Puppy Love

Who can resist a puppy or a cupcake? That's why I volunteer at ARK of Cleveland but golly its hard when a special puppy is there waiting to be adopted. Anyway I received this image from a friend and colored it with Copic's YG13, R27, R29, Booo, E31 & E35. Then I mounted it on MM DSP and layered it with SU Sage. I used CK sticky ribbon and the DSP in the top left hand corner has glitter and I used stickles on the cherry. Don't you just love stickles it sure brings dimension to your cards.

Well I'm getting another tutorial going and I will be posting it in a few weeks, I learned it from a friend at a our Tennessee Stampers retreat.
Have a great day tomorrow, I'm going to play with all my new goodies I got at Hobby Lobby today.
God Bless,
Jeanine

Thank you

I was selected by SNS to be the featured artist of the week and I can't say thank you enough to them. I so enjoy making cards and using all the different brands of stamps. I used Copic's on this teddy bear: G05, W00, W1, R05 and R81. I think I use E31, E33, E35 the most out of all my pens so I made Teddy gray and used Spica pens to highlight the flowers. My DSP is Making Memories.

I hope you all have a good week, it sounds like we're going to have some sun and some warm weather won't it be heavenly?
God Bless,
Jeanine

Fun SNS Digi Images

This is the card I made for the Thursday Digi challenge but for some reason I can't post it so I said fine, I'll just post it and let you know I colored the SNS Digi image with Copic's, I used Making Memories Cosmopolitan DSP, and SU's round stamp. I just love this paper and the bunny is so cute holding the tulips. What a great way to start the weekend.

I did this SNS digi card quite a while ago but thought I would bring it back because I think it is so pretty.

Well I'm going to take the weekend off and do some reading. I started reading 'A single thread' by Marie Bostwick yesterday and its really grabbed my attention. I wish you a wonderful weekend, God Bless you.

Jeanine

Bunny & Friend

This was another SNS Digi Image I colored with Copic's. I used G14, YG09, Y38, Y06, Y15, Y00, R81, V12, V15, E000 E0000 and some Spica's. I used K & Company Dollhouse DSP by Brenda Walton, the new SU border punch and a miscellaneous purple flower to match the bow on the bunny. These images are easy to color and so fun to try different effects with. Think I may try some pencils next always gotta keep your options open.

Have a great week, God Bless,

Jeanine

OWH Challenge #9

Well today I decided to take a break from making cards for OWH to do a challenge so I took this digi image from Sweet n Sassy and color it with Copics. The colors I used E00, E09, E19,E 31, E33, E35, E79, Y06,Y18, R81,YG09 & Spica's, all for that little image wow. I used K & Co. Brenda Walton Dollhouse DSP. MM clear windows, organza pink ribbon. Fun little challenge.
This is the Blog Candy pack I put together and the winner contacted me today by email its Laurie in New Hope, MN. The package will be in the mail tomorrow.

Have a great week everyone and God Bless.

Jeanine

Tulips for Mother

I sure don't know what happened, I typed all this up last night and mentioned Tracey Lynn Miller owner of 'Fred, She Said' digi image that she offered OWH last week and for some reason it all disappeared. So really quick I am thanking everyone for visiting my blog in a little over 24 hours I had 97 comments and 439 views. Wow I am humbled thank you so much. I will be going to Random.org to get the number for the winner of my blog candy. I will take a picture of the blog candy and get it in the mail today. And the winner is......... Laurlynn. Please contact me so I can get your goodies in the mail.

God Bless,

Jeanine

OWH Spring Blog Hop March 20th, 2010

Well hello to everyone! This is my first Operation Write Home Blog hop so I hope you will bear with me. I am going to do my first tutorial on the Stampin UP! Top Note quilt card. I am not affiliated in any way with SU but I love a lot of the products. I have been with OWH for over six months and have made at least 300 cards for the soldiers. I have no family in the military but I was inspired from all the stories I've heard about the soldiers having little time to write home. Since I'm retired and a caretaker for my 91 year old Mother I have time to make lots of cards and I so enjoy making cards each and every day.

So today I'm going to do a tutorial on the SU Top Note Quilt card. This can easily adapted to all of the Spellbinder dies also.

I start out by picking out paper that coordinates with my card stock. I find it easier to cut strips of DSP then cut them to 1" squares. I have a punch but its uses more paper and I think cutting strips is faster.

You need 20 squares for the completed Top Note make sure you piece it out before you glue it all down.

I know that it takes four squares up and five across so I try to line up the 1" squares with the notches so all the squares will be even on the cut.

I then put the quilt on the Top Note die and run it through the Big Shot.

As you can see the quilts come out pretty even if you match it up with the die cut outline.

Last step is to finish your card I used a Martha Stewart boarder punch, a computer generated greeting and SU ribbon.

Inside the card I used some of the Marcella K DSP and the large scallop Marvy punch with a Gina K design "Quilt Sampler" You can scroll down in my blog and see all the quilt cards I've made. Each time you make one its so different with colors and patterns you will find yourself returning to this pattern time and time again for the versatility of the card. If you need to contact me please email me at: AZGramTN@bellsouth.net

If you enjoyed the tutorial or my blog please leave a comment and at the end of the blog I will draw a name for some Blog Candy.

If you didn't start the Blog Hop at http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/

you should go there now. Otherwise move onto your next stop in the OWH Blog Hop at Jann's, She's Gone Stampin, and the url to link to is http://jans-gonestampin.blogspot.com/

Have a blessed day.

Jeanine