While I was locked out I got a tattoo

It is each of my girl's birth month flowers and I have it on my lower back. This was taken only 4 hours after having it done. It looks even better now! :)

I'm back -kind of!

Things have been really crappy since July. We thought were past all the yuck but ignorant people managed to screw things up. I have had to creative mojo since! On top of that, I couldn't remember my password and yahoo had shut down my yahoo mail and I couldn't restart it so I couldn't retrieve my password. Google customer service SUCKS! They told me to start over they couldn't verify who I was! WTH? I can prove who I am, they wouldn't even work with me. So I just started trying every password I have EVER used and I finally got it!! I am hoping to start stamping and sharing again soon! Maybe this weekend!

I love silhouettes, this set from Stampin Up makes me smile every time I see it. Of course a card in pink should make everyone smile when they see it! ;) I mass produced this (OK only 3 times) in 3 different colors for some birthdays that I was late for! I hate mass producing but at least they got their cards before Christmas.

My nephew Devin

This is my nephew Devin. He is 3 years old and lives in New Zealand. My hubby's sis her DH and Devin came to visit for 3 weeks this year. The last time I saw him he was barely walking! :) For his 3rd birthday I sent him a Star Blanket in a blanky size. He loved it so much that for an early 4th birthday gift I made him a twin for his bed. I made an identical one for Nikolas too. Right now I am working on a monocromatic (my fav) purple queen size one for my bedroom. Not very fond of the process but love the finished product!

More Copics!!

I haven't used my House Mouse stamp in years. It was one of my first stamps ever. Now that I kinda know what to do with these wonderful markers I thought I'd give it a try. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how you can layer on the colors. Look at how you can "see" the books through the fishbowl. There is no way you can do that with regular markers. Once I get the clear one for "erasing" I will be a lot happier too. I'm not crazy about the mice's face color and I went out of the lines a bit, so I really need the colorless blender to "push" the ink back into the lines. These really are the most wonderful thing. I emailed Marianne about Copic Certification and she said she was gonna add Minneapolis to her list for 2009! Yeah! I'm not quite sure how I will manage to wait that long, I am dying to go!! This card is for my girlfriend Nancy who is celebrating her birthday on Sunday. Not very birthdayish but I like it anyway! TTYL!!

Copics!!!

So Cambria went to Copic Certification and my watercoloring improves drastically -go figure! I would kill (OK not really) to go to that. I LOVE my copics!! This took a really long time but I had fun and this might be my all-time favorite card that I have ever made. I made it with my Barb in mind. I would have like to sue this for her birthday card but time got away on me. Now I will just have to mail it!! I had a really hard time matching the papers after I was done coloring it but in the end I think it is just about perfect!. I REALLY wanted to add some ribbon but I either didn't have the right ribbon or this card really shouldn't have any. Now I need more detailed stamps so I can color! I really don't have a lot!! Sounds like it's time to go shopping!

So the gist is you don't have to have a blender to blend (mine hasn't come yet from Gina K's marker club) you can use the lighter colored markers to "push" the color around the paper. I used shimmery white from SU and there was no pilling and the color moved easily. I didn't have the blender to "erase" where I went out of the lines so I created a background color with 2 markers. I also didn't really get that "shadow behind the item" look because of this but once I get the blender i will be able to erase where I need to and then put the shadow in and leave the background white!v Thanks for looking!