A Little Mo Manning and Make it Crafty Love

Hello my blogging friends!  You've probably thought I  threw in the towel by now since it has been forever since I have posted anything, huh?  Well, I am still here!  Life just happened....you know family, teaching Copic classes, then the holidays came and it all became a big blur!  I promise with the New Year to be much better about posting my coloring even if I don't yet have them made into a card or project yet so you at least have something to look at!

So, without further adieu, I give you one of my favorite projects I created for my in-laws to give as a gift for their friends for a 50th wedding anniversary.  I used Mo Manning's (Mo's Digital Pencil) Soldier Boy and Shirley digi stamps and layered them in Photoshop Elements with Make it Crafty's Tree of Love digi stamp to create the scene.  I also added in the initials of the couple on the tree to personalize it for the recipient.

 

On the inside I added a string of pearls and shear ribbon to accent the center.  

Here is the Boxelope I created for the card to be presented in. I added a chipboard key that I covered in white crackle paint, added a WOC rose, some pearls and a tag to finish off the shear white bow.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes With Ribbon

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C167

Thanks for stopping by and reading through this long post.  Hope to see you again soon!  

Big Copic Hugs!

Marcy

List of Supplies:
Girl
Dress: YR00,YR000,YR0000, W0, W00
Shoes: E44,E43,E42,E41
Eyes: B24, B02
Flowers on dress: YR31, YR30
Hair: E50,E51,E53,E55
Skin: E00, E000, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Spica pen clear & peach
Boy
Fatigues: YG99,YG97,YG95,YG93YG91
Boots: E50, E51. E53, E55
Skin: E00, E000, E11, R21, R30, BV34
Tree trunk: E35, E25, E29, E50, E53
Tree and ground: YG67, YG63, YG61, G99, G20, YG03

Papers: My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Howdy Doody
Bazzill Cardstock
Spellbinders dies
Wild Orchid Crafts flowers & hat pin
Ribbon, lace and heart charm from my stash

Sweet November Stamps Preview Day Three Angel Harmony

Good morning all!  I sure hope you all have enjoyed the past few days of the Sweet November October previews and that I have given you some inspiration too!  Today marks the last day of my guest appearance and before I introduce you to the newest image, I want to sincerely thank the creator of these wonderful images, Amy Young, for this wonderful opportunity she has given me!  I have had a blast working along side of her and her Sweet November Gals, Marion and Nancy!

Now, on to the good stuff!  I introduce you to.....Harmony!  Amy has really created a wonderful theme with these angels of peace, love, joy and happiness! Perfect for this holiday season!  I did something  little different with Harmony in that I paper pieced her dress, which I have never done before.  I used a embossing pen and outlined the swirls and then heat embossed with UTEE ( for those that don't know UTEE is Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel).  I just wanted to try something a little different than just coloring everything all the time, so I would love any feedback on this! You can't really see it in the picture but I added Spica pen to both the horn and wings.

Please make sure you check out the other Sweet November Gal's blogs. I'm sure that Amy, Nancy, and Marion have created something awesome to share with you today.  Remember there will be a chance to win to  the new release each day.  All you have to do is leave comments on the Sweet November Gals' blogs (winners will be announced on Amy's blog blog on Saturday, Oct. 6th).  All of the stamps will be available for purchase in the All That Scraps's Store on October 5th. 

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my card today!  Please feel free to continue to follow my blog even after I am no longer a guest gal for Sweet November stamps.....hee hee!

Marcy

Card recipe:

Neenah Solar White paper

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Patterned paper: stash (I don't know where I got it)

Spellbinders: Nestabilities
EK Success & Martha Stewart Border punches
Colorbox Pigment Ink: Frost White
UTEE
Copics:
Skin: E00, E000, E11, R30
Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55
Horn: Y21, Y13, Y26, Y000, E50
Bow G21, G20
Wings: E40, E41
Small rhinestones: R24
Spica - gold & clear

Sweet November Stamps Preview Day Two Angel Noelle

Good morning everyone and welcome to day two of the Sweet November stamps preview for October.  Today I would like to introduce you to a very sweet new angel called Noelle.  She is so precious!  Just sitting there holding her little lamb without a care in the world!  Wow!  I wish I could feel as peaceful as she looks!  My card for today is a little subdued for me.  I usually put a lot of flowers and other embellishments on my cards but this time I really wanted to keep the focus on sweet Noelle.

BTW.....I am still trying to learn how to do pleats so don't look to closely....haha!

Please make sure you check out the other Sweet November Gal's blogs. Amy, Nancy, and Marion blew us away yesterday with Felicity so I am excited to see what they did with Noelle.  Remember here will be a chance to win to  the new release each day.  All you have to do is leave comments on the Sweet November Gals' blogs (winners will be announced on Amy's blog blog on Saturday, Oct. 6th).  All of the stamps will be available for purchase in the All That Scraps's Store on October 5th. 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Divas by Design Challenge 55  Use Some Texture

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my card today!  

Marcy

Card recipe:

Neenah Solar White paper

Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black

Flowers: stash

Sheer ribbon & eyelash ribbon : stash

Patterned paper: Bo Bunny Serenity Collection
Spellbinders: Nestabilities
EK Success Border punch
Stickles: Stardust
Copics:
Skin: E00, E000, E11, R30
Hair: E47, E44, E43, E42, E41
Dress: BG18, BG13, BG11, BG10
Lamb: C3, C1, C00
Wings: E41, E40, 0 (Stardust Stickles)

Sweet November Stamps Guest Gal Snowflake Fairy Neva

Hello my fellow crafters and Copic lovers!  What a wonderful weekend we had!  Just a little bit of rain but then the sun came out and it tuned out beautiful!

Today I am so excited to share with you a card I completed for a spotlight that is being done on me through Amy Young, creator of Sweet November Stamps.  You can check it out at here.  Every summer my family goes to Lake Chelan for vacation.  I met Amy a couple years ago and I have been so fortunate to have colored with her a couple of times.  This past summer she asked me if I would be a guest designer (a Sweet November Gal)  for her stamps for October.  I was so elated....of course I said yes!  It has been a long wait since then but we are finally here, so without further adieu.....

This image is called Snowflake Fairy Neva.   I just love all of the Sweet November stamps, but this one especially caught my eye as I love the peacefulness of snow and the beauty of this girl combined with the snowflake just melts my heart.

Tomorrow I will be joining May and her other design team members and they count down with October's Sweet November release previews! Please check back each day for a new preview.  There will be chances to will all the new goodies too!

Thank you so much for taking a peek today at my card.  I hope you like it.  

Card Recipe:

Paper: Neenah Solar White

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20 (cheeks look more pink in the pictures than IRL)

Hair: E50, E53, E35

Clothes: BG13, BG15, BG09, BG49, BG000, 100

Background: BG10, BG11, G00, G000, G0000, C0, C00, 0

Paper: My Minds Eye Merry Little Christmas

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Die cut: Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish

Candi from Craftworkcards - Icing Sugar

Sentiment: Created in MS Word

Doily: from my stash

Glue Gloss: to add ultrafine glitter to the snowflake as well as flock to her cuffs

Garden Easel Card Cornish Heritage Farms

Hello fellow bloggers and followers!  Today I have a card I created on commission for my sister in law.  She asked me to do something "gardening" so this is what I came up with.  I found a great digital image at Cornish Heritage Farms called Garden Chair which I used as my focal point.  I created a Telescoping Image by printing the image twice and coloring both images.  There are lots of tutorials out there for this but maybe some day I will create my own.  In the end I created an easel card (sorry, some of the pictures are a little crooked).

Side view of the easel card.

Close up of the Wild Orchid Craft flower embellishments and my handmade hat pin.

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Paper: Authentique - Lively Collection

Spellbinders - Ovals & Fancy Tags

Borders - Martha Stewart Double Loop Punch

Butterfly - Magnolia Swirly Butterfly Doohickey Die

Candi - Craftworks - colored with Copics

Ribbon - from my stash

Image was colored with Copic markers: 

Flower pots: E29, E97, E99, E08

Basket: E33, E35, E31, E53, E50

Greens: YG99, YG63, YG63, YG61

Cans: T9, T7, T5, T3, T1

Chair: E49, E47, E44, E43, E42

Spade: E27, E23

Oranges: E79, E15, YR07, YR04, YR000

Purples: BV08, BV04, V01, W9

Yellows: E31, Y17, Y15, Y0000

Reds: R89, R27, R00

Hope you enjoyed my post for today!  Have a wonderful afternoon!

Big Copic Hugs!
Marcy

1st Place in Western Washington Fair (Puyallup Fair)

Hello my fellow bloggers!  I have some great news to share today!  A few weeks ago I entered a card I created and colored with my Copics into the Western Washington Fair aka the Puyallup Fair and guess what?  I WON!  I got 1st place in the card category!  Yippee!  I have posted the card previously but have a picutre below of the card on display at the fair with the pretty blue ribbon (haha!).  The picture quality is not the best because it is in a glass display case and there was a lot of glare.  Anyway....just wanted to share my good news! 

Big Copic Hugs!

Marcy