SCACD Exciting News!

Hello crafty friends! Are you in the ice area? I need and trying to get to Pittsburgh and it isn't happening. Right now it is raining hard with the temperatures dropping rapidly at the same time. Horrible winter for over half the states. You know it is icy when your dogs can't walk on the payments and slide around on top of the snow. Geeesh.

I have awesome, exciting news and I want to tell ya how it transpired! If you follow me you are aware I created a new challenge site, The Outlawz and was designing it for a few weeks. One night I received a phone call from Susana from SCACD. Susana and I have conversed several times via email and phone calls and I thought  "she is so sweet to check up on me!"  We spoke for a few minutes and she said "I would like to ask you to design for me?" well, I had been designing the Challenge site and helping a few people design their blogs, so I said; "Design what?"  She replied "on my design team" ...LMBO!   When it sunked into my thick skull what she was asking,  I couldn't talk!! My eye became all teary and started fumbling for words. For you see this has been my dream forever! I love Susana! She is so awesome and sweetest person and I just love her store, Susana Custom Card and Art Designs and known as SCACD 

I love this stamp from the Elisabeth Bell collection Animapeeps made exclusively for SCACD. This is FAB friends! I love the look of love between the fox and ladybug...how cute is that?!!

Challenges: 

• The Outlawz Color Challenge:   Celadon, Lavender and White
•  Cards For men: Love
• Cupcake Craft Challenge: Anything you would find on a farm
• Simon Says Stamp: Love
• Stamps R Us: animal

3 different pattern papers and look closely for the button! Colored with Copics .E44, E42, E40 E19, E17. E15. E11. E00,  R37. R29,. R27. R24. R21, V17, V15, V12, G23, G25. G94.
Prima Flowers and Petaloo flowers. Nestabilities to cut out the octagon shapes. Viva Decor Gloss Gel on  lady bug and eyes.Viva Glitter Pen on the roses. Bow Easy to make my gorgeous bow!

Happy Birthday

Hello happy crafters! Are you tired of winter yet? I am way over it and counting the days until Spring!  My favorite seasons are Spring, when everything comes back to life and Fall with brisk cold mornings and vivid colors everywhere! I surely will take summer over winter any day of the week.

Today is another fun birthday challenge over at The Outlawz and this week we are doing hearts and ribbon! If you haven't visited us yet....you need to come see! There are 7 different challenges and a new one starts every single day! Come on over and join the fun!! We have a hugeeee party coming up!!! You don't want to miss it for the challenges are fun and prizes are awesome! I even wish I could play!! We might even have a live  "Name that song!" game! You won't know unless you come and check it out!!

Penny Black is the image I used for today's card. I bought it last year to do Valentine cards with and it didn't happen!! I think it is adorable and wanted to make sure I made something with it!! My sparkly hearts, gold flower center, Basic Gray Design paper,

Challenges:

• The Outlawz: Birthday Card with hearts and ribbon. 
•  Creative Inspirations: Love
• Creative Cowgirl: Love is in the air!
• I did it creations challenge Love is in the air!
• Lets Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes.
• Stamptacular Sunday: Whateva

Supplies:

• Copic Markers: 
• Girl hair: E25, E31, E 50
• Boys Hair: E35, E31, YR 20  They look the same color!
• Dress: V91, V93, V95
• Shirt: YG 91, YG 93 and YG 95
• Flower Center Prima Flower Centers Raja gold Sequin Here- SCACD 
• Design paper: Basic Grey, Green at heart 6 x 6 pad Here - SCACD
• Glitter Hearts: SCACD 

LOL can you see I purchase a lot of my crafting needs at SCACD!!  If you need something...Susana probably has it!

Happy Birthday and GO STEELERS!

Hello happy crafting friends!  GO STEELERS!! You can take the girl out of the city, but you cannot take the black and gold out of the girl!! We are going to the Super Bowl!! Yahooo!

Did you make it over to The Outlawz Challenges yet? Come on and see what you are missing! There is something for everyone... Birthday Card, Copic and Promarkers, color, sketch, scrapbook, CAS, and Prisma and other mediums.

This week for the Birthday Card challenge I choose RED being the primary color! You should see the awesome cards the design team created!  The members creations just knock me off of my feet! I love going to the gallery and seeing all of the gorgeous creations. The gallery is full of inspirations for you to try! So much talent in one place, I tell ya...it is awesome!

It has been over a year since I colored a Tilda image and I had to much fun with her! No matter how much I practice, I still have problems coloring pleats!  Hope you love her!

Challenges:

• Craft Your Passion: Use two design papers
• Crafty Card Makers: Floral
• Magical Mondays: Flowers 
• Woodware USA: Anything goes
• Cupcake Inspirations: Red and White Cupcake Photo
• I Did It Creations: Card for a child
• Lets Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes
• Magnolia Stamp Lovers: Magnolia and sentimental

 

 Supplies:

• Tilda Stamp
• Copic Colors:
• R39, R37, R35, R32
• E31, E25, E50
• C00, C01
• Paper: Scraps
• Magic Mesh
• Prima Flowers. 

Thank you for stopping by today and taking a peak!! 


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Teddy Stampers

Good morning friends! Today is another fabulous challenge at Teddy-Stampers and it's our favorite type of challenge "Any thing goes!"  This week we have wonderful images to work with from Ellephantastic, who is also sponsoring the challenge!! So come on and play with us for a chance to win 4 fantastic Ellephantastic digi stamps! I choose "Robert" to color and doesn't he look like a big ole' bear you could just cuddle up with? Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I choose to use it as my theme. Be sure to check out my friends on the Teddy Stampers DT for they have awesome cards to show you! This weeks prize will be

Challenges:

• Air Factory: Anything goes
• Digi Doodle Shop Best: Anything goes 
• Do You Stack Up: Anything goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs: Valentine
• I love ProMarkers: Keep it sweet and simple
• Penny's Challenges: Anything goes

  DT call at The Outlawz

Gosh, I have really been busy at The Outlawz, which is a new site I have created. We have 7 different challenges and since they are weekly...it enables us to give you a brand new challenge every day of the week! Come on over and join the fun!! We are also having a DT call in the following challenges:   Sketch, , Copic, Prisma and other mediums, and Scrapbooking.  In less than a week we had 170 members join! Come on and join the fun! 7 Challenges, Chat, Tutorials, Prizes, and the sweetest DT. We have 25 Designers and need 3 more, so come on join us!


Hugz and thank you for joining me today!

Life is a picnic! DT call

Good Afternoon everyone! What kind of weather are you having where you are? We have been down into the 20's a few times and only about 2 inches of snow this season. All in all it is not bad!  Gosh, I have really been busy at The Outlawz, which is a new site I have created. We have 7 different challenges and since they are weekly...it enables us to give you a brand new challenge every day of the week! Come on over and join the fun!! We are also having a DT call in the following challenges:  Birthday Card, Color, Sketch, , Copic, Prisma and other mediums,  CAS and Scrapbooking

Today card is done with a Boyd's Teddy Bear Rubber Stamp. I found a whole slew of them over on E-bay a long time ago! And, I love the sentiment "Life is a picnic!" isn't that the truth!

Challenges:

• Stamp Something: Rubber Stamp
• Digi Doodle Shop Best: Pink and green
• A Sassy Studio Design: A blast from the past
• Top Tip Tuesday: Anything goes
• The Crazy Challenge: Animals 
• Let's Ink It up:   No digi, anything goes. 

The Outlawz Opening Day

Hello everyone! Today, one of my dreams came true, because my new Crafting Community went live!! I created a place where a different challenge is offered every day of the week! A place where you can chat away with one another, enter 7 different challenges, win prizes, and a whole lot more.  I have the most awesome DT ever who has worked hard to make this all possible!! Our community started with 17 women who needed a home to be together and so the The Outlawz was created by me. My dear friends followed me and now we are bringing our corral to you. So come on and join The Outlawz Girlz!  The eight challenges we offer are:

Sunday: Clean and Simple
Monday: Birthday Cards
Tuesday: Color
Wednesday: Sketch
Thursday: Prisma and Other Mediums
Friday: Copic
Saturday: Scrapbooking

All new members will be entered into a random drawing on January 16 to win A  $20.00 gift certificate to Susana Custom Art and Card Design Store! How cool is that?  As you know, Susana's store (SCACD)  is one of my most favorite places to shop for my crafting needs! Check her store out...  she has everything from rubber stamps to bling!  

For the first challenge at The Outlawz and it is a Birthday Card Challenge. My favorite challenge blog ever was Party Time Tuesdays, where you made a birthday card every week. For personal obligations they had to close the doors. At The Outlawz we can do it again.  The Birthday Challenge is where you must have a birthday sentiment on the front of your card along with the challenge. This week it is "ANYTHING GOES" Yehaaw our favorite kind!! So come on and visit us down at the corral!

I created an easel card using a Victoria Case image, which was exclusively created for SCACD! Her name is Little Marti! Is she not a baby doll? VC is one of my all time artist and you can see her other creations here!

Challenges:  

• The Outlawz Birthday Challenge: Anything goes
• The Crafty Pad:  Birthday Card
• Ginger Loft Challenge: Celebration
• let's Ink It Up: No digi and anything goes
• Scrappy Frogs: Use a sentiment

So what are you waiting for you know you want to see what it's all about! See you at the corral!

Teddy Stampers Celebration & DT call

There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last
throughout the years
So bring your good times
and your laughter too
We're gonna celebrate your
party with you!

Who remembers Kool And The Gang 1980 song "Celebration"  One of my all times favorites! So glad you stopped in so I can tell you a very belated "Happy New Year!"  to the Teddy-Bear Stampers gang and everyone else, I have not had the pleasure of saying it to yet!


Today is the first challenge for the Teddy-Bear Stampers  and the recipe is you must have a teddy bear somewhere on your card and this week is Celebrations! Mine card will be for my granddaughter's birthday celebration and the Celebrating my first Challenge blog, see below!! Our sponsor is Whimsy's Stamps and this little sweetie is "Little Girl Bear Hugs!" created by Meigjen's Designs! You can purchase her here! I really heart this one!!


Give a big welcome to the new Teddy-Stampers New Design Team members! They have created as the rest of my team awesome cards for you to enjoy and inspire you!!


Challenges:

• Teddy-Bear Stampers: Teddy Bear and celebrations
• Charisma Cardz: Birthday Celebration
• Dutch Dare Card Challenge: New Beginnings. Well, I am celebrating my first Challenge site! See below!!
• Moving Along With the Times: Using Old with the new!
• Paper Crafting Journey: Use a digi
• Southern Girl Challenge: Anything goes
• Fab and Funky: Anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Something New
• Paper Take Weekly: Anything goes, optional lace
• Try it on Tuesday: new beginnings
  

                                                  DT Call  
I am trying to rope up some DT's for the new challenge groups at The Outlawz. I am looking for DT's  who love to do layout/scrapbooking, CAS, color or sketch.  You do not need to have previous or current DT experience and want to be a team player. The DT's support one another and we are having a blast at the corral!  If interested please send 3 examples of your cards, layouts or creations that you have created or your blog address,   your name, email address, website/blog address and the reason why you would like to join The Outlawz Girlz!! Please send info to sweater32@aol.com.


Five challenges in one place will be opening on Monday!!! We will be adding Scrapbooking and CAS challenges in the next week. Come on and join us in the corral at The Outlawz! Opening MONDAY! 

I want to thank everyone who has visited me and taken the time to write beautiful words of encouragement. Your the best and I dearly admire each and everyone of you. Your blogs are awesome and your friendships are genuine! Thank you!!

The Outlawz Girlz

Hello everyone! Gosh, I have missed all of you and wondering what you have been up to! I have been very busy creating a fun place for everyone to go to! This site is hassle free, fun, loving, a bunch of the gabbiest gabbers  and much more. We also have a page dedicated to other challenges and with a click you are able to go visit with them. Our brand new site is called  "The Outlawz" and will be live  Monday. We currently have five challenges for you to enter!! After you join the challenge group you can bookmark the site and go directly to the challenge without having to go onto the main site!! You will have to come check it out on Monday! It is free membership and you do not need to be approve to join! How easy is that!! I will be posting a card later today, but wanted to get this info to you!! Come back any day and especially on Monday! There will be a random drawing at the end of week with all new member for a fab prize! Come on and don't forget to come back here to get the link!!!

Party Time Tuesday / Victoria Case

Hello out there! Are you staying cozy and warm? We are in Florida for the holidays freezing! I know many of you are freezing with much lower temperatures and I am so sorry. I hope all of you have warm homes and your power is still on....

Did everyone have a fabulous Christmas? We sure did for we saw four of our grandchildren on Christmas morning, which was the greatest gifts of all! Hopefully, we will see the other 6 very soon! I am sitting in McDonald's typing this post for the kids have Smart phones and dropped their Internets! So here I sit, drinking a coke, watching my hubby falling asleep in the chair as I am typing away! LOL He is one of a kind!

This is Party Time Tuesdays last posting for the year 2010! I want to say good bye to the girls who are leaving the DT,  I will dearly miss you and your creations within the teams postings. I will still see you and your super great creations because, I will continue to follow you! Your the best and the best of wishes to you and your new endeavors!  Hugzzzz

Party Time Tuesdays challenge is all about making birthday cards along with a new weekly card challenge! This week challengeis "Any thing goes!" I love ATG for it is really expressing who you are and I love seeing all the different creations! Starting 2011 the PTT DT will be divided into two teams, so be sure to watch the blog for each weeks new challenge. Me, I'll still be making BD cards every week! With 5 children and their spouses, 10 grandchildren, parents and friends I need to stay ahead. My new years resolution will not only to make the birthday cards, but have them mailed in time!!! I am so poor at this. Everyone gets their cards anywhere from 1-3 months after their birthdays....sad, very, very sad and one of my biggest down-faults.

My card is made with a Victoria Case digital! Victoria Case is  one of my most favorite artists. Her creations are gorgeous and with fine details. Her designs include characters, animals and whimsical creations which makes you smile big time!

Is this not the cutest angel you ever did see? She reminds me so much of my granddaughter, Olivia and I had so much fun bringing her to life with my Copics!

Challenges:

• Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Colors of the rainbow
• Woodware USA Clearstamps: ATG

If I don't get on again until after the new year ....I am wishing each and everyone of you to have a joyous, prosperous, healthy, calm new year!!! God bless and I truly thank you for taking your time to visit me. I cherish each of you and so thankful I have you in my life!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hugzzz

Colleen

Copic Outlawz Coming Soon!

Good afternoon everyone!! I am so excited because I have a very special friend, Trina who made me the Outlawz blinkie you see on my right side bar!  This is a new Copic group coming to you next year! We have 12 brains putting this together and we are hoping it knocks your socks off! We will be offering more than just Copic coloring!  There will be tutorials, challenges, links to other sites and challenges, lots of information to help you be creative and we can't wait to bring it right to you. However, we are still in the process of brain storming and organizing the site! You will not have to belong to enter!! It will be easily accessible to everyone! Is there something you would like to see or have done. All suggestions are welcome!!!

Party Time Tuesday Color Challenge

Hello blog land! Today's the day I have been waiting forever for! We leave for Florida in about 12 more hours and I am so excited! The only hard part is what to pack! Even the boys, Simba and Baily have their own suitcase and they know when it comes out they are going on a road trip!

I want to tell you about my surprise yesterday from a very dear friend, Lisa Haines, The Purple Place,  She sent me a gift certificate from SCACD  for Christmas!!  Her words in the email  had me in tears for they were so beautiful and from her heart! She knows I love to shop at SCACD and I can't wait until we get home to place my order! Thank you from my  heart Lisa...you are a very true friend and I have enjoyed our friendship this passed year. Don't you find it amazing you can become close to a person you never met online. Lisa and I have spoken many times via phone and this spring I am going up to Maine to meet her! It will be an awesome trip!

It's Party Time Tuesday which means a birthday challenge blog! Each week you make a card with birthday wording on the front of the card, along with the challenge of the week! Easy Peasy and it keeps those birthday cards in stock! This weeks challenge is red, white and green!

My image is a digital from  Karen Doodles under the mens cards.  Karen has oodles of super cute images and I have used quite a few of them in the past. Right now until Dec. 26 she is having a 25 Percent off sale on everything in the store including her rubber stamps. Use the code KDAN324. Stop by you will love her cute and adorable images!

I made this birthday card for my SIL b/c he so loves fishing. He loves fishing so much my youngest grandchild middle name is "Fisher" Yep, you read that right! Andrew Fisher Marburger. It's an odd way to name a child, but I really do like it!  In addition they have Abbie, my granddaughter. Abbie and Andrew love to go fishing and one day the largest fish caught was by Abbie!! So I thought this image was perfect!


In order to be eligible for Party Time Tuesday's Top 3 and monthly random prize drawing you need to upload your BIRTHDAY card (sentiment on the front) based on the colors red, white and green via inlinkz on PTT.
TIP OF THE DAY:   I have been asked several times how do I do my skies. Easy peasy with chalk. I rub a Q-tip with chalk and color the sky. Takes one minute!

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and don't forget to leave some love for my DT!! Thank you for stopping by!

Quick 15 minute card!

Happy Sunday!! It is a fantastic day today!! I became really sleepy last night around 10 PM and slept very soundly until 7 AM. I feel great and happy and ready to take on this house with some very needy cleaning!


I was so excited to do this tutorial until I saw how the pictures on my cards looks.  I cannot catch the richness the gold embossing has done and how elegant the cards really are. Since they were commissioned cards I can't rephotograph for they were delivered on Friday. So take my word for it...they are really elegant and simple to make.

Challenges: 

My image is a rubber stamp from I believe Hero Arts. The red border says "Joy" and has a snow flake. Dang I hate these pictures! Bare with me...

Seeing them here on the blog...I was thinking "I'm not going to do this" hopefully, you will be able to use your imagination and see just how  pretty they are!!! LMBO

You will need:

• Ivory Card stock 8 1/2 by 5 1/2
• Red Card stock 5 3/8 x 4 1/8
• Ivory Card stock 5 1/8 x 4
• 4 x 4 red card stock
• 4 x 4  ivory cardtock
• Two Nesties 1/8 difference in size
• Embossing pad
• Gold embossing powder
• heat gun
• Cuttlebug Candy Cane embossing folder
• tape or glue

You want to wipe your 4 x 4 cardstock with an Anti-static pad or a used tumble dryer sheet

 This will prevent the embossing powder sticking to the card stock where it is not stamped.

Stamp your image on the the 4 x 4 ivory card stock

Sprinkle the embossing powder over the area you stamped and heat with heat gun until you see the embossing powder melt and become raised and shiny.

Cut out your image with a Nestability Circle die large enough to encompass your image. Cut the 4 x 4 red card stock with a 1/8 - 1/3 larger Nestability Circle die.  Your Nestability die size will depend on the size of your image.

• Dry emboss your ivory 5 1/8 x 4 card stock with the Cuttlebug Candy Cane folder.
• Fold 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 Ivory card stock in half and press the edge with a bone folder on both sides.
• Layer 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 red card stock and the embossed 5 1/8 x 4 Ivory card stock.  I placed a piece of red wire ribbon across the card and secured it between the red and ivory card stock before I adhere them to one another (duh, Like you didn't know that!)

 Add your circles and other em-bellies and presto...15 minute elegant card.  Trust me ...It is very elegant ans so wish I could take another photo to show you!

Have a very happy, get her done day! Last weekend before Christmas.....oh my!!

Teddy-Stampers

Hello out there!  This 21 degree weather has got to go and what about the south getting snow and ice...eeeks! We accumulated about 2 inches last night and it's more icy then anything. Come on sunshine! 4 More days and Florida here we come!

 I just completed a 48 hour Copic coloring card making marathon. I have been up for 50 hours except for 2 hours last night and completed 36 cards for several orders I received.  It has not hit me yet but, I know when it does I am going to be wasted for 2 -3 days. Sounds like a drunken binge don't it. That what my body will feel like for sure! The hardest part was trying to design them all differently.  I have all these punches and gadgets and what knots to make all my cards look different from one another. I think I used two! I will never do this again and I still have to make our cards. I am so tempted to call hubby and tell him to stop after work and buy me a box of Christmas cards! Think he will mind with two room full of card making supplies? LMBO but not really funny!

If you love teddy bears ...you will love Teddy Bear Stampers! Every other week we have a challenge for you, but you must have a teddy bear somewhere on your card! I adore and love teddy bears! I have given many away and still no matter what room you go to in my home....you will be greeted with at least  two teddy bears. You have a choice this week by either using the colors red, white and green. Or you can do a sketch. I chose to do the red, white and green. And, stop by the blog to see who is now on the Teddy Stamper Design Team and leave some love for them!

Again, I have no clue who designed this adorable image. I bought it when I didn't think to make a note who's images were who's.  Now I have folders with the web address for my images. It made life a whole lot easier.

 TIP OF THE DAY:  Copic Coloring. I just love this image with two teddy bears looking in the store window wishing and dreaming what they might get for Christmas! Too dang cute! Notice the brick in the image. Doesn't it look like real brick? This is only one technique Suzanne Dean teaches in her Online Copic classes, Color Me Creative Classroom!  Here is a picture of a card I made last year before I knew how to color brick. Do you see the difference? The one above is so much more realistic looking! I'm telling you she is the Queen of Copic's. Suzanne's online Copic classes are in four parts from beginning to advance and right now she is having a holiday special with HUGE discounts. So give yourself an early Christmas gift!  Each topic has a video to watch Suzanne doing the coloring/techniques herself.  And, for each video you will also receive  a PDF,  you able to download to your computer.  If you would like to see her work before checking out the classes...this is Suzanne's personal blog, Scrapbitz.  You will be amaze!

I will be back later to list my supplies. Right now I need to get some much needed sleep! Hugz to all and thank you kindly for stopping by. You are really great...it's nice knowing I am not talking to myself!!!

December's Party Time Tuesday

Hello out there!! How is everyone today? How about this horrible weather ...I am so not ready for winter and only hope it goes by as fast as summer did! Let me tell ya, I blinked and summer was like gone! Eleven days til X-mas! 96 days until the first day of spring in the states!!! Trust me I am counting them!

I would like to take this time to thank everyone for the wonderful support you have shown me on my blog. Either by comments or following and I so appreciate it. You all rock! Blog land is an awesome way to meet really super, talented and caring people. Thank you! You have touched my life and I hope I have given  you something in return!

It's Party Time Tuesday which means a birthday challenge blog! Each week you make a card with birthday wording on the front of the card, along with the challenge of the week! Easy Peasy and it keeps those birthday cards in stock! This weeks challenge is a sketch to follow...which I have below.

This adorable image is "Letters to Santa" by Elisabeth Bell. I love this image and decided to have her mailing a birthday card instead for the challenge. Isn't she a baby doll with her big fluffy hat and coat on? I think she is adorable! Look at the mouse with the umbrella...how cute is that! Don't forget to visit my team mates to see their great inspirations! Their blogs are listed in my side board!

Challenges:

• DT: Party Time Tuesday: Birthday greeting and sketch

 The sketch:

Copics:

• Blue: B66, B63 B60
• Skin: E01, E00, E000
• Hair: E31, E35, YR20
• Mailbox: C05, C03, C01
• Red: R29, R27, R24, R22
• Green: G02, G00, G000

Tip of the Day: Cuttlebug.  I was taught when I used the die cuts in my Cuttlebug to do it in this order.

• Base
• B plate
• Nestie or die
• C plate

I have done it this way since day one. However, I am the only person, you will probably meet that blew their Cuttlebug to pieces.. I mean it didn't just break...it shattered with pieces flying everywhere and made a noise like a sonic boom. It scared the poo out of me and my boys.   Simba ran out of the room so fast, I only saw a white blur and Bailey  tried to get under the bed and when there was no room he jump on the bed and hid his head under the pillow! NO LIE! Luckily the shards didn't hit anyone.   I honestly forget what I was trying to accomplish, but the directions called to add a piece of cardboard and I was forcing it through! It worked for the lady on Youtube!!  Any how,  I bought a new Cuttlebug and didn't want to mess my new plates with marks. So I did the following

• Base
• C plate
• Die Cut
• B plate

My plates are no longer bowing after I cut. The B plates stay looking like brand new and I love it!  Does anyone else plates bow? If so try this ...it worked for me.

Happy Days! Hugzzzzzzzz

Flutter by Wednesday and Sara K

No, I didn't go anywhere except to the world of confusion! This is my blog and I know I can say what ever I would like to say. But, I don't like when people name names and bad mouth them. However, this has been one of those weeks that you just say "wow" how did that happened? I belonged to a network that was really starting to bloom, however I think the owner was bi-polar or manic for she would dystroy everything she worked so hard to build  with just a few words. She is also really heavy finger on the "banned" button ....so it was time for me to say good-bye! I just don't understand why people do what they do sometimes. I think we should all stop and think before we act, esp. when there are other's involved. All the great freinds banned together and if you would like to join, please zip me off an email or post here and I will get the invite to you immediately.

Happy Holidays!! Are you ready for a jolly, holly Christmas? I'm excited! We are going on a road trip to see the kids who live in Florida for the holidays!! We didn't want to leave our dogs alone for Christmas so we're taking them with us! It will be awesome for all the grandchildren just love Simba and Bailey and they surely love kids!! Monday they are getting groomed and will look so pretty.... oppps handsome!! Their pictures are on my side bar!

Today was the first time I have made a card for Flutter-by Wednesdays in a real long time and I love their challenges! My image is Sweet Lili by Sarah K and you can purchase her at 7 Kids College Fund. Isn't she just the sweetest little girl kissing her teddy bear! Yeppers, one of my favorties!

Challenges:

• Flutter By Wednesday: Butterful, angel or fairy on your creations and ATG.
• Crafty Emma: Anything but a Christmas card
• Crafty Catz: Must have a birthday bear

Supplies

• Copics:
• Hair: E35, E31, YR20
• Skin: E01, E00, E000
• Pink: RV02, RV00, RV000
• Green: G02, G00, G000
• Gray: W01, W00
• Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart
• Sentiment: Just Rite Stamps
• DP: Specialty Cardstock: Me and my big ideas

Tip of the Day:  When you first start buying Copics, you wonder what colors you should buy, and even after you have the colors you wonder, what makes a good color family?  This is a list Suzanne Dean put together and I call it my Copic Bible! She also list colors that are very similiar.  I contacted Suzanne and she gave me permission to post it!! She's the best!

Useful Color Combos by Suzanne Dean

**Anything with a * next to it is a REPEAT COLOR—meaning it is very similar to the other color and you do not need both!!

Fall Leaves/Landscape:

E08,E13,E19/YR24,YR20/YG95,YG97/E37,E31/E57

Pumpkins/Oranges:

YR18,YR15,YR12,YR01 or YR00

*YR01 & YR02 are very similar

Pinks:

-R81,R83,R85,R89

-R000,R02,R14

-RV17,RV14,RV13,RV10,RV000 (hot pinks)

-RV69,RV34,RV10 (purply-pink)

-R00,R20,R21,R22 (peachy pinks)

*RV17 & RV19 are similar

Reds:

-R20,R22,R24,R27,R29 (vibrant reds)

-R89 & R85 (cardinal red)

-R00,R02,R05,R08 (orange red)

-make any red darker and less vibrant with W1/W3 or T1/T2

Purples/Plums/Violets:

-V000,V12,V15,V17

-V91,V93,V95,V99 (gray plum)

-BV29,BV25,BV20 (bluish purple)

-RV91,RV93,RV95,RV99 (reddish plum)

-V01,V05,V06,V09 (bright purple)

-B63,B66,B69,B79 (blue/lt purple)

Blue Combos:

-B21,B24,B26,B28 (vibrant blues)

-B91,B95,B97,B99 (grayish blues)

-B32,B34,B37,B39 (navy)

-B05,B02,B000 and/or B0000

*B00 & B01 are similar, B05 & B06 are similar, B14 & B16 are similar

Blue Greens:

BG00,BG10,BG11,BG72,BG75 or 78

BG10,BG11,BG32

*BG23 & 32 are similar,BG01 & BG02 are similar

Yellows:

-Y0000,Y00,Y02 or Y04/06 (bright light yellows)

-Y0000,Y11,Y15 (orange sunny yellow)

-Y21,Y26 (brown-golden tones)

-YR20,YR21,YR23,YR24 (golder tones)

*Y04 & Y06 are similar, Y18 & Y19 are similar

Gold:

Y00,Y11,Y15,YR23,YR24

Silver/Tin:

C00 thru C5 or C7

Greens:

-YG0000,YG00,YG03,YG25 (spring greens)

-G40,G94,G99 or G40,G94,G85 (olives)

-G20,G21,G24,G28 or G29 (forest green)

-G0000,G00,G02,G16 (mint greens)

-G20,G21,G24 (sage)

-G20,YG63,YG67 (green)

*G02 & G03 are similar, G16 & G19 are similar, G21,G24 & G82 are very similar, G28 & G29 are similar

Browns:

-E40,E41,E42,E43,E44 (creamy browns-more gray)

-E50,E51,E53,E55 (creams)

-E31,E33,E35,E37 or E39 (golden browns)

-E53,E55,E57,E59 (dark brown)

-E21,E25,E27,E29 (reddish dark brown)

-E11,E15,E18 (reddish brown)

-E00,E11,E13 (skin) or add E0000

-E02,E04,E07, E09 (rusty red—use bridge technique for E02 & E04 to blend well)

*E08 & E09 are very similar, E37 & E39 are similar

Skin Tones:

E00,E11,E13 (Caucasian 1)

E000,E00,E11 (Caucasian 2)

E21,E00,E000 (Caucasian 3)

E11,E13,E21,E25 (African Amer.1)

E11,E25,E27,E29 (African Amer.2)

*E21 is very similar to E53

Suzanne’s Fave Hair Combo’s:

-E25,E31,E50 (light or dark brunette)

-E35,E31,YR20 (golden blonde)

-E50,E53,E57 (dark brunette)

-C3,C5,C7,C9 (black hair)

-E15,E18,YR21 (auburn with golden highlites)

-YR20,YR21,E31 (light blonde)

Grays:

I recommend starting with the 00 for each C,W, T & N Grays then skip to 1,3,5,7,9 (ie C00,C1,C3,C5,C7,C9). I use only C’s and W’s for most of my Gray needs & then I also have T1 and T3 to tone down colors. The N’s are very close to the C’s and not a necessary purchase.

DT Tuesday Party Time

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Which one of you took the heat away, please bring it back!! I am freezing and just cannot get warm. Today, I was so cold I filled the bath tub up with super hot water and it felt wonderful! Ten minutes after i got out and finished getting dress and the boys, Simba and Bailey wanted to go outside. eeeeeeks not now! They gave me that pathetic look boys can get...yea dog boys too! And, I have been cold ever sense! I hate cold weather. I like it brisk as long as it doesn't go below 60!!

It's Party Time Tuesday!! What in the world is Party Time Tuesday? Well, let me tell ya!  It is a challenge, which celebrates birthday parties all year long!  The challenge can be anything, but you are require to have some kind of  birthday sentiment on the front of your card.

I love this card and could make about 10 more of them!! My image and sentiment is from "Fred, She Said" If you haven't been to Fred,s She Said digital store ...you are missing out on a lot of super cute images!

Challenges:

• Party Time Tuesdays: Balloons
• Craft Your Passion: Anything goes
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Isn't that the cutest b/d card??

Don't forget to go see the other DT projects!!! You won't be sorry you!

Thank you for visiting my blog!
Hugzzzzzzzzzzz Colleen

Simply Scrapping Crafts Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to Simply Scrapping Crafts First Annual Holiday Hop! 

We have quite a line-up for you today filled with lots of holiday inspired goodies! The  DT has been busy working in Santa’s workshop creating a sled full of gorgeous holiday projects to help you decorate, scrapbook or use for gifts!. Be sure to comment on all of the blogs along the way because we have "hidden" some extra special treats for you. There is no way to tell where we have them stashed, so be sure not to miss out! Some of our hop hosts are giving an extra entry for becoming a follower. Who doesn't appreciate more chances to win right?

All winner will be announced on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 via the DT blogs and also in the hop room at SSC, You have until 11:59PM EST tonight, December 4th, 2010 to comment for your chance to win. All you need to do is click on each link and leave a comment as you hop along to the end of the list. Are you ready for a Holly Jolly Holiday Hop? Let's get to hoppin'!

I chose to do a tutorial on melting a digital colored image onto a candle.

Easy Peasy!

Supplies: Tissue paper, wax paper, digital or stamp image, Copic or other coloring medium, heat gun, card stock and glue stick. (glue stick and card stock only if you are using a digital image)

Glue corners of tissue paper onto card stock to print the digital image.

 This is what your digital image looks like on the tissue paper
Photo is kinda bright wouldn't you say! The photo's were taken at night ....sorry

Colored your image with your favorite medium. I used Copics. You are unable to blend like you do on regular paper, however, as you can see you still get great variations. Place something under the tissue paper to catch the ink for it goes through the tissue paper quite easily.

This is a picture to show you how much ink went through the tissue paper.

Cut out your image as close to the lines,  it is okay if there is some tissue left surrounding the image.

Spit on the image!!! LOL I wet the tip of my finger and slightly moisten a few corners to help the tissue paper stick to the candle. You do not want to wet the black lines wet for they will bleed.

Wrap your wax paper around the candle making a handle in the back to hold onto tightly. This will keep a tight seal around the image. Make sure there are no wrinkles or air pockets.  You can also secure it with rubber bands. Tidbit: Rubber Bands in Pittsburgh are called "gum bands!"

Use a heat gun to heat the wax paper. What will happen is the heat gun will melt the wax coating on the wax paper and seals your image. You want to keep moving the heat gun so you do not melt the candle. Don't put it as close as I have in the picture or it will melt for sure!. Heat until you see everything turn shiny. This will take several minutes to do.

 

The final results. Large candle 1.50...everything else I had. 

Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing and you will have two chances if you become a follower or are a follower. Susanna from Susanna  Custom Arts and Cards Design is helping to sponsor my blog on the hop. The lucky winner will win a $15.00 Gift Certificate for SCACD

You want to make sure you comment on all of the DT's blogs. The next blog you should go to is Amy's. If you were here first you want to go to the beginning of the hop and start at SSC  or go straight to Maureen's blog.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Maureen    http://stampandscrapwithmaureen.blogspot.com/
Theresa     http://procrastinatingscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nikki           http://gracie33.blogspot.com/
Rona          http://scraprona.blogspot.com/
Colleen      http://cardsdelight.blogspot.com/You are here
Amy           http://amybeansblog.blogspot.com/
Clare         http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/
Pryn           http://mochavation.blogspot.com/

Tammy      http://tmaynard.blogspot.com/

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DT Teddy- Stampers Challenge

Hello there! Are you hopping around going nuts in the malls or are you  like me and shop in your PJ's at home?  What's on your Christmas wish list this year? Me, I don't want much...just a  new craft room!! I have all my supplies in the spare bedroom and it is getting mighty crowded in there! I don't even have any space left under the bed. KWIM!

It's Friday wahooo! Every other Friday is Teddy-Stampers challenge! This week we are being sponsored by Elisabeth Bell! How awesome is that?  I was on Elisabeth's GDT and it was awesome,  who cannot love her adorable images! The random winner will win the beautiful digi I used in  my card today! Is she not sweet? I did a card similar to this one when I was on the DT, it was done in a hurry due to family matters and I hated it then and I hated now, so I tore it apart and did the whole thing over!! I love it. I did switch directions of the posing, because I like my images facing the right for some unknown reason! That is one of the beauties of digital images.Also,  I made a 3D tree instead of using the one in the digi. So come and join the fun and possible win this awesome digi created by the talented Elisabeth Bell!

Isn't it beautiful! I love it and my parents will receive it next week!!

The top of the card is 3 layers, 4 counting the scallop. I cut the DP and green card stock at the same time with my circle Nestability so they would line up exactly. I took a sheet of white card stock and dry embossed it and then slightly went over the top of it with a green ink pad to make it look like wall paper. I made the scallop by placing the the circle die with a larger scallop die on the green card stock and ran it through my Cuttle Bug at the same time. If you look closely you will see it is thicker on the left side and below the packages it is even thinner, but I was able to make it work!  I used think foam to separate the circle from the dry embossed cardstock. I really love the way it turned out. It is so much prettier in person!

Challenges: 
  

• Teddy-Stampers: Christmas Teddy
• Dutch Dare Card Challenge: Winter
• Aifactory: Winter
• Stampavie and more snow flake
•  ABC Christmas Card: Christmas
• A Crafty Little Place: Anything goes 
• Scrap-Creations: Anything goes

 

Supplies:

• Copics
• skin: E11, E00, E000
• Hair: E31, E35, R20
• PJ's. RV02, RV00
• Blue: B23, B21 and B00

 Here is the original image... isn'tshe just adorable? Love it!

And this was Elisabeth's inspiration, her daughter! Cute as a button!

Tip Of The Day:   Awesome blog hop tomorrow!

Come to SSC's, Simply Scrapping Crafts for there will be lots of prizes, tutorials and fun!! I will have a great tutorial for you and and a random winner will win a $15.00 gift certificate to Susana's Custom Art and Card Design!!  Wait until you see what the rest of the DT's has plan for you! Don't forget December 4th.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugzzzz

Happy December 1st!

Hello Friends! I cannot believe I am writing December 1!! Wow, in a month it will all be over with....so sad! We are going to Florida this year to spend some awesome time with the kids who live there. We have kids all over the states from Nevada, Eastern PA, Western PA and Florida. My parents are in Arizona...sure would be nice if we were all in one place. But, I always look forward to the time we get to share with all of them....well, most of the time! KWIM!!

Today I have two Christmas Cards I made and I am really happy with both of them! The first one is with an image by Digi Doodle Shop called Santa's arrival. The second I saw this digi I knew I had to color it! If you want to see beautiful, fun, loving...huge variety of images you need to go for they are awesome! Right now all of Digi Doodles Christmas images are 50 percent off!! Yes, 50 %  RUN! You surely will not be disappointed! I will be doing several cards with her images over the next few days and you will see why I love them so!

My second card is made with a red rubber stamp by Stampabilities called Winters Wish! I forgot how much I love doing scenery! I love the way it turned out...much better than last years!

Challenges  Why so many? Because I want everyone to see our Blog Hop at SSC and all the info is at the bottom of my posting!! Trust me this was very, very time consuming to enter this many challenges, so please come and hop with us!

• ABC Christmas Challenge: Christmas or Yuletide card
• Creative Belli Blog: Embellishments that start with an R
• Gingersnap Creations: Snowmen or Snow People
• Stampavie and More: Snow
• A Spoonful of Sugar: 3PP, 3 flowers or buttons, 3 gems
• Art Inkables: Die Cuts or Punches
• Crafty Little Place: Anything goes
• Digital Tuesday Challenge: Digital and Animals at Christmas Time
• My Time to Craft: Vintage
• Scrap Creations: Anything Goes
• Tuesday Taggers: Jolly old St. Nick
• Tuesday Throwdown: Embellishments
• Cupcake Craft Challenge: Light it up...candle anywhere on your card
• Karber Weekly Challenge: Digi and Sparkle
• OLCB: Inspire by a Christmas Song 
• Paper Playtime: Christmas Carroll
• The Pink Elephant: Blue, Green and Red
• Stamps R Us:  Holiday Cards
• Crafty Hos" Challenge: Photo inspiration....snowman
• The Crafty Pad: Snowflakes
• Ginger loft: Bows
• I Did It Creations: Surprise me
• One Stitch at a Time: Bling it up!
• Scrappy Frogs Challenge: Christmas
• Craft Calendar: Snowflake
• Digi Doodle Shop: Snow

 Digi Doodle: Santa's Arrival! I love the way the fireplace came out!

Copics:  

• Dress: YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97
• Dog: E18, E15, E13
• Cat: W5, W3, W01, W00
• Apples and Santa and Stocking: R29, R27,R24, R21
• Wood and Fire Place: E50, E51, E53, E55
• Stone: E44, E43, E42, E53, E40, 
• Morter: E51, E51
• Green Stocking: BG93, BG96, BG99
• Basket: E74,E71, E70

Winters Wish

Copics:

• Sleigh and red coat: R39, R37, R35, R32
• Roof: E74, E71, E70
• Blue for snow: B0000, B000
• Green: G03, G00, G000
• House: E31, E30

TIP OF THE DAY! Adding Ribbon to your card. When you are adding thick ribbon or any ribbon to your card, it is too hard to try and wrap it around the card and tie the bow. What I do...place the ribbon on the outside of the card stock and only tuck the ends in with Scor-tape.  Tie a piece of string around your ribbon to pull it slightly taunt as in the picture.

Make the bow using Bow Easy and directions on how to use Bow Easy by Suzanne Dean are here!

Cut the excess string off. Attache your bow using Scor-tape to where you pulled the ribbon a little bit taunt and you will have the appearance your ribbon and bow are one piece of ribbon!  See Picture below: Easy Peasy.

And this is what I don't want you to miss!!!

I will have a great tutorial for you and and to a random winner a $15.00 gift certificate to Susana's Custom Art and Card Design!!  You could buy two Bow Easy's! You have to come to SSC's, Simply Scrapping Crafts for there will be lots of prizes, tutorials and fun!! Wait until you see what the rest of the DT's has plan for you! Don't forget December 4th.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugzzzz