Birthday Surprise

 Hello crafty friends, 

My mom just celebrated her 70th birthday!  My sister and I plotted with the help of other family to surprise her.  Her sister, brother, and mom (my grandma) came for a (way to short) visit.  My sister made a wonderful birthday dinner.   Since this was a big milestone birthday several of her gifts were gag gifts.   This is what I made for her.  Hopefully it will make everyone laugh.   

I'll be back on tomorrow with another Halloween card.  Have a great day!!

Copics used:

Pink: R89, R85, R83, R81

Grey: C5, C3, C1

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Purse: E44, E43, E42, E41

Yellow: Y35, Y15, Y13

Blue: B04, B02, B00

Black: W9, W7, W5

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

Sun's Out, Buns out!

Greetings, 

Can hamburgers be cute? Well... this guy thinks so.  He won my heart.  This little image made me laugh when I first saw him.  It is by Newton's Nook.   I wanted to create a picnic feel to this card.  I found some pattern paper in my stash that looked like a tablecloth.  What do you think?  Did this guy make you laugh?

Happy Crafting, 
Chris

Copics used:

Bun: E33, E31, E21, E00, E000

Meat: E71, E74, E77

Lettuce: Y13, Y17

Tomato: R08, R05, R02

Cheese: Y21, Y20

Black: 100

white gel pen