2 Teach is 2...

Hello!

Tomorrow is Abbi's last day of school and actually her last year of school at MLCS. We are very blessed that we have been able to send her to such a wonderful Christian School for the past 6 years. It is going to be hard to leave such a close knit, caring group of teachers and staff. It will be especially hard because Abbi has  had the same teacher for the past 3 years and the same kids in her class for the past 6 years.

I have mixed emotions about her beginning middle school. I am so happy and thankful that she is looking forward to this next step in her life but sad that she is old enough to be in middle school! Where did the time go?!!  I am also hesitant that she is heading in to public schools next year but know that she goes with strong Christian foundation and values. 

I wanted to make a special card for Abbi to give to Ms Castro and thought that this image from Anne's Digital Art was perfect! 

I colored the image with Prisma, Koh-i-noor and Dewent pencils and OMS.

It is matted using SB Squares and Postage Stamp dies.

The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Back to School stamp set.

The pattern papers are Basic Greys Oxford and Life of the Party.

Keeping with the school theme, I tucked a couple of bingo cards behind the image.

Thank you for checking in with me today!

Have I toad you

Hi!

Remember me?! lol! I have been crazy busy this past week and have not had a chance to make anything, let alone post anything.

Abbi's birthday is coming up and so is her 1st communion. Hopefully after the next couple weeks are over I can spend some time at my crafting table again!

Since it is Thursday that means it's time for another Twisted Thursday Challenge at The Outlawz. Sticking with tradition for the last week of the month, this week's challenge is "Anything Goes"!

Here is my sample -

This frog was a freebie that Anne Fenton had on her blog under the "Anne's Freebie Frogs" tab. Isn't this guy cute and I loved the sentiment.

I colored him with Prisma Pencils and baby oil. The papers are Echo Parks Springtime. I kept the embellies pretty simple by using just twine and buttons.

We are making a few changes to the Twisted Thursday challenges. One change is that you can now use what ever medium you would like to for coloring, including alcohol markers with no limits! Come check out the challenge to see the rest of the DT samples...they are fabulous!

Have a great day!!

Card Supplies:

Stamp: Digi from Anne's Digital Art 

Paper: Bazzill, SU, GKD, Echo Park, PTI

Ink: Memento

Other: Spellbinders - Rectangles, Button, Twine Scrappers Floss 

Spring is in the air

Hi!

Today I am sharing my sample for the Twisted Thursday Challenge at The Outlawz. The challenge this week is to use spring colors. 

I used 3 stamp sets from Gina K Designs - Dogwood and Butterfly, Lovely Labels and Lovely Labels 2. The flowers were colored with copics - R000, 00, 12/R81, 83, 85/BV0000, 000, 11/Y00, 11, 13/YG01, 03, 05, 06.
The sentiment in the center is from Whimsy's Spring Letter Seals stamp set.

I invite you to visit the Twisted Thursday challenge group to see the other DT samples and to pull out those spring colors and play along with us! You can find the challenge discussion here.

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your visits!

Thanks Tweety

Hi,
I am back with another card to share with you. I don't remember the last time I posted twice in one day but I made a card for this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch challenge and I needed to have it posted by 6:00 EST tonight. I'm cutting it close aren't I? ;)
This is the sketch -

And here is my take on the sketch -

I used Sweet N Sassy Stamps One of a Kind stamp set. I colored the birds and branch with copics - E23, E25, E40, E41, E42, E43, Y17, YG61, YG63, Y00, Y02, B00, B01, B02 and prisma pencils.

The papers are Echo Park For the Record.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: SNSS - One of a Kind

Paper: Bazzill, Echo Park

Ink: Memento, SU

Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Twine, Buttons, MFT Mini Ticket Strip Border, MS Leaf Punch, Spellbinders - Long Rectangles

Thanks for checking in with me again today and enjoy your evening!

Sharri

Shamrocks and Owls

Happy Thursday!
It's time for The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge. This week my DT sisters and I have a recipe challenge for you. The recipe is to use the color green, brads, ribbon and glitter on your project.
Here is my sample -

I used the Owl See You in Spring stamps set by The Craft's Meow. The owls are colored with a combo of copics and prisma pencils/oms. I added stickles to the girl owl's shamrocks and toes and to the boy owls shamrock and buckle on the hat.
I wanted a shamrock behind each owl so I used one of my spellbinder heart dies to punch out 6 hearts and layed them down to look like a shamrock. 
The brads are the retired SU corduroy brads.
Please take a moment to pop over to the challenge and check out the other samples. As always, we would love for you to play along with us and you never know, you may win one to the fabulous prizes up for grabs!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Owl see you in Spring
Ink: Memento, SU, Copics (G07, 17, 28/Y17, 18, 19, 35, 38/E23, 25, 27, 31, 34, 35/C6, 7, 8, 9)
Paper: SU, Copic Blending, Teresa Collins Christmas Home
Other: Spellbinders - Hearts & Squares, Prisma Pencils/OMS, Ribbon, Brads, Stickles

Thanks for stopping by and stop back soon!

Lovely Easel

Good morning!
Today my fellow Twisted Thursday D-Teamies and I have a new challenge posted at The Outlawz. This week's challenge is to make an easel card. If you are not familiar with easel cards or have never made one, there is a great tutorial here on SCS.

The focal image is a stamp from The Craft's Meow's Sent with Love set. I colored it with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The base for the easel was made with my Grand Large Labels dies.
I inked around the edges of the paper and added lace and pearls for a bit of a vintage feel.
This is what the card looks like opened.

The pattern papers are MME Lost & Found Union Square.
I invite you to check out the challenge to see the rest of the DT inspirations and hopefully you will be inspired to play along with us!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: TCM - Sent with Love
Ink: Memento, Distressed Inks
Paper: Bazzill, Gina K Designs, MME Lost & found Union Square
Other: Spellbinders - Grand Large Labels, Petitte Ovals & Fancy Tags 2, Seam Binding Ribbon, Lace, Pearls, Prisma Pencils, OMS

Enjoy your day!

Lots of layers

Hello!

It's Outlawz Twisted Thursday! This week we are challenging you to use lots of layers on your project for our Twisted Thursday Challenge.
If you follow or read my blog, you know I love layers so this was a perfect challenge for me ;-) 

Here is my sample and it has more layers than normal for me :-)

The flowers are from Gina K Designs Dogwood and Butterfly stamp set. I colored them with prisma pencils, OMS and then covered them with stickles. I usually can not get the sparkle from the stickles or glitter to show up in my pictures but it sure did this time! Actually I think it showed up too much! lol!

The sentiment is from Buds & Vases, also Gina K Designs.

I used a several different spellbinder dies - Big Scalloped Rectangles, Eyelet Circles, Circles and Iron Works Accents. 

The pattern papers are October Afternoon's Thrift Shop.

We invite you to play along with us and who knows, you might just might win a prize if you do ;-)

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K Designs - Dogwood and Butterfly, Buds and Vases

Ink: Memento, SU

Papers: Gina K, SU, OA

Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Pearls, Spellbinders - Big Scalloped Rectangles, Eyelet Circles, Circles, Iron Works Accents.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Flower Pendant

Hi!

I has this flower colored for quite some time and thought it was time to make a card with it. The flower is from PTI's Year of Flowers Collection stamp set and is colored with copics and prisma pencils & OMS.
I used some more scrap papers that I had sitting on my table. The pattern papers are Basic Grey's Bittersweet.
The little tag and sentiment is PTI's Tiny Tags and Dies.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: PTI - Year of Flowers Collection, Tiny Tags
Ink: Memento, Copics - R81,83,85/G82/YG61/Y11,15
Paper: SU, Bazzill, Copic blending
Other: Prisma Pencils & OMS, Ribbon, Baker's Twine, Spica Pen, Spellbinders - Lotus Pendant & Labels 1, PTI Tiny Tags Die

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Seeing red spots

Hi!

I have a card to share today that I made for this weeks Twisted Thursday's Challenge at The Outlawz. This week we are challenging you to create a project using the color red. 

I used the rose stamp from Gina K Designs Friendship's Garden stamp set. I stamped the rose on Kraft cardstock and colored it with Prisma Pencils/OMS.

The sentiment is from Sweet N Sassy's Thinking of You stamp set. I could not find it in the store to give you a link to it.

The red polka dot paper is Echo Parks - Truly Yours.

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K Designs - Friendship's Garden, SNSS Thinking of You

Paper: Gina K Designs, Echo Park - Truly Yours

Ink: Memento, SU

Other: Pencils, OMS, Cuttlebug Dots EF, Spellbinders - Ovals & Ribbon Banners, Ribbon 

I hope you will check out the challenge and will be inspired to play along with us!

 

Enjoy your day!

Autumn blessings

Happy Monday Friends!
                           

I have one last fall/autumn card to share with you. The image is a digi by Anne's Digital Art and I colored it with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs Autumn Beauty stamp set. I used some pattern papers sitting on my table that were leftovers from making Halloween cards. I love it when I can use some of my pattern paper scraps. I often forget to check my scrap drawer first when I start to make a card so you can imagine how full my pattern paper scrap door is! ;)

Thank you so much for dropping by to visit!

Enjoy your Monday!

Card Supplies:
Stamps - Anne's Digital Art, Gina K Designs/Ink - SU, Memento/Paper - SU, Basic Grey Eerie, PTI White/Other - Buttons, Stickles, Clear Glaze Pen. Twine, Spellbinders

Happy Halloween!

Happy Monday and Happy Halloween!!

Can you believe today is the last day of October? This month has just flown by! I do not think I am going to make my goal of having all my Christmas shopping done and cards made by Thankgiving unless I can drag the next 3 weeks out into 5 or 6! lol! But then if I could make time stand still, I probably wouldn't be making Christmas cards ;-P

Since it's Halloween here in the US it seem only fitting that I share a Halloween card with you today.

This card is actually my sample for The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge of Anything Goes. The challenge goes until Wednesday at midnight cst. So there is still time for you to join us :o)
The image is a digi from Anne's Digital Art. If you like digi images, I encourage you to check out Anne's blog and also the digi group over at The Outlawz. She gives away quite a few of her digi's for free!

I colored this little guy first with lighter colored copics and then added shading with prisma pencils and oms.
The pattern papers are Basic Grey's Eerie. The button is MFT die and was cut out of black fun foam. You can use fun foam with any dies. I especially like using it for buttons and flowers.

Have a spooktacular day!!


Card Supplies: Stamps: Anne's Digital Art/Ink: Memento, Copics/Paper: SU, PTI, GKD, Basic Grey/Other: MFT Button Die, MFT File Tab Die, Spellbinders Circles, Twine, Prisma Pencils, OMS

Sketchy Halloween

Happy Thursday!

It's time for another Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz. This week we have a sketch for you to use on your project. And we have a twist for you...not only does your project need to follow the sketch but we want your project to also have a Halloween theme. What do you think? Are you up for the challenge?

This is the sketch we would like you to use -

And here is my sample -

The image is a digi by Anne's Digital Art. I added a base coat of light colored copics then used my prisma pencils to add the shading. The pattern paper is Basic Grey's Eerie.

The sentiment is Gina K Designs Fanciful Fall and I cut it out using PTI's Double Banner.

I felt this little gal should have some sparkle so I covered her pumpkin suit and hat in stickles. I also added a coat of crystal lacquer to her shoes.

Here is a close-up so you can see how her costume sparkles ;-)

I hope you come check out our challenge this week and play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your Thursday!

Card Supplies - Stamps: Anne's Digital Art digi, GKD fanciful Fall/Ink: Copics, SU/Paper: SU, GKD, PTI, Basic Grey/Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Buttons, Twine, Spellbinders Circles, PTI Double Banner Die, Stickles, Crystal Lacquer.

Recipe using critters

Hiya!!
It's that time of the week for The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge! This week we have a recipe challenge. The recipe is to use 2 critters, Swirls and texture on your project.

This is my DT sample -
This little cutie is Mouse with Sunflower by Stampavie. The lightest coloring was done with copics and the shading was done with Prisma Pencils/OMS. I covered the sunflower, leaves and butterflies with stickles. The stem has a thick coat of crystal lacquer on it as do the bumble bees.
The swirls are from my Fanciful Flourish Cheery Lynn die. I got mine at a LSS but I am seeing them on-line now too.
The flower is My Favorite Things Rolled Daisy which is cut out of felt.
The texture is Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots and Sizzix Petals a Plenty embossing Folders.
The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Adventure Mini Postage stamps and was cut out using Spellbinders Labels 23. They fit perfect in there, don't they?

We would love for you to play along with us for our recipe challenge this week!

Enjoy your day!!



Card Supplies - Stamps: Stampavie, Whimsy Stamps/Paper: PTI, SU, Gina K Designs/Ink: Memento, SU, Copics (YR00, YR01, R30, YG05)/Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Crystal Lacquer, Stickles, Felt, Rolled Daisy(MFT), Fanciful Flourish(Cheery Lynn), Cuttlebug EF, Sizzix EF, Pearls, MS Butterfly Punch, Spellbinders Labels 23.

Twisted Thursday's Fall-ow us Challenge

Hi!
If you are looking for my 1000 member blog hop post with my gift bag tutorial, you can find it here.
The Outlawz party is well underway!! We have challenges and games going on all week and A LOT of prizes to give out...over $800. Two of those prizes are for $100 gift certificates! Come on over and party with us!! It starts right here on the main page.

I want to share what the Twisted Thursday group is doing for their party challenge.
We are having a color challenge and the colors are ones you see in the fall...Red, Yellow and Green.
Here is my DT sample -
I used Sweet N Sassy's Poppies and Greetings Stamp set for both the poppies and sentiment.
I used copics to color my lightest shade on the flowers then used prisma pencils/OMS to add the shading. The grass was added with the pencils.
I used several Cuttlebug and Sizzix embossing folders to add texture to all the panels. I did not have green pearls that matched the cardstock so I used a copic marker to color a white pearl to match.

We hope you play along with us and the other challenge groups this week for a chance to win some fantastic prizes!
Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you at the Party!!



Card Supplies - Stamps: Sweet N Sassy Stamps/Paper: Copic Xpress It, SU/Ink: SU, Memento, Copics (R22, R22, Yooo, Yoo, YG03)/ Other: Spellbinders Labels 23, Sizzix & Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Prisma Pencils & OMS

In stitches...

Happy Thursday!

Thursday's mean it's time for another Twisted Thursday Challenge at The Outlawz. This week we are challenging you to create a project that includes stitching in it. We know not everyone has a sewing machine and we do want you all to be able to play along so we are accepting any kind of stitching...faux, hand-stitching, sewing on a button...what ever you can think of that resemble stitching.
Here is my sample -
The teacup is from Layers of Colors Teacup Blessing stamp set. I colored it with Prisma pencils and oms. The stitching was done with a sewing machine.
Now that I am looking at the picture, the colors are a bit washed out. They are more vibrant irl.
The pattern papers are from K&Company's Julianne pack. The butterfly and flower embellishments have been in my stash for a very long time.

Please stop by the Twisted Thursday's challenge group and check out the rest of the DT samples and the prizes we have up for grabs. We would love for you to play along with us!!

Stop back tomorrow night...we'll be shakin' it up!!



Card Supplies: Stamps: LOC Teacup Blessings/Paper: SU, Bazzill, K& Co/Ink: Mementos/Other: Lace, Seam Binding Ribbon, Spellbinders Circles & Blossoms, Prisma Pencils, OMS, hardware

Live like there's no tomorrow

Hi!

I have some fun news to share...I was the Customer Spotlight this past Sunday on the Sweet n Sassy Blog. If you want to check it out here is the link.

I didn't get any crafting in again last night but I am happy to say the homework went much better :-)
I have been practicing color people type images with my prisma pencils and I finally have one that is decent enough to share :-P
I have been practicing color people type images with my prisma pencils and I finally have one that is decent enough to share :-P
The image is Lili of the Valley's Little Ballerina. This little sweetie reminds me of Abbi when she was taking ballet classes.

Thank you so much for your visits and comments! Enjoy your day!

Card Supplies: Stamps: LOTV, Whimsy Stamps ~ Ink: SU ~ Paper: SU, Bazzill, Cryogen ~ Other: Ribbon, Lace, Paper Doily, Prima Flowers, Stickles, Rhinestones, Spellbinders Labes 7, Prisma Pencils, OMS

Holiday Glitter

Hiya friends!!

How about a little holiday inspiration today?
The challenge for this weeks POM group at The Outlawz is Winter Glitter! I went with a holiday theme for my sample.
I used a couple of Gina K Designs stamp set for my card. The sentiment panel uses Blessed is the Season. The poinsettia is from A Year of Flowers. The poinsettia is colored with prisma pencils and OMS. I added glitter the petals and used a red Spica Pen for the center. To add the strip of glitter to the ribbon behind the flower, I stuck a strip of score tape in the center of the ribbon and covered the score tape with glitter.

We would love for you to play along with us. There are several prizes up for grabs from Oozak, Susanna's Custom Art & Card Design, Paper Temptress, Gilli Rubber Stamps and Anne's Digital Art. You can check out the challenge right here for all the details.

Thanks for checking in with me! Enjoy the rest of your day!

Card Details:

Stamps: Gina K Designs

Ink: Memento

Paper: Gina K Designs, SU, Basic Grey - Jovial

Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Blending Stump, Glitter, Spica Pen, Ribbon, Spellbinders - Classic Rectangles, Classic Squares, Lacey Squares.

A Flower for you

Hiya!!

It's Thursday and one day closer to Friday and the weekend! It also means we have a new challenge for you in the POM group at The Outlawz. This week the challenge is Anything Goes and you can read about it here.

Here is my sample for the challenge.
That adorable image is from Lili of the Valley. I colored Teddy with Flower with Prisma Pencils and OMS. I added stickles to the flower for some sparkle.
I used a Spellbinder die from the Lattice Pendant to make the butterfly. For the antenna's I used stems from a couple of my WOC rose and used pearls for the body. The flower is a die from Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendants which is cut out two of to layer under the crochet flower. Yup, I made the crochet flower. They are really easy to make. I found the pattern for them by just googling crochet flowers.
The papers are MME - Lime Twist Life of the Party.

I hope you will check out the challenge and play along with us. There are a couple of prize that you could win. A $50.00 gift certificate to Oozaks and 3 digi images from Anne's Digital Art.
Wait to you see what prizes we have for the challenges in July...all I can say is WOW!!

Enjoy your day!

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Lili of the Valley

Paper: MME, SU,

Ink: Memento

Other: Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendant, Pearls, Ribbon, Prisma Pencils, OMS, Blending Stump, Crochet Flower, Stickles

It's time for another Blast from the Past

Hiya!
Are you ready for another Blast from the Past Challenge? Can you guess what challenge we will be revisiting this week?
Before you guess, how do you like the shelf and quilt on my card? These are part a stamp set that Gina released tonight called Nana's Needlework. Did you guess Sewing on Cards? If you did, you are right!! Gina made 4 awesome videos about using the Janome Sew Mini sewing machine.
Janome Sew Mini Setup
Janome Sew Mini Bobbin and Threading 1
Janome Sew Mini Bobbin and Threading 2
Janome Sew Mini Stitching

My challenge this week is to add stitching/sewing to your project.
Now I want everyone to be able to join in the challenge so do not worry if you do not have the Janome Sew Mini or a sewing machine, you can sew a button on your project, do faux stitches...pretty much anything that will look like sewing or stitching will be accepted.

Let me give you a few details about my card...
The images were stamped on Gina's Ivory PL paper and colored with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The doily on the shelf was stamped with versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The vase is from Gina's Lovely Shelf Stamp set and I stamped it on the back of the pattern paper and cut it out. The flowers are in the vase are part of the Nana's Needlework stamp set and were also colored with Prisma Pencils and OMS. The pattern paper is DCWV - Linen Closet.
Here is how I finished the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the companion set of Nana's Needlework called Nana's Needlework Sentiments.

I hope you will join me for this weeks Blast from the Past Challenge.

Remember if you do, your will be entered in the drawing for a chance to to win a free stamp set of your choice. You can find all the information about the Blast from the Past Challenge and all the other challenges here on StampTV.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Nana's Needlework, Nana's Needlework Sentiments, Lovely Shelf
Paper: Sage Shadow, Gina K - Ivory PL & Moonlit Fog, DCWV - Linen Closet
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Versamark
Other: Prisma Pencils, OMS, Janome Sew Mini, Clear Embossing Powder, Buttons (Gina K's Neutral Asst), Octagon Nestibilities

Guiding Seagull

Hi!

I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Yesterday I mentioned that I spent the morning stamping with my friend Kay. She went through the my card basket and pulled out a few cards that she wanted to copy. One that she wanted to copy used Gina K's Guiding Light stamp set. I had not played with this set for quite a while so I make a card with it also.

I colored the image with prisma and Koh-i-noor pencils and OMS and used the oval nestibilities to cut it out and for the matting. The fibers are from previous Stamp TV kits.
The sentiment is from Happy Camper and the crackled background stamp is from Bold Flowers.
The anchor is also colored with pencils and OMS. I tied it to the fiber netting with hemp twine.

I am off to get ready for Monday and the start to the work week. Have a very nice rest of your evening!
hugs,


Card Supplies:
Stamps: Guiding Light, Happy Camper, Bold Flowers
Ink: Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black, Soft Sand
Paper: DCWV, SU Whisper White
Accessories: Koh-i-noor pencils, Prisma Pens, OMS, Nestibilities, Friskars border punch, Eyelet, fibers