Cheers to the new year...

Wow! 

Well here we are. Not only is it the last day of the year but the last day of the decade as well... that is SO crazy! These past ten years have been quite the creative journey for me. I fell in love with stamps and Copics and card making in that time and my passion is still going strong. The big bonus in all this has been all of the amazing women I have gotten to know over the years because of this hobby. So many talented creatives who have both inspired and encouraged me along the way. I count myself lucky to be part of such an amazing community. 

To ring in this new decade I did a bit of altering to Curvy Girl with Bubbly by wiping away the candy cane from the champagne flute before stamping then just carefully drawing in the missing lines on the glass to take this fun party girl out of Christmas mode and into a New Year's celebration. It's all about the sparkle on this card, from her glitzy dress to the gold bokeh background... she's definitely welcoming 2020 in style. ;) 

And just for fun I thought it would be a good opportunity to share my very first Copic colored card from mid 2009. I remember being so nervous putting my handful of brand spankin' new Copic markers to paper for the first time but I was hooked as soon as I did. I keep telling everyone in my Live coloring videos that getting better is all about time and practice and this is proof of that... just look at the difference in skill and technique that 10 years has made. So wherever you may be in your creative journey as we usher in this new decade, keep pushing yourself to grow and learn. I promise you will be amazed with how far you can go!

Happy new year my friends! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Curvy Girl with Bubbly), My Favorite Things (sentiment), Papertrey Ink (bokeh background)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Papertrey Ink lemon tart and honey nut
Kaiser Craft gems
Ranger glossy accents
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E21, E23, E27, E49
clothes- C1, C3, C4, C5, C7, C9, C10, 100, W2, W3, W5
champagne flute- Y0000, YR30, Y26, Y28, N1, N3, N5
ribbon/tag- Y02, Y21, Y26, Y28, E39, T0, T1, T2 
ground- E31, E34, E35, E57, YR23, YR24, W2, W5, W6

Decorated with happiness...

Good morning!

I've got one final catch up card to share today before moving on to brand spanking new designs. This cute little Christmas Gingey was part of a Vault release at 7 Kids and I colored him up during one of my Lives in the 7 Kids Customers Create Facebook group. We did things a bit different as I showed how I picked Copic colors to try and match the pretty striped paper that was also going on the card. 

I also want to let everyone know that today and tomorrow only we are having a very special Sweet November digi sale in the 7 Kids store. All past Vault releases have returned for good and you can get them all for 40% OFF! It's our end of the year thank you to all our amazing supporters of Sweet November Stamps and 7 Kids. :)

 

Christmas catch up...

Hello, hello!

I'm still playing catch up with posting the rest of my 2019 cards here on the ol' blog. These are both Christmas cards from a couple of Facebook Lives that I did at 7 Kids. This first one was from the Sweet November release at the beginning of the month and it features the pretty Pine Fairy digital stamp. We had a great time giving her a sparkly party dress and practicing those cool snow covered pine branches a bit more. The video can be seen here.

And this happy duo are Ming Ming the elf and Dancer the reindeer from the Sweet November Very Merrwee Christmas release. We put them both in a barn with lots of hay on the ground during this Live video and I think the scene turned out really cute. If you wanna see the video you can catch it here.  :)

Playing catch up...

I like to take this week between Christmas and New Years to catch up on posting cards and projects that haven't made it up on the ol' blog yet. Last year I had a bunch but this year is much more reasonable so I did a lot better on getting them up in a timely manner. Today I've got a couple projects from this past fall to share, first are the ATC cards that I made back in September for a swap at 7 Kids. I used a bunch of Mini Gorjuss Girls since they are the perfect size for these smaller cards and gave each one it's own unique fall background.

And next I've got a card from the Sweet November October release featuring the Wraith Willamina digi bundle. I colored her during a Live coloring in the 7 Kids Customers Create Facebook group but didn't get the card finished in time for Halloween though we had a lot of fun creating that spooky, stormy scene behind our glowing Willamina. :)

Laters!

Sliding by to say hi...

Hello crafty friends!

I hope everyone had a lovely day yesterday whether they were celebrating Christmas or not. I had a wonderful time with my family. We had so much fun exchanging gifts, playing games and enjoyed a really great meal. This lucky girl was surprised with a new Gemini Junior and I can't wait to get it all set up. Here I was all prepared to stick with my little Cuttlebug until it went kaput but now I'm feeling quite professional with my die cutting, LOL! 
So today I've got my last card as a guest designer for Three Room Studio to share. This set is called Welcome Winter and it is perfect for these cold and snowy months after the big holiday. I chose to use the sledding polar bear and squirrels along with some of the trees from the set to create this scene of them racing down the hillside. I wanted them to look like they were really racing down that slope so I wiped away some of the black ink from the back of the inner tube before stamping, leaving me with white space that I could turn into flying snow. I reinforced that by dabbing on some white ink as well. That little trick along with stamping them at an angle totally gave this scene the speed and energy that I was after. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Three Room Studio (Welcome Winter)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Hero Arts unicorn white and Papertrey Ink blueberry sky
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
sequins
Copic markers:
sky- B0000, B21, B23
trees- G21, G43, G94, G99
snow- B0000, B000, B21, C0, C1, C2
polar bear- E40, BV31, W00, W2, W4, W8, 0, R30
squirrel 1- E40, T2, T3, T4, T8, R30
squirrel 2- E40, W1, W3, W4
squirrel 3- E40, C1, C3, N2, N4, N9, R30
sleds- R14, R27, R89, R21, R22, R29