Thanks - Card Set

I have been working with some ideas for card sets this week. I like the freshness of this one, it was done with "Swiss Dots" and "thanks" embossing folders. The heart and side embellishments were done with Cuttlebug photo corner - negative pieces and a hand punch heart. Color by Copic Airbrush System. Overall size is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". Have a great weekend and Happy Friday, Hugs

Blog Candy Winner!

Thanks to everyone who visited my blog this week and commented on my mini album. Random.org chose #48 and that would be Leah from Leah's Card Design. Congrat's Leah and please get your address to me so I can mail this out to you. Have a safe and happy weekend everyone. Hugs

BBTB2-Challenge-Blog Hop/Sentimentals

Welcome to our BBTB2-Challenge, Hosted this week by Donna Mundinger-"The Magnificent", her choice is the bee from the Cricut Cartridge "Sentimentals". Please visit all our designers this week for not only great projects but fun fun Blog Candy.
I truly am having a hard time believing I have not posted in a week, oh my goodness. It has been very busy in this little piece of real estate over the last month. I have completed over 275 bookmarks. When I do a large project (in this case a couple of large projects) of one particular item, I try to do a project totally different just to keep the energy and ideas flowing. I decided that our blog hop would be a great chance to switch gears and grab out some of my other tools. This is a 4" X 6" mini album. The covers are acrylic, sprayed with Copic Markers and the Copic Airbrush System. I cut the bee hive from "Sentimentals" but used the negative, this was adhered to the first page of the album not the cover. I then used the blackout for the bees cutting them in 2 sizes (a little smaller for the wings, which were cut from polka dots). I added metal corners, bound it with the Bind It All system and added misc. ribbon.

I sprayed the edges of the journal pages (which are index cards) again with the airbrush.








the photo on the right shows the album laying flat.





For my blog candy I am offering this album, a fun place to keep notes, addresses, etc. All you have to do is sign up as a follower and leave a comment to this post. I will choose a winner using Random.org, April 30th at 6AM. Now please hop over to see the very very talented Marina Vasquez. Happy Monday, Hugs

The Walker

Happy Monday Morning, as the rain begins to lessen and the temps begin to warm up, I keep re-affirming my commitment to begin my morning walks.
This is one of my "Take Notes" bookmarks, the legs are from a "Spellbinder's" die and the tennies are from Cricut Cartridge "Paisley". Have a great week. Hugs

Hot Stuff

Here is a bit of a variation on my bookmark design, I added 2"X2" post-it-notes. There are some books I take a lot of notes from and this is perfect, they are right there. I cut the slot with a corner slot punch by "Family Treasures" then braced it. I suggest you use no more than 12 sheets and be sure to place the sticky on the left side (vertical). Then you write your thoughts, lift on the right upper corner and peel down to remove. The chili pepper was cut from "Mickey and Friends" it is the Donald's hat, I know I have seen a chili pepper but as my week goes, I could not find it. Then added two different hearts. "Hot Stuff" was computer generated. Happy Sunday, Hugs

Fairy Bookmark

It is a beautiful Saturday morning here, hope yours is equally beautiful.
This bookmark was punched on the bottom with a Martha Stewart punch. I used a stamped image from "Stamps Happen". Remember when using your stamps you don't always have to use the entire image. All coloring was done with Copic markers and the Copic Airbrush System. Just a tiny touch of glitter to her wings. Have a great day, Hugs

Ginkgo and Butterfly

Good Morning, this week has just flown by! It has been almost a year since I started with the Copic Markers and then in July or August I got the airbrush system. I feel like I am just now making some progress and what an adventure into color. The bookmarks have helped me tremendously to stabilize my background colors, that is one of the hardest techniques to get down as they tend to be blotchy until you get a rhythm going, it is also important to keep in mind that the colors fade slightly as they dry, so sweeping the entire area from right to left or left to right, top to bottom, then let dry and re-apply if necessary, I usually end up with at least two coats for my backgrounds. I think it is also important to make sure your marker is fully loaded before doing a background. If you have used a traditional airbrush it will take some time to adjust to the Copic because you do not have a continuous flow.
This bookmark was done with the Ginkgo from Cricut cartridge "Wild Card", thanks to those of you who helped me remember which cartridge, I hit a senior moment yesterday and could not find this cut for the life of me. The daisy is cut from "Walk in my Garden" and the butterfly is from "Tinkerbell and Friends". The swirl corner is from a stencil (un-identified) and I also cut a stencil for embossing the Ginkgo. Happy Friday, Hugs

Cameo Bookmark

This is another faux leather bookmark, this time using the black faux leather paper. I cut the silhouette from the Cricut cartridge "Heritage", then made the icon smaller and created an embossing folder and embossed the larger cut image, creating a cameo appearance. The photo corner is Sizzix and again I used the positive and negative, the heart is then embossed with the qk embossing folder. The camera did not pick it up - there is a very subtle color difference, on the inside silhouette I sprayed it with my copic marker R0000 - Beryl Pink to enhance the cameo effect. Happy Wednesday. Hugs

List Maker with the Faux Leather

This is one of my list makers done with
the faux leather. I love how it takes the Copic Airbrush. I first sprayed in the stencil "trees" and then did my overall base coat, on the right inside you can see I stitched the ribbon holder in, which gives a different appearance also. The red block is heavily embossed with the swirl cuttlebug folder, this also takes a great emboss. Added metal photo corners.
A bit of fun news, my bookmarks, cards and list makers are now available locally at "Once Upon A Shelf" in Sacramento at the corner of Antelope and Roseville Road. If you are in the area stop in and say hi to Traci and roam around her great store. Then hop over two doors down and have a fabulous pizza "the BEST" at a "Taste of Tuscany", my new favorite pizza and Italian Bistro. Happy Tuesday. Hugs

BBTB2-Challenge-Plantin Schoolbook

Our BBTB2 Challenge this week is to use the "RicRac" from Cricut cartridge "Plantin Schoolbook" and it is hosted by Carole Beath. Carole has this thing for frogs, so I could not resist.

Okay, you have all seen it, the princess sitting on her bed reading a book, then you hear a ribbbit, then another and another, the princess then explains it was only a one time thing. It would be my favorite commercial if it weren't for the Parrot and "here kitty". I so admire the brilliance it takes to tell a story like that in seconds.

The overall size for this card is 5 1/2" X 5". I first designed the card with the ric rac boarder using Design Studio, George and Plantin Schoolbook. Then used "My Mind's Eye" double sided patterned paper over the blank. The "Princess Ava" stamped image is by "Greeting Farm" and the scalloped oval is from a Nesties. Frogs are from a QK die and were then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. All coloring was done with Copic markers and the Copic Airbrush System. Please check out the wonderful other designs by my fantastically talented design team sisters. Happy Monday, Hugs