September OCS sign up

Hi! This should be a short one as I'm just going to announce that the sweet Linda from Simple and Sassy Creations is hosting a One Card Swap for September. If you would like to sign up please go here and leave her a comment to add you to the long list of players. Can't wait to play a long. The deadline to sign up is AUGUST 30, 2010. Since summer is almost over, she wants us to create a summer themed card. I've signed up, how about you? ;)

Christmas Tag Swap in August

Hello, hope you are all enjoying this fabulous Sunday. It's still hot in Los Angeles, so I'm keeping cool inside with the A/C on and re-runs of Criminal Minds on the tube. As my old boss used to say, "Nothing wrong with that."
A couple posts ago, I wrote about a Christmas tag swap that Kyoko was hosting for the month of August. We all received our swap partners and our instructions. I was paired up with Jenny V from Jenny's Creations. The rules were to make 3 identical Christmas tags, and send them to your swap partner to be received by the end of the month. This being my first swap, I played it safe by going with 3scalloped & regular circles, Christmas dp and a cute elf. The elf image I chose is from the Sugar Plums North Pole stamp set from C.C. Designs. I believe this is a retired set because I couldn't find it on their website.
The tags are 3 1/2" all the way around. I'm planning to send these out tomorrow so that Jenny, who lives in Hawaii, will get them this week. I really hope she likes them, I had fun making them. I'm looking forward to what Jenny will be sending me. Like I said, it's my first swap and I am so excited to be a participant. Maybe next month you'll want to play as well. Mahalo for stopping by this Sunday afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day and have a blessed evening.
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Supplies:
Papers: Jupiter Red shimmer cs-Star Dream(KPC); green Christmas dp-MM; white cs-Neenah
Inks: Tuxedo black-Memento; white gel pen-Sakura
Stamps: Elf-North Pole (Sugar Plum)-C.C. Designs; sentiment-Fiskars
Copics: R20,46,89;G07,YG03,11,17;E21,39,57,79
Scalloped and regular circle nesties-Spellbinders
Grass green brads and ribbon
Crystal Stickles
Star rhinestone stickers-Recollections

CMC-Grass challenge

Hello, I'm back with my final card post for today. Color Me Copic is having their 2nd challenge this week. They want us to use Kim's grass tutorial to create a card. The prize? Two free digis from Karber's digital images. That is so cool of Berenice to sponsor their challenge. There are some cute images, hope you get a chance to check out both sites.
For my card I used the cute pair of friends, Darby & Penelope from Amy's Sweet November stamp line. I have been wanting to ink these two adorable gals since I bought them at ATS. Glad I waited for this moment. Since they were sitting down, I could picture them sitting in a field of grass and flowers. I think I used too much green, so I took my black Memento pen and made grass like strokes. I don't think it made it any better, but at least it gave some dimension to some of the areas. For the sentiment I used the stamp from TGF O&A Buddies. It seemed fitting. I think I'll give this one to my mom. She asked me for a retirement card for her best friend. Not sure if this qualifies, so I'll let her decide. Ok, this will be the last post for me. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Sweet dreams my friends... Mahalo for stopping by!
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Supplies:
Papers: Green, white, brown cs-Neenah
Stamps: Darby & Penelope-C.C. Designs Sweet November line; sentiment- O&A Buddies TGF
Inks: Black tuxedo ink pad and pen-Memento; white gel pen-Sakura
Copics: E11,39,79,95;YG03,17,25;G07,17,99;BG0000,07,32,49;YR07,16;Y15,17;R29,C7,0
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CMC challenge #2 update: I didn't win, but my card had the honor of being showcased with 2 beautiful cards. That's just as good in my book. HAGD!

Imagine

Hi! A few of you have asked if I used gloves to protect my hands from the inks, this time around I didn't, I only got a little bit of ink on my hands, but nothing too bad. The cs I used was pretty thick. I would recommend using the wax paper and maybe some newspaper or a couple of sheets of recycled paper underneath just in case. As for rubber gloves, go for it. Hope this helps.
Hello, I'm back. Making some cards today and catching up on some laundry. Luckily it's cooled down quite a bit, so I am really enjoying that.
Traci Porter is hosting CA&F Whatcha Tootin' Wednesday. This week's challenge is all about spray ink. She's posted an awesome tutorial on her blog and on the CA&F blog. Please make sure to check them both out.
I've only done this technique one other time and that was at my friend, Angie's, Stampin' Up camp. She had more re-inker colors than I do, but I thought of another idea. I only have one re-inker and no sprays but I thought I could use my Copic marker refills and some water instead. Hey why not? They are the same right? Well if not, shoot me. hahaha (j/k)
First off, I cut some white linen like Neenah paper to make my spray ink dp, then I crumpled it to give it texture once the inks were soaked in. I used Pacific blue re-inker that I found, E21, R20 and B000. I dropped a little bit of drops on a sheet of wax paper and let them run together in some areas. Next I took the crumpled white paper and soaked it in the mixture. I had to use a few drops of E21 & R20 for some parts of the paper that had more white than any other color. Once I achieved the right balance of colors I sprayed Smooch Spritz (Vanilla Shimmer) to give the paper some shimmer. I purchased it at a show last year. Pretty stoked I finally get to use it because of this challenge. Works pretty well and the best part is the shimmer it gives the paper. Love it! I think they worked out quite well, sort of got a tie-dyed thing going on. While the paper was drying, I was stamping and coloring Mermaid Anya to use as my focal character. I chose to go with blues, pinks, peaches to match the dp. Her hair was this really bright pink, but I decided it was too bright. So I muted it by following the tutorial on changing colors by Rachel of Color Me Copic. I got the color I wanted right away, love when that happens. :)
Last parts to my card are the embellishments. I used a light blue and a darker blue plastic/paper ribbon I purchased a few Christmas' ago. Cut them in to 3 strips each and braided them. Added two coral colored fabric flowers to the top and using the same brad technique I applied these to the centers of the flowers. . I stamped Imagine to the bottom of the card because I can't imagine doing this again.. LOL.. j/k I just thought it would be a nice sentiment to go with the mermaid. hehehe..
So sorry for the long post. Wasn't expecting to write so much. :/
I'm going to try to visit some blogs to see what pretties everyone has been working on. Mahalo for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to play with sprays. hahaha!!
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Supplies:
Papers: White cs-Neenah; dark blue cs-Kelly paper
Stamps: Mermaid Anya-TGF; sentiment-Fiskars
Inks: Tuxedo black-Memento; refills R20,21,B000-Copics;Pacific Point re-inker-Stampin' Up
Copics: E93,95;RV04,06;R83;C0;YG03;B12,66
Light & Dark blue paper ribbon
Blue pearl stickers-Recollections
Silver baby brads-Memories
Coral fabric flowers-Unknown

A Sweet for Maya

Happy Saturday!! TGF's FFF is a color challenge. Hawaiian Shores, Tangerine Tango, and Kiwi Kiss to be exact. But if you don't have those colors similar ones will do. Play around with it and have fun!!
I just happened to have some bigger scraps of dp that were the same colors and used them to make a card for my friend's daughter's birthday. I used Lollipop Anya today, and colored her up with softer versions of the color challenge. Kinda like cotton candy. For her lollipop though, I went a little brighter! These colors are so fun and vibrant! Perfect for an end of summer time birthday party for a little girl. I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the orange cs and created two big flowers to mimic the blue dp. In the center of one of the giant flowers I used the lime fruit stamp from Stampin' Up. I affixed a clear blue epoxy sticker to the center of the lime and then cut it down to look like a flower instead of fruit.
The sentiment, "You're sweet," seemed perfect. I used a white gel pen and created faux stitches around the border of the blue dp. Sorry I was being lazy, didn't want to break out the sewing machine to add real stitches. Think it worked out fine just the same. I hope you get a chance to play along with the challenge.
Well once again, Mahalo for stopping by and checking out what I've been up to. Make creating a part of your weekend. Have a good one!!
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Supplies:
Papers: White cs-Neenah; lime green & blue dp-MME; orange cs-DCWV
Stamps: Lollipop Anya-TGF; sentiment-Fiskars; lime fruit stamp-Stampin' Up!
Inks: Black tuxedo-Memento; white gel pen-Sakura
Giant floral border punch-Martha Stewart
Marine blue epoxy stickers-Recollections
Copics: E11,57,59;YR04,16,61;BG0000,01,02;YG03,11,25;R20;C2;0