This is one of the SU sets I got at my workshop, called Peace Within. I love cats, so I had been eyeing this one for a while. I particularly love orange cats, so I colored my kitty orange. This is the second one I did, as I colored the orchids on my first one purple. Then I decided I wanted to use that (retired) DP, so I did it over with pink orchids. I stamped the image in Palette Noir and used CO-pics to color it. Still need lots more practice with those things...I did discover that Neenah Solar White was better than Gina K for blending, too bad it's so darned expensive. I need to order some of the Copic CS (even MORE expensive) and see how I like that. But I guess if you're going to spend more than $6 per marker, you'd better be prepared to spend a little on paper. Insanity! Oozak.com has better deals on that stuff though. I'm still working with the markers I got for Christmas. But my birthday, anniversary, and Mother's Day are all coming up...

I used Nesties for the image and layer. Colors are Apricot Appeal (ret.), Tempting Turquoise, and Rose Red. Card base is PTI white. Thanks for stopping by today!

Spoil Yourself

Here is another Pink Cat Studio/Copic card. This is for a customer who has a shoppy/girly friend. I thought this image was perfect but after I had colored it with the ONLY two purple Copics I own, I realized I had no purples that matched very well. So I high-tailed it to my LSS, where I searched the aisles high and low for some "shoppy" paper. NO luck. I got the glitter paper and went up to the counter to pay. I was showing the worker the image and telling her what I'd wanted and she said "Oh, you mean like that?" Lo and behold, sitting right there by the cash register, was a sheet of the perfect paper that someone else had put up there! Luckily there was another sheet for me. I think this looks adorable! I used white Liquid Applique sprinkled with lavender glitter for her feather boa and a little rhinestone for her ring and Liquid Pearls for her necklace and earrings. The green in the paper matched Kiwi Kiss perfectly, so I made that the card base. My customer said, "It's like you know her" so I guess it was a hit. Since I bought a 12 x 12 sheet of this stuff I will be making more, but coloring the bird green instead of yellow.

What happy accidents have you had lately?

Warm Winter Wishes

This is a card I made for the winner of my "Year of Cards" scholarship auction offering. I made it as a winter birthday card. The image is Pink Cat Studios, colored with Copics. I got a bunch from my DH for Christmas and have been practicing with them. Need a lot more practice, but I like how she turned out! I used white Liquid Applique for the ear muffs, trim on her clothes and the bird's hat, and snow (I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the snow). The tag is from PTI's first Christmas tag set (2008 I think?) with the coffee cup masked out. All other is SU, except for base (PTI) and main image (Gina K layering weight white). I put sent. from PTI's Birthday Basics on the inside.

Thanks for dropping by today! Have a good one!

Halloween-a-thon Day 4--Happy Fright Night!

Here is another long-retired SU set, Happy Fright Night, colored with Copics and chalk/blender pen for the cauldron and bats. I had originally colored the witch green, but she was too dark, so I did another one and made her flesh-toned. I used a white gel pen for the bats' fangs and Liquid Applique/green Doodlebug Designs glitter for the "brew".

I love this image and had fun coloring it. Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon Day 1!

So I've challenged myself to post a Halloween project EVERY SINGLE DAY in October!!! Now for those of you who follow this blog and are used to LOOOOONNNNGGG dry spells without a post, you know what a big challenge that will be for me. But I have so many cute Halloween stamps and Cricut cartridges that it would be a shame NOT to. So here we are at Day 1:

This stamp set was one of the very first SU sets I ever bought when I became a demo. It retired that same year, 2001. I also made my 2nd swap ever with this set. I love it and will never sell it. I also realized that I have yet to show off my "skills" with CO-pic markers that I paid a lot of money to learn. I have been practicing a bit, and I think this image turned out pretty well. I don't have any dark grey copics, so their shoes are colored with chalks and a blender pen. I colored another of this image that I liked but colored outside the lines a bit and was unable to fix it to my satisfaction. I plan to cut it out later and use it for something else. If anyone is interested in which copics I used, exactly, I will let you know. I don't have very many! I've been buying them one at a time with HL 40% off coupons, so it takes a while LOL. CS is SU Pumpkin Pie and Gina K Pure Luxury layering weight white. Ink is Brilliance Tuxedo Black. These were some of the recommended paper and ink for coloring with copics. Thanks for stopping by!