A Special Thank You

I've been having trouble with my arm lately ( it has a graph in it that was used for dialysis in the past but not any more thank goodness!) and I had to have a second procedure this week to fix the problem. A dear friend from church brought my family a wonderful meal the night of my procedure. It was such a kind act of service and so much appreciated- she is a busy lady and it touched my heart that she took the time to care for us.  I made her a sweet little thank you card and will give it to her today. I love Mabelle ro's images - they are so sweet... this one is from Cheery Thoughts. a favorite set. She is colored with Copics using a feather blending technique on her dress. I outlined the heart and added little dots to the bottom of her dress with the stardust gelly glaze pen...can't live with out that one! It's simple but heartfelt... hope she likes it!

Have a great day everyone!

Friends

I made this card for a dear friend...the Lucy image is sooo sweet.... I colored her with Copics and added a little Stardust gelly pen-my fav!- to the heart, flower and trim of her dress. Cardstock is Bazzill and the paper is From Brighten my day. Hope it makes you smile! have a great day!

TAC's from the Heart bloghop

Happy 2011 everyone! I hope you had wonderful holidays! I'm excited to be participating in the Angel Company's From the heart bloghop. I wanted to do something a little different so I used an image from Flourish trees of hope. I've had this set a while and not used it but I thought this time it would work perfect for a love sentiment. I stamped it and embossed it and added the little hearts. The paper is More Mimi. What do you think?  have a great weekend everyone!

cuddly Penguin

This card was made using one of our free gift with purchase stamps. Right now all our hostess and customer benefits are TRIPLED!! You can get three GWP stamps for every 30.00 you spend.. what a deal! This little penguin goes with the images in Cuddly Christmas. He's so cute! Colored with copics and embellished with  stickles and liquid pearls... hope he brings a smile to your day!

Damask Christmas

Hi Everyone,
I've been so busy the past few weeks! I was able to get Copic Certified earlier this month in San Antonio. Jenn Balcer was my instructor and it was her first time teaching. She was so fun and full of great info. I had a wonderful time and can't wait to start passing on all the wonderful knowledge I got to my students!

I've also been busy celebrating my 25th anniversary ( which was yesterday) with my dear sweet husband Curtis. I couldn't ask for a more supportive encouraging partner in life. He's the best part of my life and I look forward to the next 25 together..

And.. I've been crazy busy getting ready for the holidays trying to make card kits to sell and get my class samples ready for my Dec card class at Scrapp'n Savvy. We are going to have a blast next month!

Above is one of the cards I worked up for a card kit. I love the new Damask backgrounder set- the stamps are so big and so versatile. I keep seeing Christmas so this is what I came up with- simple but nice, I think. What do you think??

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Heartsings!





Hi Everyone!
Today I have a sweet card I made using a retired set from TAC called Heartsings. I love this set- hadn't had it out in ages and decided to play with it today.  The papers are some I had around- non-TAC. Stickles sure makes a difference, doesn't it? The image is colored with Copics... hope you enjoy!

TAC's fall blog hop

The Angel Company is hosting a Fall themed bloghop orginating on the Savvy Projects blog. I created this card for the bloghop. I just got this MabelleRO set- Lucy- and absolultely love it! She's so sweet in her Thanksgiving outfit. I colored her with copic markers and poped up the pumpkin in her hands. I used Reece papers for the card and Reece ribbon as an accent. A little piercing and you are all set. I can't wait to see all the other wonderful creations in the blog hop- please stop by and check them out too! I'd love to hear from you so please leave a comment! Have a great weekend!

Everyday Cuties

Hi Everyone!
I've been busy working on card kits to sell at Scrapp'n Savvy. I think I have mentioned them before- I make one full card as your example and then include all the pieces to make 5 additional identical cards with envelopes. They have been selling like crazy so I am trying to replenish the supply. I made this cute card with one of the bunny images from Everyday Cutites ( English-you can also get it with Spanish sentiments). She is colored with copics. The pattern paper is some I had left over in my stash. The card base is also embossed with a cuttlebug folder. What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Happily Grateful

Hi Everyone!

I know it's been ages since my last post- so much has been going on in my life! I was out of town for two weeks on a little island in the middle of lake Michigan with some girlfriends and then when I got back I had one week to get my house ready for a guest from out of the country that was with us for 2 weeks... mix in getting ready for my card class and doing a weekly layout for Scrappn Savvy ( where I teach) and my poor blog has been sorely neglected.  Hopefully now that life is settling back down I will do much better at posting!

Today I have a card for you that was inspired by this card I saw on Heather Scott's blog.  I loved it so much I wanted to do one similar so of course mine is a total case, with a few changes. The stamp set used is Happily Grateful- I love this set! The butterfly was colored with copics, covered with glossy accents and sprinkled with Prisma glitter. The result looks fabulous in real life. The background is stamped with the leaves from the set and overlayed with script background done in Sunflower palette ink. A few crystals are sprinkled over the leaves.  The pattern paper is some I had on hand ( non tac) and  the punch is Martha Stewart. Hope you like it!

More Wonder and Joy

I just can't get enough of these images.... she's so sweet. I love how changing the colors completely changes the tone of the card.. The flower was punched from an old paperback book and inked with red ink, layered and crumpled. The coloring was done with my Copics....what do you think?

Stamps used: Wonder and Joy, Ordinary Greetings