Sharpie pen winnah!

Thanks so much for all your comments over the weekend. I was having internet problems and I'm posting this a little late but according to random.org, the winner of the Sharpie poster paint pen is #26, Pia.I will email you, Pia!

Here's a couple of cards--two different looks from one stamp. The image is by Leanne Ellis for Sugar Nellie stamps. It was out of stock for quite a while and I snatched her as soon as I saw it was available again at Funky Kits.

 I kept the card pretty simple, and just used some pop dots under the birdhouse to give it dimension.

The second card uses just the Sharpie pen for highlights on kraft. Easy peasy and super quick!

You can do this with any white pigment pen or colored pencil, but I love the Sharpie!

Hope Pia does, too.

Hello, Gorjuss!

Just a quick post to share a card that I made with the Up, Up and Away Gorjuss girl image from Sugar Nellie. When I saw Amy's card here, and Emma's giveaway of the stamp here, I thought, "I think I have that stamp..." and went hunting for it...and found it!

I colored her with Copics and used the Nestabilities Label 8 die to cut around her, then colored an extra balloon and mounted it so it goes beyond the edge of the card. After masking her, I stamped the cloud background and added another cloud shape with the "hello".

Now I have another card to send to Jennifer's ongoing Cards for Kids card drive. Thanks to Amy and Emma for reminding me that I had the stamp all along.

Hope you're all having a great weekend!

Stamps: Sugar Nellie, Hero Arts

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento, Hero Arts shadow ink

Other: Copics, Nestabilities, Sizzix embossing folder,

pop dots, sheer ribbon

Even more Annies

Sweet and talented Virginia is hosting a challenge to create a card that will "beat the winter blahs" and have a "wow" factor. I'm hoping the bunch of flowers that Annie is holding is enough of a "wow".

Visit her blog and join in on the fun! She has great prizes and the deadline is February 5 at midnight, Eastern time. Thanks for a fun challenge, Virginia!

I'm glad that I could play along.

This Sugar Nellie "Blossom" image was on sale at Funky Kits so I ordered her and two others that Alice shared with me. I love coloring Annie!

And my dear friend Jo sent me this "Day Dreamer" Annie and I was thrilled because it's been sold out at Funky Kits for a loooong time. Thank you, Jo! I love her!

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And congrats to Vera, Linda , and Arlene for rounding out the number of Hero Arts' hostesses to six. I know they'll wear their aprons proudly!

Stamps: Hero Arts Dots Cling background, sentiment, Sugar Nellie Blossom, Sugar Nellie Day Dreamer

Ink: Versamark, Spiced Marmalade and Fired Brick distress inks

Other: Nestabilities label dies, clear embossing powder, Copics,

Cuttlebug embossing folder, Fiskars border punch, pop dots, ribbon, twine

A few more Annies

I found a couple more Annie images in the wonderful stash that Alice shared with me. Even though the designs are rather small, they're surprisingly quick and easy to color.

Stamps: Sugar Nellie, Cornish Heritage Farms, Hero Arts

Cardstock: Neenah, Stampin Up

Ink: Memento, Versafine, Colorbox

Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities dies, Sizzix embossing folder

Hero Arts gems, ribbon, pop dots

These are probably the last two cards that I'll be sharing in 2009. We have some major housecleaning

and preparations to do for the New Year and that means cleaning my stamp area, packing up the Christmas stamps and hunting for my Valentine stamps.

Here's wishing you all a very safe and Happy New Year!

I hope 2010 will be a very good year for us all...

Meet...Annie!

My super sweet friend Alice shared a box full of stamped images with me and I found several of these Sugar Nellie Annies inside. I decided to make a cheery Goth card since I started coloring her hair black.

These Annie stamps are by Leanne Ellis and is it just a coincidence that Pure Innocence artist Heather Ellis shares the same last name? I wonder if they're related? Does anyone know?

I love Annie and I'll be making a visit to Funky Kits to get more stamps of my own. Thanks, Alice, for introducing me to Annie!

Stamps: Sugar Nellie, Hero Arts sentiment

Cardstock: Stampin Up, Neenah

Ink: Memento, Versafine

Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities dies, pearls,

sheer dot ribbon, pop dots

Sweet and Goth

Sugar Nellie is a Scottish based stamp company and I recently bought a few of their Gorjuss Girls to play with. Their designs are so "girly" and are just the right size to practice Copics coloring. And they're easy to trim out, too

--a big plus for me!

Amy shared this card on her blog using Goth Girl and I didn't know what was "Goth" about her. I just liked how she was sitting and I wanted to place her on a circular design.

She has a teeny skeleton barrette, so I did an "Amy" and used a baby wipe to wipe away the skeleton and drew in a little heart. Check out Amy's tutorial here and here to see how she alters images.

Now Goth Girl isn't Goth anymore! Thanks, Amy, for sharing your altering tips and giving me the confidence to change that barrette.