Snow Flower and the Forgotten Fan

Hello All,
  I am a member of Bookendz which is a part of the Color Me Creative Classroom.  We are doing a cyber book club and the kick off was on July 28th.  You still have time to join in on the fun!  We are reading "Snow Flower and the Forgotten Fan" by Lisa See.
  There are four challenges which include a coloring challenge with a theme from the book: Asian, oriental etc.
  I am putting this card in to 3 challenges:
Outlawz
Book Endz
Copic Creations


  Hope you all have a wonderful and creative day!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Fairy Dust is a Must

Hello All,
  Today's card is for the Outlawz "Things with Wings" and for the CMC Challenge Red, Cream and Turquoise.
  I found this stamp while on vacation in Virginia Beach VA.  I bought it at Beach Scrapbooks.  It is by OurCraftLounge.com.  
  We got our last day of class with Online Card Classes today :(  I am so bummed.  I learned so much from Kristina and Jennifer!  But, they are going to have an INSPIRATION SHOWCASE on Sept. 12-16th and a Holiday Card Boot Camp in November, the 7th thru the 21st.  I can't wait, especially for the holiday one!  I'd like some inspiration for Christmas Cards because I'm not all that inspired for Christmas yet, even though it is Christmas in July everywhere else!
  Well, that is all for now.  Happy crafting everyone!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Clean and Simple "Outlawz" Challenge

Hello All,
  This card is for the Sunday CAS for the Outlawz.
  Well, my Crop for yesterday didn't turn out very well.  I expected to have at the very least 30 people and with everyone's schedule I only got 7 total.  What a bummer!  I spent so much money on supplies and only had two people show up for one of my classes.  I guess I can get up and dust myself off and try again later in the fall when there is no summer vacations and the kids are in school.
  Happy creating everyone!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Online Card Class Week 4

Hello all,

  I guess I found the time and inspiration to make the week 4 card for the Summer Online Classes.

  Inks:  Close To My Heart: Pacifica, Lagoon, Pear and Sky

  Paper:  Close To My Heart

  Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades Regal Flourishes

  Magnolia Doohickeys: Dragonflies

  I really like the technique videos for this week.  I inked up one side of the Tim Holtz Alterations and embossed my card.  They said to ink up the "female" side:  the side where you have the indent.  The raised side they called the "male".  This technique they called "Letterpress" or "Faux Letterpress"

  After I die cut the Dragonflies, I inked them up using a sponge dauber by Tsukineko "Sue-Knee-Co".  At least this is how the Japanese at my plant told me how to pronounce it.

  I am so glad that I got to make a card this week!  I was on vacation last week so I didn't get to participate.  Boy was I bummed.  Well, this makes two posts in one day whew!  Well, I'm going to get started on cleaning up my studio!

Hugs,

Carolyn

Summer showers

Hello All,
  I finally got a card made today!  Don't know why it took so long!  What is too funny is I made this card for a certain challenge and can't remember for the life of me which one it was lol.
  So, I'm going to enter this card into a few challenges:  One is the Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge and the other is to the Outlawz "Paper Ala Mode" challenge.
  I had hoped to do some more card making with the Summer Online Card Classes since this is the last week.  I do feel inspired but there are so many cards already made and the gallery of them is wonderful!  I may try to make a card before Sunday.
  I have an all day crop this Saturday for the ladies at work and I've been really busy trying to put things together for them.  I've got two classes that I will be teaching and I've got Almost Heaven Scrapbooking Store coming to set up a small store for them also.  I'm just hoping to get a lot of interest from the ladies and hoping a lot show up lol!
  Well, it is time to get off my derriere and get some crafting done!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Back from Williamsburg VA

Hello All,
  We are back from our Williamsburg VA trip.  We had a wonderful time.  This is a picture in front of Busch Gardens.  All week we just walked on the rides.  It was incredible.  I think there was one day where we had to wait for 25 min. for one ride and that was it.

   This is my son Gabriel and his girlfriend "Frankie".  We took both of them with us.  We are at "The Cheesecake Factory" in VA Beach in this photo.  I made sure that I didn't eat all my dinner and got a to go box for it so I could make room for the dessert lol.
  Thanks to the ladies with Color Me Creative and Suzanne J Dean for suggesting "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness.  I started reading this book on the way home and am liking it very well.
  I can't wait to start cardmaking and scrapbooking this week.  I've missed it so much.  I really enjoy coloring with my Copics and yesterday I stopped by AC Moore and bought a 48 count Prisma Color Pencil set.  I'm hoping to take a Prisma Pencil Coloring Class from Color Me Creative and get decent at coloring with the pencils.
Happy crafting and scraping!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Gone Fishin'

Hello all,
  We are leaving for our vacation in the morning.  We're headed to Williamsburg, VA and I'm a little excited.
  This card is for Friday's challenge on The Outlawz.  It is for Monochromatic in the Blue color family.  This is my first "Boy" card and I'm happy with how it turned out.  I would've liked to have added some kind of fish element but time got away from me and I didn't have time to run to the sporting goods store to look for something.  But, I'm sure this will do.  My son or my honey usually critiques my cards before I post them and tells me if they look "OK" or not and I asked my son before I told him it is supposed to be Monochromatic and he said, "It sure does look blue" Lol.  I wish I had some net because I bet that would've looked pretty good behind the picture!  Maybe I should've waited and gone to the store. darn it.
  Have a wonderful time crafting and being crafty!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Online Card Class Week 2

Here is another card I made for the Online Summer Card Class.  It's a very simple card.  I think I might add it to the Outlawz as a CAS card also.
  I need to make this short as I am getting everything ready to go on vacation and I'm helping my youngest daughter move today!
  Have fun creating and being creative!
Hugs,
Carolyn

icopic challenge #37

Hello All,
  Here is my entry card for the Red, White and Blue Challenge #37  for icopic.  I am actually tired of the Red, White and Blue color scheme right now.  It seems that everyone was doing that for their challenges this past month!
  Well, we'll be leaving for vacation on Saturday morning!  We will be headed for Williamsburg VA.  Looks like we're headed for Busch Gardens, Water Country USA and Colonial Williamsburg.  We've done this vacation before but it's been some years.  We are taking our son and his girlfriend with us.  Our two oldest daughters are on their own so they are not going.  Our oldest is married now and our middle daughter is getting her very first apartment on Thursday and so has to move and still has to work or she'd be going.  So, I am sure this is going to be an interesting trip to say the least.
  I'd like to do one more card for the Summer Card Challenge before we leave.  I really like the colors that were chosen.

One of the ladies that is hosting this Online Card Class said that these colors reminded her of warm tortilla chips, watermelon and a margarita!  I couldn't agree with her more!
  Have fun crafting and creating today!
Hugs,
Carolyn

Online Card Class Week 2

Well, we are on week #2 for the Online Summer Card Camp!  I am super excited and couldn't wait to see what colors we were going to be working on for this week!  So, I jumped in and got started as soon as I checked my e-mail :).

   Here is the card I made using those colors.  I had an easier time this week using the color palette than last week.  The classes are geared to get you out of your comfort zone.  The only problem I'm coming up with is using my own sketches!  I am a little bit leary of that yet, so, I used a Magnolia Challenge Sketch and will enter her in to that challenge also.  I want to learn so much to be a better card maker and would love to be a better card designer also. 
  Well, that is all for now,
Hugs,
Carolyn

Let Freedom Ring

Hello All,
  I've made a 4th of July card for the following challenges:

• iCopic Weekly Challenge  airbrush or fancy background
• Color Me Creative Challenge Ruffles
• Party Time Tuesdays 4th of July

  Plus, I won a card contest for Color Me Copics Club with Carlene with Pinkscrappersboutique!  I sent in 3 cards and this is the one that won.

 
  Plus, my son's girlfriend gave me a little female kitty!  She is a part Siamese mix and is cute as a button.  I've not named her yet though and I need to get her cleaned up before I take her picture and show you.
  Well, that is all for now.  We need to get the house cleaned up for our 4th of July party.  We always throw a huge dinner and fireworks show every year but this year I don't know if we'll do the fireworks.  It's usually a huge mess to clean up the day after!
Hugs,
Carolyn