Will be back soon!

Hi, I'm sure you are all wondering where my WOJ card is this week. Well it's almost complete sitting on my craft desk. Monday I came down with the flu and this evening I am starting to feel a tad bit better. I'm laying low because Friday I am standing up in my cousin's wedding so please pray I am better by then! I will have my WOJ card on here as soon as I'm strong enough to sit up long enough to finish it.
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TIOT - Sketch Style

Happy Tuesday....First off I have to start by saying HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY HUBBY!  Today we are celebrating our 3 year wedding anniversary and next week we will have been together for 8 years total!  I'm more in love with him than ever before!  Love you lots hun!

YAY another TIOT day!  Woot Woot....I also wanted to let you know that we have changed the format of Try It Out Tuesdays....now we will have Try It Out Tuesdays AND Try It Out Thursdays.  The awesome DT at SCACD has been divided into two groups...a few of us on TIOTuesday and a few on TIOThursday.  We will all be playing along in the same challenge each week, just spreading the inspiration through the week!  It's going to be so much FUN!  And now you can join in all of the fun..... starting this week we have a linky on the store blog for you to play along with our challenges...and that isn't all the good news......Susana will be offering a prize for the first challenge of each month!  I hope you join our weekly fun, I can't wait to see what you all create!

This week Suzanne has a sketch challenge for us!  I decided to make a tea light candle holder card, after seeing my GREAT friend Lena make one of these beauties!  You can find the tutorial -->here<--.  However, I altered the dimensions to make mine a little smaller.

I've used another new cutie from the newest Elisabeth Bell release for SCACD.  This is All Grown Up from Sampler Edition #4!  I believe the papers are BG but they were in my stash with no name so I'm unsure which collection.  If someone knows I would be more than happy to edit my post to include the name for you! :) Flowers are a mixture of Primas and Roses from (Wild Orchid Crafts).

Here's Suzanne's awesome sketch.  I rotated it onto it's side for my card.

My image was of course colored with my Copics and accented with my white gel pen. My Viva Decor Lilac Pearl Pen was used to make this cutie pie's pearl necklace look so real.  Image is popped up onto a Labels 10 die cute.  I then created my own flourish swirls with more of the Lilac Pearl Pen and the Violet Viva Pearl Pen. Not digging how they turned out but practice makes perfect, right?!

Here's a close up of the tea light candles in their portion of the card.

And another view so you can see the dimension of the card.  I hope you have enjoyed my creation this week!  I really can't wait to see what you all make!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: All Grown Up by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen,
Copic Colors Used: V000, V12, V15, V17, R00, R02, R20, R21, R83, RV91, E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, E31, E35, YR00, YR24, Y23
Papers: Basic Grey (I think?!)
Tools: Spellbinders - Labels 10, MS corner punch,
Embellishments: Primas, Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Viva Decor Lilac Pearl Pen, Viva Decor Violet Pearl Pen, Star Dust Stickles, Ribbon from my stash.

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Altering Glass VIVA Style!

Happy Monday~ I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and have a wonderful week!  I wanted to start this week out with some VIVA DECOR fun!  This past weekend my Mom and I found these beautiful candle holders during a shopping excursion at Michaels:

As soon as I saw them my Viva Decor Glass Effect Pens immediately popped into my head and I knew I HAD to have these beautiful candle holders because when I was done with them I knew they would be even more stunning! :)

AND....Here is the Finished Product:

What do you think?  Isn't it amazing the difference a little bit of color makes!  I think the colors add so much more to these candle holders.  I've used the Viva Decor Glass Effect Pen in Green to outline the leaves and then used the Viva Decor Glass Effect Pen in Pink to add the dot collections...I like to think of them as cute little berries!

And here is another angle for you to see the colors some more! :)  These were so easy to alter!  It took me less than 15 mins to paint both of them!  It takes about 3-4 hours for the gel to dry.  What is great is that the gel doesn't run at all so it makes these pens super easy to use!  Love them...Viva Decor really does have amazing products!


If you want to see a tutorial with these amazing Glass Effect Pens, click -->HERE<--  to watch Suzanne at work! 

I hope you've enjoy this project and it brought a little bit of fun to your Monday!  I'd love to hear what you think!

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TIOT - Spring Gift

Happy Tuesday~ I hope you are all enjoying your week!  My week is not so cheery....it's dreaded FINALS week at school!  Two Exams today and one more on Thursday!  If I make it through today I should be doing pretty good....my hardest exam is today!  Eeekkk!  Please send some good wishes and prayers my way! :)

The good thing about today is that it's TIOT over at the SCACD Blog!  Today Suzanne has challenged the DT to create a Spring Gift....I didn't have a whole lot of play time in between studying and my cousin's bachelorette party this weekend so I did take an hour yesterday to get away from my books to whip something up.  I couldn't find what I wanted to make....I'm sure the "something" I was looking for was in a tote buried under something else....I guess I will just have to keep that idea for later! :)  Instead I decided to use You Have Mail from the Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD on my project.

I thought this cutie would be perfect for a little notebook to have by your computer to write down blogs or websites that you like to go to!  I know I always need paper by me when I am on the computer constantly coming up with new ideas while I'm blogging!  Papers are from the new Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage Collection. I wanted to use some bright colors for our SPRING theme!  Bottom corners were punched with a MS corner punch.

This cutie was of course colored with my Copics (what else huh?!) and then accented with my white gel pen.  Buttermilk Spica was used on her hair to add some sparkle.  I took a piece of fabric, cut it, and then frayed the edges to make it look like she was laying on the rug of her room blogging away!

 The sentiment was created with a PTI set that I purchased and haven't had time to ink up yet.  Stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa.  Then I took my Viva Decor Kiwi Pearl Pen and accented around the bottom of my circle.

Susana has some NEW PRODUCTS in over at the store, they include Crafters Workshop Stencils/Templates; NEW Prima Fairytale Roses, and Susana is now carrying the Copic Blender REFILL!  PLUS she just got the NEW Basic Grey pads in...they include Cappella, White, Kraft, Manilla, & Max & Whiskers along with some new colors of Viva Decor Glitter Paste...you need to check out these awesome colors!!!  Those new paper pads, primas and stencils look awesome (may need to do some shopping myself) and I always am using my Copic Blender Pen on my colorings...the refill is a GREAT thing to have around!  Happy Shopping to you!

Make sure you head over to the SCACD Blog to check out the other TIOT samples the DT has created!


Recipe:
Stamps: You Have Mail from Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, White Gel Pen, Buttermilk Spica,
Copic Colors Used: E000, E00, E11, E13, E15, E21, N1, N3, N5, N7, R02, R11, R21, R29, R37, R39, R83, YR00, YG00, YG07, YG17, YG23, Y21, B66, B79
Papers: Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage Collection
Tools: Fiskars flower punch, Spellbinder Circle Nestie, MS daisy corner punch
Embellishments: Viva Decor Kiwi Pearl Pen, fabric from my stash.

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WOJ #78 - Jane's Sketch

 Hello Friends~

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you are all enjoying your week!  As I said yesterday my week is a little stressful with classes winding down for the semester.  Today I have to give a group presentation for my HR Management class....a little nervous as I don't like to speak in front of people...so I will be VERY excited when the presentation is over!  Then it's off to write two papers....I am getting super excited for the weekend that's for sure! I'm taking a break from studying for finals to spend the day with my family and friends for my cousin's bachelorette party....I'm standing up in her wedding in 2 weeks so Saturday we are having a total girls day/night!  It will be a blast!  That's my light at the end of the tunnel for this week!

Now onto crafty things....seeing how it's Wednesday that means in WOJ Challenge Day!  Woo-Hoo!  First off, thank you very much for those people who played along with our money holder challenge!   This week we have some special news to share with all of you....our challenges are moving to every other week....we are hoping that by giving you two weeks to play along with a challenge more people will be able to join in our fun! This week's challenge is a sketch challenge by our very talented Jane!  You have until May 18th to play along!

This week I have gone with a shabby chic style!  I wanted to use pink and green and then make it chic so out came my TH Distress Crackle Paints in White and Rock Candy!  All edges of papers were painted with both Crackle Paints.  The pink panel behind Willow was cut out with my Oval Nestie, then embossed with my SU folder and finally I painted over it with my White Crackle Paint.  Paper are from the BG Porcelein collection.

 Here is Jane's lovely sketch!  Love the swirls!

Willow in Summer Breeze was colored with Copics, and accented with a white gel pen.  The apples on her dress we topped with my Viva Decor Transparent Gloss Pen for some shine!  Her bracelet colored with a Viva Decor Light Carmine Paper Pen and then I added Glamour Dust to the top for lots of sparkle and bling.  The Scalloped Oval edges were also painted with Crackle paint and the pearls on the top left were made with my Viva Ice White Pearl Pen.  Can you tell I absolutely love the Viva products?!  They are so reasonable for the amount of product that you get! 

For my swirl I added some Sizzix swirls with a Wild Orchid Crafts Rose and Prima Hydrangea.  Pearls again were with the Viva Pearl Pen and the butterfly gemstone charm is one that I picked up at HL over Easter.

Finally the double bow was made with my Bow Easy!  Again, my favorite tool....I so love being able to make bows...and it really is easy to use!!!

This challenge's prize is being offered by the wonderful Katharina and it is the Girl with Lamb stamp!  Speaking of sweet things, you need to head over to Katharina's blog...she is offering up some GREAT Candy.....the NEW Get Well Soon Collection will be going to one lucky winner!

Recipe:
Stamps: Willow in Summer Breeze (WOJ Summer '09 collection)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, white gel pen,
Copic Colors Used: E000, E00, E11, E21, E99, W3, G000, G12, G85, YR00, YR21, YR24, R000, R02, R20, R32
Papers: BG Porcelein collection
Tools: Spellbinders: Oval & Scallop Oval; MS tulip and butterfly border punches, Bow Easy, SU Embossing Folder, Sizzix Swirl Die,
Embellishments: Viva Decor: Ice White Pearl Pen, Transparent Gloss Pen, Light Carmine Paper Pen, Glamour Dust, Roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), Prima Hydrangea, Butterfly Gemstone Charm, Diamond Stickles, tulle, TH Distress Crackle Paint in White & Rock Candy.

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TIOT - Vintage Style

Hi Friends~

I hope you are all having a fantastic week...this is my last week of classes before finals next week!  Eeekkk!  Thank goodness I really only have one hard final and the rest shouldn't been to terrible; however I do have a major presentation coming up...hopefully this time I don't stop speaking in the middle of a sentence and freeze! lol!

This week Suzanne has challenged used to create a Vintage Theme card....think browns, sepia, warm grays, and black colors.  I decided to go with the Sepia theme for my card! 

My Mother-in-law absolutely loves horses so when I first saw At the Horse Show I couldn't wait to make a card for my MIL!  This stamp is one of the brand new ones over at SCACD and is from Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD.  Dp is from the DCWV Once Upon a Time collection.  Heart doily has been spritzed with glimmer mist.

This cutie was colored with my Copics and accented with white gel pen.  I've added Chocolate Spica to her hair and Ice White Pearl pen was used for her buttons.

Large flower is a Gardenia and others are Prima Hydrangeas and mini rose.  Flowers have been glitterized with Diamond Stickles and then I have added customized pearls to the Hydrangeas with my Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen!

Sentiment is from a SU set and the pearls have again been made with my Viva Decor Cream Pearl pen!  It's so nice to be able to make pearls the exact size that you need them to be!  

Recipe:
Stamps:  At the Horse Show from Sampler Edition #4 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, SU
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Chocolate Spica, white gel pen,
Copic Colors Used: E000, E00, E11, E21, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R02, R11, W3, YR00
Papers: Once Upon a Time Collection by DCWV
Tools: Spellbinders - Labels One and Labels 12; Various SU punches, MS PAP punches
Embellishments:  Prima Hydrangeas, Prima Rose, Gardenia flower (Wild Orchid Crafts), Diamond Stickles, Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen, Viva Decor Ice White Pearl Pen, Glimmer Mist

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Blog Candy WINNERS!

Hi Everyone~

First off I have to THANK YOU ALL for stopping by my blog and registering for my blog candy!  I greatly appreicate everyone stopping by and for all the kind comments I get...you all truly make my day!  I hope that you all come back and say hi again! :)

I am sure you all have been peeking at my blog all day awaiting the announcement of the winners of my candy!  Sorry this are posted so late, it was a crazy day....I won't keep you in suspense any longer....

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#125 Marie / Legojenta 

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#36 Maria & Simeon  

CONGRATULATIONS!

The winners have until Thursday, May 5th at 6:00pm (my time...which is located on my right sidebar) to contact me; otherwise new winners will be chosen.  You can find my email under my profile.

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