If you have never........

If you haven't ever seen a tutorial like the ones that are on all the Technique Junkie CD's, here is a link to show you what one looks like!!  They are quite wonderful.   Here is a project made from the CD.....it is called a Pop-Up Gift card holder.  Really fun to make.  Order your CD today using the link on the sidebar.  ;-)

Here is a picture of one of the cards I made from the new 3-D and Fun Folds CD.

Working on my sale!

Here are a couple of cards that I made for my upcoming sale.  These 5 don't have any special techniques on them......they are all just simply made!  I had printed off a number of digital images that I have to color while we were on vacation.    Hope you enjoy

Don't forget to click on my blog header to be taken to the top post so you can enter for my blog candy!!

Fall is Here!

So....here are the Halloween ones that I talked about the other day.

I needed a girl card, a boy card and one for her parents.  So........here they are!  I found all the images online as coloring pages.  I did this because I don't have any Halloween stamps of my own!  I'm quite happy with the images though. They are all colored with copic markers. The Skeleton above is 'hinged' at the joints with brads.  The arms and legs can be moved wherever you want.  The background is veined marble technique from the TJ newsletter.

The Witch girl was a freebie image from Wonderstrange and was called Witchlines.  I think she is quite cute.  The background here was Black glossy paper and Luminare paints.  It was a technique from TJ newsletter but for the life of me I cannot remember the name!

The last card was for the parents so I wanted something a little more Fall and less cute.  I found this scarecrow with the pumpkin head was a coloring page image on a site that had free Disney characters pages.  His background I 'think' is called Dabbed shimmers from the TJ newsletter and it has lots of great oranges and some metallic to it as well.  I also used the Cuttlebug Highlights technique.  I've had those little tiny leaves for years.  I originally purchased them for a special project then promptly forgot the project to do with them......you don't ever do that do you?  ;-) 

Thanksgiving early!

Well.....the weather has finally changed. We are into the rain and cooler temperatures now. A lady that frequently orders cards from me asked for three Halloween, three Thanksgiving, three Christmas, and three each of Thank you and Thinking of you. I had four days to get them all done. Fortunately, I had Thank you and Thinking of you cards in my stock. Then I found more than three Christmas cards that I had made for design team work that were never in my sale before. So that left only three each of the Halloween and Thanksgiving. I'll show you the Thanksgiving ones today and the Halloween ones in a couple of days! 

These were all coloring book images from the web.  They are all colored with copic markers.  The bottom one with the cornucopia has the rolled corners and the torn frames techniques from the TJ newsletter.

Embellished circles

I wanted to do this technique from the Technique Junkie newsletter but had no great circle stamps until recently!  I kept pretty simple and love the way it turned out.  Hope you like it too!  Those dark lines vertically, really aren't dark but gold tape!

Because I'm almost there!

I just had to post because I'm so tickled that I'm almost at my weight loss goal!  Yeah!!  I started at 156.6 and today at only one pound away from my goal, I was 131!!  I feel lean and mean!  Now that I'm almost done, the hard part of keeping it off begins.  But, I'm pretty confident that I can do it.  The biggest reason for the loss (for me) was to eliminate my BP meds.  At this point, I've cut them in half. 

Of course, with the loss also comes a loss in money since I've had to get some clothes that fit!  HA!!  I've lost more than 3 inches in my hips, waist and chest.  Hooray! 

Okay.........back to stamping posts now !

THIS is soooo awesome!

I found this tutorial online on how to add numbers to your comments on your blog.  Can you say AWESOME!  NOW......when you have blog candy to give away and are using a random number generator, you won't have to count the comments to see who the winner it.  All the counting is done for you!!  Whoo Hoo! 

Here is the Link.

Quiet but busy!

My blog may have been quiet lately but I HAVE been busy.  Between filming tutorials and making Design Team cards (which you can't see yet), I've been also working on some snowglobes for my upcoming card sale in November.  Here are 12 of the globes with stars in them.  I'll be making 12 with hearts in them as well.    They are uber hard to photo since the surface is reflective.  But you get the idea.  Each has a case for storage and they fold flat!!

A message from Pat!

Well.......it is THAT time again!  Here is a message from Pat Huntoon, owner of Technique Junkie Newsletter.  These CD's are awesome.  It is like 100 techniques for such a low price.  AND they all have step by step pictures.  Awesome.

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Dear Ann, CD9 will be released in two weeks --  Have your ordered yours?

Time to Order! NOW is a great time to purchase the newest  Technique Junkie Annual CD. The Ninth Edition CD   covers all of the issues from 10-10 to 8-11 --  plus 10 bonus techniques -- in easy-to-print, step-by-step  pictorial pdfs. It is easy to renew and/or order your CD!  Simply Click HERE to order.

Thank you for your continued business.  I appreciate having you as a customer and hope you will enjoy the CD. Sincerely, Patricia Huntoon Technique Junkie Newsletter

Woo Hoo I won!

I was one of the most lucky stampers who won one of the Gina K Designs stamp sets of my choice from their giveaway this weekend.

If you haven't ever checked out Gina's Stamp TV.....give it a look HERE.  She is so pleasing to watch and has great card ideas.

I chose Springtime Silhouettes as my prize.  You can like StampTV on Facebook as well.  ;-) 

Some sympathy cards for a friend.

I have a friend who needed some sympathy cards so I made these up today.

The butterfly one uses the Vellum Sentiments technique from the most recent TJ newsletter.  The butterfly is from Judikens and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

The other two cards were inspired from Gina K's simple cards video on her website today.  Thanks for the inspiration, Gina......I needed it to jump start the creative juices today.  Somehow, the simple cards are harder for me than the not-so-simple ones!

Some Telescopes!

I had some friends come over a little while back.  We decided that we would play with the Technique Junkie Technique Telescope cards.  It seemed a mystery at first but turned out to be quite simple.  One of my friends brought her granddaughter and she made a four tier card.

A Sale for you!

Well.....I've been working hard this last week on tutorials for the upcoming Technique Junkie newsletters!  You'll love some of the new things coming up!! 

While you're in the mood to hear more......there is a sale going on right now for the newsletter!
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A Bella Creations challenge!

Today is a fun time over at Bella Creations!  That is where you can win the new Technique Junkie Stampbooking CD!! ...............AND..............a year's subscription to the TJ newsletter.  You MUST enter the challenge on their site to win.    Click HERE.   The challenge is to make a project with the Tie Dye Embellishments technique.  Since I don't scrap I used the technique on a card.  There are a ton of techniques in the CD for card making!!  YOU get to see the Tie Dye Embellishments tutorial for FREE!!  The link for the tut is on Bella's site. 

This card also uses the new technique from the most recent newsletter as well called Distressed Fuzz. 

So.......what are you waiting for?  Head on over there and enter to win....you know you want to!  It's a great way to see one of Pat's tutorials as well.......they ARE awesome.

Zander's 3rd Birthday

Well......it has been FOREVER since I posted.  Since last post I've been uber busy!  Taught two Copic classes at Stampadeedoda for a total of 26 students and another classes booked in August with 5 signed up already.

Then we went on a two week vacation.  THAT was soo much fun.  We visited my step-mom in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and did a little sight seeing while there.  Spent almost 2 extra days in Tulsa getting the rear end fixed on the Explorer..........the bearings were bad.........not good considering that we just had them replaced the end of March this year.  Grrr......   Cost us a brand new ring and pinion gear and labor for that.  Fortunately the bearings fell under part warranty.  Still it was $700 plus hotel, rental car and food.

Then on to Aspen for my 40th class reunion.  We had soooo much fun.  We stayed at the Flying Dog Ranch.  One of the most beautiful places to have a reunion.  The mountain view was spectacular.  Had a grand time reconnecting with some people that I hadn't seen in 40 years!

BUT tomorrow is Zander's birthday and he will be having a pirate card.  The stamps are from Sweet and Sassy stamps.  This happens to be a retired set but I just HAD to use it!  The pirate and accessories are colored with copic markers.  The 'sand' is a crushed shell.......it looks really great.   I hope he likes it!