Happy Birthday!  When I found this shiny metallic paper at Walmart on clearance I just could not wait to use it cuts like butter in the cricut.  I made 2" ovals using George and basic shapes to make the fanned flower on the left side of the card.  The happy birthday sentiment is cut at 2" using Gypsy Wanderings.  This is another card for the card swap I joined on the cricut message board.

Thanks for looking!

Congratulations Baby Cards

I made these cards for a swap that I am in on the cricut message board.  I love the soft green & pink mized with brown combo.  I hope those in the swap enjoy them. 

I'm gonna miss you!

It seems like every time I turn around one of my neighbors, friends or co-workers is moving away. I guess that it is the joys of the military life - sure don't miss that! I made up a few cards to have on hand. I love this stamp from Mo's Digital Image - it is a part of a set called terrible two's and her pout is just priceless! I colored the image with copic markers. Sentiment is computer generated and cut & embossed with nestabilities & the cuttlebug. Flower is a teal prima & embellishments are made with ice white pearl pen (I just love those things - a definite staple).

Copic colors used:

Skin - E000, E00, E11 & E25, E13, E11, E21

Outfit - BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02 & YR23, Y26, Y21

Shoes- C9, C7, C5

Hair- E25, E49, E53, E59

Thanks for looking!

Christmas in July!

I think this heat has finally gotten to me and I am wishing for some much cooler weather.  So today, with the decision made to stay in with the air conditioning on full blast, I began working on Christmas cards.  This stamp is a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil and both images are colored with copics.

Copic colors used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11

Hair:  YR23, E35, Y23

Robe:  BG75, BG72. C3

Gown & Bow: R89, R59, R39, R85

Stocking:  E17, E13, E11 & R22, R20 & C2

Copics used:

Skin: E25, E13, E11, E21

Hair: C3, C5, C7, C9

Gown & Bow: BG75, BG72. C3

Robe: R89, R59, R39, R85

Stocking: E17, E13, E11 & R22, R20 & C2

Thanks so much for looking!  Your feedback & comments mean a lot to me!!

Tea party for 2

This image is called some tea and is a mo's digital image.  The image is colored with copic markers.

Copic colors used:

skin- E25, E13, E11, E21

hair-C9, C7, C5

Dress- B24, B23, B21

Sweater & Socks- Y18, Y15, Y13

Bunny-R20, R12, R11

Chair: E59, E57, E27

Hat Box- Y17, Y18, Y11

Tea set - R12

Cookies- E13

Thanks for looking!

Take time to smell the flowers

This stamp from mo's digital pencil  is called baby fairy Flora & she is soooooooo stinkin' cute! 

The image is colored with copics.

Copics used:

Skin - E000, E00, E11

Hair- YR23, E35, Y23

Wings- YG09, YG06, YG01

Dress- V17, V15, V12

Ground - E35

Thanks for looking!!

I love you this much

You guessed it!  Another super cute mo's digital pencil  image.  The image is called 'I love it' and that I do!  I colored her in copics to coordinate with some stampin' up paper. 

Copic colors used for little girl:

Skin: E000, E00, & E11

Dress: RV34, RV11, RV10

Hair:  YR23, E35, Y23

Copics used for doll:

Skin: E13, E11

Dress:  BG15, BG13, BG11

Hair:  E25, E49, E53, E59

Thanks for looking!

Little Fairy Kiki

I love this super cute mo's digital pencil image!  She really knows how to make images that pull

at my purse strings and has already started a new line for christmas!  But her images

 seem to keep my copics really, really happy!

This image was colored with copics.  Colors used are

Skin:  E000, E00, & E11

Wings:  Y18, Y15, Y06 - yellow stickles to the edges

Hair:  YR23, E35, Y23

Hat:  YG09, YG06, YG03 - lime green stickles to the trim

Grass: YG67, G29, G28

Thanks for looking!!

Take me on a carousel ride.....

I saw this image on a card on splitcoast stampers and immediately had to have it. It is a digital stamp from The Greeting Farm called carousel. The image is colored with copic markers. The copic colors used for this image are:

Mice (body): C7, C5, C3, C2
Mice (ears): R22, R20
Mice (boys' clothes): B97, B95, B91 (belt): C9, C7
Mice (girls' clothes): YR18, YR16, YR12 (sash): Y17, Y15
Horse: E27, E25, E35, E33 (mane) outlined in C2 (saddle): YG09, YG06 & YG03 & BV17, BV13 & BV11

The papers are from stampin' up. Thanks for looking!!

Make a wish!

I made this card for an upcoming birthday for my friends son.  The image is a mo's digital image and is colored with copic markers.  The make a wish sentiment is from a dollar stamp from Michael's.  The balloons on the side are cute with a child's year cricut cartride at 1.5".  The card is 5.5" x 5.5".

Copic markers used: 

Skin: E25, E13, E11, & E21
Hair:  C9, C7, & C5
Red balloon:  R46, R29, & R24
Blue balloon:  B29, B28 &B26
Green balloon:  G17, G16 & G05
Yellow balloon:  Y17, Y15 & Y11
Grey shirt:  C5, C4, C2
Red shirt:  R46, R27, R24
Jeans:  B97, B95, B91
Shoes:  C9, C7, C5

Thanks for looking!

Just a quick note strawberry card

I love this image - I received it from a stamped image swap on the cricut message board.  The lady who stamped it - used embossing powder which made the small places in this image easier to color.  I made it into an A2 card to have on hand to send out a quick note or message.  I cut out the image and a shadow using nestabilies labels.  I used the swirl cuttlebug folder to add some dimension to the base.  The image is colored with copic markers.  Thanks for looking!

Fragrant Showers

I had colored this image a few days ago and this is a case where doing it backwards kicked me in the behind as it took me a while to be able to match and coordinate cardstock.  Lesson learned - this is actually one of the largest cards that I have ever made - 8.5" x 5.5" - it is nice having the extra space to spread out embellishments.  I am just not sure that this will be my favorite size - still pretty partial to 6.5" x 5".  I left a sentiment off - still trying to decide what I am going to use the card for.  The image is a house mouse stamp - fragrant showers, image is colored with copics & the paper is stampin' up.  Thanks for looking! 

Best wishes wedding cards.....

It all started with these scrap-e words  that I found in my stash from a swap that I was in a few months ago.  My wedding album is done so I decided to play around with them and see if I could come up with a few wedding cards.

Here is my first design using these:

I love the brick look and the fact that all the bricks relate to marriage ties it all together.

The best wishes label was cut using lacy labels at 2"  The bling on the label and ribbon are from a chrome pearl pen - I am so in love with these things!

I have about 160 or so more of these words, so I am going to need some more wedding this summer!

Hello sunshine.......

I am definitely taking advantage of the time that I have off from work!  I was actually able to complete one of the weekly card challenges from the cricut message board.  This is the picture of the layout that was used this week:

This is what I came up with:

I am going to use this card to send to my chemo angel this week, so I got to kill 2 birds with one stone.

Thanks so much for looking!

When life hands you lemons......

When life hands you lemons.....make lemonade!!!

I made this card using my Gypsy!  With my copic craze going on lately my poor G & cricut were feeling neglected - so I dusted them off and put together this bright & cheerful card.

Directions:

Rectangle from George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge measures 6.5" x 8.25"

on the 8.25" side I welded the lemons from Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge

the lemons measure 1.2" wide.  The lemon on the sentiment was cut at 2" wide.  Yellow & frosted

lace stickles give the lemons sparkle. 

The sentiment is computer generated. 

Thanks for looking!

Gibbs Swap - part 2

Okay so most of you have seen the items that I made for my partner in the GIBBS (girls I'm broke swap) - now I would like to show off some of the items that I received from my partner.....Megan from Above Rubies Studio.  I had an amazing time doing this swap - this is my second round and had so much fun creating for and getting to know Megan.  She took time out of her busy schedule to get to know me and create things just for me.  Here are pics of what I received from her:


All blinged up:  a dressform that she altered & a bracelet that she made - I have already starting using the dressform to hang scraps of ribbon from!  I love the bracelet!

Share and share alike:  She made this box for me which I put up on a shelf in my craft room and filled it with such great items!  I love the pearl pens - one of my new crafting staples & now I have her dvd's which I have watched twice already and each time I pick up something new!  The CD has some great tunes on it too!

Put on your big girl panties and deal with it!

I got the cutest stamp - which should come in handy!  Think I need to post a sign with this at work - ha ha!  She also made the purse with a matching set of cards.

Gibbers do it old tool style:  I received a pair of shaper scissors (a pair that I do not have) and a set of card made with the everyday paper doll cricut cartridge.

Time flies by:  A coaster album to document some of the great times that I have had - I love this one, so much detail!

What was I thinking?? - She put together this amazing layout for 'what I was thinking'.....it coordinated perfectly with my wedding album and I has journaled on it and added it my wedding scrapbook.

Not all that it is cracked up to be....I love this mirror painted in crackle paint and accented with bright colors.

Again, thank you Megan!  I had sooooooo much fun.

Checkbook Cover Challenge

Once a month a wonderful group of ladies get together in Virginia Beach to craft.  I met this bunch on the Cricut message board and have been hooked from day 1.  The lady who organizes the swarm put together a challenge for this months get together and that was to alter a checkbook cover - since I have fallen into the mess of copics I stamped an image that only seemed fitting with a crafter throwing a tantrum when unable to shop!  You can relate right?????  I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have come up with!  Thanks for looking.

Just Because You're You!

Another cute stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil makes a fun card come to life!  The paper used on this card is stampin' up!  The sentiment stamps is from Verve - their circular sayings stamp set.  The accents are gold drops from a Viva Pearl Pen (I love love love these!).

Copics used:

Skin: E11, E21, E13, E25
Hair: E57, E59, E47
Rocks: C5, C4, C2
Wings – C4, C3, C1
Dress – YR23, Y26, Y23
Water: B91, B93, B91
Flower: R20, R30, R32
Flower Stem & Grass: G99

Tilda Card Set

This is a set of cards that I made for a favorite stamp swap on the cricut message board.  Since that group of ladies seem to be crazy for Tilda I went with one of my favorite Tilda images.  I used 3 different color combos and alternated them to make this 5 card set. 

Here are the colors that I used:

Shoes:  E5, E7, E9

Dresses:

Pinks: RV02, RV13, RV14

Blues: B01, B05, B06

Greens: YG03, YG06, YG09

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E53, E25, E49, E59

                                        I hope that they like them!  Thanks for looking!!