Life is like riding a bicycle

Sandy here with you today.  I apologize for my late posting, Michigan weather is at it again.  We had a pretty major lightning and thunderstorm last night and it fried my network port on my desktop computer so I was unable to connect to the internet.  But enough about that, for my card today, I have a cute easel card using an adorable image from Sarah Kay.

 
I created my card base with my Scalloped Square Lg Stackers adding background papers with the coordinating Silver Square Stackers.  I added a Pinwheel Doily w/Angel Wing and then used my Scalloped Oval Lg Stackers and coordinating Silver Oval Stackers for the stamped image.  I added a couple of Zig Zag Ric Rac border pieces on the left and across the top.

For the base of the card, I added Victorian Picket Fence, Grass border and Little Pink Bicycle.  These great papers are from the Paper Loft Everyday Life collection and so is the sentiment in blue on the upper panel.  The last step was to add the Sending Smiles sentiment from Hero Arts stamped and layered with Tags 2.  Finished size is 6" square.

Be sure to visit the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge blog for more inspiration and to join in on this week's Anything Goes challenge for a chance to win $20 to the store.

Cheery Lynn Designs dies used:

Scalloped Square Large Stackers

Silver Square Stackers

Scalloped Oval Large Stackers

Silver Oval Stackers

Pinwheel Doily w/Angel Wing

Zig Zag Ric Rac border

 Victorian Picket Fence

Grass border

Little Pink Bicycle

Tags 2

Showcasing Copics

This week at ABC Toys and Crafts - Copic Markers are on Sale!
20% off Sets and Single Copic Markers in stock. (NO COUPON NEEDED)
Offer good until June 26th, 2010
 

Since we are showcasing Copic markers at ABC Toys and Crafts this week, I grabbed my Sarah Kay stamps.  I can't think of any stamps I love to color more than these cuties!  This is My Sweet Lili.  I stamped her onto Cryogen paper with Memento Tuxedo black ink.  Copics used:
Lili - RV10, E000
Hair - E21, E25
Dress - E00, E01, RV10, RV11
Bow and dress trim - G40
Bear - E71, R20
Bear's dress - BG72
I knew I wanted to use my Basic Grey Capella paper and began coloring Lili's dress with E01.  A nice soft peachy color that matched the shading on the DP but I got a little heavy handed when I blended it with E00 and it was far too orange for the paper.  Not to worry, that is the beauty of Copics, they are dye inks and can be layered to create new colors.  So I added RV11 and RV10 on top of the previous colors and you see the end result.  A perfect matching color.

I airbrushed E71 around the image before removing it from my Spellbinders Labels Eight die.   I hand cut the brown layer behind the die.  I laid the die I used to cut the image, flat side down, onto my card stock and traced around it.  I cut it out and a perfect copy about 1/8 inch larger than the original.  Finished size is 5 x 7
 inches.

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Challenges:

Split Coast Stampers - Sketch challenge 286

Totally Gorjuss - Sugar and Spice

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Nice and Girly

Stampavie Sarah Kay - How Sweet You Are

All this month ABC Toys & Crafts has been highlighting different companies they sell online. This week we are creating projects with Stampavie stamps and Julie is offering FREE SHIPPING on Stampavie products.

Use FREESH529 and get standard shipping free.

Code Expires 5/29/2010

For my card, I chose the Sarah Kay stamp - How Sweet You Are.  I love this stamp and it is so much fun to color with my Copic markers.  I demoed Copics recently at a Scrapbook Mega Meet and was asked to color African American skin.  Here is what I came up with....

Isn't she just precious.  I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Cryogen paper.  Copics used:

Skin - E11, E15

Hair - E09

Shirt - YG41, BV01

Jeans - B93, B95, YG41

Hat - YR21, YR24

Hat Band - BV000, BV01

Shadow - C1

The DP is from my stash, very old paper I have had for years.  The border punch is Martha Stewart Deep Edge Garden Trellis.  I hand cut the oval around the image but used my Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Large die for the blue oval.  Finished size is 6" square.

Challenges:
Our Creative Corner - Sketch
Stampavie Challenge - My Favorite Colors

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Sarah Kay Andre

Here is a cute little guy from Sarah Kay called Andre Carrying Watermelon. He is one of the new releases from this year.  I just had to have him as the dog looks like a basset hound to me!

I stamped the image on Cryogen paper with my inkjet printer, (duh, so used to digi images), I really used Memento Tuxedo black ink.  Copics used:
Face - E000, E00, E02
Hair - E13, E08
Shirt - E55, E51
Jeans - B93
Patches G21, E51, E55
Shoes - E57, E55
Dog - E13
Grass - G40, E55
Watermelon - G40, G21

I airbrushed B21 around the image.  The gems were also airbrushed to match.  The border is an EK Success punch.  The DP is from the Basic Grey Vagabond collection.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

Jean Luc and Claude

Here is one of the newly released images from Sarah Kay called "Jean-Luc playing ball with Claude" It is available from ABC Toys and Crafts.  Remember you can use my discount code of SH20 to receive 20% off your entire purchase through the end of the month.


 I stamped Jean-Luc with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen paper.  Copics used:
Face - E000, E00
Hair - E13, E08
Shirt - E42, E41
Bibs - BG93, G20
Boots - E43, E42
Claude - E41, E42, E43
Grass - G40
Flowers - RV32
Ball - E07, E08

The paper is from the Basic Grey Wassail 6x6 pad.  ABC has a great assortment of the Basic Grey 6x6 collections, including the new Origins and Sugar Rush.  Finished size is 5.5" square.

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ABC Toys and Crafts Store challenge

We are having a friendly challenge over at the ABC Toys and Crafts blog amongst the design team members.  Julie has graciously given each of us a 20% discount code to the store, good for the entire month of March on your total purchase (applied to the regular price).  You may use this code as often as you want this month.  The Design Team member with the most sales with their discount code will receive a store credit at ABC Toys and Crafts. So if you feel the need to shop, please stop by the store and use my discount code, SH20 .  They have a great selection of crafting supplies, including some the new Spellbinders dies. And they are expecting the new release of Sarah Kay images soon.If you have not checked them out, you should, they are adorable. 



This is a cute card I made with Sarah Kay Country Girl.  I stamped the image on Cryogen white with Memento Tuxedo black ink. I used the following Copics...
Face - E00, E02, R20
Hair - E15
Shirt - YR01, R14
Pants - B00, B01
Hat - YR21, YR24
Chicks - Y08, Y38
Hen - R37, C1, E30
Straw - E30
Wooden Box - E33, E17

Then I added some quick brush strokes of B21 around the sky area and E30 around the ground. Using my blender pen, I scribbled over those areas to dilute the color. The last step was the white Glaze dots around the scallops and the airbrushed gems to match the red paper.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. 

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Sarah Kay Spring Blossoms Birthday

The challenge this week over at ABC Toys and Crafts blog is "Birthday"  Enter for a chance to win a $10 credit at ABC Toys and Crafts store.

I decided to use this lovely Sarah Kay stamp called Spring Blossoms.  I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen paper and then colored her with my Copic markers:
Face- E000, E00
Hair - E13, E19
Jeans - G40
Top and Hat - Y21, Y23
Hat Band - G40, purple Souffle pen
Scissors - C1
Flowers - RV95, YR16
Stems - G21

I followed a sketch I found on the Paper Craft Planet group, I {heart} Copics. Kind of a fun little sketch.  I used my Spellbinders Oval Nesties to die cut the image and the green oval.  The gold and purple panels were embossed with Cuttlebug folders.  The flowers are from my stash, the branches are a Martha Stewart Punch. I used a green Glaze pen to add the dots on the green edges.   Finished size is 6" square.

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ABC Toys & Crafts First Challenge

ABC Toys & Crafts is running its first challenge this week..."I love you......Sweetheart"  So I chose to use this fabulous Sarah Kay image called "Can I tell you a secret?"  I am so excited that ABC has decided to carry Sarah Kay stamps, I just love these little kids. 


I began by making a side step card, I stamped the kids with Memento black ink onto Cryogen paper.  Copics used:
Boy's Jeans - B91
Patches - YR21, G40, BV11
Hair - E13, E19
Shoes - E33, E37
Girl's Dress & Bow - RV23, R25
Shoes - C3, C5
Hair - E33
Skin - E000, E00, E02

Here is a scan of the card from the side, I love this fold.  It works great for displaying photos or as a gift card holder.  The heart embellishments are from K&Company, the DP is from Archivers.  This is a normal A2 size card, 4.25 x 5.5 inches.


Well the card looked kind of lonely so I decided to make another candy holder.  For this I used QBee's Flower Pot Box template  I printed it on the back side of my card stock then just cut it out and added DP.  Very quick and oh so easy. 

So hurry on over to ABC's Toys and Crafts blog to enter the challenge for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store.

Sarah Kay Noel Faith

Here is one of the images from my Copic class at Scrap Tales, this is a Sarah Kay Noel Faith image.  Isn't she a cutie?

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Cryogen white paper from Cutcardstock.com.  Copics used:
Face - E00, E02
Dress, bows and package - R83, R85, R89
Hair - E33, E37
Shoes - C2, C4
Tablecloth and package - G20, G21, G24
Tree - G24
Pot - E93, E95, E97
Kitty - E00
Shadow - C00

The DP is from Graphic 45.  Finished size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

New Copic coloring class

These are the images we will be coloring in my new Copic class at Scrap Tales in Brighton, Mi.

They have decided to carry some adorable images from Stampavie and these are the ones I chose for my class.

It is a fun 2 hours of intense coloring and we will be working on these techniques:
blending and shading
one color shading
tip to tip
palette
pushing out color
flicking
Hope to see some of you there.

Sarah Kay Picnic girl

Once again using an image from the Copic coloring class I taught, I have created another card. It is so much fun to finally have some time to use all these images I colored months ago.

I found this wonderful DP from Chatterbox, all 3 patterns are from the same collection. I felt the paper was busy enough that the card did not need a lot of embellishments. Just some ribbon, gems and a butterfly. Very simple card.

I was inspired to layer and turn the Nestie dies from a blog post by Mary from Copic Creations. Her card is fabulous, be sure to check it out.

I am off to teach a Stampscapes Brayer class. Thanks for stopping by.

Basic Grey Sketch challenge

While blog hopping, I came across a Basic Grey challenge blog with their first sketch challenge. You have to use at least one element from Basic Grey on your card.

So following the sketch, I created this card with a sweet Sarah Kay image from my Copic Coloring class. All of the DP is from the Basic Grey Color Me Silly collection pack.

I love Basic Grey papers. I have so many of the older collections so I am thrilled to find this blog. Now maybe I will get them out and use them.

I used a punch to created the spotted flower then dry embossed on the backside to give it a rounded look. Finished size is 5 7/8 inches square.

Mojo Monday challenge

I made this card using the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge on the Poetic Artistry Blog. The image is from Sarah Kay stamps.

Usually I pick out my paper first and then color the image. But this time I colored first and then went in search of paper to complete the card. I was amazed to find this DP by Heidi Grace that perfectly matched the colors I chose to use. I wanted to use Victorian colors for an Olde World feel.

For the boy, I chose the following:
Hat and coat: G24 Willow and G28 Ocean Green
Pants: E35 Chamois and E37 Sepia
Scarf: R39 Garnet
For the girl, I used these markers:
Hat and coat: R85 Rose Red and R39 Garnet
Skirt and ribbon on hat: G12 Sea Green
Flower on hat: R39 Garnet
Their faces are E00 Skin White and E02 Fruit Pink.

I made the mistake of putting my markers away before writing this blog post, so I am sorry, I don't really remember the rest of the colors that I used. This was a fun sketch to do, I hope it inspires you to create a card of your own.