Puppy Love

Hey everybody, Here's the last card I finished during my sleepless night. I finished it about 5:30 am. Done in copics using a digi from WinkWinkInk. The die cut paper is Flower Child White by Pop Culture. I rediscovered a Sentiments book that I bought several years ago. I'm going to start using it for my cards. It actually has some really cute stuff and I think it will actually inspire a card when you know what the sentiment is going to be in advance.

I was able to catch 2 naps today so I probably won't be able to sleep tonight either.

About 6 months ago I signed up to work at our Rubber Stamp show that is being held about 1 hour from my house. I'm working for Rubbernecker. I'm kind of excited. I really love the stamp shows more than the actual Scrapbook Shows. I just get kind of crazy to see all those stamps in one place. So, I'll hopefully be back on Monday. Goodnight!

Copic Training

Morning Everyone,

Well I'm still working constantly on my copic training. It's going really well. I cannot believe how well my "Swatch" book is going and what a big help it is in doing your coloring. I have to admit when I first looked at others pics, I just didn't really get it. What am I going to ever use this for? Well........now I know. Last night I was coloring a picture of a watering can and flowers and I just flipped to my Metals page and there were the colors I had predetermined were best for metal and that was all she wrote....... Here is a pic of the can finished. Love the book.



Just wish my scanner picked up the vibrancy you
see in the real thing. I know everyone has this
problem when scanning, so that makes me feel better.




I'm also still getting together all my information to start teaching classes. Yes, I'm going for it. Why not? There is no one within 60 miles of me offering classes and I think it will really go over. I live right next to a college and I might even get some interest from the artsy students.
My biggest speed bump right now is finding the right location to hold them. My home is very tiny so not even an option. I have 3 places to check out, so that is my goal for this week.

Teaching some classes sounds like such a simple thing, but it is a little intimidating. And this is what I used to do before I became a WAHW. I used to train all the new hires for a large corporation in St. Louis. But that was 15 years ago. Yikes! I CAN DO IT! Can't I?

COPIC CERTIFIED

Hey there Ladies,
Hope everyone is doing good. I attended a Copic Certification course yesterday and have my certificate. I'm excited. If you've been, then you know you don't really learn anything if you already have any knowledge of Copics. And that is because ladies like Sally Lynn MacDonald and Suzanne Dean have done such a nice job of teaching us through their blogs & classes. But, to be able to say you're certified is awesome. I'm working on my ideas for starting some classes here in my local area.

We also had a CK Convention over the weekend and I went on Friday and attended one class (which I was disappointed in) and then we stayed and cropped from 7-11:30. I just helped my friend get her baby album started. We accomplished 18 pages which was a good start. I really don't like those kinds of crops though. We were too crowded, too little table surface and I don't like hauling my stuff around. It never fails that I don't have what I need with me.

Oh well, I did it for her and she is happy. Catch ya later!

Suzanne Deans Online Copic Classes

Good evening, I wanted to post something for the weekend. I am taking the online Copics classes offered by Suzanne Dean on Scrapbitz.blogspot.com

If you are interested in Copics at all, I think her classes are worth the money. I skipped Class 1 and went right to Class 2 and have finished Lesson#3 so far. I am definitely learning to fine tune my techniques. Here are two cards I colored a week ago and just turned into cards. I'll post some this week showing progress.

The first one is a stamp by 'stampingbella' called Miranda the Teacup girl. Isn't she adorable!

This second on is another 'stampingbella' called Bessie Lulu. It's done in Prismacolor & Gamsol.

I can't wait for someone to get pregnant so I can use this stamp for them.

It's been raining here, but as of tomorrow it is supposed to head into the mid 70's for the rest of this week. Can't wait to go out and mow my lawn for the first time.

My hubby bought some Huge Pumpkin seeds and is going to try and grow the biggest pumpkin he can. He's got about 20 of our friends doing the same thing. It's unbelievable what all is involved in growing a 200+ pumpkin, but it will be fun. I'll post pics as the summer goes on. Have a great week in whatever you are doing!!!

Catchin Up

Hey everyone,

Sorry I've not posted in a week. Had a ton of stuff going on. Myself & 5 friends spent Sunday from 1-8 at Archivers (a scrapbook Superstore for those of you who don't have one in their area). I personally don't like dragging my stuff around. So, I stamped about 10 images on CS and took my tote full of Copic Markers & Prismacolor Pencils and spent my time coloring. That's what I like best anyway. I'm just now getting started turning them into cards. This is one of them. I have no idea who the Rubber Stamp is by. But this is one of my favorite techniques.

First, stamp & color image. Then using punches, punch out flowers and using a stylus and mousepad, shape them and dip into a tiny bit of glue and place on image. After they set, you can embellish them with Stickles (my fave) or little rhinestones. That's what I did to this one as it is all I had with me. I really like the 3D effect you get. All right, that's it for now.


My husband just caught us a mess of fresh Bluegill and we're going to fry them up. Yum!

I'm Dreamin

I downloaded this freebie yesterday from the Dezenaworld website and thought I would enter it in their challenge.

I'm not as fond of cartoon style images as I am of more real life images. I thought this one was cute though. Our 17th Anniversary is next week. I might use this one for my card to my hubby. I can fill the inside with all kinds of mushy stuff. He never reads my blog so I feel safe in telling you that I am going to buy him a Keurig Coffee Machine. (I don't drink coffee but the thought of being able to make tea, cocoa and ice tea by the glass is really appealing to me).And who knows, I just might start drinking coffee with all the flavors they have available. And of all the things, I just got a 10% off coupon for Macy's where they are on sale. Yeh! Check ya'll later!