RECIPE SCRAPBOOK PG. 2

I was on a roll yesterday and got the second page done for my daughter's cookbook.  I cut everything out with Cricut Life's A Beach cart except the fish which is from Stampin' Up's Fishy Friends stamp set.  I used my Nestabilities to cut around the recipe and colored the fish with my Copics.  Here are the numbers I used;

BG01, BG02, YG03, Y06 & V04

 I embossed the boat & sails with my Cuttlebug embossing folders for some extra texture and used my Peachy Keen Everyday Faces stamp set for the sun.

 I hadn't used my crop-a-dile for awhile so I screwed up the one eyelet and couldn't fix it without ruining my page so it had to stay that way.......sigh

THINKING OF YOU

I borrowed a few flower stamps from my mom and this is one of the cards I have done so far using one of them.  I seem to always gravitate towards making birthday cards so decided to make a sympathy card since I only have one in my stash.  I have a big pile of hand made paper that has just been sitting there for about 4 years untouched, so decided that I had to use a piece!  It was hard to cut & punch.  It left little fuzzies and I just about gave up using it but I liked the way it turned out.  I used my Copic markers to color the image.

Here is the inside sentiment;

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

CHEERS

Here is another card I found while I was blog searching for masculine card ideas  http://andreawalford.com/?p=2494 You can find all the instructions there.

I used Stampin' Up's chocolate chip for the base, the strip down the middle and the letters.  The yellow and embossed brown paper are from Bo Bunny.   I used my copic (Y32, Y35, N1 & O) to color the beer mug.  The stamps are from Stampin' Up Cheers To You set.  I embossed the brown paper with Cuttlebugs Tiny Mosaic embossing folder.  The smiley faces are from Cricut Wildcard cart and the letters are from Cricut Don Juan cart cut at 3/4"  I made 4 of these, two for Father's Day cards and two for birthday cards.

Here is the inside;

SISTER

I made this card for my sister's b'day which is on Friday.  The paper is called Wild Raspberry from K&Company.  It is an 8x8 pad I bought at Walmart.  The punch is from Martha Stewart and the stamp is from Stamps Happen Inc. #60058 Bees.  The sister sentiment is from Fiskar's family clear stamp set.  I used my copics to color the image but I am still having problems with the bleeding and the shading on the brown is not the greatest because the colors were too far apart but it was all I had.  The paper that the image is stamped on is from Neenah but I prefer Simply Smooth and I don't have anymore until my mother comes to visit.  I had some shipped to her while she winters in Florida as well as some more Copics from Dick Blick's and a whole whack of other goodies!  When are you coming to see me mom??  It's gonna be like Christmas when she gets here.

The sentiment for the inside is from Copper Leaf Creations and I used my scalloped oval Nestabilites to cut and emboss it.

I am still having a heck of a time taking a decent picture with my camera.  You would think with a $500.00 camera your pictures should come out pretty darn good but I have not liked this camera since I bought it.  It is a Canon Powershot S3 IS and my cheaper Olympus (that fell in the lake)   took way nicer pictures than this thing.  I try to take them in natural lighting but they never seem to come out crisp looking.  I have tried all different settings with no luck.  I have also tried using the macro function but the camera will not allow me to do it on automatic for some reason.  Well I am off to make breakfast and then I will post another quick card I made using the Crafts Too Leafy Tree embossing folder.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 

This is my Grandma's Mother's Day card.  The paper is from KI Memories called Daydream.  The wheelbarrow stamp is from Copper Leaf Creations which I colored in with my Copics.  I am getting a little bit better with the markers except for bleeding with the darker colors.......practice, practice, practice!  The Copic colors I used are;

E 31,33,35 & 55

C 1,3 &5

N 1,3 &5

G 21 & 99

YG 11,13 &17

Y 11, 13 &15

YR00, 02,04

BG10

MORE EASTER CARDS

Well my order from Custom Crops FINALLY arrived yesterday aprox. 1 month from when I placed the order.  Unfortunately it is too late to make any cards with the Easter cart as all my cards have to be mailed and it's too late now.  I bought the Mother's Day cart as well so I guess I can get going on that one.  I made this card for my grandma using Peachy Keen PK-261 Crunchin' Carrot Bunny stamp.  The patterned paper is from K&Company Brenda Walton Small Wonders 12x12 stack and the plain paper is from Colormates.  I used my Copics to color the bunny and the Fiskars paper crimper.  Boy is it hard to get that paper to go through that crimper straight.  I could not get a 2" piece to go through so I had to do a 6" piece and then cut it.  The flowers and buttons are from a little set I bought at Walmart.

This is a blantant copy of a card that I saved from the internet a couple of years ago before I started my blog so unfortunately I have no name to give credit too.  I just thought is was so cute so I made one for my sister and one for my parents for Easter.  I used the Cricut Doodlecharms cart for the eggs and the Happy Easter sentiment is computer generated.  Well I have a lot to get accomplished today......Have a great day and HAPPY EASTER everyone!

HAPPY EASTER

I was in the mood to play around with my Copic markers yesterday and one of the new bunny stamps (PK-258) I bought from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I was starting to regret buying the markers the last time I tried to color with them but this time it was better......thank god because they're not cheap!!  This is the first time I have used a Peachy Keen Stamp and I must say that I love the way the image stamps out!  For this card I followed the layout from their last challenge http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/  
I find if I stick to the lighter colors I do ok.  As soon as I use darker colors it`s not good.  I have also been testing different cardstocks and my favorite so far is Simply Smooth.  This image is actually colored on Neenah cardstock which is my second favorite.

Here are the markers I used:

Well I am going to try and get another card done up since I have another Peachy Keen Image I colored yesterday.  Unfortunately I only have one Happy Easter Stamp!  Do you believe that I went to Michael`s and they did not even have any Easter Stamps at all!!  We are so lacking here in Barrie, Ontario, what`s a girl to do.  I get tired of ordering everything online (and almost everything I order is from the States) and you have to wait for it to clear customs....................sigh