Teacup Bunnies

Sorry, but my post is going to be short today. I'm feeling slightly under the weather. Didn't sleep at all last night. Have a feeling a cold is brewying, which sucks since I have to fly this Friday and Sunday. Anyways, thought I would post quickly as my DH runs out to rent a movie and get some Chinese for dinner.


I've been playing around with my copics again and decided to work with MFT Stephanie Fizer - Tea for Two image. It is so adorable, cuter than I expected. I love the little bunny's bum hanging out of the cup. I decided to match it with some SU DSP and use this weeks Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast. So here is what I came up with.

Ingredients:

Stamps: MFT Stephanie Fizer - Tea for Two

Paper: PTI Lemon Tart; PTI Auqa Mist; SU DSP (Dots)

Ink: copics (blues, yellows, browns, and pinks)

Accessories: PTI Lemon Tart ribbon; redline tape

Here's the Scoop Colour and Sketch Challenge

Wow, third post today...what a nice change. Usually I am out of town or busy with commitments, but today I was able to get three posts done, plus a bulletin board display for church. Nice!!! It was nice not to be rushed...plus I was able to watch the hockey game too.....crappy game though. Detroit is blowing Pittsburgh away 5-0 by the end of the 2nd period, so decided to post now during the third period.

Anyway, this post incorporates Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge and Lauren Meader's Sketch Challenge.

This is only my second time playing around with copics. The first time I used them was the other day on my Father's Day card..but I haven't posted it yet, as I don't want my father to see it just yet. So I am still getting the hang of blending, shading, etc. As you will notice I had to move the sentiment from Lauren's sketch to the other side of the card. I had a little mishap with blending...more like a smear into the cream wallpaper and I needed to cover up her feet. However, I do think the card turned out well considering. I used SU Chocolate Chip; SU Purely Pomegranate; and a cream colour to match Dawn's colour combo. The only thing that doesn't match the colour combo is the ice cream itself...but a girls got to have her Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream.

Here's the Scoop Ingredients:

Stamps: MFT Here's the Scoop

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip; SU Purely Pomegranate; Cream scrap paper

Ink: sentiment is SU Purely Pomegranate; colouring done by copics...see picture below

Accessories: Martha Stewart punch; brads; ribbon; pop dots; redline tape

These are the copic colours I used.

Thanks for looking!!

Bouncing Baby Boy

One of our colleagues just had a Baby Boy Thursday night, and the lady who bought my card yesterday asked me to make a baby boy card for our colleague. I thought I would try out this months PTI Design Team Tip using the reverse punch idea. This is what I came up with.

In addition I used a small Dollarama pail, covered it with a BabyBoy sticker and added a pair of yellow socks.

Unfortunately last time my mom came to visit I sent her sewing machine back home with her. She had given it to me 3 years ago, and I had never taken it out of the box. Now I was wishing I had it back. Since I do not have a sewing machine I decided to punch holes around the circles and use a white gel pen to faux stitch around the circles. I then continued the faux stitch around the outside of the card.

Ingredients:

Stamps: PTI Mega Mixed Messages

Paper: Kraft cardstock; SU Bashful Blue DSP (hostess set)

Ink: SU Very Vanilla

Accessories: PTI Lemon Tart Saddle Stitch Ribbon; buttons; redline tape; various circle punches; pin; white gel pen.

On the inside of the card I used the circle negatives, added the faux stitching and added simple sentiments in the center.

I sold a card!!!

So I sold my first card yesterday!!!!! I am so excited. You always wonder whether your cards are good enough to sell, and you feel a little uneasy as people are looking through them, but apparently the baby card I posted the other day was good enough to sell!!!!!. (picture below)
I've always wanted to sell my cards, but I live in a small community and am not too sure how well they would sell. A friend of mine sells her at her sister's store, and I think they sell well. There is also a Farmers Market during the summer months (and we get lots of tourists), and then there are the holiday Christmas Crafts Shows. I really should start figuring out what would work best for me. If you have any ideas let me know how you got started selling your cards.

I have another baby card to post, but still need to run to Walmart to pick up some cute socks to add to the gift, so I thought I would post a quick card. It is a simple sketch that I use quite often.

The card uses SU Chocolate Chip paper as the base. The squares are punched using SU square punches. The bigger square is punched using SU Purely Pomegranate cardstock, and then layered with Wild Wasabi DSP from the hostess package a few magazines back. The middle frame layers SU Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, and Whisper White. The stamps used are SU Baroque Motifs, using the same three ink colours as the paper; SU Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, and Wild Wasabi. The center of the stamp was made using SU Build a Brad. The center frame has been popped using pop dots.

Cherish Ingredients:

Stamps: SU Baroque Motifs

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip; SU Purely Pomegranate; SU Whisper White; SU Wild Wasabi DSP (Hostess set)

Ink: SU Chocolate Chip; SU Purely Pomegranate; SU Wild Wasabi

Accessories: SU Build a Brad; SU small 1/2" Circle punch; SU Square punches 1 1/4" & 1 3/8"; pop dots

I'll be back later with my other baby card!!

Sweet Baby Girl

My Grade One class was on a Community tour the other day. While at the Post Office a colleague of mine was looking at the cards. I told her I could make her a baby card, and well here is what I came up with. I am going to bring in a whole bunch of other cards I have previously made for her to choose from, but I thought I would play around with this cute paper again. It matches the Baby Box and book I made the other day found here.
Ingredients:
Stamps: PTI Mega Mixed Messages; PTI Simple Alphabet
Paper: SU Groovy Guava; PTI Spring Rain; Imaginisce Twitterpated "Hey Foxy"; Imaginisce Twitterpated "Mushroom Fancy"
Ink: SU Groovy Guava
Accessories: Ribbon; SU Square punches, button, embroidery string