ShinHan markers

Recently Close to My Heart added some alcohol markers to their product line. Their first try was a dismal failure, but the newest ones, ShinHan markers, seem much better. Time will tell if they can keep from drying up, and the nibs from falling apart.  So far, so good.  This card used the four markers I have so far. They are very reasonable, but they add up, don't ya know! 

Today is the baptism of Thomas James Grover. He is the child of Melissa and Jim Grover - Melissa is my beloved's daughter. Steve will perform the baptism. It is a very special day, indeed!

CTMH Snowhaven papers

I found a Waltzingmouse Stamps set called Teeny Trees that I hadn't realized I'd brought up North with me.  So, I said "let's get some ink on this baa-bee"!  I love the look of the "glacier" tree with the Snowhaven papers. The card base was Whisper cardstock so I added a piece of White Daisy to the "writing side" of the inside and trimmed it with a piece of red washi tape that has white polka dots.  

I've been creating all sorts of fun things!  Stay tuned for more soon!

Hugs!

who, whoo

Who, who likes these little owls?! I do! I found this stamp in a discontinued special from CTMH that had all sorts of holiday images. It was a double D size set! 😉 I used the current Halloween papers, a zip-strip and the sentiment from an earlier Stamp of The Month (SOTM). 

I colored the Owls with pencils and odorless mineral spirits (OMS). Have I mentioned that I am having so much fun playing with my toys?!?

More fun with Sunflowers!

More fun!  This one uses three techniques combined.  I stamped the initial image with Flaxen ink, used the water coloring brush-pen to pick up ink from the ink pads and color (layering as I went along) and then, once it was all dry, I went back over some sections with Prismacolor pencils. Once the dye inks are dry, you can actually use OMS (odorless mineral spirits) over the pencils to blend them in without smudging the inks.  All of this was on a good quality watercolor paper. You might notice that the top sunflower is  much bolder than the other two.  Well, life is like that sometimes!  *wink*

Oh!  I had a comment come in on an older post where the person asked me questions about my name.  I would have replied directly to her, but there isn't any e-mail connected with her blog post.  So, I will answer the question here - feel free to skip over this part!  LOL My given name, on my birth certificate, is Sharli.  I was named for my Grandfather Charles and in those days it wasn't as fashionable to name girls with boy names.  I adored and respected my Grandfather, so I am proud to be his namesake. Mystery solved!

Belated Birthday

Recently I "missed" a very special little girl's birthday.  I know, I'm very ashamed and im sure it won't happen again! To catch up, I made this cute owl card. My "a-ha" moment was when I took a conversation bubble and turned it backwards on the acrylic block so I could make a nice yellow bubble where I could stamp the sentiment.  I love how that turned out - so much better than free-handing it!

At the last minute I decided the owl needed legs, so they are sturdy ones that color coordinate like all girly owls.  It was actually pretty quick to make and I enjoyed it!

Thank you notes

I've been stocking up on my thank you notes.  It seems like I go through these very quickly!  Such a problem to have!  LOL  

This was an old stamp (one of the stamp of the month specials I believe, from CTMH).  I still LOVE playing with it!  Can I ever have too many flower stamps?  I didn't think so either!

It's cool here today but when the sun broke through the clouds I jumped up and announced that I was going for a bike ride.  My dear husband, knee deep in his own project, said, do you want me to come?  I answered, only if this is a good place to stop, and he simply dropped everything to go with me!  Isn't that awesome!?!  He still amazing me with his warmth and caring.  I love when he goes with me - I enjoy the ride more, and we see delightful things on the trail together.  I also feel safer and more relaxed when he's along.  I push myself more, too, because I want him to be impressed with my strength (giggle).  Yup.  He loves me!  

Masculine card

I made this card for a 30-something guy I know that is going on 13. He's really a hoot - and I love him dearly!  It was super quick to make and I used the new CTMH papers called Wanderful.  I had purchased a pack to scrapbook our trip this summer, but haven't started that project yet (shame on me!!) so I cut into it for this "emergency" card!  *giggle*

Hope things are wonderful in your part of the world.  It's cooling off here - I even saw some snowflakes a couple of days ago!  They were exciting (for a girl from Arizona)!