Aloha

Hello Friends! Today I want to share a card I created using Hula Anya from The Greeting Farm. iCopic.com has a great selection of stamps from The Greeting Farm along with stamps from Magnolia, C.C. Designs, and Whiff of Joy Stamps. All of the iCopic.com stamps can be seen HERE.

Here is a close-up of Anya.

Card Recipe:

Hula Anya from The Greeting Farm
Memento tuxedo black ink
X-Press IT blending paper
Copic markers
E00, 11, 15, 18, (skin and hair)
Y0000, 000, 11, 13, 15 (flower and bikini top)
YR000, 15, 18,(flower)  21 (hair)
R02 (hair)
YG61, 63, 67 (skirt and grass)
B0000 (sky)
K&Co. designer paper
Spellbinder dies
Quickutz font, rub-ons, border die
Stickles
Hobby Lobby card base
Bazzill cardstock

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your visits and comments! Don't forget the iCopic Color Challenge#23. The details of the challenge can be found HERE. Have a great day! LC

A Day in the Woods

Griffin is back from Australia! Praises and Thanksgiving for a safe trip!

Christina looking cute surrounded by a 'circle tree'...actually cedar gone wild!
Today Griffin, Christina, and I tromped in the woods looking for mushrooms. It was a perfect day!
Here is a sampling of what we found.

Back to being artsy tomorrow instead of woodsy! Thanks for stopping by! LC

Mermaid Anya

Hi! It's my day to share a project featuring iCopic.com goodies. If you haven't visited iCopic.com lately you really should. There are 12 new Copic marker colors, more stamps, and a new instructional book on shading and shadowing. iCopic.com has added Divine Baker's Twine to its inventory also.





For my card today I chose to use this week's iCopic Color Challenge#22 colors...green, lime, and turquoise.

Here is my card featuring Mermaid Anya from The Greeting Farm. She's so cute!

Card Recipe:
Mermaid Anya
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Copic markers
 E00,11,30,31,33
 R02
 BG0000,000,01 (for turquoise)
 YR20,21
 G20,21,24,28 (for green)
 YG03 (for lime)
Spellbinder dies
K&Co. designer paper
Bazzill cardstock
Dew Drops
Net from stash
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Jo-Ann's card base

Don't forget the iCopic Color Challenge#22.
Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate you and your comments!  LC

Hello Spring!

Hi! It's the 2nd Tuesday of March and time for the Magnolia-licious Inspirational Challenge. Angela has chosen this picture to inspire us.

Here is my card based on the picture. I used the eggs' pastel colors as my inspiration.

For my card I used Magnolia's #252 Tilda with Hanging Rabbit and Tulip Walkway from Magnolia-licious.

Be sure to check out the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog for all the awesome creations from the Design Team.

Card Recipe:

Magnolia stamps from Magnolia-licious

Memento ink

X-Press It blending paper

Copic markers

Jo-Ann card base

Designer paper from stash

Prima flowers and pearls

K&Co. epoxy embellishment

Coluzzle

Petaloo flower

Spellbinder leaf die

Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate it. LC

Where My Mind Is

and also my heart! Here is our son in Sydney, Australia. He is there to gather specimens for the research he conducts at MTSU.

"And even though I know how very far apart we are

It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby

It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky."

'Sew Much Fun'

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today's card features Washi tape from iCopic.com. Washi tape has adhesive which adheres well but can be removed if you want to change it. It can be torn or cut and comes in 89 different colors and patterns. They can be seen HERE. These two are my current favorites for spring....birds and flowers!

I also like these two. They remind me of chicks, ducklings, and bunny rabbits.

Here is my sewing-themed card which reads 'Sew Glad We're Friends!'

I covered white cardstock with the Washi tape before I cut the buttons with a die.

Recipe:
Washi tape
PTI dies and ink for distressing
EK Success border punch
Seam binding colored with Glimmer Mist
Buttons from stash
Little Yellow Bicycle doily
Paper from stash
Making Memories pin
Sewing Machine and thread
Black thread and pen
Computer generated sentiment

Just a reminder about the iCopic Lover's Color Challenge#21. These colors are Delicious!!

Be sure to check the iCopic Lover blog for the details, and don't forget there's a prize! Woo Hoo!

Thanks for stopping by. I apologize for my absence lately....been in a funk!  LC

Howdy Pardners!

Hey Cowgirls! Let's mosey on over to the corral and check out Wild West Anya from The Greeting Farm. She's all dressed up in the iCopic colors for Challenge #20...turquoise, green, and purple. Not your typical cowgirl colors, but she's looking adorable!

Card Recipe:
Wild West Anya from The Greeting Farm
Memento tuxedo black ink
X Press IT blending paper
Copic markers
  E00, 11 (skin)
  BV0000,00,02 (purple)
  B0000, 00, 02 (turquoise)
  G20,21,24 (green)
  R20 (mouth/cheeks)
  YR000, 21,31,23 (hair)
KI Memories design paper
Cosmo Cricket design paper
Bazzill cardstock
Quickutz cloud die
Quickutz fence die
Martha Stewart grass punch
EK Success Jolee flowers
Twine, brad, sticker letters charm from stash
Stickles (copper)
Nestabilities

When you are coloring an image with Copic markers don't be afraid to venture out and try new color combinations. Let the iCopic Color Challenge inspire you to experiment with color. Also check out all the new stamps and markers coming to iCopic.com.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day....and in Middle Tennessee, stay warm! LindaC

Color it Green!

Hi! It's the second Tuesday of March and time for the Magnolia-licious Color Challenge. Today's challenge is issued by Angie, and here is her challenge color. Could there be any better color for this month?

Check out the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog for the Design Team's creations and the prize offered by Diana, owner of Magnolia-licious.

Here is my challenge creation.

This is an easel card which features #221 Ribbon Hair Tilda at Magnolia-licious. She is part of the "You Are So Special" 2011 collection. The entire collection can be seen HERE. She is sitting on #517 Old Bench.
I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the bench.

Here is a side view.

I used 2 metal brad strips from Karen Foster to hold the ribbon and the easel in place. They were bright orange so I buffed off some of the color to tone them down a bit. Scrap Our Stash has challenged their readers to use a forgotten product or tool in their 'Dust It Off Challenge', so I decided to accept the challenge and use the brad strips I have had for several years.

Here is the easel part of the card.

Here are some close-ups of the image. Isn't she delightful with that sassy red hair and the bows? How about the pearl necklace and earrings? She looks like she is ready for a wedding. I really like her green shoes!

I like how the rose leaves turned out. I wanted them to have tips that were tinged with red and burgundy.
What do you think about them?

Card Recipe:
#221 Ribbon Hair Tilda Magnolia stamp
#517 Old Bench Magnolia stamp
Memento tuxedo black ink
X Press IT blending paper
Copic markers
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Recollection pearls
K&Co. designer paper
Bazzill cardstock
Seam binding colored with Glimmer Mist
Karen Foster metal brad strips
Prima flowers
Robin's Nest Dew Drops
Quickutz border die
Insect die cut from stash
Nestabilities dies
Sharpie white poster paint pen
Stamp-a-ma-jig
Sewing machine and thread

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check out the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog. Have a great day! LC

Revisiting an Old Product

Hello! It's Monday....a new week, a new challenge, and a new card. But first I need to explain the title...

Several years ago when I taught scrapbooking classes my fingers always were covered in brown ink...to be specific, Ranger's Van Dyke brown ink. I was known to distress anything that came across my table..altered clipboards, cardstock, and mini albums. There were very few items I created that weren't edged in Van Dyke brown.

Then I began to make cards, stamping images, and coloring with alcohol markers. I started out with Prisma markers and then graduated to Copics. The images I color are stamped usually on white paper, and most of my cards are brightly colored. Over time the brown distress ink moved to the bottom of my supply drawer, and my fingers lost their brown stains...until yesterday when I made this card.

After I had colored the image I began to look for paper to finish the card. Every piece of designer paper I liked for the image had brown tones and a distressed look. The image, stamped and colored on bright white paper, just did not look right with the distressed papers. (Light bulb moment!) I grabbed my distress ink and began to color the edges of the image paper. The vision I had for the card was coming together! I then layered the image with several pieces of designer paper and cardstock, added staples, twine, and Washi tape to finish the look. I really like how it looks; however, I wish now that I had distressed the edges of the image paper to give it a torn look. I also wish I had sewn around the image. Oh well...another day, another card.**

**Be sure to check the card at the bottom of the post.
Card Recipe:
Stampavie Sarah Kay "Lynette Collecting her Vegetables" stamp
X Press IT blending paper
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers
YR 20, 23,31
E00,11, 13,15,17, 31,33,35
R02,05,08, 24
V20(new color) V91,93,95
B91,93,95
C1,3,5
YG 61 (new color)YG63, 67
G20, 21, 24,40,82,85
October Afternoon designer paper
Flair Designs designer paper
Bo Bunny designer paper
Bazzill cardstock
Baker's twine
Washi tape
Ranger Distress Ink
Tim Holtz stapler

Above I mentioned a new challenge..... here is iCopic Color Challenge #20 that starts today.

You can check out details of the color challenge HERE at the iCopic Lover blog.

My personal challenge for you today is to get out an old product you haven't work with in a while and use it. It might be some acrylic paint or epoxy stickers you just had to have...or those cute buttons you've been saving or that 3-D embellishment that called your name when you first saw it!! Just take it out of the package and put it on a project. Leave me a comment about what you plan to use. You're more likely to use it if you commit it to words! My next old product I plan to use is my Fastenator! Remember that tool?

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you and your comments. I read every one of them! Linda C

**I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to finish my project like I saw it in my head. Have you ever done that...took a project apart to fix it like you wanted it? Aren't we a funny group of people?

iCopic Store Opens

iCopic is opening a new store on March 12! Check HERE for details.

The amazingly talented Mindy is going to be teaching a class. Even if you want to just come for the fun and excitement and skip the class, you are more than welcome to stop by!! Here is your official invite!

What a fun place to visit, shop, and take a class!  Mindy is an awesome colorist. Check out her blog HERE to see her great creations.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day. LC

Musical Ethan

Today I am sharing a card I made using Washi tape and Your Next Stamp's 'Musical Ethan'. The card is simple, and I like the way it turned out. It is for an elderly gentleman's birthday so I didn't want it heavily embellished with flowers and ribbons.

The background on the card is made with strips of green dotted and blue dotted Washi tape. I also covered a piece of scrap paper with the blue tape before cutting it with a die to mat the image. I chose not to have thread in my needle when I 'sewed' around the image since the tape has adhesive on it. (Faux thread could be created with a marker.) The background around Ethan was done using a technique explained HERE.

Card recipe:
Your Next Stamp 'Musical Ethan' (coming to iCopic.com soon)
X-Press IT blending paper
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers
Washi tape
Kraft cardstock
Dymo label maker
Sharpie poster paint marker
Nestabilities dies
Sewing machine

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate each of you! LindaC