Friday, August 7, 2015

The Outlawz Friday Coloring Kids/Family Challenge

A shout-out to my mom, who passed away on May 7, 2005. Happy Birthday, Mom! (She would have been 98 today if she was still alive.)

Our "Kids/Family" Challenge is this week. This is to acknowledge Son and Daughter Day, which is August 11th. I did not do a traditional "daughter card", as you will see. But I used a young girl image to make another Christmas card, which could be given to a young person. A young female person, to be sure. Like, possibly my one of my granddaughters. See how I work? Mmmhmm...

We had another fun surprise yesterday. American Express sent an email saying that someone tried to use Gary's card to charge $919.47 to the Apple Web store. Well, it certainly wasn't one of us. Fortunately, AmEx declined the charge. Which is good. However, you know the drill. Gary has to get a new charge card. Again. We went through this with American Express twice before--once with Gary's card and once with mine. I am not sure if it is because we use our AmEx cards so much, or if it is because AmEx is more likely to be compromised. Thoughts???

Last weekend was Arizona Breakfast Weekend for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We took advantage of the special pricing by a couple of the restaurants and went for breakfast/brunch on Thursday and Sunday. We tried NCounter in downtown Tempe on Thursday. If you live in the Valley of the Sun, and haven't been there, I highly recommend it! We each loved our dishes, which were completely different. I had the Crack O' Dawn, which was a combo of ham, mushrooms, onions, grilled potatoes, and melted cheese. It came with toast, which I didn't eat, as the special pricing included a breakfast pastry--and, of course, I chose a cinnamon roll--which was scrumptious. Also included was a medium latte, which was really delish. Gary had the Killer breakfast sandwich, which he loved as well. It had bacon, Gorgonzola, fresh thyme, tomato, and almost hard fried eggs. It was the first time he had been to NCounter, but he wants to go back. So that was a successful visit.

Then, on Sunday, we returned to Barrio Urbano. This was our third visit. And breakfast was only $7, and included a Mimosa. (Which I really don't care for much, but finished mine anyway. Hey, it was included! Snicker.) Anyway, we had the Torrejas, which is basically Mexican French toast. And that sounds incredibly stupid. Like the restaurant we had in Whitefish, Montana in the 50's, called Frenchy's Chinese Gardens. But I digress. The Torrejas was made with bolillo, which is yummy Mexican bread. It was served with butter, piloncillo syrup--so thick and sweet, yum!--and jalapeno cured bacon. Although, if that bacon had even a hint of jalapeno in it, I'll be a monkey's uncle. It was really good bacon, but I think it was their "gringo bacon". They added powdered sugar at the end of cooking, and my platter could have used less sugar sprinkled on the bacon. That was my only complaint--otherwise, it was another wonderful meal at Barrio Urbano. FYI, when we arrived they asked if we had reservations. And that was at 8 a.m.! Shocking. I guess they do a huge breakfast business, especially on that weekend. So we will know for next time. (And there has to be a next time, so I can go back for their out-of-this-world chilaquiles!)

My sister, Merrilyn, and I went to Hummus Express for lunch on Wednesday. Just the two of us. We hadn't gotten together without our hubbies for a long time, and decided we needed a girls' lunch out. And it was really yummy. Had the $7.95 bowl special. Mine contained rice, falafel, several grilled veggies, tabouli, and hummus, served with a wheat pita. So we had great food and a fun conversation. Donovan got to go to Merrilyn's house for a play-date with her dog, Simon. Which is kind of a laugh, as neither dog really plays much anymore...

I think that catches you up gastronomically. In other news: well, football season is almost upon us. I am anxiously awaiting the first game. In the meantime, we are meeting our football seat-buddies for a preseason practice on Monday. I never would have imagined I would be doing something like that when I was younger. But, when you are retired, you can do all sorts of things for the first time. Like bungee-jumping or skydiving. (Oh, just kidding. I am weird, but I am not crazy.) And I am still reading. Quite a bit, actually. Both non-fiction and fiction. Right now, I am in the middle of a trilogy, called Daughter of Time. It's a pretty good read, if you like sci-fi.

Okey dokey, time for the card deets. We are sponsored again this month by Sweet Pea Stamps. YAY! One of my favorite digi stores, evah! So many great artists. So many fab images. And our winner gets to choose 3 of them this month. Do get your entries in! Just make sure you hand-color your image, with any medium you wish, for your project.


This week I chose Sweet Pea Stamps Home for the Holidays, by Katerina Koukiotis. (I seem to use a lot of her images lately.) I colored this sweetie with Copics and Twin Touch Brush markers after printing her on X-Press It BC.
Skin: E000, E01, E11
Hair: E43, E44, E47, E49
Wood: W3, W4, W5, W6
Tree: G21, G24, G28
Lantern: W00, W0, W1, W2
Candlelight: YR21, YR24, YR27, E08
Cape: E08, E09, TTBR94
Sweater: B34, B37, B39

My colors were taken from the DP I chose--Docrafts Christmas in the Country Collection. I paired this DP with Stampin' Up CS. I added a die-cut bow using the Cheery Lynn Ornamental Wreath Bow die. I finished the image by using Pearl Pen Ice White for the snowflakes. 

That's it for this week. Please check out the inspiration by my talented teammates: Carla, Kathi, Vannessa, and Karen. And please send Karen some good energy, as she broke her ankle this past week. (At least she has more reason to sit and color now!) We all look forward to you playing along with us again this week!

Have a great weekend! 



13 comments:

  1. wow absolutly beautiful
    hugs
    céline

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  2. Penny, your card is gorgeous. Love the image, but not the thought of snow. Still enjoying the warm weather. Have a great weekend.

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  3. That's one stunning card Penny! Amazing colouring of the beautiful image, the added 'snow' looks great. The design is lovely too, the neutral papers with the pops of red complement the image without detracting attention from it.
    Have a lovely weekend.
    Chris
    x

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  4. Wow - what an image -- the facial expression is perfect - fab coloring as usual.

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  5. Always a delight to visit Penny. A stunning creations, colour and design. Enjoy your weekend.
    Laine
    xx

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  6. This is gorgeous Penny, I love the image, stunning colouring and wonderful design.
    Have a fabulous weekend.
    hugs Sue xx

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  7. So very awesome, Penny! Adore her expression.

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  8. What a marvelous image. Your coloring and design are spectacular.
    Hugs,
    Teresa

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  9. This is just gorgeous Penny and your colouring is just amazing!

    Hugs, Vannessa x

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  10. Such a beautiful card Penny...love the lantern in your image
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia
    Cards Crafts Kids Projects

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  11. Happy B-day Anniv to your Mom! I do not know how you do not weigh 400 #- as you are always eating fab yummy foods : ) Oh, and your card is amazing- I am looking it over and really admire your shading and mad coloring skills!

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  12. Penny I finally got some time to leave some comments been so busy. Got Isaiah off to SD sure did not want to see him go but school starts soon and being a senior this year time will go fast for him but I do have to say it is nice to have time now for myself. I forget how much time kids take.
    Your card is just amazing, love all the stunning colors as you have out done yourself coloring her. That is a lot of work. I know how you feel about your Mom, I miss mine also. Have a super week end.
    Hugs, Pat♥

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  13. What a great designer and how beautifully you colored it, fabulous!! I envy your lunches with my sister but I will be there soon, 27th of October. By the way, we have tickets to go to the Packer game Thurs in Green Bay!! I am so excited 😄

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Hugs, Penny