Here is another birthday card for the up coming class at The Craft Retreat. There are a few spots left. This is a "fancy fold" card. We are playing with BG49 BG15 Y17 Y38 YR68 as our new colors for the class.
Dustin has a challenge going on HERE. Anything but a card...with an Easter theme. I thought i would make something to hold some Lindt chocolate. The package came with 4 chocolate carrots, and...well...I could only fit 3 in my little box. Oh darn, poor me, gonna have to eat it. I made a file of which you can snag from...Read More
April 16th from 6-9pm I am teaching a copic card class at The Craft Retreat. There are a few spots left in the class. Call the store if your interested in attending. Here is a sneak peek of the images we will be playing with. I will post the completed cards soon. Images from Stampendous, Dustin Pike (Doodle Dragon Studios),...Read More
This Saturday at The Craft Retreat I am having a Easter Card Class. Their are a few spots left if you need some copic coloring practice. You can call (602) 843-3197 and sign up. You get to assemble 4 different cards and color 4 images. We are focusing on the colors RV13 RV21 RV23 V12 V15 V17, as well as...Read More
Thank you all who where able to make class 3 of the Build-A-Book. We had such a great time at the two locations. (Class repeats in 2 more locations next month if you missed it). As promised here are the finished pictures (or almost...as you fill them in as you get the colors) of what your pages should look like...Read More
I have so bless with my classes being such a hit...who would have thunk?! I have been teaching 6 Build-A-Book Classes a month as well as a couple beginning Copic classes and a card class. My weekends are wonderfully booked and now I have expanded to classes during the week. The Craft Retreat has asked me to add another (3rd)...Read More
Oh how I love the new "Baby" images Dustin has created. These images are part of his 52 image deal happening the next couple of days. Go HERE to see what all the "sweetness" is about! Copics: C1, C3, C5 G21, YG11, RV34, RV10
I thought I would post some photos of what my art room looked like back in February 2010....this way i have something to compare it too in the future. This was on a clean day...it has never looked this organized since then. Paper, acrylic stamps and buttons in pails Cutter table/embossing table my woodies, KNK cutter, flowers and more Some...Read More
How much do I wub you? This (*--------------0----------------*) much! I am sitting in a warm house, inside from the cold chill of the brisk wind of rural Alaska. I get to enjoy the cold for 6 more days before returning to the sweltering heat of Arizona and whipping out my....COPICS! In the mean time I made a few cards to...Read More
Cards and creations for a cause. Read below for details. Dustin created a set of images for a little boy named Luke. Luke is a 6 year old who has been diagnosed with Spinal Meningitis after enduring a 30 minute seizure. He now has a very long journey of treatments and therapy to fight the swelling in his brain and...Read More
How is this for a birthday card! I love this bunny image. This was fun and quite simple to color. The planter is popped up 3 times...yes, that means colored 3 times. Using Copic colors E33, E35, E57 blend and then coloring over all 3 colors with E08 makes for a nice pottery color. Other colors used: W1, W3,...Read More
Or so we hope! It's Challenge time over at Dustin's Blog. If you enter the challenge you have automatically get some Pike Points and chance to win some more Pike Points (cash for image stash from his store). Here is what I created. I don't get to enter just show my cards off....so hurry and get one of his images...Read More
Dudley has gotten "all growed up". He can not quite decide what he want to be yet, so we will let you decide. I picked Zoo Keeper. I am a little partial. I took some of the animals from Dustin's Zoo set and added Dudley to it. A few of the animals are odd and ends from old sets (penguin)....Read More
Welcoming baby Anna to our store. She is a beautiful digital image just waiting to be taken home and given some sweet loving. You can find her HERE. Here are some samples I have created using this image. I will post tomorrow with all the colors used with these images and more details for coloring.
Here is a layout I did using a SVG file that Dustin has for sale now. I know, its a shocker...NO MARKER ink was killed in the making of this project. OMG, passing out here!! Their are tons of new stuff posted on his blog too...look-see HERE. I created this layout for Paper Piecing Challenge in the Moxie Fab World HERE.