Teaser Sentiments

Welcome to the teasers for February's release at My Favorite Things! I have a few days packed with sweetness! If you want to see the full list of the teasing girls today start on Kim's blog!
I had a chance to color up a few images during CHA while at the copic booth. Today's teaser is more about the SENTIMENT than the image. I used 3 of the new sentiments from the new CS about Emerson set. I love the mix of fonts in this set!
Doesn't this paper scream adorable! It is the new material girl collection from Cosmo Cricket! OK you all know how this collection had MY NAME all over it! GUSH!
I tea dyed my twill....more on that tomorrow.....

I am ALL OVER the sentiment "you COLOR my world"....I think that one was made for me too!
Here is a close shot of the pure innocence girl I paired up with the sentiments. Just some simple lines drawn with my blender pen to give pattern to this little girl's dress. I had to highlight it a bit with my clear spica pen too!

Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Apple for you (PI), CS about Emerson by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Material Girl Collection (Cosmo Cricket)
White (Neenah)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Black SP Multiliner, Clear Spica Pen (Copic)
Twill
Button (Making Memories)
Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz)
Corner Chomper

Enjoy your day! See you tomorrow!

Baby Lullaby

I couldn't resist showing you a card I made a while back. Using the Label 6 die again for my puffy cloud I thought it would be really sweet on a baby card. I stamped the bunnies twice...once on my patterned paper and once on my white card stock to color. I colored them with......yup, you guessed it, my copics and then cut them out and pieced them on my patterned paper.
All the little accents are Melissa Frances. I just love that rub-ons (like my sentiment) will go over uneven surfaces so nicely. A stamp definitely would not work in this case where I placed the word "Lullaby".
Here is a close shot of my sweet sleeping bunnies!
Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Snuggle Bunnies (Stephanie Fizer) by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Kraft, White Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper (Melissa Frances)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Rub-ons and chipboard star (Melissa Frances)
Cotton Batting
Label Die (Spellbinders)
Sewing
Creatopia (Xyron)

Enjoy your weekend! If you are looking for certification info keep scrolling to the next post where I have my 6 month line up.
See you all next week when the MFT teasers begin....Some new stuff coming down the pipe! Woohoo!

CHA and Copic Certification News

Back home from CHA!
Whew....what a week! There was so much to see and so many of my favorite girls to reconnect with that I am definitely feeling the after effects of a very busy week.

CERTIFICATION DEETS:
First of all.....I had a fabulous time teaching two wonderful certification classes at CHA! We had a blast learning the techniques and playing with color. Thank you to all whom have e-mailed me personally and told me how much you enjoyed it....HUGE warm fuzzies all around!

What does 2010 bring? After speaking to stores at CHA I have created a TENTATIVE schedule. Applications for these events will not go out until 60 days prior to the event but I wanted to give you an idea on my schedule.
If you are a store and see me coming to your area please feel free to contact me via e-mail if you are interested in some consumer classes in your shop.

Here is my schedule:
March 28th
Portland, Oregon....CONFIRMED

April
Calgary, Alberta (April 11th)

May
Anchorage,Alaska (May 23rd)
Vancouver, BC (May 30th)

June
Boise, Idaho (June 13th)
Seattle, Washington (June 27th)

July or August
Kelowna, BC
Prince George, BC
Spokane, WA

Now if you don't see your area listed and you are in the Pacific Northwest area and Western Canada...please let me know if you think there would be high demand for this class where you live. I wouldn't want to miss anyone!




What did I see at CHA? A LOT! It warmed my lil' heart to see so much fabric! Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye and Cosmo Cricket had fabulous fabric! I decided to show you this card today because it is all about the fabric. The little flowers I created with my spellbinder dies and the little dress too! People were just swooning over these sweet little pure innocence girls from My Favorite Things. This one is called "Apple for you".I had fun coloring some of the new images while demoing in the copic booth.
I stamped this little girl on my kraft paper and also on my Neenah white card stock. I colored everything but her dress with my copics and then cut her out and laid her overtop of the stamped image on my kraft. I ran a strip of Michael Miller fabric through my creatopia machine with the fabric adhesive first and then stamped the dress and cut out the flowers with my dies. The beautiful tree is felt from Prima...yummm...they had some awesome stuff at the show!

Ok, I'm off to play catch up on family life after being gone a week. My daughter is having a birthday party today and I need to make a cake! Have a great day!

MFT Blog Hop and video!

Lots to show you and talk about today....in my mad prep for leaving to CA I got a chance to do something fun and creative with this month's VIP set from My Favorite Things! Woohoo!
We are doing a blog hop to celebrate the day so if you are coming here from Patti's Blog you are hopping along just fine....If you are coming straight to my blog you may want to start at the beginning of this fun hop which is none other than the fabulous KIM!
What is VIP?
VIP is your one day chance to purchase this kit (which includes this awesome new stamp set) 2 weeks BEFORE it's official release! I know how I love to get the "new stuff" early!
Here is what is in the kit:
Lovin’ from the Oven (adorable new WTG set!)
Bakery Blend Buttons
Bakery Blend Ribbons
Sugar Glass Glitter
Sakura Clear Glaze Pen
Plus receive a FREE Clearly Sentimental about Food stamp set (value $9)
I had this tin from yummy Christmas goodies (that are now gone) that I decided was too perfect of a size to throw away! I had just about completed my card when I thought a utensil tin would be a perfect companion to my card! As you all know, I love to play with fabric and I decided while I was at it why not create a little video to show how I color fabric....more on that to scroll down....
Here is a close shot of the card. I used the petite papers from Webster's Pages. This patterned paper was PERFECT, as I covered over the image that was on my patterned paper with this image from "Lovin' from the oven". The only little accents that I added were the little scalloped valence that is at the top, I popped it up a little for dimension. I sewed some lace trim to the border and paper pieced her apron.
Here is a close shot of the image....I added a little of chocolate liquid applique to the rim of the bowl. I don't know about you but I am a messy baker...just like I am a messy crafter! LOL!

Here is a close shot of the tin. I measured the circumference of the tin and added 1 inch so that when I sewed it together I had a 1/2" seam allowance. The little plaid square was a scrap from somewhere...? I stamped and colored my image on fabric. The video below shows how I color fabric with copic markers. After coloring I cut it out with my nestability die and ran it through my creatopia to apply fabric adhesive to the backside. Peeled it off like a sticker and stuck it to my tin. I added a few buttons and chipboard utensils for accent and I was done!

Alright! You are not done yet....keep on hoppin' there is a lot of great stuff out there! Next on the hop is the fabulously talented SUSIE! Go and check her out!

I'm so excited for CA...I just received my class lists for the certifications and have a lot of familiar names on there....how fun! See you all there!

Taylored Expressions Challenge #98!

Yummmm.... I haven't had a chance to show you this set "Who's that Chocoholic?" that was released on January 6th! I thought it would be fun to give it a delicious vintage flair. The sentiment was what got my creative juices going this time..."chocolate sings" made me go and look for some old sheet music that I could cut up. I made sure not to grab any of my daughters current music (lol).
This is also a lot of Melissa Frances goodness, perfect when I am reaching for vintage!

I started by covering my regular office supply store shipping tag with the sheet music. I did some paper piecing on the main image combined with copic coloring...nothing can color skin tones better than my copics!
Here is a close shot of some of the detail....I wanted to draw attention to the box o' chocolates so I framed them with one of Melissa Frances' resin pieces, then I took the MF pearls and colored them with my E29 marker. There are lots of sizes on one sheet of pearls so it was perfect for finding the size to match the scale of my image.
I used E50 and E21 for her skin and E40, E43 for the shading. I also dusted (airbrushed) the finished image with my E11 marker to make it not as stark of a white. I love that I can just VERY LIGHTLY touch my trigger on my airbrush to give a very faint dusting.

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the sketch crew came up with:

Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Melissa Sauls: In Stamping Mode
Alice Lihsuan-Wertz: Alice's Little Wonderland
Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow

Here are all my card deets:
Stamps:
Who's that Chocoholic and Clearly Sentimental about Chocolate (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Patterned Paper (Melissa Frances), White Card Stock (Neenah)
Accessories:
Markers, Airbrush System (Copic), Shipping Tag, Resin Frame and Pearls (Melissa Frances), Ribbon (SEI), Crystal Pins (Maya Road), Flower Dies (Spellbinders), Sheet Music

I'm pretty excited...this time next week I will be in Sunny(hopefully) CA! Hope to see a bunch of you there! I will be at the copic booth in the afternoons of the trade show and teaching the certifications....stop by and say hi!

Birdie Post

What a great day to do a "birdie" post as Julia challenged us on SCS to incorporate birds....I LOVE birds! Here is a peek at tomorrows' release at CHF! This is part of a set called the Tom Fun Collection....the fabulous artist that brings us the "Friendly Kritters" series also has some really cute line art! I am drawn to these chicks!

It was fun to pair up one of the border strips from the "earth love" collection by Cosmo Cricket and add my adorable birdie to the end of it! I popped up the balloon and added some glossy accents to it for detail. Doesn't he look like his balloon is carrying him away on a beautiful spring day? I played with the embellishments as well...adding buttons to the flowers and adding a paper daisy frill that I colored with my copics to match the paper.
Here are the deets on this card:
Stamps:
Spring Chicks and More (Tom Fun Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Kraft (Prism)
Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Paper Frill (Doodlebug)
Buttons (Making Memories)
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Here is a totally different look using the same stamp set. I used my fragments and glued them to the different patterns on the index sheet of the "girl friday" collection from Cosmo Cricket.

Here is a fun close look at the details...a couple that I want to point out.
I used my Multiliner pen to help in creating this scene. I added the little hash marks around his knees to make that egg look REALLY HEAVY...
I also added the ground to connect the tower of eggs with my chick (so they don't look like they are floating in space).
On the egg itself I colored it with my copics and then used my blender pen to give it some spots.
Here are all the deets.
Stamps:
Spring Chicks and More (Tom Fun Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Girl Friday (Cosmo Cricket)
White (Neenah)
Accessories:
Oval and Charm Fragments (Tim Holtz)
Copic Markers
Black 0.2 SP Multiliner pen (Copic)
Ribbon (Offray)
Safety Pin (Making Memories)
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
..you can find this set at Cornish Heritage Farms TOMORROW! Woohoo!

Hope to see you here tomorrow as it is Taylor's sketch challenge friday....the last one for a couple of weeks as we take a break to go to CHA! See you then!

Puddle Jumpin'

Totally appropriate for the day we have here on the west coast today! It is wet and I can hardly wait to head to Anaheim next week to see some sunshine! In the meantime....I could do some fun puddle jumpin' here at home!
I thought this little PI girl would look cute on a circle card, since that was the theme of my patterned paper from Melissa Frances. I used my circle cutter from EK Success to cut the shape. I stamped my little girl and then used the petite scallop nestability to cut her out.

Here is a close shot of a few of the details. I stamped her little umbrella on a separate sheet of paper, colored and cut out, and then popped it up on my original stamp. Can you see I staggered it a little so that it looks like the umbrella has a neat little trim?
I colored this sweet image with my copics and then masked her off and airbrushed the background.
I also added some fun accents like the pearls (colored with my copics to match) and the glossy accents to appear as water at the top of her umbrella and on her boots.
Here are my full deets:
Stamps:
My Umbrella (Pure Innocence) by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Patterned Paper (Melissa Frances)
White (Neenah)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Air Brush System (Copic)
Pearls and Rub-ons (Melissa Frances)
Button (Making Memories)
Ribbon (Offray)
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Circle Cutter (EK Success)

I'm skipping off to my mail box today....rumor has it that there are some new stamp goodies there for me to play with! Yeah....perfect for a rainy day!

Pure Innocence

I didn't get to show you this PI girl during the teasers and release but I wanted to show my version of her to you now. You all know how I love to mix up fabric with paper and these easter eggs along the bottom are fabric! I added a little batting under them to make them puffy.
The eggs are cut out with a spellbinder die and run through my creatopia with the fabric adhesive, they simply become a sticker that I can paste to paper or fabric!

I colored her with my copics and then went with a little bit of pencil shadowing around her and grass at her feet AFTER I was all done with my markers.
Here are all my details:
Stamps:
Pure Innocence (My Favorite Things)
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Girl Friday Collection (Cosmo Cricket)
White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Spica Pens (Copic)
Fabric (Michael Miller)
Oval Dies (Spellbinders)
Brad (American Crafts)
Prismacolor Pencils
Creatopia (Xyron)
Corner Chomper (EK Success)

Thanks for coming to look and I hope you are having a great day!

Very Cherry Berry Day!

Welcome to Taylor's sketch challenge friday! I have this set "cherries and berries" from her store that I just LOVE....I definitely have a "cherry" thing going on in my head. I've seen this stamp set done with a lot of "cute" paper and it looks adorable...but today I wanted to make this set look vintage. I stamped my cherries and then masked the little corner so that I could stamp the circle border. I then colored my cherries with my copics, highlighting the shadows in the bottom with my garnet spica pen. Then I airbrushed the image so that my paper was no longer white. All the accessory paper is Webster's pages....isn't it yummy!

Here is a close shot of the cute lil' pitcher. These maya road chipboard shapes are adorable! I just picked my favorite part of the paper to cover it with. Can you see the bits of garnet colored spica pen on there...it just adds the needed "pizaz" for this element.
Here is my full supply list,
Stamps:
Berries and Cherries (Taylored Expressions)
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Denium Adirondack (Ranger)
Paper:
Petite Papers (Webster's Pages), White (Prism)
Accessories:
Markers, Garnet Spica Pen, Air Brush System (Copic)
Chipboard Pitcher (Maya Road)
Ribbon (Making Memories)
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Safety Pin
Sewing




Ah-ha! I remembered to take a photo of the markers I used! The E50 was for airbrushing (the main image was stamped on white card stock so I needed to make it blend).

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the sketch crew came up with:
Jami Sibley: More is More
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Melissa Sauls: In Stamping Mode
Rachel Sztonyk: Gingerbread Gallery
Alice Lihsuan-Wertz: Alice's Little Wonderland

Enjoy your weekend!

His and Her Get Well

I have a couple of cards to show you today....
These are done using CHF's "Common Cold" set from the Saturday Evening Post line. I love vintage and these images are perfect for get well cards with a bit of fun nostalgia thrown in.
I colored these with my copics...matching up my colors with the fantastic Melissa Frances paper. Perfect for those vintage images!
After I had sewn around the perimeter I decided to rough up the edges, love that tattered look when you are probably feeling pretty tattered...lol! Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Common Cold (SEP) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Patterned Paper (Melissa Frances)
White (Neenah)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Air Brush System (Copic)
Wood Flourish (Kaisercraft)
Oval Die (Spellbinders)
Sewing

Here is the female version....isn't it sad that she won't make it to her party? I did some fun paper piecing on this image. I used the smaller (tighter) pattern of flowers to piece the blanket and pillows. The green party dress matches the flower's leaves in the patterned paper. Love those Jenni Bowlin chipboard buttons and I had to use the center punchouts of the buttons too to accent my sentiment.
Here are all the deets for this one:
Stamps:
Common Cold (SEP) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Smile (Melissa Frances)
White Card Stock (Neenah)
Accessories:
Air Brush System, Markers (Copic)
Oval Die (Spellbinders)
Sheer Flower (Maya Road)
Chipboard Button (Jenni Bowlin)
Ribbon (Melissa Frances)

Hope you are all feeling well! See you tomorrow for Taylor's Sketch challenge! Woohoo!

Blog Hop Release Day!

Welcome to the official blog hop release for My Favorite Things! If you have come from Melody's blog you are on a roll and in the right place. If you are a regular visitor you may want to begin at the start of the hop as the projects on this hop are incredible! Start hopping on Kim's blog.
I haven't shown you the newest little guy in the Pure Innocence line...isn't he great! Love him with his little sidekick pooch.

I got on a little stitching kick and decided to give his scarf so authentic dimension by stitching it with embroidery floss...and why not do the doggies' little scarf too!
Well, still thread left on my needle...might as well throw in the blanket stitch to go part way around my image too. As you can see, I do some of my creating "as I go".
I added a few loops to the end of the boys scarf so that I could cut them later to become the tassles.

Here are my card deets:
Stamps:
Boy and Dog Snow Adorable (Pure Innocence) by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Espresso Adirondack (Ranger)
Paper:
White (Prism)
Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Grungeboard Snowflake (Tim Holtz)
Distress white crackle paint (Ranger)
Buttons (Making Memories)
Corner Chomper (EK Success)
Embroidery Floss
Tag die (Spellbinders)

Who is next on the hop? Why it is the ubber talented CINDY....Go on over and check her out! Enjoy your hop/shop!

Fabric stamping

I know I am a little late getting this teaser up but it took a little more time than a card to create...but oh so fun! You can catch all the teasers today on Kim's Blog. I just love soft little books, wish I still had babies to play with these but I do have some little ones in my life I could share it with! How about a little softie book focusing on seasons? Yeah!
I used a combo of canvas and Michael Miller Fabric for this project....they look fabulous together!
Here is "WINTER"...using the "Flurry of Love" pure innocence girl with the new "Make the Date" set for all the sentiments in this book! I colored her with my copics and made a little felt snow pile under her feet.
Spring and Summer....these cutie pies are also being released tomorrow! They were perfect for my spring and summer seasons! Colored with copics to match the fabric colors.
I zig zaged up the middle of my book to secure then I hid those stitches with this pretty iron on felt ric rac.
How about apples for fall....This PI girl "Apple for you" was perfect for this season and I did a little chocolate brown felt under her feet.
Here is a shot of the back of the book. I made sure to catch my embroidery floss when sewing up the back flap...so that it can wrap around the little button to close.
The words in this "make the date" set are SO useful it made coming up with this idea quite easy...
Come back tomorrow for the official blog hop release and shopping!

Whee!

Make sure you grab a cuppa before going to all the fabulous teasers today. You can get the full DT list of teasers HERE.
I have 2 projects to show you today!
Can you say Whee?... It is teaser day for this month's Pure Innocence collection from My Favorite Things! Sure to be my favorite day of the month. I love this new line and you will see a lot of it from me!
Do you like the jewel wind coming off her swing (she is getting some serious air)...lol! I actually used the little index sheet for paper piecing her dress (that is why the pattern is so tight), it was the perfect scale for her little dress. The crocheted flower...made by me and a yummy Amy Butler brad.
Here are all this card deets
Stamps:
Start the day with whee! (Pure Innocence) by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Espresso Adirondack (Ranger)
Paper:
Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket) Kraft, White (Prism)
Accessories:
Markers, Multiliner (Copic)
Prismacolor Pencils
Airbrush system (Copic)
Jewel Flourish (Prima)
Flower (Crocheted by me)
Amy Butler Brad (K&Co)
Circle Die (Spellbinders)
I wanted to show you a nice close shot so that you could see a couple things that I added. I took my multiliner copic pen and added those 3 little hash marks behind her to give a look of movement. I also added the brown shading around her with pencil and gamasol.

Here is the other fun project I made with this stamp. I actually made it for my daughter for her stocking. You can buy these mugs that you can personalize with photos but I thought it would be far more fun to stamp! She was thrilled when she opened it as no one at school will have one like it.
I had to be careful not to get carried away with the "do dads" as there is a very small space to slip this paper into (guess they weren't thinking of the layers that scrapbookers use).
I used the Earth Love collection by Cosmo Cricket for this one too. Gotta use up all them yummy scraps!
I also added a close shot of the sweet girl. I used my daughter's hair coloring and matched the green of the dress to the paper.
I can forsee that my daughter will want me to "change it up" for her every so often so look for more little mug inserts from me.

Enjoy surfing around to the other teaser girls today as there are a lot more pure innocence images....I had to restrain myself to only show you two projects today! Come back on release day blog hop (January 6th) as I have another cutie to show you then!
Enjoy your day!

Thinking of Hoo....

Welcome to the first day of MFT Teasers! You can see all the girls playing along in this teaser on Kim's blog! You will see some fun stuff this month, one of which is this set! This will available for purchase on release day (January 6th). This owl is very adorable...and I love his thought bubble where I can add any sentiment I please. I thought this would make a fun card for "dad".

Do you see how I echoed the "thought bubble" theme with the fun little journal tag? It is like the turtle and the owl are talking to each other...lol! I also paper pieced the owl's little belly to match his thought bubble. I used my copic markers to color him and also to color the grungeboard and the ribbon...all to coordinate....love that!

Here are the card deets:
Stamps:
Thinking of Hoo (My Favorite Things)
Ink:
Espresso Adirondack (Ranger)
Paper:
Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Espresso, White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Grungeboard Letters (Tim Holtz)
Tiny Attacher (Tim Holtz)
Ribbon (Offray)
Twine

Enjoy your day!

New Year's News!

Happy New Year's day to you! Hope you all had some good and safe fun last night...we certainly did with some great friends and yummy food too!
Lots of fun stuff to share with you today....First off is my news....can you guess from the card? I'll give you a hint...it's MFT! Does my little watermark give it away? If that isn't hint enough you need to hop on over to Kim's Blog for the full deets! I am tickled pink!!!!
Here is a close look at the fun detail of this card....I loved Taylor's sketch with the circle so I "went with it"!
I used a few different transparency overlays.
The "it happened like this" is from the little yellow bicycle...I thought it was the perfect lead into my book themed card. The second transparency and journal card is by Basic Grey...I received it in a goodie pack somewhere and hadn't used it yet.

I love it when I fall into books...and this fun image was perfect! Here are all the deets on this card:
Stamps:
I {heart} books (Stephanie Fizer) by My Favorite Things
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento, Jet Black Stazon (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Journal Spots and Transparency (Basic Grey)
Transparency (My Little Yellow Bicycle)
Black, White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Opaque White Paint (Copic)
Brads (Basic Grey)
Crocheted Flowers (Made by Me)
Corner Chomper, Border Punch (EK Success)


Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the sketch crew came up with:
Jami Sibley: More is More
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Melissa Sauls: In Stamping Mode
Rachel Sztonyk: Gingerbread Gallery
Alice Lihsuan-Wertz: Alice's Little Wonderland
Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow


Thanks for letting me share my fun news with you today! Check back here tomorrow as we start the teasers for MFT's new release! I have a fun card to show you!
See you then!