A Sweet 16 Card

I was "commissioned" to make a Sweet 16 card.  I didn't want to use the traditional car pic for some reason, so I chose a butterfly (Go figure!)  Butterflies are my favorite... and the symbolism of them coming out of their "cocoon" represents that of a teen too!  Though I would hazard to say that many of them leave their "cocoon" to be a Tasmanian devil, then butterflies!  LOL  (having worked with troubled youth for a while, I saw my share of youth at the Tasmanian devil stages!  Oddly, I  miss it, but just a little....perhaps I miss the "action"! 

 So, here's the card!

 

PTI Terracotta tile paper and ribbon, PTI smokey shadow paper, some beads, a butterfly charm, a plain round earring to "string" them on and a matching eyelet. (and of course I used my Crop-a-Dile to set the eyelet!  The easiest way!)

Darling background paper from KaiserCraft and Stazon ink

Cricut Cut Letters with my Jasmine cartridge

I used Water color pencils and a Dove Blender pen for the image.  I used a mixture of oranges and reds to get the color just right on the butterfly and used stickles to highlight the outline.

Love this butterfly stamp, one of MANY!  DOH....After I thought it would have been easier to heat emboss the outlines with glitter embossing powder, but it was already done!  :)

 

My client that wanted this card often orders from me.  She has used this great verse from Nelson Mandella as the inside of the card on a number of occasions.  I have it saved, in "card size", on my PC so I can just adjust the name and print for her.  So....using your printer is a great way to get extra sentiments or to do up the interior of the card.  A decorated inside really completes the product and some people just love the fact that they don't even need to write anything if they don't want to!

Have a great day everyone!!  Happy Card making and craftin!

Copic Books for Splitcoast friends!

Hey my Bloggy Friends!

Well, a few updates.....I didn't get the position on the design team for Prickley Pear, but I have asked for some feedback.  So I hope they have some constructive things for me to be more competitive for other applications.   But they are so great that they are sending me some goodies just for applying! 

Been busy reworking the craft room AGAIN!  Seems that every couple of months I have to purge a little and move stuff around, but it takes me FOREVER!  I'm ditching my large open paper rack in favor of smaller options and I am hanging the IKEA rods to "display" a lot of supplies over my desk!  I think they will work well for me since it will display my stuff and I won't forget that I have it!

On to craftiness!!

I used my smaller Copic template to make these for my Splitcoast friends that I met up with on Thursday!  I didn't embellish them the way I would have liked to because I ran out of time, but they are crafty girls and will jazz them up I'm sure!  ;)  Let me know if you'd like the template!

This pic doesn't do them much justice, but they will be handy to keep in a purse!

Of course, I just love using my Bind it All!

 

I used PTI base paper and one of the papers from their new patterened paper from Jan. (pretty Pastels)

I love this ribbon that came in a package from 

Martha Stewart!

Notice I also added an eyelet in the upper left corner so that the girls can add a toilet chain, ribbon or even a binder ring to hang the book near their crafty area!

I added an extra column in the centre so that the kind of Copic can be noted, C for Ciao, S for Sketch ect...

and the blank column on the right should be colored in with the Copic color to indicate that you have it.

 Well, that's it for today people.....I don't dare post pics of my MESSY room yet, but I'll share when it's all done...AGAIN!  LOL

Blog Candy Alert!! Big Time!

Major Giveaways......at One World, One Heart

The original idea behind this International giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way.

Click for a listing of all the participating blogs.

http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart.html

I love the doll that this lady made!  I actually thought it was a REAL BABY!

http://irenka-creativemoments.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-world-one-heart.html

I'm going to participate too, but I just need to round up a prize first!  I will post pics ASAP!

COPIC color chart - Book format

With my first REAL Copic purchase only last week, I find that I'm obsessed with knowing what colors I need (even though I know it's LOTS still). So I decided to make a Copic book for my bag to refer to when I'm faced with an opportunity to buy. That way I won't end up with doubles.....they are too expensive for doubles!

I used this color list from SCS (Splitcoast Stampers for those of you who don't know)

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303118

I modified it though to make it much smaller...an 8x10 book isn't easy to carry in my bag!

If you'd like the file, please let me know...I'd be happy to email it to you. (Because I can't figure out how to post it here anyhow!)

I initially made a larger size, but then decided on something smaller...so I actually have a small file and then a smaller one. LOL  This finished one is 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" (the larger of the 2)

Here's a list of items I used for this project:

1/2 inch "O-wire" in Antique Brass and the Bind it All

Daisey Bucket paper Astor park Collection (Emilie Street)

Some cranberry colored mulberry paper

Thin chipboard

PTI Scarlet Jewel ribbon

Zig glue pen (Wide tip)

scissors, stickles

and a printer for the inner pages

I still need to add some letters cut from my Cricut that say Copic Book or something like that

Since this book would also be a great reference while coloring I added an eyelet in the upper left corner of the book.  This way I can string some ribbon through it (or whatever) so that it can be hung close by  for blending reference.

This is the inside cover and first page.  I made a pocket to hold little items, perhaps a reciepts or two.  The book idea is that you would color the blank area with your copics according to the colors you have.  That way you will have the true color, but remember to color it so that there isn't another page behind it in case it bleeds through!

This is the inside back cover.  The outside is covered with the same paper as the front. Since I wanted just a little bling...I added stickles to the middle of the flowers. (left)

 

If you don't own a Bind it All, you can easily still make this with a hole punch and a binder ring. You would hold it together similar to this book I made for one of my neices for her First Birthday....(right)

So, what do you think? 

I will share my finished mini, mini version when I finish that one too.  I do need to get some larger "O-Wires" since there will be so many more pages, just smaller.  I think this smaller small version is going to be about 

2 1/2" x 6 3/4".  I have the files to print both inner pages including blank lined pages as extras as well. (So, feel free to let me know if you'd like the files!)