Halloween Card

Hello!

Happy Wednesday.  I cant believe its only Wednesday...feels like it should be Friday already!!  This will probably be pretty short.  I need to take Aiden to preschool here in a few min and then come home and work on orders galore!

I hope today goes well for him.  Today is the first day of actual preschool he is wearing his big boy underwear, we usually put him in a pull up, but not anymore.  I hope it goes okay! 

Here is another Halloween card I created a few nights ago.  I love this stamp!  I cannot find my mini pom poms for the cheerleaders pompoms or the clowns hat, oh well it still worked out.  There is glitter on them anyways.

Love this ribbon...so fun, sparkly and 3d!

Well, gotta drop Aiden off at school!

Halloween Card and Video

Hello!

Hope your weekend was nice.  It was Brent and I's 5 year anniversary. We ended up staying home since Brents mom wasnt feeling well at all and we wanted her to feel better instead of watching Aiden...and getting him sick ;)

I have set aside some time each night to do something crafty for personal crafts....however, the first night was cleaning my scrapbook room but still..it felt nice!  Its all clean and I even created a LOOOONG video tutorial/show you how I made a card.

Seeing how its 20 min of me just rambling on and talking, you can tell I havent done a tutorial in a while and missed them obviously.

Here is the Halloween card I am creating for my cousin and Aiden and my nephew Carson.  Love this Northwood Stamp. 

(I cannot take credit for the card layout/idea....recreated based on their card sample)

Love this card!  I used acetate to make the window...really look like a window! 

And in case you have 20 min of your life you dont mind ever getting back (ha-ha)

Also..be sure to listen around the 13:15 min or so...Aiden has something adorable to say to me!  He melts my heart!



Harley, School, and Pumpkins

Hello Everyone!

This will be cut pretty short.  Its time for me to go and pick Aiden up from pre-school.  I went to Michaels and Jo-Anns today and also talked to my mom for a little bit and before I know it....my 3 hours are up and time to get Aiden.  I love dropping him off now...he LOVES school and always tells me he wants to go back tomorrow.  I miss him at the same time but its oh so nice to go places by myself once in awhile LOL

A customer on Etsy needed me to make a birthday card for her "Harley Man" she claimed..so here is what I came up.  She liked me Harley Invite and wanted me to change it to a bday card instead.

Love the fun chrome technique on the card.  The real card is very shiny and fun to look at!  He loves mountains AND his Harley so she was so excited to find this card...I love getting reponses like that!

I also created an adorable pumpkin themed banner for a twins bday party.  Love the way this one turned out.  For more details...visit the party blog!

Come back tomorrow for more projects!

Time to pick up Aiden!

Today the letter is "B"

Hello!

Hope everyone is having a great and relaxing Saturday!!  We are still under a heat advisory so we will be staying indoors for the most part.  I got the house cleaned Friday afternoon (and believe it or not..it actually still looks nice even with a 2.5  year old LOL)

So I am able to catch up on orders, work on my digi site for release day, and spend time with my boys (my favorite thing to do!)

If you read the title of this post, B is the letter today.

Baby Shower Banner!

Such a fun way of meeting this client!  Her and her sister were pregant at the same time and had baby showers together (both girls).  There other sister emailed me via Etsy to create a banner for them combined shower.  Somehow one of the sisters found my name and contacted me because THAT sister is now pregnant!! How fun is that!!

The sister told me that her sisters nursery theme was the Pottery Barn Kids "Jackson" bedding which is whales.  I created this banner to coordinate with the theme and I love the way it turned out!

And also with the theme of the letter "B".  Its time to meet Bella.  This fun younger bear who is just like Ellie and likes the girly things but also in up for any activity or hobby (you will later on see why this is true!)

I love her polka dot dress which is perfect to glitter or glossy accent!  Her lollipop is alot of fun to color too and is big enough to easily color!!  Hope you like her!  Tomorrow I will release the Lions name!!

Come back soon!



In the mood to shop & 4th sneak peak!

Have you ever been in just the mood to go shopping?!  I am feeling that way but its oh so hard to do it when we are saving to build a house next spring.  So I guess I will have to let her do it.......want to know her name now?!

Meet Ellie, the elephant that is ALL girly and loves polka dots, bows, glitter and everything else girly!

It is still so hot here and we have head advisories going on.  Aiden wants to go out side all day and its just too hot for it!  Although he doesn't quite understand that!! 

I did get an email on when I would be releasing the name (keep the emails coming!!) It is coming VERY soon.  Like I emailed her back, my website is out there right now LOl.  So if you someone found it...they could see everything and I want to make sure it is perfect and ready for the grand opening...so I pinky promise its coming in a matter or days!!   

Come back soon for another sneak peak! 

In the meantime I am linking to these wonderful challenge spots!
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge-animals
Clear it out Tuesday-anything goes!
Fresh Brewed Challenges-animals
Fab'N'Funky Challenges-animals
Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog-animals
Allsorts Challenge-anything goes!
Papertake Weekly-cute!

3rd sneak peak!

I have been having so much fun showing you new characters/poses for my new digi stamp line being releases in DAYS now LOL.  So exciting!!

Ready for another sneak peak?  Here is another character!

(Sorry..its hard to take a picture of a spinner card!LOL)

This card is so bright and so fun in real life!  Its even an interactive card where the circle turns around and has a sand castle on one side and a yellow sand shovel on the other!  Check out the sand on the picture.  Stampendous embossing powder called Golden Sand (love this product!) really makes the sand pop as it looks like sand...but without the mess!

Since I  have introduced you to all 3 characters I am starting off with I hope you see a theme here.  Fun, whimsy digi stamps that have larger open lines.  If have read my blog before you know I LOVE coloring, especially with copics.  This was a big impression in my mind when having these created, tons of fun areas the color, glitter, flock, glossy accent, paint and more!!

I was also asked on face book regarding my "attacks".  I am proud and HAPPY to say I haven't had anymore since those awful days.  I'm telling you the pain was terrible and its the fact you cannot do anything about it that ups the pain I think as well LOL.  I feel great and the weird thing is I haven't had a headache since that day and I haven't even had to use Tylenol for ANYTHING for what about a month now.  I was getting headaches almost everyday before it happened.  Related?  Who cares!  I feel great (again, knock on lots and lots of wood)

I hope you come back tomorrow for more sneak peaks!!

Linking up to these wonderful challenge sites!

Make it Monday

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Lollipop Crafts

Sew Many Challenges

Dream Valley Challenges

Papertake Weekly

The Ribbon Girl

Allsorts Challenge Blog

Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog

Fab'N'Funky Challenges

Fresh Brewed Designs

Clear it out Challenge

Cardmadfairy Digi  Challenges

Day 2 of sneak peaks!

Hello again!

Did you like yesterday's announcement?!

Today is another sneak peak and card sample. 

I did recieve a question in my email the early this morning and YES...there is a new blog for the digi stamp but I dont want to realease that until everything is ready to go for our grand opening...which is VERY soon!!!

Meet the second character!! If you are like me, coming up with things for male birthdays or any events can be challenging!  I hope you enjoy the second sneak peak and are looking forward to another one tomorrow!!  Come back soon!

Again, linking this Birthday Card to these wonderful challenge sites!

Simon Says Challenges

Cute Card Thursday

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Lollipop Crafts

Sew Many Challenges

New Adventure!

Hello Everyone!

I am SO excited to be sharing a new adventure for you! The time has come to reveal what will be happening here VERY SOON!!!

My love for this paper craft has grown and has become such a positive hobby for me. I have loved getting to know everyone, see all the new products, and keeping up with the trends!

I am so excited to introduce you to some sneak peaks of

MY NEW DIGI STAMP LINE!!!!

I am SO excited and this has been in the works for over a year now. Each day until the big grand opening I will share a new sneak peak or card created with my images.

(I will let you know the name and the website address VERY soon!!)

I hope you forgive and understand why I haven't had any new cards that often...I have been busy creating and thinking of new designs for the digi stamp line!!

Here is sample #1 and the first character you get to see!

I am linking this card to some fun challenge sites!  Check them out

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

cute Card Thursday

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

Our Creative Corner

The Pink Elephant Challenge

Dream Valley Challenges

Simon Says Challenge Blog

Lollipop Crafts

Sew Many Challenges

 

Be sure to check back tomorrow night for another sneak peak sample!!

Saturday!!

Hell0!

Happy Saturday everyone!! I hope everyone gets to enjoy an extra long weekend! Hubby has Monday and Tuesday off!! I love his job...it works out so well for our family!

For some reason blogger has been giving me lots of problems. For example, it says I wrote that last post on the 6th, no 26th. Weird and now I cant move any pictures...which is why they are all at the top!

Sorry!

Those are some of the current cards I was able to create.

The first one is the card I created for my sisters college graduation. She loves black/pink so it works!

The second one I made for my aunt when she watched Mr. Aiden and my nephew when we closed on our land we purchased!

I also updated my party blog with another client photo! I love getting those pictures in my inbox and seeing how happy they are!

http://scrappinashparty.blogspot.com/2011/05/cake-topper-sample.html

Today we have a busy day. We are going to Brents family for the holiday and my uncles house on Sunday. I am OFFICIALLY caught up on ALL paid orders, just working on a few samples and I am SOOOO excited!! I finally get a chance to work on some BRAND new items!! I am so excited to show you these things..I also hope to clean my scrapbook room. Its terrible...I wont even lie. I step on about 23920 things when I try to sit down. No joke

Well I hope everyone has a great saturday! Come back soon!

Here is the link to my party blog if you are interested!

Were back home!

Back home from Chicago!

Our trip FLEW by..wish we could have stayed longer but the hotel rates were killers on Magnificent Mile and the weather was suppose to be rainy anyways ;)

It was so fun to stay on the popular strip. All I have to say is I love all the new Coach purses that just came out and were walking distance from us lol.

We went to Chicago because I am now officially Copic Certified Intermediate!! It was so much fun and Marianne was there (she certified us) and all the regional instructors were there as well to take the class and be there. So many ladies who I blog stalk were there! It was so much fun and made me want to run home and color!!

While we were there we wanted to brave the Willis (Sears) Tower AGAIN..this time its because of the ledge they have added. 1,353 up and 4 foot over the city is what we braved!

It was so weird to first see the ledge...your body doesn't really want you to go out on it. Be we did brave it and it was such a weird/neat experience. Aiden wasn't sure what to think..scared mostly. I didn't really want to do it especially since they had one of them BLOCKED OFF and not being used...why?!? An accident or was it broken???? (I know they were probably cleaning it or something but still.........your mind starts to panic)

So we are back and ready for the weekend here. We had two house showing while we were there at the same times different days...maybe the same people?!?

Copic Tutorial--Bricks

Hello Everyone. Ready for another Copic tutorial? This time it will be about using your colorless blender (O) to create a "brick pattern"! I will be using the fun TSB image that is available in the shop now!
Lets get started!

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STEP 1
Here is the image that we will be coloring today and creating a non card project with.

STEP 2
The first thing that you will want to do is grab a peice of scrap white cardstock (the same kind you printed your digi image off from). You will want to practice the brick technique because it will push the
color slightly out and could ruin your image if you do not see how it feels at first. This is of course hardest with dark colors such as the brown I will be using (E37). Go ahead and color or scribble a nice area for you to practice in.

STEP 3
Once you have the color you will be using scribbled on a scrap piece of paper, grab your colorless blender (0) and for the next steps we will be using the BROAD tip. I always love doing this technique because I feel like I never get to use the broad tips of my markers!

STEP 4
For this picture I had my husband take a picture of me doing the technique, so this is how you would see me doing it. But in your hand you will hold the marker so the longer part of the broad tip will hit the paper first on the left hand side

STEP 5
Then slowly "roll" the broad tip down so the rest of the tip is touching the paper flush. Hold for a few seconds. You can practice holding at different seconds. Of course the longer you hold it down the more color is erased and can be spread.

STEP 6
Try it out a few times and you can start to see the brick pattern!



STEP 7
When you are ready to try it on your digi image go ahead and color the entire building. I stayed with E37 but if you didnt like the color you chose first then pick another one.

STEP 8
Here is the building done. Where you cannot fit the whole tip just sort of drag the tip (from the longest end) to get rid of the color and look like the technique. BUT you can see where the color runs because the colorless blender pushed it out. Go back over it with the brush end of the blender and using a sweeping motion, push it back to the line of the image. It should get rid of alot of the messed up lines. This is why it is very important to use great paper with Copics!

STEP 9
Color in the rest of the image. Here are the colors I used:
Bricks- E37, 0
Canapy/Curtains- RV04
Sidewalks/Plant boxes- C5
Flowers/Doormat/Sign- Y08
Street light/windows/store- W-5
Clounds/Shutters-BG10

STEP 10
I wanted to create a non card project so I created a gift bag. This is perfect to give your stamping friend some extra goodies you will never use or have duplicates of and make their day or birthday!! I also added "For You" on the empty sign holder with a Copic Multi-liner.

I hope you enjoyed this technique!!

This tutorial is posted on The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog..go check it out!!

I am so happy it is FINALLY Friday. I just wanted to say thank you to my grandma for going to watch Aiden for me so I can visit with a friend that really needs someone to talk to...she is watching him on a last minute notice!! Love you grandma and THANK YOU!!

Aiden loves playing over there so it works for both of us :)

Anyways...we havent heard back from the offer we put in on a house. Oh well..of course the owners wont accept, they have been living there house payment FREE for 3.5 years. Who wouldnt want to leave that?!

Newest Custom Order!

Yep...more of my fun lollipop invites!! This time they were done for a baby boy shower. The pattern paper has a shiny coat of glitter (that doesn't flick off) on some parts. The baby shower colors were teal, blue, and green. I love how they turned out. To see more or order some of your own just visit my Etsy Store-Scrappin Ashley

I always like to show my customers a sample, especially if its a custom order and I need to purchase supplies to fit their needs. Here is what I did for my first "mock" sample..as you can tell I only needed to change the ribbon!! Not too bad in my book!!

I also have another lollipop invite order I need to start on and this time its for a sweet little boys FIRST birthday!! How special is that!

I am sorry all I have to show are items from my Etsy store but honestly I cannot tell you the last time I was able to sit down and color with my copics :(

Wanna know something sad. I have been so busy with orders and trying to sell our home that I have two HUGE boxes of pictures from snapfish and shutterfly....and I havent even opened them!!! That is crazy if you know me. just crazy........

Brent also booked our hotel room for my Copic intermediate certification that I got into!! How exciting. That will be here before we know it. Cant wait to share everything I learn!

Well its a little after midnight and I need to pick up the house a little (or else my day starts out chaotic) and head to bed. Mr. Aiden got up before 7am today....not fun!

Halloween Things and some great news!

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I hope everyone's weekend went well so far. Ours has flown by..dont they always though?

I have so much to do today..I have a custom order I need to finish from Etsy and also keep making things for the craft show I am in October 16!

I have some exciting news......if you are familiar with the certification classes Copic does, they announced they will do ONE intermediate class and the rest will start next year. This one happens to be in Chicago and is taught by Marianne Walker (she certified me the first time!)

You had to "try out" since seats are so limited and even if you were a "big name" in crafting they wouldnt just use that...so everyone did the same color test............

AND I WAS ACCEPTED!!!!!!

I am so excited!!

Anyways..here are some more Halloween diecuts I have been working on for my Etsy store!

Hope you have a great Sunday (GO COLTS!)

New Glasses and Cusom Orders

Hey Everyone!

Happy Hump Day! I am so ready for the weekend again. Since we had Aidens bday party last Saturday, an open house on Sunday and Monday I had to pick up my glasses...I felt like we really didnt have a weekend!

Open house didnt go so well. BUT it was scheduled for the FIRST real Colts game..which is HUGE when you live pretty close to downtown Indy lol. Maybe next time...

I also have been busy with my Etsy store. A sweet lady asked me to design some custom cards for her daughter at college and her sorority. Of course I had to do it..it sounds like a fun challenge. The squirrel is their mascot and colors are red and yellow!

The acorns are glossy accented and shiny. Love custom orders!

I also finally got to pick my glasses back up (the first lenses had scratches on them) and guess what...there is more on the other lense they did not replace. It is driving me NUTS. Not to mention they are an hour away from me and I paid big bucks for these glasses.

Anyways..here is what they look like, although I swear mine are darker and not really silver at all. I love the BLING on the sides. They are Tiffany & Co and I was so happy to see they made glasses and I fell in love with these!!!

Well I am needing to get off here and go to bed so I can keep up with Mr. Aiden (whos TWO now...I cant believe it). I also cant wait for survivor!!

New Home Card

Hey Everyone!

I just wanted to share a quick card with you that I made last weekend for my cousin Lacey's housewarming party for her brand new house!

I wanted to use colors that were very warm and could work for any house colors. I also dug out on OLD Michaels $ stamp and colored it quickly with my copics. I also had some adorable mini key embellishments that I attached to the front. Insides said Congrats and I placed a Crate & Barrel gift card inside (oh how I love CB!)

We have a very busy weekend ahead of us. We are doing a mini bday celebration for Aiden since Brents sisters cannot come to his actual bday party. He is going to be one spoiled little boy thats for sure!!

Copic Tutorial-Part 3

Hey Everyone!

How was your weekend? Did it fly by like mine?! We ended up having a super busy weekend. Friday didnt start off too well, one of our SUV's decided to not work anymore so I have been without a car pretty much all week and I think knowing that makes me go even more stir crazy LOL

But we finally got it fixed (somewhat) to where it starts now and works but lets just say its not the car we will be driving to Chicago here pretty soon ;)

We also went to my cousin Lacey's housewarming party to see her new house! We then looked at some more houses and on Sunday I went to my grandparents and crafted all day with my family.

I was able to get alot done this weekend for my Etsy store. I have been doing alot of custom orders here lately and it sure keeps me busy..but I wouldnt have it any other way!

Here is the last series to this Copic tutorial I have been doing for The Stamping Boutique

Ready for part 3 of coloring Baby at the beach? This time the tutorial will be about coloring in the rest of the areas and you can see the card I created with it! Perfect way to end summer since school is starting up!

Lets get started!

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STEP 1
Here is the image and how I left off from the last tutorial (coloring sans). This time I am focusing on coloring in all the white areas on the image. I will be using quite a few markers

STEP 2
I will start with her beach towel and coloring it green. I will be using G07, G05 and G02. Starting with G07 I will shade in the areas that will be the darkest (where the sun will hit last).


STEP 3
Now I will take the medium color (G05) and add to the color, spreading it out a little more.



STEP 4
Taking the lighest green (G02) I will finish coloring in the white spaces and all over the green areas to evenly blend.




STEP 5
Now I will be coloring the top area of the image (sky, sun, bird). For the sun I used Y02 and Y06. For the bird I used B60 and for the sky I used one of the newest Sketch markers B0000.

STEP 6
Now I will be coloring the little girl image. For her skin I used E00. For her hair I used Y17 for a darker blonde. For her swim suit and hat I used RV21, RV23 and Y17 for the little flowers.

STEP 7
Now it's time to finish coloring the shells (I used E95) and the sand toys. (I used YR04 and YR16)

STEP 8
Here is a close-up of the finished colored image!

STEP 9
Use the image to create a project! I used a card with some bright paper scraps that just screamed BEACH to me. I also put glossy accents on the sun and the sea shells in the sand. For my added embellishment I used a Prima flower and actual shells I got from our Florida trip in May.

I hope you enjoyed this part series for the Copic tutorial. Be sure to stay tuned for my next tutorial....it's a fun technique!!