Happy Father's Day

Just wanted to share a few cards I did for my guys for Father's Day. The first is for my eldest son and I had to get this one in the mail so went for something simple. Hope it got there on time, but if not, it's not likely he'll check my blog and see it here first. If he does, Happy Father's Day Matt! My idea was inspired by Stacy's card here, but I changed mine slightly. I used a different cup and "steam" than she did, and I made my sentiment on the front a bookmark. I used the cup from Flourishes "Coffee with Friends" and free-handed the rim around it and colored them with Copics. The steam is a partial image from Impression Obsession's "Smell the Coffee" set. The top sentiment on the bookmark is from "Smell the Coffee" and then "A Man's View" from Flourishes.
My next two are adorable Whimsie Doodles images that I had to customize since my one son has boys and girls. The DP for the whales is from SU and the background DP is from my DCWV "Old World" stack (I'm loving these papers.) I was so intrigued with Ellen Hutson's glitter classes that I employed this technique on these two cards. I used my score-tape that I got from 7 Kids CF, lined it up along the edge of my DP and punched out the scallop edge with my SU edge punch. I adhered the CS to the main card and then peeled off the top strip and sprinkled my SU Ultra-Fine glitter over the Score-Tape. The second thin line was the tiny strip that was left when I punched the scallop so I glued it on and repeated the technique. You should be able to click on each picture for a closer view. I haven't delivered my husband's card yet as he is not here to receive it at the moment, so I'll wait on sharing that one. I hope all you dad's out there have a great Father's Day. Thanks for stopping by.

Copic Creations Challenge #30

It's time for another Copic Creations Challenge, and this one is to color on a non-white cardstock or paper. Our sponsor for this challenge is Stampavie, and I decided to use this adorable Sarah Kay image by Stampavie called Fanny's Cuddle. I colored on Stampin' Up's Bashful Blue card stock, and I was quite pleased that the colors showed up so well. I used the following Copics to color this image:
Hair- Y21,YR24
Skin-R11, R20
Blouse-R22,24,27
Dress-B32,34,37
Shoes-E42,43,57
Puppy-E31,35,37
My brown DP is from Basic Grey's Lily Kate, and the blue dot paper and green paper are from SU's Simply Scrappin' Happy B-Day. My flower is from Magnolia. I hope you join us for this challenge - you don't need to use a Stampavie image to participate - and I hope you'll check out all the great cards done by the rest of our talented design team. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

Anniversary Wishes for 60 Happy Years

I have a card to share with you. Shocking, I know. I've been MIA for a bit because I've had a bit more time with my daughter and grandson visiting inlaws and decided to address a quilt that I started 8 years ago, make a pillow, and scrapbook (actual - not digital) my Alaska pictures. So the fact that I also got two cards made is pretty impressive. The card I made is for my sister's 60th anniversary. Isn't that the coolest!! Now that's impressive. My brother-inlaw is the sweetest man and I was actually a baby when they got married, so they got lots of parenting practice with me before they started their own family. They have 5 wonderful children, 14 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. My sister has always been an inspiration to me. She's a fabulous homemaker, cook, seamstress, mother, grandmother, and still hosts most of the family gatherings. My brother-in-law keeps us in stitches with his warm and witty sense of humor. I'm so proud of them and couldn't help but brag on them a bit before talking about the card. I was inspired by Susan Robert's inchie card from last Saturday and decided I must give one a try. I chose some images that I thought represented their marriage, stamped them and mounted them on black cardstock. The panel I mounted those on I stamped with Flourishes "Damask". I used my "Textile" Cuttlebug EF for the top and bottom of the white cardstock. The sentiment was my own and computer generated with "Santa's Sleigh" font. All of it is mounted on a sheet of SU's fancy paper from their "Taste of Textile" set. I added half-pearls in the corners and mailed off their card. I did another anniversary card today with a very vintage feel that I'll be sharing soon. As promised, I am including a few more Alaska pics. I'm working feverishly on my album while details are still fresh in my mind. The one of the sunset was taken at almost 10:00 p.m. That took some getting used to. The one below that is of my daughter and son-in-law and grandson who I'm missing very much. Glad they'll be back this week-end. The one on the right was taken on a tour out of Skagway. The views on that tour were breathtaking for sure. Thanks for stopping by. I apologize for the lack of posts but I am pleased with all that I'm able to accomplish.

A "Mo" Birthday Card and Alaska Pics

I want to share one of the cards I scrambled to make before leaving on our cruise. This one is for my grandson who turned 14 while we were away on the cruise. I realize this image is a little boy, but I'm sure Zach is going to want to drive as soon as mom and dad will allow it, which won't be for a few years but will come soon enough. This is an image from Mo's Digital Pencil called "Zoom" and I really had fun coloring it. I used Cosmo Cricket's "Boyfriend" paper and chipboard key to match and my sentiment is computer-generated.
I also wanted to include a few pictures from our trip.
This first one was taken in the town of Ketchikan and we were privileged to see several bald eagles. The next picture is a scene in the town of Ketchikan, and the last one is the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. I realize these pictures don't do justice to the incredibly beautiful scenery that we saw on our whole trip. I'll try to put a few up with each post for awhile. The view of the mountains in Skagway was breathtaking. I still have that feeling of the ship's gentle rocking - so relaxing! Thanks for stopping by and I hope your June is off to a great start.

Copic Creations Challenge #29

Hello and happy June 1! I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day. We just got back yesterday from our fabulous trip to Alaska on a cruise. What gorgeous country!!! I'll post some pics soon - this was our second trip there and I'm ready to go again....well, maybe I'll wait just a bit.
Our challenge this time is "coloring animals" and we have some awesome cards done by our DT from our sponsor, Hambo Stamps. Be sure to check out the challenge blog here for the details and to see what wonderful creations the DT came up with. I got to color this adorable gorilla which I entitled "Gorilla Gossip". I had to use my Basic Grey "Origins" paper with it and my sentiment is from Flourishes' "Gigi and Chloe" set. The palm tree is a brad that I twisted the prongs off of and I made a flower with my Nellie Snellen punches. I hope you like it and get to join in on this fun challenge. I'll be by soon to catch up on what you all have been up to. I hope your month of June is lovely in every way.

What's Cookin?

I saw this adorable new Willow image from Whiff of Joy at All That Scraps here and I really had to have it. You know how that goes, right? It's called Willow and Chicken Soup. It's part of a "get well" series of images that are really cute. However, I think it could work for a multitude of occasions, so I grabbed it up as it made its debut. I made it for my SIL's birthday. She loves to cook and it made me think of her. I colored it quite closely to the way it was colored on the ATS site, adding a few touches of my own. I found this great DP in my Basic Grey Nook and Pantry set. Just thought I would share it with you. I'm scrambling to make birthday/graduation cards for my sweet grandkids before leaving on our trip to Alaska. I had to bow out of the recent Busy Beauty blog hop because I am just running out of time. Perhaps I'll have time to schedule one more post so you won't forget me while I'm gone. When I get back it will be time for another Copic Creations challenge so stay tuned. Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful last week of May.

Copic Creations Challenge #28

My goodness it's hard to believe that we are on our 28th Copic Creations Challenge. That's exciting, and we've got a great challenge for you this time. The challenge is to color with a monochromatic color-scheme. Katie from PMS Stamps did a wonderful tutorial on how to do this and I have to say I've had fun using this technique. For one thing, it takes the work out of deciding what colors to color with. PMS Stamps is also our sponsor for this challenge and the images the DT used are all from PMS Stamps. I decided to keep my whole card fairly monochromatic, except for a touch of pink to represent the rose. I used my Taste of Textile DP's from Stampin' Up and I loved using them for this project. My sentiment is computer-generated and mounted atop pink satin ribbon with a Prima Rose at the top. I hope you'll check out the tutorials offered with this challenge and give it a try. I think you'll enjoy it. Be sure to check out the wonderful cards the rest of the DT did and have a wonderful week-end.

Color Challenge

Goodmorning and happy Saturday! Busy Beauties is currently hosting a color challenge. I made this card for my SIL's sister who is graduating from nursing school. This seemed to be the perfect image. The challenge was to use red and blue somewhere, so I decided to color my image with a monochromatic color-scheme and let the red and blue pop out. I also decided to link this to the Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge, so this uses their sketch because Busy Beauties is sponsoring this challenge. I used my Tiny Bubbles and Hearts EF's and the grad hat and sentiment are from Flourishes new set "Hats Off." I hope you have a chance to play along with our BB color challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

Tilda's Gift

Happy Friday. I have a quick post of my Tilda for the Magnolia-licious Highlites May challenge. It is a sketch challenge, and I do love those. It definitely speeds along the process for me. My DP's are from Basic Grey's "Euphoria" pack and my image is Christmas Eve Tilda. I joined the Magnolia Yahoo Group and there is a lot going on there, so if you're a fan of Magnolias, that's the place to be. I hope you have a wonderful day. I'm hopefully off to do some gardening.

Copic Creations Challenge #27

Good Saturday morning to you and Happy May 1st. It's time for another Copic Creations Challenge, and this one is a bit of a stretch. Stretching is good though, so I hope you'll give this one a try. The theme is Coloring on Other Surfaces, and it is sponsored by Marianne Walker from Copics. Be sure to check out the CCC blog for details on the prize for the challenge. I decided to see how it would work to color on a clay flower pot. I base-coated the pot with Gesso and then gave it two coats of a light-color acrylic paint. I had planned to do some Magnolia images, but the pot I painted was a tad too short for my sweet Tildas. I chose, instead, some flowers from Flourishes "Calendar 1" set. I stamped my images in Memento ink and then proceeded to color with my Copics. It actually worked quite nicely. I added a bee and a snail from a stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers called "Blackberries, Sunflowers and Bees." I used my Copic Multi-liner 0.3, to make the dash marks suggesting the bee's flight around the rim. I also adhered some flowers by one of the snails. Below are some other views going around the flower pot.









The trickiest part of all of this was stamping the image because of the curved surface. It is doable with patience and care, but I am going to try to find square clay pots and then it would be no problem. I used to paint on clay pots, but the Copics are much easier for me and don't require several coats. After I finished coloring my images, I sponged a light color of acrylic paint over the plain areas of the pot. I hope you'll get inspired from one of the tutorials and stretch your Copic abilities beyond paper. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the projects that the rest of the DT did for this challenge.

Tea, Cookies and a Sketch

The Busy Beauties DT were invited to sponsor this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The sketch was a great one to do and I used one of the new Busy Beauties releases called "Tea and Cookies." I'm loving my Basic Grey Kioshi papers and used them again for this card. I colored my image with Copics and I colored my flowers with Copics also. The sentiments on the circle are from PTI's "Tea for Two" and the sentiment at the bottom is from Flourishes "Christmas Tea." I hope you can join in on the challenge - I think you'll love the sketch. Thanks for your visit and your comments. They always encourage me.

Summer's Comin'

This week's Just Magnolia challenge is "Anything Goes." I have so many Magnolia images I can't wait to stamp and color and this is one I've been wanting to do. This card uses 2 images: Tilda in Swimsuit sitting on Bathing Ring. I stamped Tilda first and then masked her to do the bathing ring. The image is colored with Copics. I incorporated colors from my Basic Grey Kioshi set, which I'm loving using. My sentiments are from Gina K's Lazy Days of Summer. My eyelet strip is punched with a MS punch. The flower center is a stitched brad that coordinates with Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses paper. Hope your weather is growing warmer and you can taste those lazy days of summer comin' just around the corner. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Seeing Spots, er....."Dots"

Happy Sunday to you! Today our Copic Creations DT members were invited to be Guest Designers for Crissy's second Sunday's with Crissy Challenge. This adorable image is one of Crissy's and the theme for the challenge is "dots." Do you think I captured the theme? I used several shades of my tiny polka-dot paper from PTI, and the 3 smaller stars were stamped with SU inks and a star stamp from SU's "In the Stars." I colored my sweet, happy couple with Copics and gave his kerchief some dots as well. My DH even weighed in with a suggestion to give them freckles which I jumped right on. I just loved this image when I saw it, and I didn't even take into account that her dress has "dots" all over it. I hope you can join this fun challenge. Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful week.

Welcoming Spring with a Twist & Shout

Welcome!
We’ve got a “SPRING” in our step today and NEW Busy

Beauties Boutique images in our hands and we are delighted to have you along for the hop! If you are just starting out, please be sure to hop back to Carolyn’s blog so you don’t miss any of the fun! If you are arriving here from Barb's blog then you are right on track.

I loved all the new images but I decided to go with this one called "Eat Cake." Since I am a rather conservative-type person when it comes to going Green on my cards, I realized that I would most likely use buttons and ribbons recycled from somewhere/something. While there are many, many things you could employ to "Go Green" on a card, I chose to stick with the traditional items one might add without a great deal of trouble. That's what I did with this image. I sewed on buttons, and attached my sunny yellow ribbon. My solid CSs are So Saffron and Tangerine Tango from SU! My tiny dot DP is from PTI and my striped DP is from Cosmo Cricket. My Swiss-Dot embossed Tangerine Tango is sponged with Tim Holtz' "Rusty Hinge" Distress Ink. My sentiment is from SU's "Sweet Little Sentiments." I colored my whole image with my Copic markers.

We hope you’ll join us for a TWIST & a SHOUT! The “TWIST” being our new GO GREEN WITH A TWIST Challenge (in honor of Earth Day) at the Busy Beauties Creation Station! And the “SHOUT” being a RELEASE PARTY over on Paper Craft Planet this SATURDAY AT 8 P.M. EDT. We'll bring the Party Favors! *wink, wink*

Your next stop is Kadie! Thanks for bopping & hopping with us, and we hope to see you for the TWIST and SHOUT!

Meet the Tweedles

Here is another one of those adorable images from the Busy Beauties "Alice Series". This one is "The Tweedles Dee and Dom." I used both sides of Cosmo Cricket's "Girl Friday" for the DP, and Tangerine Tango for my main CS. Be sure to check out the talents of our April Guest Designer Susan. Her link and details can be found at the Busy Beauties Creation Station challenge blog here. I hope you've had a chance to check out these great Alice images, and we have some new images we'll be sharing with you on Thursday. Thanks for stopping by.