Need some hugs?

Hi there!

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans don'tcha? These past few days sure didn't go how I thought they would. Nothing major or upsetting, Grandma is still doing well and so is my mom, it just seems that circumstances are conspiring against me having a lot of free time at the moment. I've been working a lot which makes for great paychecks, which in turn allow me to keep getting new stamps that I love. Now the trick is finding time to actually use them, LOL! 

As seems to be my pattern lately, this card was a couple days in the works. You wouldn't think so, as simple as it turned out, but I either have time to color or create lately not both together. I used the first of three new Gorjuss Girls that I got recently and this one is called, The Black Star. I paired her up with some older Basic Gray papers from my scrap bag and a sentiment that I thought suited her look. Something about this little gal just feels like she could use a good hug at the moment. For some reason her dress is looking a bit more blue than in real life where I swear it is a better match to that aqua color behind her... weird. 

Anywho, time for me to sign off and get ready for another day of work. 
Laters! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (Serendipity)
stamps- Santoro (The Black Star Gorjuss Girl), Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
My Favorite Things doily die
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls
Sticko puffy ladybug stickers
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E25, E27, E29, E49
clothes- G00, BG10, BG13, BG72, R05, R08, E09, E81, W00, Y13, Y21, Y35

The smile you gave me...

Good morning!

I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. I've finally got a day off today so I'm set to relax and have some fun. Though as neglected as the house has been this past week, it looks like I'll be spending most of my free time doing chores... bleh. At least I should be able to squeeze in a card between dishes, vacuuming, and loads of laundry. ;)

I got my hands on some new BoBunny Lemonade Stand paper and I wanted to make a bright, hello summer type of card with it. So I flipped through the digi images that I have printed off and found Summery Mae from Some Odd Girl. I love how casual and carefree she looks in that flowing maxi skirt and you just know that I had to give it rainbow stripes to match the paper. Then I found this sentiment and the whole card clicked. Not only is Mae wearing a sweet smile but I think that a cheery rainbow skirt is a good equivalent to wearing a smile as well. :)

Okey dokey, I'm off to get this day started so that I can play later.
Have a good one!     

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- BoBunny (Lemonade Stand)
digital stamp- Some Odd Girl (Summery Mae)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black 
Prima flowers
brads
Gold Smooch
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R00, R20, RV13
hair- E95, E97, E99, Y21
eyes- YG93, E55, BG000, 0
clothes- E30, E31, YR23, YR24, C0, C1, C2, R24, R27, R29, RV10, RV13, RV25, Y38, YR04, YR18, Y13, Y15, Y35, Y000, YG21, YG25, G07, BG11, BG45, BG18

Smile...

Hello, hello!

Boy this month is slipping away faster than I would like. I had all these plans and things I wanted to do before summer really hit and here we are already staring down Memorial day weekend. And around here anyway this is the weekend when the summer tourist season goes into overdrive. So now I'm rushing around trying to get things crossed off my to-do list and it's just not all going to happen... sigh...

One of the things on my list was to get more cards done as I've been missing my crafty room quite a bit lately. So when this TGF Instafun kit arrived in the mail yesterday I made no excuses and dove right in. I'm not a big fan of the mustache trend but Party Props Anya was way too cute to pass up and she makes for a great birthday card. I used some of the Bella Blvd paper from the kit as well as the cardstock and colored Anya to match. The sentiment and other goodies were supplemented from my stash. It really got my creative juices flowing again and if I didn't have to go to town today I would be right back in there working on another card. Alas, I doubt I get back home early enough to make that happen. Hopefully I don't lose too much momentum and am back with another card come Friday... fingers crossed! LOL  :)

Later gators!   

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Bella Blvd (Snapshots)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Party Props Anya), Studio Calico (smilie and word bubble), Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black
Kaiser Craft gems
Sakura stardust glitter pen and clear glaze pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E44, E47, E49
clothes- BG10, C5, C7, C10, 100, Y13, Y35, Y38, YR04, YR18, G000, BG32, BG13, RV13, RV25, RV29, YG21, YG03, YG95, W1

Hello there...

Good morning!

Sorry that it's been awhile since my last post. I wish I could say that it was because of fun and exciting things but not so much. My grandma had a heart attack last week and is in the hospital. She's getting better but as you can imagine the entire family has been rallying around her so the usual schedules kind of get tossed out the window. Thankfully she should be coming home today to heal and get her strength back before possibly going in for surgery at a later date.

So this card has actually been a work in progress over the past four days or so. I colored up another of my new Greeting Farm stamps, Miss Anya Summer and matched her to some new Echo Park papers. I really love this little gal and can see so many head swapping possibilities with her. As I was putting the card together I spotted this little kitty that was left over from the Hallobean alteration that I did a couple weeks ago. He was too cute not to get on a card so I colored him up as well and now Miss Anya has a new best friend. This actually got me to thinking about how great a Miss Anya/My Guy Ian pet set(s) would be. Heck you could have one with just cats and another with a handful of different pups for Anya and Ian to walk. Wouldn't that be fantastic?! Hmmm... maybe I should run this idea by Marie... :)

Ok then, thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll be back with something to share much sooner than this last week allowed. 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Echo Park (Hello Summer)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Miss Anya Summer), Studio Calico (sentiment)
digital stamp- The Greeting Farm (Hallobean cat)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown, Studio Calico clean slate
Divine Twine
My Favorite Things doily die
Prima flowers
buttons
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R00, R20
hair- E44, E77, E79, W10
clothes- R05, R08, E09, RV52, RV02, RV55, Y04, Y17, W1, W3, W5, BG11, BG72, C0
kitty- Y35, YR15, E08, YR01, R02, E40

All the boys...

Hey there!

Well, there's nothing like starting off the week with an  emergency trip to the dentist... ugh. It knocked me off my feet for a full day and I'm just now getting back into 100% mode. Needless to say, it took me a couple days to get into the crafty room but the silver lining is that it gave me some time for a few more stamp orders to arrive. ;)

One of which was another package from The Greeting Farm containing the May release stamps. I was so super duper excited to see a new Miss Anya set that I hit the order button right away. I also got the WS Wild Child set but I honestly didn't think it would be the first one that I reached for... especially not the foxy little dude Sprout. But here we are... go figure! I did do a bit of altering by changing out his eyes for WS Edward's eyes, just because they are my favorite WS boy eyes that Marie has done. Oh, and I also trimmed off his tail when I cut him out but otherwise not too much of a change. 
I paired Foxy up with the Max paper collection from Bella Blvd and was delighted to find that little fox sticker included in the set... talk about being meant to be! The sentiment is also from that same sticker sheet and I just think it is really sweet. I finished off the card by stamping "Happy Birthday" in the center. I gotta say, I don't make boy cards nearly as often as girlie cards but when I do they end up being some of my faves. 

Okey dokey then, enjoy your day and I'll check back in with ya tomorrow. :) 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Bella Blvd (Max)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (WS Wild Child set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Bella Blvd Max stickers
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E30, E34, E35, E47
clothes- Y38, YR04, E08, T4, T7, T10, B95, B97, B99, W0, W1, W2, YG03, YG95, Y35, B00, B02, R24, R27

Happy Birthday...

Hi there!

This was a great mail weekend for me. I got a couple of stamp orders, one of which was the Magical Bean kit from The Greeting Farm... yeah! Being a short haired girl myself, I couldn't wait to ink up this new Bean who is exclusive to the kit. I love her sweet bobbed hair-do and flirty party dress. With those flowers in her hair I pictured Magical going to an evening garden party and I had just the paper to make that vision come to life. Don't those strings of lights look like they are glowing against a dusky night sky? I have a feeling that this wee Bean will be the belle of the bash, LOL! 
I'm also playing along in this week's Farm Fresh Challenge to use buttons and bows. Considering twine and buttons are a couple of my go-to embellishments this was an easy one. Though I couldn't resist sprinkling in a few sequins as well. ;)     

Alrighty, one more thing before I leave ya for the day... the Magical Bean kit came with 10 Beans, eight of which where previously released as clear stamp sets. Because I already own those clear Beans I decided to cut this set apart and put the repeats up for sale over in my 1000 Sheets Card Shop. So if anyone out there is looking for one or two Beans to fill out a collection this could be just what you are looking for. I'm putting them up for $6 each plus $2 sh/h within the U.S. International shipping will be $5 and I'm willing to combine any orders to save on shipping.

Okey dokey then, have a great Monday!  :) 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Jillibean Soup (Cold Avacado Soup)
stamp- The Greeting Farm (Magical Bean)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Simon Says Stamp sentiment die
The Twinery twine
buttons
Doodlebug sequins
Clear Wink of Stella glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E1, R00, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53, E34
clothes- BG53, BG57, BG49, B12, B37, B39, Y15, Y35, Y38, Y0000, Y000, Y11 

Hang in there...

TGIF my crafty friends!

It looks like it's going to be a gorgeous weekend with near record highs and I'm ready for it. Apple Blossom celebrations are in full swing with parades tomorrow and next weekend so town should be hoppin'. I guess this means I should officially say good bye to cooler weather and pack up all my winter clothes and pull out the shorts, crop pants, and maxi dresses.  ;)

In the spirit of enjoying some outdoor fun I decided to color up this super cute Wryn stamp from Tiddly Inks called Hang in There. She's been 'hanging out' in my stash all winter just waiting for her chance to grace a card. I love, and have a tendency to collect, cloud print papers so it was nice to use some up here because it really creates a great backdrop for Wryn as she dangles from that branch. The colors were kept bright and cheery because I wanted the overall look to be as uplifting as the sentiment that comes with the set. And it seems like my CAS streak continues... I'm not sure if it is more of a shift in my crafting style or the continued time crunch that I find myself in? I guess we'll just have to wait and see where it goes from here.  :)

Well thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Doodlebug (Flower Box)
stamps- Tiddly Inks (Hang in There)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
CC Designs Fairwee Tiny Scallop border die
Memory Box tiny tendril die
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Doodlebug and My Mind's Eye enamel dots
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- YR07, E09, E18
clothes- B93, B95, B97, E40, Y13, Y35, Y38, RV14, RV25, RV29
branch/birds- E43, E84, E87, YG21, YG03, YG67, E31, E35, R27, E07, Y38