I'm up late...

and you know what that means... I've been playing with my copics of course... should be in bed sleeping but instead I stamped a couple of images and then colored one in and made a card. Want to see? Of course you do...



Isn't that puppy darling. I had to have that set and was sad to see Stampin Up! didn't bring it back. Guess the set is a keeper for me. And of course I was sad to see them retire the 08-09 incolors. I so love the soft sky and baja breeze. and the patterned papers that matched these wonderful colors. Back to my copics though... I took inspiration from a pair of old workboots my dad had while I was growing up... bet you know what they were called... Caterpillars... those boots were staple in my house growing up. and I remember those yellow/tan looking boats so well. The copics are so relaxing to color with...

Well I think I'm gonna head to bed for the night hope you all have a great weekend...

Alittle something simple...

I needed something to get me motivated and I came up with this simple card. It is a onelayer with some embossing from my cuttlebug and then the cute penguin is from Stampin Up!'s set Animal Crackers. He is so cute... I colored the ice with my copics and then painted over them with some shimmerzs blingz. I then felt it needed alittle something so I grabbed some Stampin Up!'s linen thread and tied it around the card...

The shimmerz blingz added just the touch to the ice...
The sparkle in this is just right for the ice...

Hope you have a great weekend... I'll try to post more...

Some cute Blog candy...

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Sharing My Father's DAy creation...

I created this card on the fly and have a few other variations of it I made that day...




Yes this was done on Saturday night because I had been so behind lately and procrastinating. I have had a creative block and it has been so depressing... I hope to be back and creating more as I play with my new Stampin Up! supplies... There is even a little preview made into this card...

This little piece is made with Stampin Up's new Modern Label punch.... It is such a cute punch and so perfect for a card. This is the one I gave my dad and I have a few other types of this card for other important dad's in my family... I hope all had a great Father's day and I hope this creative slump I'm in will soon end...

Trying something new...

I did this card a couple of weeks ago and set it out to a friend. And I didn't share here... I feel so bad about that...



There is a technique that has been running around the net that I had to try with this rose from Stampin Up. So I stamp the rose and embossed it. Then grabbed my reinkers and played. I have fallen for browns and blue combinations lately.

This card is almost all SU but I did grab my papertrey ink background set spots and dots. colored the images in with one of my copics...

I even embossed the envelope with my embossing folder from SU.. I've got a preorder out that will be here tomorrow to play with from SU... The new catty happens to be in and I can't wait to look at it and can't wait to get my hands on the new incolors... be prepared for some new samples and colors here soon.

Another Birthday card....

Yes I've been busy making Birthday cards and here is one that I used my Wild Card cartridge for the cricuit along with some stamps and nestablities dies...



This was one of the card shapes that convinced me to buy this wonderful cartridge. I stamped the base with versamark and clear embossed a pattern on it. I then grabbed my housemouse image and stamped it three times to give the image some dimension as well as coloring it with my copic markers... This is such a cute image. The sentiment is papertrey ink Birthday sentiments... I love acrylic stamps and the way you can manipulate them ... I curve the sentiment with a glass and mounted it on my acrylic block in the shape and then stamped it.... So much fun...

Hope you all are having a great week...

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Wow...

I have been away and such a bad blogger... I've got projects to share though.. hope it will make up for the long silence you've had. For starters I want to let you know we've had some excitement the last few weeks.... 1. my computer died and it's the one I had my photo software on for editing my pictures... I so missed it... but it came back today. 2. We had a slight house fire this past week which scared the snot out of me... Our heat pump decided to die on us through this fire and hope to have a new one by the end of next week. Lucky for us I was home the day of the fire...

Now back to my project to share tonight. It is a quick card made with my cricut and a new cartridge I had to pick which has now made me start a fund to save up and buy the expression... yeah I have the baby bug and so now want the big one.



My son came home tonight and needed a Birthday card for a friend of his tomorrow... well this was what I came out with. It was a fun card to create and most was done using the cricut cartridge Wild Card. If you have the Cricut and have not yet picked up this cartridge it is a must have... run don't walk to your nearest craft store and get it... I've used it for two cards so far and know I'll use it for many more.

Well this is all I'm gonna share tonight but I do have at least two more cards and a three day weekend to share more and craft more... Have a great night and hope to see you again soon.