One last Flutter By...

Hola chicas!

My card today is rather bittersweet... I made it for the 200th Flutter By challenge. And sadly this challenge will be the last one at Flutter By. I've enjoyed playing along in Danni's challenges for a couple years now so it will be kind of strange not having them to look forward to each week. Still, even though I will miss the challenges I couldn't miss making one final card for them. 

The challenge this week is a sketch so that took all the guess work out of the card. All I had to do was find the right papers to go along with this altered Anya that I put together. Even though the Flutter By challenge requires either a butterfly, fairy or angel to qualify, I always liked to have a fairy on my FB cards. So I thought it would be fun to alter up a little Anya fairy. I chose Sitting Cute's body with Princess Anya 3's head (minus her crown), then once she was glued together I added some vellum butterfly wings for her to flutter away with. The papers are all October Afternoon Sidewalks because the bright, happy colors totally caught my eye. And yes, that's another Studio Calico wood veneer embelly, just like the birds from yesterday. I'm really diggin' the different look that these cute things add to my cards.

I hope that if you have time to play along this week that you will join in and help give the Flutter By challenge a fond farewell. :)
Hugs!      

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- October Afternoon (Sidewalks)

stamps- The Greeting Farm (Sitting Cute and Princess Anya 3), Daisy Bucket (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox creamy brown

K&Co butterfly vellum

Studio calico wood veneer butterfly

Prima flowers

Kaiser Craft pearls

glitter ribbon

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E25, E77, E79, E49

clothes- YG00, YG03, YG17, Y11, Y13, Y17, Y35, BG000, BG32, BG34

A story to tell...

TGIF my friends!

Any crafting plans for this weekend? Nothing special on the calendar for me but maybe I'll get into my crafty room on Sunday to do a much needed clean and organize. I think that I've been bitten by a spring cleaning bug and I would love a few solid days to just totally go through and take stock of everything... maybe even find new homes for some of it that have been going unloved. No telling when that will really happen though. 

And even though my mind is currently on cleaning that doesn't mean that I'm not getting a few new goodies here and there. These tiny little wood veneer birds where hard to resist and they are absolutely perfect sized embellishments for us card makers. I also got some tiny stars and hearts that I can't wait to play with as well. I paired the birds up with this On Top of the World Gorjuss Girl because the original image has a couple of birds around her, though I trimmed them away. Oh, and a quick PSA on the Crate Story Teller 6x6 paper pad... the prints are not scaled down from the 12x12 size. Well, one of them is, the blueprint looking paper, but all of the rest are exactly the same which is a disappointment. Especially since the aerial map prints really needed to be shrunk down to work well on cards. I don't get why Crate would revert back to this and I hope it's not a sign of things now that they are under the American Crafts umbrella. Still, the papers are fun and I love the mix of colors and prints in it... kind of vintage with a summer time vibe.

Alright, time to get out there and enjoy your Friday folks. See ya in 24! :)      

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper/stickers- Crate Paper (Story Teller)

stamp- Santoro (On Top of the World Gorjuss Girl)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan

Studio Calico wood veneer birds

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E50, YR31, YR23, Y26, E35

clothes- B34, B37, B39, BV29, BG70, BG72, 0, E81, R05, E09

Just because

Hey there!

We had a crazy thunder and lightening storm sweep through yesterday afternoon just as I was getting off of work. The rain was coming down so hard that the drive home was actually a bit nerve wracking. Luckily, as fierce as the storm was it blew itself out after just a couple of hours so I didn't have to get soaked taking pup-pup for his walk. :)

Maybe it was the grey skies that had me toning down the color palette on this card or maybe it was just wanting to pull out the What's Up papers from Basic Grey. It's another line with an interesting color combo going on but it's growing on me. I do have one disappointment with it though... see that cloudy sky paper behind Fairy Glenn Charlotte? Basic Grey didn't include that print in the 6x6 paper pad and I was so looking forward to having it in a more scaled down version for my cards. Le sigh, le pout, le boo-hoo. Oh well, at least I had the big 12x12 sheet to play with. And Charlotte does seem right at home in her slightly over cast sky. 

It's time for me to go get ready for the day now. So much to do, so much to do. 
Catch ya later my crafty peeps! :)     

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper/sticker- Basic Grey (What's Up)

stamps- Sugar Nellie (Fairy Glen Charlotte), Doodlebug (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown

Divine Twine

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

tulle
Kaiser Craft gems

Copic Spica glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

hair- E30, E31, E33, E39

clothes- V91, V93, V95, V99, R05, E09, BG10, BG34, R02, R14, C5, C7, C9, E81, 0, BG70, BG72, YG41

wings- G000, G00

Hello sunshine

Good morning!

I've got to take a quick Glee moment just to say how much I enjoyed last night's show. Yes, all of the Whitney songs were wonderful but it was more than that. The theme of counting down all of the 'lasts' during a senior year type of situation was really poignant and so bittersweet. Plus it seems like it has been ages since Kurt had a fab solo and his rendition of 'I have nothing' brought tears to my eyes. Sigh...

Yesterday I took the afternoon to make my 'start to finish' card making video series for April. I inked up this beautiful Happy Days Annabel from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I totally love her. She is a bit more intricate of an image so I ended up having to break the series up into four different videos this time. You can check any of them out here or on the Color Me Copic blog.

It's funny because the whole time that I was making this card I was just going along la-di-da without any real story or plan for her other than wanting to use the roses. Though once I got it finished and showed it to my sister, right away she said, "She looks like Belle from Beauty and the Beast." What?! You're crazy! But there she was... the brown hair, yellow dress and even a garden of magic roses. So yea, apparently I was subliminally channeling Belle onto Annabel, LOL!

Alrighty then. Thanks for stopping by and I hope that your day is full of sunshine too! :)      

Supply list:

cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It

paper- Basic Grey (green), My Mind's Eye (red), Ivy Cottage (pink), October Afternoon (yellow), GCD Studios (Oh Happy Day roses)

stamps- Crafty Sentiments Designs (Annabel Happy Days), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox creamy brown

ribbon

Sticko epoxy ladybug stickers

Kaiser Craft gems

doily

Copic markers:

skin- E50, E21, E11, BV20, R00, R20, R43

hair- E51, E53, E57, E59

eyes- YG95, E34

clothes/rose swing- Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y35, E40, E41, 0, RV32, R43, R35, R37, R29, YG17, G07, G09

Planted in my heart

Hello, hello!

It's review preview day over on the ATS blog again and I've done another spin on April's fun addition to the Laugh line of stamps. Just like my second Birgitta card, this second Garden Laugh turned out a lot brighter than the first. Must be all of the wonderful sunshine I've been enjoying lately that is inspiring this shift in color palettes. ;)

I still had some of the Echo Park Hello, Spring papers on my desk and I decided to mix them up with some of the other scraps that were floating around. I really like how the dark browns contrast with the pretty pastels... kinda like blooming flowers against the dirt of the flower beds. And with all that color and sunshine I couldn't resist adding sprinkling of freckles across her sweet face. Though too much longer out there and we'll have to get this girl a nice big hat to shade her. :)

Ok, so there is even more review preview fun and inspiration from the rest of the ATS team on the All That Scraps blog so be sure to hop on over there too! And all of the new April stamps can be found in the ATS store here!

TTFN!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Hello, Spring), The Girls' Paperie (yellow), My Mind's Eye (stripe), JilliBean Soup (dot)
stamp- CC Designs (Garden Laugh), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox creamy brown
Prima flowers
buttons
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E15, R00, R20
eyes- B23, B28
hair- E21, E23, E35
clothes- G40, G43, G99, BG0000, BG10, BG11, Y00, Y11, Y15

Days of happiness

Hi ya!

OMGoodness yesterday was absolutely gorgeous! Sunny and 75 all day and then a nice little breeze to cool it all down in the evening. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. Got some trees planted, sat outside and read then I even got a card made. ;)

It was high time that I inked up one of the last SOG Nouveau Girls that I got, considering the newest NG release is debuting today... yikes, I'm so behind! This fancy lady is called Fan and if you are familiar with these stamps you will notice that she is looking a bit different on my card. Yep, I couldn't help myself and played around with some altering. I just thought that she would look pretty with a bit of extra hair. So I stamped Cupcake Mae onto a scratch piece of paper and used my light box to trace her up-do onto the top of Fan's head (minus the cherry). I think the fancier 'do adds some extra elegance and enchantment to the Spring Goddess look that I was going for.
I paired her up with a pretty Hello, Spring mini set of papers from Echo Park. Even though it is only available in 12x12 size I fell in love with the pretty color combo and prints of it so I had to have it. Anytime a little orange is thrown in you know that I'm all over it! ;)

Well folks, I've got a long day ahead of me and I won't get back home 'til late. Hope your week is off to a great start!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Hello, Spring)
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Nouveau Fan and Cupcake Mae), Verve (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Prima pearls
CC Designs Fairwee tiny scallop border die
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic multiliner black
Copic markers:
skin- E50, E00, E01, BV01, R00, R20
eyes- YG95, YG97, YG99, BG000, 0
hair- YR21, E97, YR27, E99
clothes- Y00, Y11, Y21, YG0000, YG00, G40, YG01, R81, R83, R85, BG0000, BG10, BG11, RV63, RV66, RV69, Y26, Y28, Y13

Bugging you...

Olo!

I finished A Storm of Swords last night and I have to say that it was my favorite book of the series so far. They have all been amazing but whoa, there was just so much to take in with this one. I've had comments asking about the Songs of Ice and Fire series and they are adult fantasy novels that I promise will transport you to another time and place. If you love the Lord of the Rings trilogy then these books will be right up your alley.
I'm already a couple of chapters into A Feast for Crows and it should be interesting. It looks like there are quite a few new characters being introduced as we are taken into new parts of the Seven Kingdoms that so far have only been mentioned in the previous novels but not really explored. Yep, I'm being sucked right back in again! LOL

Now onto my card... I found this little Pure Innocence Ladybug already colored up and cut out while straightening my desk, and since I was in a time crunch again she made this one super quick. The little ladybug rub-ons where also on my desk and since they are part of the October Afternoon Cherry Hill line that got me to pulling out the matching papers from my scrap bags and just going to town with it all. I know that they are older and I can't really think of an October Afternoon line that I haven't been crazy about but I gotta say that Cherry Hill still remains in my top 3 lines that they have ever made. Love.

Ok, I'm hoping that today is just as sunny and beautiful as yesterday was so that I can get out there and soak it all in... with plenty of sunscreen I assure you! ;)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Cherry Hill)
stamps- My Favorite Things (Ladybug and sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown
October Afternoon Cherry Hill rub ons
American Crafts knock out border punch and twine
Prima flowers
buttons
My Favorite Things chat bubble die-namics
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E08, E09, E19
clothes- C5, C7, C9, R05, R08, E09, BG000, 0