It's been a while...

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I've been a little busy. I am posting this Halloween card, before my grandson even gets it. He turns 2 years old on the 25th so I better start thinking about making that card. Do you want to see this cutey? His mom posts pictures of him on her website. The last picture shows him wearing a green pail on his head. I got him that for playing in his sandbox, but he has decided that it should be a hat instead. He's so darn cute with it on, and he knows it. Check it out.
I made this card, that is suppose to look like an acorn. The Angel Company lets anyone download the template, so if you're interested go HERE, and then click on the words "Acorn Template." My newest adventure has been trying digi stamps for sentiments, as I have a hard time getting sentiments to stamp correctly, because of the loss of strength in my hands caused by my MS. So they show up great on one side, and really light on the other :-). I found this digi-stamp the other day, as a freebie, and I thought it was cute, so I downloaded it. I made the stamp large enough to fit nicely on the acorn. I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils. The strip on the top is from the Mimi collection. It's a green design, but I sponged it with orange ink and I like the looks of it. I picked up some 3-D foam stamps at Joann's the other day, so the glittery leaf, yes it is a leaf, is in the upper left of the brown cardstock. It looks a lot better IRL. I happened to have some eyelets that I want to get used up, so I used my Crop-a-dile to put them on with. The orange one is a pumpkin, and the white ones are ghosts. Now, onto my new news. Right now, sitting in my living room, in the unopened box, are my new Copic Ciaos. The Angel Company is currently carrying them until the end of the year. I have been reading and reading about how to use them, and I'm hoping that they will really improve the looks of my coloring. I can even use my Prismacolor's with the Copics. Every link in this blog, goes to my upline's website where you can order directly from there...but tell her I sent ya! Or, you can let me know by email if you want or need anything. After doing this post tonight, and linking most of the things I used to make this card, the dollar signs are flashing in my head as now I know why I am broke all the time :-) However, it has taken me a long time to get all these things. The Copics, I only ordered the first set, as there are 4 to choose from, are my Christmas present to myself, and no, I'm not waiting until Christmas to open them. They will be getting used later tonight :-) Just remember, the Copics are only promised to us until the end of the year, so if you want to get them, now is the time. I love this time of the year, when you look outside and see all the beautiful colors of the leaves and gourds and all that Mother Nature gives us. Take time to enjoy the view!
Hugs to all~

Getting better at card making

In the last post, I told you that I had a bunch of Thank You notes to make, and share with you, but this one was a special one. I'm beginning to think that they are all special. The picture has a black background, so the Kraft Cardstock is the base cardstock. The stamp set I used was Love and Laughter by The Angel Company. The set is only $12.95 and has many uses. The sentiment says "may your days be filled with Love and Laughter". The friend that I gave this card to, is going to get a frame and hang it on a wall at her house! Wooo Hooo...does that mean my card is going to be published? The Thesaurus says that published means "formally made public". It will be on her wall for all visitors to see. So in my own little world I am published! I told her it is one of a kind, as I inked the whole tree and its leaves up with markers, and it took a long time to do that, so anyone receiving a card from me with this stamp set, will always see the tree in all one color from now on. And yes, it is embossed. This one, I did a great job at embossing, but in the next post, I will show you a couple of cards that I did a terrible job of embossing. I may be embossing challenged-that might be a new illness ya know?? If it is, I'm the first one to get it, and I promise not to give it to anyone. And it better have my name in it somewhere.
That's it for tonight.

Huggers~

PS The blogger will not let me post "the and sign" for the name of the set or sentiment, so that is why I spelled it out, but IRL it has "the and sign. These computer sites are getting awfully picky.

Lots of Thank You Cards to be Made

Since I am still recovering from my surgery August 20th, I have received many blessings from friends and relatives. Some people sent cards, others did errands, some just stayed with me, and then there was food!!! The word "food" means the really healthy stuff, and the not so healthy, but "oh so good" stuff like cookies, and cake, etc ;-) Now that I am starting to feel better, I am cruising around the Internet looking for ideas, as it is time to start making Thank You cards. The deco-flower is a digital stamp. Head over to MAGIC IN THE AIR to get a FREE digi-stamp. There is a different stamp available every Monday, with a challenge! I decided to use Craft Cardstock as my base, followed by some Blush cardstock, not TAC, and then some rosy colored DSP I found in my overflowing scrap pile, followed by White Cardstock with the digital stamp on it. Everything is colored with Prismacolors and an Aqua-painter. I just got my own photo corner punch, so had to try it out. I paper pierced for the first time, so I'll take all helpful comments or criticisms. Finished the card off with the purple ribbon, and an orange eyelet using my Crop-Dile and a Thank You brad. Oh, and I almost forgot, I used a deco scissors on the corners of the cardstock.
Well, I hope you like it.
Huggers~