Chocolate Smiles

Hello friends,

Today's card was inspired by my Grandma.  I don't know anyone who loves chocolate as much as she does.  When she visits...the chocolate follows her.   Suddenly there is chocolate candy on the counter, chocolate ice cream can be found in the freezer, and back-up chocolate candy in the cabinets.  When she leaves...the chocolate supply evaporates.   It is an amazing phenomenon.

Unfortunately, my Grandma had a rough day about a week ago.  She was rushing to her car trying to dodge raindrops.  As she tells it, she slipped on a worm and fell.   She is okay, but she has several bumps and bruises.  She is in great spirits about the whole thing.   I wanted to send her a card to let her know we where thinking of her.   This card just seemed perfect...

The inside of the card reads: "Life Happens, Chocolate Helps."


Copics used:
Purple: V91, V93, V95, V99
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Grey: N3, N1,
Hair: YR30, YR21, E31, E33
Chocolate: E21, E23, E25, E27, E47
When you are adding the chocolate to her face, I found it worked better to do it when the skin colors underneath are still wet.  This way it looks smeared on her face.  If is it dry, it looks more chunky.

Special Delivery

Welcome friends,

Mondays can be rough. To help make the transition a little easier. I have a silly video (39 seconds) of our pups.  This was taken last spring... I just found it on my camera.   If you are viewing this post in email, you have to go to click on the link to watch the movie.

One of my Zumba friends asked me to make a card for an upcoming baby shower.  I looked through my baby stamps and found this stork.  It has been a little while since he has seen some ink.  I was thankful for a reason to get him back out.

Copics used:

Pink: RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
Grey: W3, W1, 0
Orange: YR02, YR04, YR07
Skin: E000, E00, E11

Soft Flowers

Happy Saturday!

I'm off to spend the day teaching an Introduction to Copics class.  I really enjoy teaching the intro class.  It is so fun to see students discover how awesome these markers are.   I can't wait to see what they do with them.

Ironically, today's card doesn't use copics.  I made this card a while ago, but I didn't get a chance to get it on the blog.  There is snow in the background of the photos.  I'm so glad that it has melted!!
 I love the softness of these flowers. I think I will make a bunch of these to have on hand.   The stamps are from Stampin Up.  I'm not sure if they are retired or not.

no copics today!