One Little Dreamer~Copic Marker Guide Book

Hey everyone! I'm not going into a full out written post today because...I have a video. ;0) I hope to be doing a ton of videos soon so if there is a specific thing you'd like to see please let me know. I've already gotten quit a few requests for coloring videos so I think I'll start with those soon. ;)

Happy Crafting friends!!!!

 

 

 

 

Here's a list of What was used:

Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black

Embellishments- Random ribbon from my stash.

Stamps- You Said What?, File This, This is Happiness

Tools- 1 3/8, 1 1/2, 3/4 Circle Punches

Paper- Echo Park Dots & Stripes, Canson Comic Manga Drawing Paper

Adhesive- Atg


Thank you all so much for stopping by! I hope you all have a great day!! Happy Friday! ;)
 

Alota Rubber~Calendars

Happy Anniversary! No not you silly!

Happy Anniversary to my amazing husband. Not today or anything its next month but since a calendar is the current challenge over at Alota Rubber stamps I thought this was the perfect time to make him a little card for our special day.

Be warned: Girlie pink lovelies coming right up!

 

 

Yes he loves the color pink. HAHAHA totally kidding and he would probably be so NOT smiling if he saw this post but...he doesn't read my blog! BWAHAHAHA. His loss. Okay so today I decided to get all sentimental and make him a really pretty card. Nothing masculine going on over here! ;) But I did try to stay away from flowers and frill. A Little!

 

And "I think", I emphasise "I THINK" it is our 9th anniversary or something like that! And it's for the month of January see the calendar in the back but I left the numbers and the month blank because I don't remember our anniversary date. HAHA I know horrible! Yeah that's what I did (left it blank) not because my Cameo blade decided it didn't want to cut shortly after I was bragging about the fact that I use it virtually everyday and I haven't had to change the blade in almost a year! Remind me never to talk that girl up again. ;)

Here's a list of What was used:

Cameo- Calendar cut file silhouette store, font brush script ltc

Ink- Memento Tuxedo

Stamps- Pretty Oval Frames

Tools- Big shot, scalloped ovals, ovals (spellbinders), Flag dies (Jaded Blossom)

Paper- Paper Trey Ink, Echo Park Yours Truly

Adhesive- Dimensionals and Zig two way glue

 

Thank you all so much for stopping by! I hope you are having a great week!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Sneek Week

Hey everyone! How are you on this beautiful Sunday? I am so excited to be showing you two fabulous stamp sets paired together for our Peachy Keen Sneak Peeks. You ready?!?!?!?

 

 

Here's a list of What was used:

Cameo-SVG from Peachy Keen for the Happy Snowman with Label set and the

SVG from the November SOTM frame.
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tea Dye
Embellishments- Stampin up Pewter make your own brad kit, Bella Blvd Washi tape
Stamps- Peachy keen SOTM; Merry Christmas, Frame, Reindeer. Happy Snowman with Label; Label stamp.
Tools- Big shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One
Paper- My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland and the blue is something I had in my stash. (All of the paper and embellishments from the Peachy Picks kit is what I was working with)
Adhesive- ATG and dimensionals.

Color Medium- I decided not to color the image too much so I decided to go with R20 for the mouth and W1 for all of the shading.

 

For a video on how I color you can check that out here.

 

Thank you all so much for stopping by. I cant wait to show you  my project tomorrow!!!! Snow much goodness coming. ;)

 

2012 Halloween/Fall Blog DT Hop

Hippity Hop BOOOOOOO!!!!

 

I LOVE Halloween! I simply do and if you have just got here from Melissa Haas's blog you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog you are going to want to start at the very beginning over at the Peachy Keen Blog!

 

ALL of the Peachy sisters are joining forces to bring you an amazing Halloween/Fall Blog hop! How fun is that?!?!?!?!?

 

I have really been wanting to play with this cutie pie little house...

 

 

 ECK isn't it just adorable!?! This little adorable house is called PK-132 Twick or Tweet Birdhouse. And don't cha just love the CB-10 Country Bumpkin Minis?!? LOVE how adorable they are. I just masked him and put the house behind him. ;)

The whole thing is colored with copic markers!

 

 

The insert section of this project is stamped with the Brand New Peachy Keen Stamps PKSC-09 Peachy Keen Stamps Club Recurring Billing. The cutie pie face is a Halloween throw back PK-552 Cut-out Pumpkin Faces. I REALLY love these pumpkin faces. Last but not least I used some paper from the uber fun Peachy Picks Subscription - September 2012.

 

OHHHH And look at this...

 

SPECIAL HALLOWEEN/FALL Blog Hop Sale
SALE DATE: TUESDAY, September 18th (6 a.m. Tuesday- 6 a.m. Wednesday)

FREE STAMP!

-- 99 cent shipping in the USA and Canada

--Tiered discounts apply as follows...

$10 to $24.99 will be 10% off
$25.00 to $49.99 will be 15% off
$50.00 to 99.99 will be 20% off
$100.00 and over will be 25% off.

*some restrictions apply*
**things that will not apply are any of our club memberships, gift certificates, already
SALE PRICED or Clearance ITEMS, or clip it ups**

 

Isn't that fabulous?!? Okay now it's time that you head on over to

Samantha Casey's fabulous blog.  

 

Thanks y'all for stopping by. ;) Don't forget to leave a comment there is a chance to win somewhere but we don't know where yet. ;)

Alota Rubber and Alota Kissing!!!

What? Kissing! Okay like innocent kiss on the cheek kind of thing! ;) Kissing on the cheek is so enduring dontcha think? I simply love it. Which is one of the reasons I LOVE this stamp!!! And it was uber fun to paper piece!

 

 

Here's a list of What was used:
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellishments- prima flowers and a brad from...I don't know. ;) It's pretty though huh! ;)
Stamps- This little cutie couple from Alota Rubber Stamps.

P.S. They are having a 50% off sale right now. ;) RUN
Tools- Spellbinder, frame die
Paper- Happy Days (Echo Park) LOVE this paper!!!
Adhesive- Dimensionals and ATG

 

Thank you all so much for stopping by! I sure hope you are having a great Saturday!!!

 

Alota Santa HOhoHO!!!!

I LOVE Christmas! Everything that the holiday and season brings just really makes me smile. So with that said I'm making some really fun home decor projects as gifts and such. SOOOO if you see my blog and you happen to receive this as a gift ;) just know I love you!

 

I was so honored to be able to work with the uber cute Santa stamp from Alota Rubber Stamps. ;)

 

Wanna see?

 

 I found this Christmas paper and tag at a LSS here in town which I just LOVE. They have the best customer service.

Then I colored up this adorable little guy and here it is. ;)

 

And before you leave today go on over and check this out...

Over Stock Sale:It's time for our yearly over stock sale. All sale items are 50% off. Sale items are available with Stick and Cling or unmounted only. Please note: Sale items are not available wood mounted.            

Peachy keen Stamps September Sneak Peek

Oops! I'm kinda late. Lemme esplain... the ever amazing blogger just didn't post when it was suppose to. I'm so sorry y'all!!!

 

Peachy LOVE!!!! Hey y'all I am SOOOOO excited to share with you all today this amazingly awesome fun project using the beautiful and super creative new Peachy keen September SOTM! Oh I just love this release. As some of you may know Halloween is my favorite holiday so...yeah I just love this release! here it is...

 

My first Peachy project!

 

 

Okay so there are some do's and donts I've learned while doing this project.

 

1. Do NOT laminate every piece. I thought I was being super genius by laminating it, I thought "oh yes this will keep it nice and clean unobstructed from little finger prints and dark marks. UM NO now it is WAYYY too heavy but it still kind of worked out okay. ;)

 

2. If you are going to use your label maker and then your laminator to make the menu items DO NOT put your laminator higher than 3M. IT WILL BURN YOUR PAPER. lol Although for a Halloween menu board I have to admit I think it looks pretty cool!

 

3. HAVE FUN! I'm very fickle. I change my mind all the time and I cant stand things being the same all the time. So I knew having a different theme for each month would work perfectly in our home. I cant wait to make some more of these.

 

Here are some super fun ideas that I had the pleasure of seeing on Pinterest. They all inspired this creation...

http://pinterest.com/pin/18014467229132962/

 

http://pinterest.com/pin/18014467229118091/

 

http://pinterest.com/pin/18014467229049792/

 

Please be sure to head on over and see what my DT sisters created for your viewing pleasure! Absolutely amazing stuff!!!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!! ;) Don't forget there is going to be some awesome challenges at our release party this week. GO HERE!!!

 

Alota Rubberstamps Challenge #90- Halloween

I LOVE spiders and bugs and webs and I'M TOTALLY LYING!!!! I really LOVE Halloween! It's my favorite holiday. The colors, the images, the sounds of fall and the smells. I just love it. But I only love spiders and bugs and webs that look adorable on projects not the kind that actually live in my house. I know you know what I mean. ;) 

 

The design team has created some amazing inspiration here. Now to show you my project...

 

I was trying a new lens mind you so that's why the picture isn't the best. Sorry. :(

 

See that cutie pie little spider up on top climbing on the web? Isn't it just so sweet its called the Spider / Bucket (SET).

 For the inside I used the Happy Halloween sentiment as well as this adorable Corner Spider Web. LOVE this spider web!

And this cutie pie is the Standing Spider. I kinda love his/her stomach! ECK!!!

 

For this challenge...

All you have to do is create a card/project and upload it to your blog and/or to a online gallery using the keyword Alota90. You don´t need to use stamps from Alota Rubberstamps but we love to see them if you have any! Don't forget to come back here and link it on Inlinkz so that everyone else can see it too.

I hope you have fun with the challenge. You have until the 15th of September to complete this challenge, you can enter as many entries as you wish for a better chance of winning!!! The winner is selected randomly from all the entries received.

 

Thanks y'all for stopping by. :)

Tree-mendous

Hey everyone! It's time for another fun challenge over at Alota Rubber Stamps.

There are some amazing projects over at the blog for inspiration but let me put them down at the bottom too so you can take a peek.

Here is my project...

My favorite thing about this cutie pie stamp is the outfit. Isn't it adorable? I used a zig two way glue stick to add dots all over the image and then doused it with glitter. I love the way it looks in person but you cant see it too well over picture. :( Bah. Okay hope you are all having a great day and be sure to check out what my dt sisters created for your viewing pleasure.

Susan Uncle

Frances Byrne

Birgit Edblom

Marie Carlsson

Ria Van Son

Happy Birthday Sheriff

Hooowwwdddyyyy!!!!

How are you today? Are you ready for the kiddos to go back to school or have they already? We have our meet the teachers this week woot woot!!! Super excited to meet our teachers!

I wanted to jump online and share a fun project I made for a birthday party friend a few days ago. I have been so busy with the kiddos I haven't really crafted much and my craft room is really missing me; or is that the other way around. ;) Either way I hope to get back to crafting full-time next week!!!

Have you seen the adorableness that is Alota Rubber Stamps? I LOVE this little sheriff.

With the boots and the vest I was just playing around with pattern paper. The coloring was all done with copics. All of the paper is from K&Company Itsy Bitsy Designer Paper boys. :)

Thank you all so much for coming by and leaving me beautiful comments. I hope you are having a beautiful day!!!

Peachy Keen Stamps August Sneak

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! Are you guys excited as I am????!!!!! Well let me tell you this release is AMAZINGGGGGGG!!!! I simply love each and every single set but this one is just sooo dang adorable! ALL of my design team sisters have created an amazing project for your viewing pleasure so please be sure to head on over to the Peachy Keen Stamps blog and take a look see at all the awesomeness!!!

Here is one of my projects. I simply love this release so much!!!

 I ended up making a super fun milk carton to give to the teachers for a special "welcome back" to school treat. Then I made some lunch box cards for my kiddos. :)

Everything was masked and then colored except for the crayon that is masked but then a portion of the inside (wrapper) was paper pieced.

NOW RUN DONT WALK over to the Peachy Keen store and be sure you are signed up for the SOTM!!! YOU NEED IT, TRUST ME!!!

Paella Challenge #88

Hey everyone! Oh my goodness I am so excited that I was asked to be a part of the Alota Rubber Stamps Design team!!!ECKKKK. This is my very first post as an official design team member and I am so honored and excited. This time around we have a really fun challenge using a beautiful picture that you can find here. Please come on over and play along with us!!!

I decided to go with the colors on this one because they were so beautiful. They also made me hungry; but that's a whole other story lol. ;)

Here is what I made...

Isn't this image so beautiful? I had an idea in my head to add layers and maybe a sentiment at the top but then...I finished coloring and I couldn't touch it; I thought it was just such a beautiful image. It's called Roses, which is totally fitting dontcha think?!?!?

The whole thing is colored using copic markers and then I used glossy accents to accentuate the flowers and the love (red) sign.

Thank you all so much for stopping by! Please come on over and play with us this month.

Market street Stamps Paint the Town

Hey crafty amigas! I am so excited to share a project with you all today! My mamma and I were hanging out today and we had some free time to craft today so I decided to participate in the Market Street Stamps Paint the Town Color Challenge found HERE.

Here is what I made...

 This is a super fun Silhouette file called 3D Stationary Folder Set. I also used Hello Summer Echo Park paper. LOVE my ECHO PARK!!!! Totally coincidence that Lori Whitlock designed the svg cut file as well as the paper. ;)

The outside is stamped with the super fun Grow Stamp Set.

 And here is the inside. Super plain. ;)

 Then I made 6 really fun 3x4 cards. All of the card bases are Paper trey ink. This is my favorite set of 3. I just love the funky vibe of these cards. I used Fishie and Life is Beautiful.

Here is the other set of three I did something a little different with each set and tried to follow some sort of theme. I don't know it made sense in my head lol. On these I used the beautiful Life is Beautiful set. :)

Well that's all for today. Thanks everyone so much for stopping by. ;) I hope you are all having a beautiful Thursday!!!!!

Peachy challenge #20

Hey everyone!

Today is another super fun challenge over at Peachy keen Stamps! Please come on over and play along with us!!!! Here is the super fun challenge...

JUST CARDS!
no theme, just create a card & link up!

How fun is that! I LOVE my mists I haven't used them so I decided I would pull them out for this extra fun challenge this week!

Here is what I put together...

 I simply love this stamp!!! Isnt it just adorable. It also has a little sneak from the June SOTM 2012. I LOVE this set!!!!

 And here is the inside. ;)

I am so in love with this current set (lol I know I already said that) and the add ons are GASP!!! Stay tuned for tons of inspiration from my dt sisters this week. Thanks so much everyone for stopping by.

Please dont forget I have a giveaway going on over HERE.

Joseph's Image

Hey y'all! How are you on this fabulous Monday? I am having a great day super dooper productive from the standpoint of a mom. We are on an organization kick right now and I hope it lasts for EVER!!!! lol 

Anyway, that's not why you come here do ya? So let me share a project I made last night and I just now shot a pic of it. ;)

 My amazing friend Haidee has a super dooper talented son, actually she has two of them lol. But Joseph does some AMAZING drawings and this here gal is one of them. Isn't it fabulous!

You can see more over on Haidee's blog HERE! ;)

Here's a list of What was used:

Embellishments- Prima flowers (tryin' to use up my stash)

Stamps- I think this one is called Haidee?, The awesome sentiment says, "Love at first sight" I thought it was cute because she is so original. When I met my husband I was wearing pajamas at work. Yup that's how I roll! lol. ;) Anyway the sentiment is from my good friend Abby's stamp line Dilo En Espanol.

Tools- Spellbinders, big shot, star embossing folder, notebook punch

Paper- random paper from my stash

Adhesive- ATG and 3L dimensionals

Color Medium- Copics~e13, e33, e000, e00, r35, r37, b00, b02, c3, c5, c7

Okie dokie! Thanks yall so much for stopping by ;)

Peachy Keen March Sneak

Hey everyone! How are you? I'm super excited to show you a little sneak this week...

Are you just seriously in love with the Stamp of the Month kits?!? I am, I think they are absolutly AMAZING!!! Its so fun to get peachy mail on a regular basis. HEHEHE

Okay so the idea behind this sneak is Girl Scouts...Yup you heard that right. I made a mini party for my Girl Scout troop. They are going to love it. 

To explain I used the March Stamp of the Month and one of the extra add ons. I LOVE every single set this month soooo very much. You are going to die they are just so cute. 

This fun little party is going to earn the Daisies their Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout petal. 

For any of you troop leaders out there here are the directions...

The girls will earn their Zinni petal (light green)

1. Enjoy "Zinni's Story," then talk about it. 

2. Come up with ways to be like Zinni

3. Practice being considerate and caring

This covers the art of sharing and being considerate. 

The picture on the bottom left hand side are seed containers cut out of the Freshly Picked cartridge and then stamped with a cutie pie Peachy keen Sentiment. The girls will fill these up with seeds and give them to someone or plant them to give to someone else to demonstrate considerate and caring. 

Also...I'm linking this up to the fabulous Moxie Fab World!!!! Wont cha go over and check it out. There is some beautiful inspiration. Also, just to let yall know I was inspired by the picture to do a "house" type of project and no house is a home without a gnome. lol ;) I crack me up yes I do. lol

That's it thank you all so much for looking now off you go check out the rest of the design team sneaks. ;)

Inky Valentine's

Hey everyone! I haven't had a chance to craft much since I got back from CHA. My son ended up getting in an accident on the second day out there and I've been trying to get things straight around the house so there has been A LOT going on over here. lol

Well I had to take out my cutie pie Inky Impression stamps and make a little Valentines card. One for each teacher.

I used my favorite stamp for this project LiLi's First day of School and another of my favorites Valentine Treats for the sentiment.

Here is a little close up!

Here's a list of What was used:
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Embellishments- A dew drop gem from Inky Impressions
Stamps- LiLi's First day of School, Valentine's Treats

Tools- Big Shot, Oval spellbinder die
Paper- all of the paper was from my stash
Adhesive- ATG and dimensionals
Color Medium- Copics

I'm entering my little card into...

Lollipop Crafts

Papertake Weekly

Inky Impressions

I'm saving to buy up some more Inky Impressions this is #1 on my list...Stampalicious LiLi.

Peachy Keen~Leprechaun

Okay I am still getting everything in order and packed for CHA but...I had a little bit of free time and I just had to ink this baby up!

 I LUB him!!! I only wish he had a little leprechaun wife to match him ;) HEHEHE.

I used PK-297 Kiss Me Leprechaun and PK-299 Lucky Day Shamrock! I am soooo in love with these background stamps!

 I just love that little die from Emma!

This one I was just trying to get a picture of his glitter. lol. I hope y'all liked it! I'm going to be MIA for a little while but I'll still be on facebook checking in!!! Hope you all are having a great week!!!!

Inky Impressions Embellish me!

Hey everyone! I really want to inspire you to dress up your stamps.

So here we go...

And here is a little video to show you how it all came to be!!!!

I am entering this into the Splitcoast stampers challenge Twine it up! Oh also I wanted to announce the winner for the Surprise Birthday Party we had for Angelica. You can find that post Here. And the winner is...

CassandraJan 22, 2012 07:11 PM

Love the colors and the simplicity! Great job :)

cassandracaubleatyahoodotcom
www.Ctimz3.blogspot.com

Congrats Cassandra. Please send me your info at Thatsmerb at gmail dot com so that I can get your stamp out to you asap!! ;)

Inky Impressions Challenge

Hey!!!! So excited today is another Inky Impressions challenge. If you havent jumped over there you really must. Just go HERE and see all the goodies the design team created for your viewing pleasure this week!

We were asked to make a project that isnt a normal shaped card. I decided to use my spellbinders and create a card.

I really just love this image and I hope you'll play along with us this week!!!!