Hello All!! Its been a while, but the Holidays, work, my etsy sales, and life in general have gotten in the way of my crafting for fun. I had a cousin's baby shower to go to, though, and decided I needed to get some creative juices flowing! I pulled out my Spectrum Noir Markers and found a baby image to use. This one is courtesy of Anne Bodil .
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Well, I do have to say that this is my current favorite card that I have ever done. A friend from work is getting married and I made this card for all of my work gals to sign for our group gift. The image is a freebie from Saturated Canary called "Fancy". I colored her with my spectrum noir pens, embellished her with crystals and old fashioned glitter. The sentiment is from Close to My Heart. (I am a consultant, so click the link if you are interested :) ) I used flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. And lastly, some lace to finish it off. The paper is from Walmart, lol. Isnt it Beautiful?!!
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I made this card using the awesome image A Big Whoop! from Mo's Digital Pencil to celebrate the news that my uncle's scan was negative for cancer. I thought her expression showed my elation perfectly. Colored with my spectrum noir pens, cut out with a circle spellbinder die. Just some cheapo letter stamps from Michaels for the sentiment...
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I have two wonderful boys prancing around my house everyday. When i saw this image on Mo's Digital Pencil I had to have it!! Well a coworker saw it, and she thought it was just as cute as I did. This card is for her daughter. It is colored with my Spectrum Noirs. The image is cut out with a spellbinders die. The card is cut with my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.
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I just had to show another version of Peggy from Sylvia Zet and Wee Stamps. Once again, she is colored with my Spectrum Noir markers, cut with a spellbinder and my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I dont have enough digis yet to not reuse them, and with images as cute as this, why wouldnt you want to???
Another cute stamp by Sylvia Zet and Wee Stamps today. I colored it with my spectrum noirs. The image was cut with a spellbinders die. The card was cut with my Art Philosophy cricut cart and embossed with my cuttlebug. Finished off with bakers twine and buttons. So cute!!!
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I LOVE this stamp by Sylvia Zet and Wee Stamps, her name is Peggy. I have colored her with my Spectrum Noir pens, and I really like how she has turned out. I saw someone on another blog use yellow to highlight their image, and I thought the effect was stunning. Unfortunately I cant remember whose blog that was, because her work was beautiful. Anyway, I really like the end result here too. She is one of my favorites, I think... The flowers are again from my Art Philosophy cartridge. The card base is also from the same cart. I used my spellbinders to cut out the image and her mat.
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Well, its better late than never, right? This card was presented to my mom for Mothers Day. I just havent had time to post it yet. It is using an image from Sliekje Digi Stamps, colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.
My nanny is graduating from college and I had to come up with a card for her grad party. She LOVES penguins, so I had to make a card with this adorable little penguin. This free digi stamp is from Melonheadz. I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers. The pink and yellow flowers are from my Cricut Art Philosophy cart and the black one is from Walmart, lol.
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Yesterday was Nurses Day, and the kick-off of Nurses Week. I am a nurse on a postpartum, pediatric, and special care unit. I get to play with babies all day! What more can you ask for? :) I found this digi stamp on Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored her up with my new Spectrum Noir markers. Isnt she adorable?? The flowers are from the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge.
I have already presented this card to one of my former coworkers and best friends.
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So I have been oogling over all of the wonderful cards and projects made with alcohol markers, ie Copic Markers, but my cheapo brain couldnt wrap my head around the expense and choosing colors was daunting. Weelll, that all changed when I received an email from www.hallmarkscrapbook.com about Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. I was hooked at 1st glance! Of course, i resisted for a while, doing my research, but ultimately I had to have them. It ended up being $112 for the intial set of 72 markers. Not bad if you have ever priced out Copic Markers. So far, i love them. In my research, i found lots of people doing comparisons between the different alcohol markers. Copic people say they dont blend as well, and they like their brush nib better.... Well that may be true, but im never gonna know the difference, lol!!! I do have a couple minor complaints. The colors are supposed to go 1= lightest, 9= darkest...but some dont make sense that way. I downloaded and filled out the color chart, so I can figure it out, just wish it made sense. The other thing is that the barrel falls apart on some of the markers. The "ink well" can go flying and wreck your project. However I have found a fix for that... I did make a little video that I will post below this, and you can see my fix... I will also say that I consider myself a "crafty" person, and not so much an "artsy" person. This goes much more into the "artsy" realm, so I will be PRACTICING!!! Oh darn, lol...
The 1st card I made. The digital stamp is from http://linnie-whoopsiedaisy.blogspot.com/. I have been using Georgia Pacific paper from walmart. Once I get better, I will venture into some spendier paper...
And some of my other practice pieces. The fish, duck, bird, and ant are all from www.doodlepantry.com
I am a wife, mother, nurse, scrapbooker :) I have been married to my love, Jason since 2004. We have 2 boys, Tommy and Alex. I am a nurse on a unit that takes care of postpartum, gynecology, special care nursery, and pediatrics. And with every spare moment I have, I scrapbook, or read about scrapbooking on the cricut messageboard!
The links for my free .cut and .gypsy files. All I ask is that these files are for personal use only. Do not use them as your own, or reproduce for sale. If sharing, please link back to this blog. Thanks :)
Cupcake Wrappers - the adult wrappers use Plantin Schoolbook, and the kid and infant wrappers use TBBM
