Friends

Good afternoon, and welcome to Roxann a new follower. Thanks for joining me here, as I'm always delighted to make a new craft/card friend.

There is a pretty sketch challenge going on at Jo's Scrap Shack. By the way, Jo is having
 some nice blog candy for her 200th followers goal- see pic in sidebar. Now for the  Funday Friday's Challenge. I'm not very good with sketches but this looked like one I could manage, so I made a card last night. Surprisingly, the sketch made it easier for me to think about how to arrange the card (DUH! Who knew?), but also helped me to think about what design papers to use.

I've got some snippets on this one too, so you know it's going over to Pixie's Crafty Workshop Playground to enter my 3rd card entry for a chance to win this lovely Ryn Water Droplets stamp. Woo Hoo...wouldn't it be a lovely texture stamp to have in your bag of tricks??? I've seen a Ryn water stamp used on some lovely cards at Paper Creations by Shirley. This particular post is not the same prize water droplets stamp, but a similar one by Ryn, and Shirley has done a lovely card.

OK..here's the card: (even with the sentiment on the front, I think it will work for Birthday, Thank you, or whatever...depending on what I do on the inside.)

- diecut is a new Die-Namites Daisy Bunch. This was my first try with this brand, and it cut like butter. Loved it! I used copics to color white cryogen paper diecut- which was a snippet from my rather unsuccessful water coloring adventure earlier this week. Copics worked much better on this paper.

- yellow snippet dsp diecut with a S/B small circle.

- red mat is S/B Stately Circle die on a red snippet (this dsp has a stars pattern, but you can't see it on the part that shows. Daja Vu from an earlier project.

Birthday

Oh Happy Day and Hello! This will be my 2nd entry into the Pixie's Playground snippet challenge, where there is a marvelous texture stamp (water droplets by Ryn) being offered as a prize. Please do check it out. This card has a few snippets on it...so here goes.

- cardbase is a Bazzill textured - rather hot pink colored - cardstock (which I'm calling a snippet, cause it was used on another project, and was still in my snippet pile!). It was large enough I could squeeze this cardbase out of it.

- green flowered dsp used for mat, also a snippet, large enough to fit as a mat for the white embossed Cryogen paper (also from another project- so snippety!) The Cryogen paper was about the same size as the green piece, until diecut, embossed, scored & trimmed to fit over the other 2 layers.

- positive image from the M/Box Hibiscus was layered over a small piece of water color (I trimmed this from a full size, so I can't truthfully say this was a snippet. )<g>. I had taken TH DI pens to try to create a watercolor background for the flower underlayer; not real happy with my results using Cryogen paper first go-round. So I decided to pop the positive dicut over the underlayer, and shape the petals. I used Derwent Inktense pencils on the positive diecut, then a waterbrush.

Anniversary

Good morning. Hope that you had a relaxing, wonderful weekend. Here to start off my week, is another attempt at a very special anniversary card for DH.  I had made one, wasn't all that happy with it. DH has been a great encourager in my attempts to learn to use copic markers. He's always complimentary about my efforts, no matter how dreadful something turns out. After looking at the first card, I thought I should do a card with something 'copic' on it...so here it is.

All Occasion

Happy June & welcome to Miss Darcy, a new follower. I'm pleased that you found time to visit here today, and new folks are always welcome to come sit a spell. I've seen links provided for new followers' blogs at other websites, so I'm going to try to start doing that.  (If I'm able to find the link!). Maybe we can all encourage folks to visit other blogs and see some inspiration
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Summer has arrived in our Upstate SC area. Yesterday afternoon it was 90. I had been doing some heavy housework (for me anyway - cleaning the basement floor  which was especially dirty where we usually come into the house). The basement was still quite cool & comfy - even with no air - but when I came upstairs, it was like walking into a blast from the oven. Windows were open, ceiling fans running, but I was HOT! Started closing windows and the air conditioning system went on. It took a while to cool down but this morning, it feels lovely & cool. So of course, it has cooled down outside now. Looks a bit like a thunderstorm might be coming, and those are predicted today for our area. Thankfully, nothing like what our Oklahoma folks (and surrounding areas) are getting. edit: while I was typing this post, it has started to drizzle, so my new plants will enjoy a nice little drink.I'm hearing a few rumbles too.

Here's the card and everything on it - except for the white cardbase - was a SNIPPET!

- image was stamped on a lavender design paper once, then moved slightly, restamped without reinking. I think this is a SU image, but done some time back and I'm not certain. I found it in a box of things I had stamped, didn't use, put in a clear box. I was looking for an image to use on another idea. Didn't find 'that', but I liked this one so pulled it out.