Cupcake Challenge

Once in a great while, I get the opportunity to create a card for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. I was cleaning out my studio and trying to get a little more organized and spotted these beautiful Graphic 45 papers. I knew that these papers were the ones I wanted to use for this week's challenge. I stamped the image with an older Stampin Up image then colored it in with a combination of Copic markers, glitter gel pen, pearl-ex powders and glitter. I think it really makes the image sparkle. I used one of Ideology's fragment tags for the butterfly image then glued a second butterfly to the top of the fragment for a little dimension. I love the colors and how the card came together.

Merry Christmas

Best wishes to all who stop by my blog for a wonderful, fun-filled holiday season.

Winter Dreams

What fun it is...to celebrate the winter season with a new project. This box is a spin-off of the wonderful boxes that Linda Albrecht does. I love the new papers from Basic Grey and the folk-art look to it. Using a styrofoam head and smashing it a bit, I covered it with gesso and made indentations for the eyes and mouth. The hat is a sock top from an orphan black sock I had. A little paint, a lot of styrofoam and some embellishments and the end result is this whimsical piece.

Oh What Fun...

Another quick post to show you my mini gift tags that I'll be teaching for my next class. I love the new Tonic punches that give a quick little punch to your projects. Lots of techniques from embossing to shrink plastic, this is another great way to play with papers and stamps. The other project is my first of twelve tags that Tim Holtz is showing on his blog. He is showing some great techniques and its a fun way to challenge yourself and see what you can do. Hope you enjoy the view.

Long Time No Blog

Yikes!!! I can't believe it's been over two months since I posted anything. I've been a little busy trying to learn all the ins and outs of my new job. So my creative time has had to take a little rest. I hate that! I've not really had the time to photograph my work but I'm hoping now that I can catch up on my posting and show some fun new projects I've been working on.

Tonight I finished some ATC cards that I'll be teaching in December. I love this format because it gives you small little snipits of techniques that you can try and move on to the next card.

The next project is a paper mache wreath that I covered with My Mind's Eyes holiday collection. added some tiny pearls and stamped some holly leaves. I love the little tree scene in the middle and I even remembered to add a ribbon to the back so I can hang it up for the holidays.

I hope you enjoy the view.

Part 2

More photos of the mini book from My Mind's Eye. By the way, if you haven't seen their new line of Christmas and Halloween papers...you must go out and and get some. If only I had enough time to design enough projects as I have papers for.

Weekend Workshop

Just finished a two day workshop with the fellows at My Mind's Eye. We made five greeting cards, a two page layout and a minibook. Although, the mini book was by no means "mini" but instead very labor intensive. The new Clothesline paper collection is very beautiful and lended to some eye catching projects. It was nice to hang out with fellow scrappers and do something fun for the weekend. I hope you enjoy these beauties.