Copic Markers | Paper Garden Projects

Fourth Friday Fun Challenge for November

Posted by Cathy on Nov 25, 2010 in challenges, Eat Cake Graphics, Fourth Friday Fun Challenge, Tutorials | 3 comments

(I know – I’m posting a little early. But I don’t want to forget with all the partying going on here ) Its another 4th Friday… you know what that means… So – if you are not out there shopping… come join the fun! This month our challenge is “Tag – you’re it”. Create a project the is a tag, contains a tag, or could be used as a tag… we want to see them all! You prize? This month its my all time...

Winter Wonderland Blog Hop

Posted by Cathy on Nov 20, 2010 in Blog Hops, Penny Black, Purple Onion Designs, Tutorials | 11 comments

Its time for another monthly blog hop – and this time we are taking you on a winter wonderland tour. Don’t worry – its a short tour so you won’t get frostbite! While you visit, take note of each designer’s name and their special holiday treat in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their holiday treat. Everyone who sends the correct list of designers...

Its all about the mittens….

Posted by Cathy on Nov 18, 2010 in Impression Obsession | 1 comment

I admit – I’m a mitten fan. I even have a pair of red ones! I know – gloves are so much more practical, but I love my mittens anyway (much better for making snowballs!). When I saw the current challenge over at the Impression Obsession blog – make something inspired by the song “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music (cue Julie Andrews!), I knew right away which stamp to use! I love this mitten stamp. I made my mittens red with Copics and colored...

Classic Christmas colors…

Posted by Cathy on Nov 17, 2010 in Digi Stamps | 1 comment

Traditional red and green… what can I say…. I really love holly and have several bushes in my yard that are now getting big enough to “harvest”. Although I learned the importance of wearing gloves when arranging it last year (ouch!). The Rejoice image is included in the new Christmas Foliage digital stamp set. I used a Spellbinders oval die cut to cut out the image with a craft knife, cutting around the holly leaves. Then I used the same die to cut a red...

Poinsettia… plus a little fun…

Posted by Cathy on Nov 16, 2010 in Digi Stamps | 12 comments

Here is another card made with the Christmas Foliage digital stamp set. This one uses the Poinsettia image (obviously) and I used this week’s sketch from Card Positioning Systems. I also used one of the sentiments on the inside of the card: I colored the image with Copic markers. Here are the colors I used: The paper is From the Making Memories Noel paper pack. (One of the big fancy snowflakes was covered by the image – so I cut it out before I glued everything together...