Copic Lily Ladybug

So, my friend Jeannie came over today. She was bringing me some stamps we had ordered together. Got some Sugar in the house today! She also brought over her Copics and let me try them for the first time. I grabbed an old image, that wasn't the best impression when I stamped it-not enough ink coverage, but figuring I just wanted to try them out I wasn't worried about the end result, this stamped image would be fine. Dudes, I had so much fun coloring it in. It's not perfect by any means, the mushrooms need more practice. But I thought the dress came out wonderful, and my skin tones weren't too shabby. Her copic collection were ones that matched PTI's colors, so I just played with random colors that she had, like I said, not paying attention to any final product. After she left, I was happy with how nice and bright the colors were, decided I had to see what I could do with her. I went upstairs, looking at my papers, and found that TAC Genevieve matched my oddball colors perfectly! How cool was that? Than I had to outline the thing with black marker because of the quality of my image. So, my first copic card! LOL! I feel so proud!

Supplies: PTI Raspberry Fizz, TAC Genevieve FWIC, TAC Swirlies-top right, Rachel Anne Miller stamp, dew drops, copics, prima flowers, stickles, Nesties

A cracked cuttle bug plate!

My company left this morning, so after I took down the Christmas decorations-this took all day, I headed up to play with my new toys at 8:30 tonight. I grabbed my new Rachel Anne Miller stamp-isn't she darling? I thought she looked spring-ish, so I pulled out TAC's Angelee SWIC. It's filled with those soft spring colors. I so wanted to see what the new stickles looked like that I grabbed, so I put different stickles on the mushrooms. (The distressed stickles have a big opening, so that caused a few issues at first. Had the stickle blobs happening a few times!)

But yippie! I finally got to use the nesties. I will have to get the nesting rectangles. I really like that look where they're embossed and straight line in the middle. I'm not a double scalloper person, I guess! Ran into a problem with the ribbon on this layout. So, I'm not digging where it's located.

Than I grabbed an IRAK from Tammi to make another card. Man, she's gonna make a big fan of those Hanglar stamps! Freaking cuties! I put her thru a different shaped rectangle nestie, and bam, the darn thing cracked my B plate! And it was my nice one too! I always do my die cutting on this one, so that it's freaky looking, and the other stays clear. I was a little shocked when it stuck into the plastic when I cut the second scallop rectangle out! Wasn't expecting that! Made me chuckle while I was peeling it off. I double checked the directions, and I put it thru right, so I'm not sure why it cracked. Guess I'll grab another one when it's on sale.

Supplies:Rachel Anne Miller, Hanglar, TAC Angelee SWIC, SU card stock, K & Co., stickles, ribbons from Michaels, flowers from TAC, Versamark spots, Nesties, crop-a-dile, water color pencils and lyra water color crayons.