News times 2!

My Whimsy Shapeology Die Candy here till 7-16

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Yowsers It's Hot!  A mere 98 degrees today!  We hit 102 on the 4th so I guess I should be glad!  lol  On a more creative topic, I have hit 450 followers!  I'm so pleased to be reaching so many lovely people and hope to continue to reach even more of you!   We all like a treat and after the 16th of July when I draw a winner for the above candy, I will have a Saturated Canary surprise for you to thank all of you for helping to spread the love of our craft and the shaped EZ templates too! 

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Time to tell you all, finally!  I was chosen as a featured artists at the Scrapbook News and Review magazine!   Published at the first of July!  I couldn't be more blessed and excited to share my Shape EZ template work in this arena!  Yep, yours truly!  Pinch!

If you subscribe, My article is titled "Outside the box" (box meaning the square card).  The Shape EZ cut templates available exclusively at the Whimsy Stamps Store were profoundly showcased and a tutorial on my altering of my sons daily planner pages into the Kenny K bookmark I recently created.  There are some fabulous tutorials from other featured artists too like Suzanne Dean's wonderful copic coloring.  Thank you for the opportunity SNR!

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Big news number 2!  

My colleague and friend Angie Hunt, owner of the Little Darlings Rubber Stamps is going to give away 3 of the new Saturated Canary rubber images when her new Facebook page has collected 500 followers and she's almost there!  If you stop in and like the page, you're in the draw!  Don't you just love the SC images by Krista Smith?  The rubber is going to be available in the U.S. for the first time through the Little Darlings store after the CHA in July!  Can't wait to see the rubber only images!    So get over there and join in on the fun!  Good luck all!

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I'm going to share another of my "practice" cards today from the card class I take monthly with Angie Hunt or Scrapgirl as you may know her.  Hi Angie!   The image is "Fresh Picked Flowers" from the Little Darlings store.  My teacher and friend Angie was showing us how to create a plump looking cheek and shallow around the eyes for depth.  Also, the pebble look on the pathway and shading of stamped clouds.  Both were completely new to me and just my opinion, the cheek is a little tricky but really looks lovely when it's right.  For the information on the card, I'm going to link you to Angie's card here.   Thanks Angie, really beautiful design again!

I want to clarify that this card design, paper choices, die cuts, flowers and even the marker color choices are supplied completely by Angie for the cost of the class and the only portion of this creation that I will ever take credit for is the coloring of these projects.  So I've learned the technique but I admit, I really have to practice before I master it! tehe

The pathway/cloud stamp is a separate image

Yep, she even coordinates the inside of the card!

Ok, so here are the cheeks!  A little blotchy and lower down past the lips, but I tried! 

 INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 

   

If you enjoy a good 3D project or just need a special box or bag, stop by the Whimsy Stamps Store available today for my Shape "EZ" product line of Cut templates like bags, boxes, flowers, and cards with tons of add on's! These templates can help you make any project just the way you like it. Over and Over again! The NEW Shape "EZ" cut files are available today!

 Thank you for visiting, 

 

Share the behind my scene cards

Hello Everyone,

First I want to start by saying;  This journey of mine is not going to be one that merely consists of promoting or selling of products.  This is of course a large part of what I believe makes my journey more enjoyable and even inspiring!   However, I too learn with every mistake, color choice, technique and design!  I am a firm believer that the day I stop learning and/or have the desire to learn and share is the day I will stop blogging and sharing all together!   So I have decided to try to share some behind scenes in my artistic journey with you too!  Yes I take loads of classes and have tons of projects that you never get to see . .  but that stops today.

I create my projects with the skills that I learn from inspiration, getting a really inky, and instructed classes.  Yes, sometimes these projects are not perfect or without flaw, but I don't attend courses or classes to come out with a perfect card!  I go to learn something new, take in what other artists have to share and walk away with real pride in having made sure that I did this increase my knowledge and be more informative with the different products I use. . .because I cared enough about my craft to get the knowledge!

So. . . I have decided to share with you some of the projects that have come out of my classes with Angie Hunt,  or ScrapGirl, as you may know her.  Her class has taught me so many different things, I can't begin to express my gratitude but I can show you what I've learned.  Such opportunities are rare and I consider myself very lucky for them.

One other thing,  I will not have the usual amount of detailed information from them as I would normally but if you are truly interested in the ingredients of a particular project, Angie's original post of each card is available for reference as well and I will "try" to link to them for you.  I hope this inspires you to keep your journey especially yours and share "ALL" of the things that enrich it for you even if they aren't picture perfect!

Disclosure:   This entire project, paper, stamped image, embellishments and design have been created by Angie Hunt for the purpose of sharing technique and methods in her monthly card class.  The only addition which I contributed to her design is the actual coloring of this image.  

Magnolia Image and Raindrop Echo Design Sentiment, Copic markers

I'm not sure if this was my very first project in this class, but it was really early for sure!  In this project I learned:  The application of measurements for a symmetrical card, the flicking of grass from under the feet into and over the feet and also, I had never flicked the B0000 series of copics from the image line to the outer frame of an image.  Thank you Angie for allowing me to learn from you, you're such a talented artist and I love visiting and socializing with you and the rest of the lovely ladies.

Turns out it was posted in March 2011 by Angie here

This type of post really lets me play with the photobucket's new graphics editor toys too!  I feel like I never get a chance to do that!  Busy Busy Busy, Always learning something!

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Make and keep your journey your own!

 

If you enjoy a good 3D project or just need a special box or bag, stop by the Whimsy Stamps Store available today for my Shape "EZ" product line of Cut templates like bags, boxes, flowers, and cards with tons of add on's! These templates can help you make any project just the way you like it. Over and Over again! The NEW Shape "EZ" cut files are available today! 

 Thank you for visiting,