight off whatever it is trying to fight off. My throat is sore a bit... but my body must be working in overdrive, because it doesn't seem to be getting worse. I do feel a bit run down, but not overly. I'll be good! Having to take care of the sick, boy/man strep ridden 17 year old didn't help I'm sure! You know... he had strep 10 times worse than anyone else would have. It was tired from walking up the stairs, needed mom to poor the medicine... You know... that sort of thing LOL  Then, my daughter and I worked one of the two concession stand jobs that I have to do this year with her in Lacrosse. Nothing like paying out of the nose to play lacrosse and then she is a goalie, so we had to pay out of the nose to get goalie gear for her and then I have to work two concession stands too!  No breaks for a goalie!! Last night her and I watched the All Star National Hockey League games; That was fun! Anyway!! I'm back at work... hoping the week will go smoothly!

I spent my weekend taking care of him, but trying to get this done for Cute As A Button and then finish up two Chinese New Year cards for someone at work. So, I managed to finish everything I needed to yesterday, but then this post got delayed. So, here I am this morning trying to get it up :)

I hope you all are well and healthy and had a great weekend! The weather was beautiful here! Although, I think we have some storms headed this way!  Have a great Monday and week ahead everyone!








So, this was created for my Guest Design Spot at Cute As A Button -- Thank you so much Francesca!! It was truly an honor to be able to work with your image. Thank you!! The theme for this challenge is Shabby Chic and well.... I immediately go into panic mode!! I have no idea what Shabby Chic is really... but I wing it and try to do my best LOL!  I decided to do something different with this one. I have used "Jester" from Cute As A Button.  I've colored her with my Copic Markers and done a small bit of layering on the image. I have used a Canvas to create this little piece of art. It is a 5 x 7 canvas and I've painted by sponging on pink acrylic paint and then sparsely sponging some white paint over the pink. Then I used gold and pink texture paste with two different stencils. The gold you can see a bit on the bottom corner and the pink is the dots you can see in the upper corner. I used some vellum that I tore the edges  and some patterned paper that I distressed the edges. I added some off white lace to the side and then added some different flowers. I added some pink pearl strands and some ribbon around the flower spray on the side to finish it off.  I think it kind of comes off to whatever I think Shabby Chic is LOL  This is probably the closest I've come to creating something shabby chic! And I really enjoyed working with a canvas and creating a mixed media creation. I had a lot of fun with it.

Copic Markers Used: 

• Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
• Blue On Hat and Blue Eyes: B00, B02, B04
• Pink on Hat and Around Neck: R00, BV20, RV11
• Lips and Red Heart: R20, R22, R24, R29
• Bells: Y00, Y11, Y15, YR23
• Hair: C3, BV23, BV25

Challenges:

• Add A Flower (1/5) @ Crafting By Designs
• Challenge #118: Ribbons and Pearls (1/3) @ Crafting For All Seasons
• Challenge #56: Anything Goes (1/2) @ Crafty Gals Corner
• Challenge #70: Anything Goes (1) @ Inspiration Destination
• Anything Goes (1) @ Simon Says Stamp!
• Challenge #283: Anything But A Card (1) @ 4 Crafty Chicks
• Challenge #142: Fabulous Flowers (1/5) @ Crafty Ribbons Challenge
• Challenge #86: Bling It On! In Pink (1) @ In The Pink
• Anything Goes (1/2) @ The Outlawz Twisted Thursday
• Challenge #50: Anything Goes (3/3) @ Art by Miran Challenge Blog
• Challenge #183: Anything Goes (1/2) @ Brown Sugar Challenge Blog
• Challenge #101: Anything Goes (3/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
• Week #3: Lace and Pearls (1/2) @ Graph'It Colour Challenge
• FFC #123: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Jo's Scrap Shack
• Challenge #328: Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon, Pearls, 3 Layers) (1) @ Just Us Girls
• January Challenge #109: Layer It Up (3/3) @ Let's Craft and Create
• Challenge #2: Add Ribbon (1/3) @ Morgan's ArtWorld
• Challenge #58: Anything Goes (4/4) @ Scrapping4Fun Challenges
• Challenge #101: Something New (new technique/canvas art) (1/3) @ Simply Create Too Challenges
• Challenge #161: In The Pink (1) @ A Gem Of A Challenge
• HIMCR #236: Freestyle (1/3) @ Hiding In My Craft Room
• Challenge #26: Anything Goes (3/3) @ Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
• Challenge #5: Anything Goes (1) @ MFP SpeedyTV Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge
• Challenge #161: Anything Goes w/Twist of Something From Your Stash (ribbon, paper, flowers, paint) (1/3) @ 613 Avenue Create
• Challenge #42: Pretty In Pink (1) @ Dragonfly Journeys
• Challenge #297: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Craft Your Passion Challenges
• Challenge #13: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Crafty Girls Creations
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Petal Lu Challenge Blog
• February Challenge #08: Anything Goes (1/3) @ World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog
• February Challenge #41: Hearts and Flowers (1/3) @ Natalie and Amy's Challenge
• February Challenge #43: Loving Pink (1/2) @ V's Sweet Ideas 
• February: Anything Goes Mixed Media/Altered Art (1) @ Altered Eclectics
• February: Anything Goes w/a Handmade Bow (1) @ Craft-Dee BowZ
• February Challenge #29: Anything Goes (1) @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog
• February: Anything Goes (1/3) @ Sister of Crafts