TAC

Well if you have come to this site you will know that TAC closed the doors and we no longer have this wonderful company. But now one of the demonstrators has taken over what was left and we can still buy the stamps and some paper. The Site is www.red-rubber-designs.com Once at the site you can like them on Facebook and get updates. I am looking so forward to this and can't wait until it opens....which should be in Feb. 2012. Since this has all taken place, I have turned my creative thoughts to knitting and sewing. My granddaughter got a cute little American Girl Doll for Christmas and I guess I just had to make some new clothes for her. I sewed so much, and so sorry I didn't take any pics, but I am still sewing and knitting and along with making my cards and other crafts I thought I would put them here for you to see.

Copic Class

Well, the Halloween evening is finally over, now what to do with the candy I have left. Guess I will pack it up and take it to work, if not I will snack on it and I don't need it. And now I am waiting to set my clocks back and then I am off to bed. I did want to share some exciting things that happened this week. On Thursday I took a class with Copic Markers, and can't believe how wonderful these Markers really are. The Instructor was Marianne Walker and she really knew what she was doing, she is very talented and also very helpful.
I was able to sit next to a person that worked at Hobby Lobby and she said they sell them in the Art Dept. Whoa.....I couldn't wait to get there to check them out. I made to Hobby Lobby and I bought 5 and not knowing which ones I have I got excited and 5 Copic markers came home with me. So, now back to the store and exchange for 2 of the 5, for ones I don't have. I am planning on making some cards this weekend using these Markers and will post them this weekend. Also if you want to go to her blog it is ilikemarkers.blogspot.com Marianne shows how to do different techniques and using different paper, and inks that work better than others. Well, it is now getting late and I am turning all my clocks back, and hope you all had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN

For Baby Ava

I have a customer that going to have a baby girl in about a month, so I had to make a card for her when I send her gift to her. I started with Pink cardstock, and had to find something to go with it, now I know I am not the only one that does this. It's my therapy and love doing it. Joann's is always having a sale and that is where I get most of my paper, but TAC has the greatest paper and love the cardstock. The patterned paper is by Heidi Grace Designs and had coordinating paper with it. It is so cute I had to use it, and it goes great with my pink paper. Found some green paper as well and off to creat my card. The card is 41/4x5, and the printed is 4x45/8, cutting the printed paper with "sweet pea going across the upper middle. I haven't made a little box for a long time and thought.....lets give it a try. So, using my Spellbinders scalloped retangles, I cut two of the same size out and then ran the one back thur using the smaller one. Ta da it worked and I have a little box, I used clear acrylic for the window box and had some pink butterfly buttons and thought they would work inside. I attached them with zots and then I had to add the edging, using foam strips that I got at Walmart. I then added the clear beads, and carefully added the back to the front and made sure it dried before I did anything else with it. I wanted to add her name to her card so I had some dark pink letters for her name and cut out same green for the outer square and then a lighter green for her name, attached it with foam squares. Finally, I love ribbon and so I found this beautiful pink satin ribbon and had to use it.

Scrapbook page with Grandchildren

A few weeks ago my daughter sent some pictures to me via the internet. When I opened them I was so excited and just had to use them with a scrapbook page. Grace is my youngest grandaughter and she is a ham in front of a camera, and Galen is my oldest grandson and is Graces shadow. Galen is very close to his little sister and she looks up to her big brother. My daughter had taken the pictures in her back yard, that is very big with only a few trees. I used a pagekit that I had purchased at Walmart, the set is called Autumn Leaves by Mod Daydreams.