Coffee talk...

How about another card that is perfect for sending to a friend... just because:

Another Art Impressions stamp paired with BoBunny paper & a Paper Smooches sentiment.  Notice a pattern between this and the last post?!  I try to utilize most of a patterned paper sheet... some have three or more distinct sections/stripes that make it sometimes difficult to create the same card over and over again.  This way I can get about six cards from one lonely patterned paper :)

This was a fun image to experiment with different skin tones and hair colors.  And a few of the ladies are the same from the last post... nothing like a work out and then an iced-coffee, right?

What do you think?

Workout warriors...

Sorta.

:)

Check out these dedicated ladies:

Yeah, I feel like that bottom middle one during a work out :)  Which I haven't done in a LONG time, by the way... but IF I were to work out, I'm pretty sure I would be just as excited as her.

Yes, I cut out that image by hand... had to... otherwise you wouldn't see all of the cool paper, right?

The image is by Art Impressions, the sentiment is from Paper Smooches and the paper is an older BoBunny line.

I think I would rather work out alone than with a group...

What do you think?

Girlfriends...

If you haven't figured it out yet, I kinda like Stamping Bella stamps :)

I need to find out who the artist is that does the "Uptown Girl" series, because she is a fave of mine!  All of the girls in the series are super tall & thin with super-skinny legs... sooooooo unlike me ;)  

 The paper is by Three Bugs in a Rug.

LOVE how the ethnic skin & hair came out!  And blondie's dress was kinda fun, too.  Please note the Stickles overload on the boa ;)

And there is the wavy-ribbon trick... which was NOT easy to do with this double-thick grosgrain/twill ribbon!  Turned out pretty cool with the green stripe and all.

What do you think?

Mermaids...

It's been awhile!  I am ever-so busy with my new company, work at The Page & classes, but finally made time to post another past class from March.  You might have seen these on one of Sweet Pea Stamps customer submission days, but for those that haven't:

Seriously beautiful stamp image.  Done in aqua & copper... love it!

This shot shows the Glossy Accents & Stickles better.

All of these were Sweet Pea Stamps images.  If you haven't checked them out before, you really should.  They have fabulous fantasy art stamps!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

What do you think?

Another blast from the past...

Slowly but surely, I'll make it through all of these older class samples :)

I hope you are enjoying them.  From February:

Both of these images are from CC Designs', Sweet November lines.  The stained glass window was created by running a transparency through a Cuttlebug embossing folder, inking raised areas with StazOn and then backing it with patterned paper... me likey.

What do you think?

I know it's Summertime, but...

I'm trying to catch up on posting :)  More Spring class cards:

(Impression Obsession image)

(Art Impressions image)

(Penny Black image)

I had one more, but it is sooooooooooooo not me, that I am refusing to post it ;)  

I LOVE the fence card... by far my favorite.  And the no-line stamping technique with the bunny/egg image turned out well... the bunny was stamped in brown ink & the egg in blue.  The blending on the chick was fun, not to mention all of the grass... me likey.

What do you think?

Front-to-Backs...

Have you seen the Front-to-Back stamps from Art Impressions?  They are sooooo fun!  Here are three cards from a class I taught this spring at The Page:

LOVE the boy peeking over the fence... so cute!  And I did another one of Nellie, looking in a mirror, but you'll have to go to The Scrapbook Page to see that one... it turned out great!

What do you think?

A couple of fairies...

How's that for a post title?!  :)  I just love fairies... yes, all kinds :P  And today I'm showing off a couple from Sweet Pea Stamps, by the artist Caron Vinson.

This is "Royal Flower". She is so sweet, and colored-up in a bunch of Copic BG's... LOVE her!

My rubber stamp actually has a defect in it where her hair is located... so I made it a headband-of-sorts.  I actually like it better than if the lines were there for her hair.

And this is "Moonlight Fairy".  Seriously lovely image, and awesome May Arts sheer ribbon.

 I really like how her skin tone came out, and the overall blush-pink & green combo.  Her hair is waaaay more blended than what this shows... I don't know why my camera does that.

What do you think?

'Shrooms...

Ok, so you KNOW that I'm not a fan of Magnolia stamps, right?  Well, I had to eat crow when I saw this grouping of mushrooms... LOVE 'em:

Sorry about the lighting... it looks really yellowish in these photos.

Me thinks my WOSFF, Laurie, would like these :)  Except maybe making them little red & white 'shrooms instead would be more up her alley.

Super-simple, but I REALLY like it.

What do you think?

Lots o' love...

How about a few more oldies from classes earlier this year?

These are from a Copic 101 class, all about the LOVE :)

My fave.  Super-cute Ketto image from Stamping Bella.

And a fairy has GOT to have a little Stickles on her wings.

Ok.  This little guy is damn cute, too.  You know I'm a sucker for a puppy.

He's a Penny Black image.  ACK... look at that face and BELLY!  SO cute.

And this little guy is from Inky Antics...with my favorite wavy ribbon action.

Of course, all of these look way better in person.  I'm gonna try to schedule a few posts so that there isn't such a HUGE gap.  I know a lot of you stalkers have dropped off, but for those faithful few... thanks!

What do you think?

More past class samples...

Will I ever catch up?  Seriously.

The following cards are from a Copic 101 class I taught in January at The Scrapbook Page:

Seriously cute CC Designs stamp:  Brrr Emma

Echo Park patterned paper

Tim Holtz "Twigs" die to create the tree

Yes... cutesy.  And here's more:

Another CC Designs stamp:  Polar Bear with Echo Park paper

Colored him with C's & E50 Copics

And the final one for today is this snowman card... which is my favorite one of the three:

Penny Black stamp (name?) & Echo Park paper

Look at that face.  Love it!

Ok, enough cuteness for one day.

What do you think?

A little coloring goodness...

Thanks so much to everyone for their kind words regarding my Heidi... she is so missed.

Since I'm still not feeling very creative, I thought I'd share some past Copic card class samples I did for The Scrapbook Page awhile ago...

This class was "Winter Fairies" back in December.  All images are from Sweet Pea Stamps.

This one is my favorite of the three.  I thought her hair came out pretty awesome.

Her skin is pretty good... her nose is a kinda funky though.

Not crazy about this one... the layout is kinda boring & her nose looks too big.

Her skin turned out pretty good... love how her hand looks.

Sorry, not much on narration today... but if you have any questions, feel free to email me or comment and I'll try to get back to you soon!  Oh... and a lot of people ask me what Copic color combinations I use, so I added a tab at the top of my blog HERE.  It isn't a complete list, but it's started at least :)