Cora Jean's Paper Playtime

Birthday card for my firstborn, Candice

2012-01-28T16:40:00.000-08:00

I used a digital image from Bugaboo colored with Copics. I added Diamond Glaze to the drippy chocolate icing, the circles on the top layer, the balloon and the candle. I colored the wooden heart with a Copic also. I can't believe she will be 55 next Tuesday. I remember when she was born. She didn't even weigh 5 pounds and I took her home 3 days later. Perfect little baby

Birthday card for Erica

2012-01-27T22:10:00.000-08:00

My granddaughter Erica turns 19 tomorrow.

I colored this image with Copics. I added lots of bling. The outer edge of her wings and the trim on her dress were colored with Spica Glitter pens. I then added Diamond Glaze to the flower and the top half of her dress. The background paper also has embossed silver glaze swirls. I added the black strip with silver on the edge of the card because Erica loves black. I colored the head of the stick pin (from the sewing section at Joannes) with a Copic marker and added some beads. The pin dresses up the ribbon.

OWH weekend challenge-Easter or spring.

2012-01-26T02:20:00.000-08:00

I guess I better get these on here. I made them last weekend and posted on Facebook

These 2 cards used the same sheet of patterned paper. The sentiments on both are stamps

The bunnies are a Hambo Stamps digital image colored with Copics. The words are from a Creating Keepsakes font

The background paper on this has embossed raised flowers. The spring image is a stamp I colored with Copics

The sentiment on this card is a digital one from Create With TLC. I printed it out in green.

OWH-ODBD

2012-01-18T20:51:00.000-08:00

A card for the month of January for the Our Daily Bread Design challenge. The challenge was to use 3 patterned papers. For each 25 cards posted they will contribute to OWH the cost of mailing a box of cards to the troops.

My craft room-organization

2012-01-17T19:55:00.000-08:00

This is how I do my ribbons. I have at least a sample of any rolls I have on this door. The leftover on the rolls goes in the closet. I am fond of buying 1 or 2 yard lenghts of ribbon at my Ben Franklin

I have 2 drawers of the chalk inks right near my working desk. I use them all the time to color the edges of cards

My acrylic blocks are in the same Iris cart, right where I can reach them

I have 10 containers of Twinkling H2Os stored in these compartmentalized containers. I threw away the lids. The pencils are in Dansk Bistro coffee mugs I bought for $.50 each at Goodwill. I never use them anymore so I condensed them down to 3 mugs. The container with my Stickles was also a Goodwill purchase. I love that it can be carried.

I have a couple of drawers in the Iris carts full of packages of Acrylic stamps. I have found it is just easy to store them this way as to put them in CDs.

My Nestabilities are on pegboard I bought at Michaels. I love having them where I can see them.

My son-in-law put up these 4" shelves from Ikea. I can't remember the company that makes the little plastic jars but they fit just right on the shelves. Right below these shelves I have 3 Iris carts. I used 2 planks of leftover flooring popped together and made a top to fit over them. On that shelf I keep my inks and Copis and embossing folders.

I keep my edger punches on the windowsill. The other puches are in the closet, which I took the doors off of.

Right hand desk drawer

Left hand desk drawer with cardstock filed by color

My favorite cart on wheels of which I have 2. It has 2 levels. The top level will hold the folders for 12" paper. This is where I keep most patterned paper that has been cut. I used my label maker to organize.

This is my other cart by Cropper Hopper. It holds all my 12" patterned paper that has not been chopped on. Yes, I have a paper collection that will last for years. I keep my scoring board on the shelf

My desk from left to right. The cart on the right is what I keep my 12" cardstock in. Behind that is a cart I keep misc. stuff in.

My computer desk with my Big Kick. I store reference notebooks on the shelf

All of the other pictures are of things in my closet. I do have an overflow of stuff into another bedroom but I live alone so it is not a problem and it is all organized.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my space. I love to organize. I find it very relaxing

Top 10 OWH cards in 2011

2011-12-31T05:00:00.000-08:00

I truly enjoyed doing the Safari Dreams series. It was hard to choose my other favorites. A couple of these were quite simple but they just struck my fancy

A little mix of cards

2011-12-29T05:39:00.000-08:00

The first card I made for my daughters birthday. I used one of her interesting stamps. I colored in with a lot of Spica glitter pens because she likes glitter.

The next 2 cards were made with my new Hero Arts clock stamp. It stamps an entire card front so I cut it down to fit the card. The sentiment is computer generated. These cards will be for OWH

OWH-Hero Arts thank you

2011-12-23T05:12:00.000-08:00

For this card I used OWH sketch #25. I used Hero Arts set #CL231. I colored with Copics and used a Sakura Glaze pen on parts of the owl. I cut out the colored images, stamped the owl again on cardstock to get the feet and popped up the colored image. I think it makes a nice cheerful card.

More personal Christmas cards.

2011-12-18T17:37:00.000-08:00

These 2 cards were made with a precolored digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop.

OWH skip

2011-12-16T22:47:00.000-08:00

The plan was to CASE a card on the skip. I used OWH sketch challenge #98 like Marianne did. I am not lucky enough to yet have the new Hero Arts stamps made in conjunction with OWH. I did have a sheet of Graphic 45 paper that was all clocks. I cut out one and added it to these old Basic Grey papers. I added some cream color Pearl Pen drops to go with the vintage feel. I made a computer sentiment. I have a lot of these clock cutouts so I will be using more of them in the future. I also bought a Hero Arts stamp of a full page of clocks. I need to get that inked up.

Personal Christmas cards.

2011-12-15T18:07:00.000-08:00

Three different looks for the same image. This is a stamped image gifted to me. I colored with Copics. The snowflake paper on the last card has flocked flakes on velum. Very elegant looking

OWH mid week challenge -last call for valentines

2011-12-14T23:16:00.000-08:00

The pups on the cards are cut from a Basic Grey paper. I stamped hearts on the side of one card.

OWH sketch challenge #99

2011-12-12T19:33:00.000-08:00

A quick card for the 2 year old great Grandaughter. She can carry it around and destroy it, no big deal. The striped paper is a card base from a box of bases I bought last year. Very high quality stock. The plaid is from the same box and I cut it down. The image? From my Hallmark card CD. I printed out the card and cut out the image. I glossed up the cane with red Sakura Glaze pen. I am pressed for time.

OWH-Our Daily Bread challenge for December

2011-12-03T17:41:00.000-08:00

The challenge was to make a card using the sentiment as the main focus. I considered this a masculine card but I guess it works for ladies too. The sentiment is a digi from Create With TLC. I mounted it on silver paper and added the heart brads. Our Daily Bread Designs is very kindly paying for the shipping on a large box of cards for every 25 cards linked. Last month there were enough for 2 boxes. Thank you very much.

OWH- Love card

2011-12-01T11:38:00.000-08:00

I used Basic Gray papers from the Sugar Rush line. After stamping the sentiment I went over it with a black glaze pen to make it shiny and very black.

OWH-Love cards.

2011-11-30T10:27:00.000-08:00

The first card was inspired by Yolanda on OWH. I loved how she threaded the ribbon. The heart was stamped on printed paper, cut out and then I covered completly with a layer of Diamond Glaze. I popped it up for dimension.

The next card I hand cut the heart using the heart on the third card as a guide. The third card is from one of the insert pages put in Somerset magazines. I have had that page of hearts for a long time also.

All three of these cards were made with background paper that I considered leftover from previous years.

OWH-Love-I miss you

2011-11-24T15:32:00.000-08:00

The sentiment on the first card is from Create With TLC. The paper has fancy silver threads in it. I put it through an embossing folder. My version of a masculine card. The second card has an Inkadinkadoo stamped image. I used a pink glossy jelly roll pen on the cats flowers after I colored them with Copics. I put a dab of crystal lacquer in the middle. The miss you stamp is a 1992 SU stamp I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul on the cheap. It is one of my favorites because of it's small size.

Love-A valentine for Operation Wrte Home

2011-11-23T16:47:00.000-08:00

Trying to make a valentine suitable for a guy. Not so sure it worked. At least it isn't super feminine. I think it will work nicely for a teenage girl. I am going to link this card to Our Daily Bread Designs. They are providing shipping for an OWH box for each 25 cards linked. The November challenge is for love and valentines.

Love-xoxo

2011-11-19T03:27:00.000-08:00

You know how sometimes you fall in love with paper and then don't know what to do with it when you get it home? Such was the case with these peacock papers in the DCWV Royal Garden small pad. I turned the 3 sheets of the same design into love cards for OWH. I matted the papers with Bazzill Lime Crush. The large heart is from the peacock line of papers. The smaller heart was made with some glossy cardstock I colored with alcohol inks. The words were stamped with black Stazon

OWH- midweek showdown- any occasion

2011-11-16T07:33:00.000-08:00

The image on this card is Moonlit Fairy by Rubber Stampede. I stamped it on the paper and then stamped again on yellow paper for the moon. I cut out the moon and lined it up in the correct place. The throwdown asked for a card with no sentiment. The top card works but I prefer the bottom card.

Birthday card

2011-11-13T00:54:00.000-08:00

I made this card for my granddaughter Charmaine. I used Bo Bunny papers. I stamped the bird on the blue, painted parts with Twinkling H2Os and cut it out. I added Swarovski crystal bling to the tail. I found this image a little puzzling as the head is facing in a strange direction when you look at the tail. I just kind of guessed at how to arrange it on the card. This will go in the mail Monday. She will be 27 years old in a few days. I miss her and her kids. I wish she still lived in Eugene.

OWH-Thank you times 6

2011-11-07T17:50:00.000-08:00

Thank you cards were needed so I made six of them. My mojo was working

Cuppa time

2011-11-02T23:51:00.000-07:00

This cup image is called " Teacups Dancing " by Stamp In The Hand. The stamp is one I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul for $3.60. I have been looking at if for months. It was calling to me so I gave in. It was 1 of 2 stamps that I bought and I hate to say it, I was weak. I broke my spending freeze that I put in place in September. I have been good though. I have spent only about $7 on craft stuff in the last 2 months except for basic supplies. I colored some of the images but I liked this monochromatic look the best. I made 4 of these cards, 3 of which will go to OWH. The other one I will put in my personal stash

Birthday Wishes.

2011-10-28T03:27:00.000-07:00

I made several of these cards for OWH. I embossed the gift on glossy paper. The background paper is from a DCWV pad. It has the embossed sparkles. I went over the sentiment with a Gelly Roll glossy pen. It is just about empty and I can't seem to find another one.

BOO!

2011-10-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

I have been a slacker this year. Just couldn't get the mojo for Halloween cards. This is 1 of only 2 cards I made.

Family and friends

2011-10-20T12:43:00.000-07:00

The first card I made for a niece that is expecting her second child very soon. It is a Dolly Mamma stamp image. The fall card was sent to my longtime online friend Debby in Israel. The bling is Swarovski crystals. Both cards were colored with Copic markers

Misc. cards

2011-10-15T00:38:00.000-07:00

Some more cards with the image cut in such a way that a sentiment could be stamped.

My sister has been here for a week and I am getting nothing done.

Butterflies

2011-10-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

A couple of versions of the same Inkadinkadoo stamp stamped on patterned paper. I colored in the butterflies with a Copic marker

OWH blog hop-Christmas cheer

2011-09-30T23:55:00.000-07:00

The gingerbread house stamp is an old PSX stamp I picked up for $3 at St. Vincent DePaul a long time ago. I colored with Copic markers. On some parts I used a Gelly Roll Glaze pen. I used Crystal Lacquer on the rooftop dots. For the snow on the bottom I added some Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles. The background papers are glossy. I cut out the image and popped it up.

This is a card I posted on the OWH Facebook page a couple of months ago but not on my blog yet. The monster image is a digital image by Hope Jacare. I colored with Copic markers. I added Diamond Glaze to the teeth so they really pop. I went over the dots with a Gelly Roll Glaze pen. Just a whimsical card that I enjoyed making.

I truly enjoy making cards for our troops to send home. If it brings a smile to the face of the recipients that is a wonderful thing. Thanks to our troops for all that you do.

You are a gift

2011-09-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

My first card using this theme. Saw this sentiment while standing in line at the post office. The gift stamp is a 1997 Denami Design I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul for $2.70. I have several cards with this theme in the works. The sentiment is computer generated. I gave this card a masculine look

Messing around

2011-09-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

I received a beautiful card from John VM (he posts on OWH Facebook page on a regular basis) where he stamped an image and then stamped a sentiment on top of it. That was my inspiration for these cards but I wanted to use up some of my large paper stash. I picked out paper that had a lot of open space and started cutting it with just a portion of a design on it. I have others I did but you get the general idea with these ones.

Happiness is hot cocoa

2011-09-20T10:26:00.000-07:00

The cups for these cards were on the back side of a piece of ugly green Christmas paper. On the 2 tall cards I added ghost snowflakes. The small flake I put through my Xyron, the larger one I used strips of red line tape. I needed to make sure they wouldn't get snagged on other cards when shipped.

OWH-Ladybug Love

2011-09-18T12:55:00.000-07:00

I am using this card for two challenges on Operation Write Home. One is the midweek throwdown with the theme "A Bugs Life". It is being sponsored by Doodle Pantry. The other is the Challenge "Something Round" sponsored by Robyns Fetish. The image and sentiment are from Dee Dees Digis which is no longer in business. I colored the image with Copic Markers.

OWH Christmas cards

2011-09-16T05:53:00.000-07:00

I put all of my versions of this card on at one time. I used the Tim Holtz deer die. Some of the deer were made with Tim Holtz Grunge Paper and I painted with Twinkling H2Os. Others I used fancy paper. A couple of the cards have a dab of loose glitter so I will not be using those for OWH.

New baby cards

2011-09-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

I have 2 great grandsons due around the end of October. I will be sending these cards with a gift check. The first card I stamped the word baby on a piece of stock from a DCWV pad. The pants on the second card were made from a pattern a friend sent me. Just a little paper piecing for the pants. The original card was made in the shape of the pants but I used just the front and added it to a card base. I popped the pants up.

OWH VCMP Challenge #1

2011-09-10T17:16:00.000-07:00

The challenge was "Garanimals" I cut this little dog from a piece of Basic Grey paper. I have several of these cute dog images to use in the future. To make it easy I put the unfinished image through the Xyron and then fussy cut them.

The end!

2011-09-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

These are absolutely the last of my fall cards. The sentiment on the middle card is a digi from Create with TLC. Oh yeah, I guess you will end up seeing some personal fall and Halloween cards but this it for OWH

OWH mid week throwdown

2011-09-08T01:42:00.000-07:00

I hadn't planned on making any more fall cards but I will do the challenge for this week. The image is a vintage digi from Create With TLC. I did a little stamping on the background of a flourish. I colored with my Copics. Then my Tim Holtz tiny stapler was sitting in front of me just begging me to use it. I had to do it. I pulled out some more embellishments and thought "No, this is it". Actually I do have a couple more fall cards I haven't taken pictures of yet so I guess you will be seeing more from me.

I had a second look at this today. I added a thank you sentiment to the middle of the card. It looked like it needed something

What did the grape say

2011-09-07T05:55:00.000-07:00

Here is the final version of my card. I found this paper in my stash with footprints and thought it was perfect. It reminded me of the I Love Lucy episode where she is in a vat of grapes and stomping them.
The sentiment is from Create With TLC

More fall cards

2011-09-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

Seems like my fall cards are never ending. The first card I was able to make only one. I used up the last scrap of pumpkin paper on it. The second card was made using a stamp by Rubber Stampede. I stamped it on colored paper and cut it out. I used a stipple brush and added gold Mica Magic to it. The Thankful stamp is one of the $1 stamps from Michaels.

Somebody Loves You-OWH

2011-08-31T17:17:00.000-07:00

For the life of me I can't remember if this image was a digi or a stamp. I can't seem to find it on my reference sheets. I colored the hearts with Copics. The paper was from my daughter. It was called dill flower. I thought the color was perfect for fall. The faux buttons are from cheery lynn designs. I love all the different sizes that came with the set. It is like Nestabilities. I was able to make about 4 of this card. I sent the box to OWH a couple of weeks ago.

Because I love you

2011-08-28T03:17:00.000-07:00

I had this big sheet of paper with this design in 2 corners. I stamped each little heart and hugs and kisses. The bottom sentiment is one of the $1 stamps.

Autumn ripens pumpkins

2011-08-24T23:32:00.000-07:00

Three versions of cards using this sentiment from Create With TLC. I used up every piece of my pumpkin paper that I had. Scraps be gone!

OWH-Clean and Simple

2011-08-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Operation Write home had a nice blog skip yesterday with Clean and Simple as the theme. I didn't participate as a blogger but I did hop. We were asked to post cards on the wall this weekend to see what we could come up with. The orange paper I put through the printer and printed the sentiment in the position I needed it to be. The stripes and the pumpkin paper are literally scraps from years past. I Used the Tim Holtz tiny stapler to attach the ribbon. I mounted the tag on a craft paper folded card instead of just the card front. I usually use a front base so I can mount it and have an border. Now that I have this card here I think I will ink around the edges to give it a little color

I decided I didn't like the version made with craft paper so I redid the tag on colored stock put through an embossing folder

I will make about 8 of these cards. Every time I say I am through with fall cards I do a few more. I don't know if I can get all the cards in the box. It is prety much full.

Fall colors

2011-08-17T13:27:00.000-07:00

Another card made for OWH. The leaf is a very old original Sizzix die. The leaf paper is very old too. I am also pretty old. lol I mounted on chipboard and put through an embossing folder. The sentiment is from Stampendous.

OWH-fall miss you

2011-08-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

I used a Sizzix leaf die that I have had too many years to remember. I used it on leaf paper. The top leaf is on chipboard and I embossed in a folder. The bottom card I put the leaf on the background and embossed the entire card. I did some leaf stamping on the side of the card

A is for Autumn

2011-08-10T20:56:00.000-07:00

I made 4 of these for OWH. The stamp image is from Impression Obsession. I colored with Copic markers. For the center of the flower I added copper colored Stickles. I sealed it with Rangers Inksentials. One of the flowers I used Diamond Glaze for the center. The center was a beautiful clear brown. The Inksentials gave this center a kind of cloudy look. I think I need to get another bottle of Diamond Glaze. Putting that on my list right now. The sentiment is from Create with TLC. Not sure if it was a freebie or in a set I bought.

Fall colors

2011-08-08T19:39:00.000-07:00

I made a few of these cards with die cut photo images I bought years ago when I was scrapbooking. The corner sentiment is an Inkadinkadoo stamp.

I guess I am going to have to get some cards scanned. These 2 are the last ones I have ready to upload to the blog. These cards will be going to OWH

OWH-I'm nuts about you

2011-08-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

Another fall card. Used a couple of different stamps. The sentiment is computer generated.

OWH-Fall hello

2011-08-03T21:33:00.000-07:00

Finally, I am ready to start posting some of the fall cards I have been making. I have made enough that I am getting weary of them. This is a couple of versions using the same stamp. I think it was a Hero Arts cling stamp but I won't swear to that. I discarded the info and I don't usually do that. I really like this stamp and I intend to use it a lot in the future.

OWH-Miss you

2011-08-01T15:59:00.000-07:00

The bird stamp was one of the inexpensive $ stamps.

Good Friends and coffee

2011-07-24T06:37:00.000-07:00

I made 4 different looks to go with this inexpensive acrylic stamp. I love coffee cards.

Happy Birthday

2011-07-21T10:59:00.000-07:00

These are some cards I made for my personal use. The first card I made for my daughter Betty. I used a Bugaboo digital image colored with Copics. My daughter Candice didn't like it. Not to her taste she said. I don't know if Betty liked it. I will ask her when she is here from CA this weekend. The Sushi card I made at the request of my granddaughter Erica. She has a job this summer as a Girl Scout camp counselor. The counselors don't use their own name. Erica's name is Falcon. Her co-worker goes by the name of Sushi. I had some sushi paper I have never cut into. I used that along with a sushi image from the web. The ocean paper is from a DCWV kids pad. I covered up the jelly fish with the sushi because you don't eat them. lol I used a Karen Foster Snap Stamp to make the word Sushi. Inside I stamped an appropriate birthday sentiment.

Just a note

2011-07-15T21:17:00.000-07:00

I made several of these cards for OWH. I colored the Bazzill chipboard note with Sparkling H2Os. I need to make some more of these. Some of my cards really strike my fancy and this is one I really like.

OWH-Mid week throwdown-Miss you

2011-07-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

I picked up this cute little fairy stamp and the SU miss you stamp at my St. Vincent dePaul. I think I paid about 50 cents each for them. Trying to use up my DCWV flowered paper. The supply seems endless. I love the simplicity of this card.

OWH-Thank you

2011-07-10T15:07:00.000-07:00

Being brief here today. Same design in a 2 different papers. Made several of these for OWH. Quick and simple. Trying to use up some DCWV papers.

Love Ya

2011-07-05T11:11:00.000-07:00

I made several of these cards for OWH. Nice summery colors. I have had these strange polka dot Prima flowers for quite awhile and it was time to use them. The sentiment is from Create With TLC.

OWH-Midweek throwdown-fall

2011-07-01T19:57:00.000-07:00

Loosely based on OWH sketch #73. I used Prima papers put through an embossing folder. I added some distressing ink to the oval paper. The stamp is Inkadinkadoo. I bought it just for OWH cards. It seemed perfect.

OWH-Mid week challege-Fall

2011-06-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

This is my version of a masculine fall card. I had my eye on this stamp at St Vincent dePauls for some time. It was pretty big so I hesitated. I finally broke down and spent $4.50 on it. My daughter says the image is a bear and looks like what she saw in Alaska many years ago. I don't know, I just liked it. I stamped the image then colored all of the black area with a Copic marker. I then copied it onto my computer and printed out all of these perfect images. I then filled in the color with Copics. I have 5 of the top card for OWH. The bottom 2 I am using for personal use. I used sewing on the second card. I wanted to do that with all of them but my machine wouldn't cooperate. The bottom card I used a glaze pen on the blue color. It really pops. On the top 2 cards the paper along the top was hand cut with decorative scissors. The paper is specialty paper that has a nice sheen. It was gifted to me from Australia a couple of years ago from a fellow cardmaker. I wanted to do some more cards in different colors but my mojo left the house and the images went in the trash can.

Early Bird

2011-06-29T01:18:00.000-07:00

I made a dozen of this card for OWH using various colors of paper on the bottom and different rick rack colors. I had my eye on this stamp at M's for awhile. I bought it using the 50% off coupon. It is by Hampton Arts. They make the small $1 stamps you can buy at M's. This was a $13 one.

OWH-Chocolate anyone?

2011-06-26T14:29:00.000-07:00

I used up the last of my chocolates paper on these 6 cards. I wish I could find the paper without it being in a pad. It is from the DCWV snack food pad as is the raspberry paper.

OWH-clipart coming out your ears.

2011-06-24T19:40:00.000-07:00

I am tired of looking at these in my cards to upload folder. I am doing them all so I can be done with it. I made several of each of these cards using Provo Craft clipart.

OWH-Mid week throwdown-Love

2011-06-24T18:23:00.000-07:00

Here is my card for this week. I love this cheerful paper. I think I was able to get 6 cards from it. Can't really remember. I sent the cards off already and I have slept since since then.

I see I haven't updated the blog for a few days. I don't know where time goes. I had my ureter stent removed today so I am back doing percocet. I am not feeling too sharp. I want to finish up some cards I have been working on. Hope I don't mess them up. lol

OWH-masculine card

2011-06-20T12:47:00.000-07:00

I made 2 of these cards with this map. It was more of the strange paper my daughter passed off to me. It was a challenge for sure. The edge around the paper is silver. The card turned out well enough that I may go digging in my stash for more map paper

Presents

2011-06-16T14:40:00.000-07:00

This adorable pre colored image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. I made several of the first card for OWH.

OWH sketch challenge #73

2011-06-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

This card is made with We R Memory Keepers paper except for the red which is Bazzill. I used my new set of Recolections cling stamps. The first time the set has seen ink. The design in the bird went well with the contemporary look of the flowers in the paper. I think I will spend the day using this set.

OWH-Mid week challenge-Thanksgiving

2011-06-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

I pulled out some scraps and made 3 of these cards the same. The sentiment is from Create With TLC. I stamped the Prima flower with a Penny Black script stamp. I added some Crystal Laquer to the centers of the flowers to doll the card up.

Graduation time

2011-06-10T21:57:00.000-07:00

The image and sentiment on this card are both from Create With TLC.

I made this card for my youngest grandchild (except for the greats). It seems like not so long ago I was taking care of Erica everyday. I got her off to playschool everyday for a few hours. Then I took her to kindergarten everyday. She has grown into a fine young woman. This summer she will be working full time and getting paid for a 40 hour work week at Girl Scout camp as a counselor. She has been in Girl Scouts all of these years. In the fall she will be starting at the local community college and will enter University after 2 years. Her mother works at LCC so her tuition is free. Can't beat that.

So anyway, she attends high school that has 3 schools in one. She had informal graduation for her school on Wednesday night. Lots of hooting and clapping going on. It was fun. She was the only one in her school to be a valedictorian. She was given several awards. On the formal graduation night for all 3 schools she will be given the black cord for being a North Eugene Scholar along with 11 other students. She was given a North Eugene High School scholarship of $500. That along with her Pell grant should pay for her fees and hopefully her books. It is all so darn expensive. Tuition at our university here is over $8000 this year. So glad Erica can get credits that can be transferred at LCC

We are having a family barbecue on Sunday to celebrate

OWH-ruffle card

2011-06-09T14:07:00.000-07:00

I have several of these ruffle cards ready to go out in my next box. This was made with Basic Gray papers. I did manage to make a dent in the supply. I will probably make more in the future. They are fun to make

Hambo Hoedown-Thank you "berry" much

2011-06-06T08:51:00.000-07:00

Finally finished my card for this weeks Hoedown. The free image was from their new line of fruit and vegies kids. They have some pretty cute images and you can find them here. This image is Strawberry Kid. The challenge was to use the provided image and sentiment and add some buttons. It seems that most of the cards I make these days are for Operation Write Home. Because I know the troops are not going to use a padded envelope to send the card there is always the concern about buttons not making it through the postal machine. I chose to make a faux star button. I colored Strawberry Kid with Copics and then paper pieced the berry part. Now I want to show you my first version of this card. I decided it was too busy so I did a makeover.

OWH-Happy day

2011-06-02T12:57:00.000-07:00

I sent several of this card off to OWH last month. It was made with a piece of Provo Craft clip art. I used Diamond glaze on the water and created a very nice effect. I need to get some pictures of my cards taken. I have been making a lot but I need to get out my lightbox. I am running out of cards to post here

OWH-Any Hero card.

2011-05-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

I sent 4 of these to OWH with notes inside. I posted it on Facebook but want to post it on my blog in honor of Memorial Day.

I have a brother, Donald, that died in a car wreck in 1961. He was 25 years old. He was serving in the Air Force in the military police and had been named an airman of the month. He was on his way home from the air base in Albuquerkue and went off the road and hit a bridge abuttment. He was only going 25 miles an hour. We always wondered if someone ran him off the road because he had made an enemy in his job. He left behind a wife and 5 small children, the youngest only 3 months old. He was buried in Boise in a military cemetary. A stateside hero. I will never forget the taps and the gun salute. His wife raised the kids and never remarried.

Hambo Hoedown

2011-05-26T12:07:00.000-07:00

In playing the Hambo Hoedown each week you are sent a free digi if you entered the week before. This week we were sent the Moonscape-digi. We were to combine it with another Hambo image. I have several Hambo digis and I chose to combine it with Mouse Chef digi.

If you click on the Hambo Hoedown button on the left side of my blog it will take you to the challenge blog. From there you can connect with their store. They have lots of fun stuff

OWH-Dinasaur cards

2011-05-25T06:07:00.000-07:00

I made 9 of these cards by cutting up 1 large sheet of Basic Grey paper.

OWH-Just chicken in on you

2011-05-23T21:06:00.000-07:00

I sent several of these cards to OWH. It is a piece of clipart. The sentiment is from Create With TLC.

OWH-Rawr!-sketch challenge #69

2011-05-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

I occasionally do sketch challenges. This was pretty quick. I only had enough of the green for 2 cards. I ruined 1 piece trying to get the panels aligned. I do have the remainder of the dinosaur paper to work with though.

Hambo Hoedown

2011-05-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

I have been out of the loop with the Hambo Hoedown for awhile. I am going to get back in it with this card. It is a digi called Clown Gifts. The challenge this week was to use chipboard. The chipboard is the eighty on top.

I made this card for my oldest siblings birthday which is in a week or so. I wanted it to look very festive. I always enjoy using this image. You can find this image at Hambo Stamps. They have lots of fun digis and rubber stamps too.

OWH-Midweek throwdown

2011-05-16T05:41:00.000-07:00

The challenge this week was things that fly. The image is a digi. I had to tone down the whiteness of the picture in order to see the vine embossing on the background. It still just barely shows. In real life the card is very white on white on black. I added the red for just a pop of color. I was going for a very clean and simple look. I popped up the mounted image.

OWH-More Fathers Day cards.

2011-05-12T05:44:00.000-07:00

OWH does not have enough Fathers Day cards. So I am working to get some made. I sent off a dozen like this and I have another dozen with different papers almost done. The stamped image is Inkadinkadoo. I think my friend Peggy gifted it to me. It is the first time I have used it. The little circle with Dad is part of the Create With TLC club that just finished.

Fathers Day cards

2011-05-08T03:20:00.000-07:00

Just some assorted Fathers Day cards I made for OWH. The first two I used acrylic lure stickers. I made several of each card.

OWH-A manley layered card

2011-05-05T21:33:00.000-07:00

I used some of the stranger papers from the DCWV safari pad. Like ugly peacock feathers and green lizard. You get the picture. I like how it turned out. I have 3 made and I may make a fourth.

A little bit of fine tuning was needed. I removed the tag and along with the tags for 3 other cards I dry embossed them and inked them up a little. Much better. The cards are like the ruffle cards with each layer popped up on the bottom to give the layers dimension.

OWH-Ruffle card

2011-05-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

This is my ruffle card from the tutorial that Sandy had. I used Basic Gray papers. The sentiment is my new Impression Obession stamp. This is the first time it has seen ink. Because it is a fall card I will send it when the time comes.

My new bird stamp

2011-05-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

I picked up this Magenta stamp on my big spending spree in Salem a week ago. I fell in love with it. I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I colored with my Copics. On the version with Prima flowers I used cream colored Pearl Drops along the top border. On the version with the music paper I stamped the image twice and cut out and popped the bird body. I made about 15 of these for OWH

A cup of coffee for you

2011-04-28T18:57:00.000-07:00

Just a quick upload of a card for you. I need to get something on here. I am busy trying to get some cards finished so I can send off for OWH.

I am back

2011-04-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

The hard drive on my computer crashed and I just got it replaced this morning. I will get something new on here maybe tomorrow. I am tired today from loading everything back on. Time to go watch tv and call it a day.

OWH-Gid-ee-up

2011-04-21T08:04:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has been a week since I updated this blog. I guess I haven't been in the mood. Been busy making cards and reorganizing cardstock and etc. I don't know what it is about reorganizing that I enjoy.

This is a card made with Provo Craft free clipart. I sent off about a dozen of these a couple of months ago. I put the card on the Facebook OWH site but it never made it to my blog. I needed to do some fine tuning to that first one. This was the final result

I am ready now for my second cuppa of the day. Want to have a look at the online news before I get crafty

Easter bonnet

2011-04-15T05:09:00.000-07:00

I bought this digital image months ago from Hambo Stamps. I have waited until the last minute to work with it and have struggled with hair as usual. I colored several images and have made 1 card. One was enough. I colored with Copic markers.

OWH Mid Week Challenge-layers

2011-04-13T12:43:00.000-07:00

This is a fun digital image from Bugaboo. I colored with Copics. I added Diamond Glaze to the cake icing. The background paper is frosting from the DCWV snack pad. The white parts on it are built in gloss. The sentiment is from TLC.

I wanted to leave a link for TLC and Bugaboo but I am using the new Internet Explorer 9 and I can't figure out where the paste thing is.

OWH-midweek throwdown-Fathers Day

2011-04-10T18:18:00.000-07:00

I managed to get some Fathers Day cards made. The stamp used on the cards with the tags is an old DOTS stamp. I picked it up for $.90 at Goodwill quite some time ago. This is the first time I have used it. I used the Brilliance Tiramisu ink pad. I had only 4 tags so I made 3 cards with the blue argyle background and 1 with the red. I made a trip to the store just to check the fishing department for a fly or lure I could put on the mesh. I came home with what looked like a little minnow made out of rubbery stuff. I tried several different adhesives but they wouldn't stick to the card. It would have looked so cute too. The card with the wood background I used a Creative Keepsake font that I have had for years and I do mean years. It goes back to my scrapbooking days. The CD says 1999, 2000. I colored in the font with Copics. I had seen the screw brads at Michaels so I made a special trip to get them. I had spent $50 at 2 different craft stores before I ever got home.

OWH-4th of July pinwheel card

2011-04-05T20:28:00.000-07:00

Here is my pinwheel card. I will make 4 like this. Maybe some others but I have a feeling the shippers will be receiving a lot of these cards. It was great fun to make.

OWH-Thinking of you

2011-04-04T20:16:00.000-07:00

Do you think 4 cards is enough for today. All the same cards with different colors. I used up almost all of my Basic Gray Scarlet Letter pad I have had forever. I was able to make 14 cards. Then when I was telling my Angela about doing that she said she needed what I had left to finish an album for our Amanda. She managed to have 3 papers she could use and I found a couple more but I forgot to tell her.

OWH-More Mothers Day cards

2011-03-31T20:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had Word open and was working on a sentiment. Had it all ready to print. You know, the right font and size where I could print it on the card. I turned around from my work desk to my computer desk and I had major problems! My Windows 7 had crashed. One of my grandsons came over and helped me. We used the recovery disc that I made when I first got the computer which was only 8 months ago (it was still under warranty). I lost everything in the way of pictures and documents and all that. I store my data online. It took 2 hours of download this morning but I have it all back. So glad I pay that less than $4 a month. I don't have to worry about backing stuff up. It does it automatically.

Okay, now for the cards. My, I was so chatty I have to think about what I am posting. The card with the yummy food is more paper from the DCWV snack pad. Loving these papers. I mounted the sentiment on gold antique look paper. The card with a bird I made some time ago. I changed out the strip on the top for Mothers Day. The bird cages are gold foil imprinted on the paper. Very fancy indeed. I stamped the bird and covered in Diamond Glaze to give it body and then cut it out. I love this design and want to make more cards like this.

OWH-Loving coffee

2011-03-28T15:04:00.001-07:00

I made several of the stacked cup cards and mailed off for OWH. It is yet another Bugaboo image colored with Copics. I colored with only the earth tone markers except for the spoon which I used gray. I wanted the card to have masculine colors and not all feminine colors. That way a lady could send to a guy and feel it was suitable. The cookie paper is from the DCWV snack pad. I am loving all the food papers, probably because I don't eat all this stuff. I do love coffee! My beverage of choice. These images are just too darn cute

I am also posting another version of the coffee flowers card. I made 6 of these and sent off to the midwest OWH shipper. They are very cheerful looking.

OWH-Coffee time!

2011-03-25T19:23:00.000-07:00

Three different colored papers but same colored Bugaboo image. Loving this digi. Made 3 each of these cards.

OWH-Mothers Day

2011-03-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

I made 21 cards with this Impresion Obsession stamp. I used Versafine black ink. All of the images were stamped on scraps of pattern paper. I got rid of a lot of scraps! I used only double sided paper scraps. I distressed the edges of the image with a Tim Holtz distressor and the paper needed to stand up to that without tearing. I posted 2 different colored cards here so you could see the difference between soft and bold colors

OWH-Easter

2011-03-19T01:44:00.000-07:00

The time is getting away from me. I haven't updated for a few days. Here are a couple of Easter cards. Both images are from designer paper I have had a couple of years. I colored in the eggs on the one card. I tried to make the cards suitable for masculine use. I made a few of each card and mailed them off some time ago to OWH

OWH-I miss ewe

2011-03-15T21:12:00.000-07:00

Time to get some new cards on here. These cards were made with clipart. I made several of each for OWH. Sometimes it is nice to not have to color. I think the girl looks sad. It is her eyes and eyebrows. The missing you sentiment seems to work for this image.

OWH-Friend collage

2011-03-13T03:40:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post. Haven't updated for a couple of days. This is a stamped collage image on patterned paper. I put Diamond Glaze on the butterfly after I colored it with Copics. Distressed the edges and all that. You can pretty much see what I did. I made several of these for OWH

OWH-Raining Cupcakes

2011-03-11T03:10:00.000-08:00

Today I am adding a couple of cards that are the same image but colored a little differently. This is another digital image from Hambo Stamps. I have a fondness for their images. I used Diamond Glaze on the umbrellas. For the cupcake icing I used a Sakura Glaze pen.

Today (Thursday) I got my order from HSN with a pack of 100 Bazzill Classic white cardstock. It is not as nice as the X-press blending card but nicer than Neenah. That is what I am told anyway. I use the Neenah and hoard the X-press. Today I am also looking for a couple of other packages. I have a 10 pack of Glaze pens on it's way and all the new Copic Sketch colors plus some more. I have been coloring my new charts that a friend gave me. She makes her own and they are so nice.

This is also the day that I will be the Friday Featured cardmaker on the OWH Stars and Stamps blog. I hope they said nice things about me. lol I haven't seen it yet.

OWH-mid week throwdown

2011-03-10T00:44:00.000-08:00

I made several of these cards with different color combinations. The digital rainbow image is from Stretch N Bubbles. The word art is from Create with TLC. Paulette at TLC had an offer to send in a watermarked image and she would make a sentiment. I had bought the image to make OWH cards with but couldn't come up with a good sentiment. I sent her this image and she was kind enough to brainstorm and this is what she came up with. I think it is perfect. I merged the 2 images and it was a perfect design.

The midweek throwdown wants cards with polka dots. The first one is just right. Both cards were made with paper from a huge slab that I have had a long time.

Right after I scanned this polka dot card my scanner went wonky. It is making a huge bar of light across my images. I am thinking I pressed to hard on the platen cleaning it just before I scanned this. This one was fine but after that is was no dice. I just opened a $60 pack of ink from Costco for the printer. It isn't like I want to buy a new printer scanner combo with this ink sitting here. Maybe I will have to finally learn to take a good picture with my camera. Maybe I will buy a NEW camera. My grandaughter took an outside picture of the card with the flowers using her new $200 camera. New printer or new camera or use what I have. It rains here so much you can go days with no outside sun. Maybe I need to make a light box. I have been thinking about that.