Keep Calm...

Hi All!  I've just got a quick little card to share tonight...I've got a super sweet blogging friend Jill (you MUST go check out her blog if you don't already know her- I promise you won't be disappointed!) who started using these awesome stamps from Mayzy Art Stamps and I just knew that I had to go buy some of them- a girl can never have to many cute stamps right?  So after putting a few in my cart (okay, lets be serious, after filling my cart, lol) with some images that I just couldn't live without I was itching to get my Copics in my hands and have a go...let me just say I had so much fun coloring these stamps!  This cutie is called School Time Hailey and I love everything from her braided pigtails to that adorable book bag- plus she can totally rock the school uniform look which is not easy to do :)  I colored her up to match a couple of random design papers that fit the whole 'school' look and then kind of just winged it for the rest of the card, lol!  I didn't really have a sentiment in mind necessarily so I was just pawing through some of the new stuff I've picked up and came across this label sticker from Jillibean Soup that could not have gone better with the theme of the card- although in the pictures it doesn't look like it matches very well but in real life the orange is way more toned down and the Ask Mom part matches the color of her book bag perfectly.  Plus, I like how it's got a little bit of humor to it :)  Well, I hope you like my offering this evening- thank you so much for stopping by to pay me a visit!

Copics:
Skin- E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30, R21, BV34
Hair- E21, E23, E25, E47, E49
Clothes- E40, E41, E42, E43, E47, W0, W3, BG72, BG75, BG78
Book Bag- G20, G24, G29, R83, R56, R59


I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
One Stitch At a Time- Use a digi
Paper Pretties- Use two or more patterned papers
Sweet 'n Sassy- Use flags/banners

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzill; DP- Creative Imaginations, MME; Chipboard Stickers- Fancy Pants; Paint Rub-on- MME Dee's Designs; Sentiment Sticker- Jillibean Soup; Twine- my stash

You're A Great Friend, but...

Hi All!  I've got a little something different for you today- not my normal bright and cheerful card, lol.  I've long been a fan of Cheri's digi stamp sentiments over at Graphicat Designs...they are off key, funny and sometimes a little bit naughty- exactly how my sense of humor works!  I've had this particular sentiment for a while but wasn't quite sure how I was going to use it.  So when I saw the challenge over at Saturated Canary was for Black, White and One Other Color my mind instantly went to Krista's zombie stamps of her kids and this card was born :)   I colored this image called Zombie Niamh with my Copics using mostly my Toner and Warm Grey's and some greens.  I was a little uncertain if I could pull the coloring off the way I wanted but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.  I'm not really good at doing dark or morbid cards, and my sentiment lent itself to something more on the lighthearted side, so I used a black and green color pallet but chose patterned paper from MME that wasn't to dark and still used the things I love like bling and flowers to balance it all out.  It was fun to step out side my comfort zone a little and I'm so glad I got to use this sentiment finally because it literally makes me giggle every time I read it :)  Mostly I'm just hoping that my coloring and card do Krista's image justice because I know how much she loves zombies so I want to do her proud!  As usual, thanks so much for stopping by to visit- I hope you like it!

Copics:
Skin: W00, W0, W1, W3, W7, G40, G85
Hair: G40, G82, G85, T5, T7, T9, 100
Clothes: G20, G40, G43, G82, G85, E81, T0, T1, T3, T5, T7, T9,W1
Cat: T0, T1, T3, T5, G20


I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Saturated Canary Challenge- Black, White + One Other Color
Craft Your Days Away- Shades of Grey + One Other Color
Diva's By Design- Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge- Cheeky, Saucy and Sassy
Sketch Saturday- sketch




Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzil; DP- MME; Sentiment- Graphicat Stamps; Flowers- KaiserCrafts, Recollections; Bling- Recollections; Cheesecloth- Fred Meyer; Brads- my stash

All Who Wander...

Hi All!  I've got a quick little card to share with you today.  It's featuring a new Saturated Canary image (I know you're all shocked, lol) called Pack Light.  As soon as I saw her on Krista's blog I knew I just had to have her, and even though I was in the middle of coloring another image I actually stopped just so I could do this one which is something I can honestly say I've never done before!  I found some paper from the Webster's Pages Trendsetter line to pair her with and because the paper itself has so many details I didn't really want to cover much of it up so it's a pretty simple design overall.  The challenge over at the Saturated Canary blog is to Bling It Out and since I'm kinda crazy about bling and pearls it wasn't too hard to incorporate some of that into my design although I kept it a little more understated than I usually do but I think it makes sense with the overall look of the finished card.  My sentiment is just hand written and split between the front and the inside of the card.  It's a favorite quote of mine because my sister is quite the world traveler (she'd been to 25 countries before she turned 25)- and every time I see it I think of her- "All who wander are not lost."  Well, thanks so much for stopping by- I hope you like my card and that you are all having a wonderful week so far!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Hair: E50, E51, E97, E99, E59
Clothes: YG11, YG13, YG17, W7, YR30, YR31, YR38, BV25, E41, E42, E44
Bags & Accessories: T3, T5, T7, R32, R35, R37, R39, BG72, BG75, BG78, V25, V28, W1, W3, W5

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Saturated Canary Challenge- Bling It Out
Papertake Weekly Challenge- All Things Girlie
Art With No Boundries- Anything Goes
Great Impressions- Best Stay in the Lines Coloring
That Craft Place Challenge- Anything Goes

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts; DP- Webster's Pages Trendsetter; Pearls- Recollections; Metal Charm- Making Memories

A Friend...

Hi All!  Remember when I told you that I'd been on a Some Odd Girl coloring kick?  Well here's another cutie that made it onto a card- her name is Wishes and she's one of my favorite fairies that Kristy has in her shop.  I've actually had her for a few weeks and hadn't inked her up yet but when I stumbled across the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6x6 paper pad by American Crafts I just knew that she would have to be the image that I paired with these soft and pretty papers!  Once I had her all colored up with my Copics I started the task of putting my card together and I must say this was not the easiest card I've ever done but I'm pretty pleased with the end result- even if it did take me a bit to get there, lol.  I used the sketch from the Some Odd Girl challenge and it was a great starting point...but when I went to grab embellishments I ended up with all these fabulous things on the desk all around me but nothing seemed to fit just right...and you know what finally did it?  The little, and I mean little, tweak that made the card all of a sudden make sense?  All I did was tilt the sentiment!  Who knew the whole creative process could hinge on something as small as that!  I actual feel quite silly as I type it out...but I've definitely learned that if you've reached a creative dead end just start moving all the puzzle pieces around and you just might find your way :)  Well, enough babbling on my end- I hope you enjoy!

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Hair: R30, R20, R21, R22, BV34
Clothes: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18, BG78, W5, Y11, Y17

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Some Odd Girl- Sketch
Crafty Catz- Spots
Card Makin' Mamas- No digi's
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzill; DP- Dear Lizzy Neapolitan; Metal Corner- American Crafts; Flowers- Prima, Webster's; Metal Lock- Momento; Pins, Gems and sentiment- my stash

The Journey Begins

Hi All!  I've got a unique retirement card to share with you tonight...it features a gorgeous image called Boobie Love that Krista over at Saturated Canary has kindly given away (check the link for more info).  Now these types of images are always on the top of my must have list because I work in the Breast Care Services department of one of our large local hospitals so I always have plenty of opportunities to put them to good use.  And one of those opportunities just happens to be a co-workers retirement- the truly unique part about this card is that not only is she retiring from her work in Breast Care Services but she's also a two time Breast Cancer survivor...so I really wanted to make her card something special.  I colored my image to match some papers from MME and then went all out girlie on this one- and used tons of pink of course!  I hope that she likes it and, most of all, I hope that retirement allows her to do all the things she's always wanted to :)

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Hair: E21, E34, E37, E39, E59
Clothes: R81, R83, R85, E41, E42, E43, E44, E49, W0, W1, W3

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
MarkerPOP- Hair Coloring
Great Impressions- Show Your Best Stay in the Lines Coloring
One Stitch At A Time- Use a Digi
The Ribbon Girl- Create a Girlie Card

Supplies: Cardstock- American Crafts, Bazzill; DP- MME Lost & Found; Flowers- KaiserCraft, Prima; Ribbon & Metal Sentiment- my stash

Beach Babe

Hi All!  I've got a gorgeous beach babe to share with you tonight- her name is Cali Girl and you can pick her up from the Saturated Canary digi shop- and let me tell you, the whole time I was coloring her up I was just wishing I looked as good as this in a bikini!  Honestly, other than when I was little I don't think I've ever worn one- a fact I'm sure others around me appreciate, lol :)  But I decided that if I did ever look this good in a bikini I would surely rock a brightly colored one and have the matching glam to go with it- the full on cute beach bag and matching sunglasses.  I colored her up to match some papers from the We R Memory Keepers Tiffany 6x6 paper pad that I just picked up at my LSS because I knew they'd bring the totally girly beach vibe I wanted to go with on this card.  Then I just started grabbing all the girly stuff I love like flowers, a charm and some sparkle.  To finish it off I grabbed the banner out of my stash- I've literally had it for probably more than a year...one of those things you find on the clearance rack at Michaels and, even though you don't need it you know it will be perfect on some project sometime in the future, lol.  In the end, doing this card definitely made me want to go to the beach- but rest assured it will never be in a bikini :)

Copics:
Skin- E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, BV34, R30, R21
Hair- E50, E51, E53, YR31, E33, E37
Bikini & Beach Stuff- BG10, BG11, BG15, BG45, BG49, RV23, RV25, RV29, YG11, YG13, YG17, E74, E79, N5, N7

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Bearly Mine- Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge- Welcome Summer
My Craft Spot- Hot Summer Colors
Creative Inspirations- Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge- Summertime Girls


Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzill, American Crafts; DP-We R Memory Keepers Tiffany; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Banner, Charm and Bling- my stash

Summer Days

Hi All!  How's it going?  Well I've been having a little attack of the 'Odd'...now stop that imagination that's running wild I'm talking about Some Odd Girl stamps :)  (Although I do confess I'm plenty odd too, lol)  I've been on a SOG coloring spree and thought it was probably about time to actually make the cards to showcase them...here I'm using one of the new release digi stamps Summer Kaylee.  I decided to do a 'big head' for a change of pace and, to be completely honest, because I just LOVE coloring faces and hair :)  I wanted something bright and cheerful so I pulled out some paper from Jillibean Soup that seemed to fit perfectly.  I think this card could lend itself beautifully to being for lots of different occasions so instead of putting a sentiment on it now I decided to let it sit in my stash and then when I need a specific card I can match up the right sentiment then- keep things a little flexible.  I hope you enjoy!

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E15, BV34, R30, R21
Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27, E29
Clothes: YR21, Y38, Y26, BV33, BG53, BG57, BG18, BV29

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
2 Sisters Challenge- Anything Goes
Totally Gorgeous- Something Yellow
Cute Card Thursday- Here Comes Summer
Crafty Sentiments- Bright  Colors
Creative Card Crew- 1-2-3 (1 image, 2 dies, 3 design papers)

Supplies: Cardstock- Bazzil, American Crafts; DP- Jillibean Soup Dutch Mustard, Blossom Soup; Photo Corner- Making Memories; Bling- Recollections; Twine- my stash

Color Me Wonderful!

Hi All!  WOW- I just have to say a gigantic 'Thank you!' to everyone for the amazing comments I've gotten and to all my new followers!  And to Krista from over at Saturated Canary for the shout out since I know many of you have found your way here courtesy of the challenge blog. 

I've been dying to get this image, Color Me Wonderful (a freebie for subscribing to the Designed To Color magazine), on a card since I colored her up.  I love Krista's images because they are so much freakin' fun to color- I mean how can you go wrong with some rockin' clothes, gorgeous hair and those huge eyes right?  Plus this little sweetie is holding Copics so naturally I was in love with her from the very start, lol.  I picked my color pallete based on these pretty papers from the MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up paper pad...I just love how the pink, teal and splash of yellow compliment each other.  The rest of the card came together quite quickly- I just added some of my favorite things like bling and flowers; and I just picked up some of these wooden tickets from Prima so I had to add one of those for good measure :)  I try not to over do it too much because in the end I want my image to shine through.  I hope you like the finished card and truly, thank you again for stopping by this little blog of mine and for all the wonderful comments- they really do mean the world to me!

Copics:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30, R21, BV34
Hair: YR20, YR21, YR15, YR1/, E99, E59
Clothes: E40, E41, E42, E43, E49, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG49, T7

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss- Something New (wooden ticket)
Bunny Zoe- Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations- Make It Girly
Stamp and Create- For the Ladies
Delightful Challenges- Flowers (5 or more)

Supplies: DP- MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up; Cardstock- Bazzill, American Crafts; Flowers- Prima, Recollections; Bling- Zva Crafts; Wooden Ticket- Prima

These Are The Days

Hi All!  It may be a little bit late- because like a total dork I forgot to take a picture before I gave it to her- but I've got a Mother's Day card to share!  I love when I find images of two girls together because I always know I can color them up to match me and my sister for a truly unique card for those in my family.  Plus, in this case I used one of the adorable Wryn images from Tiddly Inks named Wryn and Emmy-BFF, which is perfect since I consider my sister one of my very best friends in the whole wide world!  I colored this cute image with my Copics to match some papers from the MME Miss Caroline line called All Dolled Up and kept things fairly simple since I ended up putting it together kinda quickly :)  And to top it all off this card was even more fun to do than any other because it was the first complete card, start to finish, that I've done in my new craft room- let me tell you, it was so nice to have everything I needed at my finger tips!  I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R30, R21, BV31
Hair: E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, E41, E44, E47, E49
Clothes: BG11, BG32, BG18, R30, R32, R35, R39, W0, W1, N7

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges-
Tiddly Inks- Mom/Mother's Day Card
The Squirrel and the Fox- Best Friends
Crafty Catz- Girlie Time


Supplies: DP- MME Miss Caroline All Dolled Up; Cardstock- Bazzill, American Crafts; Ink- TH Distress Ink Mustard Yellow, Pumice Stone; Chipboard Sticker- Teresa Collins; Flowers- Prima, Recollections

A Very Special Craft Room

Hi All!  Boy, I feel like lately I always start my posts with an apology for not being a good blogger!  But I've had some great things happening in my personal life lately which has kept me a little busy and a lot temporarily disorganized, lol.  This is probably going to be a pretty picture heavy post (although not any cards just yet) so hopefully you'll make it to the end :)

First amazing thing that happened is that I was able to attend the Standard and Intermediate Copic Certification classes in Seattle taught by Lori Craig and Sherrie Siemens- can I just say 'WOW!'...I learned so much and met some wonderful people...I can't wait to try some more daring techniques and push myself to use all this new knowledge :)

Second thing that happened recently is I moved- yippee!  The moving process itself is not my favorite with all the packing and unpacking of boxes before you feel like you're really home but there was some huge motivation keeping me going- I now have my very own craft room!!!  I'm telling ya, I can hardly believe it...I seriously just stop sometimes in the doorway and smile :)  Which brings me to the pictures part of this post- I'm pretty sure that my craft stuff will never again be this clean and organized so I thought I'd give ya a little tour of my new space- it's not totally complete yet- I've got some more stuff to hang on the walls and might even paint a bit to get some bright colors in there- but I just couldn't wait one more second to share! 

First, for some comparison, this is where I was working- in my bedroom...

And the oasis that I have now :)

I got this awesome dining room table off of Craigslist for a steal- I love all the workspace and it easily holds my 12x12 paper cutter and scoreboard.





Plenty of room at the desk now- although it won't take long to be covered with so much stuff that I barely have room to work, lol :)

I purchased the shelving at Target and got a kitchen cart from a discount store to hold my printers so they can both be out at all times.

To insert some color I picked up these woven baskets at Michaels and some glass colored pails from Craft Warehouse on clearance.  I also grabbed this new die storage case and magnatic sheets by ArtBin- I've been trying to find a really good way to store my metal dies and this fits the bill perfectly.

Then to top it all off I applied a vinyl saying to the wall above the shelving that seems to be fitting for this little room of mine...

 If you made it through the whole post I hope that you enjoyed my little tour!  Now that all the boxes are unpacked and things feel like home I can't wait to get into my new craft room and make a total mess and get back to the crafting and blogging that I love!