Thanks So Much

Hello again.  I made a card for this weeks color challenge over at Mona's blog called CR84FN.  She has a beautiful inspiration picture for you to drool over.  Pretty purples.  A color that there just isn't enough of out there in the papercrafting world if you ask me.

 My dear sweet friends over at City Crafter have a "Thank You" challenge going on as well.  You can never have enough thank you cards.  The DT have some wonderful creations for you to be inspired by if you are in need of a little to get you going.  I also used the sketch at 2Sketches4You.  I am not sure if I made that on time or not.

 See...I told you there was a stunning inspiration graphic that Mona's sweet hubby Scott put together with the so very talented photos from Leslie's A Creative Mint.  She has some of the most amazing pictures.  If you like to look at photography, I suggest you take a peek.

Supplies: Cardstock: PTI/Rustic White, Stamps: PTI/Polka Dot BasicsII and Background Basics/Text Style, 7Gypsies/Avignon, Ribbon and Embellishements: LilyBean Paperie Etsy, Cuttlebug Embossing Border folder, Ink: Memento/London/ Fog/ Tuxedo Black/ Pretty Petunia,

Look what I won:
This is a box of goodies I received from a dear sweet blog friend.  I won her giveaway and was absolutely blown away when I opened the box.  I thought I was just getting a necklace that she made.  Well, I got a whole box of beautiful items.  All black and white.  Jody has a blog called Home and Heart full of the prettiest vintage images and lots of her handmade jewelry. 

 She covered a little jewelry box in pretty paper and made this adorable hanging "pocket" you can see HERE.  There was a sweet card and little package of facial tissues.  All coordinating together.  It was layers and layers of fun to open.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Have a wonderful week

Heather



Hello Friend/Cardabilities

Hello and Happy World Cardmaking Day.  I have spent the afternoon coloring just like I did when I was little.  I am sure I will get faster with more practice.  Coloring with my Copics on these beautiful  Flourishes sets makes me feel like a kid again.  I would sit for hours and color.  Mostly Barbie or Hello Kitty.  Did I just give away my age?  I saw the sketch for Cardabilites at Amy's blog and thought it would be perfect for my new Berry Sweet set.  Also at City Crafter my sweet friends are having a challenge called "Flowers and Frills"  so it must have 1 flower and 1 lace or doily.  Check!  So I can imagine a lot of my blog freinds can make one with those requirements.  Right?

 I used more Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper.  Works perfectly I thought.  The feel of this paper and the berry stamps are singing in harmony on my card.  hehe.  Like that?

 How am I doing on my shading around the Spellbinders dies?  Again I used Tim Holtz Antique Linen with my Tim Holtz Ink Blending Tool.  Love this thing.  I had to watch a lot of You Tube videos on how to do this properly.  Actually on the Flourishes web site they have many videos on how to use your Copics and how to blend your ink on your dies.  Life savers I tell ya!

 I don't own a lot of Copics.  I ordered the set of 36 a while back and have purchased a few along the way at Hobby Lobby.  I didn't have the perfect color for my raspberries so what I did was lay down my R32 Peach and then go back over it with my R29 Lipstick Red.  That gave me the perfect Raspberry color.  I do this a lot to achieve the colors I want.  I test the mix on a scrap piece of paper first.  For the leaves I lay down my G21 Lime Green all over the leaf then go in the shade areas with my G24 Willow.  After that I go back over the whole thing with YG03 Yellow Green to brighten it up.  I used Y06 and Y17 for the center then went over that with E00 Skin white to mellow out the yellow.  LOL  One trick I did learn was when using red lay down all other colors first and red last.  It bleeds horribly.  And I never go to the edge with my red.  Learned that one too.  So the colorless blender is for my red boo boos.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hope to see some great World Cardmaking cards from everyone.

Heather