Tickled Pink Stamps...Guest DT for Feburary Release...Lil Futuristic Lolita Christina!!

Hello crafty friends! Today is our last sneak peak of the new Tickled Pink Stamps February Release! Today the Pink Ladies are sharing cards with the super funky, Lil Futuristic Lolita Christina! She is SO strong and feisty...LOVE her! The 4 new Futuristic Digi images will be available at the Tickled Pink Shop on Feb.11th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Please swing by the Tickled Pink Stamps blog and check out all the gorgeous cards by the Pink Ladies!!! Make sure to leave a comment here on my blog and on the Pink Ladies blogs for a chance to WIN Lil Futuristic Lolita Christina as Digital Download only!

I coloured Christina with my Copics and when I first saw her I knew I wanted to do something funky with her fab hair!  So I gave her hot pink hair with black tips. I also added Sakura Clear Glaze pen to her goggles! I teamed her up with some pretty Echo Park Be Mine 12x12 papers. I used my MFT Monarch Border Die-namics again and added hot pink half pearls on it and sprinkled few more pearls here and there. I also used my MFT Hearts of Plenty Die-namics and the Just the Ticket Stamps and Die-namics Set. I thought this sentiment was perfect for Christina she is a strong and feisty chic but she has a fragile side to her too.

Here is the inside...I used the MFT Sweet Stack Die-namics and First Place award ribbon. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my Lil Futuristic Lolita Christina card! I have SO enjoyed my time as a Guest Designer this release with Kellie and the wonderful Pink Ladies. Such a super duper talented team and such a honour to have joined them this month. Kellie has asked me to join them again next month and so I will be back with more super CUTE Lolitas next month!!!!

Don't forget to leave those messages for a chance to WIN a Christina digital download and the new Futuristic digi stamps will be available Feb. 11th at 5:00 p.m. in the Tickled Pink Shop!

*****Lastly, I am have a wee bit of Blog Candy to giveaway here on my blog to celebrate my 40th b-day! Please join, it is super easy to do, just add you name to the inlinkz tool!!!! Check it out here!!!*****

Have a Stampin' Great Day!!!

Hugs,




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Look what I made....Crystal Ballz Santa!

Hey Crafty friends, I am back today to share this great new product that my bestest friend Dana got me hooked on. Maybe you have already seen Crystal Ballz but Dana showed it to me for the first time when I went to my friends house for the crop with all my crafty friends!

So I stamped off several of this great Santa image that she had and she gave me some of the double sided tape and a bag of Crystal Ballz that you can get from Class Act stamps and this is what I came up with. I can't tell you how super fast and easy this was to make and it looks very impressive IRL and you can't stop touching it either it is so smooth and lovely! This stuff is sooooooo cool...I just love it!!!!

So I coloured the image of Santa with my Copics trimmed it, inked the edges with Antique Linen Distress inks and applied the double sided adhesive tape that is crystal clear and is made to work with the Crystal Ballz. Then I sprinkled the Crystal Ballz over the whole image catching the excess in a coffee filter to use again. The Ballz are so tiny they just level themselves out, covering the whole image. It is that easy!

Here is a close up but this pic doesn't really do it justice...it's just so sparkly and pretty IRL! Well, I am off to make a phone call and get me some more Crystal Ballz, smile!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek!

Hope you have a stampin' great day!

Hugs,

Copic Certification Class update!!!

Well, I had another busy week! I know I keep saying that in every post but this week was extra busy but extra fun!

Monday night Chris and I packed up the kidos, with over-night bags, backpacks and lunches and took them to my Mom and Dad's to sleep over, so, that my Dad could take them to school the next day because I was going to have an early start!!!

Tuesday morning, I got up at 6:00 a.m. got ready, stopped at Timmie's for my requisite coffee, and "Jill", my handy dandy GPS, and I hit the 401, west to Brampton (just west of Toronto) for the Copic Certification workshop. I was worried that I would get stuck in traffic and be late for the class but traffic was moving well and I arrived in plenty of time to stop for another coffee and headed on into the conference room of the hotel.

As, soon as I walked in I spotted my good blogging and stampin' sistah Kimmie from Kraftin' Kimmie's Korner! She already warned me that she is a hugger so I was prepared for a big warm hello, smile! Kim, is just as I had known her to be in blogland, super sweet, oh soooo FUNNY, down to earth and just a genuine good soul!!!! Love that!!! We hit it off IRL just as we had in blogland! I also, met Kimmie's good friend Andrea and she is a sweetie too and has a great sense of humour!!! We hope to meet up again and hang out for longer time stampin' and yakkin'!!!!!

Then I found a seat, but little did I know that, I was going to be sitting with a group of super duper talented and super sweet ladies! I had the privilege of sitting next to Kerry, from Cards by Kerry! What a great gal and soooo talented! She is in the running for MFT idol on Splitcoast stampers in the MFT forum!!! Go check it out and I know when you see her stunning creations you will vote for Kerry, smile! I had the great privilege of seeing the counting book up close and it is even more gorgeous IRL!!!

Then to my right I was seated next to the very talented Julia Stainton! Such a soft spoken, sweet lady...just oozing with talent and kindness! She is also the mother of 5 children and I don't know how she does all the fabulous papercrafting and Design for Cornish Heritage Farms, all the while, raising 5 kids, but she does...see, super talented people!!!! Well, go check out her blog, Belle Papier, her creations are super stunning and I just love her style! I sat next to her and watched her colour this CHF image for this stunning card! All I can say is....WOW!!!!!

Then to top it all off, I was lucky enough to be seated at the same table as Sherrie Siemens! Sherrie is on the Copic Design Team and Designs for Cornish Heritage Farms. She is now the Canadian Certification teacher and was Co-teaching with Marianne walker, Copic product specialist! So, I have been stocking Sherrie's blog Card Creme for a long time. I think since I started buying Copics, many of the techniques for colouring with Copics, I've learned from Sherrie's fabulous blog and video tutorials. She was so inspiring! Sherrie uses Copics to colour on so many different surfaces not just paper and buys all her embellies, like flowers and gems, in white and uses her Copic Airbrush System to colour them to match her project!

Well, what a fabulous day!!!! I learned so much from Marianne, who did a fabulous job teaching the workshop and Sherrie too! I also, learned so much from Kerry and Julia and had a great day and had so much fun at lunch with Kimmie, Kerry, Andrea and Amy and I also want to give a shout out to Amy *wave* another great stamping, blogging, crafty, Canadian gal that I met!!!!

Well, it was a fabulous time but my drive home wasn't so great! The traffic was bad but it was worth it! When I got home I showed my hubby and kidos my lovely certificate and all the great goodies that we got and I have now proudly added the Certified Copic Designer badge to blog...YAY!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,