2013 International Postcard Swap...

Weeks have past and oodles of homework avoided while I slaved away trying to come up with 10 different Post Card designs.. well they didn't have to be different but I wanted them different. (overachiever that I am). So here are the results... I have grouped the fronts and backs of each card together... yeah I hand drew the backs too... (really I'm not that nutz.. okay maybe I am). Without further adue (well that's spelled wrong), here are my cards well 9 of the 10 I'll photograph #10 later, it was done in oil paint and refuses to dry :(.

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor using the Twinkling H2O paints

-An original design by ME :)

Copic Markers and Stickles

  

-An original design by "Dilly Bean Stamps"

Cheap Metallic Acrylic paints from Big Lots 

-An original design by "Dilly Bean Stamps"

Watercolor using the Twinkling H2O paints 

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor background using Twinkling H2Os, layered paper

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor background using Twinkling H2Os

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor background using Twinkling H2Os

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor background using Twinkling H2Os

-An original design by ME :)

Watercolor background using Twinkling H2Os

Yet another card...

Below is a birthday card for one of my bosses, tomorrow is her 50th birthday and she has to work, being a strange one I thought I'd give her a surprise. She is a fan of butterflies so this is my card for her. This is a hybrid card, the basic image is below... the left shows the base printed image, the only part that I colored is the tag/butterfly part. On the right is the border of the tag, butterfly and the lower bubble that touches the boarder.

The next two images are the finished card. I took the border with the butterfly and bubble, to it I added a piece of clear plastic. I then pop dotted that directly on top of the other tag. But before I glued it all together, I added some sparkles and beads to make the shaker tag. 

The above and below images are the finished card. 

Supplies:
Digital Images:
  - Tags - word butterfly bubbles
          Image from Bugaboo Digital Stamps
  - Digital Paper and Digital Tag
          Both are from The Hybrid Chicks - Free Mini Kit

Copic Markers:
    Butterfly: YR61, Y21
    Bubbles: B0000, B000
    Boarder: YR000
    Background: YR0000

Sparkles:
    Blue Beads, Glitters

An interesting week...

    Life has been fun filled lately... Work blues, school jollies, Scrapbooking fun, jewelry making and squealing at the great book that my cousin wrote.. While begging for a sneak peek at her next novel.

    What book you ask? It's called "The Crossing" by Aislinn Marshall, it's available on amazon (that's where I got mine from), nook and kobo (I believe so on kobo that is). It's about a young woman, Selena, who has retired home to South America, to live with her family, while going to college. Only problem is she's not getting any sleep and the ghosts won't leave her alone. So yes, it's a ghost story, but don't worry it's not a "Pet Cemetery" kind of scary.

   Work blues, you should know better, all jobs have Drama Queens... Mines just thinks he's a jester. School... Last 7 days of composition 3.. Yeah! Then onto Business Law... I look forward to getting past the Biology and Composition classes.   Next would be Scrapbooking and jewelry.. Well, I'm still trying to finish up my Disney albums from the last two Disney album page parades... And I keep missing class dates for the photography pages, so pretty much I have like 10 pages that still need to be completed. Now as for jewelry... I've been playing with chainmail again. I've finished 2 bracelets for myself, and one for my sister... Next will probably be one for the Xmas holiday run. But it is something to fill that gap of avoiding to complete my homework on time if not early. I'll post the bracelet that I made for my sister, as well as the ones I made for me... Mine are green and the purple one... Hers is black, blue and silver. 

   Well, this is me signing off for now, it's probably time for me to wake up and face the world now.

(The purple with silver and the lime with black are both mine.)

(The black, blue and silver is for my sister, it even fits her, I just need to keep it hidden for 1 more month.)

Llama, llama...duck? No, necklace...

Just something I did last power outage... In the dark.. Now I just need to clear coat it :)

I think he turned out nice. :)

Disney Epcot Scrapbooked Countries

Someone from a class asked me to post the altered ideas that I took a class on so, I have included them here. The original ideas came from Sticker Store and More, Inst. Tami S. I give her the credit for the original ideas.

(Please excuse my messy work station,
I'm very organized at work, just not at home :-S)

Mexico

(Large image on lower right should have the green border around it as well, I'm still waiting for it to be cut.)

Norway

China

Germany

America

Japan

Morocco

France

United Kingdom

Italy

P.S. 95% of the images here are photos that I have done myself, however there were somethings that either I didn't like my image or there was a better image online, and I remembered it but didn't take it. In the world of scrap-booking it's called scrap-lifting, lifting an idea or image from someone else's page and using it as your own. If asked I can tell you which images were not mine.

Classroom Scrapbook Kit for SP1026 Class

These images are here for my South University Speech Class to view if they would like to. The cuts that are in reference to is the background stripes. This 2 page layout is made from one 12x12 sheet to make all the dark blue starry stripes.

Please forgive the sloppy workspace ;)

-Susan

Baby Zoey

So back in January.. I was suckered into helping one of my bosses out with some name letters for his newborn daughter, Zoey. Zoey is his and his fiancee's (now wife) little princess, I tried and tried to keep with the cupcake theme that they had going on but I wanted something that could be used now and perhaps she would keep it up until at least middle if not high school. So here it is, Yes it's a big pictures, I still have to reduce the size ;) Photo quality should be excellent if not better =)

So no cupcakes.. But I do feel that her name turned out well :D

Signing off for now, I have homework, no surprise there, and I still need to pack for my Disney Class tomorrow :)

- Susan

Britt-ish design challenge.. vs. completing Homework

Well I decided to be a bad girl, avoiding homework again, this time i decided to do a page kit challenge from Britt-ish Design Blog. First time ever!!!!

So here's the link of where to find the challenge: CHALLENGE!!!

Britt provided the layout, just use her digital elements and make a page or a two page layout from it :)

So here's what Ive done:

I would say not to bad for my first time with all digital elements... but I do have a small confession, doing digital anything isnt really new, just the scrapbooking end of it is. I'm a graphic artist by schooling.

So this is me signing out, lots of work to do so g'nite :D
-Susan

This week is a sad one for me...

On Saturday and Monday, two people who I am friends with passed away. Mr. Poet and Marge, Marge has been battling cancer for 2 years now, she made it to her 85th birthday, and surpased all expectations of the doctors and hospic. Marge you are loved no matter where you are. I have been working on a Sympathy card for Marge's daughter Linda and her family. I will post the image of the final card when it's completed, but for now I'll leave you with a little information of what image it is and the colors I chose to use.

     Stamp:
Whimsy's Sympathy Bugs
    










     Copic Colors:
BV000, BV20, BV23
BG70
B0000, B00, B12
G000, G20, G21, G24
E000, E31, E33, E50
W00, W0
0

I hope that all of my readers and occasional browsers have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday, and may the rest of your year be filled with family and loved ones. Hold them tight, keep them safe, and tell them that you love them.

Copic Intermediate Certification

And now I am certified in the Intermediate level :) Yeah me! Now I just need to find time that I can devote to teaching people how to use their Copic markers. I did however hear that they are going to be coming out with 4 more classes, built into 2 back to back days, 4 hour sessions. Rumors are you will learn about using Copics to make unique backgrounds, one class is all about people, and there are 2 other classes which she did not talk about. I cant wait to see those classes pop up in Michigan :D Well now I have to get packed and head home so I can finish a report and go back to work on Monday :( such is life :D
         -Susan

Copic Standard Certification

Today I completed the standard training for Copic Markers.. Tomorrow is Intermediate :D Yeah to me. I have learned a few new techniques to use with my markers and tomorrow  I can only expect to learn more. Post more random thoughts later.

Compostion Notebook 1 of many...

So Ive been creating Composition Note books for my class work, and below is my 2nd one so far. More to come:
Here's to Intro to Composition, how luck I am, because I'm not a fan of this class but I love this layout.

World Card Making Day.. well yesterday was.

So I decided to do something nice for a coworker yesterday. It was her birthday and I decided to help her celebrate with a card, so I have/will be adding it.

Life as I know it now....

     Okay so you all know that I got a job recently. Well I actually enjoy my job; I like my managers, and most of the staff… I did say most. Well that was until tonight, tonight I was “cornered” by a fellow coworker who asked me what I was doing. My response “my job” “what I was told to do.” Her response was well were you made into a manager? No, but I was told if you work in the box (Customer Service Desk) you manage the front of the store. Thus deciding breaks, making sure people go on them when they are decided and that people are working in their assigned areas. I was also told by the on duty manager to keep the 4some from gathering and chit chatting their way through the evening. To make sure that each of them were working in their assigned area, again I was informed basically that it wasn’t my place to do this, because I was not a manager. Well obviously the way I manage was offending her, because she informed me that I need to be nicer, and ask when people would like to take their breaks, or if they would like to take one. If I remember correctly its law that someone needs to take a 30min lunch break unpaid if you are working 6 or more hours. Oh and I’m also to bossy, I informed her that I have been a manager before and this was my managerial style from before, and I’m learning on “softening it,” she responded with a snide remark of some people have actually moved out of their parents’ house.

     Can I ask, what does where I live have anything to do with how I manage a store? And may I ask, why would I move out of a RENT FREE residence?

     So after she had her little snit, I continued to do my TASKS given to me by the MANAGER. She rejoined her little posy and had a gay old time talking loud enough for me to hear them but not enough to hear what they were saying. Yeah Me! My thoughts right now is, Can I actually find a different job and would it be worth my wild to actually look.

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