Geeky Love

Hello - boy do the days just fly by - hard to believe it is already well in to July.  We finally got our hot summer weather and I am loving it - I don't like being directly in the sun but I love the heat and my favorite part of the day is when the sun just goes down and we take our dog for a long walk on the trail - it doesn't get any better than that!!  Well I finally found some time to spend in my craft room - (it is just so much more difficult to get time for my craft room in the summer with so many other things on the go) but I managed to make this card this afternoon with my new Make it Crafty "Geeky Love" stamp. This stamp is adorable and I combined it with a Magnolia fence stamp.  I had to do some masking which I haven't done in a very long time but it worked out fine.  I also had to mask the images to color the sky in behind (it is kind of hard to see on the picture but I did make clouds with Tim Holtz distess ink Tumbled Glass).  The image is colored with my copic markers (see list of colors below) and lots of paper piecing.  All the paper is from Cosmo Cricket "Tea for Two" 6 x 6 paper pad.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I hope you are having a wonderful day and enjoying sunshine! Thanks for stopping by for a visit and enjoy your week.  My son and his fiance are coming on Wednesday and will be staying until Monday so I am looking forward to their visit.  It will be busy as we have lots of wedding details to look after while they are here.  The wedding is for July 27th, 2013 and we are all very excited about it.

Copics Used:
Skin - E02, E00, E000
Fence - E29, E25, E35, E53
Hair - E25, E35, E53
Grass - E53, YG63, YG67, YG91
Flowers - E07, E95
Shoes - W7, W5, W3, W1
Rest is paper pieced

Your stamping friend, Debbie

A Day at the Beach

Hello - I hope you had a wonderful weekend - once again we had mostly rain all weekend long - the long range forecast is for a very hot July so I guess it is good that we are getting lots of rain now so we shouldn't run into a water shortage as we have in many summers past.  I made this card over the weekend using adorable Tilda from Magnolia.  I forgot that I had bought the cute seagull last year again from Magnolia and I knew he would fit perfectly for this card.  I colored the image with my copic markers and made the background and colored it in with my copic markers as well.  The paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle - Splash - 6 x 6 paper pad - I loved the blue flowery paper that I used for the background - I basically built the card around that paper as I liked it that much.  I added a border on the top of the image and a punched out flower on the upper left side.  The orange flags are from Memory Box.  The Sentiment is from C.C. Designs.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and I hope you have a wonderful week.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

My Favorite Pastime

Hello - my how time flys by it has been a while since my last post I noticed.  We have been having so much rain that I decided to make a sunshiney type card and maybe the sun would start to shine - so far no luck - lol!!  This card did cheer me up though - I love the bright fun colors in the paper which is from Bo Bunny Hello Sunshine Collection 6 x 6 paper pad (love those 6 x 6 paper pads -perfect for card making).  My favorite pastime is taking my dog for a nice long walk so when I saw this stamp by Your Next Stamp I knew I had to have this one as well.  I colored her with copic markers and paper pieced her clothing.  The fence is a Magnolia die cut, the grass is Fiskars die cut and the clouds are from Memory Box.  I added a few flowers along the fence line also from Memory Box.  I added a bit of bling and that pretty much finished off the card.
I hope you have a wonderful day whereever you may be and thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Mermaid Tilda

Hello everyone - it has been a while since my last post - we were away last weekend to visit our daughter and whenever I am away for a weekend it really sets me behind with all my housework - finally today I was able to get caught up and spend time in my craftroom.  I made this card using the new adorable Tilda mermaid from Magnolia's latest release.  All the paper I used is from Echo Park Paper Co. called Paradise Beach.  I wasn't too sure about the color combination but it seemed to turn out okay.  I colored Tilda with my copic markers but didn't keep track of the colors once again.  I used my Sizzix die to cut out the frame around the main image and my Sizzix Sizzlit die for the brown branches.  I added a few pearl colored flowerettes to the branches.  I used sand on the bottom part of the card and added some sparkle to the mermaid fin and used gold and orange spica pens for parts of the seahorse. I added the wave she is sitting on by cutting it out of another Magnolia image. The sentiment is cut out from the design paper.  I really enjoyed making this card and thanks for stopping by for a visit.  We had a whole week of pretty much continuous rain and my poor tomatoe plants did not survive - I will have to replace all of them except for one plant which I think will make it - the rest of my garden seems to be okay, thankfully - today was our first day of sunshine in almost a week.  I hope you have a sunshiny week whereever you may be.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

You Are My Sunshine

Hello everyone!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend - the weather was perfect here and I was able to get out in my garden a bit and take my dog for a couple of long walks and on Sunday I was able to spend some time in my craft room.  I made this card from an adorable Whimsy stamp.  This is actually not my stamp but a friend asked me to make a card using her stamp and so this is the result.  I had some paper in my stash paper drawer that worked out perfectly for this card.  I colored the image with my copic markers but unfortunately did not keep track of the colors - sometimes I am really good about that and remember and other times I just get so wrapped up in my coloring and completely forget.  I drew in the grass and flowers myself and I paper pieced the girl (her shirt and pants).  I used my sizzlit western die to cut out a couple of horseshoes and my cricuit machine for the stars.  I added some gingham ribbon and a couple of brads to finish off the card.  The sentiment is an older stamp and I am not sure where I got it from.  Hope your Monday is a good one and thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Pretty as a Picture

Hello - I wanted to spend time in my garden today but it was raining for most of the day so I ended up in my craft room instead -darn - lol!!  I made this card using Tilda from the latest Magnolia release.  All the paper except for the white paper is from Bo Bunny Little Miss Collection - this paper reminds me of a flower garden - it is very pretty.  I paper pieced Tilda's jumpsuit from the same paper collection as well.  I used my Martha Stewart around the page punch for the background border - the circles are cut with nestability dies.  I added flowers and 4 pearls on the corners and that pretty much finished off the card.  I colored Tilda with copic markers.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit - back to work tomorrow - cannot believe the long weekend is already over!  At least it will be a short work week though so that is good.

Your stamping friend, Debbie.

Just Say "I Do"

Hello - hope you are having a wonderful weekend -here in B.C. we have a long weekend with Monday being Victoria Day - I am so glad to have the extra day.  Today I was able to spend time in my craft room and I made this wedding card,  The Tilda and Edwin image is from Magnolia.  The Arch Gate with Fence (I cut off the fence part) is from Tiddleybitz.  I painted the Arch with white acrylic paint and added sparkle to it.  I then added lots of jewels to the Arch to give it even more bling and sparkle.  I added some flowers, Martha Stewart hearts, lace border on bottom and I made a bow from some pink netted ribbon.  This card is made for our local scrapbooking store for which I help design cards for.  I colored the image with copic markers (list below)
Thanks for stopping by for a visit and have a great day!

Copic Markers Used:
Hair:  E31, E25, E50
Face: E11, E00, E000, R20, R85
Dress: RV10, RV000
Pants: C3, C2, C1, C0, W3
Shirt: C2 and Colorless Blender
Roses: R85, R20
Stem: G14

Your stamping friend, Debbie