Bringin' You Sunshine!!

Another quickie post ladies.....I'm busily preparing for tonight's Copic class and remembered that I hadn't posted my other card for the class!! Silly me!! Well here she is!!

It's super hot and sunshiney here, so this card reflects the day perfectly! It's the summer Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm! She's just so sassy and cute! I used all Bazzill cardstock and some sweet Doodlebug patterned paper. I zipped up the pink colour by adding some Bazzill flowers and attaching them with big brads! I also dressed it up a little by using my Apron Lace border punch along the bottom.

The Copic markers I used are: E00, YR20, YR21, G20, R83, R85 and since the sunglasses didn't come out solid black, I went over the area with W7.



Well, I'd better get back to it!! Hope you have a wonderfully sunshiney weekend!!

Two Challenges....Yay Me!!!

As you probably know, I've had less and less time lately to play in my craft room. Summer is always a busy time, especially with covering shifts at work for the lucky gals who are on holiday!! Later on this month though, I'm going to be taking a few days off myself, so hopefully I can catch up a little bit!!

Anyhoooo, with all the busyness...I was so proud of myself when I finished this card this morning and I did two SCS challenges with it!!! Yay me!!

The Limited Supplies challenge for today is to make a card with a summer actitivy theme...well, this sweet TGF image of a little girl singing and playing music in the sunshine fits, I think! Also this week's Sketch Challenge was perfect too!!

So I stamped the image, which I scooped up at The Town Scrapper, on Neenah smooth cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copic markers to coordinate with this awesome My Mind's Eye paper. The markers I used are: E00, E11, R20, E21, E25, E27, E29, E33, YR12, YR14 and YR09.

The card base is Chocolate Chip with Tangerine Tango and Apricot Appeal for matting. I added some satin ribbon and attached some flowers with a sparkle brad. The finishing touch was to sparkle up the center of the flower in her hair with my Spica gel pen.



Well, I'm off to work again today and tomorrow...yuck! But I'll be back on Monday with something new!! Have a stampin' good weekend!!!

Hope and Grace!

Well, last night's class at Scrappin' Great Deals was a HOOT!! Wasn't it ladies?? We were full again, as usual and we made four really great cards. The gals seemed to really enjoy themselves....I know I did.

Today's card features a sweet stamp set from The Greeting Farm. It's called Hope and Grace and it's the first time I inked them up. The sketch is actually from a challenge from somewhere and I made it a week or so ago, so I can't remember where I found the layout now...hehe.

The card base is Purely Pomegranate and the teal colour I used for matting is by Bazzill. The patterned paper is from the new Lemonade line by Basic Grey. I used my Nesties to cut out the popped up layer with Regal Rose for the matting and added some PPomegranate ribbon. I stamped Hope on Neenah smooth cardstock and coloured her in using the dp as inspiration. The Copic marker colours I used are: E00, R20, BG11, BG13, R39, R81, R83, E25 and E27.



I cut Hope out and pop dotted her on the focal layer. I stamped the sentiment on dp and used my oval punches to cut them out, then pop dotted them too. I finished it off by adding a trio of tiny Basic Grey buttons!

Well, it's a rainy one here in Ontario today. That's okay, because I have to go to work anyway. Ick. Hope you have stampin' good Friday!!

Sunshine Anya!!

Well, good Saturday mornin' to ya!! I guarantee yours will be better than mine because I'm workin'!! Yuck!! So I'm sharing this bright and cheery summer card to hopefully start my day off on the right foot!

Yesterday morning I had a chance to play a little bit before heading to work in the afternoon, so I pulled out this Sunishine Anya image from the newest Teen Anya set that I scooped up at The Town Scrapper as soon as she got them in stock!! And then I paired it up with some wonderful new Doodlebug papers that I just got from All That Scraps!! The colours just make me think of sherbet!!

Anya was stamped on Wausau bright white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I coloured her in with my......handy, dandy....Copic markers!!!! (Did anyone ever watch Blue's Clues with their kiddos?? Emileigh loved that show.) The markers I used were: E00, R20,YR20, YR21, R81, R83, R85 and G20. Then I cut the image out.

The wonderful layout is from this week's Friday Sketchers challenge and I love it!! The base is a 6x6 square of Bazzill Bling green with some yellow Bazzill and Pixie Pink for matting and layering. I also added some of the wonderful Prima Caboodles that I got at ATS as well! I think they really finish it off!




Aaaaah! Well, that card definitely puts a smile on my face...and I hope it does that for you too! Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Rainy Day Anya!

It's Friday........booooooo! Haha! Bet ya thought I'd say, yay, didn't ya?? Well, not this time, because it means that my week of holidays is almost over! Only a couple of days left, then back to work. Hmph.

I scooped up the new Teen Anyas called Rain, Snow, Shine from The Town Scrapper a couple of weeks ago and I finally had a chance to play with one. I also got this sweet designer paper from Stampin' Up and thought it would go perfectly with the springy, girly image.

The card base is a 6x6 Kraft square card with Old Olive, Cameo Coral and Rose Red for matting and accents. I stamped Rainy Day Anya on Wausau bright white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with coordinating Copic markers. I used my Apron Lace border punch and added some sheer green ribbon. I pop dotted the main layer and attached some Prima hydrangeas with Basic Grey brads. The sentiment is by MFThings.



For those that are interested, here are the Copic markers I used: E000, E00, R30, E30, E31, YG93, R21, R32, RV34, RV19, N0.


Well, I have a few errands to run today and hopefully it's going to warm up. The whole week has been rather dreary and overcast, so it would be nice if we had a sunny day or two before it's over. Hope you have a wonderful Friday!!

June Card Kits!!!

Okay, gals...hold onto your hats because this month's Card Kits by Kimmie and Andrea are gonna knock your socks off!! I'm SO not kidding!!! We chose some of my favourite stuff to be included in the kits and they are gonna sell out super fast, mark my words!!

This month the featured stamps are Anyas by The Greeting Farm!! Each kit will include:
1 of either Hula Anya or Dahlia ezmounted rubber stamps
6 - 6x6 Bazzill cardstock bases
6 - 6x6 sheets of WeRMemorykeepers patterned papers
6 square envelopes
1 yd of chocolate frilly ribbon
assorted Prima flowers
assorted WeRMemorykeepers buttons
and assorted SEI brads

I made two cards featuring Dahlia and Andrea has done one using Hula Anya, so feel free to copy us totally or to make your own designs with the contents of the kits.



My first one uses a very simple layout as I wanted to focus on the cutie image. I used a pink card base, layered some plan dp and then added a triangle of the glittery dp that comes in the kit across one half. I stamped Dahlia on Wausau cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with coordinating Copic markers.




Don't you love how shiny her hair looks? I added some Prima flowers attached with some of the small brown brads and attached a bow made using the frilly ribbon. I love the design of her eyes!!



For the second design, I decided to make Dahlia's hair pink! I used the teal blue card base and layered some strips of the dp. I added a matting of the pink straight onto the card then pop dotted Dahlia layered on the green cardstock. I added a cluster of the buttons in the corner and made her a little bit sparkly by outlining the flower in her hair with my Sakura Stardust gel pen.



I used the same combo of Copic markers for both images if you are interested:

E00, E01, R20, RV21, RV23, RV25, YG03, R05, BG10, BG11, E71, E74 and E77.

Okay, so these card kits are for sale now...Sheila is in the process of getting them up on the site but you can call the store to reserve yours if ya like! Be quick though because they sold out in 4 days last month!! heehee!!

Also, I will be up bright and early tomorrow morning to help out at the 1st Annual Garage Sale at Scrappin' Great Deals!!! The doors open at 9am sharp tomorrow morning and the sale runs until 5pm. Of course if you can't make it tomorrow, it will also still be running from 10am - 5pm on Sunday too! And you can pick up your Card Kit while you're there!! Hope to see you tomorrow!!

Hang 10!!

Good morning, stampers! It's a little cooler here in Ontario today, but I'm happy anyway. Wanna know why? Because today is my last day of work before 10 whole days of holidays!!! yaaaaay!! I'm excited!

My card today makes me think of hot summer days that are soon to come! The new Surfer Ian stamp came from The Town Scrapper and I know she has a bunch more of the new ones and some older ones, so give Phebe a call to find out what she has in the store right now. The patterned paper is from Phebe too and I believe it's by WeRMemorykeepers. The colours went really well with this image, I think.

I stamped Ian on Wausau bright white cardstock and coloured him in with coordinating Copic markers. The images by The Greeting Farm are so much fun to colour! Then I cut Ian out. The card base is Gable Green with So Saffron for matting. I took some Bashful Blue cardstock and cut it out with a wavy Creative Memories template and then ran it through my Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. I sponged the edges with BBlue ink and then layered them on the bottom edge of the card, pop dotting the top layer and adding some yellow scrapper's floss. I stamped a great Beachy Sentiment by CCDesigns and punched it out with my oval punches, pop dotted it and also Ian himself!!



Well, I'm off to work and get stuff cleared off my desk and out of my in basket before I get to relax for a week! We won't be going to far this week as Emileigh is still in school but we may be doing some day trips and a bunch of stuff around the house. I hope to get a bunch of stamping done too!! Yay!!

Have a super day!!

Pretty Please, Miss Anya!

So you're going to be seeing a lot of this Pretty Please paper by My Mind's Eye, because I just can't get enough of it!! And you'll also notice that I'm in an Anya mood! Heehee!!

Today's card features one of the Miss Anya stamps....in this one she's picking flowers, so I figured that this AmyR sentiment was perfect to go with it. I stamped her on 150lb Canson paper and coloured her in with my Copics. The card base is Bazzill and I used Regal Rose to mat. I added some orange ric rack, some lovely Prima hydrangeas and attached them with Basic Grey brads. I pop dotted everything and then finished it off with a lovely little Prima rhinestone treatment in the corner. So summery!




Well, I'm working all day again today....and it's rainy and dreary. So depressing. I'm up early today to drop Emileigh off at school at 6:30am for her class field trip. Of course, it's not cool for your Mom to come anymore (she is 17, so I GUESS that's understandable), so I don't get to go. Hmph.

I Still Believe......

So I had some time to play on Sunday and as you saw by yesterday's card, I played with some stamps by The Greeting Farm. I also got to pull out this new fun set called Never Ever which features Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and me....well, actually I think it's supposed to be Wendy, but I like to think it's me! If I don't have markers in my hands and ink on my fingers, I usually have my nose in a book!!

So I stamped Wendy on Wausau bright white cardstock and coloured her in using my handy dandy Copic markers! *gasp* What a shock, I know! My colour inspiration came from all this fabulous dp by My Mind's Eye. Then I cut her out.




The card base is a 6x6 square Kraft card and I used Antique Linen to sponge around the dp that looks like notebook paper and I used my spiral punch down one side. I added a pretty bow using some funky wrinkled green ribbon and used it to keep the pretty paper flowers (from the $ store) in place. I attached some lovely rhinestone flourishes and made it look like Tinkerbell, on her funky layers, is flying across the card. And of course, everything is pop dotted!!




Well, I'm off to work again all day today. Let's just hope it's a better day than yesterday because, let's just say, it couldn't get too much worse.

Happy Tuesday!

Have a Rockin' B-day!!

Happy Monday!!! What's so happy about it?? Not sure yet! I gotta work and I'm in a department meeting all afternoon....yuck!! But it looks like it might be sunshiney, so that's always nice!!

Yesterday, I woke up early....well, early for me on a day off! And I had some peace and quiet to stamp before the rest of the family woke up. I decided to pull out some stamps that I hadn't inked up yet by The Greeting Farm!!

This one features Rockstar Anya...isn't she a diva??? I stamped her on Wausau bright white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copic markers. I just love the openness of these images...they are so much fun to colour. Next I used my rectangle Nesties to cut her out, emboss her and mat her on Pumpkie Pie cardstock.

The base is a 6x6 Real Red square and the designer papers are from the Citrus DCWV paper stack. I messed around and made my own layout, added some wide red grosgrain ribbon across the middle, pop dotted the main layer and also some of the stars which were punched out of glitter yellow cardstock. The sentiment is from the Rockin' Out stamp set by CCDesigns. I finished her off by adding some Stardust Stickles on her hairband and her rockin' boots!!



I needed this bright, sunshiney card to help me kickstart my week! Hope it helps you start yours right too!!! Happy stampin'!!

Friends are Flowers in the Garden of Life!

Happy Thursday everyone! It's a reaaaaaally wet and rainy one here. Not nice at all! Hopefully that means that the weekend will be nice though! Fingers crossed, as it's a holiday weekend and I've actually got time off from work! Woohoo!

Today's card features one of the lovely Teen Anya stamps by The Greeting Farm. I'm just in love with the unique style of these stamps! AND I believe there is a new set of them being released tomorrow! Yippee!

The layout that I used is this week's Friday Sketchers challenge and I really enjoyed using it....for sure, I'm going to use it again! The card base is a 6x6 Chocolate Chip square and the patterned papers are from the Tiffany's 6x6 paper pad by WeRMemorykeepers and the buttons are from the same line. I stamped Anya on my 150lb Canson paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copic markers. I added a rhinestone flourish by Prima in the corner and the sentiment is by AmyR. I sponged around the edge of the large pink matting layer using Chocolate chip ink and then pop dotted the main layer and sentiment! All done!




This weekend Andrea and I are teaching several classes at Scrappin' Great Deals, one of them being an Anya class! You get to play with four different Anya gals and make some wonderful cards! Here is what you will make with Mermaid Anya!!




Also you'll make this lovely square card using a Teen Anya! Lots of fun! Be sure to call Sheila at the store to reserve your spot!!



I'm working the afternoon/evening shift at the library today but then Survivor is on tonight! We are down to the wire and the finale is on Sunday night. I reeeeeeallllly hope they get rid of Coach tonight....I mean the Dragonslayer!! *insert giant eye roll here* Is anyone else as sick of this guy as I am?? What an idiot!! So hopefully he bites the bullet tonight! I want JT to win!

Have a super stampy day!!

The Best Things in Life...Always Go On Sale!!!

Happy Friday, stampers!! Aren't you glad it's almost the weekend?? I know I am....although I do have to work tonight AND all day on Saturday. *sigh* But, it's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I plan on being waited on hand and foot while I stamp my little heart out. Do you think my dream will come true???

So, I was ecstatic on Wednesday when I actually got to play along with the sketch challenge on Splitcoast. I used to do it a lot, but lately I've been working so much that I miss it. Sketches are my favourite challenges and there are so many great ones out in blogland!

Well, I got this awesome new paper by Little Yellow Bicycle....looove the purples and rich colours! So I decided to dress up this wonderful shopping Teen Anya! The card base is a 6x6 square of olive green Bazzill cardstock and the dark pink for matting is Bazzill Bling. I stamped Anya on Wausau bright white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copics. Don't you just love the sheen on her hair?? She totally reminds me of my daughter....she's a great shopper....don't know WHERE she got that! *giggle*

I used my Apron Lace border punch down the side of the rose cardstock and matted it on the focal layer. I used my Marvy flower punches, layered them and attached them with silver brads. Then I used the perfect AmyR sentiment to go with this little gal!!




Now if you wanna make this card....and 3 others....you can sign up for the Anya Card Class that Andrea and I are teaching on Saturday, May 16th at Scrappin' Great Deals!! We will be playing with this Teen Anya, Mermaid Anya, Princess Anya and another Teen Anya! Loads of fun. There are still a few spots left, so be sure to call Sheila at the store to reserve yours! Heck, we're teaching two classes that day, so why not spend the entire day with us....you deserve it!!

Have a super stampy day!!

Tink Anya!!

Good Wednesday morning, stampers!! I have a sparkly Anya for you today!!!

I got my new Anyas from All That Scraps a couple of weeks ago, but I know that The Town Scrapper is expecting a shipment any day now if you are local. This one is Tink and is one of the trio of fairy stamps they just released.

I stamped her on 150lb Canson paper and used my Copic markers to colour her in. I used the colours from this DCWV glitter paper and the cardstocks are Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and the green strip if Bazzill Bling. I used my Pinking Circles Nesties to cut her out and emboss her and I used my new Apron Lace Fiskars border punch across the bottom. I pop dotted the main layer, added some satin ribbon and then painted her pretty wings with Shimmerz to make them allllll sparkly!!




Well, I'm busy this morning preparing for a class I am teaching tonight at the library. I'm working this afternoon and then going back in to set up and teach the class. It's a beginners cardmaking class and I'm full with a waiting list of about 6, so I'd better get cracking. Hope you have a great day!!

If the Shoe Fits!!

Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. Yesterday we had my parents over for a visit and we had a barbecue, played some games....it was lots of fun. Today is actually a holiday for me from the library which is really nice. I have lots of stamping samples to make.....the new High Hopes release is coming up on Sunday....have I mentioned that?? NO? Well, you can start looking for some sneaky peeks starting on Thursday! Guess I'd better get busy, huh?

Today's card is one of the favourite cards in my stash lately. I used one of my new Miss Anya stamps on my fave new Canson paper the other day. Aren't the colours just scrumptious??? The card base is Barely Banana, which is one that I rarely use, and the accent cardstock is Regal Rose. All the dps are by Dream Street Papers and I got them at Stampingbella a few weeks ago.



I coloured Anya in using my Copic markers, of course, and I was able to do some fun shading and added a light wash of light blue around her hair/shoulder area and around the bottom of the bags. I attached some yummy Prima flowers using yellow glitter brads and also added some jewellery spacers in the flowers. The ribbon is from a stash of some that were given to me, so I have no idea where it came from, but isn't it lovely? I added the shoe charm (also from Stampingbella) to go with the awesome AmyR sentiment....If the shoe fits, buy one in every color. Bahahahaaaaaaa! Hmmm. For some reason I have the urge to go shopping.....

Have a spectacular Monday!!!

Miss Anya is HERE!!!!

OH, I've been waiting and waiting (not so patiently) for my Miss Anyas to arrive!!! There are so many little kiddie stamps on the market but so few teenage ones....until Miss Anya arrived!!! She SO reminds me of my Emileigh....the shopping queen!!! (Don't know where she gets it!! *blush*) I ordered mine from All That Scraps but they are sold out right now. I do know that The Town Scrapper is expecting an order sometime soon though.

So I sat down and got to play with my new Miss Anyas AND some awesome new Copic paper!! I actually got this paper when I was in Toronto a couple of weeks ago but this is the first chance I've had to actually sit down and experiment with it. Well, let me tell you, it's AWESOME!! It's thicker than the Wausau that I am used to and it's more like a watercolour paper in a way. You don't have to be as careful with your colouring because the paper soaks up the ink right away and it doesn't have a chance to bleed as easily. Also the colours of the ink seem to be a truer colour and not quite as stark as on the Wausau. Anyhoo, if you'd like to try it (it's quite a bit more expensive than the Wausau), it's Canson 150lb Drawing Paper and here is a link to where I got it: https://www.currys.com/product.htm?Product=C7022194&Source=Category&Category=A143B000863

So I decided that this sassy shopping Anya needed to be dressed in purples so I pulled out my as yet untouched 6x6 pad of Eva dp by Basic Grey. The 6x6 card base is Perfect Plum and the accent cardstock is Pale Plum. The wonderful layout is from this week's Friday Sketchers challenge and it worked perfectly with this gal!

I used Eva brads and attached Prima hydrangeas and used some plum satin ribbon from Club Wed and hung a little purse charm using silver cord. The sentiment is from an AmyR sentiments set and was perfect for this gal!




I tell you, the blending was so easy with this paper and there were no stark lines where the colours met. I was also able to do a little cloudy shading around her sides about halfway up, near her hair. It might be so light you can't even see it in the pics, but it looks fab in real life. I used my colorless blender for one of the first times and it actually worked with this paper! I'm so happy!

Anyhooooo, it's my pal Andrea's birthday today and I'm going over to her house to play ALL DAY!!! yaaaaaaaaaay!!! I've packed up all my Copics and stamped a bunch of images and brought some yummy papers to be inspired with!! Hope you have a wonderful Thursday!!!

Mwah!!!