Walt Disney's Animated Movies Blog Hop!!! ~ Snow White

Welcome to Walt Disney's Animated Movies Blog Hop!!! What makes this hop phenomenal as in no other hop is that every Friday, we will be paying tribute to different movies SOOOO, you will need to mark you calendars for every Friday for these special blog hops:

April 13: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs

April 20: Sleeping Beauty and Lady and the Tramp

April 27: Tinker Bell

Today, we are celebrating all those cute characters that come alive on the screen. If you just happened to visit me today, I wouldn't want you to miss one chime of the clock and would want you to start with Lisa at http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/. You are at the right spot!!!!

My project today is a Snow White card.

I had looked at some files to cut a Snow White and I did not like how childish she looked and did not want to scrap that cut. So, I had to rethink my project. After a while, I decided I would make a card and download a coloring page from the Internet. This gave me the opportunity to work with my Prisma Watercolor Pencils again.

Once I colored Snow White and mounted her, I added the sentiment and the pearls in the corners. I am still not quite satisfied with the design, but I cannot quite put my finger on what the problem might be. Though, I think it might be the large amount of white space around the top of the card. I also wonder if I made the sentiment to large.

Here is my card, please feel free to leave me comments and suggestions. I always read them and use them to help improve my work.

There is a great line-up today for the hop and I wouldn't want you to miss a single spot:

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Blog Lineup:

You are probably wondering if there is going to be a prize for this hop. There is. It will be a Disney animated movie but I will reveal as to which movie it is going to be at a later time. To be eligible for this prize, you have to follow my blog and everyone else's blog that is in this hop. You also must leave me and the other wonderful ladies a comment in order to qualify for the prize. The grand prize will be awarded at the end of this month. You get one entry for each of the 4 blog hops during the series of Walt Disney Animated Movies Blog Hops during each of the Friday's in the month of April. So if you just choose one of the Fridays to attend, you would only get one entry but if you choose to attend all four hops during the month of April, you get a bonus entry since you came to all four hops, then you will receive 4 + 1 entries, which makes your chance of winning the movie go up with each entry.

Thanks for stopping by today and visiting and checking out my project, I now must send you on your way but watch out for the evil queen as I send you on to Anita's blog. Please stop back again real soon for another great project.

Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Blog Lineup:

1. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
2. Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
3. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/
4. Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 
5. Evila - http://www.frenchconnectiondesigns.blogspot.com
6.  Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com
7. cathie-http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/
8. Theresa ~  http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com/

Lorby's World ~ Dr. Seuss Blog Hop

“Think left and think right and think low and think high.

Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

― Dr. Seuss

Don't hop on pop but hop on top of the Dr. Seuss Blog Hop, where a bunch of talented people came up with their own interpretations of the wonderful imagination of Dr. Seuss. The skies the limit when you have an imagination like Dr. Seuss and talent like those in this hop. Our hop today is hostessed by Jearise in Lorby's World (link to http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and that is were to begin if you've happened here by chance otherwise continue on my friend.

Jearise in Lorby's World has some fun blog candy for this hop. She has a stuffed Cat in the Hall and a fun Thing 1 and Thing 2 craft plus a $10 gift card to Michaels. I know they're silly but doesn't that follow in the steps of Dr. Seuss?

Today I am trying something totally different.  I am going to hand draw something for my project. For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I cannot draw.  I suppose this is why many years ago I took up digital arts.  However, the more crafty blogs I visit, and the more crafty friends I visit with, I realize that I need to be a more rounded crafter and not always focus on the same techniques.  So today, with the inspiration of the fun and silliness of Dr. Seuss, I am stepping out of my comfort zone and having a blast.

Today, the new Dr. Seuss movie the Lorax is released, so I thought this would be a great thing for me to draw.  That, and his plump little body looked easy enough to draw.    Boy was I wrong on that thought process.  He was not all that easy to draw.  I just hope that you cannot see all my eraser marks on my paper, I have tried hard to color over them.   The real problem came when it was time to color him and make him look realistic, especially since I have just a few colors of Prisma Watercolor pencils.

Eventually, I will take him and frame him with the trees on each side of him.  I have not decided if I want to use this first one I drew, or if I want to try and draw a better one.  I am not sure about the eyes on this one either.  He has that look about him like he is scolding you for something, or wondering what you are up to.  Maybe, (since I have not seen the movie and it has been forever since I read the book) that look is telling you, that you should be doing something about the environment.  Who knows.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to check out my first drawing.  I had a lot of fun doing this and I do look forward to sitting down and doing more drawings soon.


Thank you for joining us because...

 “You're off to Great Places!

Today is your day!

Your mountain is waiting,

So... get on your way!”

― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go! 

If you get stuck behind the great parade down at Mulberry Street, here's the links that you can follow on the Great Thing-a-majigger as you are on an adventure. "The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that!"

Here is the full line up!


Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Georgiana http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Laurie http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com
Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Doris - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com
Janet N- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Cathie w-http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/
Cori- http://createdbycori.blogspot.com
Nikki~http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Janet R. - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Katie ~ http://www.ktsangels.blogspot.com/
Ellen ♥ CardMonkey ~ http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
Jamie - http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com
 Shelly - http://kccroppers.blogspot.com
Angie :) - http://atuttletime.blogspot.com
Kimberly ~ http://scrappingRookie.blogspot.com

Calendar Girls Blog Hop

Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The February unique holidays are:

February is American Heart Month -  Janet
February 2 - Groundhog Day - Edwina
February 4 - Thank a Mailman Day - Nikki Heat
February 5 - Super XLVI - Laura -
February 8 - Kite Flying Day - Lynne:
February 11 - Make a Friend Day - Edwina
February 14 - Valentine's Day - Kari -
February 20 - Presidents' Day - Edwina-
February 22 - National Margarita Day  - Lynne
February 29 - Leap Year - Kimberly

The hop starts with Janet  (http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/). You won't want to miss a single occasion!!!

The inside of the card says, “Just to say HI!”  (I don’t know why I don’t have a photo of the inside).

This is my first time of participating in the Calendar Girls Blog hop.  My holiday for February is Leap Year.  Every fourth year we are lucky enough to have an added day included in our calendars.  Although, I must say, I do feel sorry for the poor person(s) who are born on this day.  They only get to celebrate their birthday every four years.  However, now that I think about it, I would be a great young age had I been born on Leap Year day.

What first comes to my mind when I think about Leap Year is a big ole birthday party. A celebration like no other, after all, you have to catch up for three years of missed birthdays. Right?  Well, my idea was way to elaborate for a small card, so I went with something a little less dramatic.  Leaping Frogs…

I simply found a leaping frog online, duplicated him twice,  shrunk down two of them and printed them out on a beige sheet of paper.  I then colored them using my Prisma Watercolor Pencils and blended them with my Stampin’ Up blending pens.  To add the sentiment, I created this in Photoshop as well, and printed it (mirror image) onto my Rob Onz sheet.  I then added it to the card like you would any store bought rub on.

Thanks for stopping by here is the rest of the blog hop in case you happened upon my page without starting at the front.


The line-up for February includes:

Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Edwina: http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
Nikki: http://twoscrappinlawyers.blogspot.com/
Laura: www.lauraleesdream.blogsot.com
Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!

We will have blog candy to the lucky recipient that remarks on each site along the way!

Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on March 10th for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

Kimberly

Jolly Santa

Here is a  of quick card I did.  This is just the card front.  I am looking for things that are fast and easy to help people make their own Christmas cards.  So many people want to make their own, they just don’t want to (or don’t have a lot of) time to spend doing it

The process for this card is really fast and simple, I took a rectangle sheet of ivory card stock, rounded the edges then used the “Jolliest Time of the Year” santa stamp from Stampin’ Up.    I colored Santa with my Prisma colored pencils and blended them with my Stampin' Up blending pens.  I have really found this to be a great process that is fast and easy.  I was really intimidated by the process when I first started, now I am looking forward to expanding my color palate of pencils.  I bought just the small pkg of 12 to begin with because I did not know if I would like the process or not.   I completed the process by using some dimensional squares and adhering Santa over the top of the snowflake ribbon and added the cute little sentiment from the same stamp set.

If you are interested in purchasing  this stamp set, you can do so by visiting my Stampin’ Up website at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kpkre8tions/  You will also see some other creative ideas there. 

Enjoy,

Kimberly

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