School's Out for Summer

The countdown to summer is here, 7 1/2 days left for my kiddos. It seems like the year flew by and I am still in denial that my youngest will be starting Kinder in the fall. I try to always take mental snap shots and try my best to remember all of the small things because they grow so fast. I wish I was better about keeping a journal or scrapbook, maybe that should be my summer project along with a million other things I would like to craft and organize.  What do you do to keep those memories?  I would love to hear from you.  I have always loved making Shutterfly books to get those pictures off the computer but I am very intrigued by Project Life too but haven't even started that.

Today I wanted to tell you about the latest challenge at  The Paper Shelter.  This time it is a little bit out of the normal comfort zone for most, we want to see those Shaped or Easel cards.  I had such a hard time with my card this time, well this was my third attempt and that is all I am going to say:)

 

I ended up using my Cameo to cut out the apple card shape which came from the Silhouette on line store.  The Cameo is another thing I need to learn more about for  sure.  I used my Sharpie  Paint pen to create the stitching and colored the little wooden scissors and apple with my Copics.  The paper is actually different journal cards and quotes that I pieced together from Pine Cone Press School Days collection.  I fussy cut cut my image Learning is Fun by The Paper Shelter.

Copics

Hair-E27 E47, E44, E42, E41

Skin- E11, E00, E000, R20

Clothes/Accessories- R59, R229, R27, R24/Y17, Y15, Y13/Y16/B95/C9, C7, C5, C3

Challenges

 Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter are offering you a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website if you use a Paper Shelter image or 3 digis if you use another. 

Paper Playtime #11- Use 2 or more ribbons( I used 2 to create my bow).

Twisted Tuesday- School's Out for Summer - Must use a Child image Twist Use Yellow

Ribbon Carousel Blog RCC81- Celebrations(Celebrating Graduations and the End of School)

 Enjoy the rest of your week and I will see you in a couple of days with my card for the CMC Challenge that is going on right now.

 

Keep Cool and Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter

Happy Wednesday!! This week is just flying by as they all seem to do. It was busy for me last week trying to make sure all of the teachers and office staff had a little something everyday for Teacher Appreciation Week.  I hope they all know how much we love them for taking such good care of our kiddos.
 Today starts a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and it is one we all love Anything Goes so there is no reason not to play along.  I thought I would try to get in the mood for summer although I dread the heat that comes with it.  I used one of the TPS digis called Sunny Days that I have always thought was so cute.  Unfortunately, this didn't turn out how I planned because I found out the hard way that the blade on my Cameo was dull so my cute embellishments and cut out sentiment had to be replaced with a not so great flower.  Oh well sometimes you just have to go with it or change it up when the new blade comes in.

Don't forget Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter are offering you a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website if you use a Paper Shelter image or 3 digis if you use another. 

I hope you have a wonderful week!!

 

Rock Star

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. I just wanted to pop in and say "Thank You" to all of those who visited this past weekend for the CMC Birthday Blog Hop.
 This week there is a new fun challenge over at The Paper Shelter and MUSIC MAESTRO is the theme.   I hardly ever use purple, not sure why but I was totally in a purple mood and I kind of love the way this rocker chic's hair turned out.

 This TPS digi is called Rock Star.  I started by coloring her with Copics  and created a tag that I thought my girls can use for a book mark.

Copics

Hair- C9, C7, C5, C3/V17, V15, V13

Clothes- C9, C7, C5, C3/V17, V15, V13/B05, B04, B02

Guitar-V23, V24/E41/C3

Challenges

Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter are offering you a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website if you use a Paper Shelter image or 3 digis if you use another. 

Die Cuttin Divas- #113 Anything Goes(Music notes are my die cut) 
Party Time Tuesdays-#118 Anything Goes 
Make My Monday- Anyhting But a Card
Allsorts- #204 Anything But a Card

Have a wonderful day!!

 

CMC 3rd Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Hey everyone!! I bet you are here for the Color Me Creative Classroom's 3rd Birthday Blog Hop, if not you have to join in for some great prizes and inspiration.   Everyday this week there will be a new event and chance to win, you can find a list of all the details right HERE.

Suzanne Dean is also offering a Buy One Get One Half Off sale on Copic classes at CMC until Monday.  Trust me you will learn so many coloring tips whether you are a beginner or master Copic user.
The CMC Design Team is starting things off with a Blog Hop.  If you leave a comment on each DT member's blog you will be entered to win (1) of TWO crafty online store gift certificates.   Our wonderful sponsor is no other than Krista Smith of Saturated Canary.  She provided the design team with all of the fabulous images for our projects.  Not only is she super talented but she is such a wonderful person, I love reading her blog.  

 This cute image is called Harley and Haley.  I had fun with this color scheme it just seemed so bright and cheerful.  The ticket stamp is Whimsy Treasured Moments.  I used My Silhouette Cameo to cut out and create all the flowers and swirl.  I just love how the flowers turned out, they are so fun and different I do believe.  I will definitely be using my Cameo more.

Copics

Hair- E19, E18, E17, E13

Skin- E11, E00, E000, R20/ Eyes B01, BOO

Clothes- B02, B00, B000/BG13, BG11/R08, R05, R01/V17, V15, V13/G24, G21

Pig- R21, R20, R01/B01, B00/R08, R05, R01

Ground W2, W1 

I hope you enjoyed my card today and now it is time to hop over to Linda's blog or follow the list below.

Suzanne Dean
Tina Gilliland

Marie Gamber

Karen Gauthier

Melanie LaBelle

Jenn Cochran

Shelby Goolsby (you are here)

Linda Payne

Dana Joy

Pat St. Martin

Julie Price

Marti Wills

Kim DeRuosi

Shannon Kromeke

Andi Murdock (guest DT)

Michele Spera

Brook Guinn

Have a wonderful day and enjoy the Birthday Bash!!

 

Flying High

This has been such a sad week around the country and I just want to send my thoughts and prayers to those in Boston and now the horrible tragedy with the explosion here in Texas.
Here is  my card for the newest challenge at the CMC Copic Challenge Group.

NEW CHALLENGE #66 will run thru April 26th!

Your challenge this time is all about

**Reds, Reds & More Red**

color ANY IMAGE but it must

Have Some Red In It

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

 In one week the  CMC Classroom will be celebrating it's 3rd Birthday which means Suzanne has a huge celebration planned with fun challenges, blog hop and amazing prizes so stay tuned for that.

 For my card I used this cute image called Flying High Anna Belle by Tiddly Inks. I love that you can create your own scene with digis.  I cut out a new cloud template and sponged the sky.  The paper is Echo Park Happy Days and the sentiment is from Verve.

Copics

Hair-E35, E31, E50,YR21

Clothes/Balloons R59, R29, R27, R24, R22/BG13, BG23, BG11 

Dog-E44,E43, E41

Challenges

Copic Marker Europe- Girls Aloud  

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge- Birthday 

Inky Chicks- #2 Happy Birthday Girl

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Make It Bloom at The Paper Shelter

Hello crafty friends!! Sorry it has been so long since my last post but life has gotten a little bit busy lately and I know you can all relate to that.
Today the fabulous "B" team is hosting a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme is Make  It Bloom. Not only is there a new challenge but we are also celebrating hitting over 1000 followers at The Paper Shelter Blog so in addition to the $30 voucher for the winner who uses a TPS image; Veronica and Pedro are giving away a second $20 voucher to use in the store.  How great is that?
 There are so many adorable new images including this one called Freshly Harvested.

 I colored her with copics and used some old papers that I had in my stash.  The daisy dies are from My Favorite Things and the herb looking leaves, I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo (love that thing).  The seed packet is a a rubber stamp set from C.C. Designs called Woodland Logos.

Challenges

365 Cards- #106 Welcome Spring

Creative Card Crew- #34 Handmade Flowers

 You don't want to miss out on this chance to win so get crafting and Make It Bloom!!