Edwin

 

Hi All!

 

 

I hope this finds everyone well and crafting away!  Yesterday was Matthew - my oldest baby's 23rd birthday.

23!! I just can't believe that he is already 23 years old. Time is just flying right by me. Matthew loves to fish. He spends all of his free time with a pole in his hand. So what better image to use than Edwin with a fishing pole? I can't remember the proper name of this stamp (I have always been bad about keeping packages).

 

He is colored with Copics and of course, I layered the image:

 

 

The fishing hole sign, fishing pole and lures were all cut with my Cameo. I chose to color them instead of  cutting all those tiny pieces with colored paper!

 

So that's all I have today.
Take care ladies!

Christine



Magnolia

 

Good morning friends!

 

 

Today I want to share a birthday card I made for my daughter's friend.

This is one of those times coloring for fun pays off. My girls like to wait until the very last minute to tell me they have birthday parties to go to. From what Jordan tells me, her friends all look forward to her birthday cards. So no pressure right? lol. I have almost depleted my stock of finished cards so I think it's time to get back on the ball. As some of you know I have Fibro and for the last few months it's been taking it's toll so I am still having trouble finding my mojo, which is very frustrating! Hopefully I will get it back soon.

 

Onto my card.

 

I used 'For You' Tilda. She is colored with Copics and layered, but I was in such a hurry to get it finished and get Jordan out the door that I forgot to get a side view of her :(. But here's a close up:

 

That's all for now. Take care, lovely ladies!

 

Christine

A Some Odd Girl Birthday Card

 

Hello Ladies!

 

Today I have a birthday card to share. It's for my daughter Kylee's friend, who is turning 12. I decided to make it simple. Sort of. My daughter chose 2 SOG images. She wanted 2 girls - one to represent each of them (Kylee is the one in purple!).

I used Geeky Mae and Heartsy Mae, colored with Copics, of course! I had to add my favorite banner, but I also added a banner with her name on it, and I made a cute little bow on my Cameo.

 

Here is a close up of the girls

 

 

I layered the images, which is why I said it was "sort of" a simple card 

 

 

 

I must say, I don't know how you ladies keep track of all the different names and types of paper and dies you use. Geez, I'm lucky to remember which Copic colors I used once I have finished coloring!

 

That's all for today. Take care, everyone!

Christine

 

 

 



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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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