Stampin' Therapy

Grand Caliber give-a-way!!!

2011-08-27T00:49:00.000-04:00

If you want a chance to win the Grand Caliber form Spellbinders, you need to go HERE ro get the info on how you can win it!!

La-La Blog hop and give-a-way!!

2011-08-24T06:41:00.001-04:00

You HAVE to check this out! La-La-Land Crafts is having a blog hop and month long celebration of Marci and Luka's 1st birthday!....BUT time is running out so come on and join the fun!!!

Go HERE and check out the give-a-way and the blog hop!!

Create your own picture collage

Card Samples....

2011-08-20T22:46:00.001-04:00

Here are some samples that I made for the store. Scrap Happy is getting their own line of cardstock, cards, envelopes and inks that all match! 20 different colors!! YIPPPPEEEEE.....a stampers dream!!

I made a few different samples of some things she has in and has almost ready to hang out in the store....Got most of it all packaged, just waiting on a little alteration of a store fixture. I really like how they turned out....and they all just came together very quickly....hope you like them! :o)

Impression Obsession Holly background stamp

Memory Box stamp and die.....Skeleton Luka La-La stamp

Impression Obsession Stitched background stamp

Impression Obsession Butterflies

LOVE this new EK Success triple butterfly punch!!!!!

Stamps are Impression Obsession Vines and Hero Arts All Occasion Messages

Stamps used are Hero Arts..With Sympathy and Impression Obsession Crackle background

UGH..

2011-08-20T00:09:00.001-04:00

UGH.....cannot find any colors I like....but I will keep trying....lol

New blog name....

2011-08-19T10:47:00.001-04:00

I am trying to come up with a new blog name so it may be changing a few times. I am not going to change the link so you can still get here with the link that is active....Just feel I need something different. I don't like what I did but am trying to create something on my own. I have never created a blog header but I know somebody posted how they did it with their Stampin' Up! design studio....I am going to dig thru her blog and see how she did it and make something pretty for my blog...bear with me :o)
....Sharon

Give Thanks....

2011-08-17T09:10:00.000-04:00

This is an image I colored with my Copics....and please do not ask what colors I used....I was just playing around and this is what transpired from it. I did not document my markers....wish I did, though. I love the way the outer ring of the wheel turned out! :o)

I keep thinking I need to do something with this card....I really liked the simplicity of it all, but the more I look at it, it looks too plain. I am thinking of changing it up just a bit so if I do, I will add it so you all can see what I did with it. But, for now, you can still look at my colored image...It is a beautiful stamp set from Heartfelt Creations called Autumn Wheel. It also has a stamp with it that says "Give Thanks"....and it is very pretty but I would have to stamp over the grass or something to put it on so I left it off. I could layer it then if I don't like it, I simply don't add it....right??

Anyway, here is my image....hope you all like it!

Star Tree...

2011-08-03T19:31:00.000-04:00

I jsut got this stamp from Impression Obsessions.....the star tree, that is....I have had the pine branches stamp. I colored in a bit with my Copics, touch some liquid applique here and there, sprayed the whole image with perfect pearls (does not show up in the picture but it is quite pretty!) and added some pearls.

Pirate Luka...

2011-08-02T00:32:00.000-04:00

This is my first Luka image I colored....I think he is soooo cute!!!

Copics classes.....

2011-07-31T15:36:00.000-04:00

I am going to be teaching some Copics classes at a couple of scrapbook shows/conventions. I am going to teach a beginner and an advanced class....if you are a follower to me, you get to see the images posted below what I am going to teach!

The beginner class is just coloring an image and learning how to use Copics:

The advanced class consists of coloring hair and skin and making a card:

Hope you like them....and wish me luck I have never taught a class anywhere like this!

My first....

2011-07-27T16:16:00.000-04:00

Ok, this is my first African American attempt...EVER! I have colored in faces for samples and to practice but have never attempted the skintone/facial tones together. I think she turned out pretty good for my first. I see flaws but I always do....lol (don't we all see those in our own work?) Anyway, I am going to give this card to my little great niece.....she is 4 and has a huge thing for purses so I expect that she will carry it around in her purse until it falls apart....lol

Birthday Card for my Grand Daughter....

2011-07-26T19:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday to Jayde!! My grand daughter is 4 years old already....UGH....seems like she was just born yesterday. Well, this is her birthday card....

Another La-La....Ballerina Marci....colored with Copics.....I love my La-La's!!

Get-Well card for my granddaughter...

2011-07-26T18:57:00.000-04:00

Sending this card to my little 2 year old grand daughter, Avery. She got her middle finger shut in a door at a restaurant....about cut it off at the end knuckle....poor thing. So, I made her a card...

This card is made from a La-La land stamp....Dress Up Marci....I love these stamps!! They are sooooo cute!!!! Colored her with Copics (of course) and used various punches...First time I ever made this kind of card....ok, well, 2nd time....the first time is the other one posted above...the birthday card for her sister :o)

La-La.....La-La

2011-07-21T23:26:00.000-04:00

Ok, went to CHA and watched (and helped) Susie shop. She has got a lot of nice, new stuff coming in to the store for everyone. She ordered cardstock, ribbon, Prima stuff, inkers, We R stuff...etc.....But she ordered a lot of my favorite thing....STAMPS!!!! She is actually going to get in Magnolia's and a pretty new line called La-La Land stamps.....OH, MY!!!!! They are SOOOOOOOOO cute. They were doing make-n-takes at their booth. They did a different one every day but we left on Wednesday so we didn't get to do the one they did today....but we did do the other 2.....Here they are....hope you fall in love just as I did :o)

Introducing: Mermaid Marci.....we met her on Tuesday

And.....Genie Marci....we met her on Wednesday

July card class....

2011-07-05T12:25:00.001-04:00

Here are my samples for my July card class....little bit of this and a little bit of that! Gonna tweak that 4th card a little..always something I want to change...lol

Calendar Class....

2011-07-05T12:22:00.000-04:00

Here is a sneak peek of my calendar class that I will be having in July. After the class I will post the other months, but for right now they can only be seen in the store....Scrap Happy in Tiffin.

Latest on my Copic portable storage.....

2011-07-05T03:13:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I have changed my Copic storage once again.....this has been an ongoing process. I kept out growing my storage so I kept changing. Well, I now have all but 10 markers! I will be getting them very soon, though!! There are 346 in all....YIP, YIP, YIPPPPEEEEEEE!!

OK, just so you can see what I had as to where I am now.....go here...http://mrslumpys.blogspot.com/2010/05/im-crazy-for-copicscrazy-for-copics.html so you can see how I carried my markers around prior to what I have now.....

which is this:

Isn't is just WONDERFUL??????!!!!!!!!!!! I love this and will not out grow it unless they keep coming out with new colors. I have room for 22 more markers, but have 3 blender pens and I need 2 grays (W00 and W0) and the flourescent colors (8 of them)....I...so I have 336 out of 346! WOW!!
Oh, and this carrier is an ArtBin Super Satchel Double Deep...and the grid is for a flourescent light. I got that at Lowe's for just under $12. I got the carrier on sale at Joanns so I have around $33 in the entire thing....oh, the dowel rod that I have in the corners (and one in the middle) was under $3.

Impression Obsession obsession!!

2011-07-05T02:32:00.000-04:00

I LOVE THESE STAMPS!!!!! You can use them alone of together for different designs.....the options are unlimited!! Here are the ones I have to start my collection:

Ok, so what do you think??? Love them?? I have 3 more but I don't have them stamped yet, so you will see them as soon as I stamp them out!!

Bookmark....

2011-07-05T02:21:00.001-04:00

I finally did it!! I made a bookmark! I have been wanting to make one of these for so long but just never did it. Well, I did it now.....and these are super simple!! To use it, it fits on the corner of the page....too cute!!

My June 18th class.....

2011-06-05T08:34:00.001-04:00

Just wanted to share pics of the cards for my June 18th class. I will be teaching these classes plus the elephant card I made 2 posts previous from this one.

I colored this card with my copics on sticky back canvas. Love how it turned out!! The flower stamp is Hero Arts. The background stamp is Hero Arts/Basic Grey Life of the Party dots.The background was done with perfect pearls and versamark. The punched designs is a punch from Martha Stewart, leaves....then just topped it off with a couple of buttons!

This card was made with nestibilities die 'beaded circles', Just Right stamp (can't remember the name right off the top of my head), Hero Arts background stamp for the background (swirls) and for the large circle (envelope pattern and raindrop background), clear embossing powder and a white gel pen...simple!!

This is my favorite one! I did this with a Sizzix die (flower petal). first I cut strips of cream colored cardstock, then I stamped it with Hero Arts "old letter writing' stamp. I cut the cardstock down so I had 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces and cut them on my Big Shot 8 pieces at a time. The leaves are the large petals from the die. Inked around the edges and put a sentiment stamp on it. Oh, I also used the smaller two dies from the beaded circles Nestibility die set...Love it!!!

This is just a store sample I thought I would throw in here since I have not posted it before. She got some C.C.Designs stamps into the store and I wanted to show her how you could sit it on something other than another stamp. They are soooo cute!! I used patterened paper, colored her with Copics, punched both a round and scallop circle and topped it off with ribbon and some I-Rock squares turned sideways!!

Altered Ring Box...

2011-05-24T01:11:00.000-04:00

I keep everything. I need to stop doing that and I am trying. I am a hoarder....but NOTHING like what is seen on tv....not even close to that. That is so unimaginable how some of those people live. But, anyway, I always keep my ring and jewelry boxes inside the little cardboard boxes. I have decided to get rid of some of them but instead of thowing them away, I am going to alter them and take into my LSS and let her have them for displays! SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!

Honey Pops...

2011-05-24T01:07:00.000-04:00

Ever hear of Honey Pops from Inky Antics? I never did until Mega Meet.....and now I know....they are SOOOOOOO cute!!!!! I got 3 stamp sets and some various honeycombs to go with them. If you do not know what I am talking about....prepare yourself!! (the elephant is my favorite one, though) :o)

House Mouse....

2011-05-19T01:53:00.000-04:00

I love House Mouse stamps, although I have very few of them. Thought this one was really cute and I could not resist!!

I also love coloring with Copics....Going to have the opportunity to take a couple classes with Suzanne Dean....and I am Psyched!!!!! I can color just fine with my Copics....but I always have room for improvement and it will be so nice to see her techniques. And, I know I have a lot to learn from her!

Coloring Hair.....

2011-05-19T01:43:00.000-04:00

Been practicing on my hair coloring.....the end results....

Light Blond

Dark Blond

Auburn

Dark Brunette

Very Light Blond

Light Brunette

Black

Stamping Class Cards...

2011-04-27T00:07:00.000-04:00

Ok....so here are the cards I made for my stamping class. I was really only supposed to be doing stamping classes but I started to make those other cards and they were turning out so pretty that those turned into a different class altogether.

Now, here are the cards for my stamping class which will be on May 21st....

Hope you all like them!!

Card Class

2011-04-18T19:06:00.001-04:00

ok, the owner of my LSS has roped me into doing some card classes for her...LOL...but, I love doing it so here are the samples for my first class....

These cards all feature the Just Rite stamp set "Seeds of Kindness"

I have also highlighted some Spellbinders dies and a Tim Holtz die.

I used both the I-Rock and pearl pen for my embellishments.

And to top them off I used 2 different Martha Stewart edge punches and a MS butterfly punch.

Had fun doing these cards and looking forward to teaching them in May!!

Happy Stamping!!!!

Tag and Flower

2011-03-02T17:57:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple samples I made for a workshop for my LSS. I may change the colors for spring now that is might actually get nice out around here....maybe some pretty Easter colors!!!

Hero Arts stamp, perfect pearls, liquid pearls, grungeboard, distress inks and Tim Holtz tag die and flower die....

Mom's Birthday Card 2011

2011-02-25T17:18:00.000-05:00

This is my Mom's birthday card...

The main stamp is from Memory Box and the background stamp (scattered dots) is an old Stampin' Up! stamp.

Birthday card....

2011-02-20T19:32:00.000-05:00

Made this card for my girlfriend for her birthday!!!

Valentine's Day 2011

2011-02-20T19:30:00.000-05:00

The card I made for my honey for V-day! Colored with copics...love those markers!!!! And love this digi image....a little naughty!! ;)

I BELIEVE!!!!!

2010-12-24T15:54:00.000-05:00

I love the vintage look of this card! This was all done with Tim Holtz stamps and embossing folder. I inked it up a bit with Vintage Photo distress ink. Love it!!! Now I am having a hard time deciding who gets what card this year!

and this is what I did to the outside of the envolope! LOVE that snowflake stamp!! (and, yes, it is a Tim Holtz stamp, also!)

Christmas 2010

2010-12-24T15:50:00.001-05:00

This is one of my Christmas cards I made for this year. I used a Hero Arts stamp along with my copics for the card front...I added lots of bling to make it sparkle....(I love sparkle!!) The edges are punched with the Martha Stewart loopy border punch...LOVE how it turned out!! The inside was stamped with a Tim Holtz stamp....I love that man!!!

Merry Christmas to you all!!

Monochrome card challenge

2010-05-24T12:17:00.000-04:00

Ok, here is my contribution to the Copic Creations challenge of coloring something with all one color. And I thought, what better to do than this stamp from Whipper Snapper with the dust bunnies?? I love this stamp....she is sooooo cute!!

I used my "T" colors 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/9

I embossed the button with silver to tie it in and airbrushed the flower with my Copics to match it up.

Hope you like her!...oh, them...I can't leave the dust bunnies out! :)

I'm Crazy for Copics....Crazy for Copics!!!!!

2010-05-18T12:58:00.000-04:00

Ok, yes, I know that I am officially addicted to these markers. They come in 334 colors and I think I have 302 of them. But I see that they need more colors. I am not happy with the yellow selection for sure. They need more yellows....and greens.....and oranges.....lol

Anyway, I went from this......

to this......

TO THIS.......!!!!!

I love these markers, but I am out of room....I have to be able to fit the rest of them in this carrier. I have nothing else to tote them around to my classes with. There is a little room in some of the little boxes and I have room on the end.....just hope it enough for the rest of the markers!! Oh, and this tote has a lid that snaps on....LOVE IT!!!!

The Still of the Night...

2010-05-12T00:23:00.002-04:00

This card just looks so peaceful and serene....makes me just want to get away from it all for awhile....

I brayered the background and used Copics to color in the cabin and some of the minor details. The stamps are all from Stampscapes. I love these stamps....wish I wouldn't have sold all of mine because now I have to start all over :(
(It's kind of blurry....took it with the webcam....will get a better pic with my camera and post it later)
ok....this is a MUCH better pic!! Hope you like it!!

Birthday Card....

2010-05-05T03:19:00.001-04:00

Sorry about the little bit of blurriness...I took this pic with my phone. I don't have a flash on it and it was getting a little dark out. You get the idea, though :)

I made this for a friend of mine. It is for her sister's birthday. I love this stamp! It is a retired Stampin' Up! stamp. I colored it with Copics and love how it turned out!!

Tim Holtz stamping......

2010-03-30T05:29:00.000-04:00

I went to the Memories Scrapbooking Expo in Columbus over the weekend...mostly I was very busy working at the Scrap Happy area. But, I did manage to sneak away for a couple of minutes to go check out the Tim Holtz stuff. I love so much of it....and some of it is too abstract for me. I did find some stamp sets to buy, though. I made a tag with some of the stamps so I thought I would share it with you.

I threw a little water on it and then stamped all of my images. Then I decided I wanted more water spots and dropped more water on it.....mistake! It only takes one time to learn not to do something. It ran my black ink....boooo hooooo. I am no longer really happy with it, but thought I would share it anyway. I love the colors.....the middle is broken china distress ink and the edges are done with vintage photo distress ink. I am really liking those distress inks....just have to play with them a little more!!

Blogging.....

2010-03-12T04:20:00.000-05:00

Hi everybody!! I just wanted to drop in and let you all know that I am now blogging for my LSS! I am excited that she thinks enough of my work to want me to post on her blog!!! If you all want to pop over and see what is going on, here is the link: http://www.scraphappyohio.blogspot.com/

She is doing some updating to her online store, but once it gets all done and completely updated, I will be able to link right to it for you. I am pretty excited about this and I hope you are, too!!! I will be adding a new post every Tuesday and Friday, so click to be a follower so you don't miss a thing!

Copic Beginner class...

2010-03-07T05:31:00.003-05:00

This is the new image for my beginner classes I teach for Copic markers. I get tired of coloring the same thing over and over so I change it up every so often.

....cute little thing! :)

Birthday Card...

2010-03-07T05:29:00.000-05:00

This is a birthday card for my mother-in-law....(hope she doesn't look at my blog).

Hero Arts, Martha Stewart, Nestabilitie and Stampin' Up! stamp .....LOVE that new MS punch I used!!

Thank you card...

2010-03-07T05:27:00.001-05:00

This card is much prettier in person....

I used a unknown brand stamp (music notes), a silhouette cut-out (the flourish), a Stampin' Up exclusive Sizzix die (the little leaves)...and Tim Holtz's new dies!! (the flowers and the film strip). Had a lot of fun making this card. It is a thank you card for our niece and she is going to be in Annie at school so I thought the music notes and film strip fit in with that.

Easter card...

2010-03-07T05:22:00.000-05:00

I loved this stamp when I saw it in the store and fought and fought with myself not to buy it. Then someone else bought it and sat there and colored it in (thanks, Cathy!), so I just had to have it then!

Banananananana........

2010-03-07T05:20:00.001-05:00

This image I colored for my friend Susie to give to a friend of hers....

This banana was probably the hardest thing I ever colored in so far. Hope she likes it!!

Conway Tweety!

2010-02-28T23:38:00.000-05:00

This is the card for my 2nd advanced Copic class for April. It's a Whipper Snapper stamp....those stamps are so cute!!

Mom's Birthday Card...

2010-02-28T19:37:00.000-05:00

This is my Mom's birthday card! The stamp is fromStampin' Up!, the "circle" is a Stampin' Up! punch (it is actually 2 squares turned and layered) and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

Acrylic card

2010-02-28T19:35:00.001-05:00

This is the 2nd advanced Copic class I am giving in March. I love this...it is on a clear acrylic card. The background stamp is a flourish from Hero Arts and the bunny stamp is from Whipper Snapper. If you click on it and make it bigger, you can see that I traced the stamped image with a clear Spica glitter pen to make it sparkle.

Copics class for March

2010-02-28T19:32:00.000-05:00

This is one of the advanced Copic classes I am giving in March. There is airbrushing with the markers done on this card. I love the airbrush system...it really adds something to the designs.

Hero Arts Daisy stamp...

2010-02-28T19:30:00.000-05:00

I love, love, love this card!!! I used 3 Hero Arts stamps to make this card...the striped background, the daisy and the swirled flourish behind the daisy. It was colored with Copics.

Frog card...

2010-02-28T19:28:00.000-05:00

I think this card turned out pretty cute...I love the stamp!! It is colored and airbrushed with Copics.

The cut out is the Blossom Nestibilities.

Kevin's Valentine'sDay card...

2010-02-28T19:25:00.000-05:00

I forgot and wrote in it before taking the pictures so I blocked out my words....

Breast Cancer Card

2010-01-25T01:29:00.000-05:00

I was asked to make a card for someone to give to another person fighting breast cancer for the third time....I cannot imagine. Cancer has touched us all at this point either directly or indirectly. It took my Dad from us so I know firsthand how painful it is to lose some to this horrible disease. My thoughts and prayers go out to all fighting this (and to those watching someone fight this).

Birthday Card...

2010-01-23T01:13:00.001-05:00

This card I made for my girlfriend. She turned 50!!! But I was nice and made her a nice card for the occasion.

Bridal Shower....

2010-01-23T01:11:00.000-05:00

Here is the sign I made for the bridal shower we had at work for our friend.

Pre-Wedding....

2010-01-16T23:05:00.000-05:00

I made this for a friend of mine that is getting married. It is the card to take to work so everyone can sign it for her.

Random class cards...

2010-01-11T12:48:00.000-05:00

Here are some cards that I colored in for my classes at my LSS. Susie, the owner, put together all of the cards except the brayer card...that one is completely mine.

The brayer card is going to be offered in January as a class. You will receive the tree stamp as part of the class.

This is a kissing technique that will also be offered in January....you get 2 stamps with this class and will make 10 cards.

This is a January (advanced) class for coloring with Copics.

This is the other advanced Copics class for January.

This is one of the advanced Copics classes for February.

And last, but not least, the other advanced Copics class for February.

GOOOO BUCKS!!!!

2010-01-11T12:34:00.000-05:00

Here is a card I made for my nephew....who is also my Godson. We are both fans of the Buckeyes so what better to give him than a gift card to our local Buckeyes store all done up in a Buckeyes card??!! He loved it!!! ( I learned this card technique from none other than Jennifer McGuire at one of her classes....I love that girl!!!!)

Money card....

2010-01-11T12:31:00.000-05:00

I lifted a couple different card ideas from Jennifer McGuire and created this card for my Mom for part of her Christmas gifts.

Kissing Technique

2009-12-22T03:01:00.003-05:00

This is the kissing technique on both of these. I did it a little different on each one. They are not mounted on a card yet....I made them for samples of the technique.

You're The Best!!!!

2009-12-22T03:00:00.000-05:00

I love her!!!! I really love the new little girl stamps...nice to color in with my Copics. I made the background, too....it is a stamp that I stamped with multiple inks and then I shimmered it.

Hello card....

2009-12-22T02:58:00.000-05:00

I did some embossing on this card......and layered on some more embossing. I love how it turned out!

Wheat....

2009-12-22T02:57:00.002-05:00

I did this card as a make-n-take at the store for the big unveiling party over the weekend. I don't know if you can tell, but the wheat is shimmery....love it!!!

Notebook Page Card

2009-12-22T02:55:00.000-05:00

I love this stamp! It is a page and I just inked it up and cut the edge with a border punch.

Nothing Fancy.....

2009-12-22T02:54:00.000-05:00

Nothing real fancy....I think it needs soemthing.... This is a sample I made for the store. The sentiment is actually stamped on the insideof the card.

Snowman Card

2009-11-23T17:22:00.000-05:00

I didn't actually make this card....I just colored in the image! My friend, Susie...the owner of my LSS, actually put the card together. This is my next project at the store!

Jennifer McGuire Holiday Cards....

2009-11-08T00:56:00.000-05:00

Here are the cards from the 2nd class today......

This is a treat bag....I love these bags...so cute and sooooo easy to make!!

I made this one on the dark side, but I think it would make a good man-card.

This card is clear....love it!!! AND the scarf is made out of a folded $20 bill (fake here but makes a really cute idea to give money!!!).

She turned this card outside in. Very cute idea! She made this by stacking stamps to shape a tree! (This was an extra card she gave us to take home and put together).

Very cute card....I love the colors in this one. The middle circle was actually stamped with pearlized water and it pushed the ink out of the way....I love the look of it.

This next card is a gift card holder....VERY cool!!!! The middle part on the front of the card is actually a slot to put the card in....I love this!! (And, no, that is not a real credit card....used to be a long time ago....I save all of that kind of stuff to use as props).

Jennifer McGuire....again!!

2009-11-08T00:41:00.001-05:00

I went to another Jennifer McGuire class today....well, actually 2 of them. She was teaching in Columbus (Ohio) at a big weekend crop. Her classes did not fill up...GASP!!!....so they opened them up to the public....Yay for me!!!
The first class was a technique class and the 2nd was Holiday cards. I will now share my creations!!
These were from the technique class:
She gave us 2 butterfly's for this card so we could choose which one to use.....I elected to stack them and use both!

This card opens 1 inch from the edge...hard to see it in the pic. We pearlized the butterfly so I took a close up of that so maybe you could see it better.

The card opens right above the striped cardstock. I never wanted this flower stamp but now I think I "need" it....haha.

This one has a circle cut-out on the front of the card. I like how you can see the sentiment through the circle but it's on the inside of the card.

This one opens 1 inch from the edge, also. I took the 2nd picture trying to show you that.

I love this card. I like the shape of it....it's so different!!

Gypsy Contest.....

2009-10-27T13:57:00.002-04:00

I made a lay out for the Gypsy contest. This is my granddaughter, Jayde. I am making an abc scrapbook for her. The pages will rhyme with each other....like a and b will rhyme....c and d will rhyme, etc... So, this is the "S" page and it rhymes with the "T" page. Together they will read "S is for smile to chase away your woes" (turn the page) "T is for ten, tiny fingers and toes." On the "T" page I have pics of her feet and fingers from when she was 3 days old. I have a ways to go on it, but thanks to the challenge, I have one more set of pages done!!

This contest is open for voting until midnight October 29th. Go here to vote for my layout:

http://www.cricut.com/gypsy/designchallenge/entries.aspx?did=274

Butterflies.....

2009-10-25T18:47:00.000-04:00

I think this one my be my favorite of my latest cards....I don't know because I really like the last one, too....

But this was made with one stamp. (Oh, the "Hello" is a different stamp). I stamped it, then stamped the butterflies again, colored them in and cut them out. I pulled up the wings to make it 3-d....turned out very nice! (I always shock myself when I really like something I make...lol)

More new stamps.....

2009-10-25T18:40:00.000-04:00

I really love this card! Iused 4 different stamps to create it. Everything is cut out and put on the background stamp. It took me forever (at least it seemed like forever) to cut out those flowers!! Cuting around those leaves was very tedious, but worth it, I think :)

Snowman.....

2009-10-25T18:36:00.001-04:00

I reall didn't like this stamp at first, but now that I am stamping with it and coloring it in, I love him!! He is so cute!! I don't know why I didn't like him.....

Star Box

2009-10-25T18:34:00.000-04:00

This is my very first star box....I could not believe how easy it is to make!! I made it with a gift tag on it so all it needs now is a present!!!

Snowman....

2009-10-21T21:43:00.001-04:00

Another snowman image. I changed it up a bit. The other one I made for the store had some off color markers in it so I did another one with different color markers to see how it would turn out.
What cha think??

Winter Card

2009-10-21T21:40:00.000-04:00

I hate winter....worse with every year. Probably because I am getting older and I just hate driving in it now. It was fun when I was younger....probably because I thought I was invincible and had no fears...now it is just a pain.
But, I still love to make wintery cards! So, I hope you enjoy this one!!
Sorry, they didn't turn out very well in the pics....the card stock is all shimmery and is VERY pretty in person!

Snowman

2009-10-19T01:39:00.000-04:00

I love this card! This has to be one of my favorites, I think. I love these stamps, they are so cute and fun to color.

Poinsettas

2009-10-19T01:36:00.000-04:00

This is something else I made for the LSS. This card was stamped on the entire card for the background. I made the stem from a branch cut out and the flowers are poinsettas. I just folded them to make them 3-d. The leaves were made from the same flowers. I just smooshed ink into them and cut them up.

Snowman card

2009-10-19T01:32:00.000-04:00

I have been making samples for my LSS for her open house which is next weekend (October 24th and 25th). This is a snowman card I made....love the little snowman!! Colored him in with markers and stamped and heat embossed the words.

Frankie!!

2009-10-11T14:08:00.000-04:00

This is a card I entered for a contest....I came in 3rd :( but that is better than not winning aything! I love this card!!

Christmas Card

2009-09-28T01:20:00.002-04:00

More new Hero Arts stamps. I made the card from a Stampin' Up! exclusive Big Shot die and I made the mat from the Stampin' Up! scallop border punch. All 3 stamps are from Hero Arts.

Playing with my brayer

2009-09-28T01:15:00.002-04:00

It's been awhile since I have had my brayer out so it is time I start using it again. Got some new Hero Arts stamps for this specific purpose so thought I would get back in the swing of rolling that brayer. I don't have it mounted and think I might add to it but this is the beginning.....

JustRite tags

2009-09-28T01:08:00.003-04:00

Here are some tags I made with the JustRite Autumn Blessings set. I colored them in with Copic markers.

Clear Stamps FYI

2009-09-12T12:51:00.004-04:00

Ok, this is an FYI that I received from someone who knows stamps. I am not going to mention names because I do not have the specifics of what she said.....I was busy creating cards. So, I can only say bits of what I heard her say and take from that what I heard....so you are not getting the complete explanation of what was said.

What I took home with me was this....not all clear stamps are created equally.

This was an FYI and we could do anything with this information that we wanted to do with it.
But, if you want to get a good clear stamp, I would recommend you make sure the stamp is made in the USA. Now, I cannot tell you every stamp NOT made in the USA is bad, but IN MY EXPERIENCE EVERY CLEAR STAMP I HAVE EVER PURCHASED NOT NOT MADE IN THE USA IS JUNK.
I have always got so frustrated with clear stamps....the ink always pooled up on the surfaced....no matter what I did. I tried priming them, sanding them, cleaning them...everything. The ink still pooled on the surface...I still got a mottled image when I stamped. I finally threw them aside and gave up on them.
Then I would buy a clear stamp, hold my breath, use it and it would be a perfect image!! I didn't get it. Same ink, same cardstock....what is the deal????
Now I get it.
The FYI.....Stamps outside of the USA are made of a different composition than the ones inside the USA are made of. This composition makes the ink pool on the surface of the stamp ....when we were told this, she actually told us what the stamps were made out of....sorry I was not listening better....wish I would have been, but, like I said, I was making cards :) I listened enough to hear her say some of the companies that make stamps within the USA and I know Technique Tuesday was one she said....and that was a stamp I had bought previously and thought hard about getting because I was making a card for my sister...a very important card..... I was very worried about the outcome......and it was beautiful! I was shocked at my stamped image!! Hero Arts clear stamps are gorgeous, too. And I have maybe one or two others that I like....I have very few.
However, I have many I hate..... When I got home from that class, the first thing I did was flip them over to see where they were made and every one of them were made outside of the USA!!!!!!!! I just stood there looking at them.
So, I am here to tell you.....all clear stamps are NOT created equally and I will now only buy USA made clear stamps (and I don't care how much I like them!). I am sorry to not give others a chance but stamps are too expensive to try out and be stuck with junk.....I have enough of those already.
I know there are probably ways to get around these problems, but I just want to grab my stamps and stamp. I don't want to prep or mess with my stamps to get them to stamp good images. I want to slap them on a block, ink them up and stamp my image! THAT is the way it is supposed to be!
Happy Stampin' !! And remember......this is just my opinion...... :)

Hero Arts FallColors Challenge

2009-09-12T12:05:00.004-04:00

This is a wide open challenge!! We can do anything we want to do as long as we use a Hero Arts stamp and use one of 4 choices of cardstock colors they have listed on their blog!
Go HERE if you want to go to the Hero Arts blog and play along!
So, anyway, I wanted to do a Halloweenish card so I picked the green, purple, orange and black cardstocks to create with. I had fun with it! I finally got to use my core'dinations cardstock!!!! I used the black so when I sanded it, it was purple! I used my oval punches to make the pumpkins out of pumpkin pie cardstock. I inked the edges with pumpkin pie, too. The green cardstock is kiwi kiss from Stampin' Up! (retired, sorry...). I also used the branch punch from Martha Stewart and the stamps.....ahhhhhh, yes, the stamps...........
I have always hated clear stamps. But, I have quickly come to find out there really is a difference! I was given an FYI on clear stamps.....different post on this.....
I used Hero Arts "Happy Halloween" set for this card. I love the tiny spiders and webs!!! They can be used for so many things!!!! The faces on my pumpkins are stamps from Peachy Keen stamps.
Hope you like it!!!! I had fun creating it!!

Hero Arts Manweek Challenge

2009-09-12T11:30:00.003-04:00

This is my attempt at the man card challenge . I always have a hard time with man cards. I never realize I don't have guy stamps until I am hit with a challenge, then I hit a wall.
So, anyway, here is my attempt at a man card. It is the same criteria....I had to use at least one Hero Arts stamp on my card. I used the "Woodgrain" design stamp for the background and I used a thank you stamp from the set "Thank You Sayings." I also used the Marth Stewart branch punch to make the bushes, some vintage brads and the Crop-A-Dile to round off the corners to make the banner on the front. The main card is made from some kraft card stock I bougth form Hobby Lobby. Enjoy!!

Hero Arts ColorIt Challenge

2009-09-12T11:08:00.004-04:00

I made this card for a coloring challenge Hero Arts had. You could do anything you wanted to do as long as you use at least one of their stamps....that is always their rule. For the coloring challenge, we had to color....that simple. We could use anything....colored pencils, markers, crayons, anything we wanted. I actually colored with my Stampin' Up! watercolor markers. I used Hero Arts' new cling stamp called "Special Moments" and their design block stamp called "Antique Flower" for the background. After coloring it I brushed over it with a watery perfect pearls mixture. It really ran my watercolor markers but I liked it so I left it as is. The camera glared so the pic is not really good but the card is beautiful in person!
I also used Stampin' Up! Rich Razzleberry cardstock, Fiskars lace punch, Crop-a-dile 1/2" corner chomper,Ranger paint daubers in pearl, gold and silver, embossing powder, halfback pearls and some generic ribbon and string.

Stampin' Up!

2009-09-12T11:00:00.002-04:00

Stampin' Up! has implemented a new policy for demos to sign as a demo agreement. We have to agree not to promote any other stamp companies or products electronically...meaning on our personal blogs. So, we cannot link to any other persons blog that sells other products. And I cannot tell you when I make a card that I bought something at Target or that I used Copic markers or Hero Arts stamps, etc....
I am saying this because I have not signed the agreement yet. I have until the end of September to sign the agreement. I am not sure I am going to do it. They are saying if I don't sign by the end of September, I won't be dropped as a demo, but I won't be allowed to place orders ????? (so I will be dropped as a demo).
I don't have a problem with not promoting other products at workshops at all, but my personal blog is mine. I don't even use it that often, but I do use other products. I am a hobby demo and now I feel they are infringing upon my hobby.....I don't know. I am going to give it some serious thought and in the meantime, I am going to blog away....so I hope you enjoy my creations!!

Jennifer McGuire class

2009-08-30T16:58:00.005-04:00

The first pic is a given....Jennifer McGuire and I. She is so tiny and I am....wellll....not so tiny! But really, she is very tiny and VERY sweet!!!

The green, flower card is one of my favorites. I made a HUGE blunder on it but will not point it out to you. If you notice what it is, you notice it. It was too late to fix it once I caught it and I am not going to give it to anyone anyway. I never give my class cards away...EVER. It is still one of my favorites we made....if not my very favorite one!
Her little boy, Colin (I think he's 3) helped on this card. She had a video on her blog of him and his Daddy rounding the corners off of some cards for a class. She asked if anyone saw the video and I said I did (of course I did, I check her blog EVERY DAY...LOL) she said this was the card they were punching. He is the cutest little boy!!
Anyway, on to the card....she cut the edge off and we re-attached it to the edge. The flower stem is cut from the Silhouette, the loops are a Martha Stewart punch (love it!....and already bought it!!!) and the background stamp has a story of it's own. She found a letter her grandfather wrote to her grandmother. It was written in German. Her mother translated it and she said it was all very respectable. She took it to work (Hero Arts) and they made a stamp out of it....that is the background to this card!!! How cool is that??????? I think the proper name is Old Letter Writing.

My next favorite card is this blue and brown card. we used a cling stamp and perfect pearls on white cardstock. Stamped in versamark, dusted with perfect pearls and misted with water to set. Sanded the background a little to bring out some white in the cardstock and embellished. The 2nd pic is a close up so you can see the design of the stamped image and the 3rd pic is actually how the card opens. I really like this card, too. Very cool!!!!

Jennifer McGuire card class

2009-08-30T16:29:00.005-04:00

These are the rest of the items we made at the card class...arent they GREAT!!?????!!!! She is so talented! We used many techniques with these...I will touch on them with each card.
top card: glossy card stock and alcohol inks were used to create the background. The cardstock was ran through a Cuttlebug and then the image was lightly sanded. The button is a clear button but touched on the back with alcohol ink to match the colors!
Tree card: colored pencils were used to color in the tree. The red dots were made by putting the tip of the red pencil down on the cardstock and spinning the cardstock to make perfect little circles! How nice is that!!
Butterfly card: (1st one) Hard to see it but the entire image glistens. We mixed perfect pearls in water in a mini mister and sprayed the stamp after inking it with distress inks. When it dried it is pearlized....VERY pretty!! The background is one stamp stamped with various colors at once. The ribbon is to die for!! I have to have some of it. It is made by Creative Impressions and it is silk ribbon!
Butterfly (2nd): This is heat embossed on sticky backed canvas (I already bought and received this....it is a must have). We frayed the edges, inked it with distress inks and then applied distress stickles on it (the little gold flecks). I love it! Oh, already bought the distress stickles, too.....they are really neat!!!!! Spread them on with your finger and let them dry, you see little flecks of color....they are soooooo cool!!!!
Treat bag: This is so cute. The branch is cut from a Silhouette (yes, now I want one of those...lol). The owl is actually a stamped image we cut out and used the reverse side...wings, too. (The image was stamped twice). I have to draw in his feet...keep forgetting that...lol. Poor owl!
Hope you enjoyed looking half as much as I enjoyed making!!!!!

lame, lame, lame...

2009-08-30T16:21:00.002-04:00

I have been being very lame (lazy??) with my blog. I have been addicted to Facebook and have been spending waaaaaay too much time on there! I got hooked on Farmtown and that is not a good thing either....VERY addicting, but VERY fun!!
I have been around...went to a card class in Cincinnati with Jennifer McGuire...posted my cards on my FB, but will post them here as well...so, sorry for those of you who have already seen them...lol.
Went to Knoxville to see my grandbabies...they are getting sooo big! They are changing so much, I hate being so far away from them. Maybe someday....I have not given up hope...I never will (neither has Kevin, my husband). He just told me one of the guys he works with just got a good job in Knoxville so maybe he can help him get a job there! It's hope!! AND a sign that he really wants to go, too!!! That is a good thing. It will be hard to leave our families, but we can travel to see them, those babies cannot come up and see us. It is about a 7 hour drive so it's really not horrible.
I will get to posting pics of my class with Jennifer now....
....Sharon :)

Copic Creations Challenge

2009-06-02T01:56:00.004-04:00

Here is my creation for the new Copic Creations challenge. The challenge is to make something clear or see-through, so I colored balloons. I think they turned out pretty good for my first try at them with my Copics.
Go HERE and check out the challenges for yourself and join in! There are new ones every 2 weeks. They have great sponsors for prizes, too! This week it's Gina K...check out their site HERE.
Come join the fun, but first, have a look at my creation!!

Copics certified

2009-06-01T23:45:00.002-04:00

I am copics certified. I will have my official badge posted when I get it....it will take about 3 weeks. They give us time to practice and make good use of what we have learned. And there is so much! These markers are truly amazing. I never quite "got" what the big deal was but bought some to try and then got more to blend better to get the jist of it. So then I thought well if I am going to do this, I want to make some money and teach them. Now that I have taken the certification class and seen what all you can really do with them, I am truly amazed!!!
So, now I will get back to crafting and posting (as soon as I get my craft room back in order...), butnow that it is nicer out I can get the basement room back in shape again it will be very soon!!

FINALLY!!!!

2009-06-01T23:41:00.003-04:00

I finally put her on a card!! Was going to enter her on the copics challenge to try to win some Magnolia stamps but saw the deadline too late....DARN IT!!! Anyway...here she is!

Blog candy again

2009-05-14T05:42:00.002-04:00

ok, Victoria Case is the designer of the stamp set being given away (and then sold) on Susana's site (http://heartsandhugz.blogspot.com/). Victoria is also giving away a set of the stamps on her blog. They each are giving puzzles pieces of the stamps to guess what the stamps are. All you have to do is leave a comment and a link back from your blog to enter to win....easy peasy!!!!! Victoria's designs are SUPER cute!!! Go HERE to check out her blog and see what she has to offer with all of her designs!! But hurry this candy offer expires on Friday (on both blogs!!)

Blog candy alert!

2009-05-14T05:27:00.004-04:00

Check out Susana's blog HERE. She has got an awesome blog and she is also giving away some really cool blog candy, but it is actually a surprise but I know they will be really awesome!!! I hope I win, but jump over and take a chance to win!!

Blog Candy

2009-05-06T13:01:00.002-04:00

You have to go Check out Steph's Blog!! She not only has some wonderful creations to look at but due to her celebration of her 10,000th blog hit she is giving away some awesome blog candy that you DO NOT WANT TO MISS!! I am not going to tell you what it is, but trust me when I tell you....you will not want to miss this one!!!!!!
Go HERE and check out the post that tells you about her blog candy and then check out her blog while you are there.
AND...good luck (but I hope I win....lmbo).

Whiff Of Joy

2009-04-26T20:19:00.003-04:00

If you have never looked into the Whiff Of Joy stamps you have got to go have a look at them! I love them!! They are soooo cute. I want them all..they are currently having a blog candy give-a-way of the summer stamp kit designed by Elisabeth Bell (I love her!!).
Anyway, I could go on and on, but click HERE to go to the Whiff Of Joy website to read all about the summer stamp kit preorder.....this is the only way you can get the whole kit.....if you do not preorder, you have to but the stamps one at a time so preorder now to get them all!!!!
(and, no, I do not get commission or any kick-backs from WOJ of any kind for this, I just love their designs!!)

Yet another Copic try

2009-04-24T20:04:00.002-04:00

I am still trying with my copics. I still don't have all the colors I need for the skin tones so I am trying to make do with what I have. Should have made the hat a different color.....but I wanted to try my hand with the flowers....I think they turned out pretty cute and they are super easy!!

Another copic coloring

2009-04-18T21:13:00.003-04:00

Here is somthing else I colored with my copics....this is on SU whisper white cardstock

Copic difference on cardstocks

2009-04-18T20:52:00.003-04:00

They say copic markers look different on whatever cardstock you use and that you should use the cardstock that you are going to use with your projects as your color chart cardstock (the one that you actually color in with your markers) click
HERE for a color chart.
Anyway, I have only ever used Stampin' Up! Whisper White since I am a Stampin' Up! demo. Well, I keep hearing that PapertreyInk paper is so much better with copic markers so I bought some...and guess what?? My markers are a different color on that cardstock!! Not a lot, but a little....enough that I can tell! They also feel different since SU cardstock is so smooth, and I do think they blended better on PTI cardstock. Now I have not colored an image on my new cardstock yet, but many have and they all cannot be wrong! I am giving you some samples of what I did with the 2 different cardstocks...hope you can tell the difference on here. SU cardstock is on the right in all samples. (Sorry the one is blurry)

Copic Colored

2009-04-11T01:47:00.004-04:00

OK, so this is my first image other than a flower that I have colored with Copic markers. I am trying really hard to get the whole Copic thing. I love the blendability of these markers and I am going to get certified so I can teach classes so I have to practice, practice, practice!!
So, what do you think of my girl?? She is not on a card yet, I just got done coloring her in...

Under Construction....

2009-04-05T00:21:00.001-04:00

I am working on my blogs to figure out what will be the easiest way to keep up with all of them and to let you enjoy everything without having to go here and there and jump from one blog to another. So, I am working to link them together (I have figured out the links on the top...see??!!!!) and not break up my creations and have them spread out all over the place. Please be patient with me...once I get it all figured out and up to par...I will be posting my creations....and more videos again (I want my videos to all be in one place so I have to create a new blog for them to make them be on a new page....not as easy as I thought it should be but I will get it...)
Thanks for your patience and hang in there...I am working on it.
....Sharon :)

Cardstock question...

2009-03-13T21:21:00.002-04:00

I was asked if I use glossy cardstock...the answer is no. I use Stampin' Up Whisper White. This technique works best if you use a very smooth cardstock and whisper white is very smooth. If you use something that is not really smooth, you will not get a smooth finish with your ink.