Time for a Picnic

Hi everyone.  This is one of the cards I created weeks ago, when I got a lot of cards done.  I haven't had time to sit down and write up a post, but It's after 1:30 am here and I can't sleep as I took a long nap today and I mean LONG....!! 

I went back to the doctor for my check up after my DNC and Tubal Ligation.  I can't go back to work till next Monday as I have not healed all the way yet and still have a lot of soreness and pains on the inside. Plus I still have a ton of Co2/air still inside my body that just won't seem to get out, making me miserable with bad shoulder and neck pains from all the air pushing on my diaphragm.

Anyway, I created this card using a Saturated Canary image called "Picnic Time".

I printed her out on Kraft CS and colored her with Prisma Color Pencils.

I used some Basic Grey .. Out of Print papers. I also used 2 different Ruffly lace, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Handmade lace flower, tiny flowers, Maya Road Stick Pins and a big flower embellishment in he center of the flower.

I do love my pencils but it does take a lot more time to color with them than my copics.  I also love the look you can achieve with your pencils on Kraft CS.  I have tired coloring on white CS and I just don't like the look of it as I can't find a white CS that is rough enough to hold and be able to add and blend all the colors I want to use.  If anyone has a good rough white CS that you use to color with your pencils I would love to know what you use.  I use Hobby Lobby's The paper Company Kraft CS as it is the roughest I can find and it hold a lot of lead and allows me to build up colors and blend well.

Well I am off as I have a lot to get done before the kids get up for school.  I also have a big meeting at school today for Jazmine and her progress she has made.  I the meeting will be her regular teacher, extra reading teacher, Guidance Counselor, School Psychologist, Special Education teacher and the Principal along with her Dad and I.  I am hoping this will be a good meeting and that she has made a huge progress in her learning. But I still fight with her ADHD daily as she is not on any meds. to help control it.

See you later, I will let you all know how her meeting goes.

Hugs:)
Angela

With Love.. To You ALL My Friends

Hi all you special friends.  I know I hardly ever post anymore or get to stop by as much as I would like to leave you all the comments and love you all so deserve. But I have not been feeling good at all and we have so much going on.  The kids went back to school last Monday after being out for 2 weeks for their Spring break.  I have been sick, tired and all I want to do is sleep. We are trying to get some prices on having our attached carport closed in and made into another bedroom, which will be my oldest Daughters room.  With our 4th child going we just don't have any room.  We live in a 3 bedroom house, we have a 18 yr old daughter, an 11 yr old son and an almost 8 yrs old daughter. The 2 youngest share a room now and as they have gotten older it is not working out at all.  So My son Bailey will eventually get his Big sisters bedroom and Jazmine will share a room with the baby when he or she arrives into the world.  The baby will sleep in our room for about the first year in the crib, then will move into the room with Jazmine.  We are going to have to take out a loan as this was not something we planned or expected.  We were going to eventually one day make it into MY Very Own Craftroom.. tears flowing..well it still will be one day as the kids do have to move out one of these days and start their own lives. 

Well even though I am only 10 weeks along it is hard for me to get comfortable.  I guess for one I am older, it's been almost 8 years since I had my last child,   I have had morning sickness and with work and the kids and school I just haven't felt like doing anything at all.  Well that all changed this weekend, well just feeling like finally doing something. 

 I actually have made about 14 cards this weekend.  A few of them are still a working progress.. they just need embellishments. ALL the images had already been colored weeks and months ago. I didn't even pull my copics out this weekend.  I do try to color on my lunch breaks at work, as I don't get a lot of time at home to get anything done.

But here is one of them DONE!!! YAY!!! 

I used this sweet Digi image by Krista Smith from Saturated Canary called "Love Letter".

I used some Valentine 6x6 papers from Hobby Lobby(their brand).  I know Valentines Day is already gone and past but I wanted to make this card for you all to say how sorry I am.  I am actually going to give it to my oldest daughter Destiny.  Her and her boyfriend of 2 1/2 years split up a week ago Friday.  She is torn as he was the one she thought she would marry and spend her life with... well I did too.

He is in a local band now and has been for the past 4 months.. and that's all he can think about. So he decided that having a girlfriend was holding him back from committing all his time to writing music and practicing everyday with his band.  He decided that his band was more important to him than my daughter was.  My heart breaks for her as I know what she is going through and Most of us do understand as have gone through it ourselves. 

There is no promise that his band is going anywhere... Now I hope it doesn't and he has to look back and suffer from the pain of what he gave up for a band that had no future. 

I told her that she doesn't need or want to have a life with someone that puts her 2nd, she should never settle with anything less than 1st in someones life.

I know she will be okay but it will take time to heal.  As a Mom I wish I could take way all her pain and that my children would never have to feel the pain of having their heart ripped out.

If you read through this much .. thank you for staying with me and listening.. well reading.  lol.

  

Here is a list of supplies I used.

Paper: Hobby Lobby's Valentine 6x6 stack

The image was printed on Mohawk Color Copy 98 Bright White 100lb Cover CS

(My Favorite CS for coloring with copics or any alcohol based makers and believe my I have tried about 10 to 20 different kinds/brands of CS)

Memory Box Heart border Die

Wild Orchid Craft Roses

Red Heart Pins

Felt Red Heart

Little red heart embellishments

Red Dollie

Sentiment Ticket from Webster's Pages

Spellbinders Labels Die

Tim Holtz Distressing Inks in Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain

Close To My Heart Distressing Tool

Image colored with these Copics

Skin: YR0000,YR000,R12,E11

Hair: E50,E51, E53, E23, E34, E57 and E47

Pants: E30,E31,E34,E35 and E57

Blouse:

Reds: R59,R39,R35

Pinks: RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02 and RV00

Shading around image .. C1

This is the longest post since I first told you about our exciting news.  Oh and I am getting excited about having another child but I am still a little scared too, But I know as soon as he or she gets here I will be okay.

I go back to the doctor April 12 and hopefully my husband and I will get to hear our baby's heartbeat.  I think it will all sink in when we get to hear it, it will make it more a reality.

Okay it is after 2 am here and I am going to get off here and try to go and leave some comments before I head to bed.  Wish me luck that I can get even more crafting done tomorrow.

Hugs and Love to you ALL!!!

Angela

Saturated Canary Challenge

Today we have a NEW challenge over at Saturated Canary Challenges.

This week the challenge is 

"Anything but Square or Rectangle".

I decide to create a round card and girly it up with all the lace, colors and flowers.  I am really happy with the way this card turned out. I love these colors together.

I used one of Krista Smith's newest images that she just loaded to Etsy this week called

  "Books and Bedhead".

I used some Prima papers, ruffly lace, Wild Orchid Crafts Roses, stick pins, colorbok embellishments, foam tape and this image was colored with copics.

YR000,YR12,E11,E13

C1,C3,C6,C8.C9 and colorless blender 0

RV10,RV13,RV14

E40,E41,E42,Y21

BG49,BG45,BG18,B04,B13,B11

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you love this sweet image and card as much as I do.
 Go HERE to she what the rest of the DT created for this weeks challenge

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs:)

Angela

OH So Sweet Saturated Canary.. Canary Love

I guess by now most of you know.......... I made the Saturated Canary Guest Design Team for the next 3 months!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I truly love Krista Smith's sweet adorable images.  This is Canary Love and Krista is giving her away on her personal blog to all her followers and those you are signed up for her Newsletter.  Don't worry you can still become a follower and sign up for her new letter HERE.  please read her blog to see just how you can get her for yourself.  This is a little Valentine's gift from Krista.

I printed her out thinking I was going to make a card, but then decided to print her bigger and make her into a Journal book.  I love making Journal books and all my friends , oh and Jazmine my youngest daughter love's getting them.  I had to fight, well not really with Jazmine as she wanted this for herself. I had to break her heart when I told her no that it was for Allyson.. one of my dear friends.  Her birthday was Sunday and I am way behind making her gifts and shopping for her presents. With Destiny's 18th birthday being this past Friday, I didn't do any shopping.  Not even for her yet, but I will probably just give her money to go on a new pair of Buckle jeans.  She loves that brand, but they are way too expensive for me at $85 to $120 a pair. So I guess I will pay for one leg of them.lol

I just used a comp. notebook and cover it with some K&Company paper.  I know I used pastel colors, not something I use often, but I really thought this sweet little girl needed to be in pastels. I distressed the edged of the papers and added some distressing ink in Tea Dye.  I cut her out using a Creative Memories Heart shape cutter.  The image was stamped on Mohawk Color Copy 98 100 lb bright white , Extra Smooth Cover Card Stock and you can find it HERE.  It's a lot cheaper than most papers and I LOVE IT.  It is what I use all the time.  I tried the Copic Xpress-It paper and for the way I color I don't like it.  I have been using this paper(the Mohawk) for over a year now and I have tried all kinds of paper and this is my favorite.

A lot of people ask me what I use, so I wanted to share it with all of you.

I added some Wild Orchid Crafts Roses.  The pink center flower is by Recollections at Michael's Crafts. I added some white trim and inked it with some Tea Rose Distressing Inks

I also added a big Making Memories Chipboard letter A and had to sit this cute little butterfly on the A.

I finished it off with some BIG pink ribbon.  I have a HUGE spool of this stuff.

I colored Canary Love with Copics and then used Chalk on the background.

Here are the colors I used to color her.

Skin: YR0000,YR000, YR12 and E11 

Hair: E50,E51,E53,E55,YR20

Clothes: R20,RV10,RV0000

G0000,G000,G00,G02

YR000,E41,E42

I hope you love my first creation a a Guest with Saturated Canary. Here is link to more of her adorable images you can purchase.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Oh and today is my son's 11th birthday.  Happy Birthday BAILEY!!!! Momma, love you!!!

3 Saturated Canary cards and a GDT call

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. We went out today to celebrate my daughter's 18th birthday. She is out now with her boyfriend  and the kids are at my sisters so I had time to play tonight.

I have 3 cards to share with you using 3 of Krista Smith's NEW Digi's from Saturated Canary.

She is also having a Guest Design Team CALL for a 3 months spot to join her Saturated Canary girls.

I LOVE Krista's images and own all of them, so I decided to go for it, even though today is the last day.  

I have so much fun creating with her adorable images and my 7 yr old loves them too and she always has to color and make cards with mommy. I have a ton colored just need to find more time to create with them all. hee,hee

Oh I am also entering my card/cards into the Saturated Canary Challenge this week which is to "Dies and Punches"

 This first one is called "Elphie" A Ragamuffin.  Isn't she just the cutest?

I used some Crate Paper 6x6 papers from the 'Emma's Shoppe Collection. I punched 2 different borders on the side of the image added a little tag that I distressed with distressing inks and added some Raffia to the tag hole. I added some Wild Orchid Crafts rose and some more raffia to finish off the flower arrangement.  I think the raffia looks great with this image and her little broom.

This is another one of her New digi's and her name is "Jenny". I used some Cosmo Cricket  6x6 paper from the Odds & Ends pack . I also add a punched border and used 2 different Spellbinder dies to create my  background that little miss Jenny is adhered to. I distressing the edges and added a big Recollections pink flower and the little rose buds are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Here is the last one called " The Scarecrow" A Ragamuffin.  She has a whole line of characters from the Wizard of Oz.. love, love, love them.

I used some Authenique paper from the "Blissful" 6x6 pack. I added some raffia behind the square to mimic the straw stuffing of the sweet little scarecrow.  I added some Fancy Pants buttons that I adhered on a punched circle and tied with some twine.

All images were colored with copics and if I get time I will come back and edit to add the colors I used on all 3 of these sweet images. I about 45 minutes before the cut off of the  Guess DT call.

I hope you have a great rest of your weekend.  I will be busy making cards and trying to clean up my messy craft space.  I had it clean yesterday and now today it looks as if a tornado has ran through it.

Oh her is a new pic of my daughter Destiny and her boyfriend of over 2 yrs Christian.  I took it with his phone so it's not a great quality pic but I so love this picture of them together.  So sweet.

Just sharing..

Saturated Canary Vintage Valentine

Hi Everyone. Today I wanted to share with you this cute little Valentine I created using a cute little down Krista Smith from Saturated Canary had on her blog as a free download from Christmas.

I printed the sheet out on Kraft paper and colored these 3 cute images with Prisma pencils.

I went around the edges of the paper with a distressing tool and then inked it with Distressing ink in Vintage Photo.

I added some old K&Company word stickers to cover up the the words Merry Little Christmas that were on the bottom of each image.

I added some lace to both ends of the card using my hot glue gun.

I added some Heidi Grace heart Chipboard and some twine to create a bow around the heart.

This is a Tri fold card.  I really love it turned out and I knew as so as I saw the little hearts on her shirt that I wanted to make her into a Valentine's card.

I used a Sakura white Gel Pen to add the freckles to her cheeks and the whiten the spots of her eyes.

I have been using my Prisma pencils a lot her lately and I love them.  My next adventure is to try them on white paper and for that I can use my cheap Georgia Pacific CS as the rougher the paper the better when it comes to pencils. It help pick up the colors better and blends a lot better as I only use pencils alone to blend my colors NO Blender pencils or OMS.

Hope you like her as much as I do.

Hugs:)

Angela

My second post today

I have another card to share with you today.  This is one of the cards I never finished for Christmas, so I now have 1 completed for next Christmas. I colored this cute little elf boy by Krista Smith from Saturated Canary with Prismacolor Pencils on kraft CS. His name is Spritz, A baby Christmas Elf.  I really love using kraft CS and my coloring pencils.

I used some Christmas/Winter Prima paper, Candycane K&Company border strip, EKSucess Snowflake border punch, 2 different ribbons, Cricut Snowflakes cartridge, Martha Stewart snowflake punches. I top it off with some glitter glue and some blue rhinestones to the big snowflake.

Here's one last look of the sweet little boy elf. I just love him and his big eyes, little round cheeks and that cute little round belly.  So precious.

I can see that a lot of my followers and blogs that I follow are addicted to her sweet line of digi's too. Her images are some of my favorites.

How many of you have tried using coloring pencils on kraft and are addicted to it too?  It is my next favorite coloring medium after my copics.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.  I am off to try to get some more crafting done before the work week starts tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs:)

Angela

For my Princess

Today I have a little project I made just for fun.  I created this little album for my daughter Jazmine.  She even help pick out some of the things I added to her album and she inked the edges of the papers.  She wanted to help her mommy make something.

I used my new Basic Grey album die by Sizzix that I just purchased at Joann's for 70 % off, it was $49.95 and I got it for $14.95.  It has on the die and album page, flowers in 2 sizes( I used the flower die). the label die that I added to some of the pages, and a heart die, all on one BIG long die.  It also came with to embossing folders, but I didn't use it on this .  I used one of my Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing folders instead. I got the die so cheap because it was a Christmas die and was marked down 70% off.

I used this sweet digi image by Saturated Canary called " Whispy, a Fairy".  I just love all of Krista Smith's sweet images and I think I now have all of them.

Here are the insides of the pages and all they need now is some pictures of my sweet girl Jazmine and maybe some extra embellishments to finish it off after the pictures are added.

I tied the pages together with some rope twine that you can get in any hardware store or Jewelry store. It's a 

lot cheaper than the one in the scrapbooking craft area. I also used some  Echo Park paper called "Victorian Garden" and some light and dark pink Card Stock. I also added some Distressing ink in "Tea Dye" around the edges and on some of the embossed parts to age it. I also distressed it with a distressing tool by Making Memories.

The last page.

Here is a pic to show some of the sparkle from the glitter glue I added to her, the Spellbinder crown and to the flowers.  The rose in the middle is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Here is a list of copics I used to color her.

Skin: YR0000,YR000, E21and E11 (R21 and R22 on her cheeks)

Hair: E50,E51,E53 and E55

Dress, wings and shoes: RV000,RV00,RV02,RV04,R83 and R81

Ruffle and tights- E40,E41 and a little E42

Eyes: B00, B0000, B52

I am hoping to be able to share more with you this week as I set down today well Saturday and tried to get some of the images I had colored made into cards.  I also finished some of my Christmas cards that I didn't get finished in time and believe me I have more to still do.  I am still hoping to get them done and then I will have a good start for my 2012 Christmas cards.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful 2012.  I am trying to get back to regular posting and commenting.

This week I am way behind as I worked a lot of 12 hr days this week.

Have a great rest of your weekend and thanks for stopping by I appreciate it so much.

Hugs:)

Angela