WOAH! A card!!

Okay, so I promised you a card!
Bf is 6 hours away in a tiny town - on business. So what does that mean for me? Well, it means I got the whole evening to myself & the whole dining room too! I ignored the laundry, I ignored the dishes, I ignored everything except an episode of the Bachelorette! AND I STAMPED!

Its been a while since I've had a chance to really ignore everything & sit down with ink and paper. A few days ago, i showed you a great digistamp, my first, that I got from Pink Cat Studios - and for a great cause!



Don't you just love the image? The little boy & his balloon are adorable! Looking at it, I would have liked to shrink the image just a tad (if I could figure that out), and mount the image on one more layer before mounting it on the card. There are many tutorials out there, and I know its just a matter of doing some playing around. Of course, as you can see from my blog, I'm not terribly computer savvy.

I can't tell you how much I love coloring with Copic markers. They are so smooth & roll over your paper with such ease. I just need alot more practice with my "art eye" and well, alot more Copics... =P I don't have a nice bright red copic yet - so i had to use my SU! markers. And I definately need a variety of skin tones. Well, they'll be on my wishlist.

I finished it off by printing off another image and cutting out his hat & balloon, then mounted it with foam squares. I love this technique for brining just a little something extra to my cards. Its time consuming, but it makes such a difference to the image.


Stamp: DIGISTAMP, Pink Cat studios
Ink: Colored with Copics & SU! markers
Embellies: Large Brads (dollar store)
Paper: SU! and My Minds Eye

Have you tried digital?

Thanks for stopping by!

My first Digitals

Well, I have seen some fabulous work with digital stamps.

I don't think that I'll ever become a full-time digital stamper, but heck - I'm willing to try it out. I still like the feel of a stamp in my hands.

I happened to check up on a site I haven't been to in a while, Pink Cat Studios. They are raising funds for the Make a Wish Foundation in honor of a little boy who left this world due to his battle with neauroblastoma. So I thought, what a better way to try out digital, than to buy some Wranglers. Just $6 for two images and two sentiments. The proceeds go to the Make A Wish Foundation.

I have downloaded my new digistamps & can't wait to get to doing something with them! Will have to muddle through my stash at home and see what cowboy/girl-ish papers and embellies I might have lying around!

Stay tuned! I promise to have a card created with these images! Really! I know, its been so long since I've posted any cards, but I promise this time!