Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! I am finally back. My poor Dell caught a terminal virus and is no more. RIP Dell! Say hello to my new MAC. After a few weeks of deliberating I decided to head over to the Apple Store to see if a MAC would work for me. I ending up leaving the store with my new 15" MACBookPro. I love it. See ya later PCs! I am never going back. Wishing Everyone a Happy Easter!
Supplies:

Stamps: Saturated Canary digi, Whimsie Doodles digi

Paper: Making Memories Cardstock, Boise HD Color Copy Cover, Best Creations Walk In The Park Glitter Paper

Accessories: Petaloo Flowers

Copics: EOO, E11, E21, E23, E37, R43, Y11, V01, V04, V06, V09, G40, G43, G46, BG11, BG72

Have an Egg-ceptional day!

Just stoping in to share a quick 5 minute Easter card. I made it last night for my dad. I was so busy watching Vampire Diaries and being stunned at what was going on that I didn't get around to making the card until 9. I was way too tired to actually color in all the Easter eggs so I decided to paper piece them. I used copic markers B00 and Y17 to color in the small dots on the eggs.

Have a lovely EASTER weekend!

Ingredients: Recollections trim and pearls, DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy cardstock, Stampin' Up Wagon Full of Fun stamp set, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic markers B00 and Y17

Happy Easter Anya!

This week I have a quick card to share (sorry about the annoying flash).
I wanted to do a little something cute for Easter so I used the free Easter Anya digi from The Greeting Farm. I hope you likey!

Also, I thought I would share some Copic Color Combo Pages I made for my journal with the new copic colors.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Easter Anya digi by The Greeting Farm, sentiment stamp from Stampin' Up!

Paper: Cardstock- The Paper Source, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, DCWV Glitter Stack, PaperTrey Ink Gridlines

Ink and Accessories: Grape Jelly Memento Ink dew drop, Pearls and Rhinestones from stash, SU! Dimentionals, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Copics: E31 E33 E35 E23 YR30 YR31 V12 V15 V000 RV63 E00 E11 R20 E0000 E81 E87

Happy Easter!

It was Friday, but Sunday will come.

My IBS strikes again. I was terribly sick yesterday and was not able to attend my best friend's birthday dinner. I had found the perfect outfit, got all dressed up and drove 3 towns over to meet her at her house and of course I got sick. I couldn't even get out of the car. I had to turn around and drive all the way back home.

I was sad so I decided to play with some new goodies I found at AC Moore yesterday. I decided to do something a bit different from my usual style- vintage- distressed. I finally decided to check out what all this Tim Holtz love is all about. I got one of his new Sizzix Big Shot dies, one distress ink and bought some trims and papers that I thought looked a bit vintage.

I used Antique Linen distress ink to grunge up some K & Company ancestry and Basic Grey Kioshi paper. I crumpled it up really good and then added the distress ink direct to the paper and tore up the edges. I added the distress ink to some lace and I used a color duster to brush the distress ink to my image to grunge it up as well.

I really like how this turned out. Things looked pretty bleak to me yesterday but now that I am looking at this card, I feel inspired that something good arose out of that bad situation. I always thought I couldn't make those beautiful distressed vintage cards that other talented stampers make but I was wrong. I just had to try.

My inspirational Easter message is this:

Philippians 1:6
Be confident of this. He that began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.

Philippians 1:3
God will bring you to a flourishing finish.

Talk like its gonna .Act like its gonna happen . Plan like its gonna happen. Think like its gonna happen. Be confident! - Joel Osteen


Recipe: SU! Serene Spring stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Tim Holtz Antique Linen distress ink, Nestabilities Labels One, Prima roses. Kaisercraft pearls and rhinestones, Bobbin Ribbon, Michael's Lace Ribbon, K& Company ancestry paper, Basic Grey Kioshi paper, PTI Stampers Select White and Aqua Mist cardstock, SU! Lovely Lilac and Sahara Sand cardstock, color duster, Copics:

An Easter Poem For You...

'TWAS THE DAY BEFORE EASTER

'Twas the day before Easter..and all through the woods,The bunnies were busy packing their goods. The eggs were all colored so pretty and bright,

All things were "go"for the big, special night.
The baskets were waiting,all decorated with care,

In hopes that the Bunny soon would be there.

My little brother Sam was asleep in his bed,

While visions of Easter eggs rolled round his head.
And I in my pajamas with the cat on my lap,

I had just settled down for a quick little nap.

When outside the window I heard a great noise,

I sprang from my chair and jumped over some toys.
As quick as a flash to the window I flew,

I pulled up the shade and,

OH, what a view.

The moon on the meadow cast a bright golden glow

And the wind blew the flowers to and then fro.
Then all of a sudden from out of nowhere,

Came some lively bunnies,hopping here, hopping there!

Leading the group with ears long and funny

Was a plump, all-white rabbit... That's right...the EASTER BUNNY!
The bunnies hopped past,one, two, three, four,

The rabbit called out and then there were more.

"Come, Peter!, Come, Flopsy!,Come, Benny!, Come, Joe!

Now hop along! Hop along! Hop along! GO!"
So up on each doorstep the bunnies did hop,

With baskets of eggs.(Let's hope they don't drop)!

Just at that moment,on the porch down below,

Came the stomping of feet' Twas the rabbit, I know!
As I stepped from my window I heard a loud sound.

Through the door came the rabbit with a leap and a bound.

He was furry and soft from his head to his feet.

To see him so close was really quite neat.
He was surrounded by eggs that had been carefully dyed.

Easter eggs galore he soon would hide.

His eyes were all twinkles,His nose was so pink,

And I can't be too sure,but I think he did wink.
He had a kind face and a big fluffy tail

That bobbed up and down like a boat with a sail.

A twitch of his nose and a flick of his ear

Was his way of saying,"You've nothing to fear."
He uttered no sound as he hopped all about

Hiding the eggs and leaving no doubt,

That the Easter bunny had come like he does every year...

Bringing baskets of happiness to children so dear.

by John Paul of Homespun

Recipe: Egg-spress digi from myscrapchick.com, Basic Grey Kioshi paper, PTI pink and blue shimmer cardstock and Stampers Select White cardstock, Janome sew mini, SU! Scallop trim border punch, Petaloo Dazzlers, flowers and pearls from RAK, Prima pearl centers, Copics:

Lamby

When I was a little girl, I had a stuffed animal named Lamby. He went with me everywhere and I loved him to pieces. One day Lamby disappeared and we had Rack of Lamb for Easter dinner....coincidence? maybe but to this day I still can't eat lamb.

Here is a very cute girly lil' lamb from myscrapchick.com. I was able to make her the perfect size to fit inside the Whimsie Doodles egg sentiment and I popped her up to make her stand out a bit.

Recipe: Standing Lamb digi stamp from myscrapchick.com, Easter freebie digi from Whimsie Doodles, PTI Pink and Blue Shimmer and Stampers Select White cardstock Plum Pudding Satin Swiss Dot Ribbon, Bow Easy, Janome Sew Mini, Kaisercraft Airy Fairy paper, Prima Flowers and Rose, Reflections Pearls, Dimensionals, Copics used: (B0000 ciaos W1, W3, W5, W9, RV10, E43)

Sleepy Bunny Kind of Easter

The Easter Bunny is resting up so that he can deliver baskets to all the little kiddies this weekend. Isn't this bunny just too cute? You can find him at myscrapchick.com

Recipe: Sleepy Bunny digi from myscrapchick.com, PTI Stampers Select White cardstock- Lemon Tarte and Aqua Mist cardstock, PTI Lemon Tarte Swiss Dot Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Basic Grey Kioshi papers, Prima Say it In Pearls, Prima rose, Kaisercraft Gypsy Sister Flower, CAC Pinafore computer font, Copics: ciao E43 and...

Happy Easter to Ewe!

I am so excited to share this cute little Easter card with you. It is my very first card as a guest designer for MyScrapChick.com. Kristi, the amazing owner and illustrator has expanded her store full of paper piecing patterns and cut files to include digi stamps. Not only are her files high quality, she includes two files per image -one plain line art and one with shadows. I selected the Lamb image with shadows for this project and I just love how it turned out. The shading on the image blended perfectly with my copics and I was able to deepen the shadows with very little coloring. If you would like to get your hands on some Freebie digis from MyScrapChick, become a facebook fan. Kristi has posted some free digi's on their facebook fan page here. She will add more when they get to 200 fans.

COPIC TIP:
White is never really white and black is never really black. To add depth and dimension to my Lamb, I used Warm Gray copics. For his white fur I used- W00, W1, W3 and for his black hooves, I used W9, W7, W5, W3.

DIGI TIP:
I have been playing around with my inkjet printer settings and have found my perfect combo for printing my digis- For my Epson RX595, I select Best Photo mode and Premium Matte Presentation Paper settings while printing on PTI Stampers Select White Cardstock and then my digis don't smear with I color over the lines with extensive amounts of colorless blender. Let your images dry thoroughly or heat set before coloring and you should have little to no smearing.

Recipe: Lamb digi by MyScrapChick, Lovebirds gate freebie digi by Pollycraft, Basic Grey Kioshi designer paper, PTI Aqua Mist- Stampers Select White Cardstock, SU! Lovely Lavender cardstock, May Arts satin ribbon, Prismacolor Pencils in Marine Green and Olive Green, Odorless Mineral Spirits, Prima Say It In Pearls Lavender Swirl, Janome Sew Mini, Bow Easy, Labels One Nestabilities, Clear Button, Copic ABS system and V15 copic marker( to airbrush button), Copic markers used: ciaos-W1, W3, W5, W7, E43, RV10

How Easter Eggs are made

I apologize that I have not been posting as much lately. I am taking a copic advanced coloring class from Suzanne Dean and with my coloring homework assignments, I have not been making too many finished cards. One of the lessons is for grass so I had colored in some grass on this image and decided that I had to get into gear and color up the whole image to use as an Easter card.

This image by Elizabeth Dulemba is just so cute. I went to my local scrapbooking store Scrappers Cove on my birthday last week and I picked up these cute Say It in Pearls by Prima. I had to stick just the butterfly on my card to make it extra springy!

Recipe: digi Image by Elizabeth Dulemba, computer font, Eyelet border punch by SU!, PTI Aqua Mist cardstock and Everyday Blessings papers, Nesties Labels One, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Memento dessert sand dew drop ink, chenille pipe cleaner, Making Memories jumbo brad, Reflections pearls, Say It In Pearls butterfly, Copics:

Easter Anya

Happy Tuesday! Doing much better today. We have dialed it down to a dull headache rather than a migraine. I actually saw a rainbow this morning too! I always consider that good luck. Here is a nice cheery card I made last night. Enjoy!

Recipe: Easter Anya stamp by the Greeting Farm, SU! Crushed Curry Cardstock, PTI Stampers Select White and Aqua Mist cardstock, Kaisercraft Made With Love Paper, Stardust Stickles, PTI Aqua Mist Satin Ribbon, Prima Trellis Rose, Petaloo Dazzlers, Bow Easy, CAC Pinafore computer font, Copics: