Amanda's Birthday

I have a package ready to mail for Amanda's birthday. Last year for her 30th she received 30 cards. This year she only gets one ... and this is it.

Somehow my scanner washed out the cuttlebug-colored green cardstock.

sketch challenge Wednesday

I should be correcting essays ....  but this looks like more fun.

Teapot Tuesday

This teapot is so cute.  I got a little carried away!

The thank you will go to someone who works with alzheimers patients ... see this link.

Late cards

Running late this month .... I guess I spend more time on school stuff than I realized.

Sketch challenge Wednesday

This was a quick and easy sketch but I love how it turned out..  The paper really looks like candle flames to me.

Teapot Tuesday

 

Thanks Chuck!

One of the other professors took the last hour of my class so I could leave for Dayton where Mike will be running the Air Force Marathon on Saturday. I made the flower for a thank you card out of the rubric that we use for correcting essays.  It is really fluffier, but I squished it down to fit into the scanner bed.

On the inside I thanked him for taking my class so I could make other plans.

It's a Rainy Day in Midland

Raining outside, and there are frogs all over my workspace.

Inside of card

Sketch challenge Wednesday

Day late but I really like it ... been playing with my copic blender to make the warts.

Love this wreath!

More fun coloring this thing. Why didn't I get enough coloring as a kid???

Teapot Tuesday

This little doggy was just too cute not to draw ... so I drew him. It is a total steal as you can see.

 The image is here so if you want to steal too, you are free to grab it.

  You will have to figure out how to do it, I can't even make it turn 90 degrees to stand up straight!

TJ Acrylic Emboss

I have been playing with techniques again and this one is not for the kind of person who likes to sit and watch paint dry ... of course Michigan humidity probably added to the drying time. But I would say this is a 36 hour project! Pretty when it's done though, huh!

The technique is from Technique Junkies.

Sketch challenge Wednesday

I still need to do last week's sketch ... but I know I will be doing something with the leaf wreath with this one!

Fall Digi Wreath

D2D has this beautiful wreath and it was really fun to color!  Hop on over there for a free digi --- you gotta get there before Thursday!  I am not sure WHY my scanner chose to blur the text so badly - maybe I have the settings too low. Someday I gotta figure out technology instead of spending all my time coloring!

Soccer ball for Andrew

What do you think, good card for a nephew turning 6?  He loves soccer. It is a digi image I found online -

Teapot Tuesday

It's butterfly day but I am feeling like fall with the wind blowing and leaves fluttering through the air.  Good day for a hot cup of tea!

Featured Stamper

On Sundays, the folks at splitcoast choose a featured stamper and we all make cards in his or her style.  I really liked the retro look of this Christmas card: and here is the card I made in response.

Jewelry?

Yeah, I love to make jewelry too ... and this is my latest with a piece of beach worn shell. I love to pick up the old beaten up pieces and marvel at their beauty.  I may make a bracelet to match.

Fall ...

I thought this card turned out really special ... but then it is for a special friend, so how could I go wrong. I actually made it a week ago and was waiting to hear that she got it before I would post it - then had to go hunting all over my computer for the image. Found it in the trash ... found a LOT of stuff in the trash, I guess I never empty it. Kind of like a mini gallery of where I've been.

There are 3 layers of different color chalk pad leaves behind the tree which is then spritzed with one of those glimmer sprays ... looks better in real life.  I love the patterned paper - may have to go back to the scrapbook store for more but LAST time I set foot in the scrapbook store, I came home lugging a big ol' Big Shot.

You can expect to see more die cuts in the future!  Just discovered it can cut ... coasters, pop cans and bubble wrap. Hmmmm. What can I try next!

Zindorf inspiration

Isn't this a nice masculine birthday card?  The tutorial is here.

Too bad I forgot the white gel pen.

Christmas cards ... and school tomorrow

I should be packing my peanut butter sandwich and heading to bed but instead I am posting the Christmas cards I made today.


I  didn't capture the stickle glitter that I hand applied to all the icicles and snowflakes --- gotta have glitz for Christmas.

What I like about these is that they are somewhat generic - the inside says "Wish I may, Wish I might ... Sure hope I don't melt tonight!"

I was pretty proud of how I used the gray copics to shade my snowman .... I mean snowcat!

Wednesday Sketch Day!

Not sure when I will get a card made and posted, but here is the Wednesday sketch.  I am off to Lansing to drop off Mike and his bike, he is going on a 300 mile ride this weekend. I can think of things I would rather do, so I am totally OK with being left behind in my dry stamp room ( biking that far is bad enough, but he is expecting rain 3 of the 5 days! )

card coming later ...

Stamp Camp

doorprize

I won the doorprize, a big gift bag. Kind of pretty!  My favorite card of the night was the coffee/tea card, might be nice to cheer someone's day.
 

The gal who showed the shutter card was a new demo, I think. She was so excited over crimping and smearing with black. Not my favorite technique.  The fabric flower is on a pin so you can take it off and put it on your favorite ... um ... bulletin board?  The new colors were fun to play with, and it was a nice evening out with friends.

Teapot Tuesday

Time for a teapot ... and this one really is unusual.  We all have been asked to make cards for a 108th birthday ... plus I need to make a card for my neighbor in Florida who will be 85 on Friday.

Imagine living that long. Sam is just as feisty as can be, and from what I hear, so is Eula who will be 108.

Guess you gotta be to live that long!

  I really liked the postcard look that I saw in Carol's gallery ... so here is my interpretation.

still thinkin Christmas

I think it helps me get excited about the school year if I promise myself that Christmas can't be far away. So here are today's holiday cards.

Ellen's Cardinals

Ok the snowman is cute, but aren't these cardinals just incredible?  I must admit I nearly lost it trying to make them ... those beaks are about the size of a pin head. You might see some pin holes in them since I was poking them with a pin to move them, my fingers were just too fat.

I tried to stack them for the photo so you wouldnt' notice that the one guy lost his beak --- but of course it shows. Sigh. I just can't win. It is someplace on my table downstairs, or on the cat, or on the floor, or on my eyebrow. Think it is probably time to make another one. Ever try cutting a paper punch in quarters and gluing it?

Once again the inspiration came from Ellen Kemper's Blog ... you can find her cards here...

New Copic Colors

No, these aren't the NEW copic colors, they are colors that are new to me. We stopped at Hobby Lobby and who can resist 30% off. However, I had no clue which colors I already have, so I went with greens since I knew I have very few.  Believe it or not, I didn't duplicate!

Here is the flowerpot I always color with any new markers just to see how they work. The yellow came out of my stash.

Then I pulled out my favorite digi frog and gave him shading and warts.