Whoohoo! Take a look at what I won from Elena of "Redhaired Girl" Elena is seriously talented in different areas of crafting including sewing. Check out the witch boot she sewed. I have a sewing machine and would LOVE to make something like it. She sews bags, create cards, and other projects. . .she is mult-talented. Go check out her blog site to see all the cool stuff she makes!!
Here are the other fun prize I won from Elena's blog candy. . .a bunch of stamps, a mini album and candy! YUM!!
I was thrilled to win her blog candy! I rarely if ever, win anything especially with blog candies. I think I've only won one other time. . .so when I won, well I was really happy.
Thank you Elena for offering such a fabulous blog candy prize. I love especially the fact that the prize included a project that was created by you!
Hi Everyone! My daughter went to her homecoming dance last night and I wanted to share how cute she looked in her pretty dress. Believe it or not but she didn't want to put make up on. What! LOL! My daughter doesn't wear makeup and do nothing with her hair. She is a minimalist when it comes to her appearance. She is totally comfortable in her skin. I'm happy she's that way but . . . this is going to sound terrible of me but I was like. . ."oh, you should put a little make-up and do your hair a little bit".
I know women have a tendency to have a hang up on their appearance and my daughter is just the opposite so I felt a little bad that I told her to put some make up on but honestly, she would have looked a little pale looking. So, like a bad mom, I put a little make up on her and did her hair a little bit. I mean I only added a minimal amount of makeup. You know a little eye-shadow and lip gloss. That's it because she was getting annoyed with the whole process. I think I need to stop trying to "dress her up". My daughter is happy being "wash and wear" and I should not mess with that, huh! LOL!
By the way. . .she was bored at the homecoming dance. She said that she wanted to have fun but it was only about the hair, make-up and dress and how good everyone wanted to look that no one really seem to be having fun in other ways. She was at the dance for less than 2 hours when she called to be picked up! LOL!
Now to my card! I'm going to make it short. . .I colored the image with Copic Markers, added a little bit of SU "Crystal Effects" to the tulips, pierced around the image and that's basically it.
I matted the image and punched the corners with the SU "Ticket Corner Punch". Nothing much to the card.
I added a flower rhinestone on to the prima flower then applied them to the ribbon.
In this picture, you can see the SU Crystal Effects on the tulips.
This post will be short because I have so many things to do. Time is ticking. . .
Hope y'all have a fabulous Sunday! I'll chat more with my next post!!
Hi Everyone!! Happy Friday! Unbelievable! I remember waking up and it was Monday and I blinked and now, it's Friday. LOL! Where have the days gone? Before I begin rambling, I just wanted to let you know where I got this fabulous Sarah Kay image. . . .I got it from "Little C's Stamps n' Things". Little C's is having a MAJOR sale in October. . .35% off everything in her store! Okay, where can you get that sort of deal, huh? Better stop by her store before it's too late!! Click on the banner below and don't forget to use the code when checking out!!
Lately I've been feeling stagnant creatively. Do you know that I haven't tried a new stamping technique for almost 6 months? I sort of been doing the same thing over and over and have stopped "learning". I think my problem is related to time constraint. Creating a card with a "technique" takes much more time than just coloring an image and slapping it on to a designer paper. . .so, to make life easier for my self, I color an image and add a designer paper, ribbon, and maybe an embellishment somewhere on a card and I'm done.
Sooo. . .I think once a week, I'm going to ltry a new stamping technique or experiment with a few stamping potions in my stamping lab and I'll share what I learned or come up with.
Do you have a "stamping lab"? That's what I call my craft room when I "experiment" with powders and potions. . .LOL! That's how I see stamping stuff. . ."potions", like a witches brew. Too funny.
Anyway, now to my card. . . .
I colored the image with Copic Markers
Rubbed SU Pastels to the background
Added SU Crystal Effects to the girl's bow
Stamped the flower images with pigment ink
Heat embossed the flowers with clear embossing powders
Added flower rhinestones to the flowers
Cut the stamped imate with the "Coluzzle Oval Template"
Cut around the oval shape using "Fiskar Cloud Scissors"
Punched the center border using "Fiskar Border Punch"
Punched the sentiment with "SU Word Window Punch"
Layered two designer paper
Added a ribbon to the center
Here is a close up of the heat embossed flowers with the rhinestones
I don't know if you can see it in the picture but the little girl's bow and the bear's bow have Crystal Effects on them to give them a shiny 3D look.
Anyway. . .hope y'all have a fabulous Friday and a great weekend!!
Hi Everyone! Did you know I bought this stamp by Inkadinkado a few weeks ago and totally forgot I bought it? I was cleaning my craft room and there was a bag under my table and I looked inside. . .there was a few stamps and primas that I had bought. Luckily I looked under the table or it would have sat there.
I've decided to go on a "buying" freeze for a few weeks. I'll probably buy a few "Christmas" papers and stamps but I'll keep my self in check. Actually, I've been pretty good about not buying too many craft stuff lately. . . .maybe it's because I don't have any money. LOL! That helps to keep me from buying stuff.
This year for my "Chistmas wish list", instead of asking for craft stuff, I asked for a guitar and a zoom lens for my Rebel camera. For the past 4 years, I've asked for craft stuff or money for craft stuff. Not this year. . .believe it or not but I do have other interest in life. . .LOL!
Anyway. . .I stamped the image twice, colored the image with Copic Markers and cut the dresses on one of the stamped images and layered it over the other copy. I then applied SU "Crystal Effects" to parts of the image.
You can see the dresses layered and the shiny effect of the Crystal Effects in this picture.
I added the primas to decorate my card a bit. I have so many primas, it's not funny. You know, it was one of my "shopping" frenzy. . .I ended up buying bottles of the Primas one day when they were on sale. I think I bought every color that Michaels carried. I gotta stop doing this. Sales and me. . .not good.
Hope y'all have a fabulous Thursday!!
Card Details:
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Paper: SU Only Orange, Eggplant Envy, DCWV Fall Glitter STack
Hi Everyone! Wow, I didn't realize how "bright" all the colors would be until after I finished the card. I was wanting to use up the designer paper so I decided to use it for this card. The stamped image is SU "Sweeter Treaters", a retired set. I colored the image using my Copic Markers.
I've been really on the roll with my Halloween cards! I posted a few on Card Inspired. I'm not really big on Halloween now that my kids are older but I still have fun making Halloween cards.
The only thing I don't like about making Halloween cards is that the color palette is sort of limited to 4 colors: Orange, black, green and purple. It gets boring to use the same colors over and over, KWIM?
Anyway, there's nothing much else to talk about in regards to this card.
Card Details:
Stamp set: Sweeter Treaters
Paper: DCWV Fall Glitter stack, SU Only Orange, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Halloween Ribbon, Prima Flower, Fiskar "Cloud" Scissors", Coluzzle Oval template, Dress it up buttons
Hey, hey, Everyone! It's Jen of Pieces of Me "Little C's Weekly Challenge #12"!! Whoohoo! This week's challenge is to follow the sketch below and to use a Anthony & Burt stamped image sold in Jen's online store "Little C's Stamps n' Things". Jen has a huge sale going on in October!! Click on the banner above and use the code provided "29ygt74" and you'll receive 35% off on your purchase! Be sure to visit Jen's blog site for the details on the card challenge. I believe you can use any image but follow the sketch below!!
Now to my card. . isn't Anthony and Burt cute together? I colored the image using my Copic Markers and shaded the background with SU pastels.
Do you see the scallop background? Well, it's by DCWV. I've had a box of them like . . .forever but have only recently been using them. I always buy stuff and don't use them until 6 months later. LOL!
I added SU Crystal Effects on Anthony's eyes, the cups and the water to give them a 3D effect. I think it makes eyes of images look sort of more "real" looking. Don't you think?
I used CTMH "Just Blooms" for the big flower. I really love this flower. . .I wish it came in different colors. The sentiment is also by CTMH.
Anyway, hope you'll play along this week!! Check out these challenge cards by these other talented ladies:
Jen - Pieces of Me Jean - Stampin Spot Studio Ellie - Adventures with Scrapbookmama
Hello Everyone!! I'm taking a short blog break. I recently bought a video program because my other one was giving me serious grief. There's a huge learning curve on this new program. Argghhhhhhhhhhh! Like everything in life, I guess in order to grow you have to first educate yourself. Well, I have to do quite a bit of educating with this video program. Fortunately, I love learning new things. I'm not a techie sort so I gotta read the manuals and play around with the features and such. So. . .I need to take a creative and blog break because I can't create, blog and learn this program at the same time.
In the mean time, check out this video by Lenka!! I just love this song. It has such a cute beat. I swear, Old Navy find such great artist for their commercials. It's no wonder their commercials are so innovative. Anyway, check out the video. . .it's my favorite new song called "The Show".
Hi Everyone!! I'm sorry for the double post (I posted this tutorial and card on my club site too) but I just wanted to share my music video! LOL! I acutally made a fairly decent one. I used to have a weekly cardmaking/music video tutorial called "Friday Card Frenzy" but argggh, it was soooooo amateurish, it's embarrassing. I've improved somewhat but I've got a long ways to go.
I have something important I want to share with you right now. . .
The imporant stuff I wanted to talk about is my sweet child, Alexis. She was inducted into the "National Honor Society" yesterday evening. Out of 3000+ students in her school, 20 was chosen to be a member of the "National Honor Society". Twenty!! Can you believe it!!
I'm so proud of her, I could cry! She worked so hard and never gave up as far as keeping her grades up. She had stumbled a few times but managed to pick her self up and try, try again.
To be inducted into the National Honor Society, you have to have to possess 4 major qualities. . .scholarship (GPA above 3.7), service, leadership, and character.
My daughter has been part of the Key Club for 4 years and was the Treasurer last year and this year, she is the President of her school's chapter. She participated in couple hundred hours of community service and she also is part of the California Scholarship Foundation. She now can add the National Honor Society.
I'm sorry. . .I don't mean to toot my daughter's horn but I cannot tell you how much of a struggle it was for her last year. She was struggling in her AP Calculus class last year and I thought, oh no, it'll sink her GPA but she worked hard and made it so for her to make it in to the National Honor Society is almost poetic.
This picture is of my daughter with 2 other honorees and coincidentally, her officers (Secretary and Vice-President) of the Key Club. If you have kids entering high school, please let them know about the Key (Kiwanis Educated Youths) club. It's a national organization that benefits the community. . .these kids volunteer countless hours serving the community at large. Visit the Key club website and find out more about it: Click Here
Congratulations, my dear sweet child! I'm so proud of you! Keep up the great work!!
Whoohoo! Take a look at what I won from Elena of "Redhaired Girl" Elena is seriously talented in different areas of crafting including sewing. Check out the witch boot she sewed. I have a sewing machine and would LOVE to make something like it. She sews bags, create cards, and other projects. . .she is mult-talented. Go check out her blog site to see all the cool stuff she makes!!
Here are the other fun prize I won from Elena's blog candy. . .a bunch of stamps, a mini album and candy! YUM!!
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