Happy Anniversary...

Here is my Happy Anniversary card for a wonderful couple I know, who happen to be amazing friends of mine. I used Kraftin kimmies Stamps the steampunk collection for this card and a vintage image from somewhere unknown. I hope you like this and feel free to leave me some feedback...and thank you everyone who has signed up for a chance at winning my blog candy....take care...by the way my computer has stopped working again...so sad....

Better to give than receive Blog Candy...Closed today Draw this evening. March 8/10

Closed today March 8/10 Draw tonight.

This candy can be shipped worldwide....so come join the fun....

It has been said that it is better to give than receive ....well then, let me give you some goodies....I have plenty of yummie, stampin, scrappy, fun for one lucky winner.

You will receive one entry for each of the following:

1. Become a follower or already are a follower

2. Leave a comment.

3. And one if you decide to share this on your blog.

thanks so much. (let me know in your comment if you share this so I can get that extra entry for you)

Here is what one lucky person will win:

1 The Greeting Farm Stamp a personal fave Wild Sprout Dahlia.

4 Stamps from Sugar Nellie ( Painting Rainbows, Going for a spin, country style, Fingers crossed)

1 pkg of Popcorn bear chipboard tags

3 different types of ribbon including felt trim.

A whole lot of bling, flowers, hearts and little yummie goodies to inspire your creative card making, scrapping, happy self...

This candy will end March 05/10.

Thank you so much everyone in sharing with me this wonderful past time.

Good luck!!!!!

My friend V has some goodies on her blog too please click here and do enjoy her blog...her work is something wonderful...http://lovinlifescrapinit.blogspot.com/2010/02/vday-bling-candy.html

Steam punk Happy Birthday...

oh boy these stamps are so much fun to play with...I had no idea what a steampunk is now I know....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk_world . Any how I love these images they allow one to be so creative and adventurous...So here is my Happy Birthday card using Genevieve. Speaking of such a pretty name I wonder if my coworker with the same name had her baby yet...how exciting...Back to the card. I coloured her with Copics and some liquid glass for her eyes. The background is a free image from the web that I added a Happy Birthday to and then ran a distress ink over, then sprayed it with water, and let it dry. Stickles on the sentiment and pop dots to adhere Genevieve and there you have it ...oh yes and some bling for fun. The little map came with the image.

Thank you for looking..if you like these images or are interested in others do visit Kraftin Kimmies just click on the badge on the right of my blog...see you.

Good Luck!!!

I just love these stamps from Krafting Kimmies. I keep buying them and looking at them and today I figured I had better make a card. I have this idea in my minds eye since I saw the image. So here it is. Hope you like it. I used a photo of a vintage plane, coloured Emelia with copics and adhered her to the front with pop dots. Some stamps for good measure and a sentiment.

Thank you for looking.

Alice in Birthday land...

I made this Birthday card for a special friend of mine. I made many layers and used several kinds of stickles, glitter and glitter glue. I also used glimmer mist, walnut ink, and liquid glass. I was having a lot of fun making this and reminded me about how excited I am about the up and coming Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland. Thank you for looking .....

Quick tutorial for a clean finish on your cut out images.

I love the look of a cut out image. Cutting images out is especially handy when you go over the lines or Markers bleed over from blending and such.
Here is my quick and easy way to always have a perfect outline on your image.

Step 1.
Cut out your image as close to the edge of your stamped outline .

Step 2.

Once you have completed cutting out the image often there will be white edges showing. As you can see in this photo or white in areas that are just too tiny to cut around. This white can often detract from the image and the feel of the card giving it a unfinished look as below. By the way you can see my new sparkly copics shining in this picture...
Step 3.

So here is my solution to a clean, bold, outlined, cut out image. I always take my black Copic using the fine tip and I run it around the edges of the image to fill in all those white spots with black. Be careful and do this slowly along the edge to ensure the marker is only colouring the edges. Do not hold it in one spot for to long or the ink will seep in the paper and on too your image. Just a quick stroke workes best.

There you have it, the outline is bold, clean, and no white edges. Hope you like my tutorial and that you find it helpful.

Fill your life with Sunshine...

A card for a friend with a sentiment of inspiration. I too need to hear this right now so maybe you do also ...take care everyone, hug your loved ones, and enjoy your day even the not so fun stuff because life is too darn short.

I made this card for a challenge on the Club Anya and Friends blog. This challenge was to do redwork a type stitching with a wonderful history. Do visit their site by clicking on the link on the right of my page...hope you like it and thank you so much for stopping by.