Monday, June 30, 2014

A Thank You Card

 
Hello Everyone!
 
School is finally out for the summer and now the kids are home all day. I am truly happy that they are on break, but it sure makes it hard to spend any time in my craft room. They like for their friends to come to our house, so there is usually at least one extra kid here at all times. It can get kind of chaotic around here.
I did get to finish a card this week though! I remember the days when I could get one card done a day... ah, those were the days.
This week I made a Thank You card. I haven't put any flowers on my cards lately, so I think I may have gone a wee bit overboard. It doesn't fit in an envelope! Looks like I will be hand delivering this one :)
 
 
Can you believe I forgot the name of this little cutie?! I knew I should have kept the packages. But as you can see she's a Magnolia stamp that I layered and colored with my Copics. I made the little banner on my Cameo.
 
 
 
I took this picture before I put her on the card, hoping to get a better shot of the layers - I failed. I think I may need some photography lessons!
 
And here is a close up of all the Wild Orchid flowers I used
 
 
I had at least 5 more ready to go on as well, but I managed to stop myself lol.
 
There you have it. I do have one other finished card, but I can't post it until after the birthday party :(. Maybe I can get another done between now and then. At least I'm sure going to try!
 
Have a great day, everyone. Happy Crafting!
 
Christine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Flash Back - a bit

 
Good Morning!
 
I hope this finds everyone well. We have been dealing with a lot of things at our house that have taken up quite a bit of my time for the past couple of months, but as of yesterday, it looks like we have finally gotten the bigger issues resolved - phew! At least now I can breath!
Even though I have a few projects started I haven't been able to complete a new one as of yet. Hopefully this weekend I will have one finished now that I can concentrate on something.
You know how things just kind of blend into the background after awhile?
Well, I was at my Dad's house the other day when this card caught my attention. It's been sitting on my Mom's shelf right where everyone can see when they come to their home. It has had this place of pride for about 3 years now. And even though she is gone, my Dad has left it on that shelf.
 
I made this for her birthday:
 
 
The image is 'Baby Fairy with Ladybug' from Mo's Digital Pencil (at least I'm pretty sure that's the name of this digi!). I absolutely adore this image! But it always looked like a little boy to me. So I colored it purple - with my Copics - and put a tiny bow in 'her' hair.
 
 
This was also my first attempt at layering. It's very hard to get the proper affect with pop dots lol. I also glittered her wings.
 
Here's a really close up:

 
Well that's all I have for today. Now I'm off to try and finish at least one of my many projects!
 
Happy Crafting!
Christine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Monday, June 16, 2014

Another Daddy's day card

 
Good morning All!
 
I have finally pulled myself away from my normal go to digis to color up something different.
I have had this image for quite some time now and Father's day is the perfect opportunity to finally color it up.
I used "Love you Daddy" from Mo's Digital Pencil on my Dad's card.
 
 
Isn't it adorable? She has the sweetest images. Although male cards are my least favorite to make, I am happy with the way it turned out. But now I'm thinking I need to go on her site and buy one or two more. Or maybe 3 ;).
 
Here is a close up
 
 
I decided to layer this image. I love the layered look (it took forever!).
 
 
That's all for today. Enjoy your day and Happy Crafting :)
 
Christine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Sunday, June 15, 2014

Happy Father's Day! And a card

 
Good Morning!
 
Are you all spoiling your Husbands today? We are trying to at my house, but my husband can make that difficult. He isn't very good at sitting and relaxing and doing nothing. Even when I insist on it! 
Hopefully after he has gone through his morning routine he will be able to relax and enjoy his day (OCD at it's finest, people!).
For his card I decided on a clean and simple design since it's much easier that way on male cards (at least for me), and I chose the 2 Hearts Cody and Mae digi from Some Odd Girl.  
 
 
Of course I layered the image (I can't help it - I'm obsessed!). Here is a close up:
 
 
 
I colored it with Copics, and made the banner with my Silhouette. I love the banners. Looking at the image now, I realize that they are floating. I always forget to do some shading under their feet. I really need to remember that part.
 
There you have it. Wow, that's 3 posts in a week. I'm on a roll lol!
 
Enjoy your day!
Christine
 
 
 


Saturday, June 14, 2014

Something different

 
Hello Everyone!
 
 
Are you as obsessed with storage containers and boxes as I am?
I am always on the lookout for things that will hold one type of crafting supply or other. But I can never find one to hold those Stickles in the upside down position that I keep them in. I have seen some neat ideas and even tried a few, but I'm never quite happy with them. I suppose I just really want a box of some sort to store them in.
I finally found one that I think I will be happy with!
It is actually a file I found in the Silhouette store.
 
Here is the box

 
I couldn't just leave it like that! So I added a Tilda and a little flower spray

 
 
Then I double checked to make sure the Stickles bottles would still fit
 
 
 
I have decided to give this one to my sister since she has been looking for one too.
 
So now I'm off to make one for myself :)
 
Have a great day Ladies!
 
Christine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

A birthday card and a new pet lizard!

 
Hello Everyone!
 
Today my son turned 16. 16! I still can not understand where those years went.
We have a fairly new tradition in our house. For the past few years instead of having
a big birthday party, I take my kids out for the day to pick out their gifts and then we go to lunch or dinner. So this year my son CJ decided he wanted a Bearded Dragon. He has talked about it for quite a while now. Well, I finally gave in.
 
Meet Charlie
 
We now have a very happy 16 year old boy :)
 
Now for CJ's birthday card. I made this one VERY clean and simple because, well, you know, he isn't a "little kid" anymore ;).
 I used Skateboard Tobie from SOG.

 
I colored him with Copics - I really like purple and yellow together. And CJ likes purple too.
  I couldn't resist making this guy 3D, though. I wish it showed up better in my picture! I popped out his wind blown hair, His pants and skateboard, and then his left hand and the top wheels of the board.
 
 
I want to share the card I made for him on his 14th birthday. It's not a great picture, but he is so proud of  this card and the fact that he still has it and it is in "perfect condition". He brought it down this morning to show me that he still has it :).
The image is Saturated Canary, but I don't remember the actual name of the stamp as I have had it for quite a long time.
 
As you see, it's purple :).
 
So that's it for today.
 
Have a great evening,
Christine
 

Monday, June 2, 2014

MIA

Good Morning Ladies!
 
 
Wow, it's been awhile since I have blogged! That would be because it's been awhile since I have made an entire card! I know quite a few of you understand when I say I have lost my mojo. I hate it!! Every morning I wake up wanting to go into my craft room but it just isn't happening. I have been busy coloring, though! I have colored and done paper piecing pretty much every day. So when I can get my mojo back, I will be well prepared :).
 
Onto my card. My daughter comes to me yesterday morning and tells me she has a birthday party this afternoon and needs a card. REALLY?! I had my 2 year old nephew here for the weekend, and I was given tickets to the Scrapbooking and Rubber Stamp convention in Syracuse for today, which was almost 2 hours away (that was a fun time!) so I had to get the card done last night, from start to finish. My plan was to color an image and stick it on a card. That did not happen.
 
 
As you can see I used Some Odd Girl's Puppy Gwen. This is the first African American girl I have had the opportunity to color, and I loved getting the chance to try out different skin tones for a change. I was happy with how she turned out :). I did do a clean and simple card, but I recently purchased a tube of  Pinflair glue (thank you Lea for tracking down a seller that ships to the US for me!) and I am now obsessed with doing paper piecing. I love giving my images that 3D affect. I actually don't even want to color an image unless I can make something on it pop lol. 
 
Here is a closer look:
 

Hopefully you can see that I popped quite a bit of her. I could have done more - much more lol - but I had to stop myself. My daughter picked the image, the color combo for her outfit, and the papers. I think she did a pretty good job with coordinating :). 
 
Well that's all for now. I will be back in a couple of days with another card - mojo or not, my son is turning 16 on Wednesday so I WILL be back!
 
Until then, have a great day!
Christine