Green Madness!

Well, the computer is finally up and running! Its been working fine since we got it back. So ~ today I thought I'd use it to post on this little neglected blog of mine!!

The March theme for my sisterhood's monthly swap is GREEN. Which just happens to be a color I have a love hate relationship with. I LOVE the color, I HATE everything I make with it! LOL!! The theme however, presented a lovely challenge for me. First of all, I didn't own anything that I could color green. Okay, that's obviously not true. I don't own anything i wanted to color green - I wanted to buy something new (HEY HEY NOW! I know you do it too!). It gave me the perfect excuse to purchase one of the new images from High Hopes stamps by thier new designer - ya, I'm talking about Dustin Pike! So I decided that I would happily add Troubled Travis to my collection of rubber goodness.

Now, this also presented a problem! I have never colored a dragon before! And most certainly not with my limited collection of Copic markers. So I pulled out every green I have (a total of 4) and a couple of warm earths hoping it would work out. One thing you gotta love about Copics is the ability to blend the colors and create the look you want. While I still think i NEEEEEEED more colors, the ones I have have served me pretty well for the short year that I have been coloring with them. So.. here is my card for the swap - hope you likee!! I whipped up a quick get well card. The sentiment inside is computer generated (OH YEAH I GOT MY PRINTER WORKING TOO!) and says "Hope you get your fire back soon!"

Cardstock: SU! and some bright green freebie from my friend Christyne

Ribbon: random green freebies from my friend Christyne

PP: My minds eye abby road

Colored with Copics

~ Special thanks to Christyne for the freebies!

High Hopes Blog hop....& othre stuff

Hi all!
Just wanted to send you a thank you for everyone who played along in the Inktegrity blog hop! If you haven't already, check the Inktegrity blog to see if you're a winner!

Sorry its taken me so long to post this, but my laptop went kaputz the day after the Inktegrity hop! GRRR!!! I've been without a computer until today!! I am waiting for the technician to tell me how much saving all my data will cost, if he can fix my laptop & how much THAT will cost, and if it can't be fixed, well, then I guess I'm SOL.. lol

For now I'm using another ancient hunk o junk ~ but I am thankful to at least be able to be online! This computer hence, does not have any of my programs, digis, photos, etc. programmed onto it. Its pretty much a shell. So it will be another week at least, until I am able to upload any pictures! Without the net, I have gottena few cards done though! LOL

Today is the 20th so don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes blog and hop along! The new Dustin Pike images, IMHO are TDF! Go Go Go!!!!

Winter Wonderland, High Hopes & Dustin Pike!

Hello all!

Quick post today to show you the card I made for a Winter Wonderland swap hosted by my friend Christyne on SCS.


I got this cute digi from Angel's Landing a while ago & thought what a perfect image for this winter-but-not-christmas themed swap!

The image is printed on Whisper White with a laser printer, and colored with copics and SU! markers (the blue). i had a hard time deciding what colors to color the hat. Then I came accross this DSP in my stash from SU! and thought its perfect to go with the hat! So I colored all the little penguins up and cut out all the hats, they're stuck on with pop squares.

The sentiment is computer generated. I used the fancy tags spellbinders and brushed irridescent glitter glue on top (the brand is not stickles but they're like stickles). The sentiment reads "brr-ingin' you winter wishes".

Last but not least, a snowflake brad & scallop edge punched bottom finish off the card!

Hope the girls like him (or her I guess!).
EDITED:

I just heard the news! Dustin Pike is joining High Hopes stamps! I have been in awe of his cute cartoony dragons and other whimsical characters for some time and its so exciting that he'll be joining High Hopes!

Don't miss the blog hop on January 20th HERE!

thanks for stopping by!

Blog Candy & No, No card yet......

I know.. I promised a card, and its coming! I have the evening free and ALL TO MYSELF tonight to stamp away & that's exactly what I"m going to do! No laundry, No dishes, nothing..... Just some stamping the night away! So I promise, a card is coming soon!

I know a few of my very talented friends have tried High Hopes stamps and I have been drooling over thier images for a long time. Want a chance to win some? Crissy's Art & Heart blog is giving away a pile of High Hopes goodies. Just head over to her blog and follow the directions =). Closes on the 15th so get over there NOW.

Okay, I guess I have to finish some work so that I can get home and stamp my art out!

Have a great Monday my friends!