Thank You Suzanne Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to a special blog hop for a very special lady.... Suzanne Dean.  

 Today the Design Team from Suzanne's site, Color Me Creative, are hopping along to give our friend and "fearless leader" a HUGE HUG and Thanks!!!  

If you've ever met Suzanne, you know 1) what a HUGE heart she has and 2) how fun, witty and TALENTED she is!!  Suzanne's site has tons of information and inspiration and WE get to help spread the word about her awesome classes by way of her bi-weekly challenges sponsored by some fabulous crafty companies!  This month Suzanne is having a month full of challenges where you can win some wonderful prizes and have some fun along the way, but we wanted to take time to thank Suzanne for all her hard work and dedication for not only us but for all the members on her site and those who are lucky enough to have attended her classes where she shares her talent and coloring tips with us all.  

Suzanne is not only a pleasure to work for, but a wonderful friend with a big love for zebras!! That's right... today we are sharing our "zeebie" (as she calls them) designs dedicated to a wonderful lady who we simply say, "Thanks".  We hope you enjoy the hop and remember, the Holiday Bash at CMC is under way and you don't want to miss our on all the fun excitement and awesome prizes so be sure to stop in and enjoy the holiday spirit with us all.  You can find all the information you need HERE.

 I am so happy and honored to be on this wonderful team.  Suzanne makes it so much fun and takes such good care of us.  Suzanne is a riot as many of you know and anyone who loves country music and life the way she does is tops in my book:) Thank you for all you do Suzanne!!  See the animal print on the suitcases? Well, I learned how to do that in Suzanne's  CMC Class 5.  This was my absolute first attempt at it...not bad if I do say so myself.  I used Saturated Canary Pack Lite for my card.

 Challenges

Bearly Mine- Anything Goes #65

Tuesday Alchemy-#44 Anything Goes

Love to Create-#45 Anything Goes

Enjoy the hop... here's a list of participants to help you get started:

Tina Gilliland 

Anary Baumgarth

Andrea Murdock

Brook Guinn

Jenn Cochran

Marie Gamber

Michele Speara

Patricia St. Martin

Shelby Goolsby (You Are Here)

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great Wednesday!!!

CMC Holiday Bash Blog Hop

Hey everyone!! Welcome to one of the stops on the CMC Design Team Holiday Bash Blog Hop.  If you are already joining the hop you should have arrived from Marie's wonderful blog.
Starting today the CMC Classroom will have its annual month-long Holiday Bash Celebration! Nothing more fun then having some fun challenges, games and prizes to start the season off right!

Details:
*Start here by joining the Blog Hop and leaving a comment at all of the stops for your chance to win some great prizes.
*Every week there will be a NEW Challenge and Prize...think scavenger hunts, puzzles, games!
*Charity Raffle - Suzanne Dean is giving away a NEW Silhouette Cameo machine to a lucky someone! How can you win it? Everytime you participate in a challenge during the month you get an entry for it. Also for every $3 you donate to the Charity (TBA) you get an entry.
Here is a link where you can get all of the latest details-
http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/page/cmc-holiday-bash 
This month's challenge is to Make it Metallic & Bling--Color silver, copper, gold on your image and use lots of sparkly bling..make it magical for the season!

 Copics

Hair-E27, E25, E21/Clothes E43, E42, E41/YR23, Y15,Y11 Wings Outer-Y28, Y26, Y21

 Inner Wings YR23, Y11, Y00

Details

Wee Stamps Digi Mountain Lily, Paper-Kaiser Craft Twigs and Berries, Snowflake Spellbinders, Swirl Memory Box Elegant Scroll

 Now it is time to hop on over to Michele's blog and in case you get lost here is the order.

Suzanne

Tina

Jenn

Linda

Andi

Karen

Anary

Marti

Mel

Julie

Katie - Guest DT

Marie

Shelby

Michele

Brooke

Karen

Patricia

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!! 

Winter Blues

Did everyone survive Thanksgiving and the Black Friday Sales? Thanksgiving was a nice and small one here. We had a lot of yummy food and the kids had fun making decorations that morning. I made my first attempt at an after Thanksgiving Sale with my mom. We kept walking and walking to try and find the end of the line at Target and I just couldn't help but laugh at the craziness of people waiting so we left.  The great thing is I got a lot of the same deals on line that morning with free shipping, that is my way to shop.
There is a brand new challenge up at the CMC Copic Challenge Group .

NEW CHALLENGE #57 will run until Dec 7th!

 Your challenge this time is all about

**Non-Traditional Holiday Colors**color ANY image ANY way you like

but there CAN BE NO RED-GREEN HOLIDAY COLORS USED, WE WANT TO SEE NON-TRADITIONAL COLORS USED in the image somewhere!!

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

 Our Challenger sponsor is Digi My World and I used this cute little Winter Blues Digi.  The paper is form Bo Bunny Blitzin Collection and I finally got to use my Christmas Bulbs Die Cut from C.C. Designs. I cut them out with 2 colors and then added a little Diamond Stickles to the blue bulbs. For the record I did not use Red, it is actually rust colors (E18,E19)but it did not photograph that way.

 Copics

Hair- E57,E55,E53 Skin-E11,E00,E000,R20 Clothes-E47,E44,E43/B95,B93,B91/E18,E19

Challenges

Going Grey with Scrap Creations- Winter

House that Stamps Built- DCC1121 Holiday Card  Non-Traditional colors

Divas by Design- Use 2 or more Patterned Paper

 There are a few more days to take advantage of the sale at the Color Me Creative Classroom.  Why not treat yourself to a little holiday gift? The classes are so rewarding and no matter what your Copic level you will learn so many tips and you can get all of the details HERE.

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!!

 

Christmas Wishes

Hello crafty friends!! I know it has been way to long again.  We have had so many family emergencies that have taken me away from crafting both physically and mentally I am hoping the New Year brings more peace and crafty time:)
There is still a few more days to enter the latest challenge at CMC "All About Kids".  The Challenge runs until November 23rd and you can find all of the details right here. 
Last year I started making the kids a wish list to give to Santa, you can see it HERE.  Most of you know I have three kids and I am making them each one but that time thing got me so I am not yet finished with the other two but I will add that picture later.

I love these new stamps from Sweet November and this digi is called Evie.  I used Flower Soft Polar White on her hat and the paper is some fun "kid" paper by The Paper Studio as well as the notebook paper stamp.

Copics

Hair-E47, E44, E43, E42, E41 Skin- E11, E00, R20Clothes- R89, R29, R27, R24/YG17, YG13

Challenges

All That Scraps- ABC Anything but a Card

Paper Playtime-#89 Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations- #16 Anything Goes

Paper Pretties- PPMC66-Anything but a Card

 

That is it for me today.  I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!!

Happy Halloween CMC

Hello...is anybody out there? I have been so busy with life I haven't had time to craft much at all and then it is a struggle to get it done. There has been a lot of sad events happen the last few weeks that make you realize life is very short and precious and to make the most of everything and to love the people around you.  I need to get out of my crafting funk though for sure because I have three birthday parties coming up in November, December and January that I have to make special and a little over the top:)
Today is Halloween so we are gearing up for the festivities around here.  The kids love to try and make our yard the best decorated on the block and of course we all dress up:) This year we are going as family of vampiers.

There is a new challenge at CMC Copic Challenge Group and this time we want to see you use that orange.

NEW CHALLENGE #55 will run until Nov 9th!

Your challenge this time is all about

**Anything Goes With a Twist of Orange**color ANY image ANY way you like but it must have some ORANGE in the image somewhere!!

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Our Sponsor this time is Louby Loo and our winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate from Digital Delights.

This cute digi is called Scary Pumpkin and I paired it with Basic Grey Eeire paper.  The pennant is from Bo Bunny and the corner webs are a Martha Stewart punch.  My favorite thing is the spider web behind my pumpkin.  I cut it out with my brand new Silhouette Cameo:)  Let me tell you it is amazing!! The detail on the cuts is remarkable.  Suzanne Dean has a great deal on them right now if you are interested check it out HERE.  I will be telling you more about mine soon

 

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Copics

YR12, YR16, YR18,/Y15, Y17/YG23,YG25,E25,E27

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate you all and I hope that things will be settling down and you will see more of me around blog land.

 

Monster Fun and Bright Colors at CMC

Hi!! I think this may have been the longest I have gone without a post.  I had to take a little break because life has been a crazy adventure lately.  My middle girl Riley who is often my guest designer broke her foot.  She is an amazing little trooper and always in good spirits which can be hard when you are 6 years old and unable to do much. Then this week my laptop's hard drive decided to crash.    It makes me very upset because it was only a year and half old and the one time I don't get the extended warranty...aaarrrggghh!!!  Luckily, I think we got everything backed up*fingers crossed* and I am getting use to my new one. It is going to take awhile to get everything loaded and back but I am thankful my hubby was able to get me a new one. Enough of all that for now, I have more to share but I will save that for next time.

Today there s a new challenge up at the Color Me Creative Classroom and it is all about using bright fun colors.   

 CMC Copic Challenge 

#53 Use Bright Fun Colors

Challenge runs Until October 12th

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Our sponsor is Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and the design team got the chance to use these fun little monster stamps and this one is called Monster Mash.

 I felt like making a little door hanger along with my favorite bright lime and pink/melon color combo.  This color of green just screamed monster to me.  I tried to give her a little bit of a textured look and then added a dotted background to carry on the circle theme.

 Copics

YG25, YG23, YG00/RV14, RV13, RV10

Challenges

Through the Craftroom Door #37 Anything Goes 

MarkerPop- #7 Color Something

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - #29 Kiddie Card 

 (I hope a door hanger is ok)

  Don't forget to stop by and see what the rest of the CMC design team has created this week.

Have a great weekend I will be back soon to share a few new projects with you that I haven't had time to post.

The Sweet Stop 175 Holly Wishes

How is everyone today? I am getting so tired of the 100 degree weather I decided I could at least dream of cooler temperatures by getting started on my Christmas cards. I just couldn't resist this sweet little fairy called Holly from Wee Stamps. I just love coloring these cute little faces, they just make me happy.   To start my card I used the latest sketch from The Sweet Stop SSS175.

I just love this paper from Echo Park called Season''s Greetings.  The holly embossing folder is from Sizzix  and both punches are by Martha Stewart.  I added a little Star Dust Stickles to the snow and wings.

Copics

Skin E11, E21, E00, R20 Hair E47. E44. E43, E42, E41 Clothes R89, R29, R27, R24/YG67, YG63/E43, E43, E41/YR24,Y26

Challenges

 Paper Crafting Journey- Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge-#75 Early Christmas

Creative Card Crew-#18 Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers- #74 Winged Things

Please stop by and visit the rest of the Sugar Babies:)

Monika Davis
Cathy McCauley
Shannon White
Janice Melton
    Chris Dickinson

I hope you have a wonderful and crafty weekend!!

Thinking of You -CMC #51 Yellows

Hello!! How is everyone's week going?  It is speeding by here with the long weekend.  We are in the middle of a major painting project. It is time for a change but the height of our walls just doesn't make it fun just ask my poor hubby:)
I almost forgot to post my card for the new challenge at CMC Copic Challenge Group...ooops!! 

 Challenge #51 Runs until September 14th

color ANY image ANY way you like

but it must have YELLOW in the image somewhere

(and it must be clearly visible in the image)

There is also an option to add Kraft to your project.

 We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Our sponsor this time is Pattie's Creation's Digital stamps and I was given this beautiful image called Thinking of You. 

I colored the butterfly wings and flower center twice to give the card dimension.  It was a little hard to capture in the pictures though. The paper is MME Sunshine and the ribbon was a great find from The Paper Studio paired with some jute twine.

Copics

YR24, YR23, Y15, Y11/E44, E47, E43, E42

Challenges

Make It Monday-Always Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy Challenges- Anything Goes

The Hybrid Chick- #25 Pop It Up

Challenges for Everybody-#2 Anything Goes

Suzanne Dean will be debuting her All About Hair coloring class at CMC very soon and you can find all of the details HERE.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!

 

The Sweet Stop Sketch 174 -Howdy Cowgirl

Hi everyone!! What a crazy 24 hours it has been for my little blog. For those who don't know my blog was removed for some unknown reason and I had to go through the process of getting Google to approve to put it back online. Scary to say the least especially since I didn't have it backed up. It was one of those things I needed to find out how to do but kept putting it off. Lesson learned I tell ya.  Thank you to all of you who kept my spirits up when I thought it was lost forever:)
While I was in a panic there was a new The Sweet Stop Sketch  SSS174 that started today and here is what I came up with.

 I made this to add to my Wryn  photo tray, which BTW I found a great easel stand to hold it when I went to Archivers in Austin.  I choose this image called Howdy Cowgirl Wryn by Tiddly Inks because she reminded me of Riley's field trip to the Rodeo where she wore none other than a pink cowgirl hat.

 I made these little flowers out of some twine I had.  I started looping the twine I assume something I did making friendship bracelets in Jr. High and then rolled it into a circle and secured it with hot glue.  I added a couple of loops for leaves and a gem for the center.

 Challenges

Polka Doodles- #35 Flowers

Love to Create- #30 Handmade Flowers

Yes I did rotate the sketch:)

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 and go and back up those blogs!!

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.