ASFOS # 60- Copic Certification

This has been a crazy week and it's only Wednesday. Kirsten started a fun day camp in Bassano on Monday and goes every day this week in the afternoon for 4 hours. Bassano is 20 minutes away from our house (each direction) so by the time I drop her off and come home, I really don't have too much time before I go back into town and pick her up, so I haven't had a chance to get crafty yet, well until today that is. Our power was also out on Monday from 2:30pm until 9 am Tuesday morning, so that didn't help either.

Anyway, I had a chance this afternoon to get something done. Debbie has a fabulous sketch over on the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge blog, so I paired that with the fact my Magnolia Summer Kit just arrived and went to work. I really love this MME paper and have been neglecting it, so I thought I would pull it out.



As I said I used one of the sweet Magnolias and colored her in with my Copics. I just used some of the flowers from one of the sheets of paper to decorate the corners and then added a prima, some rhinestones (they are orange and match just right but don't seem to show very well in the pict) and BG blue Opaline pearls in the flower centers.

Speaking of Copics, I am so excited that I will be going to the Copic Certification class in Calgary on August 22nd!! I can't wait. Let me know if you'll be there too.

I should scoot, another busy day. Landon and I are going to Brooks to get an oil change on the Durango and do some running around while Kirsten is at her camp.

Thanks for stopping in, I'll be back tomorrow with my Dutch Dare card!

A Tilda Birthday~A Spoon Full #33

I finally have managed to participate in a challenge this week. I used one of my neglected Magnolia stamps-Tilda with some balloons-along with the papers I had out from my Pink Cat card from yesterday. Over at A Spoon Full of Sugar the challenge this week is a fabulous sketch by my good friend Nikki. It's a wonderful sketch and I am really pleased with how this card turned out...took a bit, but I'm finally happy with it.

I am seriously hoping to send cards to all of those on my birthday calendar, so I am filling up my birthday card bin. So far I am doing good and almost all of my cards for January are done! Mailed 3 of them already too...so I hope to keep it up.

We got snow again today and our driveway is all blown in, so Lance is out in the tractor right now plowing us a trail so that he can go to work tomorrow morning as he has to leave early and be on the road and I can take Kirsten to school!

I hope you're staying nice and warm!! Thanks for visiting!
~Kelly

First Card of 2009~ Mojo Monday Sketch#67

Happy 2009!!

I had a chance to play this afternoon and get crackin' on the start of birthday cards I will be sending out in the next couple of weeks. Here is one I made using Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch #67. Kirsten also made a card using this same sketch, but it's for Garrett , so I will share those together when I am finished mine:-) Mojo Monday now has it's own blog...check it out.

I used a Whiff of Joy stamp, who by the way has a new release Jan 3rd....I stamped this lovely gal whose name I totally forget right now..Melinda I think. Anyways, she is stamped on SU shimmery white cardstock and colored in with Copics...I love this paper with Copics, thanks Dawn! I think you can see the shimmery from the CS a wee bit in this pict. The rest of the paper is from CTMH and is called More To Adore and I absolutely love it!! The sentiment and ribbon is CTMH too.

That's all for me for tonight. lance has recorded a movie, so we are going to go and watch it. Have a super night and thanks so much for stopping by!!

~Kelly

Birthday Wishes for Abby

It was my niece Abby's 12th birthday on Friday and this is the card I made just for her!

I used a sketch by Heather Huggins that was for a Whiff of Joy challenge I beleive. I did use a Whiff of Joy stamp too, she's so pretty!! I really love this paper from CTMH too, it's called Perfect Day. The sentiment and oval stamp are from verve Visual and the little metal tokens are from CTMH. I used my Happy Birthday CB folder and ran the Juniper piece through the CB, added some wee little rhinestones to the right of the image and used my stardust gliter pen on the flourishes of her pants.

Landon has a terrible cough and runny nose, Kirsten still has a lingering cough and I have a rotten head cold!! I was hopeing to get my Christmas shopping finished up yesterday but it was -34 C here, so along with the fact I wanted to saty in bed all day, I didn't go anywhere. I am hoping to get it all done this weekend...which I know is going otbe crazy out there, but oh well!!

I hope you are all in the holiday mode!! Thanks for visiting, come back soon!!

~Kelly

P.S. To my secret sister out there...I am so stumped as to who you are, but THANK YOU so much, I am looking forward to broswing their collections of stamps and doing some shopping!! I love the e-cards too...at first I thought it was some rotten spam until I figured it out!!

Now to the secret sister I am to send to, bare with me, I haven't gone anywhere, but hope to get out on Wednesday if I feel better and I will get your package sent off then....it may be a tad later that I had originally planned, but it'll be there!!

Welcome Baby Berry

I just love this paper from DCWV Nan's Nursery-Baby Girl, love it! I really like the boy stack too...I'll have a card done with those papers later this week!!

I made this one for some friends of mine that just welcomed their 3rd child, a baby girl..they have a boy and a girl too!!

I used sketch #26 from this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge and really loved the layout. i tried my hand at faux stitching and that really didn't work out, so I started over...not a good sight I tell you!! I really think it looks nice and I have a great CTMH set called Simple Stitches, but for the life of me I can't get it to look half decent!!

I am getting my hair done this afternoon and am taking Landon with me..oh that should be fun!!! My hairdresser is so awesome, today is actually her day off but because I didn't have anyone to watch Landon last week, she changed my appointment and since no one will be there I can taking him with me! It should actually be ok, I'll bring a tractor and some cows and he'll be right at home!!

Have a super day!!

~Kelly

Fairy Merry and Oh So Sparkly

I know I am too late to be entered into the draw for the prize from the High Hopes Challenge blog, but I still wanted to participate in last Sunday's challenge. The challenge was...Sparklemania.....and check it out... I think my card turned out pretty sparkly!!

I am really loving my Shimmerz...thanks Jennifer!! They are so shimmery!! LOL! I actually used 3 different colors, Opal, Angel Wings and Bubblegum, but since I colored the image already with my Copics, you really can't tell that they are any different. I also used holly and orange peel stickles for even more sparkle. Here is a bit of a close up to try and see all the glimmer a bit better, but I think you can see it pretty good in the main pict too...

I used Taylor's Sketch as well from Friday, sketch #42..no cupcakes mind you, but still followed her sketch!

I hope you have a fabulous Sunday...oh and go on over and check out the new High Hopes Challenge...maybe I'll be on time for this one!

~Kelly

Made Just For Tagen~ A Spoon Full Challenge #25

Michelle O over at Donkey Smiles had a special request for a card for her nephew Tagen who just had an operation and will have a long recovery period. You can read a bit more here. I wanted to make him a card and hopefully it will brighten his day!! It will be so fun for him to see where all of the cards come from!!




I will also be able to enter this for the A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #25 this week which is to make a card for a child!



I used all CTMH paper, Pink Cat Studio stamps, the paisley CB folder and colored Billy in with my Copics...but I didn't have a color to match the blue and red in the paper, so I actually used the CTMH markers in Twilight and Barn Red...but I don't love how they leave the marker lines...that's a big reason why Copics are so awesome!!
Here's a pict of the back and I just marked on it where it came from so he can add it to his map!!



Thanks for popping in and have a fabulous day!!

~Kelly


**** I forgot to add that I used a sketch from Julee's Verve Stamps Holiday Release Sketches that I got from Paper Craft Planet****

Friendship

Since I still had the paper out from the card I made the other day, I thought I might as well use it again!! Here is a card I made for this weeks A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge #24 which just so happens to be a fabulous sketch by Trina.

Paper, ink and stamps are SU, Copic markers to color in the flower, Kaiser pearls for the center of the flower and MM pearl brads.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

~Kelly

Hoppy Birthday~Mojo 56

Wow, this week has just flew by! I was hoping to have more time to get a few projects done, but no such luck...go, go, go all week!! Well I did make a point to make a card for a young man who's birthday is next month. You can read all about it right here.

Anyway, I used Mojo Monday Sketch # 58 for my layout and a Billy Stamp Set from Pink Cat Studio. CS is SU Wild Wasabi and TLC pp, colored Billy in with my Copics and well, that's about all!!
I really like this set for a boy, there is also a super hero, a cowboy and a pirate that is part of the same set!

Well, off I scoot, thanks for stopping in!!

~Kelly

It's All About The Presents~Friday Sketchers #25

I love this stamp set from C.C. Designs and All That Scraps. I just got it yesterday and inked it up this morning to make a birthday card for DJ, a boy in Kirsten's class who's party was today!! I also ordered some Shimmerz after seeing all of the lovely creations Jennifer makes over at Cuppy Cake. I am so excited to use them!!

I used yesterdays Friday Sketchers Sketch Challenge #25 made by Claudia Rosa for my layout.

I used papers from TLC and colored the image with my Copics, used some brads from CTMH and Making Memories and my SU Photo Corner Punch.

I just picked Kirsten up from the party and she had a blast! Landon and Lance are having a little snooze, so I am going to scoot and let Kirsten have some computer time!

I have so many blog awards and such to catch up on and I hope to have it all done to post tomorrow:-)

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!!

~Kelly

Anything But~High Hopes Challenge #4

This is the project I made for this week's High Hopes Challenge-Anything But. The challenge was set out by Nikki . I was actually lucky enough to receive this folder for my birthday from Nikki, so I decided to measure it up and make my own!

Here is the folder all finished and closed up...

I decided to use some Basic Grey magnets to hold it together, so I just cut out some nesties circles and put the magnet piece in between the Barn Red circle and the Sweet Leaf scallop circle...

Accordion folded 2 pieces for the sides....

And finished up the back....

Now being the lucky girl I am, I got a yummy chocolate bar and some awesome stamped Hanglar Stanglar images in my folder, but you could put a few 3x3 note cards withenvelops, or stamped images or even pictures for Grandma...lots of fun things!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day!!

~Kelly

Whiff Of Joy Challenge # 3

Well for some reason or another time ran away on me and I wasn't able to participate in the first 2 challenges, but I managed to get the 3rd one done today! So for the Whiff of Joy Challenge #3, it was a fantastic sketch by Heather. My image is a bit big, so you can't see all the other layers as well, but I really love this paper, which by the way was an awesome RAK from the oh-so-very-talented Dawn-Treasure Oiler Designz.

I finished the inside of this card as well because I really wanted to put a sentiment on it and ran out of room on the front. I used All Occasions by Little Paper Shop, which is such a versatile set, I love it!!

I made this card for my sister Kristy who just got engaged on Friday!! Congratulations Kristy & Jason!! I'm so excited and can't wait to see her "rock" tonight!! She sometimes checks out my blog, but hopefully today won't be one of those days...if so, just be surprised tonight when I give it to you ok!!

We are off to my parents for the night as we (my Dad, Kim, Kristy, Jason and myself) are going to see Johnny Reid in concert. I'm quite excited as he is playing 3 sold out shows and it is a small venue, only 500 people, so it will be awesome!! We have dinner reservations first and then the concert and my Mom is hanging out with Kirsten & Landon, so they'll have a hoot too!!

Have a super day and thanks for visiting!

~Kelly

SU Mojo Monday

I used this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch #54 from Julee's blog for this card. I really love the colors in this paper, too bad it's retired now, but I still like it. I colored the flower in with my Copics and then added some orange peel stickles on the little thingies in the middle (I forget what the proper name for them is). Two of the brads on the side are a pearly white and the middle one is a pearly pink, not sure if you can see the difference in the photo or not. The DSP is Ginger Blossom from last SU catty and Groovy Guava and Whisper White cardstock.

Short and sweet post today as I have a splitting headache and am going to have a little lay down while Landon is sleeping...maybe Kirsten will come too:-)

I have passed my 1000th comment now!! Yahoo!! Now not too far away from 10 000 hits...I am thinking of a fun little challenge for it too...maybe a sketch challenge, or something, what do you think??

Thanks for visiting!!

~Kelly

Charming Edwin & Blog Candy!!

I made this card for this weeks A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge, which was to use either a charming character or charms on your card, I did both!! I also used last weeks Sketch Saturday Sketch # 16 for the layout. I really think Charming Edwin is too cute!

Just a quick post this afternoon! I just got home from picking Kirsten up at school and need to get the house vacuumed and supper going before Lance gets home:-)

Oh right, before I forget, you have to head on over and enter Michelle's Hee Haw Blog Candy and Carole's Trick or Treat Blog Candy!! They are both fabulous!! Good luck!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Kelly

Recipe:SU Wild Wasabi, Temping Turquoise, Real Red, East Coast Prep DSP, Wausau Bright White Paper for the stamped image, colored Edwin in with my Copics...had some colors bleed by his chin...but I think more my fault than the papers:-) I did put stickles on his wings although you cannot see them in the picture...that's because I totally forgot about it until after I took the picts! SU Photo Corner Punch, CTMH Connections Club Charm, Making Memories Rhinestone Brad.

Double Challenge~ SC194 & A Spoon Full of Sugar

I just finished up my card for this weeks SC194 sketch as well as the challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar . The Spoon Full challenge for this week was to make a Christmas card, so luckily I was already heading in that direction with this weeks sketch challenge and was able to combine them. Voila...here's my finished card!

I used Charlotte and her cute kitty from Whiff of Joy and colored them in with my Copics, added some stickles, dew drops and a pretty CTMH snowflake and that's about it. The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy as well and was tucked in with a beautiful snowflake in my last order, thanks Katharina!!

I am definitely learning new things with my Copics. They do not work as well on watercolor paper as they do on Bazzill Coconut Swirl or even SU Whisper White. I have read that Neenah Classic and PTI are great as well as Wasau paper, so I'm going to continue my experimenting, but I do LOVE them!!

Thank you for visiting today!! Have a wonderful evening!!

~Kelly

SFYTT~Flowers For You

Hello, hello!! We had a blast at Calaway Park! The kids had so much fun. It was so nice for Landon to be able to enjoy some rides this year. It was a very long day and both of them aren't feeling well, but it was a ton of fun. Not sure if we'll get a chance to go again before the season is over, but we'll see. I'll post some picts probably tomorrow at some point. It was gorgeous weather yesterday as well as today, 28 degrees C here today, fantastic for September weather in Alberta!

I made this card for Lance's Grandma as she has recently had some health issues. She is home now and feeling ok. We did go and see her a couple weeks back when we went to see my Grandma in the hospital after she broke her hip, but I just thought I would make her a card to let her know that we're thinking of her and tuck some picts of the kids inside.

I was lucky enough to receive fabulous goodies, cards and stamped images from my SBS 15 sisters for my birthday and this handsome dude is one from Lainy (along with the best chocolate bar I have ever eaten in my life...yes I did share...a little). He is so fun and cute and perfect to send to Lance's grandma. I have no idea who he is made by, his name or anything, but I liked him! This was the first chance I had to color with my Copics and I am happy with the way it turned out. Definitely a learning curve, but one that I can hopefully figure out sooner than later.

Thank you so much for stopping by...can you believe that this is my 125th post, wow!! I wasn't even sure if anyone would read my blog:-) Blog candy will be coming at 10 000 hits!

~Kelly

**ETA** I found out from my sweet friend Nikki that this image is a Sugar Nellie stamp and his name is Hamish, so cute he is!!

I included it in the title but forgot to mention in my post that this is actually a sketch from Jen's blog for her Sketch For You To Try Saturdays!