Got my Prismacolor pencils out and colored in this awesome image of Thomas Kinkade’s “Rose Garden” I put the original on the left and mine on the right and although I a  no Kinkade…. I think it came out pretty nice.

5/31- Its a rainy day so I decided to create- Here is TK’s “Open Gate” I didn’t spend too much time n this went it actually went rather quickly. I love coloring these in with my Prismacolor prncils- so much fun!.

I thought I would give this “paper tole” technique a whirl. It is basically layering and giving the image dimension- hard to capture with a photo but I think you could see the layers.I used MFT- “You Take The Cake” set for this Birthday card. This is colored with SU MM Markers and the tp and bottom of the card is cuttle bugged with swiss dots (because I cannot live without my lil bug) leaving the center without texture. Simple and cute… I like the dimension..

My husbands partner/best friend is getting married in Vegas this July and they asked me to make their “save the date” cards and wedding invitations.  I put a lot of stress on myself because I wanted to make them perfect, simple yet elegant. I have 75 wedding invites to make and this is what I came up with:

It was A TON of work! I used Ivory card stock and made gate folds for the invite. I cuttle bugged “Birds and swirls” the top and bottom leaving the middle blank fort the ‘belly band” the band has a strip of tacky tape and clear glass micro beads. The Heart is a marvy punch and dot embossed.

The reply cards are coordinated with the invite using the heart punch with dotted embossing popped up for dimension.

I think they came out pretty and would certainly never do any work that I wouldn’t want to use for my own wedding. ALOT OF WORK THOUGH!

The “save the date” cards were more fun and informal and we wanted to do a “Vegas- theme” This is what I came up with…The inside has a deck of cards sprawled out with information regarding travel arrangements… I got the dice/polka chip brads from oriental trading co- sooo cute!

Well most of you (if anyone even reads this blog) know that I love my Bellas.  Today I was feeling a little creative and took the Beachabella stamp and turned her into an “Easter Playboybunnybella!”  I know it is sought of twisted for Easter but..cute nonetheless. I made this for my hubby. (Sure wish I looked like her)

 I added her tail and ears and removed her sunglasses. I tried to make em’ fluffy using tulip puffy paint but doubt you could see that in the picture. I omitted the beach blanket and have her holding a sparkly egg instead. The beach basket is now an Easter basket with glittery (stickles) eggs that I hand drew. I turned the bikini into a leopard suit et voila! I think she came out pretty cute! TFL!!

Since I have been sick for the last 2 weeks I thought I could at least be productive and make a card or two with some stamps I have not used yet… I broke out one of my favorite stamp manufacturers MFT stamp sets “Time for Bubbly” and “Lets go for a walk” I used my favorite prismacolor pencils and paint thinner to color the images and I’m pretty satisfied with the results.

For some reason, I felt the above card needed to be “re-worked” so I changed it a bit and now that it is done… I think I should have kept well enough alone… Here is versions 2:

This is the first ever “Bind It All” project and I did a lot of cussing! My O Wire is too small so I have to order larger and redo the binding but…C’est la vie!

I wanted to make this Italian Cookie Recipe Book for my mother. There are 10 cookie recipes inside (mostly my favorites) and I know she will love it- she better since I put countless hours into this! Not too shabby for the first attempt,

 The stamp set is Voilà by SU and I drew the cookies on the tray since it seemed fitting. Hope they look yummy. I took a picture of one of the inside pages on top and the cover (closer up below) I made a lot of mistakes since this was my first time doing a home made book- but I won’t point them out

This is a Stampin Up set only available in the UK, I had to get it. This is not one of my better works (lol) but I love the Beer mugs and look forward to creating more drink themed cards with this set.

2/18/08 Heres another one since everyone just loves a froofy drink every now and then

How cute is that! Pretty much says it all!

I made a card for each of my sisters using the MFT “How Sweet it is” set. I personalized each of them with letter tiles/beads and colored them all in with the MM Markers by SU.  I think they came out cute and I’m sure the girls will love em

I just treated myself to a set of 120 prismacolor pencils and all of the accessories to actually use them. Gamasol, paper blender stumps, sand paper etc. I didn’t quite know exactly how to do this technique but just winged it and the below cards are what I ended up with today. My fingers have blisters from sharpening all of those pencils but it was certainly worth it!

 Love my Stampendous- Ollie & Olivia:

Here is a Whipper Snapper “Hooker Worm” image that is just too cute:

I have just discovered Inky Impressions and wish I could afford to buy all of the stamps in their catalog. These next 2 cards are made with the “My Funky Valentine” set. The heart is simply embossed with whote EP and it was so easy. However the glass card which I call Love Potion #9- was much more work for not quite the result I was going for.. (My own fault- I have trouble simplifying things…) Thanks for looking

 and- Love Potion #9