Get Sketchy #42

I can't get enough of this little girl from Hero Arts, so I decided to use her for this week's Get Sketchy Challenge. You can check out this week's sketch HERE. Hope you can play along!

For my card, I stamped the image onto vellum, then colored the back of the vellum with my Sharpies and Bic Mark-Its. i am still playing around with this technique, but I am getting better at blending the colors. :)

For the rest of my card, I raided my scrap bin. I should definitely do this more often! I also had a stash of white cardstock borders that I made when I was cropping with my friend Lesa. She had this sweet little heart border punch from EK Success. To make it really "pop" on my card, I used my Sharpie to color it so that it matched the dress on my little girl. I then accented it with little gems between each heart.

I also wanted to share a link with you. Yesterday, Paulina from DeNami Design posted an interview with me on the DeNami blog. If you want to learn a little bit about me and my stamping, head HERE. Don't forget to leave me some love, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Interview with an elf...

or so Deborah thought! I cracked up when I read her blog post HERE. Deborah is a former Hero Hostess with Hero Arts who recently contacted me for an interview. So sweet! Please check out the interview and her other "Wednesday Wonders", a great feature where she interviews and features the work of some amazing papercrafters.
The interview also references my favorite recipe ever, Crockpot Lasagna. I got this recipe from my friend Shelley Dodge. It's awesome! Here's the recipe:

Crockpot Lasagna
8-9 "no-boil" lasagna noodles
26 oz. jar pasta sauce (any flavor)
8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 lb. ground beef
16 oz. jar alfredo sauce
3 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
1. Spray large oval crockpot with nonstick spray. Spread about 1/2 c. pasta sauce in bottom of crockpot. 2. Cook ground beef in large skillet until no longer pink; drain. Stir in remaining pasta sauce and 8 oz. tomato sauce. 3. Layer 3 lasagna noodles over pasta sauce in crockpot, breaking as needed to fit. 4. Top with 1/3 of the alfredo sauce, 1 c. mozzarella, and 1/3 of the ground beef mixture. 5. Repeat layers twice more: noodles, alfredo, mozzarella, ground beef; noodles, alfredo, mozzarella, ground beef. 6. Sprinkle 1/4 c. parmesan cheese over top of last layer. 7. Cover and cook on LOW for 3.5 - 4 hours.