Love you...

Good morning!

So I had quite a time making this card yesterday. I decided that it would be a good day to do my January start-to-finish card making videos and at first all was well. I had a request to color up a TGF Cheeky and Rockabilly was eager to get on a Valentine. So coloring the skin went well, then her dress... no problemo. Next I did her hair and while I was coloring nothing looked amiss. But while I was loading the video I could see a 'glaring' problem once I added the darkest brown. My E49 nib was dirty and had done that weird glaze like look that Copics can do when the nib gets coated in the ink inside the cap. While Rockabilly was still good to go for the card the shine of the ink made it hard to see what I was doing in the video... blerg. Then the mail lady came and pulled down the icy driveway to deliver a box of crafty goodies to me. An hour later and a call to the tow company and she was finally back on her way while I was a lot colder and wetter for my efforts at trying to help. I felt so bad for her! After a quick change into warmer clothes it was time to finish the card. Instead of relaxing into the process Oreo decided that he needed to check out what was going on... repeatedly. Oy, I love that cat but I was wishing I had made him go outside for a bit, LOL! Still, I'm loving how it turned out despite all the adventures. ;)
If you are interested in checking out the videos you can find them all on my youtube channel, here.

Now, I'm going to go lay back down for a bit and then see where the day takes me. Enjoy your Friday!  

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Love Story)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (Cheeky Rockabilly)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Prima Old Road
Doodlebug heart gems
Kaiser Craft gems
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, W1, W3
eye- BG72
hair- E43, E44, E47, E49, W10
clothes- RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, T5, T7, T9

All I want

Welcome to the weekend fellow stampers!

The girl's day out shopping trip was a lot of fun and quite successful. So much so that we didn't get home until quite late and I didn't have time to make a card for yesterday. But I hope that I've made up for that with not only a new card but a couple of coloring videos to go along with it. :)

Like I mentioned the other day, I've been experimenting with a different shading technique on faces recently. It's funny because it's been a while since I've experienced one of those "Aha" moments in my coloring that has brought with it a shift in my style but this is one of them. That's why I love this hobby though, it definitely has the potential for constant growth and change which is exciting to me. And now I want to share how I go about it with all of you. It's nothing huge, just a subtle addition of shading across the middle of the face to allude to some facial definition on all of those nose-less characters that we all love to color up. 
I used Holiday Anya 2 for my example because she hasn't seen ink before this but I couldn't resist some altering as well. I made an easy change to her dress by snipping away the ribbon tails and I also replaced her long ponytail with a sassy little side bun that I borrowed from Princess Anya 3. You can see the entire process on the videos here and here... or you can catch them over on the Color Me Copic blog.

Anywho, I hope you enjoy! Now it's time for me to get myself ready for work. Have a good one!   

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and COpic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye ('Tis the Season)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Holiday Anya 2 and Princess Anya 3), Hero Arts (sentiment), Papertrey Ink (Mistletoe & Holly)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and espresso truffle, Colorbox chestnut roan, Tim Holtz Forest Moss Distress
glitter trim
Kaiser Craft pearls
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E97, E99, E19, E18
clothes- R14, R17, E07, YG23, YG25, YG67, E40, E41, 0

Cocoa wishes

Hello, hello!

Yeah! As promised I made time to get crafty yesterday and even jumped back on the whole video thing with a new start-to-finish series for November. It totally helped that I was able to take advantage of the Black Friday sale over at Tiddly Inks and get a new cutie to color up. I hadn't been keeping up with new releases over there all summer so it was a nice way to add a few new favorites that I'd missed. :)

I settled on Cocoa Wishes Wrynn because she is so cute with her giant mug of steaming, hot cocoa. And I had just the papers to go with her thanks to my pal, Lisa. Lisa sent me a lovely birthday present that included the fabulous Yuletide 6x6 paper pad by We R Memory keepers. I've been anxious to get my hands on that cool tree print so it was a no-brainer that it would feature heavily on this card. And if you are interested in watching my creative process for the whole thing you can check out the videos on my YouTube channel. I'll also link it up over on the Color Me Copic blog soon too. 

Alrighty, another shout out and BIG thank you to Lisa for the awesome b-day gift before I sign off for the day. TTYL!    

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- We R Memorykeepers (Yuletide) thanks Lisa! :)
digital stamp- Tiddlyinks (Cocoa Wishes)
Colorbox creamy brown ink
October Afternoon Holiday Style diecuts and chipboard buttons
snowflake diecut (thanks Lisa!)
Kaiser Craft pearls
American Crafts red jute twine
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- Y11, Y32, YR02, E33, E50
clothes- R24, R27, E19, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67, E42, E43, E44, E40, 0, N0, N1, N3, N7, E57

A good day

Hi there! 
 
Today is review preview day for the Sweet November May release over on the ATS blog. The Garden Gnome Girls are back in the spotlight and if you happened to watch my Make It Monday video from a couple weeks ago, you would have spotted Adele with the added texture stamped onto her hat.
Of course I had to color her up with her new straw hat and this was the perfect excuse. All I had to do was find some papers I liked to give me my color scheme for Adele and I would be set. I spotted this pack of Chloe's Closet epoxy stickers that my crafty pal, Tress, had sent me and they totally inspired the entire direction and paper choice for this card. Thanks Tress! :)


Ok, there is even more review preview fun and inspiration from my fellow ATS teamies on the All That Scraps blog so be sure to hop on over there too! And all of the new May stamps can be found in the ATS store here! 

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- Making Memories (Chloe's Closet)

stamps- Sweet November (Garden Gnome Adele), Prima (crosshatch background)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown

Prima flowers

Kaiser Craft pearls

Making Memories Chloe's Closet epoxy stickers (from Tress... thanks Tress!)

American Crafts knock out border punch

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E23, E08

clothes- Y11, Y32, Y35, E33, B34, B37, B39, YG21, YG23, YG25, E40, E41, 0, YR12, YR14, YR27

mouse- E40, E41, E42, 0, R01, R02

walnut wagon- E53, E55, E57, C1, C5, YG21, YG25, YG17

Hello sunshine

Good morning!

I've got to take a quick Glee moment just to say how much I enjoyed last night's show. Yes, all of the Whitney songs were wonderful but it was more than that. The theme of counting down all of the 'lasts' during a senior year type of situation was really poignant and so bittersweet. Plus it seems like it has been ages since Kurt had a fab solo and his rendition of 'I have nothing' brought tears to my eyes. Sigh...

Yesterday I took the afternoon to make my 'start to finish' card making video series for April. I inked up this beautiful Happy Days Annabel from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I totally love her. She is a bit more intricate of an image so I ended up having to break the series up into four different videos this time. You can check any of them out here or on the Color Me Copic blog.

It's funny because the whole time that I was making this card I was just going along la-di-da without any real story or plan for her other than wanting to use the roses. Though once I got it finished and showed it to my sister, right away she said, "She looks like Belle from Beauty and the Beast." What?! You're crazy! But there she was... the brown hair, yellow dress and even a garden of magic roses. So yea, apparently I was subliminally channeling Belle onto Annabel, LOL!

Alrighty then. Thanks for stopping by and I hope that your day is full of sunshine too! :)      

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- Basic Grey (green), My Mind's Eye (red), Ivy Cottage (pink), October Afternoon (yellow), GCD Studios (Oh Happy Day roses)

stamps- Crafty Sentiments Designs (Annabel Happy Days), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox creamy brown

ribbon

Sticko epoxy ladybug stickers

Kaiser Craft gems

doily

Copic markers:

skin- E50, E21, E11, BV20, R00, R20, R43

hair- E51, E53, E57, E59

eyes- YG95, E34

clothes/rose swing- Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y35, E40, E41, 0, RV32, R43, R35, R37, R29, YG17, G07, G09

Sit and chat...

Good morning!

Yesterday was not quite as nice out as I had hoped it would be. The wind was blowing off the mountains bringing with it the cold from the snow that's still up there. So I didn't get as much done out there as I had hoped but the extra time did let me set up my Flip and get a coloring video made. :)

After posting the grass video a couple weeks ago, I received a few requests to share how I did the blonde hair that I used on Easter Anya. This seemed the perfect time to do it so I just had to find a good stamp to showcase the combo on. The Greeting Farm stamps have nice, big heads of hair so I went back to my TGF binder to pick a likely candidate. Cheeky Chat caught my eye and since she hadn't been inked up yet this was a two-fer. I did alter her a bit by wiping away her winking eye and tracing in a new eye in its place. The color combo is a pretty ash blonde and you can find the video here or over on Color Me Copic.

I paired her up with this new-ish paper pad from Cosmo Cricket called 2wenty Thr3e and I'll admit that at first, I wasn't 100% sold on this one. The color combos seemed kinda clashy to me and a few of the prints are a little much to handle in anything other than small doses. But, I really like the retro mod styling and it seemed to have a very swingin' 60's type of vibe going on. To me this matched well with Chat's look. And the mustard/pink/orange/grey combo of it is even starting to grow on me. ;)

Alrighty friends, have fun and stay out of trouble. I'll chat at'cha later!


Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Cosmo Cricket (2wenty Thr3e)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (Cheeky Chat)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Kaiser Craft gems
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Divine Twine
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, W0, W1, W3
hair- E40, E41, E42, E43, E44
clothes- R0000, R00, RV42, Y21, Y26, Y28, W3, W5, W7
telephone- G40, G43, G46, E40, YR12, YR15, YR18

Happy Easter Sweetie

Hey there!

Yesterday I managed to get my March start-to-finish card videos done and just in time too!
With the Easter holiday getting closer and closer I thought that it would be fun to create an Easter card this time around. That and I kinda wanted to play with these new Doodlebug papers that recently arrived in my mailbox. ;)

When it came time to choose a stamp to ink up for this one I actually skimmed past the actual Easter images and was instead drawn to this sweet Country Lula from CC Designs. How easy would it be to transform her into an Easter cutie simply by coloring her gathered eggs in various dyed colors? So I colored her up to match the Doodlebug papers and proceeded to put it all together.
If you would like to see how it all came together you can watch the videos here, here and here or find them over on the Color Me Copic blog. It's a pretty simple design but I thought that was best considering how busy and bright DB prints can tend to be and I didn't want to pull focus from Lula.

Ok, well that's all I've got for today... smooches! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper/stickers- Doodlebug (Hello Spring)
stamps- CC Designs (Country Lula), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Creative Cafe rub on stitches
Doodlebug limeade twine
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E01, E13, E15, R00, R20
hair- YR12, E97, E99, E39
clothes- RV52, RV55, RV17, Y13, Y35, Y38, E40, W00, 0
eggs- RV52, RV55, Y38, YR16, Y13, Y17, YG00, YG03, BG000, BG02, V12, V17

Awesome...

Hey there!

Everybody enjoying their Saturday so far? I've got the day off and if the weather stays nice I think that I'll be transplanting some trees this afternoon and cleaning up the yard a bit. After that I want to tackle cleaning my desk because yes, it's that time again. ;)

I actually started the process a bit early by pulling this My Guy Ian off my desk and finally getting him onto a card. I actually started coloring him for a denim video last June! Poor, patient Ian... he even got a bit of a face lift when I swapped his original closed eye face with Special Autumn Ian's open eye face. You see, besides wanting to get a jump start on the cleaning I also wanted to use this new boy themed paper pad from Simple Stories called Awesome. I love, love, love their 6x6 pads because all of those little quotes and sayings pages make for quick and easy sentiments that coordinate perfectly with no extra work at all! Seriously, this card is three sheets of paper cut up and layered with only a couple of tiny staples as accents. Yet the sprinkling of star accents mimics stickers or rub-ons and the sentiment even looks like I used some decorative tape to hold it in place. Nope... it's all paper folks! :)

Alrighty, I guess I should get ready to go get my hands dirty for a bit.
Talk at'cha later!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- Simple Stories (Awesome)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (My Guy Ian and Special Autumn Ian)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R02
hair- E35, E57, E59
clothes- E81, 0, B34, B37, B39, YG93, YG95, YG99, R59, E19, C0, C1

I ♥ the 80's!

Well hello there!

I hope all is well on this fine Friday. I'm hoping for a bit more sunshine but other than that you'll get no complaints from me. :)

So I recently got a request to do a coloring tut on how I would tackle the challenge of 80's Anya's massive amount of wavy hair. Since I couldn't even remember the last time that I had inked her up I thought that yesterday would be the perfect time to pull her back out and show her some love on a video that you can see here or over on the Color Me Copic Blog. Hopefully it shows anyone who has been scared off from coloring wavy hair like Anya's that it isn't really very difficult, just a bit more time consuming than simpler styles.
Once her hair was done it was time to get this 80's girlie onto a card that would do her justice. Luckily I came across this great star paper in an old Sassafras 6x6 pad and it totally brought me back to my 80's childhood. So all of the other scrap papers were pulled to match it and I finished the card off with a bit of glittery tulle and friendship pins. Does anyone else remember making these back in the day and trading them with friends? I had a pair of Converse covered in these pins, LOL!

I'm also entering this card into the Monday Fun Day challenge #25 over on the Farm Fresh challenge blog. It's to use circles and/or scallops and I gave Anya a nice big circle to stand in. Kind of like a spotlight to shine down on this 80's starlet. ;)

Ok, time for me to jet... TTFN!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Sassafras (Nerdy Bird stars), SEI (purple), My Mind's Eye (orange), Frances Meyer (pink)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (80's Anya)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Making Memories tulle and rub on sentiment
safety pins
beads
My Favorite Things chat bubbles dienamics
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R02, B00, YG00
hair- E31, E33, E35, E39
clothes- RV11, RV13, RV14, V04, V06, V17, B69, B79, BV29, Y35, Y38, YR04

Rainbow goodness...

Hello again!

So did you make the most of the leap day yesterday? I managed to get a few more things checked off the ol' to-do list and then relaxed a bit on the computer as I was avoiding the snow and cold. All in all not too shabby.

My card today may not use a stamp that I haven't colored up before but when I found Punk Kaylee's head all colored up from a hair coloring video I did way back in September and Flower Kaylee's body just waiting to be finished, I figured it was time to get her on a card. This combination of Kaylees brought to mind a free spirited artsy kind of gal so I ran with that theme on the rest of the card. I used the 'B' sides from a bunch of the Basic Grey Picadilly papers to create the rainbow colored background and then added the flower print below because it helped tie all of the different colors together. That was all looking fine and good but I decided to take the artsy theme a bit further so I printed out the sentiment and drew the painter's palette around it with the paint brush as a finishing touch. I think she looks pretty happy to have finally made it off the desk, LOL!

Well, I suppose I should go get ready for the day... chat at'cha later. :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (Picadilly)
digi stamps- Some Odd Girl (Flower Kaylee and Punk Kaylee)
ink- Colorbox creamy brown and Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls and gems
crinkled ribbon
Creative Cafe rub on stitches
Sharpie white marker
Copic black Multiliner pens
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, YG00, BG000
eyes- E57, E59
hair- E50, E51, E53, Y11, RV25, RV29
clothes/grass & flowers- YG00, YG03, YG17, YG67, YG97, E84, E87, E89, Y35, Y38, RV52, RV55, YR04, B01, B14, Y00, Y02
painter's palette & brush- E81, E40, W00, R27, E19, Y13, YR04, YR18, Y17, YG03, YG67, W4, E30, E31, E34, E74, E79, C1, C5

Thank you for being my friend...

Does anyone else have the opening song from Golden Girls running through their head after reading that line? LOL

TGIF my friends!
Yesterday was a pretty good day and I am happy to report that a Dove chocolate or two did the trick and I'm feeling right as rain. I was feeling so good in fact that I decided to take the time to film another 'start to finish' card making series. I got a lot of wonderful comments on the one I did last month so I'm thinking of trying to make it a monthly thing. The videos can be found here, here and here or over on Color Me Copic if you want to take a look-see.

Not only did I ink up yet another neglected stamp from my stash (two, if you count Simply Anya's legs, LOL) but I also put a new paper pad to work. Sure, those little 6x6 pads look real pretty all lined up on their shelf but the satisfaction of actually ripping into those papers is even better then seeing them neat and organized. All four of the new Miss Caroline paper pads can be found at the ATS store and even though I only used the Fiddlesticks line, all four of them are super cute in their own way. :)

Well as much as I would like to stay and chat, it's time for me to go get myself ready for the day.
Smooches!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Boho Anya and Simply Anya), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
crochet lace
buttons
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E23, E27, E29, W8
clothes- V22, V25, V28, YR30, Y11, Y21, G0000, G000, BG90, BG93

The cutest little goldfish...

Good morning!

It's been a beautiful weekend here and I'm happy to report that the snow is melting away. :)

Perhaps this little beauty helped to bring the sunshine my way... I like to think so anyway. I actually colored up this sweet Annabel the Mermaid stamp last weekend for a series of coloring videos that I did and I finally got around to putting her on a card. If you are interested in seeing how I colored her up, you can find the videos here, here, and here. Or over on the Color Me Copic blog as well.
Something about Annabel just made me think goldfish, I betting it's all of her ruffley fins... and I'm really happy with how she looks all decked in orange.

On a completely separate note, I've been enjoying cruising around Pinterest and would love to find some new pinboards to follow and new inspiration. So if any of you fellow pinners want to leave me a link to your boards I will totally have a blast checking them out!

Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (green), Fancy Pants (blue), Heidi Grace (fish)
stamp- Crafty Sentiments Designs (Annabel the Mermaid), Inkadinkado (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown
October Afternoon Seaside stickers
Papertrey Ink twine
Ranger Liquid Pearls
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic markers:
skin- E50, E00, E01, BV00, R02, YG00, BG000
hair- BG11, BG13, BG18, YG00, YG01, YG03
tail/starfish- Y11, Y13, Y17, YR04, YR09, E09, YR02, YR04, YR09

Some Winter bling

Hi-dee ho crafty peeps (please scroll down for the SN Birthday Fairwee winners)!

This weekend is the start of an annual Fire&Ice festival here in town and I've gotta say that there isn't a whole lot in the way of snow and ice this year. I don't know how well the ice sculptures are going to hold up but I do think it is cold enough for the brave polar bear swimmers to still get quite a shock, LOL! I'll be working, so no dip in the lake for me... not that I'd be crazy enough to do it even if I wasn't! ;)

Speaking of ice and all things that glitter and sparkle... there is a new challenge up over on the SOG blog, the very first of 2012 in fact. And we are ringing in this new year with lots of BLING! That’s right. Bling. You know you love it. We certainly love it and we want to see a lot of bling... at least 2 different types used on your card or project. Options include, but are not limited to: pearls, rhinestones, stickles, loose glitter, foil, embossed foil, misting, glaze... the list goes on!

I used the lovely Winter Mae digi stamp once again because I could totally see her walking through an icy winter wonderland full of sparkling snow and ice... perfect for a blingy challenge. And I even did a couple of coloring videos with Mae as well that can be seen here and here or over on the CMC blog. Because some of the colors in the paper were a bit tricky to color match with my Copics, this also was a good opportunity to kind of share my process in how I mix colors and come up with marker combos. Just in case you are interested in checking that out as well. :)

Ok, time for me to scoot my boot.

Stay classy San Diego!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill, glittered and Copic X-Press It
paper- We R Memorykeepers and My Mind's Eye
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Winter Mae)
stamp- Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Kaiser Craft gems
Doodlebug white flock
Sharpie white marker
EK Success silver pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53
eyes- G82, G94, G99
clothes- G12, G28, BG18, BG13, G40, G82, G94, YG91, Y26, Y28, E87, G20, G21, W5, W7, W9, E81, W00

I ♥ winter...

Hidee ho!

I hope all is well this morning. I'm having a wonderful weekend so far with a whole lot of nothin' scheduled for the rest of the day, LOL!

So there was a vendor challenge sponsored by Copic over at Two Peas In a Bucket during the month of November which I played along in. And on December 1st I found out that I was one of the lucky winners selected to receive a prize pack from them. Too fun! Well, it came yesterday and there was a set of six Sketch markers included that I already had soooo... I'm paying it forward over on my YouTube channel. That's right, if you would like a chance at winning this set of secondary colors then just head on over, become a subscriber, and leave a comment on this post... easy peasy! I'm leaving it open through the 20th and I'll have a video drawing the winner on December 21st. :)

Speaking of YouTube, last week I did a video coloring dark red hair on this Kraftin Kimmie Eva stamp and got a request to show how I colored the rest of her. Yesterday turned out to be the perfect day to finish her up so that I could get Eva onto a card for today's post. I paired her up with the new Winter Park papers from Echo Park and pulled all of my Copic colors from it, which you can see here. I had originally planned to see a lot more of that cute house paper in the design but when I came across that large "what I ♥ about winter" cut out I just couldn't resist building the card around it. I seriously love it with Eva because I can totally see her ditching that shovel and going back inside to a warm fire, hot cocoa and maybe even a winter hottie. ;)
I don't know if you can see it very well but I used a 'new to me' product on this card... those flecks of white in the background (I was going for the look of falling snow) where spritzed on using an October Afternoon Paper Doily Sprinkler. I have Erin (scrappyhour09 on YouTube) to thank for enabling me to give these a try. She has been using the Studio Calico version of these spritzers and I've really loved the look so when I had the opportunity to grab some OA ones during a Black Friday sale I couldn't pass it up. If I'm not careful I can see a new obsession forming... LOL! Thanks Erin!

Okey dokey, well thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you come back tomorrow when I'll start sharing previews of the new SOG Valentine release! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Winter Park)
stamp- Kraftin Kimmie (Eva)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
Liquid Applique
Studio 112 rub on stitches
October Afternoon Paper Doily Sprinklers
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, W1, W3
hair- YR04, YR18, E09, E18
eyes- BG96, BG99
clothes/shovel- B93, B95, B97, E55, E35, E57, E47, E49, R05, E07, E19, BG72, BG75, BG78, YG95, YG97, YG99, W1, W3, C0, C2, C4

Deck the halls

Good morning!

There is a new challenge over at Some Odd Girl today and this time we want to see you create an easel card. Go to town with this and have fun, do what ever you like just so long as it is standing at attention on an easel card base. :)

Now, you know that I don't make a lot of fancy folding cards, but the easel format isn't so bad (even if I did waste an entire 12x12 sheet of cardstock by scoring the folds wrong... twice, LOL). I chose Tree Trimming Kaylee because I thought she would look really nice with the traditional red and green Christmas color combo that I wanted to use and then I just started piling on the goodies. I also used this Kaylee for a Strawberry Blond hair coloring video a week or so ago which you can find here and here or on the Color Me Copic blog. :)

Ok, now it's you're turn to play along and you've got until December 13th to enter an easel card for a chance at winning a fab prize and while you don't have to use a SOG image to qualify, you do get an extra name in the hat come drawing time if you do.

Good luck!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (Falala and Mistletoe), Reminisce (santa face)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Tree Trimming Kaylee and sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox Chestnut Roan
American Crafts twine
Making Memories poinsettia and die-cuts
Kaiser Craft pearls
Papertrey Ink Itty Bitty Birds die
felt
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- YR30, YR31, YR23, YR24, Y38, Y11
eyes- BG96, BG99
clothing/everything else- R37, E08, E19, YG67, G99, YG99, YG21, YG03, YG95, Y04, E81, 0, T5, T7, T9, Y13, Y26, Y28

Getting ready for winter

Olo!

Any big plans for this weekend? Nothing much exciting on my agenda I'm afraid. But that's ok, maybe something fun will come up when I least expect it. :)

So my card today is actually a result of a video request that I got a while ago that involved coloring up Wild Sprout DeeDee from TGF. And since I've always thought that her little boots would work great with a winter transformation this was the perfect time to color her up. The videos can be found here and here or over on the Color Me Copic blog if you're interested on seeing how she came together. I did a bit of easy altering by adding Wild Sprout Camille's coat over top DeeDee's original body. Boy, I've paired that coat up with several other Sprouts over the years... it's just so perfect for making a non-Christmas image work on a Christmas/winter card. And I put a bunch more of my Christmas scraps to use on this one. Which is fantastic considering I kinda couldn't resist a couple deals that I found for new Christmas papers online this Black Friday. ;)

Anywho, I suppose I should go get ready for the day. Have a wonderful weekend my friends!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (snowflake, stripe and snowman), We R Memory Keepers (green houndstooth)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (WS DeeDee, WS Camille)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Making Memories die cut snowflakes
Cosmo Cricket tiny type sentiment
buttons
Kaiser Crafts pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E21, E23, E25, E27, E07
hair- T5, T7, T9, 100
clothes- R24, R27, R29, E18, R30, R32, R35, G00, BG32, BG18, YG21, YG23, YG95

Merry & Bright

Hello friends!

I finally watched the Pirates 4 movie last night and I gotta say that it was worth the wait... loved everything about it! The only bad thing is that now I'm really hoping there will be a 5th one because it seems like a lot of loose ends where still left hanging. There's just something about Captain Jack Sparrow that I find oddly appealing... must be the whole 'bad boy' thing. ;)

Anywho, I finally got around to making a card with the adorable Lili of the Valley Shine a Light stamp that I colored up for my Candle Glow video last month. I recently went through my scrap bags (which I normally sort by color) and pulled all of the Christmas paper scraps that I came across and put them in their own pile. This way I hope to use more of them up a lot faster than I have been. That's not to say I can't use new goodies as well, 'cause I sure haven't been able to resist picking up some of this year's fab paper releases, but I'm going to try and mix the old with the new. Which is exactly what I've done here... most of the papers are from an older Making Memories line but I added in the sheet with the sentiment printed on it from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 6x6 pad. I think it all works together and it was nice to see the paper pile get that much smaller. :)

Alrighty, time for me to make a cup of cocoa and go about enjoying this day off. No big plans, but I do need to try and get a few things done before this upcoming week of birthday revelry and Thanksgiving get-togethers.

Later gators! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (Falala), My Mind's Eye (Lost & Found Christmas)
stamp- Lili of the Valley (Shine a Light)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
American Crafts twine
Kaiser Craft pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20 (Y02 candlelight)
hair- E35
clothes- R24, R27, R29, E18, E40, E41, 0, YG25, YG17, G29, YG03, G07, E35, E57, E59
candle/snow/sky- Y13, Y21, Y26, Y28, BG000, G0000, Y00, BV23, 0

Fabulous birthday

Olo!

Last night I left straight from work and drove the 40 minutes to 'the big city' with some pals to take advantage of a moonlight madness sale at the crafty store there. It was crazy and fun and I got some cool goodies but man, does it feel like I've been going, going, going without a break these past few days! Today I get to stay home but there is plenty to try and get done here too so I doubt it will be very relaxing. Then the whole cycle starts all over again... oy! But I'm not really complaining, I tend to do my best work under pressure. ;)

So quickly, quickly, I finally got the altered Punk Kaylee onto a card here recently for a special internet friend's birthday... happy birthday Terry! I had started this little gal back in August for a paper piecing video and she has been waiting patiently on my desk along with all the papers that I had pulled to go with her until a couple weeks ago. Then she caught my eye when I was wanting to make a b-day card and I thought, "Why not?". She looks like a fun party girl to me... what do you think?

Ok, I've seriously got to get a move on. I hope the rest of you get some time to rest and relax today!
Later! :)
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (Lauderdale)
digi stamp- Some Odd Girl (Punk Kaylee)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Sweet Thinkin' Mae, present), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Kaiser Craft gems
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, R85, YG21, YG93
hair- E50, E51, E53, Y11, RV14, RV17, RV19
everything else- B37, B39, BV29, C5, C7, C9
present- RV04, RV17, RV19, YG21, YG23, YG25

Trick or treat, smell my feet...

Mornin' folks!

I'm running a bit behind this morning as I get ready to head off to work so this will be a quickie. :)

So I'm still making headway on getting the images from past videos off my desk and onto cards. I'm determined that I'll have all the Halloween ones done before Halloween actually comes and goes, LOL! Today I've got the Spooktacular Mummy from TGF all colored up along with the entire scene that I created when I did the masking video a while back. This one is really all about the coloring so not a lot of paper or embellishments fussing it up. The sky is colored with Copic marker BV23 and then to smooth out the streaks I just put some colorless blender on a scrap of terry cloth and dabbed it all over giving it a nice mottled appearance that looked much more sky like. If you try this technique just be sure to do that step first so that you don't accidentally dab colorless blender all over the parts of the scene that you want to stay smooth, like the houses and that cute mummy here.
I also drew a small candy pail for the little trick or treater to really finish off the entire scene.

Okey dokey, time for me to scoot... thanks for stopping by... Oh! And Carisa has a new hair coloring video up at Color Me Copic today so be sure to check that out too! :)

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- Simple Stories (green polka dot)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Spooktacular mummy), October Afternoon (Weathervane and Home Sweet Home sets), Studio G (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Martha Stewart black
Doodlebug twine
Copic black multiliner 0.1
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11
clothes- E81, W0
scene- G94, G99, N1, N3, N5, E42, E43, E44, E47, BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08, YR21, YR12, YR18, YR04, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67, Y15, C5, C7, C9
sky- BV20, BV23, 0