Happy Mojo Monday

Happy Monday! Quickie post because it's a bit late. I think this is the first time I've been able to do a mojo monday sketchie on...*gasp* Monday. How cool. It did help that I had a day off today. Which makes it a fabulous Monday. Its Stamping Bella's Monstah Bash and I sooo loves it. I like the lime and navy but sadly I dont gots any good navy copics.

Okay I was gonna post an Anya card but I cant deal w/ the wonky formating that blogspot does. So tomorrow...

The Dets

Stamps: Stamping Bella Monstah Bash

Paper: Memory Box Key Lime, Neenah, SU!, BG Lime Rickey

Ink: Copics & Memento Black

Accessories: Kaiser pearls, cuttlebug and ribbon

Doodlebug Anya

So I stamped out four images of Snow, from The Greeting Farm's Rain Snow Shine set and this was one of the outcomes. I'm really digging the blackish hair. And mixed w/ the light pink and green it was the perfect piece for this yummy Doodlebug paper. I finished off the card w/ a bit of spica glitter, but it probably didnt come out very well in the picture. But since she doesnt have fairy wings, I have to incorporate glitter somewhere right? Okay well I'm off. The hubs is watching a cartoon and I swear I know the crazy anime's girl's voice from somewhere. Thank good for imdb.com and wikipedia. And even better, tomorrow's Friday. And not just any Friday, the Friday before a three day weekend. Wahoo!!!

The Dets:
Stamps: TGF Rain Snow Shine and Amuse Arts happy birthday
Paper: Memory Box, SU!, Doodlebug
Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Spica
Accessories: Cricut, ribbon, Kaisier pearls

Boy and Bella Cards

So this card is a bit more reminiscent of how my cards used to look. Before I was became obsessed with copics and discovered all these super fabulous online stores. Before Cat's Pajamas, Bella...before...the Greeting Farm.

Anyway, this was a birthday card for my honey. And I couldn't very well give him a glittery pink fairy card. Well I could, but I think he appreciated this one so much more. The paper is origami paper I found on our trip to Japan. Coincidentally I got it at the same store that I found Copics for like 265-yen. Can you believe it???? That's like less than $3 a pen. I had a freak out and the sales people seemed highly concerned with my incoherent squealing and looks of utter joy. Of course they couldnt understand a single thing I was saying (b/c they didnt speak english or Jamie-babble), but still strange looks abound (from the workers) and lots of excited hopping (by me).






And as mentioned, this is Shower Bugg by Stamping Bella. I gotta say, while I had a bit of problems coloring (b/c it seemed really boring w/ just the two colors) she's still so adorable. Have you noticed a trend? I'm fairly sure most of my Bellas gots pretty fairy wings. I totally cased the layout from Jodi, cause she's just a rock star. She even inspired the paper piercing, cause she paper pierces all her stuff. I think she cased the layout from someone else.










The Dets #1:
Stamps: Mari & Me Large Kimono Jacket, Savvy Stamps birthday wishes
Paper: Memory Box, Neenah white, washi, origami
Ink: Versafine Black
Accessories: Ribbon



The Dets #2:
Stamps: Stamping Bella Shower Bugg and sentiment
Paper: Memory Box espresso, MB sugardrop paper pack, Neenah white
Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Spica glitter pens
Accessories: Ribbon, cricut, stickles, cricut

Clary Bookmark

So if you dont recognize this book, you dont know what you're missing. Seriously, The Mortal Instruments is worlds better than Twilight. And because Nina's really really obsessed w/ Clary and Jace, I tried making her a Clary bookmark. Anyways, this me trying my hand at freestyling. Okay so its actually called altering or whatever, but freestyling sounds neater. I altered a combination of Rain and Shine from TGF Rain Snow Shine set and added some ruins to my "Clary."

So possibly tomorrow I'll take a break from everything TGF and maybe have a Bella card instead.

Ooh, here's a closer up of the bookmark.

The Dets:

Stamps: TGF Rain Snow Shine Anya

Paper: Neenah white & DCWV Latte Mat Stack

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Accessories: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Cricut

Anya-licious Weekend

So this has been a weekend filled with challenge postings. And I figured I might as well make it three for three. This is my card for the Farm Fresh Friday sketchie challenge on TGF forum. I'm not sure if I'm totally digging the color combo, but I wanted something a bit bolder. And I just had to use that doodlebug paper. I got it the last time I was home and havent really done anything except dool over it. And her little skirt and wings are done up in some glitter funness, but you cant really tell that from the picture.

The image is another TGF Anya, Flutter Anya. And she is just so adorable. I actually think they're all adorable but this one could've been my mascot in high school. No, not b/c I was innocent and pink with wings, but because occassionally I'd wear my hair "meatball" style like so. If Tym is reading this, she'd be the first to start yelling Meatballhead. That's her endearing nickname for me. :P

The Dets:
Image: TGF Flutter Anya
Paper: Doodlebug, SU!, Neenah
Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Spica clear glitter, Smooch moonlight
Accessories: Prima Flowers, BG button, ribbon, Kaiser pearls, cuttlebug, cricut

A {Pretty Hat} Saturday

So I made this card for the challenge on the Club Anya site. This week it's an "I wanna be just like..." challenge and they picked this super super card.

Anyway, here's my version. I inked up my new TGF's Pretty Hat Anya. I soooo love her. Not too jazzed about this color scheme, but she's really way too adorable. And of course I finally caved and bought some Prima flowers. Now I feel I must buy those jeweled brads to go on top of them. The wants never stop, the list is ever growing.

I definitely need to get some new colors for hair. All my anya's are the same blonde...

I dont think you can really tell, but in the detail shot, I threaded the hat and button with some DMC embrodery floss.

The Dets

Stamp: TGF Pretty Hat

Ink: Memento Black, Copics

Paper: MB Pear (?), Concord and Poppyfinch paper pack

Accessories: BG buttons, Prima flowers, MB pistachio jewels, DMC floss

A Late TCP Tuesday

So this week's TCP Tuesday challenge was to use the colors chocolate, sky blue and kiwi. I think I may have veered a bit from the sky blue colors b/c the pictures here are a bit more light blue-ish than the grey blue I used. But I'm going to blame it on the fact that I live in Seattle, and here "sky blue" is indeed a grey blue.

Anyway, this piece was completely inspired by Ana's Spring Picture frame. Ana was super helpful in explaining how she did it and where she got the frame. I couldnt find one quite like it but this frame fit all the necessary qualifications (that it was a cheapo find procured at the dollar store). Anyway, this is my first try. I have a few more frames to play but this color challenge was an excellent opportunity for me to actually use a frame I bought a while ago. The hubs would be sooo proud (using things I buy rather than just letting them sit there...).

The Dets
Stamps: TCP Deck the Halls
Paper: Neenah White, SU! Bordering Blue, DCWV glitter paper
Ink: Versamagic Jumbo Java, Memento Black, Copics
Accessories: Green vine ribbon, snowflake punch, BG buttons, Kaiser Pearls, MB jewels, crafters thread