Quick Tips And Techniqies

Flower Fairy picks….

Posted by Cathy on Apr 22, 2010 in Copic Marker tips, Eat Cake Graphics, Quick Tips and Techniqies, Tutorials, Uncategorized | 8 comments

I admit – I’m a total pushover for flowers. I buy them everywhere, even the fruit market (they have great deals!). And of course I love to get them as gifts. I got these two potted begonias at the fruit market and thought I might give them as a little gift to friends for Mother’s day. I added a few little flower fairies to make them a little more personal. To make the faries, I chose 3 images from the Flower Fairies cling set, stamped them in Memento ink and colored...

A crisp autumn day…

Posted by Cathy on Nov 6, 2009 in Impression Obsession, Quick Tips and Techniqies | 11 comments

A post – finally, can you believe it. Its been a very busy week! I really liked this Fall Scene Cling Stamp by Impression Obsession the first time I saw it. It just looked like a place I’d love to visit. I bet there is homemade apple pie in that farm house! For this card, I decided to create even more of a background and a foreground by stamping twice and cutting out the foreground elements. Here are my 2 pieces colored with Copic markers. (not a great pic – sorry...

Copic colored lighthouse

Posted by Cathy on Jun 23, 2009 in Impression Obsession, Quick Tips and Techniqies | 4 comments

Here is the Father’s Day card I made for DH. Making cards for guys is challenging for me – I sometimes have a hard time choosing an image. For this Father’s Day, I chose this lighthouse from the Impression Obsession Lighthouse Cling Set. Life here has been so hectic – I thought this might look peaceful. I stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with Copics. Here are the colors I used. (oops… E-31 is upside down!) I wanted to...

One Stamp – 3 ways

Posted by Cathy on Dec 5, 2008 in Impression Obsession, Quick Tips and Techniqies | 3 comments

I’ve been struggling with “being creative” lately. I think I’m just too busy and feeling a wee bit stressed out. So I decided to take a little time to play around with the Manger Circle stamp by Impression Obsession – just trying different stuff to see what happens. So here are 3 cards I came up with. For this first one, I stamped Manger Circle in Memento Tuxedo ink and colored it with Copic markers. I cut around the image and then mounted it on 2 circular...

A reminder – and another snowman

Posted by Cathy on Nov 24, 2008 in Eat Cake Graphics, Quick Tips and Techniqies | 2 comments

Just a quick reminder that you only have till Friday to enter the drawing for a free Homemade Holiday stamp kit worth $29.99. All you need to do is post some pictures of all those nifty Holiday projects you’ve been making. You can see all the contest details HERE. We got even more snow on Friday – 4 inches total! Amazing, before Thanksgiving even. Unfortunately, I still have not finished raking my leaves. I still have bulbs to plant. Yikes! So here is another snowman...

Odd Bird Planet Trick or Treat

Posted by Cathy on Sep 29, 2008 in Odd Bird Planet, Quick Tips and Techniqies, Tutorials | 4 comments

A couple little treat bags using Odd Bird Planet images and Flair Design papers. I got the idea for these treat holders from my friend Frances who used to make them with heart cut outs for Valentine’s Day. The folder for the candy is very easy to make. It is a piece of cardstock 4″ wide and 11″ long. Score at 4 1/2″, 5 1/2″, and 10″. Then it is just folded up like a triangle with the last 1″ flap folding over the first. ...