It's All About The Markers

I have these wonderful Copic markers and I really haven't mastered them yet. I have applied with Copic to take their wonderful classes and will be doing so in August in Wisconsin. But until then... I am practicing. I decided to choose this flower from Melanie Muenchinger's set A Year of Flowers, as I figured the more area I have to "blend" with, the better my chances are getting it to look... decent??? LOL And... the wonderful background paper (Springtime in Paris) is from a FREE download Gina K gave to us when we purchased the Class Kit that Jessica Fick was teaching over on StampTV! I'm telling you... that Gina K gives away more things than you can imagine... I think we need to give a special "thank you" to the mother that raised this wonderful woman. Mother's Day IS this weekend, you know?! Hopefully, I'll get better with the markers and you'll keep coming back to see what "challenge" I've taken on THIS time. LOL Have a great day!!

A Special Thanks

I wanted to take a minute today to thank ALL of you who sent your congratulations on my being chosen for StampTV's Center Stage yesterday! I was so surprised to open my page and see a "congrats" posted and I had no clue! I hurried off to the Center Stage Forum and sure enough... there I was!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! I totally about cried! And I mean... tears were sitting right on the rim of my eyes and I fought back letting them drop! LOL I was so thrilled and yet... not really believing it at all!! LOL Gina K and her team are so generous... so sincere... so truly inspiring to me and I honestly have to thank them for so much. Because of them I've tried things I'd never think to try before. Copic markers... actually drawing some things on my own to use in my cards... and I've done a few "out of the box" things that just would NEVER cross my mind to do! Thank you, Thank you StampTV and Gina K. I love sharing ideas, getting help and making all the wonderful friends I've made on StampTV. I just can't say enough good things about it. You are truly denying yourself something if you don't check it out and hey... sign up... who knows... YOU could be the next Center Stage star!! P.S. Oh yeah... don't worry, they don't even make you stand up in front of a room full of faces looking at you thinking... "well... well... DO something!" LOL Join me... it's sooo much fun!!!

Storms a Brewin....

I originally did this card with my husband (from our kids) and dad in mind... so, since I couldn't decide WHO I wanted to give it to, it doesn't have anything on the front... yet. I'll get to it... when I decide. In the meantime... I just really really like this new set from Rupa Shevde called Guiding Light. One of the new releases at Gina K Design. I used the new jumbo round sponge daubers that Gina has in her store now to make the clouds, in real life they show up better. As you might have guessed, I'm not great with the pics of my cards. Some day I'll invest in a photo box... maybe... if you all can spare a dime now and then... LOL Kidding! I used my Copic markers to do the coloring on the lighthouse, rocks and roofs. I paper pieced the housing. These markers are cool but they do take some getting use to how to work them... blend with them and such. Now that I have them... I'd never part with them! I am sure you'll see many more cards from this set as it works for just about ALL the men in my family. Oh... I LOVE those screw head brads... don't they look so real?!

Cowboy Up!

I never thought I'd really get into horses much, but Out West from Theresa Momber has me playing with horses for the first time!! LOL And trust me... REAL horses and I do NOT get along! They know they are big... they know I'm only 5'1"... they know they can do as they darn well please when I'm in the saddle... and they DO!!!!! *Yikes!* No no... I'll just stamp them and say nice things to them on paper. Ahhh I feel so much better doing that. I don't know what I was thinking when I decided I could actually DRAW a bandanna.. but hey, I get points for trying, right??? Right???!!! *smile* Looks like a turnip to me! LOL You cannot believe ALL the COOL cards everyone is making with this set over on StampTV! And you thought us ladies only played with flowers and make-up! Ha! Stop over and check out all the goodies. Not to mention all the FREEBIES Gina K puts out there for us! She rocks! Bet she's not afraid of horsies... *snort*

Ahhh Young Love...

VERY young... hee hee. I am having so much fun with this new set from Melanie Muenchinger, Wee Tees. On this card I was thinking... twins?... boy and girl??? Had to bling "her" up with a few jewels around her onesie and of course every girl loves flowers! I put a small pearl in the openings of the button... what more could a lady want? And of course, being a "guy"... he needed cars and just your plain ol buttons... as any man would prefer... *smile*. You must go on over to Gina K Designs and check out all the fun "things" that you can use on Melanie's Wee Tees... so many options. How can you NOT find something to suit your sweet baby cards?!

"Split" Me Up!

I LOVE doing split negative cards and I REALLY like black and white. You can't tell that from my blog, can you??? Naahhhhhh... *wink* Well this card I made for my dad and it's one of my favorites. HE truly loves black and white as well and every year he gets my mom a new black and white outfit for Christmas. This last year he HAD to get her the newest black diamond and white diamond set that seems to keep growing so popular and "I" got to pick them out!! Never happens... he tends to go with my sister's choice of things but I overruled this year... hee hee. (It's a tradition we started way back BEFORE my sister was born.. dad and I would go out shopping for his gift for mom when I was young. Of course when my sister came along she got added to the shopping. So we go... have a great time shopping together and I make HER do the wrapping! LOL) Anyway.. this is the card I made for dad and as you might guess... he LOVED it! The technique is pretty easy really ... the hardest part is making sure your paper matches end to end and you tape the back of it in place with removable tape so that AFTER you stamp it... you can pull it apart and emboss one side with white embossing powder and the other side with black embossing powder. Of course, you can use other colors as well. I just love the final look of this. Have a great weekend and stamp... as often and as much as you can!!!