I have to get used to this blog posting

I know I am supposed to post something on this blog EVERYDAY but honestly it is so darn hard to keep up with it sometimes and then time just gets away from me. I have not been working on alot of NEW cards lately. I have been filling alot of orders for cards that I have already made so there has not been anything exciting to post. But I did work on something for a Perfect Partner Swap that I really want to share with everyone. I used made an altered Mosaic picture frame using the new Jim Holtz Fragments and glossy accents. They were soooo much fun to work with and I am really happy with the way the frame came out. The second item I made was a new baby card for my niece who just found out she is having a baby girl. I am so thrilled and I just had to make her a card to let her know so I made her a quick card while visiting my friend Loreen over at Wish on A Scrap who by the way puts out the best monthly kits for $25.00. You would not believe all the great goodies she puts in there and the paper she finds is UNBELIEVABLE.....check her out.....Hope you like my work......leave me a comment if you do. Have a Great Day!!!

Just Rite Stampers

Woo Hoo Its here!!! My Just Rite Stampers and Accessories. I fell in love with these stampers when I first saw them and I had to have them. I just love the diversity of the monogramming. So I bought the Large Stamper and a few add on sets. Then of course I had to play so I made a good friend of mine a present. I pulled out a few tutorials and made her a desk top calendar, a matching glitter pen and matching stationery. The paper I used is from Daisy D's Chloe Collection. I got it online at Wish on A Scrap. A great on line site for all of your scrapping needs. Loreen is fabulous to work with. Go check it out!!

It has been so LONG

I have not posted to this blog in quite some time....in case anyone has been by I apologize....I have been busy though. I started making cards and gifts for the holidays and I actually posted my cards to my etsy account once and for all. If anyone is interested I am listed on etsy as annk516. Just like my Splitcoast name. So before I post a few of the cards that I have been working on, I have good news!!! I finally had a lesson on how to color and shade with my Prisma pencils, and boy was I doing it ALL wrong!! I am so excited now that I know the correct way to do it and my cards are going to have a whole new look to them. My SU rep and my IDOL!!!! Jodi Collins who is Kharmagirl on Splitcoast gave me a lesson last night.

We had a great stamping session and I got to see the new catalog. Oh boy am I in trouble...I cannot make up my mind on which paper to get...I WANT IT ALL....and of course then I need all the new punches and accessories....I better sell some cards fast....Okay so speaking of cards here
are my latest creations. All Three cards are made of SU card stock, were punched with my punches. On two of them I used the new Cuttlebug folders. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed everything.

Copics vs Prismas

Well I had a problem over the past few days. Whether to keep my prisma pencils or buy a new set of copics. I have been wanting Copics for a long time but of course the price just stops me right in my tracks. I bought my Prismas a few months ago at Michaels and even then I waited for a 50% off coupon. So now I had a dilemma. To keep my Prismas or buy new Copics. Here was my problem. I dont really enjoy coloring with my Prismas. I have yet to master the shading with my gamsol. But then again I here from so many people that it takes awhile to master Copics as well. So ultimately I decided to keep my Prismas and get together with a good friend Jodi (kharmagirl on SCS) and have her give me a tip or two on Prisma use. What would u have done? What is your opinion? Copics or Prismas and why?

Well here are a few cards that I made over the past day or two. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks so much for stopping by

This card was made with an embellishment from KandCompany.
The DP is also KandCompany
Sentiment is Stamping Bell
Everything else is SU






This card was made with SU Always set and embossed with Clear EP.
All Cardstock is SU
Hodgepodge Hardware is SU and so is the ribbon






This was my Sketch Challenge for last week. I finally entered a challenge. I always mean to do it and always get sidetracked with something else. This is SC186 on SCS.

All Card Stock is SU
DP is from sale rack at Michaels
Stamp is Lizzie Ann Designs


Thanks again for stopping by and taking a look at everything!!

Ann

Challenges

I have yet to get around to doing alot of challenges. Like on SCS and on other sites. But this card that I made for a friends challenge I just had to do because I love butterflies and the theme was easy for me. If you are interested here is the link to her site. www.luckybugcreations.blogspot.com

Anyway. This card was made with mostly SU items except for the sentiment. The background was stamped with versamark and then clear embossed. I cut out the panels with my nesties and also stamped with vesamark and then used white EP. All cardstock is SU and butterflies are from Merci and Love without End. Hope you like it. Thanks for coming by.

Thank You to My Bella Sistah Heidi

Well I would like to take this opportunity to send big thank you out to my Bella Sistah Heidi W. She is so kind and just sent me the most generous package of goodies full of all kinds of embellishements. She just knows how much I love me embellishements. Heidi, Your package is on it's way soon!!! I hope you enjoy yours as much as I am enjoying mine. Here is a picture of what I received.
-Chip board frame to embellish
-Vacation embellishment kit
-DP in vacation colors
-2 Pack of Gelly Roll Clear Glitter Pens
-Color Box Silks and Satins Nested Inks
-3 packs of Me and My Big Ideas Stickers
-3 packs of Making Memories Brads
*Flower Brights
*Clear Flowers
*Pastel Flowers
-1 Spare Parts Bottle Caps
-1 Spare Parts Large Photo Anchor Brads
-1 Spare Parts Flower Brads
-1 Spare Parts Round Brads
-1 Spare Parts Hollow Flowers Brads
-1 Bead Party Bring Bling Peel and Stick Acrylic Stones and Flowers
-1 Spare Parts Round Brads Glitter
-1 Paper Studio Bag 0' Buttons
-1 Stamping Bella Cosmo Bella

Woo-Hoo I actually figured out how to put this header on this blog!!! Thank goodness for Google tutorials. I am not sure if I love it or not but atleast I get the idea of what I need to do so I can change it up if need be.

So good news. My friend Loreen over at Wish on a Scrap is offering up some Blog Candy. Just go and enter a comment on her blog and mention her on your blog. Easy Peasy.

Okay my card for the day (actually yesterday) started out to be the SC Sketch Challenge for the week but I just got all off course and this is what I came up with. I hope you like it.

Okay so I figured I better jump on the crafting blog bandwaggon. So here it goes. I have always been really good at submitting my gallery on Splitcoast but I guess now I need to go one step further and do the blog thing too. If anyone wants to see my gallery already posted on Splitcoast I am listed under annk516

Here are a few of my latest cards that I have worked on. Let me know what you think.

This is Best Friends Forevah by Stamping Bella

This stamp is an adorable stamp from Paper Pretties called Bunny Slippers.

This last card I made in both blue and pink but I will only post the pink one. It is made with Stampin Bellas Bella Baby Buggy Bumper Stamp. It is such a cute stamp. Thanks for looking everyone!!