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Halloween is coming….

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halloweencandyReally, it is.  Its hard to imagine while I’m sitting here in 98 degrees in my non-air conditioned house, but it is on the way!

I am so sending this card to my brother!  He is 4 years older and when we were young my Mom used to make him take me with him trick or treating.  Just what every 9 year old boy wants, a 5 year old sister slowing him down and limiting his candy haul!  He was a pretty good sport though.

I made this with the “Where’s My Candy?” cling stamp set.  The images are from eat cake graphics.

I colored the images with Copics and used the Distressed Stripes cuttlebug folder on the background.  All the paper is Prism cardstock (Black, Classic Orange, Intense Kiwi and Majestic Purple Med). 

I inked the edges of the panels with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink and a duster brush. 

hmhalloweenSpeaking of Halloween, check out this new House Mouse clear stamp set.  I love the “Have a Mice Halloween” sentiment.  The House Mouse stamps are new to the store – one set is Halloween and one is Christmas.

By the way, free shipping over $35 ends on Friday!

So – I’m off to think cool thoughts of fall.  I really need to do some weeding but blech… its just too hot!

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Copic colored lighthouse

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lighthousefdHere 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.

 

 

lighthousecopicsI stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with Copics.  Here are the colors I used. (oops… E-31 is upside down!)

 

 

 

 

coloredimageI wanted to add a “sky”, so I masked the image with Eclipse Tape (love that stuff!).   The Eclipse tape can be used over and over.  So when I make a mask, I store it in the case with the stamps so I don’t have to cut it out again next time.

 

 

 

inkedbgI used a duster brush with Distress Inkto color the background.  Very easy – just ink the brush, tap off excess and sweep from outside the image, over the cardstock edge towards the center.   I added a little green at the bottom and I also added some Vintage photo around the edges to age it.

 The sentiment was made with a Spellbinders Double Ended Tag die .  I just inked the die with Colorbox fluid chalk ink before I cut and embossed so I could get the red edge.  The embossed edge on the card was made with the Cuttlebug Just My Type embossing border set.

I hope everyone had a great Father’s Day and is having a wonderful summer.  We are busy here running vacation bible school.  The girls also have daily swimming lessons (and…ooohhh boy… that water is cold!  You know its bad when a 6 year old admits it!).  Last Friday we also had a WONDERFUL trip to Longwood Gardens.  It was so beautiful and the weather was just perfect!

So I hope to get back to a regular blog schedule soon….

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The “Bug-ologist”

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Hi all!  I hope everyone is enjoying spring.  Things are growing like crazy here.  I love this time of the year (before the bugs, disease, weeds and drought take their toll on the garden – and the gardeners!)

I made this little card using the Summer Camp Cling set and the Tree on the Hill cling stamp. 

Stewart the Bug-ologist is checking out a specimen and wondering “What’s Up”.

I stamped the tree in Memento Tuxedo and stamped Stewart on a scrap. 

bugologistmarkersI colored the tree with Copics and then used Broken China Distress ink with a duster brush to ink the sky.  I also colored Stewart and cut him out and attached him with foam tape in front of the tree.

Here are the Copic colors :

Card Details:

Well, the slugs ate my baby pumpkin and cucumber seedlings (ugghh.. I hate slugs)  so I’m off to replant some seeds.  Wish me luck!

 

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