FSS Pansy Border

I have joined the FSS Design team for another term, and actually am excited to see what goodies Tracey has in store for us. I haven't been posting as I should but my computer has contracted a cough and is only working part time. I hate to even put this out there before I TAKE IT IN TO BE REPAIRED.

But I'll make this a quick one and at least let everyone know I'm not dead. LOL This image is one of my favorites. I Love anything that is pansy. They seem to have such happy little faces. They are a friend of mines favorite flower and every time I get something with a Pansy on it she seems to think I should give it to her! So I am sure this card will be no exception, not a chance :-) And you know who you are too!

The materials for this card are things I had on hand. MS punch, Cherry Lynn die, some stash ribbon, rhinestones, and some paper I had lurking around in my computer just waiting to be used.

Copics I used are as follows.

Centers- YR24, Y21

Bottom petals- C10, B99, B21

Top petals- V04, 01, 0000, 91

Leaves- G16, 12, 000

Hope you like this card & thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to stop in at Fred She Said, and check out the pretty new flowers she has out for spring.

Hugs, Maureen

Parade- Saturated Canary Challenge #36

Hello there bloggers. I have another great digital image from Saturated Canary. Who by the way is one of my favorites. Leann at Picture This now carries all the rubber images from Krista Smith's line that there are, YAY!

I am so desperate for spring to get here I guess this image just screamed it out to me and I had to color her up. I love all the pretty pastels that I mixed together from the challenge at Saturated Canary Blog. I am entering this card in the color challenge at this blog, which by the way is a FIRST for me, what's up with that? I seem to see that most of the blogs I follow are entering challenge after challenge, so I thought I'd give it a try. They are giving away prizes of digital stamps for the top six designs so there is always a chance, right??? 

The colored paper I used is from my stash of unending cardstock, and the tiny bit of DP is from a 6X6 pad called Isabelle from First Edition. I added a few "Candi" some Bakers twine, a smidgy bow & button, a Sizzix die called Architectural Accents Set, and one of the borders from the Cuttlebug folder set called Just My Type, and wah lah, finito! Which for me is a rarity because I have been bitten by the "more is better" bug. :-)

Here is a list of the Copic colors I used for my image:

Skin- E01, 00, 000

Cheeks- R20, E000

Lips- RV11, 34

Hair- E53, 51, 50

Eyes- B21

Pinafore & pants- R02, 00, 000

Shoes- R00, 000, 02

Sticks- E37

string- E50

Turtle- YG95, 93, 91

Turtle shell- E43, 42, 40, lines w/E44

Bow- R81, RV10, 000

Duck- Y17, 13, 11

Beak & feet- YR04

Boat- B34, 32

Heart- R35  

Flag- shade w/ C1

Ground under image- W1, 00

Wow, I'm thinkin' that's a whole lotta colors!

Hope you enjoyed this card & thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Maureen

Silver Fairy for Whimsy Stamps GDT Call

Hello there bloggers. Once again, LIFE has gotten in the way of my blog.

What the heck! Well I'm not going to try and apologize as no matter what excuse I'd have it wouldn't erase the fact that I have been neglectful. So I will move forward from this and try my best to do better.
This post is from Whimsy Stamps called Silver Fairy. She isn't a new stamp but I just love her. Actually this is the first card I've made with this image since I bought it..........well lets just say, some time ago. Have you ever had that happen? Not you? Well OK then, bwaahaahaa. The little sentiment is also from Whimsy and is called Magical Mini Letter Seals.
Now moving on the the reason I drug out this little honey of a stamp by "Wee" stamp company carried by Whimsy. They are having a guest designer design team call, which if chosen, I would showcase a stamp or two for them during the month of March, YAY!!! I would love to do that. So we shall see what happens. Either way I would recommend going the the Whimsy Stamp store and see what wonderful products they have to offer. The January release has just opened and they have lots of new stamps, sentiments and dies. CHECK IT OUT!
This card was put together with papers from my scrap pile. I'm trying so hard to utilize some of it,. My goodness how fast that stuff adds up. And since paper and Copics are my passion, I think I can't go into a craft store without buying paper. So it always appears the scrap pile gets bigger instead of smaller. Hmmmmmmm, one of lifes great mysteries.

The flowers were made to match the Hydrangea flowers in the scrap of designer paper

tucked under the image. The ribbon is from my stash and the cute little charm is also from Whimsy Stamps.

Copics used for this card are:

Skin- E01, 00, 000

Cheeks- R20, E000

Hair- E53, 51, 50

Wings- B21, BV00, B21, B0000

Dress- BV04, 02, 01, 00, 000

Hope you enjoyed this little card and thanks so much for stopping bye.

Hugs, Maureen

Thank You

Hi there blogger friends. Thought I had better post something so you all wouldn't think I fell off the planet. I really didn't :-)

I've had a few obligations to fill, a class coming up in Eau Claire to get ready for, some card orders, a corsage to make and  cake to bake for a baby shower, close the Park, yuk! and trying to get some needed outside work done to try and get winterized. Here in Wisconsin winter ALWAYS gets here before we are ready for it. Ahhhhhh, such is the life in the mid-west. Oh, I wanted to tell you all that I have decided to decline the invitation to stay on the FSS DT for this term. I have so many things going on that I didn't feel I could give the time to the DT that it deserves. Tracey has so graciously offered to allow me to return when I'm ready & I am  very grateful for the opportunity to do so. Thanks Tracey!

Anyway lets get down to the business of my post. I have used a Saturated Canary digital design called "Thank You" and I think she is so precious. I believe this would be a great image for Copic beginners. Not too many colors to get overwhelmed with and really simple, but darling, hair style. I wish saturated Canary would get on the stick and get some more rubber images out there. I guess I didn't realize how many people don't use digital stamps until I started to teach Copic coloring. I always feel like a traitor when I use them now because Leann at Picture This is so good to me and online business always hurts the small business owners. When you are 12 miles from a loaf of bread, as I like to say, I use the Internet as a way to keep up on new things and of course feed my stamp addiction! What can I say folks, I'm in deep!

For my papers, I once again have dug into my scrap pile. I used Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals, Floral Ovals around my image and Venetian Motifs for the little corner embellishment, cut huh? The little heart under the sentiment is from Cheery Lynn called Heart to Heart Lace Doily. The flowers are hand made from the Spellbinder Donna Salazar design called Bitty Blossoms. Oh how I love that die! the tiny little fill flowers are made from a little punch I bought at Picture This my last trip into Eau Claire.

The Copic colors I used are: (I CAS these from another blog I follow, bad me!)

Skin- E01, 00, 000

Cheeks & lips- R20, E000 & RV11, Rv34

Hair- E44, 43, 42, 41

Dress, socks, bow & eyes- V99, 95, 91, V01, 000, 0000

Apron & shoes- E42, 41, 40, W00

Shadow around image- E50

Floor under image- W3, W1

That's about it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by & please come again.

Hugs,

Maureen



Fred She Said Early Autumn Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fred, She Said Early Autumn Blog Hop!  Summer has ended and memories remain!  The FSS team wants to share with you the newly released FSS images!

If you have arrived from Carolyn's blog,  you are right on track. If you are just happening by, you will want to start on the FSS Blog. (http://fred-she-said.blogspot.com/)

Collect a secret word on each blog along the way, leave us some love on our posts and follow the directions at the end of the hop for your chance to win this FABULOUS PRIZE!

One winner will receive ALL of this:

$25 GC to CropStop (provided by Fred She Said)
$25 GC to Fred She Said Store

Hop ends Friday, October 5, midnight EST.

I have chosen the brand spanking new image call Blue Jay (uncolored) for fall that Tracey has designed. Ooooooooo fabulous! There are so many options for this image you'll just have to head on over to FSS and check it out. I have used paper from my hugely growing scrap pile, LOL and some MS seam binding ribbon & gold cord from an estate sale. My Bird is cut out with Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two, the flourish is Die-Namics Fancy Flourish, and my fall leaves are an older Cuttlebug set of four dies just called "Leaves" A bit of Cinnamon and Tierra Stickles and Wah La, my version of early fall.

Copics used to color Blue Jay are:

Beak & feet- C5, C1

White feathers- C1, C00

Blue feathers- B18, B12, B21

A touch of B95 if needed to make shadows

Any black needed on bird- C10

Your secret word on my blog is FROM

Your next stop on the hop is Zehra's blog.

Tracey-Lynn - / (no word this time)

Karen

Patty

Crystal

Janet Kay

Nancy

Robin 

Carolyn

Maureen (that's me)

Zehra

Valerie

Michelle

FSS Challenge Blog

Good Luck everyone and thanks so much for taking the time to visit with each of us today. Please come again.

Hugs,

Maureen

Emma The Caroling Angel

Here's a card I have finished for FSS Designs. She is called

Emma the caroling Angel and you can find her at this link. This image is so versatile as she comes with birds or not, a Halo, or not, and well too many other ways to print this little honey, soooooo go and check her out!! I wanted to keep this card monochromatic, which I have a tendency to do on Christmas cards, if I haven't used the traditional red & green, which is always a favorite for me.

The papers I used on this card are from a 6X6 pad I bought last year called Christmas Joy from First Edition. This pad is non-traditional colors of aqua, muted pinkish red, and shades or orange, half plain and half glittered, oooh yummy! It's so beautiful I hate to cut it up, I mean how sick is that? LOL

The border on top is MS Snowflake PAP decked out with rhinestones of course :-) and a little silver cord from my garage sale hauntings. The flourish is Holly from Cheery Lynn and the Poinsettia I made from Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia. The tiny little flowers are a Punch-a-Bunch I bought quite some time ago & can't remember if it has a name, sorry. All the flowers are sponged with a little Stampin Up Sage Shadow ink pad. It may be discontinued, I've had it for some time now. Centers of flowers are tiny silver beads, a gift from a friend, thanks J. Emma has some Liquid Applique' on her dress pizazzed up with some Frosted Lace Stickles, and her wings have Stardust Stickles.

Here are the Copic colors I used on Emma:

Birds- C1, 00

Skin- E02, 01, 00

Cheeks- R20, blended with E00

Hair- E25, 23, 21

Dress- G00, 000, 0000

Thats all for today bloggers, hope you enjoyed my little project. And don't forget to stop back on Friday for the FSS Blog Hop!!!

Hugs,

Maureen



Halloween Rosie

Hello bloggers. Here's a FSS digi called Halloween Rosie, isn't she just the cutest evah!!!!

I believe this is Tracey & family's doggie, but I colored her a bit differently than the pre-colored image. I used Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles to cut her out but used the "Out of the box" technique, which is why her broom is over the edge a little. I kinda like it!

I used a fence die I have from Whimsy Stamps & cut off the bird & birdhouse that sit on it, stamped some little pumpkins I had & fussy cut them out & popped them up for dimension. The drippy goo & bats are MS punches, sentiment is computer generated, & the ribbon and rhinestones are from my stash. I colored the ribbon with Copics to deepen the purple as it was too light.

Here's the Copics I used to color little Rosie:

Black fur- C10, 5, 3

White fur- C1, 00

Hat- YR07, 04, 02

Hat band- BV02, 01, 00

Broom handle- E47, 44

Broom straw- Y26, 21

Floor under Rosie- E53, 51

Hope you enjoyed this little card & don't forget we are having another Blog Hop on Friday the 28th.  Hope you can join us for some wonderful inspiration & great prizes. FSS Designs has some new images to be released on that day so I hope you can come. I got a sneak peek of course & I'm here to tell ya, they're terrific!!

Hugs,

Maureen