Thinking 0f You

Happy Monday All,

I hope you had a great weekend. Today I made a card with a new image from Alison at Stretch N' Bubbles. His name is Lloyd Bird. I think, by his name, he must be a boy bird but his feathers look like a mini skirt, so I made him a girl bird. LOL You can find Lloyd here."

I used the colors from this week's challenge over at Copics Colour Challenge. I just happen to have these colors, so it makes it a lot easier to join the challenge. I know I can choose colors that are close, but I do love when the colors are chosen for me!

The sentiment is one of Gina K's new seasonal $1.00 stamps. I always buy them as soon as they come into the store! The label is Nestabilities "Fancy Tags" and the flat back pearls are from Queen & Co, also $1.00 at the store! I pieced the green card stock with my handy dandy paper piercer and Stampin Up's Mat pack.

Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,
Marcy

Cuttlebug Spot Challenge

Happy Monday Everyone,

Today at The Cuttlebug Spot , Nilda asked us to create something using flowers in any way. Well, I've had this stamp set for years and haven't used it since...well, I don't know since when...so I thought I'd give it a go. It is actually 3 separate stamps: the vase, flowers and raffia bow. Of course, you have to do some making to get it just right without the obvious overlapping images.



I used the cuttlebug to cut the scalloped circle with Nestabilities and the tag is cut from an original Sizzlet "Oval Tag." The sentiment is one of Gina K's $1 stamps. I colored the image with copics.

Have a wonderful day. Thanks so much for stopping by. Please go check out the great projects my DT sistas have designed this week.

Hugs.
Marcy

Free Digi Stamp

Hi All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I hope you all had fun, peaceful days surrounded by loved ones. I am on vacation until January 5th so I am in crafting heaven. I finally have time to play with some new stamps I've bought over the past few months, but haven't had the chance to use yet.

For this card, I used a free digi image from Stretch N' Bubbles. Alison designs and gives away a free digi stamp every Wednesday. If you want this adorable bird house, go on over and snag it!



I colored the image with copics. I used my Nesties "Fancy Tags" for the sentiment and the "hinges." The pink pearls on the sentiment were white ones colored with copics to match.

Have a great day.

Hugs,
Marcy

First Copic Card

I got so involved with my new season TV shows last night...I forgot to post my first copic card. How cool is it that The Ghost Whisperer is now followed by Medium and the Numbers...I am in heaven.

Anyway, this is my first copic project. What they say is true...they are so easy to use and blend and I am so happy with them so far. Of course, I have soooo much I want to learn and I wish there was someplace that I could take a class (you know a real people class, not online) but can't find anywhere that offers it.

At a local art store, I bought a special pad of paper by Borden & Reiley called #234 Paris Bleedproof Paper for Pens (funny name). It is so smooth and takes the copic inks so nicely. But, I also ordered Gina K's Pure Luxury card stock, because so many of the brilliant copic ladies online recommend it. It wasn't too expensive...25 sheets for $6.95.

The image is a dingbat...you know I love those free dingbats!

The Journey To 1,000

We're having an awesome contest over at The Cuttlebug Spot.

"The Journey to 1,000"!

Nilda is trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and we need your help. To enter, all you have to do is go to the site, sign up as follower and complete a few easy steps and you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops (http://www.customcrops.com/)!

GO NOW and check it out at http://www.thecuttlebugspot.com/

Even the members of the Design Team are eligible!!!! I hope I win!!!!

Our challenge for the week is to show the inside of our cards. The image is a dingbat, so I made it large on the cover and much smaller on the inside of the card. I used the MCPT to color the images. The oval scallop cuts are from Nestabilities.

Happy Thanksgiving Card

I got a whole bunch of Studio G $1 stamps today so I couldn't wait to try 'em out. Here is a quick Thanksgiving card I made using the Magic Colored Pencil Technique with GooGone instead of Gamsol.