Party Hard

Hello friends, 

Did you have an exciting New Year's eve?  We have two little kids, so our "party" usually involves a Disney movie and Sparkling apple juice.   It doesn't stop us from enjoying the evening.  We had our turn to be in the party scene.  

I thought this little bird was perfect for New Years.  I hope you get a little chuckle out of him.  

Inside:  I walked across the dance floor to get another drink and won the dance competition. 

Inside:  It is called A LOT.  

 Copics used: Click here for the best  Copic prices

Chicken: C3, C1, C0

Blue: B06, B04, B02, B00

Green: G46, G43, G41

Orange: Y17, YR12

DK. Green: G28, G24

Red:R39, R29

Ground: E30, E31, E33

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Black Glaze Pen: Amazon

Hedgehog Halloween

Hello all, 

 I'm back again.  I'm living life like a ping-pong ball at the moment. I bounce from project to project playing catch up.   It has been a busy month.   We finished up lake season and closed down the cottage.  I had a weekend long craft show on Market St. (It went very well).  Ryan started kindergarten.  The baby started teething and army crawling.  Lastly, we gave my mom a surprise 70th Birthday party.  In between all of that, I made 10 cards that I've got lined up to share with you.   I hope to get back to sharing cards as I make them... but for now... this seems to be all I can manage.   

In the craziness of life I almost skipped over Halloween cards.  Kathy reminded me how popular they are (thank you for that).  As soon as I sat down and starting creating I was so glad I did.  I LOVE Halloween.  

The hedgehog is from Penny Black.  Sadly, I think this stamp has been discontinued. 

I created the cloud background using my favorite cloud stencil in Shaded Lilac ink.

 Copics used:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Fur: E13, E15, W3, W5
Balloon: YR09, YR07, YR04, YR02

Piece of Cake

 Hello friends, 

You know I love rainbows... I'm always looking for ways to incorporate some color into a card.  This cake has just enough layers to make a fun little rainbow.  I thought I would try for pastel or softer color palate.  I really liked how it turned out.  This color scheme Takes the Cake!  

Materials used:

Cake stamp

 Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Pink: RV04, RV02, RV00
White: C3, C1, 0

Plate: W2, W1

Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27

Orange: YR01, YR00, YR000

Yellow: Y13, Y11, Y00

Green: YG17, YG13, YG11

Blue: B01, B00, B000

Teal: BG13, BG11

Indigo: B66, B63, B60

Purple: V15, V12, V01

Glitter on the frosting

Birds of a Feather

 Greetings, 

I've been pushing myself to use my stencils a little bit more.  They are really easy to use, but for some reason I just don't think to use them.   I love how the fun background it created for these two crazy birds.  What do you think? 

Materials

Stencil is from Taylored Expressions

Birds and Sentiment can be found here. 

Copic colors used:

Blue: B06, B04, B02, B01, B00

Yellow: Y38, Y35, Y15, Y13, Y11

Green: YG09, YG06, YG03, YG01

Red: R39, R29, R24, R14

Orange: YR07, YR04, YR02

Shadows: W5, W3

Background C2, C1

White gel pen

Celebrate Today

Hello friends,

Today's card is made from the Unity KOTM from January.  I was in love with this girl.   When she arrived I colored her up twice.  I'm not sure which one Ilike better.  Do you like the red or blue?   This stamp will be in my favorites list for a long time.  💗💖💙💚💛💜  What color should I do next?

Copics used:
Blue: B12, B14, B16, B18
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, E21
HAIR: Y21, E53, E13
BLACK: N9,N7,N5, N3, N1
RED: R29
SPARKLE GEL PEN

Surprised Kitty

Greetings,

This week is all about surprises.   I found out Monday that I won the House Mouse card challenge.  I had never entered a challenge before.  I did it on a whim.  I feel honored...and very surprised. If you like to see the card please click here.

The second surprise...  is for the kitty.  I think she may have gotten herself into a precarious situation.  I love the look on this kitty's face.  I wonder if my face looked like that when I got the news?

Copics used:
Purple: BV08, BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00
Cat: YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
Green: YG11, YG13, YG17

Popcorn Party

Hello,

It is nice of you to POP in!   I made this off-center card for a birthday. It is quickly becoming a favorite style of mine.  We decided to include some movie tickets inside for a gift.

Copics used:
Red: R39, R29, R24, R17
White: W3, W1
Popcorn: Y26, YR31, YR30
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27
Ground: W3, W1, 0
I put glitter on the stars and small amount in the popcorn
Kraftin Kimmie

Chocolate Therapy

Hello again,

If you saw my last post, you probably think I'm addicted to chocolate.  Well...let's be honest, who isn't?  I have a few chocolate themed stamps in my collection.  When I was making the last card, I got the idea for this card.  I love the retro-look to the girl.   Somehow I got it in my head to use polka-dots.  I found this blue paper and the rest just came together.   I love the end result... hope you do too!

 
Copics used:

Blue: B00, B12, B14, B16
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Lips: R35, R37
White: C3, C1, 0
Hair: YR31, Y21, E31, E33
Chocolate: E21, E23, E25, E49
Red: R24, R29

Birthday Balloons

Happy Friday,

We made it through another frigid week.  The weather man promises that the worst is behind us and we are going to see some positive numbers on the thermometer.   It will be really nice to feel my toes again!

As promised I have a video of our crazy lake dogs.  They are always excited about visiting the lake but this is the first time we have seen them on the ice.   If you are looking at this in email, the video will not play.  You need to go to the blog or youtube to see the video.

I have a quick card to share with you today.  I used my jumbo sized balloon die to create this card.  The die is huge and it hard to use the entire balloon on a card because it takes up so much space.  To solve this problem we placed the balloon off center and trimmed to fit in the card.   We added some glitter to the balloon to add a bit of sparkle.

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 I made these in blue for a more manly look

I decorated the inside of the cards to match the front. 

No copics today

Kick Up Your Heels

Kraftin' Kimmie

I'm smitten with a Kraftin Kimmie.  It isn't a new stamp company, but it is to me.  This is my first Kraftin Kimmie stamp.  I love how it turned out!  It makes me want to Kick Up MY Heals!

 

Copics Used:

Purple: V12, V15, V17

Skin: E00, E000, E11, BV00

Eyes: BV01

Hair: E30, E31, Y21

Ground: T8, T6, T4, T3, T1, T0, 0

Tip:  To get the shadow on the ground. I put blender on the paper first.  Then applied the shades of grey. It helped the grey ink move on the paper.