Surprise design...

Well, I am working on this little girl and will be finishing the card soon! What will it be?  Stay tuned..

Image is Gorjuss stamp freebie from scrapdelizblogspot.com. I wanted to try my Warm Grey copics.  I need to get some of the darker ones but liked the way she turned out!  I thought, why in the world do I need Warm Greys?  If I want to color something gray, I just get the Neutral Greys.  But then I realized that the Warm Grays are for colors of hair that are more like an Ash Brown.  So there, that answers my question of why do I need Warm Greys!!

I used the wonderful Dienamic Ovals to cut out the oval shape!  And of course, Copic markers R24, R22, and R20.  I get them at Hobby Lobby or Michael's.

The finished card will be coming up soon!! 

Fall, Fall, Fall!

This is one of my favorite seasons of the year and I couldn't wait to make a card!

Here it is:

Its Fall and I am Thankful!

 Image: My Favorite Things: Make A Splash

Pumpkins: Studio Stamps

Die Cut: Dienamics from My Favortie Things

Copics:
Skin:  E11, E00, E000
Hair:  E15, E13, E11

Dress:  V09, V06, V04, V01, V000

Pumpkins: YR07, YR04, YR02
Sandals: W01, W03

 Background: Sponged Sea Breeze Chalk Ink VersaMagic

I loved coloring this image and was not sure if the pumpkins would look good with it! But I think they do and loved the way they came out.  I masked the image so that I could stamp the pumpkins over it and give it a behind look like it shows on the card.  Cardstock, ribbon, stamp, tag die cut and button and designer paper is from Michael's and JoAnnes.

Stampin' Up Idea Card

I loved making this card! Can you tell? :) Its very cheerful and I got all the ideas from a company I am getting very fond of: Stampin' Up! None of the supplies used from them but I would to get some in the near future! I love the ideas of stamping the flowers the way you see them shown on this card.

How I did it?:

I used clear stamps of flowers, leaves and butterfly and stamped them randomly on the card.  Then I stamped another flower and a butterfly and placed them over the already stamped image I had done originally to give it a 3-D effect.  I used dimensionals to raise them up and glued them to the cardstock. Absolutely love it!! I don't have the puncher to cut them out, so I had to that manually.  That's what I may be buying next!  

The picture below is sideways to show the 3-D effect of the flower and top and middle butterfly!  I really love it!!

Supplies are again from Michael's, JoAnne's and the Oval is from My Favorite Things Dienamics.

Practice Makes Perfect!

Well, I am not there yet, but I have been practicing coloring on different hair styles.  I am very happy with this one!  I've been practicing the flickering or feathering techniques on hair and I think I am getting it.  I will post more hair styles as I practice.

I cropped this image that was so nicely provided as a freebie by Ann Stillwell from Cuddlebug Cuties.  I love her images and are so good for coloring!

I hand wrote on the image the Copic colors I used.  I should have written them nicer, sorry, but I was excited about how well the blending and technique came out. 

I hope you enjoy it!

And yet... another September birthday!! 

Happy Birthday, brother in law!!  This card is coming to you soon...

Masculine cards are hard to make I guess.  I can't use a ribbon and a button may not seem right.  I guess it depends on the theme.  I again used the sponging technique using Chalk Ink from Versa Magic: Niagara Mist.  The image is a Freebie Vintage car courtesy of: 4blogspot.com.

I used Spellbinders die cutting rectangles and also rounds and scallops.  Black ribbon and clear color beads.

I hope you like it!

Baby Boy on his way!!

I made this card for my cousin's wife!  She is having a baby shower soon and what better than a handmade card! I had fun make it.  I had bought these cute little baby shower stamps and wasn't quite sure how to use them.  But, thanks for Google!!  I search for ideas and this is what I came up with.

Copics Used:

Lamb: C1, E50, R22, R20, R11

Start: Y15

That's it!! Not much to color here!! Oh, I added a soft cloudy blue touch around the edges of the circle.  I sponged a little bit of chalk ink from Versa Magic, Sea Breeze color.  I love using this technique on cards. Other supplies are from craft stores and using Spellbinder dies to cut the round and tag shapes.  I hope you like it!

Kid's Birthdays

Two little ones that turned a couple of fingers old will be getting these cute cards!  They are pretty simple but I think very cute and colorful!  I love color!

Copics Used: 

 Monkie face and body: E13, E11, E00, E50

Hat: B24, B24, B12

Gift: BG13, BG15, BG18

Cupcake: R22, R20, YG03, YG06, YR04, YR02, Y15

Image: Freebie courtesy of dustinpike.blogspot.com

Copics Used:

Turtle body: E15, E13, E11
Shell: G17, G15, G12
Grass: YG17, YG13, YG11
Gift: YR07, YR04, YR02, V09, V06, V04

Image: Freebie courtesy of Whimsy Doodles

September Birthdays!

Family birthday cards and all in September!

This lovely girl is courtesy of Ann Stillwell from cuddlebugcutties.com.  She has such wonderful images that she loves to share and I am forever thankful to her!!  I struggle with the layout of the cards because I am very simplistic and don't want to put too many embellishments on it.  So I hope you like it!  I didn't write down exactly what colors I used, so I will try to remember as best I can.

Copics Used:

Skin: E13, E11, E00, E50, R20, R22, R14

Hair: E18, E15, E11, E00, E29

Boots: YR24, E11, E13

Jacket: C1, C3 and C5

Shirt: RV17, RV13, RV11

Jeans: B16, B14, B12

Cardstock Used:

Neenah 65lb Bright White

(Wish list to get heavier cardstock)

I think that's it.  I had a lot of fun coloring the cuddlebug cutie!! 

Materials all from:

Hobby Lobby

Michael's Crafts Store

JoAnne's

Target