Merry Christmas to all!!!

Here is a super cute image by Mo Manning that I just love!!!  I first saw this image colored by Marlena at Marlena's Paper Paradise and besides loving her coloring...I loved the image and had to get it! 

I had recently bought some Promarkers to try and initially colored the image with them.  I went over the skin tones and the deeper red colors with Copic markers.  The diamond embellishments were clear but once I adhered them to the card I colored them with a Copic marker to make them gold.  I used Yellow Stickles on the ornament in the image.  I created the "Merry Christmas" sentiment and border in Silhouette Studio and cut it on my Silhouette.  The gold Glittered Paper by The Paper Studio (from Hobby Lobby) was easy to cut on my Cameo...I simply set the blade at 3 and did a double cut and it cut perfectly!  I used a Martha Steward punch for the gold corner tabs.  The patterned paper I used is from Michael's and is called Jolly Holiday...it is a stack from Recollections.

I hope you enjoy!










I also started out making the following cards to give as my Christmas cards...but did not have time to finish them.  I still think they need a little more, however, they are going to be put to the side for now.  The black silhouette image is a file from the Silhouette Store and the gold vellum snowflake banner image is as well.  The sentiment is a stamp (which needs to be cleaned up), the scalloped circle is my first attempt at using Spellbinders (yes, I am far behind the times on that one!)  Finally the papers are from a stack I purchased at Michael's called The Traditional Holiday by DCWV.




Thank you all for visiting and I hope you have a very happy holiday!!!

For years now (even long before The Scrapcave existed) I wanted to make a scrapbook layout dedicated to my favorite music group...the Beastie Boys.  I have loved them since 1986.  I remember singing Paul Revere on the school bus when I was in 4th grade.  As I grew up...they continued making amazing music that always inspired me in one way or another.  When I was pregnant with Korbin in 1995...I became addicted to Licensed to Ill all over again (listened to it every day) and I'm surprised that Korbin didn't come out rapping.

Well, I saw a post today on facebook from Scrapbookgraphics (Studio Girls) that linked me to THIS POST about your musical inspiration.  I finally decided that if I had to stay up all night...which I have...I would finish this page.  And, I did!  Here is what I came up with.

I made the background text (which is all of the Beastie Boys song names repeated) and the "labels" (the gray are their album names and years and the black is my journaling...which I expand on below) in Photoshop Elements.  The ticket is my ticket stub from that night scanned it.  The cityscape, hearts, and mix tape images are from Designs by Sarah purchased HERE .

To continue my Beastie's story...

How lucky was I when I met my wonderful hubby and discovered that not only did we like the same type of music (mostly alternative and hard rock) but his favorite band was also the Beastie Boys!

Hubby and I were married in February of 2004 and in October of that year...I went to my first (and only, so far) Beastie Boys concert in Tampa, FL.  I had been to many other concerts prior to this and didn't expect much more than what I got at those...being far away and not being able to see the stage well.  Little did I know that this night would end up being one of the ultimate best nights of my life!  We left fairly early that day (as we lived almost 2 hours away) and we ended up making great time and getting there quite early.  Since it was general admission...we walked right up to the front row, center stage!  I couldn't believe it.  And, trust me it was so worth it!  I mean this is my favorite group!  Throughout my life I've had a slight obsession about each of the Beasties.  When I was younger it was Ad Rock, when I was in high school it was Mike D, and by the time I went to the concert it was MCA.


The main things that happened the night of this concert was that as I was singing along to "Shake Your Rump"...I wasn't really thinking...just singing and having a great time...kind of dancing (the best I could for being in the front row) and I was singing the part where it says "Is your name Michael Diamond..." I looking right at Mike D as I'm singing it and I'm pointing at him as if I'm asking him that question and he is looking at ME doing this and he points at me, smiles, and sings "Nah...mine's Clarence".  I partially melted, kind of fell back, and my friends started yelling "OMG...did you see that!!!" as they are grabbing my shoulders and I'm like "Yaaaaaaa..."

So, as if that wasn't AMAZING...later in the show...my superstar idol, MCA jumps off stage right in front of us (but a little to the right), walks up to Jason and shakes Jason's hand, then mine, then our friend's, and then down the line for a bit.  I'm sure Jason's NY hat had something to do with that...but OMG!!!  I just shook hands with MCA!!!

That concludes the story of my best night ever (beside having my son and marry Jason)!

To this day, I still listen to my Beastie Boys on a regular basis...I smile, sing out loud, dance, feel the words, get inspired, and laugh at their awesome videos.  Thanks for years and years of memories guys...and many more to come!

I could write about them longer...probably for days...but it's 1:30am and I need to get to bed before Korbin has to get up for school tomorrow.  lol

~Hugs~

Hey everyone! 

Well I've had a pretty productive crafty day today!  I am SO not a football fan but I try to stomach it enough to watch the Super Bowl every year.  Honestly...I just really want to see the funny commercials and the half time show.  hehehe...  Hubby moved a tv in to the Scrapcave a couple of weeks ago so I am "watching" (more like listening) to it while I work on some cards.  I do pause to watch the commercials.  How funny is that...I normally can't stand watching commercials on tv (so much so that I normally dvr everything just so I can fast forward through them.)  lol  But here I am now watching a football game just for the commercials. 

Anyway, I recently got a freebie from Saturated Canary's blog HERE and she is simply gorgeous!  I did a close up of the image (as she is normally a full body image) and got her colored this morning.  I think she turned out really cute.  I've been struggling with my coloring lately.  I think I just took off too much time last year and feel like I'm re-learning to color.  I guess coloring isn't like riding a bike...




I also had an image already colored from a while back and the papers picked out for it...but I just needed to tape everything down and add a sentiment to it.  So...I finally finished this card too.  This image is by Spesch Designer Stamps and is by Max HERE. 




Thanks for stopping by and checking out my new cards!

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Hi everyone!  Here is a new card I made for Tiddly Inks Challenge #78 that can be found HERE.  This time they have a color challenge and they provide the colors.  I have wanted this digi for a LONG time and I am so happy that I finally bought her!  Her name is Annie's Art and can be found HERE.  Since I love art...it makes sense that I love her!

Well, here she is...



I know the close up of her is a little bit darker but I love it because you can see the sparkles from the Spica pens I used on her!!!  I was also excited to use my new Trendy Twine on my card...it's my first time using twine on a card!

Hope you enjoy!  ~Hugs~

I am adding this project to the "Friends are the Flowers of Life" Blog Hop hosted by Tiddly Inks!  I am not going to write too much as I am short on time at the moment...but please enjoy and check out the others on the Hop!!!

In keeping with the theme...I made this wall art for a friend of mine who just got her own Scrapcave!  Once I finished the layout...I put it in a 12x12 shadowbox frame.  My friend just had her basement finished and had a scrap room put in.  I thought that she might want something to hang on her bare walls...until she finishes decorating.  I used the Wryn New Nest image from Tiddly Inks.  Most of the papers are Bo Bunny.



























































I plan to pick one comment from my comments on this post to win a little blog candy (it will be a surprise!)  So, be sure to either check back on Sunday or leave me a way to find you. 

It's been a long time since I've done a challenge...much less made a card!  I'm trying to start the new year off right!  I used Tiddly Inks new image called Wryn...she can be found HERE along with four other gorgeous versions of her.  I am entering my card in to the Tiddly Inks Challenge #77 called "Celebrate" and you can find this challenge HERE.


I made my card pretty simple, mainly because I think the image is so adorable that I wanted it to stand out.  I also got to use my new Christmas present for the first time...my Zutter Distrezz-it-all!





























































Copics used: BG10, 11, 32, 34; YG0000; G21, 24; C1, 3; E50, 51; RV91, 93, 95 and I used my Copic Spica glitter pens for some sparkle!


My BG34 was being a bad marker and gushed a little blob on her dress.  I barely touched my marker to my paper and it just gushed out.  I've had this happen with a couple of markers now and wondered if there were something wrong with the nibs (tips) on those markers.  Well, I just posted this photo on the Copic Marker facebook page and both the lovely Melissa (from the Tiddly Inks DT) and the Copic Marker people said that it may be from pressure built up in the marker.  The Copic Marker people also said it may be from over-filling the marker...but in my case...I've never refilled them.  They both advised me to take both caps off both ends and lay it flat for a little bit...then put the caps back on.  That helps relieve the pressure.  So, I just thought I would share this with you in case you have ever had this happen and didn't know why or what to do about it.  I ended up just coloring in the rest of the dress and drawing on some little stitch marks...to make it look like a patch on the dress.















Thanks for looking!
~Hugs~

Just wanted to share pics of my new Copic holder that Jason made!  He is the BEST!


















I LOVE IT!!!  My Copic's are finally OFF my tables!  But I can always pull them off the wall if I want to and put them back on my tables!  I also plan to make a carrying case...so if I ever want to take them somewhere with me...I can just pull them off and put them in the case.  The wood that hubby used is super light weight!


So, what do you think?


~Hugs~