One of My Favorite Things...

Over the months that I was not feeling well enough to create,

I missed so many of my favorite stamps and blogs.

 

My Favorite Things was one of those.

Now that I'm feeling much better and am back to my stamps, markers, glue, and papers,

I couldn't wait to jump back into these challenges!

 

The current sketch at MFT:

 

My take on that sketch along with one of my favorite little gals-

 

 

I enjoy making these little fans so much that I may just make a dozen or so just to have around!

And cutting out her little kimono is just too much fun!

 

 

 

 

My hands may still shake a bit when I hold a Copics marker, but that's not going to

stop this girl from making cards and layouts!  Practice, practice, practice....



"Lovely in Lace" at Flourish!

For the current noon-time Flourish challenge - to use lace on your project -

I chose to make a card that I can have ready for the next coming winter season.

When the temperatures start cooling off here in the desert, around October, we start coming out of our air-conditioned homes and enjoying the outdoors. I actually spend more time scrapping indoors when most of you are out during the summer,
enjoying the days in the sun! 115 degrees in August, early September sometimes,
is a bit too much sun for me!

I don't make a lot of Christmas/holiday cards, so more of mine are "season" related.

I embossed these tiny little birds and the pine needles with Stampendous embossing glitters! I love them because, not like regular glue-down glitter, it doesn't get all over you or your card! Stays exactly where you heat emboss it!

Just trying to keep a "cool" head here while the temperatures start creeping up...

Sending "Good Fortune"...

My card for MFT this week is for my DIL's birthday!

It was so much fun choosing this little gal's outfit and those papers!

I used KaiserCraft's "Le Chateau" paper pack, cutting out the little bird cages and framing one in a color block.  The second littler one needed some love,

so I had the little Pure Innocence girl hold onto it.

The background is embossed with Cuttlebug's "Mary Ann" folder,

and has the look of a Japanese screen.

The sentiment is done in a "cookie fortune" style. Yes, I know, fortune cookies are Chinese...but then, why do they give them to us at our local Sushi restaurant?  hmmm... confusion setting in...

 I placed a little bauble from my stash in her hair. A girl has to look pretty, you know!

To finish off the inside, I stamped a bird cage image, and continued the paper patterns, leaving plenty of room for our birthday wishes!

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It makes my day to read your kind words!

Entered into the MFT WSC Getting Sketchy Challenge #66

Have a great day!

Glittered "Buttons"

The "Make It Monday" Challenge at Papertrey Ink's blog this week demonstrates the technique of glittering our buttons, both real and die cut.

I love using my Buttons Boutique Dies and card stamp, so this was no chore.

Here is my card. I'll let you judge for yourself how you feel about adding the glitter...

I am out of spray adhesive, so I had to brush on the ol' white liquid glue. I don't know if that's why I didn't get such a great coverage with the glitter, but I had intentionally wanted to maintain the color and pattern of my buttons

(both the real one and those I had punched out of the pattern papers)

The technique was intersting, but not sure how often I will use it. 

I guess I'm more of a purest when it comes to my button embellishments!

No matter, I still dearly love the Button Boutique button card die and stamps and will be happy to send this pretty little card to a friend!

Check out this challenge and all of the "Make It Monday" tips and techniques!

Stampendous Color Challenge

This month, the color challenge at Stampendous Impressions is

Pink, Cream, Gold, and Brown. 

That said VINTAGE to me immediately! 

Isn't this Stampendous image just gorgeous?  It's called "Rose Corset".  And the KaiserCraft pattern paper I used for the background is flocked so it looks like wallpaper.

After coloring my image with Copics, I used my little Spritzer and "spit" some soft pink/lavender ink (Copics V04) around the finished image, casually masking it off using my hand.  The little buttons are made with my Pearl Pen.  I stamped the sentiment from Stampendous "Happy Messages" set onto my matted stamped image, and finished it off by attaching a gold ribbon and bow.
Copics used for this image: 
E00
E51
E33
R81
RV21
RV04
Since I use primarily Ciao markers, I'm unable to simply take a photo of the Copics I use, showing the numbers.  Someday...

P.S.  Note to anyone out there considering starting Copics, go with the Sketches! They cost just a bit more, but there are several advantages.  You don't need to refill as often, they have the identifying letter/number on the caps, and there are many more colors available in the Sketches.  I am mixing the two types of markers, but storage of both together  tends to be a problem.