Sketch n Stash #66

Hi folks,

Well I FINALLY cracked open my Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection pack that I picked up from Tina's Scrapbooking Creations back in May at our Crop for the Cure. I figured I had hoarded it long enough and I needed to make a birthday card for a dear friend of mine and wanted to use something I had not yet used before and was pretty.

I actually wound up making FOUR cards as I REALLY liked the sketch that I used (this week's layout from the Sketch 'n Stash challenge blog). You will notice I didn't add any embellies. When I do floral cards I prefer to let the image stand on its own.

Here are the other three cards I made:

The two flower stamps are a couple that I picked up at Heather's Stamping Haven the last time I participated in one of Tanya's card classes.

card details:

• finished size: 5.5 x 5.5 inches
• stamped images: Spring Flower and Curly Flower from Heather's Stamping Haven. Coloured with Copic markers (YG00, YG01, YG61, YG63, YG67, YR000, YR00, YR02)
• sentiments: Verve Wordy Bird, Big Wish, Amazing Wishes, Love Story
• patterned papers: Bo Bunny Gabrielle
• kraft cardstock
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles

additional challenges for this card:

• Clear it Out Challenge: Anything Goes
• Kraft Journal: My Favourite Things (I love using floral images on cards - and of course my Verve sentiment stamps and Copic Markers)

Anyways, that's it for me today. 

I'm taking a much needed break from work next week and hope to relax by doing WHATEVER THE HECK I WANT!!!! A much shorter than usual summer vacation for me - only one week instead of the usual four but long overdue and very much needed. I may decide that "whatever" is just sleeping!

Hope you all end your week on a high note!

My projects from Tanya's Class

Hi folks,

Just thought I would share the projects we made yesterday at the Pixie Cottage card class led by Tanya at Heather's Stamping Haven. If you follow Tanya's or Heather's blogs, then you have seen Tanya's sample cards already.

This is the first card we made, using the "Big Valentine" image. Copics used were C2, C4, RV11, RV13, YG91, E30, E33 + colorless blender.

The second card, using "Cuddly Cute" . Copics used were E13, E15, E51. Can you believe it? Only three colors! I love this little bear - his posture reminds me of our youngest cat. Even my other half said the same thing when I showed him the card!

And a bonus project - a bookmark to go with the first card we made.

I must say, I enjoyed the class quite a bit and picked up a few tips. We coloured the backgrounds for the images with lighter shades of Copics and then used some terry toweling spritzed with copic colorless blender solution to give a nice sky effect. We also added dimension to the hearts on the "Big Valentine" image with PrismaColor pencils. The grass effect below the elephant was really easy to achieve - one colour (YG91) and then we used the chisel tip of our colorless blender pens to get a notched grass look.  Definitely tips I will be using again.

Anyways, it is back to work for me again tomorrow. It's going to be rough - after having five days off and just doing whatever I want, whenever I want. Sigh.

A Copic Class for the local peeps!

Hi folks - third post for today so feel free to scroll down to check out my Verve cards and my WOYWW posts!

Just a quick reminder that a crafty pal of mine, the oh-so talented Tanya Rudd, is teaching a class at Heather's Stamping Haven in Nepean on Saturday, April 2. Tanya is on the DT for the Pixie Cottage and Heather now stocks those stamps at her store! So, Tanya is going to be giving us some tips and pointers on colouring those cute images. Here's a link to the calendar page at Heather's store so you can see the cards we will be making.

Best part? You will have two more cards to add to your stash by the time the class is over. AND....for those of you not familiar with taking classes at Heather's - you normally get 10% off any purchases you make while you are at the store for the class....so...you can pick up some new stamps after you finish the class!....or some Spellbinders, card-stock, ink, punches, glitter.....and so on.....

So if you haven't already signed up, I know there were only two spots available a few days ago. You might want to check it out sooner rather than later - note that you do need specific Copic Markers for the class.


BTW - I did finish the vacuuming. And one bathroom.

A few more things to round out the day...

Ah....it's been a busy day. I finally had the chance to take some photos of the card I made at Heather's on Saturday - please forgive my goofs!

See...in this picture you can see that I did NOT pay attention to Heather's instructions to reinsert the slider BEFORE punching the hole for the ribbon. Yeah, and my eyeballing the centre was off. Grrr.....


But it is still a pretty card! Love those Smooch paints. I think they will get added to my colouring medium selection.....

And this is what the slider card looks like in action....Heather had us add a little levity to the gorgeous fall card with this cute little cow and the sentiment "cow's it going?"... tee hee hee....



Did you see my OTHER goof?....I didn't do such a good job stamping my cow. I missed his feet! So I coloured them in with a marker after.


I do like this card...very neat I think.

Let's see ... what else is up? Oh yes....I've been busy in the craft room making projects for the September 4th launch for PaperWorksCo. I'm sure Peggy will be teasing for the remainder of the week about what is coming! So, hopefully your long weekend plans will include tuning in to the launch on Friday night and checking out the surprises she has in store. I'm sure the rest of the team will have amazing projects for you to see. I won't brag about my OWN creations ... you can be the judge on release night.

Thanks for stopping by...hope to have some new creations for you soon!

When the mailman doesn't deliver...

the goodies for which I have been anxiously awaiting, retail therapy is required and off I went this evening to

• Heather's Stamping Haven for my Magnolia fix - 2 Tilda's, an Edwin and a bench. Plus some seashells and a cheeky sentiment for the back of my cards. Heather's annual fund-raising event for Victim's of Violence starts August 15th through the end of the month. Check out her site or blog for details, the make and take schedule and details on the sale and a chance to win some goodies.
  
• Michael's for a new Martha Stewart Punch - Autumn Branch. Love it....it's not JUST a branch you know! Think sea creatures!!!
  
• Dollarama - for a HUGE stack of foam squares. I won't be running out for a VERY long time.
  
• Home Depot - for more driveway sealant. Dearly beloved and our neighbour FORGOT that last year they sent me to get a 5th container of the stuff when they did the driveways so when dearly beloved went to do our driveway today with just TWO .... he ran out with the car parked in the garage. SO....had to wait until it was dry to go get some more! ooooh.....men!

Ahhhh.....that felt SOOO good!

I have made a bunch of cards the last few days but have not yet had a chance to edit the photos for posting. Maybe I'll get to do that tomorrow morning.

I have to say a big thanks to Danielle - she gave me a blog award on her blog! She is so sweet! I will have to reciprocate to some of the blogs to which I subscribe! Again, maybe tomorrow morning!

Oh, and before I forget, EK Success are awesome! My Diamond Scallop Border Punch has been acting up lately...not quite punching in the middle anymore. I haven't used it THAT much - twenty Christmas cards....a few others. Not abusing it cutting nasty things. It IS the first one (among several) I bought when their new border punches came out. So I sent them an enquiry via their website asking if there was any maintenance they would recommend to get it back into tip top punching status or if they had a replacement warranty. Well the next day, I received a reply requesting the item number of the punch and my shipping address as they were going to send me a replacement! Thus, they are AWESOME!

Ta Ta for now.....tomorrow should bring a post with another set of cards I gave away this week.

.s.