I love to jot down ideas or thoughts on note pads or Post-it notes. I leave a trail of them all over the place..lol Well, I had one sitting on my desk forever telling me to make a Robot card with the sentiment" Domo Arigato" which is Thank you very much in Japanese. I am sure that most of you are familiar with the 80's song by the band Styx.
I finally got around to wanting to create it. I went searching high and low ( or at least scouring digi sites..lol) for the perfect robot for my card. I found one that I thought was perfect, but the site was closed until after the new year fro Christmas break. :( ... Heart broken, I moved on until I found this one from Pink Cat Studio. He is quite a cutie,yes?
I used the following on the card:
Image- Boy Robot by Pink Cat Studio ( digi) + a sentiment I created in PS Elements
Stampin up Very Vanilla for card base Stampin up Classic Stampin' Pad - Taken with Teal for graphic paper piece Stampin up Jumbo wheel- *not sure of the name* for the bigger background piece Pixie Stix Glitter Tube - Lemonade Spellbinders Nestabilities- Wonky squares Sizzix embossing folder - RETRO CIRCLES BY TIM HOLTZ Paper - MME breeze, Adornit Carolee's creations- Seasons ( August cut apart),& Adornit Bobby and Betty- run gear stickers I had in my stash and I do not remember what brand they are. Twine- Maya Road - saffron yellow
Copics used were C0, C1, C3, BG10, R20
I hope you enjoyed the card, and you can now enjoy this song to get it out of your head like I had too..lol
Here is a super quick post about a card I made the other day while I was still on my Christmas vacation.
I found this woman that does You tube video's of cards she makes and I have been obsessed with her style since. I can watch her videos all day... I did one day and drove my hubby crazy! lol
This card was actually a case of one of hers. Her name is Kristina Werner, and you can find her at her blog Kwernerdesign blog. You should totally check her out..really.
Here is the card that I made from inspiration I got from watching her....
Card Deets: Stamps- Amuse studio woodgrain background & Studio G Kolette Hall sentiment Stickles- Christmas Red Paper- Pebbles- seen & noted & Cardstock by Stampin Up Twine- Maya Road in Saffron Yellow Have a great rest of your weekend, Tracy S
It seems the only posts I do lately are the Sassy Cheryl SMT ones. Hmmmmm I love participating in the challenge, but I need to get to blogging more often. lol
While all the crazy people were out braving the chaos to get the Black Friday deals.. I was home relaxing and crafting. I am going to milk my four day weekend for all it's worth..lol It does not happen often.
Anyway, I wanted to bust out some of my Stampin' Up stamps that a friend gave to me a year or so ago.. She gave me ALL of her stamps, papers, inks and crafty supplies. I was thoroughly blessed by it, I just have not really used the stamps much. As you all know I LOVE to color with my Copics, so I rarely ...ok almost NEVER just stamp. Today I was in a mood to do so. I then thought as I was finishing up.. Hey, now I have something for this week's SMT post, hehhehehehe. So I asked hubby to snap the pic and a few more...because for some reason I feel I have to have more than one photo to show what I am doing in my SMT posts, I am not sure why..lol Anyone else encounter that as well?
Here is the card I made:
I made it using the following stamps and punch:
And the following inks:
I had fun stepping out of my little box for a few..how about you? What did you do this lovely Friday?
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I love to participate in the SMT= Show Me Thursday challenge over at Sassy Cheryl's. Mainly because there is no pressure... all you have to do is show them what you are up to for the week. I love that it does not have to be crafty. I mean some of you may be constantly crafty...but I am not always full of mojo.
I had a busy, busy weekend. We got together Friday night after work and went bowling with some couple friends of ours. We played Girls Vs. Guys... The guys stomped us.. well my hubby did. lol The other guys not so much. I did win a game against the other females though :) Woot!
Saturday we woke up and took a ride down to Galveston Island to the Lone Star Rally.. in a car. As cool as motorcycles are.. they scare the poo outta me now. I have had too many people I know either killed or seriously injured for life in motorcycle accidents. So while I am pretty sure we will never own one.. They were fun to go watch. Here are a few pics that hubby got of the event.
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So what are you up to this week? We would love to have a peek into your world. Come over to the blog and show us what you are up to. You get entered into a drawing for a free Sassy image.. You can not beat that! Who would not want a darlin' Sassy image... and for FREE!
I will apologize in advance for this being a pic heavy post. Not like the last one wasn't either..lol I should have warned you then too. I just figure if it is a Show Me challenge that I am posting about... I should show you! lol
Fist off I am WAY beyond stoked that I won last weeks SMT challenge!!!!! WOOOO HOOOO. I had been eyeballing Noah is all ears for a bit so i pounced on him with my store credit. He just makes me smile. How can you not smile at an adorable little boy dressed up as Mickey, I mean really???
I was itching to color him up right away, and we are heading out tomorrow to drive up and see my Father in law for his 70th birthday. His wife is throwing a huge celebration party and everyone is making the trip from all over. I am excited and so is hubby... My Father in law has survived lung cancer ...not once but twice. So every year we have him here to celebrate is awesome and cherished. Anyway, I wanted to make a fun and young feeling card for him. I though little Noah fit the bill perfectly. Hubby and I think he will get a kick out of it.
I first paired him with a digi sentiment from TLC in Photo Shop elements. Is it not totally fitting with this image? I thought so. I did not get a pick of me doing that in Photo Shop but i did get a pic of it part way through coloring:
I had to stop and refill my E00 Copic before I could get the skin done... Notice the super inky fingers? I always get all inked up when I am coloring.. The funny thing is... I am right handed and my left hand is the one that gets so messy usually..lol I think that is a good indication that it is time to clean my Copics up.
I kept the card itself pretty simple since he is a male. I really try and refrain from ribbons, flowers and bling on masculine cards.. call me crazy. lol
Here is the front of the card:
I actually got a pic of the inside of the card this time because I did something more than just put a white piece of paper to write on in it, which is not normal for me. I struggle with ornate designs inside of the cards. I think it is because I write so big that I am always worried about having enough space to write what I need to say. I LOVE seeing people making the insides of cards as decorated as the outside though. I would love to get better at that for sure.
The Mickey was made with Mickey Font Cricut Cartridge. Isn't he fun? I also love these kid saying sentiment stamps. I have had a set of them that I got on clearance awhile back at Hobby Lobby and this is the first time the pack has been opened. I need to find ways to use them more.
If you made it all the way through my post I thank you for stopping by to visit. I hope you will join us this week over at The Sassy Cheryl Show Me Thursday Challenge. You have until The 24th to enter.. so hop over and show us what you are up to.
I will leave you with one more thing, because it was stuck in my head and I wanna share..lol .....
I wanted to play along this week again in the SMT over at Sassy Cheryl. I did not get any cards or scrap pages done... but I would say I still got to be creative. Hubby is a photographer..trying to make it his career. For now he does it on the side and I help with props and poses. Although with 1 year old kiddos there is no posing, really..lol You just put them in a scenario and let them do their thing.
I work at a local Pregnancy Center as the Client Service Manager. Every service we offer to the client is free of charge to them. My hubby, along with a few other photographers, volunteer their time and talent to do free photo shoots for the clients. I got to help plan this one and execute. I did not take any of the pics but I helped with posing ideas and keeping the babies looking a certain direction by making goofy faces and noises..lol It was so much fun!
I wanted to share a few of my favorite pics of the session. I really wanted to take some behind the scenes pics to show you the set up and stuff... but I was too occupied by VERY active 1 year olds.
This first one is my little friend, Linda. She is one of my favs... Her and I have a blast when she comes to visit. I adore this kid.
Doesn't she look like a little Supah Star!
Here she is about to lick the balloon..lol She was looking up at me while I was talking to her actually, but in the pic she just look fascinated.
How cute is she??? I do not have anymore to post of her by herself. I had a few of her and her mom but Linda is a walker already and boy was she putting it into practice..lol She did not like the sitting still thing at all.
Next is baby Mia.. she was a rock star on this photo shoot. We got lots of super cute shots of her. She is a doll and was cracking us up with her antics.
Mia decided her glasses were not for wearing...but for snacking on..lol
Guess who is turning 1 :)
Okay one more , I promise... It is just so hard to pic a fave!
Photo shoots with kiddos are hard work, but so much fun. You always get unexpected shots because you can not get them to pose.. You just have to let them go and keep snapping.
I hope you will join us over at Sassy Cheryl's Blog and show us what you have been up to.
I know that it was yesterday that was World Card making day and not today. I was so happy to not be sick this weekend that I kept rabbit trailing and running around all over the place with DH, yesterday. We did end up with a cute pic of him at the Farmer's Market with some pumpkins and hay and some stuff to start our Fall garden, but......it took until almost 11pm to get my card done and photographed. So, I was way too tired to try and mess with getting it posted on the blog last night. I did make this card to celebrate the day though... so I had to give a nod to it, at least.
Without further ado, here is my card using adorable Jeni's perfect costume by Sassy Cheryl.
Does she not put a smile on your face? She sure does mine. She for some reason reminds me of little kid dressed up for a school play. I was my share of things as a kid for school plays. The one that stands out to me the most is when I had to dress up as a huge flower,...lol
So, did you get a chance to create a card for World Card Making Day? If so I would love to come see it... be sure to leave a comment below so I can hop over and have a look see.
For now.. I am off to enjoy this gorgeous day of amazing weather ( it got down in the 50's over night..woot!) with my hubby. We are thinking about a trip to the zoo.
I am a 38 year old wife to my Mr.Wonderful, StepMom to a beautiful 14 year old daughter. Most importantly though, a sister in Christ! I love to paper craft, read, cook and spend time with my family.
