Fall Birthday....

This card was inspired by the Sketch Challenge over on SCS yesterday which can be found here. I also decided for this sketch I would try and stick with SU stamps and supplies. I failed of course. I had to break out my Copics and play.




Here is a picture of the copics and also the watercolor crayons I used for this card.



And of course I could not leave you without a close up of my main image...



This card has been brewing up since yesterday and I finally was able to put it together this morning around 5AM... Well I know who it will be going off to too. I know She will love it. Well I'm off to run my morning chores... hope to be back latter cause this is only the start of today and I have so many more ideas running through my head this morning...

Supplies:
Stamps: Give Thanks, Birthday hugs and wishes
Ink: basic black
Cardstock: papertrey white, fall flowers designer papers, really rust
Accessories: Copic markers, large oval nestablities, watercolor crayon, white taffeta ribbon, copic airbrush system.

A Calender and a Card...

Today And yesterday I started this little project and little is not really what i would call it...



Shrink plastic and I had fun with this... I added different little charms to some of the months. Here are a few pictures of them and you can click on any picture to enlarge them... The designer papers come from The Angel Company Rustic Chic stack.


February
I took the heart from Stampin Up Year after year and had it shrunk to fit my page....










April Showers
Of Course April showers bring May flowers... Stamp sets shrunk for these two months are And Everything Nice and Summer by the Sea. These were such fun sets to color. And I love them shrunk down... may even have to shrink a few more for a piece of jewelry.




May Flowers









July Summer fun









Harvest time September

Had to play with my apples from Give Thanks...





November Thanksgiving pumpkin

Again Give Thanks gives a great pumpkin for the month of November.


December with Santa and a Tree
I had to shrink a Santa and a tree from Jolliest Time of the Year. Isn't Santa just the cutest.








Now this calender took me alittle while to complete but I just love the out come. Supplies for this project were 7 medium weight chipboard coasters, designer papers. Calender print outs, Shrink plastic, cuttlebug alpha set for my 2008 numbers on the cover, some ribbon, binder rings I found in the office supply section at walmart.

Oh and of course the card I promised...

I did this a few days ago... And mailed it out to a friend.

Supplies for this: Give Thanks, watercolor crayons, aquapainter, watercolor paper, creamy caramel cardstock, creepy crawly dp, really rust cardstock, Trees backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, twill ribbon tape.

Sorry I haven't post much this week but my life seems to be turning in so many ways lately. I hope everyone has a great afternoon and I hope I can be back soon with another fun project.

Workshop fun...

I had such great fun today at my workshop. The hostess had 8 guest and it was so much fun meeting all these ladies. My best friend Kelly was there and she was a great help for me. I was so nervous. These ladies Had fun making their own versions of these three Christmas projects.

My small project I think was the big hit. It is a chap stick card. Here is the outside of it...



And here is the inside of it...



Supplies: purely pomegranate cardstock, always artichoke cardstock, natural ivory cardstock, silver embossing powder, versamark inkpad, purely pomegrante inkpad, always artichoke inkpad, silver brad. Stamp sets: snow flurries, baroque motifs, holidays and wishes

The next cards were done showing off the use of crystal effects.

Supplies: I used petals & paisley designer paper on this card along with wild wasbi texture cardstock and so saffron cardstock. Stamp sets for this card were Aida cloth background and give thanks. Ink was so saffron inkpad and stazon jet black. Image was colored using aquapainters and Watercolor wonder crayons.



My last and final card was from my faux metal technique tutorial which can be found here.



I had a wonderful morning with these ladies and hope they enjoyed the morning too... well off to bed I go... have a great night everyone.

bout time I did some stampin...

I have not had much time to devote to stamping as of late with the kids starting school last week and then my sister's twins spending the weekend with us. I finally said the hay with it I am going to play with my new tool I got in the mail on Saturday. What tool could this be... why my own personal Air brushing system for my copic markers. I got it from Ellen Hutsons store here. Her blog is a great resources for this tool too. It can be found here.



Supplies for this card can be found here.



I am hopping to find more time to practice with this tool and become more familiar with it. I actually missed being able to stamp a few cards out maybe now that school is back in I will find some more time to play... have a great stamping day.

Simple Thanks set

Today I found my old camera card so I was able to get some pictures of my Thank you card set I designed. There are 8 cards in the pack all are the same. I decided to break out my Twinkling H2Os watercolor cakes. I have not use them in a while and I just love the shimmer they leave on a card. I used them to color my main image and to stamp the leaves on my scalloped square frame. This was a fun set to make.



I used one of the clear boxes that papertrey ink sells on their sight. You get 10 clear boxes for just $6 and you can use them for just about anything. I liked make this set and put a belly band across my box to make it match the set....




Supplies: Give Thanks Stamp set, borders and corners square set, papertrey ink stampers select white cardstock, garden green cardstock, pumpkin pie cardstock, watercolor paper, more mustard grosgrain ribbon, twinkling H2Os Spiced pumpkin, cedar wood, and olive vine, and a watercolor brush, paper crimper

This was a fun set to make and even the envelopes I made for this are matching. The card in the first picture is setting on the envelope. Well off to see what housework I can get done today... have a great afternoon.

Another Thank you...

I had a blast casing my own design for this card....



Supplies: wintermint designer series paper, wild wasabi textured cardstock, always artichoke textured cardstock, garden green cardstock, watercolor paper, crystal effects, watercolor crayons, black stazon pad, rose red clasic inkpad, versamark pad, silver embossing powder, give thanks stamp set, riveting stamp set, silver brad, whisper white taffeta ribbon, circle punches

I had fun with this one and plan on sending it off in the mail within the next few days to a special friend... hope everyone has a nice afternoon.

Oh boy!!

I have been stampin away today... SCS Dare to get Dirty challenges are fun an awesome.... Here are the submissions I have done today.


Supplies: Sleigh Bells Ring stamp set, red fun flock, whisper white cardstock, real red cardstock, real red ink, heat stick powder, and taffeta ribbon


Supplies: Wing it stamp set, warmest regards stamp set, blue bayou textured cardstock, wintermint designer paper, soft sky ribbon, embroidery thread, diamond stickles, purely pomegranate inkpad


Supplies: On Angels wing stamp set, blue bayou textured cardstock, wintermint designer paper, silver embossing powder, encore silver ink, basic black ink, silver brads


Supplies: Give Thanks stamp set, riveting stamp set, watercolor crayons, lavender lace inkpad, black stazon pad, always artichoke textured cardstock, lavender lace cardstock, elegant eggplant cardstock, taffeta ribbon, enchante designer paper, aquapainter

Well I have to start getting the kids ready Jonathan has a soccor game tonight. Have a great night.

Ok enough...

I was able to trim three of my six new sets. These were Give Thanks, Party Punch and Sleigh Bells Ring. I still have Haunting Halloween, Wing It, and Jolliest time of the Year to trim but they will have to wait for my scissor to find their way back here or a few days for my hands to stop hurting so I can use my craft knife again. After cutting the three I did mount I decided to try my hand with one of Dawn's tutorial cards again. It can be found here on her Blog. Mine did not quite turn out like hers. I did something to it to make it come out as a square card instead of a normal one.



Supplies: Give Thanks stamp set, Always Artichoke textured cardstock, basic black cardstock, whisper white cardstock, creepy crawly designer paper, watercolor crayons, aquapainter, brads, black gingham ribbon, slit punch


Even though it didn't turn out exactly like hers I like it. What do you think? Ok off to go play some more. Starting today on SCS there are challenges being posted by the Dirty Dozen to play on and boy am I lovin some of these. Have a great night.