Birthday Card challenge

I have been coloring up a storm this week! I didn't have a plan for them, just wanted to practice my coloring. But then I realized that I could make them into birthday cards for a challenge posted by a woman that I follow on YouTube, Kim. She's hosting a birthday card challenge in honor of her mother. She asked that everyone make birthday cards that she can deliver to the home her mother had lived in, for the residents there. I ended up making 8 cards, one of which I used watercolor markers on. I will give a rundown of papers, stamps, and colors, then post the pictures. :) All of the card bases are pre-folded A2 size cards from Hobby Lobby. Card #1 I found this embossed image in my stash. I don't know the name of it or even who sent it. It was part of a group swap, but there wasn't a name on it. I colored it with my watercolor markers and created a little background. The sentiment is from Hobby Lobby. Card #2 The background paper is from Fancy Pants: Park Bench. I inked the edges and stamped the image with TH, distress ink: Faded Jeans. The image is a TH, Alterations stamp from Sizzix: Birthday Blueprint. I used some Cosmo Cricket washi across the top and on the inside, used a stamp from Hobby Lobby. Card #3 The background paper is from We R Memory Keepers: For the Record. I inked the edges with TM, distress ink: Pumice Stone. The sentiment is stamped in yellow and again in lime green and popped up on foam tape. The inner sentiment is from Hobby Lobby. The image is from SP&Co: Hedgie w/ Large Cupcake. I used the following copics to color him up. Hedgie- E95, E97, E99, R20, R24. Shirt- BG11, BG13, BG15. Cupcake- Y11, Y13, Y18, E70, E74, Viva décor pearl pen in Ice White & Sunny Yellow. The edges of the image are inked with TH, distress ink: Broken China. Card #4 The image is from SP&Co: Bird with Balloons. I tried to color the balloons to be clear (so that you can see one behind the other). The sentiment is also from SP I used the following colors on it. Bird- R14, R24, R29, YR12, YR14. Balloons- BV0000, BV00, B0000, B01, Y00, Y11. Flowers/branch- RV52, RV63, Y18, E18, E49, G40, G43. Card #5 The background paper for this card is from Basic Grey: Hey Girl. I backed the image with some coordinating cardstock and inked the edges with TH, distress ink: Peeled Paint. The inner sentiment is from an old set(don't have the packaging any more but I think it's Studio G. The image is LaLa Land: Luka with Flowers. I used the following copic markers for him. Skin- E00, E21, E02. Jeans- B12, B14, B16 and rubbing alcohol along with a wash cloth for the texture. Shirt- W00. Jacket- Y23, Y26, Y28, Viva Décor pearl pen: Ice white. Flowers- R17, R27, R29, Y11, Y18, R12, R20, YR82, YR12, G40, YG41, E13, E15, N0, N2, Crackle Accents. Shoes- W000, W01, W03. Hair- YR20, Y23, YR21, YR23. Card #6 The background paper is Fancy Pants: Park Bench. All of the images and the sentiment on the front of the card are from an SP set: Sunshine Emma. I also used the coordinating die tool set. I popped up the sun and two of the clouds with foam tape. The inner sentiment is from Hobby Lobby. I used the following copics on the image of Emma. Hair E13, E18, E27, E29, E49. Dress- BG01, BG05, C00, C1, C3, C5. Eyes BG01. Skin- E0000, E000, E02. Shoes- B16 and clear Wink of Stella brush. Card #7 The background paper is MME: Be Happy. I inked the edges with TH, distress: Broken China. The inner sentiment is from Hobby Lobby. I use some iridescent purple ribbon from my stash, back the image with pale purple cardstock and popped it up with foam tape. The image is from SP: Love Teddy Balloons. I used the following copics on this image. Balloons- R000, R12, R14, BV0000, BV00, BV02, Y00, Y11, Y13, BG0000, BG01. Hearts/Bow R14, R17. Shirt BV00, BV02, BV0000. Bear- E50, E51, E53, N0 for the nose. Card #8 The background paper is from DCWV: Pocket full of Posies. I used some glittery red ribbon from my stash and the sentiment is from Hobby Lobby. The image is from SP: Puppy Surprise. I use the following copics to color on this image. Fur- (i'm really please with this one!) E11, E13, E15; n0, n2 for the nose. Box Y11, Y13, Y15, Y18. Bow/Ribbon- BG11, BG13. Packing- YR12, YR14. Hearts- RV23, RV25, clear Wink of Stella brush.

Puppy Love

My poor little dog has a ruptured disk :( So after a trip to the vet we came home and chilled on the couch. I decided it would be a perfect opportunity to get some copic coloring done! So I decided to color up this new image that I got from The Greeting Farm called Puppy Love. I will list all the markers that I used at the end. After coloring him up, I had a brilliant idea to make him into a card for my husband. It's good to do random things for your spouse to show that you are always thinking of him/her! :) The base is an aqua card base from Hobby Lobby. The background paper is from a Studio Calico 6x6 pad called Classic Calico. I inked around all the edges and stamped my sentiment in Tim Holtz DI: Broken China. My sentiment is from Hobby Lobby and is Spanish for "I love you". The little cut out that it is stamped onto came from a MME pad: Portobello Road. I popped up my image with some foam taper and added some vintage seam binding from Wild Orchid Crafts in Bay Leaf.

Colors are as follows - Hair YR20, YR21, YR23, YR27. Skin E00, E21, E02. Puppy E95, E97, E99, R20, R12. Pants b12, B14, B16. Shirt and Shoes C00, C01. Jacket YG41, YG45. Banner BG10, BG11, R12, R14, BG10, BG11, BG13

Week 27 Project Life

Alright! I think I have my computer issues solved... %fingers crossed%! I restored my computer back to a date before I did the new windows update and was able to add a picture to my previous post! Yay! So now I can add my week 27. This is a design D and the first page in my 2nd album for 2014. I used my July SC kit. All except the 4x6 card. It came from my June kit. But I did use my starburst stencil from my July kit on the card! I sprayed it with glimmer mist in Bahama Blue. The second picture shows one of the foxes that lives on my in-laws property. The foxes have gotten use to my in-laws feeding them their scraps and pop out of their den every time the back door opens. The feast of the day was lasagna! This was my first week back to work after vacation. I was suppose to go back to my own store but at the last minute, I was asked to go back to Stillwater for three days. So I returned to my store on Thursday. After being gone three full weeks, the third picture is what I came back too! The last picture shows the new album. So exciting! I'm use to having one album for several years. I'm so happy that I discovered Project Life! It keeps me motivated on memory keeping!!

week 26 Project Life

Guess what I did on Friday night? Project Life! This was a super simple layout. Because I had so many pictures, I only needed a 4x3 and a 3x4 card. This was the week that I was on vacation! The three embellishments that I used and the cards came from my June SC kit. There is a small bit of tiny, striped washi on the 3x4 that came from a previous kit (maybe May?) This is the last page for my first Pl album!!! This one is now full and I have to start a second. My computer (or maybe the site) is not cooperating! I've tried two times now to insert a picture and it just freezes up! :( So I'm going to post this as is and try to insert a picture later. Then, at least if it freezes, I don't have to re-type everything AGAIN! :) Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Altered Frame

This is a project that I did earlier in the week. I just haven't had a moment to post it to my blog until now. I bought this frame at Good Will around a year ago! My husband really loves the coffee that my grandpa buys so we have started ordering it ourselves. My last order contained two new travel mugs. When we were fixing to leave for church, I noticed all three of us using our Community Coffee cups and had to get a picture. Then I thought, "I want to display it". Perfect opportunity to alter that old frame! I started by painting the dark green outer frame a dark brown with acrylic paint. While the paint was drying I colored and paper pieced my images from The Greeting Farm. Café Ian> skin: E00, E11, E02 hair: E47, E79, E49 cup: C00, C01 shirt: C00 Latte Anya> skin: E0000, E000, E02 hair: E97, E99, YR27 cup: E50, E51, E53 coffee sleeve: YG41, YG45 shirt: B0000, B01 boots: E35, E37, E39. I glued a strand of flat back pearls that my friend Sherry sent all around the frame. I folded up a doily from Nica's shop (Simply Shimmery Scraps) and added an assortment of flowers. The carnation looking ones are some that I made using scallop circles. The large pattern paper roses are from Prima and there is one little pink rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. The cute little coffee cups are actually metal brads that my friend Constance sent me. I clipped off the brad part and glued them down. I took a tag from the packaging (from my coffee order), added another one of those brads to it, and glued it to the frame as well. I absolutely love it and it didn't really take any time at all. It's proudly displayed in my living room now!

Birdie birthday card

Another little project from my vacation! After finishing all of my Project Life layouts, I made this cute little card for an upcoming birthday! The image is from SP&Co: Bird with Balloons and is adhered to an orange card base. I colored it with my copic markers and will be submitting it for the bi-weekly challenge at MarkerPOP.com. I used the following colors: bird-Y11,Y15,&Y18 balloons-(1)YR20,Y23,&Y26 (2)Y00,Y11,&Y15 (3)YR82,YR12,&YR14 branch-E27,E29,&E49 flowers-(1)BV13&BV17 (2)B01&B04 leaf-G40,G43,&G46. I inked around the edges with yellow ink, used Viva Décor in Sunny Yellow for the centers of the flowers, and added a small glass butterfly. The sentiment is on the inside of the card. I wanted to keep this one pretty simple and not give it a lot of dimension. Cant wait to see what I can accomplish tomorrow!

Project Life weeks 22-25

OMG! I'm all caught up!! So I'm on vacation this week and I'm enjoying every minute! I woke up at 6:30 this morning! (what the heck?) I was really excited to get into my craft room! I had started organizing last night before my husband and son asked me to come watch a movie with them. So I got up this morning, bright eyed and bushy tailed. I cleaned up the kitchen, vacuumed the entire apartment and went into my craft room. I made so much progress!! I finally got to point where I felt really accomplished and was happy to sit down and start scrapping. I mainly used my June Studio Calico PL kit. I'm embarrassed to say that today is the last day of June and I just broke the seal on my June kit today...I've been really busy. I didn't embellish a whole lot. I wanted to keep it simple so that I would remain focused on getting everything done. The first picture is of my cousins wedding on May 31st. I used an assortment of stickers from my stash for this layout. The next picture starts my weeks. Week 22 and 25, I used tab dividers to label them so I edited the picture to show the week number. I used an assortment of page protectors styles. In order they are: week22 (backside of) A and H (front & back), week23 D (front side), week24 (backside of) D and J (front & back), week25 F (front side). Hope you enjoy the pictures!