More than Coffee

 Hello,

Valentine's Day is a little less than a month away.  Do you have any special plans?  My husband and I keep it simple.  I always make him a card.  He is a huge coffee drinker.  I thought I would do something coffee themed this year.  The new Inside out Set is making that so easy!  I love how this project turned out.  What do you think?  You can see how I made this card here

Materials: STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: Inside out Sentiment Set:

Dotted Heart Background: Ink- Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook Coastal Cabana Ink and Crumb Cake- Stampin Up Paper: Neenah: Amazon Stampin Up Red Glitter paper from Hobby Lobby Other: Score Tape: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) Tacky Glue (for big spaces)- Dies from Simon Says Stamp

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No copics today

Lucky Leprechaun Shaped Card - with video

Greetings, 

I saw a kid's craft project where kids traced and put shapes together to make a leprechaun's face.  What a cool idea for a card!  I showed it to my IT guy (aka husband).  He is also crafty and was able to draw out the basic shapes in our silhouette program.   In no time at all we had a shaped card.  I love it!  

He fits in an A2 envelope.  He is so adorable!  Thank you to my hubby for dealing with my Shenanigans!

I used Art Impressions' Sham-rock set for sentiments. 

 Click here to watch the assembly video

No copics today

Woot! Woot! It Your Birth-YaY!

Hello friends,

We are having a party today!  I love these types of cards.  There is a little something special about the continuous theme throughout.   I made a video on some finishing tip I put on my cards and how to put this together.

Here is the link to the youtube movie.  If you are reading this in your email the movie will not play.  click here or go to the blog to watch.

Materials used:
Birth-Yay
Birth-Yay dies
Woot Woot Stamp
Woot-Woot dies 
Birthday Buds: 
Birthday Bud dies
Pop Up Lawn die:
Grass die:
Glitter Pen:
Copic Storage box: 


This are photos of the card I made in the video.  Scroll down to see version 2

Copics used:

Pig (pink): RV21, Rv23, RV25 or RV34, RV32, RV10
Rhino: C5, C3, C1  Horn E50, E51
Monkey: E31, E33, E35
Cake: E50, E51, E53 or E21, E23, E25
Turtle (Green): YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11. E15
Toucan: B60, B63, B66
Red: R35, R32, R30
Blue: B04, B02, B00
Yellow: Y15, Y13, Y11
Purple: BV04, BV02, BV01
Orange: YR04, YR02
black glaze pen
white gel pen
colored gel pens by gelly roll
Wink of stella or spectrum noir glitter pen

Pictures of original card:  They are mostly the same- just played around with some color options

The Shape of a Rainbow

Greetings,

I'm still on my rainbow kick. I hope you are not sick of them yet.  I have a week of copic coloring post planned for next week.  I spent a little time sitting in the sun coloring up some of my favorite images.  Can you guess what they are? 

Materials:
Rainbow Set: Rainbow Dies Copic Storage Box: I didn't use this for this video but it is awesome!

Video: If you'd like to see how I made this card you can see it by clicking here 

Photos:

Okay... I added glitter to this one.  I'm weak people!

I used inks to sponge this, but chalks and copics would work as well.  

If I used copics here are the ones I'd use

Red: R29, R24, R14

Orange: YR09, YR07, YR04, YR02

Yellow: Y11, Y13, Y15

Green: YG11, YG13, YG17

Blue: B00, B02, B04

Indigo: B63, B66, B69

Violet: V12, V15, V17

Birthday Cactus Box Card

Welcome friends,

It is time for this month's fun fold video.  I have really enjoyed this trend in stamping.  It allows us to create something unexpected.   This format might be my favorite.  It is really easy to assemble and it has a giant WOW factor.


Materials used:
Box Die: or https://mamaelephant.com/products/3d-pop-up-card-creative-cuts
Cactus Stamp set
Pumpkin Cardstock
Olive Cardstock:
Sentiment is from SSS Cuddly Cacti (retired)  but this is similar
Wink of stella

You can watch the process of making this card here.  If you are reading this in your email, you need to go to youtube or the blog to watch.

Photos:

Copics used:

Green: YG17, YG13, YG11, YG67, YG03, YG01 (used YG11, YG01 on hat)
Hat: YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27, E15
Red: R39, R37, R35, R32
Mustache: W10, W8, W6
white gel pen
black glaze pen
Wink of stella/ Spectrum Noir glitter pen

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More close up photos:

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SOAR

Howdy,

The Hot Air Balloon Festival is this weekend.  I love seeing all the colorful balloons over the lake.  It is on my bucket list to see the lake from a balloon on day.  This year.. I'll settle for watching Ryan discover them. 

I created a scene with the hot air balloons  and then used dies to create an eclipse card.  This is one of my favorite techniques.  It is perfect for scene cards like this.

No copics today

Swimming in Hair Gel

Happy 4th of July!,

I hope you are finding some time to enjoy summer activities today. Can you tell that I'm enjoying summer and warmer weather?  My love of water has creeped into my card making today.  We usually do not water and paper to mix, but this card is the exception.   I've used hair gel to mimic the look of water.   I'm afraid the photos will not do this card justice.  It was surprisingly easy to make.  This card is addictive to play with.  It was a favorite in the Card Lover's class this month.

Copics used: BV00, 0 on jellyfish

I...C...U...

Greetings!

They say laughter is the best medicine.   If that is true... then this card will help someone feel better!!!

 My favorite feature of this card is that it stands upright when you open it.

Copics used:

Black: N10, N8, N7, N5
Purple: V17, V15, V12
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Grey: N3, N2,
Red: R14, R17
Blue: B02, B01, B00
Table/Hair: E41, E42, E43, E44, E47
Ground: W3, W1, 0

Opening up Christmas

Hello Friends,

I love unique cards.  I'm always looking for new ways to spice things up!  I love that this tree will fit in a standard envelope, but opens up to a stand up card.

No copics today.

I used a gold pen to add some color to top of each ornament
Christmas Tree Fold-A-Long

Playing Hide and Seek

Hello friends,

I like exploring some different card formats.  I found these really cool patterns for Easter cards. I shared the Chick card with you last week.  With my husband's help we made a bunny version.  I hope you enjoy...

I thought this would be perfect for a younger kid,  they might appreciate this over a colored card. The bunny can double as a bookmark.

No copics.
I used a copic multiliner to add spots to his bunny face.
I used a white gel pen to add marks to his eyes.
I used brown and pink ink to sponge the pieces to add some dimension to the bunny.

Flowers from the Heart

Hello friends,

Spring is finally here!!   I'm so ready to wave goodbye to the snow.  Last Friday, we had to cancel class because of the weather.  I'm hoping that is the last time for a long, long time!

Here is one of the cards we were planning on making last Friday.  Hopefully we will find a way to squeeze it into a future class.  This is one of my favorites styles of cards.  It is a center step card.  I love that the card sits perfectly on the table so the image can be easily enjoyed.

Copics used:
Red: R14, R24, R29, R39
White: N1, No
Green: G40, G43, G46, G99
Yellow: Y11, Y13, Y15
Black: 100, N9, N7, N5, N4
Brown" E50, E51, E53
Skin: E00, E000, E11, E13  (R20 for cheeks)

Owl Be a Bag

Hello!

Connor and I are back home.  We had a wonderful vacation.  It was hard to leave the beautiful lake behind, but I'm looking forward to seeing stamping friends this week.   I have three classes this week.  I hope to see you at one of them

Monday- Senior Center in Corning 12:30pm
Wednesday- Wayland Library- 5pm
Friday- Goodwill in Brockport -5:30pm

I love this little owl bag.  It was a bit tricky to put it together but once we got the glue to stick, it was cute!  It was perfect timing, many of you told me you were going to use it for graduation gift.  It was a perfect size to put a gift card and maybe a piece of candy or two inside.