Black Tie Sign Couple!

Hi, Happy Sunday!  I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  I've graduated from reorganizing my craft space/supplies, to reorganizing the entire house, garage and potting shed.  My husband's reluctantly on board, but I'm sure he wishes I still had my day job :):):) I've ordered a small dumpster so we could purge, all the years of unnecessary collecting.  We've already made 2 donation trips to our local goodwill and I'm sure there will be more!

OK, so here's a simple little card idea I had before falling asleep one night and since I actually remembered it in the morning, I decided to bring it to life! 

The couple, their black bow ties and heart are all covered in super fine glitter. Sure wish I would've captured that a bit better, it really makes it look adorable. Everything was cut via CCR, with my Cricut Expression. The entire couple is popped up for a 3D effect.

Hope you like it!

Inside



Hugs,

Summer Bliss...

Hey there! 

Here's a sweet little card I put together...

The cabin was cut using my Cricut Expression and the cartridge is "Summer Bliss Seasonal".

The clouds, sunshine, roof, chimney are doodled and colored by me. 

I added random stitching and pretty little red roses.

I also propped the door open & you can see wallpaper inside. I used a brass colored brad for the door knob. 

Front of card

Back of card

Hope everyone had a beautiful weekend!

Hugs,

Hope your Birthday is a Blast...

Hi! Happy Saturday!!!

This is a continuation of my original post "Awesome Free Copic Marker Tutorials"

Thanks again to... Debbie Hodge's "Get It Scrapped" & Michelle Houghton, for the fabulous tutorials & adorable doodles, to help learn to use Copic markers. 

How to use copic markers tutorial 5 | rocket printable + shading how-to

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Sealed with a Fish....

OK... So it's been ages since I've posted and that's because I have a ton going on here. 

When I have too much on my plate, I tend to lack creatively.  

Which helps explains my recent card-lifting, (I normally don't), but I felt compelled to recreate this wonderful little gem, by the lovely and oh so talented Michele Kovack over at Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scapbooker!  

Thank you for the inspiration Michele. xo 

Hugs,

Steampunk Owl ~ 2-Sided Tag...

Here's a fun large tag I put together yesterday. I used some old stash of real, rustic, vintage buttons, pins & misc metal doodads. If you look closely, the owl has a cute little makeshift eye-piece :) The owl was colored with Copics.  Paper & distress inks by Tim Holtz.  Hope you like it. 

Tag Front

Tag Back

Happy Monday!

Hugs,

Acustic Guitar Card... "Where Words Fail, Music Speaks."

Here's a cheerful little 5x5 card I made.  I love guitars, have two of my own and can never resist any music oriented stamps.  This cute little guitar image is by Inkadinkado, I filled it in with Copic's.  The inside is finished off with a 2005 Stampin' Up verse.  The shapes layered under the guitar were cut from Nestabilities dies. The fibers are a random, by the yard, clearance item from Joann's, they were my color inspiration.  Card-base is Bazzill card stock.

xo,

Wander Where There Is No Path....

Crawling into bed one night, this idea popped into my head, I was far too exhausted to make a note as I normally would and thought for sure I would forget, but I didn't, YEAH :):):)

Made using:

Cricut Expression Machine, Design Studio & Heritage Cartridge (Bike with basket)

Copic Ciao Makers (Bike & Basket)

Stickles (Bike)

Hand cut and weaved (Basket weaving)

The bike was actually a whole bike that I sized to fit just the way you see it on my card. While I was assembling the card, I thought the basket would look better if I actually weaved it and I'm so glad I did. I just love textures and dimension.

  

Hope you like it.  

Hugs,

A Great "BIG HUG"....

Here's some fun with Prima flowers.

Hope everyone's enjoying this beautiful day!

Hugs,

LOVE… Listen to your heart!

First, a special thank you to Beate over at Splitcoast Stampers for her wonderful accordion card tutorial. Beate always makes it so easy and fun to learn.  Thanks again Beate :):):)

LOVE… Listen to your heart. Accordion card and coordinating box.

 

The Details...
Card Size:  4 ½” x 4 ½” 

Cricut:  Art Philosophy Cartridge (Roses).  Elegant Edges Cartridge (Front Cover, Back Cover, Frames).  George Basic Shapes Cartridge (Ovals Tags).  Design Studio.

Card Base & Frame Bases:  Recycled Cardboard.

Patterned Papers:  Prima (Nursery Tales).

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist:  Frozen Lake (Front/Back Covers, Frames, Big Bee, Flowers, Ribbon) Marshmallow (Everything).

Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Frayed Burlap (All Edges), Black Soot (Wording, Bird, Crown, Filigree), Antique Linen (Quotes/Lines Background, Big Bees).

Hero Art Stamps:  Big Bee, Quotes/Lines Background.

Tim Holt Visual Artistry Collection Stampers Anonymous:  LOVE, Frame, Bird on Branch, Crown, Listen To Your Heart, Filigree, Handwriting.

Fiskars Harlequin Charm:  Circle Frame Filigree.

Hug Snug:  Seam Binding Ribbon (Crinkled with above mentioned Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist).

Lace:  Misc Scraps.

Copic Ciao Markers:  0, C-0, C-1, W-3, E21, E35, Y00, Y02 (Big Bees).

K&Company Adhesive Gems:  Big Bees, Flowers.

Score Pal:  Accordion Section of Card and The Box (Hand cut, Assembled and Decorated Using Materials Motioned Above). 

Hope you like it!

PS... Wish me luck,  I've entered this card in the following challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge #108 ~ “May Day!"

ALPHABET CHALLENGE BLOG ~ H for Handmade Flowers

Fabulous Friday Challenge ~ Weddings!

Simply Create Too ~ CHALLENGE #14 - WEDDING [OR LOVE]

We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.  ~Francis A. Walker

Hugs,

Mother... Thank you!

OK, here's one more Mothers Day card and since they all need mailing, I guess I'm done this year.  

I only managed to make 4, but had wanted to make them for so many special people in my life. Funny how life gets in the way. 

I hope everyone has a very special Mothers Day!!!

You can see my 4th card here:

Awesome Free Copic Marker Tutorials...

Hugs,

More Mothers Day Love...

My mom loves her little chickens, so here's what I came up with for her card... Hope she likes it!

I colored it with Copic markers and experimented with the blender pen :):):)

  

Hope everyone's week is going well.

Hugs,

Mothers Day Love....

Hi there!

Here's one of the many Mother's Day Cards, that I have in process.  I love to make them for everyone :):):)  As usual I'm a tad bit behind, but they should be finished just in the nick of time.

So there's lot's of stamping, inking, tea dying, and real stitching.  The cute little flower & it's petals where cut with my Cricut, using the Flower Shoppe Cartridge, which is a wonderful cartridge.  Hope you like it.  

Hugs,

Happy Birthday...

It all started with the little piece of scallop edged paper & some Tim Holtz distress inks.  Hope you like it :):):)

Happy Tuesday!

Hugs,

To Tame a Spirit....

Hi!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Here's a fun little card I created by stamping, distressing, adding a handmade flower, a Prima flower, rhinestones, fibers and photo clasps.

The inside sentiment reads:  

To tame a spirit is to lose its spark, ignite the world let yourself go wild.  

There's also a cute matching box.  

Have a beautiful day!

Hugs,

Awesome Free Copic Marker Tutorials...

After purchasing my copic markers, I decided I really wanted to get the most out of them, so some lessons were in order.  There's a plethora of free help all over the internet on using and caring for your Copic markers, but I wanted a more structured type course.  That's when I found Debbie Hodge's "Get It Scrapped" site, which features Michelle Houghton, a certified copics instructor. Michelle gives her advice, a series of fabulous tutorials & some of her very own doodles, to help you learn to use your copic markers. 

Michelle is a fabulous teacher and I've been learning a lot.  My goal is to create something with each of my finished pieces from each of her tutorials, until I've created and finished them all!  Then I look forward to taking some of Michelle's other classes offered at her site Creative Passions.  As always, life gets in the way of my fun, so it's been slow going, but here are some of my finished projects thus far (in random order), I will add more as I finish them :):):)  

My take on tutorial 8 | dragon printable + shading how-to (This turned out to be a cute Mothers Day card)

My take on... Tutorial 2 | how to blend with copic markers 

My take on... Tutorial 4 | flower printable + shading how-to

My take on... Tutorial 9 | monkey printable + shading how-to

Here's 1 of my soon to be 8 V-Day Cards.... Tutorial 13 | 8 Valentine’s Day cards (FYI... I ended up using this as a sympathy card... It seemed very fitting)

Here's a link to Michelle's copic tutorials at Get It Scrapped. TY Michelle :):):)

 Don't forget to checkout... Debbie Hodge's "Get It Scrapped"  &  Michelle Houghton's "Scrapweaver" these two ladies ROCK!!!!

Hugs,

Card Of Scraps...

Every now and then I challenge myself to create some cards with left over scraps of papers, ribbons, fibers, miscellaneous doodads and such.  So here are a few my "Cards Of Scraps"!  

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day.

Cheers,