Jolly Old St Nicholas

Hope everyone enjoyed a very Happy Thanksgiving and stayed away from all the shopping madness the day after ;) 

Here's a stamped, Old Fashioned Santa... Fussy Cut & Copic Colored :)

Hugs,

"My thoughts are with you always"

On April 7th my Dear Granny Phyl passed away, just 3 days after her 83rd birthday.  She was a kind loving soul and will miss her dearly. Her beautiful laughter will live on in my heart forever.

♥♥♥

This is the card I created for her daughter, my Aunt Patty.

I've hand-cut the card base, clouds and mountains. I u

sed Copics to color in the "Green Grass" image by Stamps Happen, Inc. and then fussy cut the image, leaving out the original sentiment and adding "My thoughts are with you always" in the clouds. I've also added a pretty little ribbon, lots of stitching and layers, as well. 

Thanks for visiting... Wishing you all a wonderful week.

Hugs,

NASCAR Experience B-Day Card...

Addicted to NASCAR or perhaps there's a wonderful man in your life who is?
Well we are and for my DH's 50th, I bought him a NASCAR experience at Auto Club Speedway, where he'll learn to drive a real NASCAR all on his own.  Naturally I needed a super fun Birthday card to go with his gift.  I instantly remembered this cute little monster digi, I colored in a Copic class given by Michelle Houghton and thought he'd be an excellent place to begin. I added the checkered flags, to make the little cutie race ready ;) 

Here's my DH's 50th Birthday card...  I hope you like it!

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,

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,

Let it Snow!

Hi! 

It would be awesome if there were more time for creating and blogging but,  responsibilities just keep getting in the way, ha-ha!  Is that a problem for anyone else or is it just me?  

Anyway, here's a fun little 5x5 card I started last week and finely got a chance to finish it up this weekend.  Here are some pics.... details below.

Tons of fussy cutting (click images to see them larger).

Coordinating envelope, too.

Bazzill Card stock: Card base & Scallop Squares

Nestabilities:  Scallop Squares

Hug Snug Seam Binding:  Ribbons & bow

Diamond Rubber Stamps:  Ski couple

Machine stitching 

Let is Snow & background paper... Sorry, but I'm not sure.

Memory Makers:  Silver tag around the "Let it Snow!"
Copic's, Stickles,Glaze

  

I hope you had a really nice weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Jingle Cat Christmas Card

Here's a fun, non-traditional Christmas card... I was inspired by the cards Jingle background paper.  This adorable image is by Magenta, I filled it in with Copics and Stickles.  Added a bunch of stitching.   Made a coordinating box, so  the beautiful bow wouldn't get smushed ;)

Hope everyone had a nice weekend; eating, shopping, crafting, relaxing, etc.

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,

DH's Birthday Card.

Here's the card I created for my husband B-day this year.  I'd been dying to use this adorable Steampunk Owl (I colored him, with Copic's) for a while now and here's what I finely came up with. 

My DH loved it!

Hugs,

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,

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,

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,

Caution Tag....

Ha Ha... Another late (2-sided) Halloween Tag ;)

Front of Caution Halloween Tag

Back of  Caution Halloween Tag

Wicked Wishes Tag....

I know.... I'm late, but here's a 2 sided tag I made for Halloween :):):)

Front of Wicked Wishes Tag

Back of Wicked Wishes Tag