Jennifer McGuire class

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

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...

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

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

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!!!!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Copic difference on cardstocks

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

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....

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...

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.

Tee Hee

I had someone ask if Mrs. Lumpy is my real name so I will explain....Lumpy is my DH's nickname, so, therefore, I became Mrs. Lumpy....my real name is Sharon Brown...lol

Brayering 102

Brayering 102
Video sent by mrslumpy

Sorry about the little blurb at the end....this is only my 2nd video EVER and I thought I had my camera shut off before I moved it...then I didn't know how to edit it out of the video. But, I hope you liked it anyway. :)
Oh, yeah, I also forgot...I finished up my completed project by sponging black ink all around the edges of the image just to make the whole thing pop! Have fun with it!!

Brayering 101

Brayering 101
Video sent by mrslumpy

SU Markers

This is a card I colored in with SU markers. This stamp is from a set from Creative Stamp Innovations. I love their stamps. This is a really neat flower. I am going to master these markers if it kills me....lol

Copics

I got a few copics and was trying them out...so I colored on some Gerbera Daisy's. And I Made a cade with another stamp I colored with copic markers. I have to get different blac ink, though, because this black is smearing with the alcohol inks. But, I love the copics...now I see what the rave is all about...
Oh, I should mention that the daisy's are only copics on the flower petals and I didn't color in the centers at all yet...they are still in process....lol
On the other note....if you looked at the post above this one, I am working with my SU markers, too, so I will get those just as good! Practice, practice, practice!!

Michelle Pics....

These are pics from Michelle's class. The one is the entire class minus 2 camera shy people and the other is just Michelle and I.

Michelle Zindorf Class!!!!

I went to my 2nd class with Michelle tonight....I love that woman! She is just so awesome! I got one of her signed creations today!! Woo Hooooo!!!
So, these are the cards we made...I love them all...especially the pink trees...or maybe the dragonfly....or the blue....OMG!!! I like tham alll...LOL
The first piece that is not on a card is the signed piece that I got from Michelle!! If you ever get a chance to take a class with her, I would do it!

Color Inspiration......

I ran across Kristina's Color Inspiration blog and thought...ok, why not?? lol So, the challenge was to use the colors chocolate chip, ruby red, pumpkin pie, old olive and brocade blue....Here is my take on it....
(All, on my products are SU except the stamped sentiment is from the Friendship stamp set from Innovative Stamp Creations).

Mom's Birthday Card

Here is a card I made for my Mom's birthday....today February 23rd! I hope she likes it!! I used all SU products except for the glitter paper and that is from K & Company. Stamp sets are Bloomin' Beautiful and It's Your Birthday, Inks are rose red and rose red and pretty in pink stampin' write markers. Ribbon: pretty in pink taffeta and the punch is the new full heart punch.

Gerbera Daisy's

These cards are all made with the Gerbera Daisy stamp from TAC. I love this stamp so I know I will use it a lot. All products except the stamp are from Stampin' Up!

Not being lame....

I am not being lazy again....I actually had a flooded basement so I couldn't (and still can't) get in my craft room except to clean........ I have a lot of clean up in front of me yet, but I brought some stuff upstairs and made some cards and a top note box. It is all made with Stampin Up products so I posted on my other blog, hop on over and take a peek...:)

A Day in Paradise.....

I am tired of winter and looking at this card maked me wish I was on a beach somewhere in warm weather soaking up some sun...and I hate hot and humid weather so that should tell you how sick of winter I am!!!

Gift Box #5

Gift Box #4