So glad

Hey, hey, hey... it's Friday!
Any big plans for the weekend? I've got to work tomorrow and Sunday... again... but once I get home I plan to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather that we are having here. :)

So I've got a fun announcement to share with ya today. There is a new blog starting up in a couple of weeks... Color Me Copic! It is an informational blog started by a few of us fellow Copic lovers and it’s launching on May 28th. This isn’t a challenge site and we aren’t selling anything, we’re just Copic lovers like you who wanted to put some information out there because we've been asked a lot of questions and want to share what we know. There will be photo tutorials, video tutorials and you are encouraged to ask us questions and let us know what you are interested in seeing covered. So if there is anything I've colored here that you would like to see more about how that look was achieved just drop me a line here, by email or at CMC once it is up, and I will do my best to spread the Copic love. ;)

Ok, my card today features another Roll Call cutie, this time miss Nahla reluctantly let her shy self be caught in the spotlight. Now I pulled all my colors and papers for this card from the cool pieced tree that was part of a package of paper crafting goodies that my sweet blog friend Rinne sent me. She has such a fresh, eclectic style that simply inspires me and it has been a real treat to dabble in her style a bit... thanks again Rinne! :)
Don't forget that tomorrow is the official release day for the Roll Call set over at TGF... with ten full size Wild Sprouts I highly recommend grabbing this up if you can, you won't regret it!

Alrighty, time for me to make like a banana and split... see ya!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- Basic Grey (June Bug)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (WS Nahla), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
paper pieced tree accent (from Rinne)
Sandylion dimensional bird sticker
Kaiser Craft pearls
EK Success small flower punch
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53, E55
clothes- B66, B69, BV29, R05, R08, E07, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19, E40, E41, 0
flower- Y15, Y17, Y35, Y38, E44, E47, E49

Say what?

Good morning!



Things are running a bit behind this morning so I'll try to keep this short and sweet. :)

It shouldn't be too hard, though if you ask me this little Jade looks a tad more spicy than sweet, LOL! Yep, I've got another one of the fabulous Roll Call Sprouts to share today and miss Jade here had just enough attitude to elbow her way to the front of the line in order to be the first of the girls that I inked up. There is just something about her cute pigtails and big old boots that makes me think this girl may have a tough exterior but is a total softie on the inside. So I wanted to play up that juxtaposition with the rest of the elements on the card. I stamped the brick background but made sure it was in a pretty, girly shade of pink and I think the touches of black add a bit of drama to the whole design.



Ok, seriously... I've gotta get movin'! Hope you all have a fabulous day today, I think the weather man said we might be hitting 80 degrees! :)

Supply list:

cardstock- DCWV, Bazzill and PTI

paper- My Mind's Eye (black hearts)

stamp- The Greeting Farm (WS Jade)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox blackbird chalk ink

Making Memories sentiment tag

Prima flowers

Kaiser Craft gems

ribbon

staples

Sakura stardust glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- YR0000, E50, E51, R11, B00

hair- RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, RV19, RV69, 0

clothes-N5, N7, N9, RV00, RV02, RV34, YG21, YG23, YG25, C0, C1, RV19, RV06

it's a Roll Call blog hop!

Hello, hello!

So I know you have been seeing the sneaks for the brand spankin' new Roll Call set for a while and now we are finally getting close to the official release date... woot, woot! :)

ROLL CALL will be sold for $48 and includes TEN sprouts plus sentiments. The normal cost of this would be over $90- so it's a HUGE deal!
ROLL CALL is a large, limited edition set that comes on an 8 1/2 x11 sheet of untrimmed rubber, similar to your regular TGF stamp sets.
ROLL CALL will be available, along with NEW digis by artists Jessica Hymas and Marina Neira at the TGF Store on Saturday 5/15.

For today's preview, there is a BIG prize... since we're all posting, we just decided to turn this into a fun, happy lil' hop :)
ONE lucky winner will receive ROLL CALL just for hoppin' with our preview cards! Leave a comment on the CA&F blog after you've completed the hop for a chance to win. ONE random winner will be VERY happy tomorrow!

Here's the list of hoppers:
TGF Blog
Cindy Haffner
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Rachel Schneider-May Guest Designer
Traci Porter
Jessica Diedrich
Club Anya & Friends Blog

My card today uses cute little Dylan as he reminded me of one of my young cousins with his curly hair and basketball jersey. Plus I also thought he went really well with this Kid Quotes sentiment that totally cracks me up. Other than that it's pretty simple but it's hard to go embellishment crazy on a guy card if you ask me. :)

Thanks for joining us in the hop and be sure to check out Kelly's blog next!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- Kaiser Craft, unknown basketball texture
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Roll Call Dylan), Inkadinkado (kid quote)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
brads
ribbon
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R20
hair- E35, E57, E59, E49
clothes- B0000, B000, B00, B12, E40, E41, 0, T0, T1, T3, E97, YR14, E99, T5, T7, T9

Strut your stuff

Happy Glee day friends! :)

Have you ever bought some pattern paper that is totally outside your normal style but something about it just speaks to you? Not necessarily in a way that tells you how the heck you will ever use it, it simply whispers, "I'm pretty, so very pretty... take me home with you."
Well, that has been the case with these papers. I bought them a couple years ago without any idea of what kind of project they would ever work for, so they have sat and waited patiently until I came across this week's Cupcake Challenge. As soon as I saw the bright colors and paisley/floral decorations on those cupcakes I was finally inspired to cut into this crazy/cool paper.
Now the task was to find a stamp that could hold it's own amidst that busy pattern... hmmmmm... ahhhh, I had just the gal and she hadn't even been inked up yet so it was a win/win! ;)
I loves me some Moulin Rouge! so when Kraftin Kimmie released the Moonlight Whispers dancing girls range I had to make them mine and miss Babette, with her fabulous flouncy bustle had just the right attitude for that paper. I didn't add too much else to the card because I didn't want to compete with everything that was already going on and I think it works!

Alrighty, time for me to go get ready for work. See ya tomorrow when we'll start previewing the new Roll Call Sprout set at CA&Friends! Supply list:
cardstock- Cardstock Warehouse and PTI
paper/decorative chipboard- Autumn Leaves (Heather Bailey)
stamps- Kraftin Kimmie (MW Babette and sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Staz On black, Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
ribbon
brad
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic Spica clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R20, W3, W5, R25, R29
hair- Y21, Y23, YR21, YR24, 0
clothes- W1, W3, W5, YG21, YG23, YG03, RV23, RV25, RV29, 0, Y11, Y13, Y15

Winner, winner chicken dinner

Hidey ho!

So I bet you all want to know who the winner of the Darby & Penelope candy is, huh? ;)
Ok, ok... without further ado, the lucky lady selected by Random Generator is......

#43 Kimberly S

Congratulations Kimberly! Please email me at pete_danger@hotmail.com with your mailing addy and I will get your candy right off to you. :)

Thanks so much to everyone who played along and you just know there will be more chances to win next month so be sure to check back then!

Now, onto today's card... I've got one for this week's Monday Mania challenge that is being hosted by my bloggin' buddy Jenn! Jenn came up with a recipe challenge to pierce it, punch it & piece it. Now punches for me... no problem, I use those quite a bit. But the piecing and the piercing? Neither one are a regular go-to in my card making repertoire so this is where things got a bit tricky. I sat and thought about the piercing for a bit and when I came across Cheeky Shooter I had a light bulb moment! Not only did the regular piercing remind me of tooled leather but I thought it could look cool to take a larger embossing stylus and pierce it through the paper in a couple of spots creating the look of bullet holes. Then I just pieced Shooter's hat, top and skirt and it was challenge met and I gotta say I love how this card turned out! :)

Thanks for stopping by... I hope you enjoy your Monday as much as I plan to!
Toodles! Supply list:
cardstock- Jillybean Soup kraft, Bazzill and PTI
paper- My Mind's Eye (red paisley and yellow), Basic Grey (brown)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (Cheeky Shooter)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Heidi Swapp alpha rub-ons
Making Memories brads
Martha Stewart flower punch
Paper Trey Ink twine
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E21, E13, R20, W3
hair- N3, N5, N7, N9
everything else- Y21, Y35, Y26, E44, E47, E49, E40, E41, 0, T5, T7, T9, C1, C3, C5

Simple Sunday Burtonesque style

Hello, hello!
Can you believe we are already wrapping up another weekend? Yea, me either... but it does mean that I've got another installment of Simple Sunday to share with you. :)

I was kinda worried about finding time to even color something up last night, simple or not. Then I remembered how I had seen Lisa create a quick and easy card using an image that she had colored up previously. Now I don't normally stamp and color before hand because I like to match my images to the colors and papers I choose for each card as I put it together. BUT I do tend to color up drawings that I'm playing around with and contemplating for possible future stamp designs to see how they would work if they make it to rubber.
So I looked through my folder of colored drawings and found little Oleander, who may become part of a 'Weird Sisters' range that I've been working on for a release closer to Halloween. Any way she made me think of the new Burtonesque challenge that started up this past week so I decided to go ahead and create a quick card for her. Now the challenge is to use stripes so right away I new where to start with the design and when I came across this old Rebecca Sower button paper I just had to tear some off and add it as well. From there I raided the neglected metals drawer and found another metal rim tag as well as a sentiment... score! And the flowers were conveniently left on my desk from a previous card. All in all I was cutting it close to my 20 minute mark by deciding to trim Oleander out but I just got this one done under the wire! :)
Oh and sorry for the not so great photo quality... it was tricky getting the lighting to not show the metal sentiment as a black shadow that totally got lost in the background. Sigh... they always look better in person don't they?

Ok, I'm outta here... catch ya later! Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and PTI
paper- EK (Rebecca Sower Buttons), unknown stripe
Colorbox blackbird chalk ink
Prima flowers
buttons
Making Memories metal rim tag and metal word
Zva tiny pearl
Copic multiliner pens 0.3 and 0.1
Copic Spica clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E70, E01, R11, E71
hair- BV02, BV04, BV08
eyes- YG95, YG97, YG99
clothes- E40, E41, 0, N3, N5, N7, N9, RV93, RV95, RV99
wings- C3, C5, C7, C9

A buggy blog hop

Hey everyone!

Today I'm participating in the very first Tiddly Inks Buggy Blog Hop so if you've come here from Debi's blog you're on the right track.
If not then you may want to head over to the Tiddly Inks blog for the entire list of hoppers because three lucky commenters/bloggers will be eligible to win prizes, ranging from a yummy scrap pack from Betty Boo to gift certificates from Tiddly Inks. :)

My card today uses the adorable Happy Bugg digi and just look at that cupcake! Oy, I seem to be continuing the sweets theme through this week and it's starting to feel like one big tease. ;)
I love vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting so I could just imagine the chocolatey goodness when I was coloring this up. I've gotta keep telling myself to be strong Amy, be strong! LOL
I also used fabric strips that I dyed and tied into bows as accents on this so it would work with this week's Tiddly Inks fabric challenge as well. I think they add a festive/birthday present like feel to the card. :)

Okey dokey, your next and final stop in the hop is over to Betty Boo's... thanks for stopping by!

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and PTI

paper- My Mind's Eye (brown and purple), SEI (aqua), Making Memories (green)

digi stamp- Tiddly Inks (Happy Bugg)

stamp- Inkadinkado (Kid Quotes sentiment)

Colorbox dark brown chalk ink

Kaiser Craft gems

Ranger Stickles

Sakura stardust glitter pen

Copic Spica clear glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R20

hair- E31, E33, E35, E57

clothes- V000, V01, V12, BG10, BG11, BG45

wings- Y0000, YG0000, YG00

cupcake- E55, E57, E59, YG00, YG21, YG23