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My card for sketch #128 - and OMG!

OMG is right- I was the Case study winner for the last challenge!!!  How exciting!  If you have not checked out their site yet - be sure to get on over there - prepare to be inspired...

Now on to this weeks sketch card!
 

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Stamps: Lovely Peony and Savvy Sayings - stamp sets from The Angel Company
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, L'Amour Red Palette Ink
Papers: White Cardstock, Quartz Card Stock and Emma Pattern Paper
Accessories: Copic Markers, Mini Kai Scissors, Pop Dots, Sanding Blocks

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When I saw this set - it was first on my list because of the verse - "Whatever is lovely think on such things".  That was the very first scripture I ever memorized!  It was just a beautiful bonus that the rest of the set is awesome too!  I colored with my copic's - big surprise!?!  The Emma collection is fabulous with this flower and I chose 2 patterns for my layers and sanded and distressed the edges.

 
***Copic Combos***
Flowers:  R20, 22 and 24
Leaves: YG91, 93 and 95

I have a TON going on this weekend - including a Christmas Card Buffet on saturday in conjunction with my monthly crop.  I just LOVE having these events and hanging out all day with such FUN people and getting our Christmas cards done EARLY!  :-)  Then Sunday 12:30-2PM is my third Copic Coloring Happy Hour!  I just LOVE these and seeing people "get" their markers!  

I can't wait to see the new CASE study challenge tomorrow - I am hooked!  (and not just cuz I won either!)

Card Sketch #128

I hope you get a chance to play along with this weeks sketch.

I had such a fun weekend  Football friday night, a lazy saturday in my studio - I seriously played all day which I am so lucky to call work!  And sunday I got to play in my buttons making jewelry.  FUN!  I got alot accomplished on saturday - and its a good thing because I have a busy week!   Thursday is Triple TAC-nique night, saturday is an all day crop and Christmas Card Buffet, and Sunday is Copic Coloring Happy Hour and my team get together!

I even get to squeeze in friday a visit to Salina for the coloring class - an encore for me!   Whoo Hoo!  The key is going to be how well I am prepared for everything else!  So I gotta get to work!  Hope you get to get your pinky's inky this week!

The Bride - another for the blog hop...

OMG - I cannot tell you how tickled I am with this card!  So tickled that I had to post for a second time today!  So be sure to check out my other blog hop card too! 

It all started this morning at the beginning of our TAC Wicked Good Blog Hop.  If you have not checked it out yet you gotta go see it and click thru to all the players. 

So I was so in love with Mischelle's card - I had to give it a whirl.  It is so funny because this week I JUST got the girl set that is the counterpart to the boy set she used.  Yes it is a Christmas set - gone wicked!  So I decided to make a BRIDE for her Boy!  Big Squeals in my studio!  So what do you think?

 

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Stamps: Holiday Girls and Flourish Trees- stamp set from The Angel Company™
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaCraft Black 
Papers: Matchmaker Purple and Grey Cardstock, White Caboodle Cardstock and Black Cardstock
Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Tidy Tray, X-static Pad, Pop Dots, Copic Markers, Black and White Ribbon, Labels 4 Nestabilities, White Gel Pen

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So I masked off the face on the girl - too sweet to be spooky!  I did it by just wiping the ink off that area with a clean baby wipe before I stamped.  I colored her whole face green then used a Copic Blender to white out the circles for her eyes.  Then I heat set the whole thing to be sure the marker was dry.  I do not have a copic Multi liner so I used my Sharpie pen.  Worked like a charm!  I drew in her eyeballs and stitches with it LAST - you do not want to use your copics on top of sharpie.  I have never tried the deep shadows behind and image - and it was a challenge!  I always make my things outside!  :-) 
 
***Copic Combos***
skin:  YG11, YG63 an BG93 for shadow
hair:  C1, C3, C5 and C7
dress and slippers: BV31 and BV23
Dark shadows and floor: BV29, C7, C5, C3 and C1 for lightest
Eyes:  RV42 and blender

I added the white highlights and edged the whole thing with a sponge and Charcoal Palette Ink.
 

The background is the tree randomly stamped and embossed in black - then I inked the edges and added more embossing.  I pierced a line above and below the image on the black cardstock.  I do not sew - not even paper!

I could not seem to squeeze a sentiment on this one - I wish I had a trick or treat teeny weeney - but I gave up looking and wanted to post it!  SO I hope you like my bride - and shameless CASE of Mischelle's card (which was a CASE of Asele's card here!)  Be sure to join in the hop or atleast check out the rest of the hoppers!

Wicked Good Blog Hop

Today is the TAC Wicked good blog hop - and I have conjured up a spooky creation...

 

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Stamps: Delightfully Spooky, Aged Ornaments- FREE Hostess set stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink, Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaCraft Black 
Papers: White Cardstock and Black Cardstock
Accessories: Black Embossing Powder, Tidy Tray, X-static Pad, Pop Dots, Copic Markers, Rick Rack 

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Ok so maybe not so spooky - but cute!  The Delightfully Spooky set has a bunch of just ADORABLE trick or treaters that are super fun to color with your Coppic Markers.  The colors in the Miss Moxie collection is fabulous for Halloween creations.  I could not resist embossing black on top of the purple cardstock - it just screams trick or treat!

 
***Copic Combos***
Skin: E000, E01, E21
Background: BV31 and YG23, YG13 and YG00
Hat pot and shoes: N1, N4 and N7
Dress: BV13, BV17
Socks:  BV13, BV17 and YG13 and YG17
Hair: E08, YR18 and E47

I am so excited to see what everyone else does for the blog hop - anyone can join in and add their link!  Customers, Fans, Angels - whoever wants to play!   So grab your stamps and get to creating people and jump in the hop if you can!

Case Study Challenge - my take

I have been following this blog for a few weeks - and am so excited to finally have a chance to join in the fun!  Click their log below to check them out!

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Stamps: Ever So Thankful- stamp set from The Angel Company™
Ink: Noir Palette Ink
Papers: Ivory Cardstock and Winchester Cardstock and Pattern Paper
Accessories: White Ribbon, Copic Markers, Pop Dots

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 ***Copic Combos***
Leaves: E37, E08, YR18, YR07 then N1on top to tone down brightness
Background: BG72, BG000 then N4and N1 to tone down
Bottom Border: YG93, YG97 and N4 on top to tone down
Acorn Tops: E79 and E37
Edged with BG75 around outside border
Ribbon: BG72 and BG75

Here is a detail shot:
 

I just LOVE these colors together - Winchester is such a great collection for Fall and Autumn.  I colored the ribbon with my Copics - for a two toned look.  It is so great to be able to customize the color right for the image you colored.  I used Satin here but it works for Grosgrain and Organza too!

It is the last few days for the Discounted Discontinued - all retiring sets on sale!   Be sure to check them out as there are a bunch of great sets that will no longer be available.

Check out all the October specials too!

  

   

Taking the Challenge - Embellish style!

When I saw this challenge I immediately thought of my brown embossed felt I bought a few years ago...

 

I wanted to incorporate the felt which has a real western feel - which I was not sure would go with the color challenge - what do you think?

 

I think it could use a little lace or more shabby/distressing - humm?

 
I love the colors - and decided to stay clean and not ink edges etc.  The sanding on the corrugated piece worked well for that too.  The pearls just dress it up and I love the contrast between them and the felt.  My first attempt which I though was complete lacked the pierced line below the sentiment.  I added it after the fact - and I think it is perfect.

I hope to be able to do more challenges - I love the inspiration and guidelines to stay into.  Makes creating quicker for me sometimes!

Butterfly Goddess - and last chance for Blog Candy!

Don't forget to chime in with a  comments  poll for blog candy on my post from Sept 24th - just click there or scroll down to see the previous posts if you are in a reader or on my blog.   I am going to close it up and draw a couple winners tomorrow morning!

I am in shock that I have been able to post on my log 3 days in a row!  I have gotten behind and am feeling a little more caught up!  Yippee!

So I made a card from that butterfly goddess that I colored over the weekend - and I really like it!

 

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Stamps: Background Soup, Level B Hostess set Beautiful Soul and Level C Hostess set  A Thousand Thanks -  stamp sets from The Angel Company™
Ink: Noir Palette Ink, VersaMark Ink
Papers: White Cardstock, Scarlet Cardstock and Marmalade Cardstock
Accessories: Copic Markers, Clear Embossing Powder, Orange Scrappers Floss. Labels 1 Nestabilities  

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The image is WAY intimidating - but it really was easy to color once you figure out what is what in her hair.  Executive decisions are in order!  Here is a clopse up of the coloring where you can see the squiggle background better:

 
***Copic Combos***
Skin: E00, E01, E21
Leaves: YG23, YG17
Wings: Y38, YR68, R27
Hair: E35, E37
Background: YR0000, YR00

I also added a dot of white back to her eyes with a white gel pen.   Isn't she beautiful??  You can earn the whole Beautiful Sould stamp set FREE when you host a $250 party with TAC!  A Thousand Thanks is FREE with a $500 party - and you can get BOTH it and Beautiful Soul.  You can see all the hostess sets - and the rest of the supplement too - just by clicking HERE.  Or go straight to my shopping cart to see them all in one place!

Today I am preparing for Stamping Night out tomorrow night!  I plan to go thru my samples and pull out some Fall inspiration to display for everyone.  Sounds like a fun day! 

Check out all the October specials too!

  

 

  

Card for sketch 127

I hope you get a chance to play! Here is my card...<br>

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Stamps: Happily Grateful and Running Stitches - stamp sets from The Angel Company™
Ink: Niagra Mist VersaMagic Ink and Thatched Straw VersaMagic Ink
Papers: White Cardstock and Black Cardstock  and Pastel Cardstock Stack
Accessories: Clear and Pearl Gem Box, Sanding Block, Floral and Stone Impressabilites

If your order totals $30 or more make sure you e-mail me to get all the specials you might qualify for!

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I just love how my card turned out!  I wanted to use the yellow cardstock and actually started with a different focal image but it did not fit into the size for the sketch.  I did not have any pattern paper to go with the yellow - so I just took another piece and embossed it with the nestabilities die and then sanded.  I love this tone on tone effect for layering and texture.   The clear and Pearl Gem box is my new favorite embellishment - paired with the glue dots you can just bling everything up with ease. 

 

So today is my oldest sons 18th birthday.  Anyone who knows me can just imagine how emotional I am today.  It is ridiculous - I mean seriously!   I am praying that God with stop my brain any minute from repeating the viscious cycle of regret and dissapointment in myself as a mom going on in my head today!  I thank the Lord and His angels for watching over DJ and keeping him safe and wise and I hope that someday DJ too will come to know the Lord and his ultimate love for us.  AMEN!

Off to make cake and get out of this pathetic pity party! 

Monday Sketch 127

Happy Monday!  Nothing like a lazy sunday to make Monday even happier, right?  Well it works for me anyway!  Todays sketch I challenged myself to open a Papercrafts Magazine and make a sketch from a card on the page I opened to.    So here is what I came up with...

Inspiration for this card came from page 41 of PaperCrafts July/Aug 2010 - card by Kandis Smith - thanks for the inspiration Kandis! 

I had such a fun weekend - starting off with football game friday night.  We got squished by the Silverlake defense - but it was still a great game.  And our defense left it all on the field I tell  you what!  Yes DJ plays defense... :-)  And can I tell you that I am not freaking out even a teeny weeny bit about the fact that he turns 18 tomorrow!  OMG!  Ok maybe a GINORMOUS bit!  The most hilarious thing is that 3 days before we heard the first "well I am 18...."  Really DJ?  Love that kid - and I am so proud to also report that his Eagle Scout project is complete and will be turned in today.  Whhooo Hoooo!

So did you see the TAC Fall Supplement yet???  I am so excited about TONS of new stamps that are on their way to me!  My wish list is still long - but I was saving a few gift certificates and wasted no time in spending them.   New rubber is always inspiring.  Not to mention the fact that i LOVE cutting out new stamps.  Not so much that I will cut yours mind you, but I love cutting mine.  :-)  I especially cannot wait to get my hands on THIS one...

We got the GIFT with Purchase program back too!  That is right with every $30 purchase you can choose one FREE!  There are 6 to choose from - and they are all good!   Check out all the October specials too!

  

 

  

Sunday in the studio...

I guess  you could say I am extending my National Cardmaking Day celebration to a 2 day event!   

Seriously - I LOVE sundays best when I can spend the day just playing in my studio.  Really just creating to create - not for any class or project or swap.  Just making cards because.  Yesterday I was so lucky to be able to attend a local crop and I didn't want to over pack (seriously is that possible?) So I only packed my Copic's and Caboodle White cardstock to stamp on in addition to my "unfinished project trays".  So once I finished those unfinished projects, which was what like before NOON?  I was able to then just chill and color all day.  I posted one of the images yesterday from the crop and I will make it into a card to share later.  But this morning - this image was beckoning me...

 

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Stamps: Outdoor Images- stamp set from The Angel Company™
Ink: Noir Palette Ink, VersaMark Ink
Papers: White Cardstock, Blue Calypso cardstock and Kraft Cardstock
Accessories: Copic Markers, Scor Buddy, Scor Bug, Pewter eyelets, Grey Scrappers Floss, Pop Dots

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This is my first attempt at one of these style images.  This one is Outdoor Images.  It is a new artist for The Angel Company - and I really love to color them!  It is kind of a Disney cartoonish style - and it works fabulously with Copic's.

***Copic Combos***
Skin:  E000, E01, E21
Water:  BG10, BG15, BG49
Boat: YG93, YG95, YG97
Hat: R24, R29 and R59
Shirt: B91 and B95
Fish:  Y21 and Y28
Sky: B0000 and B00

I used my Scor-pal Scor Buddy to create all that yummy texture on the card - I just scored every half inch then scored on either side of those.  Once it was all scored then I rubbed my VersaMark pad on top to really draw out the lines.   On the green strip I used the Scor-bug and and Scor Buddy - I just love that it has lines closer together than its original couterpart!  More to SCORE you with my dear... 

 

And what do you think of my copic abilities?  I am pretty proud I must say.  My husband was laughing at me because I was going to coloring classes and giving coloring classes.  He just does not understand how gratifying and theraputic it is to start with a plain piece of paper, a stamp, ink pad and markers and end up with something like this that I can send and really bless another person with! 

 
Try to drag that Blue Calypso cardstock out of my hands I DARE you!  I just cannot seem to put it down!  Mischelle has been lovin it lately too!  For this one I paired it with Saguaro and Kraft cardstocks.  Me likey!

Well I want to get back to creating more cards with my pieces I colored yesterday - and the leftover Bierrocks are calling me for lunch...  Toodles!