Your the pick of the patch!

Today is Tuesday which means another Copic Buzz Challenge! This weeks challenge is sponsored by KLM Digital Stamps. They have some darling fall stamps and I just had to color one!
They are giving away a free image to play with if you don't have one of their stamps. Or you can enter using any of their stamps you have purchased!
What is the prize you ask? 3 digi images that are so adorable!
Go to the Copic Buzz blog for all the details! http://copicbuzz.blogspot.com/
Here is my entry for the challenge:

I love the image of the pumpkins and apples!
Card Details:
Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink
Card Stock: Bazzill
Copics Used:
Pumpkins: Y00, YR02, YR04, YR09
Apples: Y11, R24, R29
Leaves: Y11, E43, YR02
Grass: YG23, E34, G21

2 Cards for Another DZ Doodles Release!

Yes you heard it right! DZ Doodles is having another release and the images are awesome as usual! Be sure to check out the new releases at the DZ Doodles store!

http://dzdoodles.com/

The first card is using another of DZ Doodles Holly images. Can you tell that I love Holly?



The little specks you see on the ornaments are glitter. I can never get glitter to show up on a picture. But in real life, it's beautiful!
I used Sparkling H20's for the purple. For those of you who are starting out using Copic Markers..never think you can't mix and use other products to color with as your building up your Copic stash!

Card Details:
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses "snowglobe"
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Flower & Leaves: Prima Holiday Poinsettia
Photo Corners: I cut & stamped with "Wavy Holly" by Hero Arts
Ornaments: (Purple - Sparkling H20's "Wild Plum:

Copics Used:
Holly: G40, G82, G99
Holly Berries: R20, R24, R29
Ornaments: (Blue) B00, B0000 (Hologram glitter on dots)

My second card is a beautiful Candy Cane from the new DZ Doodles release!
I wanted to make this one fun and colorful!



Copics Used:
Candy Cane: (red) R29
(White) B0000 & Colorless Blender
Holly: G40, G82
Berries: R20, R29

Be sure to check out the other creations by DZ Doodles Design Team (Doodles Dozen)~

Peggy Russell – Beautiful Greetings

Corine Lambert - SCRAPCOCO

Christy Dillman - Christi's Zaney Creations

Kristi Ketterlin - Kuttin Kards

Tammy Maynard - Life....Enjoy It!

Valerie Urtiaga - Pixie Dream Designs

Rosalien Zwackhalen - CARDFUN

Heather Huggins - Hopefully Heather's Stuff

Rebecca Barlow - The Paper Bug

Barbara Walker - The Buzz

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It's time for another Copic Buzz Challenge! This week is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs!
And she has a free digi for anyone who wants to participate!

The theme for this challenge is Black & Grey, You have to have black and grey somewhere on your card. It can be the paper, embellishemt, copic color, you choose! And... You have to use one of her images for the challenge..I didn't use the free one because I have quite a few of their images! I adore her images..so modern and hip!

You can find the free image and challenge here: http://copicbuzz.blogspot.com/
Get the free image quickly because after the challenge is over the freebie will be gone!

This card was made for my daughter. As soon as I saw this image I said that is Mandy! She always has the cell phone to her ear and is always checking her facebook page!



Card Details:
Image: Techie Tonya by Sassy Studio Designs
Paper - Bazzill, Memory Makers
Copics Used:
Computer: C1, C3, C5
Hair: E25, E43, E34, YR20
Skin: R20, E000, E11
Eyebrows: E25
Lips: R24
Skirt: C7, C9

DZ Doodles New Release is here!

Oh, they have done it again! I am loving all the new images!
You may find the new release images here: http://dzdoodles.com/
I know your going to adore them!
The Doodles Dozen design team were allowed to pick an image to use for the new release.
It was so hard to choose just one! In fact,I'm going back to order more!
I choose Holly Berries...I loved this image because the holly berries made me think of Christmas!
I hope you enjoy my card and I hope it inspires you to start on your Christmas cards for the season! Be sure to check out the new images from DZ Doodles! They have some awesome Halloween ones too!
Here is the card I created with DZ Doodles Holly Berries:



Card Details:
Image: DZ Doodles Holly Berries
Patterned Paper: Paper Wishes
Cardstock: Bazzill
Sentiment - printed from computer and used Nesties
Copics Used:
Holly Leaves - G82, G28
Holly Berries - R22, R29
Stem - E34, E29

Go Team!

I love this image from DZ Doodles! With a cheerleader in the family I'm sure I'll use this over and over! She is so adorable!
DZ Doodles has the most adorable images! And, for a short time you can get a free halloween image at their store site..So go and grab it now before it's gone!
http://dzdoodles.com/
This time I'm not using the image for my daugter. I'm sending it to my brother-in-law how is a Patriot's fan! I colored the cheerleader in the Atlanta Falcon colors! Yes, I'm a Falcon's Fan!
My brother-in-law and I always kid each other all football season long! So how better than to get his goat and bring a smile to his face then to send him an Atlanta Falcon Cheerleader card?

Card Details:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey - June Bug, Vintage Plaid
Image: DZ Doodles - Shelby Cheerleader
Pom-Poms - (White) Liquid Pearl, White Opal mixed with holorgram glitter (painted on with tipped paintbrush)
Copics Used:
Cheer Outfit - R27, R29
Pom Poms (red) R29
Hair - E21, E31, E34, YR20, Y11
Skin - E000, E11, R20
Shoes - R27, R29

Finally the word is out!

I was chosen to be on the Design Team for DZ Doodles. Their design team is called the Doodles Dozen! I was notified Monday and asked to keep it a secret until today when they announced their first design team!
DZ Doodles is a new online stamp company that carry some adorable digi images!
If you haven't seen their images you really need to check them out! I fell in love with them the first time I saw them! Really awesome!
Here is their store web address: http://dzdoodles.com/
Here is my first card using one of their images....

You can get this adorable scarecrow image free on the Copic Buzz website
http://copicbuzz.blogspot.com/2009/09/challenge-12-sponsored-by-dz-doodles.html

They are sponsoring the Copic Buzz Challenge this week and are giving some really great prizes..so be sure to check both their store and the challenge out!

Wishing you a perfect day

I had a fun time creating this card. I loved the image and had a lot of fun coloring it. As most of you know I am a Copic Marker fanatic! I have been practicing on every tutorial that Marianne Walker has on her blog "I Like Markers".
This image let me try 2 new techniques from Marianne's blog!
1) Coloring rocks - Tutorial can be found here:
http://ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/2009/04/coloring-rocks-part-1-pebbles-on-ground.html
2) Basic Spring Leaves - Tutorial can be found here:
http://ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/2009/03/basic-spring-leaves.html
I didn't have some of the colors that Marianne used so I tried to use the ones I had that were near her colors.
The card was also created for our Copic Buzz challenge that was sponsored this week by Flourishes! I adore their stamps! And you really need to check out their copic tutorials..they are awesome!
The theme this week was "Inspired by Nature"... I thought my image was perfect for this weeks theme!

You really should check out the Copic Buzz Group on Paper Craft Planet. We are now up to almost 200 members. I have never found a group of such amazing women before. There is no bickering...no fussing...just a lot of women who love to craft and who will bend over backwards to help you out!
It might be a image your looking for..that they just happen to have..
It might be a card that arrives in the mail when you are sick..
or it might be...advice on how to build your blog..no telling what you'll get from these girls! They really are the most amazing people.
I have made so many crafting friends in this group.
Any way...back to my card..
I didn't take a picture of the Copic Marker's used because there were so many this time they kept falling down! :o)
I'll list them instead!
Copic Markers Used:
Leaves: YG05, G21, Colorless Blender
Plants: W5, G21, G82
Berries: YR02, YR09
Skin: E000, E11, R20
Hair: Y11, YR20, E43
Dress and Hair Bow: B11, B15
Clothespin: E31, E34, (dark brown colored pencil for wood lines)
(Spring on Clothespin) C5
Tree: E31
Pebbles: C1, C3, G21, E43

You are Amazing

I created this card for the Copic Buzz Challenge 10 (Brown and Pink) sponsored by Die Cuts R Us and the Papertake Weekly challenge (Take Your Pick)
For Copic Buzz you had to use Brown and Pink anywhere on your card, for Papertake Weekly Challenge you could choose from any of their past challenges. I choose the "My Favorite Things" challenge from July 29th.
My Favorite things are Basic Grey, Copics of course, and Bazzill!
Here is my card:

Copic Markers used were..........

Face E000, E11, R20
Brunette Hair: E00, E31, E25, E29
Undershirt: B000 & 0 - for this one I outlined the outside with the colorless blender after touching it to B000.
Dress/Socks: R81, R83, R85
The butterflies I cut out with my Silhouette and then covered with Crushed Velvet Cupcake Flock, outlined with my B85 Copic Marker and added some Diamond Stickles.
Image was Magnolia
Pattern Paper - Basic Grey - Sultry/Polished

Happy Harvest

I love fall, besides Christmas it's my favorite season. Ok..I know Christmas isn't a season..but I love decorating the house in reds and greens so for me it's a season!

As soon as the weather starts to turn cool I start digging out my fall decorations! I've built quite a few things over the years. I love the oranges, browns and dark greens. Plus my living room suite is rust so it matches perfectly!

I'm starting on fall cards early this year. Like my decorations my list of cards to send to friends keep growing! At least I can say now, I have started!

I decided to use the Card Patterns Challenge Sketch for this card. You can find there blog here: http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/
Here is the sketch:



Here is my card:


Copics Used:
Pumpkins: YR000, YR02, YR04, YR09
Fence: E31, E34, E29
Stems & Vine: G82, G99


Digi Stamp from McMahon Five Design

Boo!

Before I get to my "Boo" card. I want to share some very exciting news! I filled out an application for a Copics Certification Class and learned yesterday that I had been approved!
Come Oct. 4th I will be Copic Certified! Yep!
I've never grabbed my credit card to pay for something so fast in my entire life!

Ok on to "Boo"!

I created my first Halloween Card this week! There are so many friends I want to send cards to that I decided to get an early start.

I combined 2 challenges for this card.
The first of course was Copic Buzz's. This week it was sponsored by Mo's Digital Designs! She is one amazing artist. You had to use one of her stamps, which by the way I have a bunch of because I adore her talent! For those that didn't have one of her images she gave a free one.

You can find the challenge here. http://copicbuzz.blogspot.com/2009/08/challenge-9-mos-digital-stamps.html

The second challenge was at the Truly Scrumptious blog. You can find it here:
http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/
For their challenge you had to use this sketch and bling!


For my card I decided to use Mo's digi stamp "Bat Cat" I fell in love with this the first time I saw it!
Here is my card:


I printed out an extra image and cut out the mask. I then added some rhinestones, feathers, and glitter and placed it over the original mask on the image.

The copics I used were:
Cat: E31, E34, E25 - After coloring with E31, I went back over and dotted on the E34 to add texture, I then added some darker highlights with E-25.
Pumpkins - YR000, YR02, YR04, YR09
Stems: G82, G99
Mask: YG23 (went over twice)