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Olo!
Today is the big Apple Blossom Parade down in Wenatchee and next weekend is the smaller Apple Blossom festival here at home so things should be pretty busy at work, what with all the people in town. And we are even supposed to reach the low 80s so that will make a lot of folks very happy... including me! :)
So real quick, I've got a different take on a CAS card for today. This one features one of the fairy babies from the Penny Black Fairy Sweet set. I also grabbed a new MME paper pad so there is a lot of blue going on, which as I've said, is not usually one of my go to colors to work with. It seemed to suit this wee babe though and it gave me another excuse to do some blue hair again. ;)
Ok, I'm gonna head out now. Have fun on this National Scrapbook Day my crafty peeps!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (Kate & Co Oxford Lane)
stamp- Penny Black (Fairy Sweet set), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown
My Favorite Things cloud dies
Kaiser Craft gems
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20, BV20
hair- B37, B39, BV29, B14
everything else- BG53, BG57, BG75, BG78, Y00, Y02, YG00, YG63, YG67, YG01, Y04, YG23, BG70, BG0000, YG0000
ground- YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99, 0
Hello, hello!
Are you feeling the TGIF vibes yet? It is positively gorgeous here, the sun is shining making it nice and warm outside. The lilacs and apple trees are all blooming so the fresh air smells amazing. I am SO happy that spring is officially upon us. And even though I'll be spending the better part of the day busy at work there is just something about a fabulous spring day that lifts the spirits no matter what. :)
My card today is imagining what that same spring day might be like in a fairy's forest glen. I've used the Pixie digi stamp from Some Odd Girl because I wanted to play along in their new sketch challenge for May and her sitting pose worked really well within the design of the sketch. I may have gotten a bit carried away and had this little pixie spending a bit too much time out in the sun because I couldn't stop adding freckles all over her, LOL! But when your days consist of cavorting with forest critters from dawn 'til dusk I suppose it can't be helped. ;)
I pulled together more random scraps of paper, all coordinating back to that great forest print by October Afternoon that I came across first. I added the brown borders and faux stitching to help the mix of patterns play nicely together. Once I had it all together I couldn't resist giving Pixie another little birdie friend to keep her company. It feels great getting so much use out of my die collection on this card.
Okey dokey, I'm off like a cheap suit.
See ya!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Making Memories (Noteworthy), October Afternoon (Detours and Cherry Hill)
digital stamp- Some Odd Girl (Pixie)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Colorbox chestnut roan
Li'l Inkers stitched border dies
Memory Box tiny tendril and bird dies
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft gem
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, E15, R00, R20, R32, YG00, YG91, BV20
hair- E44, E47, E49, W9
eyes- YG91, YG93, YG97, YG99, BG000, 0
clothes/wings- YG03, YG67, G29, YG95, YG00, YG01, RV42, R32, R35, YR21, YR24, YR27, E50, E81, 0, BG0000, BG000
Hi guys!
Well, my 'weekend' got cut a bit short as I've been called to fill in today at work. Luckily I was pretty darn productive yesterday and managed to get a lot crossed off the ol' to-do list. Sure it would have been nice to have today to just relax but the extra dollars in my paycheck are nice too... especially with so many great new stamps getting added to my wish list lately. ;)
My card today is for the Farm Fresh Friday challenge to use flowers on a card. I wanted to use a TGF stamp that hadn't seen ink yet and I was caught off guard by Creeper Harlow here. Not exactly the image I would have envisioned for a flower filled card but something about her made me want to stamp her up and make it work. There is something kinda techy/quirky about Harlow that gives her a very modern vibe so I wanted to play off that with my choice of papers and the fun sentiment that I put together. When it came time to add the flowers, traditional just wouldn't do so I found some silver metallic looking blooms to keep with Harlow's edgy coolness. All in all I think this came together in a fun way.
Anywho, I should get a move on.
Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Midway), Making Memories
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Creeper Harlow), Mama Elephant and Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Prima old road
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft gems
Freckled Fawn silver washi tape
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- YR30, YR31, Y21, E33
eyes- C2, BV23, C5, BG000, 0
clothes- B91, B93, B95, B97, W0, W1, W2, R30, R32, R35, RV42, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG95, W2, W4, W6, G000, G00, YG41, BG34, BG57, Y21, Y26, Y28, C0, C1, C3, C5, BG000
Hello, hello!
Fantastic news... we were able to bring my mom home from the hospital yesterday and she is looking good. There are still doctors visits in the near future to make sure everything stays on track but here's hoping that we are really nearing the end of this episode and she can finally heal completely. :)
Did you know that All That Scraps is now carrying the Tiddly Inks range of clear stamps? If you've been visiting this blog of mine for any length of time then you know that I'm a big fan of these adorable stamps. So needless to say, I'm pretty excited by this! Seeing all those stamps go up in the shop inspired me to pull out one that I already own and play. But before I got down to it I decided to check out the Tiddly Inks Challenge for some added inspiration. This go round we are to create a card inspired by a movie or book theme. At first I was a bit stumped but when I saw the Happy Bee Day stamp in my stash it all clicked. I've had this sheet of Classic Pooh honey bee paper for ages and it was absolutely perfect for both the stamp and the challenge. I have always loved A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories so bringing a few of those honey bees to my card was a lot of fun. And I think this Tiddly cutie looks right at home buzzing along with them.
Alrighty, today and tomorrow are my "weekend" and I've got a lot to catch up on. Thanks for stopping by!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- EK Success (Classic Pooh), Basic Grey (brown), The Girls' Paperie (blue)
stamps- Tiddly Inks (Happy Bee Day set), Papertrey Ink (stitches)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa, Colorbox creamy brown
Memory Box flower dies
Kaiser Craft gems
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E35, E57, E59
everything else- E31, E55, E57, YR30, YR31, Y21, Y11, G0000, G000, E81, G43, B52, B12, B14, BG000
Mornin' friends!
Sorry about my absence yesterday. My mom has experienced some uncommon complications after her gallbladder surgery and had to be readmitted to the hospital. She is doing much better now but they want to keep her for the week to make sure no infection spreads. Needless to say the unexpected trips to the hospital once again are taking precedent over most of my crafty fun time.
Even though it took me a couple days of popping in and out of my crafty room, I did manage to make a card for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie challenge. They want to see heat or dry embossing on a card which really inspired me to pull out my heat gun and some embossing powder... tools that often get neglected by me. I had recently stumbled across the KK Three Wishes set which I guess was released last summer during all the craziness I had going on so I was completely unaware of its existence. But once I saw it, the genie and fortune teller where too fantastic to pass up. With all of her gold coins I knew that the genie would be perfect for this challenge because I could use gold embossing powder to make the sentiment coordinate. As I was putting everything together I even took it a step further by adding gold embossing along the edges of some of the paper strips as well. It doesn't show up great in the photo unfortunately but in person this card really sparkles and shines. :)
I did do a tiny bit of altering by wiping away this genie's hooked nose and drawing in a petite looking one, which helped to make the rest of her features appear more delicate. Just the look that I wanted for this magical birthday card.
Alrighty, I'm not going to make any promises on when I'll post next... it just all depends on my crazy schedule. So I'll see ya when I see ya!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- K&Co (paisley), Basic Grey (solids)
stamps- Kraftin Kimmie (Three Wishes set), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox chestnut roan, Versamark embossing
Martha Stewart gold embossing powder
Kaiser Craft gems
Sakura clear glaze pen
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R00, R20, W3
hair- B14, B37, B39, BV29
eyes- E57, E59, BG000
clothes- Y13, Y21, Y26, Y28, Y38, YR24, YR27, G0000, YG41, BG10, R24, R29, R89, R000, R00, R20, R81, R83
Hey there!
It's promising to be a beautiful Saturday here in my neck of the woods. I'll be working most of the day but afterwards I plan on taking advantage of the sunshine and go find something fun to do. I'm not sure what kind of trouble I'll find to get into but I need to blow off a little steam. :)
So I've made a card to play along with this week's Flutter By challenge. It's a sketch and it was just what I needed to pull this one together. I had already grabbed this pre-stamped Pergamano Fairy off my desk and cut the circle around her, so I figured it was totally meant to be when I saw that the sketch had a circle front and center, LOL!
I can't recall whether I've stamped this cute fairy up before but I totally adore her. There is something about the look on her face that reminds me of the little girl who plays Arya in the Game of Thrones series... I think it must be those sad eyes.
Speaking of GOT, I'm just now getting around to watching the second season on DVD and while they are doing a decent job of sticking fairly close to the books I can't believe they cut out Jojen and Meera Reed! Where are they?! Man, I wish I got HBO since I know that season three has begun but I'll have to wait a year for it to hit DVD. In the meantime I need to restart reading A Dance with Dragons, I had made it only about a fourth of the way through before everything happened with my mom last year and it just kind of got laid aside. Which isn't all bad considering there is still quite the wait before book six is even set for release. So I want to refresh my memory with what all was going on instead of trying to start where I left off. I suppose if I don't find anything exciting to do tonight I may just make a date with my book. ;)
Wow, that was quite the GOT fan girl tangent to go off on but I make no apologies, LOL!
Toodles!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Adorn It
stamps- Pergamano (Fairies 1 set), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
buttons
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E44, E47, E49
clothes/wings/vine- Y11, Y32, Y35, RV23, RV25, RV29, RV91, RV95, RV99, B02, B04, BG49, G000, G00, BG000, YG21, YG25, YG67
Olo!
Another busy day is upon me so I'm just gonna jump right to it this morning. :)
When I sat down in my craft room yesterday I really didn't know which stamps I wanted to use or what kind of card I would be making. As I didn't have a whole lot of time I knew that I would have to make a quick decision and figured that I would just grab a pre-stamped image from off my desk. But when I sat down this Penny Black clear stamp set of pots and spring flowers got the gears turning in my head. With just a bit of masking I could put a couple of tiny fairies from the Little Bit of Magic set into some of those flower pots. Because most of my time went into doing that and then coloring the scene up I kept the rest of the card CAS. When I glued the striped paper on, I used my tape runner up top to keep it flat but added foam pop dots along the bottom edge so that part lifts out kind of like an awning over a flower shop window.
Okey dokey, time to scoot. I hope your Friday is creative and fun!
supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- KI Memories
stamps- Sweet November (A little bit of magic set), Penny Black (A bunch set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Fiskars border punch
ribbon
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E31, E27, E49
hair- E30, E31, E34
clothes/wings- RV10, RV11, RV14, RV25, RV29, BG000
flowerpots- E95, E97, E99
flowers- YG01, YG63, YG67, YG95, Y11, Y13, Y17, Y38
shadow- W00, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9
