You Melt My Heart!

Hey Bloggy Friends!
I'm super excited to share this card with you guys because I think it came out so stink'in cute! I love those little penguins ( Loved dressing them up) from this Some Odd Girl set called winter friends. This wouldn't be my card without a little mix and matching of stamp sets so of course I also used some Lawn fawn on my card for the (Igloo and snowflakes).

Copic markers used on this cute Duo :C2,C4,C6,C8,C10,N1,0- Blender, Beak YR31,YR23. 

For the inside I kept it simple and just added some ribbon.
I hope you guys love this card as much as I loved making it! Thanks so much for stopping by my corner of the bloggy-sphere. :-P  


Products Used:
Inks: Memento (Tuxedo black,London fog, Bahama Blue) Distress inks (Iced Spruce ,Evergreen Bough)( Stamps: Winter friends, Critters in the snow). Cardstock ( Neenah Solar white, American craft) 

Anniversary Card

Hey Bloggy friends!
I hope you all had an amazing weekend because I certainly did. This Sunday my bf and I celebrated our 8yr Anniversary together which was soo much fun! In honor of this amazing occasion I made him a card (Duh lol) which I totally had to share with ya'll because it was inspired by Twlight. This happens to be one of my favorite stamps from Krafting Kimmie ( I love all there Halloween stamps)!

I'm entering this card into the " Show us your Fav challenge" at the KKS blog which I think works just perfectly with my new card, don't you? ;-)

I colored my stamped image with Copic sketch markers and I'm in love with how his cape turned out! I created all the other items on the card besides the flowers which I colored to match the rest of my card. Thanks again for popping by!

Geek is the New Chic!

Hey Bloggy friends! 
I have a super fun card to share with you guys! I finally whipped up a card with one of my new favorite sets called "Preppy Puppies" from Some Odd girl. Let me just warn you now that I will be using this set a ton because it just has so many cute elements too it.. I created the background paper of my card, using  the cute little mustache from this set and achieved the color with mists and distress inks. Can you tell I'm in the mood for Halloween? :-) You can blame the Challenge over at The Stamp Spot for that because it inspired my color palette.

I Colored my geeky puppy with my Copic Sketch markers and wanted to keep him on the tanner side. To make his glasses really dimensional I added (Ranger Enamel gloss Accents) in black and popped them up with some foam mounting tape ( I also added the enamel to parts of the background paper).  Black Metal embellishment's were added for some added interest and to balance out my card. My card layout was inspired by the Challenge over at Some Odd girl ( I just love their Challenges) if you haven't noticed! I hope you get inspired by my card and maybe even join some challenges.... Thanks for stopping by  :-DD 

                                                               Crafty Hugs

Creating Your Own Unique Custom Craft Papers!

Hey Bloggy Friends!

I've been a bit busy lately so I haven't posted as much but I thought it was time for a fun tutorial! I really love create my own background papers for my cards ( yes I use designer paper) but every once in a while I like to create something uniquely my own. Whether you want to doodle or feel more comfortable using stamps to create your own custom paper ( I personally enjoy doing both) anyone can really have fun doing this so I hope you enjoy seeing some of my custom papers!

(From left to Right) The first ( and 3rd) papers are a mix of doodles, stamping and paper piecing.While the very Middle paper is just primarily stamping and  embossing. 

To create this paper I used a background stamp from Inkadinkado which I heat embossed using some Stampendous embossing powder in (Detailed White Opaque). The mix of pink and purple was created with some Lindy's Mica powder (Purple Teal) and Rangers Dylusion spray in ( Crushed Grape). I also used Liquid Pearls (White Opal, Petal Pink, Lavender Lace) to create a dimensional affect.

This paper is primarily made of up of my Doodles which I made with my (Copic Multiliners). I did use a stamp to  do some heat embossing in the same white embossing powder I used in the paper ( Above). To create the washed out color affect I used Dylusions ( Cut Grass & fresh lime) and Lindy's (Hydrangea Blue).

I just Adore how this paper came out! I used one of my very favorite stamps on this ( It's one of my fav's because it's so versatile). I decide to do some paper piecing on this custom paper just to show you ways you can incorporate even your designer paper and turn it into something that's still really uniquely your own ( I used some Amy Tangerine paper for this)! I added some of my doodles and did just a bit of Copic coloring ( I outlined the very edge of the paper with my Copic Multiliner). The pink and orange background was created with some Distress inks ( Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey), I just used a paint brush and some water for this. I left the very middle of the stamp image blank because I haven't decided yet if I want to cut that piece out and create a window affect for a future card or not. 

I created one extra Custom paper you don't see pictured here ( but will see in my YT video) because I will be using it for my next card post so be sure to check back very soon and I hope this may have inspired to create some of your own paper or even use your designer paper in a new way! Thanks for Stopping by...

Hello Kitty Sewing Machine!

Hey Bloggy Friends, 

I wanted to share with you my pure excitement because (Drum Roll) I finally have a sewing machine! I got it over this weekend and I've been learning how to use it ever since ( LOL). Now that I finally got the hang of it , I would love to post a video tutorial for people who are more visual learner's like moi! Anyways I  tried to take some detailed pictures so you guys could see the sewing machine itself because I love all things "Hello Kitty"! Ever since I was a little girl , my parents always had to take me to the "Sanrio" store in the mall and ever since then I've been hooked! hehe 

First (2)  Pictures are of the actual box it came in because even that was super cute!

 

(Other Side of Box)

TAA-DA

Secret Compartment for ( Bobbins, Tools, etc)

Cutest Knobs Ever? LOL

The back of  my sewing machine..

It has a handle which is really convenient for moving on and off my desk.

(Different stitch options)

The Right side where I have another Knob and my (On & Off) switch.

Stay tuned for a video tutorial on this lovely sewing machine, I hope you enjoyed seeing the pictures and I can't wait to incorporate some sewing on upcoming projects! Thanks For stopping by... Crafty Hugs

Cloud Coloring Mini Challenge Entry

Hello Again!

This is another entry for different mini challenge over at Some Odd Girl! This challenge was all about making some " Copic Clouds " and it was fun trying this out for the first time. They even have an great  tutorial showing you an easy way to start practicing your own cloud ( totally worth checking out).

I outlined my clouds with Copic Multi liner 0.5  to create a whimsical affect.

                                                Thanks for stopping by!

Rock Royality!

Hey Bloggy friends!

Hope your all having a great weekend and enjoying Facebook Fun Day over at Some Odd Girl. If your crazy enough not to be playing along with them, then your missing out ( hehe). Because I'm having so much fun playing along with there mini challenges! I hope you guys enjoy this card I put together for the " Non Traditional Hair Challenge".

I choose one of my favorite Oddies " Royal " for this card but who am I kidding there all my favorite! The banners behind the sentiment were also stamped from another Some Odd Girl set which I actually rolled the ( mini banners) to create a ribbon like affect. I paper pieced royals dress from a 6x6 paper pad from My Minds Eye. I stamped,embossed and die cut the chandelier from a Hero Arts/Sizzix framelits set.

I really love how Royals funky hair came out! I wanted add just touches of green in her hair for a more " Rock Royality" type of look as I call it, hopefully this will inspire you not to be afraid to play with some color.

(Checkout my Youtube channel to watch me color "Royal" and for the list of Copic's used)

Thanks so much for Stopping by!

You Light Up my Life

Hey Bloggy friends!

Sandra here, bringing you another fun card to tickle your fancy. I created this card for the sparks challenge over at Paper Smooches ( I just love all there fun sets). For this card I really wanted to play with the dimensions and make it as playful as the set I used called "Smoocheroos". I stamped my main images with some Momento ink and colored the images in with my Copic sketch markers. I distressed my papers with " Tumbled glass" distress ink, all the papers used for this card are from Basic Grey.

I added some twine from My Mind's Eye "Funday" collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

                                              

                                                

Your A Treasure

Hello my Bloggy friends!

Today I'm here to share with you a card I made inspired by the May Challenge Spots! I used My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pad for most of my card and did a bit of die cutting with my labels 4 Spellbinder. All the banners you see on my card are stamped from a Some odd girl set and my main image and sentiment are from the Royal stamp set. Royal is one of my favorite new sets that's been released this year, there is just something I love about an odd girl in a ball gown! This Card was was also inspired by the sketch Challenge over at Some Odd girl ( hope you enjoy my interpretation).

The banner itself was stamped with a Ranger paint dabber in "stream". Pearls were added throughout the card to add some extra detail and were colored with my E13 Copic sketch marker.

The Inside of my Card

I'm also linking the lovey Royal up to the following challenge:

OOZAK CHALLENGE BLOG

For more Details on products I used be sure to checkout (The Stamp Spot blog)! Thanks so much for stopping by.. Crafty Hugs

Color cubbie

Hello Again
So I recently got some copic markers and have been trying to find the best way to organize them and came across alot of ladies on youtube recommending the color cubbie from studio3 solutions.I was so excited to get my hands on some cubbies but to my dismay at this moment there are none to buy,so I'm pretty sad about that.I did contact them and received a quick response about some changes that there under going but that they would keep me in there contact list (so thanks for that tami) ,but mean while I'll have to come up with a creative solution for my organizational copic sketch need's so I'll let ya'll know what I end up doing.

One of the first Cards I ever created.I'm very inspired by Birds..