No Line Coloring!

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

It is so hard to believe that we are officially in the holiday season!

I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives blog today with another no line coloring card.  I had used this same stamp set by Prima before to create a birthday card. You can see that one HERE.  I loved it so much that I wanted to make a winter themed card. I stamped her with a pale brown ink and colored the image with Copic markers. I stamped some snowflakes and the sentiment.

I adhered the layers of card stock using  E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips.I added a few Petite Posies from Queen & Co,  using Dodz-micro Adhesive Dots.  I also added a vertical bow tied with jingle bells.  To prevent them from flopping around, I secured them with Dodz-Medium Adhesive Dots. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Get LOTS of shopping done! :)

Birthday Girl! No Line Coloring!

Good morning friends!

I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives Blog with this card.

I picked up this cute stamp by Prima and decided to use the no line coloring technique on it.  I really like how it turned out! I stamped the image in a pale grey ink and then colored it using Copic Markers.  

I adhered the image to a pink tag and blue background with Crafty Foam Tape to give it dimension.

Because this cute tag needed a little something more, I dressed it up a bit by tying a ribbon through the top opening. Then I secured the flower and sprigs with Dodz Adhesive Dots Medium.  To embellish her dress and hair, I added a couple of teeny flowers using Adhesive Dots Micro. Finally, add the embellished tag on top of a layered tall card base.

 

Thank you so much for popping in today!  

I Can Count on You....

I am sharing a new set from Justrite today called, Doodled Birds.  The sentiment seems as fitting as yesterday's.  I can tell you how much I appreciate everyone's support.  Your e-mails, comments, and private messages have really been appreciated.  :)  I can count on you to make me feel better! 

This card was stamped in Tim Holtz grey ink.  I was going for the "no line" water coloring technique.  I think I still need to practice this! LOL!

I sponged a bit of yellow in the corner for a bit of sunshine and stamped the sentiment in black.  I also added a few sequin flowers and a stenciled background.

I can't seem to get away with no ribbon on my cards....so true to Kovack style I added one!

I twisted it a bit before using a DODZ™ Small

 to secure it.  

It's Friday and I am going to keep busy this weekend.  If I have down time, that's when my emotions get the better of me.

According to staff, Cort is adjusting well and making new friends. 

They went on their first outing yesterday to the movie theater. They saw "Zoolander."  I know it will be all good....someday....when my heart adjusts.

For now, I will just keep busy.

;)

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers!

I think I went a bit flower crazy on today's card!  

I couldn't help myself!  The main image is an image from Crafty Secret's Digital Garden set.  It was colored using my Inktense pencils.I added some Rock Candy Stickles to the center and a bit of glossy accents as well. I used a pretty Spellbinder's frame (Marvelous Squares) to matte the image.  The background used a Heidi Swapp stencil and texture paste.  I added a bit of silver ink to it once it was dry. I also added some Tim Holtz film strip, a bit of lace, and ruffled green paper to peek out under it. 

It's a bit busy....hopefully not too busy! ;)

My lil family went apple picking on Saturday.  It is a tradition we've had for the past 16 years or so. I know the kids are getting older and who knows if Kyle will want to go with us next year.  I took a lot of pictures that day knowing it could be our last year.  I still need to edit a lot of them and will share those in the next day or two.

 I handed the camera off to Kyle and he captured this one of Brian and me.  My man is scruffy, but I really like it!  

It's nice to get pics of us once in a while! ;)

Well it's the start of a new work week, so I've gotta run!

Have a great day my friends!

JustRite's Day 4 of New Releases!

Could it possibly be Friday again?! Where in the world did this week go? Now that summer vacation has started I really need these days to slow down a bit! ; ) 

 I have another JustRite release to share with you today! Today's stamp is a Paris Background stamp.  Even though I may never have the opportunity to see Paris in person, I have a little love affair with it. There is something so romantic and mysterious about it. So for now, I will have to admire from afar!  

I finally broke down and purchased the new Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  I absolutely love them! (Said in my best sing songy voice!) This was my first attempt at using them.  I stamped the image with Versamark and embossed it in black on watercolor paper.  I gave parts of the image color with the markers and used my waterbrush pen to soften it a bit.  There is a bit of a learning curve with them, but I can tell already that I am going to use them a lot!  I stamped the sentiment in Winter Wisteria by Papertrey Ink.  It is part of the Large Fancy Sentiment's set.  

I added a Prima flower, twine, suede leaves, and tulle to dress it up.  The leaves and tulle were purchased from Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply store.  

For more gorgeousness be sure to visit these talented designers' blogs!

JustRite Inspiration

Debbie Olson 

Sharon Harnist

Sheri Holt

Marisa Job

Michele Kovack 

Eva Dobilas

Heidi Blankenship

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I have another busy weekend ahead of me, filled with birthday and graduation parties.  But tonight I am playing in a couple's golf outing.  It is hilarious because I don't golf!  My husband has had me in "training" the last 2 weeks.  We've been hitting buckets of balls, while he critiques every shot.....no pressure there! ; ) So hopefully tonight I don't completely embarrass myself!  For you golfers out there, he tells me it's a Scramble and the tees are moved up.  It is supposed to be fun....not competitive.  (Thank goodness!) 

So wish me luck! 

Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

Snowfall in June?

Nothing like having a beachy themed LO on monday, and a snowy card today! I guess that kind of fits with living in Chicago, where the temps can fluctuate from 98 degrees one day to 54 the next! ; ) 

 JustRite is releasing their new sets this week and this one called, Snowfall, is beautiful.  I decided to use a sort of "Spotlighting" technique on it.  I stamped it with Versamark and white embossing powder, but then also stamped it with pink, blue, and purple die inks.  I used 2 sizes of circle punch to punch several circles and layer them over the white background.  I think it makes for a neat effect! 

The flowers and felt "leaves" are by Prima.  I coated the leaves with Stickles to give it a bit of sparkle. I also  added a bit seam binding tied with a thin white string. The sentiment is part of the Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments.  I absolutely LOVE the font used in this set!

I added a few pearls too. : )

Here is a  peek at the two sets! 

Be sure to visit the other gals and see what they've created with these beautiful sets!

JustRite Inspiration

Sharon Harnist 

Linda Duke

Darsie Bruno

Eva Dobilas

Michele Kovack 

Kazan Clark

Barb Schram

Sheri Holt

Angela Barkhouse

I am off to get caught up on a lot of things that were left neglected in my house.....it IS the first day of summer vacation! ; )

Have a great day!!!

Clean & Simple

Most of you know that I am generally NOT a "clean & simple" kind of gal. I usually love to include lots of "stuff" on my cards......but lately my mood has been to create uncluttered....."unstuffed" kind of cards. Maybe I am experimenting a bit? Maybe. I had this Prima flower laying on my desk, along with some of these scraps from my Crafty Secrets card a couple of posts ago.....and WA LA! This was my super easy card! Not much to it.....pretty self-explanatory! Now don't worry, my "style" really hasn't changed.....I still like a lot of stuff! : )

I am home for another day with my girl. I thought she was getting better......but was still coughing quite a bit....that yucky congested kind of cough. Last night she appeared to be better....so hopefully today will be a better day. The sun is shining here again and the temps are supposed to reach 70 today......makes being home much more pleasant! Of course true to Chicago style, by Sunday the temps will plummet back down to the 30's with snow! ICK!

Have a wonderful Thursday! THANKS for stopping by!!!!! : )