Paris and Lattes

I hope everyone in blog land had a wonderful weekend!! We got some much needed rain last night so for that I am very thankful.   Preschool starts this week and the rest of the kids go back the following.  We are slowly going to start going to bed early and the same with getting up.  The kids are all ready to see their friends again.
There is a new challenge up at The CMC Copic Challenge Group and it runs until August 31st.  This time the challenge is to us Black and Dark Grays on your image.  There are also a few more days to take advantage of the summer sale at the CMC Class Room so don't miss out.  Our sponsor this week is Milk Coffee Digis and they are offering the winner a $15.00 gift certificate to their shop.
I finally decided to get started on my Smash book that has been sitting on the shelf for 6 months.  I just love this girl from Milk Coffee -Tiffany.  She looked so cute and stylish with her latte I decided to add a Paris background stamp by Make It Crafty.  I tried to give the background a light water color effect using my Copics.

 The tape, journal page and book are all Smash products.  I cut the "Travel" out with my Slice and even added a little coffee stain on my doily to make it look authentic:) I had a lot of fun coloring this one.

Copics

Blacks and Grays C1, C3, C5, C7, C9/Building E40, E41, E42, E43/RV10, RV000,R01/R83,R85, R81/B01, B000/G21, G20

Challenges

CMC Copic Challenege- Blacks and Grays (DT)

Inspire Me Fridays- Always Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge-#50 Anything But a Card

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog-#71 Alter Something

No Matter Which Challenge #1 Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away-Anything Goes Farewell Challenge

I hope you all have a wonderful week!!

The Sweet Stop SSS172 Monkey Smiles

How is everyone enjoying the final few days of summer? My kids go back to school on the 27th so we have one more week of fun. I love having the kids home but I have to admit that I am getting tired and running out of "summer fun" ideas.  It would be different if we didn't live where it is too hot to go out and play.  I am also looking forward to a little bit more of a routine, I think...ask me again in a month.   One thing I am going to miss is sleeping late.  I am not ashamed to admit it, I like to sleep.  It could have something to do with staying up into the wee hours of the morning:)
It is time for another sketch at The Sweet Stop and this week there is a spin which means there is a prize along with the chance to be featured in the the spotlight.  We want to see you use those Die Cuts or Punches.  Normally, I would color something and add a die cut to it but this time I got inspired on Pinterest with Punch Art.  Who knew you could create so many cute things with punches?

 I loved trying something different and it came together really quickly.  I used my Circle, Heart and Oval Spellbinders to create the monkey.  The eyes I just colored into the shape I wanted with a black Sharpie and Poster Pen.  I hit my old paper stash and found this Bo Bunny Mango Luau.  I did move the sentiment down a bit from the sketch but it just fit perfectly it is from C.C. Designs.

Challenges

 Card Makin Mamas- Try Something New (First Time for Punch Art)

Crafty Catz- #146 Animals

Poodles Parlour- Let's See Those Die Cuts

Delightful Challenges- Die Cuts and Punches

Inspire Me Fridays #72 Always Anything Goes

I hope you will stop by and visit the rest of the Sugar Babies.

Monika Davis
Cathy McCauley
Shannon White
Janice Melton
                   Wendy Ramlakhan(on vacation)
Chris Dickinson

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Notebook Cover-The Sweet Stop Sketch 171

Happy Sweet Stop Saturday my friends!!  Another week has come and gone way to quickly.  We took another trip to Austin today but his time to stop by Ikea.  My kids love going there and playing in the kids area while we shop, it was on their "summer to do" list.  So funny I take them to children's musems and places all summer and they just want to go to Ikea, granted I think this trip cost me more than  any of the others LOL.
Anyway, as I said it is The Sweet Stop Saturday and we have another fabulous sketch to share with you.  The reason my card looks so big is because this is actually a special cover I made for my first graders 3 ring binder.  Riley loves mermaids, dolphins and lady bugs so we hit 2 out of three.

The background stamp is from Make It Crafty called Coral Border Digi, the mermaid is Sweet November Shimmer Rekelp and the dolphin is from the Ocean Wavedancer digi.  The swirl is from Memory Box.  The wave punch is from Fiskars and I used  circle punches and Copics to create the bubbles. Riley made sure that I knew dolphins look shiny so I added a coat of Glossy Accents and the mermaid got a coat of Crystal Stickles.

Copics
Hair-E47, E44, E43, E42, E41

Challenges

Crafty Ann' Challenge #71 Circles

Inspire Me Fridays-Always Anything Goes

Southern Girls #51 Water Play

The Paper Shelter#76 Going Round and Round

Creative Card Crew- On the Beach/Under the Sea

The Sugar Babies

Monika Davis
Cathy McCauley
Shannon White
Janice Melton
                   Wendy Ramlakhan(on vacation)
Chris Dickinson

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by.

Inspire- CMC Copic Challenge- Backgrounds

How was everyone's weekend? I had a great one. Saturday I went to Austin with a great friend Melissa to the brand new Archivers store. Oh my goodness, I had never been to one and I thought I was in crafting heaven. Melissa is also a fabulous photographer who took my new profile picture and some really pretty glamour shots of me please stop by and and check out her work at HelloMisha.
I have so much to share with you about happenings at the CMC Copic Challenge Group so let me get started. The new challenge is up and this time we want to see you create Backgrounds on your image.  Our sponsor this time is Squigglefly and I was given this adorable digi called Inspiration.  For my background I sponged my clouds with ink.  I can never get the clouds to photgraph very well, they stand out more in person.  I wanted my image to look like it was a picture hanging on the wall so I added the paper photo corners.  The paint easel and brush was something I drew with my Copic Multi Liner and finished coloring it with Copics.  I finished it up by distressing the papers.

 Copics

Hair-E29, E47, E37, E35 Skin- E11, E00, E000, R20 Clothes- E43, E42, E41/YR16, YR15, YR12/BG13, BG11, BG10 Grass-G82, G40 

Challenges

CMC Copic Challenge Group- #49 Backgrounds  (DT)

Inspire Me Fridays- Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #101 Distressing

2 Sisters- #103 Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays #79 Anything Goes

Moving Along With the Times#157 Summer

One of the hardest things to learn with Copics for most people is coloring hair. On August 31 Suzanne will be debuting a new online class that is  focuses 110% on all hair types, styles and colors.  The Preregistration is up now.

  Suzanne Dean is teaching her Copic class in Stafford Springs the weekend of the 22nd, it is not far from Boston area or NYC area AND she will be teaching the All About Hair Class in person as well.  You can get all the details at HERE.
Sorry this a bit long today but I hope you like my project.  See you soon and thanks for stopping by.

The Sweet Stop SSS170

It is hard to believe the weekend is here again. Where is the time going? That made me think maybe I should start playing with some Christmas stamps and get a jump on some cards. I have to say I am not at all happy with my card. I just couldn't pull anything together this week, not even my coloring. Oh, well it happens sometimes. The one good thing about my card is of course the awesome The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS170 .

 The image is by Penny Johnson called Decorating Rudolph and the paper is some old DCWV.  I used my Copics to color it and my Bow Easy to make the bow topped off with a couple of little bells.

Challenges

 The Ribbon Carousel RCC64- Christmas in July

Clear It Out Challenge- Christmas in July- Stash (Red)

I hope you can join us this week and also stop by and see what the rest of the Sugar Babies have created.

Monika Davis
Cathy McCauley
Shannon White
Janice Melton
                   Wendy Ramlakhan(on vacation)
Chris Dickinson

I will be back in a couple of days to show you my card for the new CMC Copic Challenge Group that is up now, it turned out pretty cute I do believe.  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.