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!

Happy Birthday Sandy!! It was my PSF

Sandy's birthday this past week. I didn't know what her favorite color was, so I made her card my favorite color!! LOL!! Oh well it's the thought that counts right?!? I'm not sure if this is "Clean and Simple" or just plain boring. For the longest time I was playing around with a "More is More" style of stamping and now I am in a "Clean and Simple" mode. I kinda feel like I don't have my own "style" yet, so I guess I will just keep playing around until I find my way. Today is SoCal Stampmania, I had bought a ticket and then life happened, so I couldn't go. I am so sad!! :( I had designed my shoebox swap and everything. I liked it so much that I am using it for my PSF/Dork swap that is due in June! June!! It will be awhile before I can post that one! LOL!! I am hoping to spend some time in the studio creating in honor of those at Stampmania without me, but I am TIRED!! We went to friend's house last night to watch Smoke Signals with Adam Beech. It is a classic if you live somewhere with a First Nations population. Otherwise, I don't know if you would get a lot of the humor. I love Adam Beech, just adore him, I will watch anything he is in!! He was in Windtalkers with Nic Cage (whom I also adore) and is now on Law and Order: SVU. Did ya know he is a born and raised Winnipegger? We even have a big mural on the side of a building near where he grew up! Anyway, we watched movies and didn't get to bed till 4:30! I keep forgetting that I am not 21 and I can't do that anymore! LOL!! Maybe I am going to have to have a nap instead!

Finally some of my creations are reaching their new homes so I can post them here!! This card I made for a dear PSF Sarahstampart's Birthday. When I started this card I had no idea who I was making it for or that it was even going to be a birthday card! :) But when I was done I knew exactly where it was headed -California! If only I could figure out how to mail me to California too! Seriously, the weather has been better here and Spring is definitely my favorite time of year. I love that it's warm enough to not need winter stuff but still cool enough in the mornings and at night to still wear a jacket. It is all about the accessories ya know! ;) Probably because I have this fabulous leather jacket and I just want to wear it every opportunity I get! TTFN!