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Birthday Creeper!

Good Morning Sistahs!

I have been coloring and coloring with my Copics like a CRAZY WOMAN.  Unfortunately, I haven't had time to get any of them on a card...until now!  Woo Hoo!  I needed a teenage girl birthday card.  How's that for a toughy?  Especially since she's like me...no flowery-pink-ruffly stuff for her.  So, what better gift than an iTunes gift card and a TGF CC Piper?  

I used jen del muro's SFYTT July for this sketch and I also decided to enter her into iCopic's Weekly Challenge #38 All About Birthdays.  I know...I'm getting a little crazy right?  Two challenges...and an image actually on a card...What's next? *giggle  

It's kinda hard to tell, but I'm working on wrinkles and fold, so you can see them (barely) on her pants.  Oh...so many techniques to master...so little time.

I'm working on a few other cards, so please swing by later to see what else I'm up to!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Aye Caramba!

Hello Sistahs!

I am so stinkin' excited to share this creation with you.  But first, let me share my woes. *giggle.  I saw this image of ROSA at Mo's Digital Pencil and knew I just HAD to have her.  So I purchased her, downloaded her, and printed her up.  I printed her on both X-Press It blending cardstock & vellum.  Originally I had hoped to color her for the Make it Colourful {Color on anything but white cardstock challenge} but ended up coloring a different image for it instead.  Anyway, I had already started coloring her and realized what an arduous task she was going to be, so I set her aside for later.  

Two weeks later...enter...Make it Colourful {Shadow & Depth Challenge}.  I decide it's time to take Rosa out, and give her another go.  Aye Aye Aye was I cursing Mo!  Mostly because she had drawn an image with so many darn ripples, and even more folds.  I was feeling very inadequate.  But...I persevered. Here is my submission for this week's Make it Colourful Challenge, AND once I saw it...I knew it would be perfect for jen del muro's February SFYTT.

I spent a night at Archiver's with my bestest friends and got close to finishing her there.  I probably spent a total of 5-6 hours coloring her.  And all the while, I learned some very valuable lessons...like...don't color on vellum unless you are a glutton for punishment. AND...don't color ROSA unless you have tons of time and an infinite amount of patience.  (Neither of which I have BTW.)  Vellum is incredibly hard to color on and is incredibly unforgiving.  You cannot use your colorless blender like you would on a regular blending surface and creating a soft shadow is near impossible.  By the end of the coloring, I had finally gotten the hang of it, but I was not a happy camper most of the time.  In the end, I LOVE how she turned out, but I don't think I'll be coloring on vellum for a long time. *giggle

Thanks for stopping by!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

 

 

 

Colors used:
Dress:
BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05
Y13, Y17, YR24
R20, R22, R24, R29
Skin:
E000, E01, E11, E13, E15

It's About Time-Out

Good Evening Sistahs!

It has been quite some time since I have had the pleasure of designing a card with some of my Copic Creations.  Let me tell you...it's not because I haven't been coloring.  (Am I ridiculous or what?!?!)  Anyway...I have been fretting over this card for two weeks now...and I decided to post it and be done!  WHEW!  I used Jen del Muro's SFYTT for the month of January...and decided I should actually post it.  Novel idea huh? *giggle

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop called: Anna in Time Out.  There are several things great about this card.  First...the image.  I have a picture of me with hair EXACTLY like this.  And I'm sure none of you could imagine me being anything but an angel...but I swear Mo was there when I was a kid and drew this of me.  See...

Don't I look like I just deserve a Time-Out??  *giggle

I also created this for my Big Head Sistah...because I have been a BAD Sistah and haven't sent her goodies in too long.  So this is a special card for her which will be accompanied by some good stuff!  Yay!

So...be on the look out for the many colored images I have in my stash to make appearances soon.

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Happy Kitchen Sink Monday!

Good Morning Sistahs!

Oh how time flies!  The kiddos come back to school this Thursday.  Why the school district thought a Thursday would be a great day to go back to school is beyond me...but that's the way it is...and I'm pretty excited to see my kiddos again.  I created this card, knowing I have a birthday to celebrate as soon as I get back.  I decided to use jen del muro's Sketch For You To Try for this week's card.

 

I used the 3=Step Baseball set to create this card.  I used Step 3 of the Baseball Bat with some Versamark then clear embossed it on the navy piece.  Next, I stamped all the baseballs using Memento Summer Sky (stamped off) with steps 1 & 2...then I used Memento Lady Bug (also stamped off) with step 3 of the baseball.  Then I stamped the glove with the following recipe: Step 1 - Creamy Caramel (stamped off), Step 2 - Creamy Caramel (stamped off), Step 3 - Creamy Caramel, Step 4 - Close to Cocoa, then to add the red....I inked up the baseball on Step 3 with Lady Bug (carefully wiping away everything that wasn't on the baseball,) and stamped again. Finally, I inked up the words with Night of Navy and stamped away.  I resisted the urge to add sparkles to the stars, even though I think it would have been cute. *giggle

Now it's time to check out what the rest of the crew has in store for you:

Connie • Julie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Don't forget to enter ANGELA10KSS when you do your shopping to receive your discount!!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Sneaky Peekie

Good Morning Sistahs!

Don't you just LOVE sneak peeks?  I know I definitely do!  And have I got a Sneaky Peekie for you today.  Since Marie (The Greeting Farm) lives right here in Colorado, I have the great honor of helping her package her stamps a few times a month.  And, every now and then, she asks me what I think about something.  Well....when she showed me these new images she was thinking about releasing, I was giddy with excitement and over the moon!  Did I like them?!?  Um, YEAH!!  So she sent me home with a few to color.  (On crappy paper I might add.  *giggle)  But here she is in all her colored glory....Madelynn.

 

What do you think sistahs?  Do you lovey her?  I had so much fun coloring her that I could hardly contain myself.  Once she was finished, I used jen del muro's Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) and got her ready for display.  

I'm so glad Marie decided to add her to the Greeting Farm collection, and while she's not available for purchase just yet, she will be soon!  So make sure you come back soon, because I'll be posting a few more creations with the other two new images-to-come too. 

Oh, and in other exciting Greeting Farm news:  the new Greeting Farm Store is getting launched this weekend, you don't want to miss it.  So many new upgrades, you'll love it!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Finally!!

Good Morning Sistahs!

Can I tell you how absolutely crazy it has been 'round these parts?  Jeez!  It's a sure sign that it's the end of the school year when things start getting this crazy.*wink

Have you ever done this??  You know, have you ever had an image ready to go, but you just couldn't seem to get it on a project?  Well that's what happened to this image.

I have had this Flutter Anya image colored for what seems like FOREVER.  But every time I try to get her on a card, it just never seems to work.  So FINALLY I managed to make her work....or....get her on a card at least.  All with a little help from jen del muro's Sketch For You To Try.

Well?  Waddaya think?  

Thanks for takin' a gander at my creations, I have some more scheduled to make an appearance tomorrow.  And some RAK love from my peeps!

Hope your Tuesday is beautiful!!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

Right At Home

Good Afternoon Sistahs!

After a loooooong week of being away from my ink and paper, I have finally returned and I couldn't wait to play along with jen del muro's Sketch For You To Try.  Since we just spent the last week in Arizona with my mom and step-dad, I wanted to use jen's sketch to make a thank you card for them.

What do you think?

I have had this PTI set {Boards & Beams} for a few weeks now and it fit my needs perfectly.  I used a piece of Twitterpated*Colorfall from Imaginisce along the top in the thin panel. After I used my Copics to color in the house, I used chalks to create a sky and grass, then I popped the house up on top. The flowers are from Heidi Swapp & SU! Pretties kit and I used a 1" circle punch for the red behind the blue button. Whew!  That was FUN!

I hope everyone is having a super fun weekend!  More posts to come soon!

Inky Hugs & Happy Stampin'

SFYTT & InStyle DT Entry

Good Evening Sistahs!

I have been crazy busy this week, and I can finally share a project with you!  I have been lurking around some blogs and have been wanting to try jen del muro's Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) for quite some time now.  Well I finally made sometime to play along and decided to use one of my images from InStyle Stamps to create my card for today.  

I introduce to you....Suzie Q

Isn't she adorable?!?!  I mean seriously.  She's one of InStyle Stamp's retro stamps and she's out there stimulating the economy.  *giggle  Saving the world one shopping trip at a time.  

Not only is Suzie Q being used for the SFYTT, but she's also one of my submissions for the InStyle Stamps Design Team call.  I was so flippin' excited to learn that I had made it to round two!  So over the next week, while I'm anxiously err...patiently waiting to see if I've made the team, I will be posting some of my submissions.  In the meantime, you should join me in the count-down by visiting InStyle's blog.  Submissions will be posted all week long with the official DT announcement being made on March 7th.

Cross your fingers for me!

Happy Stampin'