hot pink fun!

hi all!

CHA is right around the corner!!!  that means pics are starting to surface of new goodies and some i am really excited about are the spellbinders - today the first peaks came out and WOW!  in particular - the double sided embossing folders - awesome!!!

i love love love my time at cha.  i love seeing all of the new stuff of course but i can see that online.  what's better is the time spent with the amazing friends i have made through this silly little blog from all over the place that i only get to see once a year.  and of course i love the time with my buddy suzanne - we always have fun together!  in addition i get to take a few workshops - i usually take the ranger workshop but it fills fast and this is the first time i was unable to get in.  so instead i am doing one with luminarte paints and two mixed media - can't wait for those!!!  i will be sure to let y'all know what i learn!

meanwhile i have pulled my watercolor pencils back out after a LONG period of serious neglect and i am loving playing with them!  i will be putting together a class on watercolor pencils for Color Me Creative coming in the spring - yay!  this will be the third in my colored pencil class series.  i recently had some derwent inktense watercolor pencils "jump" into my cart chatting me up about my 40% off coupon in my purse when i was at Michaels.  i used those on this cute little LOTV card.  the card uses the current sketch from SCS and i am entering it in the following challenges as well:

Creative Card: Resolutions (get my watercolor pencils out)
Crafty Creations:  Use something new
Cardmaking Mommas: Use something new
Color Me Creative: Hot Pink, Black & White

and here is my card:

lilly of the valley stamps are just SO SO adorable!  i used a fantastic collection of papers from my minds eye called lush - the buttons were part of the collection too.

as i mentioned my image is colored using inktense watercolor pencils.  these are a bit more challenging than the regular derwent WC pencils but i do love the brightness and vibrancy of the colors.  i brushed over her wings, her little ball antenna and the ball on the end of her stick with luminarte twinkling h2o shimmering watercolor paint.

what do y'all think?