Lots of new cards….

 

Love this guy. Love Dustin Pike. If I wasn't married, I might go after him just so I could have all the little dinosaurs I wanted to color. And now he designs for High Hopes stamps, which means my checking account balance just got lower. :)

 

Love this one. I am trying to remember that I don't need to just use up cardstock scraps, but patterned paper scraps too!!

Like this one too. So pretty. I like these little strawberry shortcake like images. Super fun for me to color, and Riley gets excited about them too. :)

And this frog just makes me want to kiss it. Seriously. So flipping cute. It makes it hard to contain myself.

Dustin Pike, again. Imagine that….

Sweet baby card….

Everyone should be peed on, at least once a day…..

Sigh. I am officially a potty training fool. Chase and Jack both started potty training today.  Despite several accidents first thing, they both did fantastic this morning! I was even able to take them to the church for about 15 minutes in their big boy undies to pick up the kids from VBS.

But, despite being peed on and praising with suckers and following around asking “are you dry” fifteen thousand times, it makes me sad. This is my last little guy. My last baby, and this is just one more step in the growing up process that I wish I could magically pause. Its one more way that he wont need his mommy. One more step of independence. Before I know it, the baby that had to sleep in my bed with me, the boy that wanted four different kinds of cereal for breakfast, the baby that still has his aci, will be a full grown little man. And that breaks my heart!

Before I get all emotional lets talk about some happy things. :)

Basket full of cards….I officially have a stockpile! Yay!

This pad = best invention ever. From SU, its 100 sheets of grid lined paper. And its FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! Wish I had ordered this 5 thousand years ago!

Speaking of things I wish I had ordered….I found an old SU book the other day. Now I am obsessed with finding all these old SU sets I wish I had bought way back when. So, I have been hitting EBay hardcore, and snatching up every set that I deem “necessary”. Unfortunately, I use derricks eBay account, so I am sure before long (read: once I hit a certain dollar limit) he will cut me off. Until then, its game on. Happy bidding to me! :)

More cards….

I couldnt get Derrick booted off the computer last night in time to upload, so I finished up a card during nap today, and I am uploading all of them now…. :)

And this one is one of my faves. The peachy color is actually pink IRL…

Park Play….

Derrick was off today, so after picking up his truck and eating, we headed to the park. The kids have new sand buckets and shovels, and they were dying to try them out…

 

And I do have another completed card to share, just waiting till I finish one more tonight, and then I will upload…. :)

Last post of the night….

Two more digital stamps I colored and made into cards today…

Rainy Monday

So. Learned today that you can take digital images online, heat set them and color them. WHAT???? I spent all afternoon downloading images, and got one colored. Here is my step by step…

Initial image, colored with colored pencils only.

Blended with some shading added.

totally blended.

Completed…I reoutlined her with a black SU pen.

And completed card:

(I cut her with my nesties, and then used a grey copic marker to outline her)

Isn't that amazing? I am so excited about downloading all these free images to color. And I made a decision that I am going to print, print, print pages before vacation so that I have a TON to color during downtime. Yay!!! I am building up a stash of cards already, and I have a backlog of colored images just waiting to be made into cards. I LOVE it.

As a side note….. know what else is really exciting? If you are a demo for SU, they are revealing some of their sets from the new catty tomorrow.I am seriously considering staying up late to see the preview tonight. Can not wait to see, and can not wait to order. New catty comes out July 1st, and I can not wait!!!

Bunny

Was just saving some digi images when I came across this…

New Cards

 

I started scanning my cards, and wow, its a lot quicker! These are ones that I completed the past two days. Last night Derrick and I rented a movie and I colored a whole bunch of images. So I will be ready to put together some cards at naptime today!

We have not done much this three day weekend. Mostly be lazy together, which has been so nice. Derrick was off yesterday and we got some piddly things  done around here, and got the house cleaned up. I feel like its been forever since the house had a good deep cleaning, so it felt like it was way past time! I only have a couple things left to finish up today, like cleaning the back bathroom (ICK- I am putting it off as long as possible!) and cleaning up the screened in porch. Its so funny to clean with kids though. Its like you get one room cleaned and you turn around and there are toys or boots or trucks in the room that you just cleaned! It drives me crazy!

I missed a day….

But I have a REALLY good excuse. You see, I had to go get this done….

 

I have been talking on and off about getting my nose pierced for about a year now. Maybe longer. So last night, I did it! And it wasn't that bad! And I am so in love with it! This stone is a little bigger than what I want in there long term, but I have to keep it in for 8-10 weeks to let it heal. And Derrick likes it, which totally rocks my world. :) And aside from dad, who called me an idiot (thanks dad) everyone else has been okay about it. And mom, I am pretty sure I woke you up this morning, so I hope you remember our conversation, and this picture doesn't come as a shock… :)

 

Alright. On to crafty-ness.

Finished birdhouse card.

Yum. Cupcakes! :) And the background on this one (above) is pink, not red as it appears.

I am loving using my punches for sentiments. Why I didnt buy these sooner, I will never know, cause I LOVE them!

Alright naptime for the kiddies, and I have a DVR’s episode of RHNYC to watch. :)

Wednesday.

I really hope someone is keeping track of my rampant blog posts. And I really feel like I need to go back and figure out just how many days in a row I have blogged now!

Naptime today…

The background is actually pink although it looks a little redder here.

And the next thing I am working on…..

 

Just colored up these pretties. But naptime is almost over, so I have to wait till everyone leaves to do anything else with them. But I can not complain. Never at Carle could I have spent this amount of time for lunch to color and watch court TV… :)

Tuesday, Tuesday….

Does this make like the 4th day in a row that I have uploaded to my blog? If so I think I deserve a prize. Or some comments. Either way… :)

I know its closer to summer than fall…..

And this one I love. Something about purple and green together makes me SOOOOOOOoooo happy!

Alright. Now off to dinner. The Ribeye. Yum!!! :)

More crafty craft-ness…..

Cause I can not stop myself….which is a good thing…. :)

My card for my pen pal. . . . I apologize for the awful light quality…

And just a random one. I have a feeling I am going to have a huge stockpile of cards soon. Which is good. VERY GOOD. :)

More detail….

Coloring using Prismas and goo-gone

This is the original image, colored only…..

Only the birdie’s little body and tail is shaded in with the goo-gone and a blending stump….

Here completely blended….

But I wanted to add more purple. So I used some more purple on the flowers.

And blended some more. Here is the completed image….

I am feeling pretty proud of this little guy! :)

Something new to obsess about…..

Glittery paint in amazing colors. Like heaven in a little pot. The color is AWESOME and the coverage is great. Takes a little bit to get the paint mixed, and its a little shocking at first, because it is really watery, but once you use it, you will love it. I promise. I used it on the flowers, and the chipboard on my layout below, (the thumb sucker one) and was soooo impressed.

Next up…..

Yum. Seriously. I need an color pencils collector anonymous meeting. “Hi, my name is Kristen, and I can’t put down the pencils”

And using a blending stump and this:

Fantastic-ness. Which isn’t a word. I am aware. But Oh. My. Gosh. It makes me look like I have talent. Sample artwork coming soon….