Bellariffic and some CU pics

Hello everyone! Long time no post, eh? I'm finally up to speed after recovering from my AWESOME time at Creative University! Even better than last year. I don't know how Tresa does it, but she's amazing! Can't wait til next year!

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella "SellaBella"

Paper: BG Curio dp, PTI kraft and cs, CTMH black cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Memento ink, CTMH hemp and paper piercer, misc. button, EK punch, scrap lace.

Today's card is for the Bellariffic Friday challenge which asked for you to use a stamp you haven't inked up yet. Well, that was easy since I received my latest Bella order about a week before CU. I colored this image up while at CU, along with quite a few others I hope to share soon. I also used Sweet Sunday sketch #104 for the layout.

Now onto sharing some pics from CU!


First off....the CU Class of 2011 photo! Almost 60 ladies enjoying a crafty weekend! And our fearless leader, Tresa Black, front and center.


Me and my girl, Kendra. I met her at my first CU last year (her 3rd) and we totally hit it off. To bad we live on opposite sides of the state. :( But CU is our once a year treat to catch up. Photo courtesy of Chrissy Dunham


Some of the "twinchie" artwork created by all the attendees. Aren't they just amazing?! You can see part of mine in the top left corner. The naked lady! Haha! It was an old metal charm I'd been hanging onto forever and it finally found the perfect home. Photo courtesy of Chrissy Dunham

These Ladies are soooo fun! I've been "table mates" with them for both years (where we share the same craft room with our craft tables) and they are all a hoot! I'm so grateful to know these beautiful women. Thanks Chrissy for the photo!

And look at our gorgeous backdrop! Beautiful Lake Coure d'Alene. This time we had snow the second night and woke up to this wintry sight. Photo courtesy of Nichole Lewno.

Ahh! Stow-away!! (with a scary, glowing eye!) Good 'ol curious kitty, Simon, had to check out my bag when I got home. Trust me, it was empty since I barely fit all my CU goodies back in to take home!

Well, that's a little bit of my CU experience. Hope to share some of the super cool artwork we made in our classes soon!

Creative University class project

Hello everyone! I'm off to CU this morning!! I've been waiting for this weekend FOREVER! This is my second time to CU, and this time I'm going to be teaching a short creative class! Tresa has always loved my cards, and asked me if I would mind teaching a small 30 minute class (4 times) to share some of my craftiness. But of course!

I came up with this fun card that has a corner bookmark attached to it. Great way to send a card AND a gift to someone! Looks great together, and separately too. Here's some more pics...

This is the card on it's own

And the bookmark on it's own. Not too much bulk here so it doesn't hurt your books.

And then the two together.

Have a fabby weekend! I know I will!

Materials. All CTMH. Mayberry WOTG paper and stamp set, paper piercer, embossing stylus, Glitz, cocoa ribbon, Honey ink, Olive ink, Cocoa ink, and Smoothie ink. Other: EK punches

Paper flowers

While at CU, I made a big batch of the paper flowers I did earlier last month. They were fun, but now I'm over making them. My CU buddy Kendra fell in love and started making her own. She actually makes some super cool flowers from magazines. I'll take a picture and share them.

Materials

Stamps: CMTH Playful Flourishes and Fringed Phrases

Paper: GP cs, BG Lemonade

Other: Paper flower, CTMH ink and ribbon, Stickles, MS border punch, BG button.

My first Sarah Kay

This was my first attempt at coloring a Sarah Kay image with my Copics. These are beautiful images, but boy! all that detail! This image was an RAK from Sparkle. You'll be seeing a lot of this BG Nook & Pantry dp. I used it a lot while at CU. Love it.

Materials
Stamps: RAK Sarah Kay image, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: CTMH cs, BG Nook & Pantry dp
Other: Copics, MS border punch, CTMH inks and paper piercer, Nestie Label 7

Medallion

I have been drooling over this SU! Medallion stamp since I first saw it on Naomi's blog a LONG time ago. Fotunately for me, my CU friend Kendra brought it with her and I was able to play with it! I kept adding and adding to this card, that now I'm not so sure about it, but I still like it.

Materials
Stamps: SU! Medallion, CTMH Playful Flourishes and For All Occasions
Paper: Misc. kraft
Other: CTMH inks, ribbon and liquid glass. Stickles, chalk ink

CU Winner!

Tresa had an art contest for all of us CU attendees. One category for layouts, and one for cards. Of course I entered the card one; that's what I do best right?! I actually made this the night we arrived at Lutherhaven. I used my newest Unity KOTM with the fun tree and cute little bird. I paper pieced the tree and used my Copics on the bird, for the grass, and on some of the tree detail. After all the votes we collected, I WON!! :D Tresa gave my a very nice CTMH tote bag and a new "Topstich" L2 paper pack! Yippee!!



And now my "picture of the day": my table-buddies, Kendra and Christina. These two ladies were SUPER nice and very talented. I had a great time getting to know them.

Materials

Stamps: Unity Feb. KOTM, CTMH With Love ss

Paper: CTMH cs, misc. dp, Bazzil, kraft

Other: Copics, EK corner rounder and border punch, CTMH inks and liquid glass, misc. buttons, foam tape

Nona's CU class and Make &Take

I'm not totally complete with my versions of Nona's cards and layout, so I'm sharing her pictures of her projects.

First, a very cool watercolored pencil class. Learned some new techniques.
Next is her 2-page layout using the super rad "You Rock" paper pack from CTMH. I really like this paper.

Now for the "picture of the day": Me and my friend, roomie, neighbor, and CTMH Upline Nona.

Hope you all have fun enjoying your regular tv schedules again. Miss the Olympics. :(

CU roomie gifts

I roomed with some very cool and VERY talented women at CU. In addition to my nifty name badge Tresa made, all these fun items were roomie gifts I received. Yummy candy, a luggage tag, a fun flower clip, notepad, and the oh-so-useful sticky pad of card inserts.

And here are the beautiful women I roomed with: Denise, Bren, Connie, Donna, Nona, and me. Thank you soooo much roomies! Best fun I've had staying up all night giggling and acting silly. Great friendships I'll truly cherish.

CU "classes"

Lets start off today's post with the CU group shot:

This cool sall hanging project was designed and taught by Denise Anderson-Turley. Isn't the picture of her grandson too adorable?!


Then, the oh-so-talented Bren Yule taught us how to make this super cool pendant she designed. That was a very cool craft to learn. I might actually try to make some more myself!

Nest is my "picture of the day". After coming back to my craft area from my make & take, I come in to find the ladies having a bubble blowing contest. Connie was the clear winner!

What a weekend!!

Well, I'm all slept-in and refreshed from my ULTRA-FUN weekend at Creative University! Let me tell you.....it was my first year at this event and it was one of the most serene and picturesque places I've been. Camp Lutherhaven sits on the edge of Lake Couer d'Alene in Idaho and was an excellent site for our crafty gathering. Just take a look for yourself:

This is one of my favorite pictures. I took it on a foggy Saturday morning while on a little hike around the camp. Loved how the fog was rolling in and all the layers of elements. My old camera still takes decent pics I guess!

Here's my little piece of crafty space. This was actually taken on the last morning when I had semi-cleaned up my space. See that ziploc full of cards above my mat? That's full of all the cards I made while at CU. I seriously made enough to post one everyday for the next month!

My "table buddy" Kendra became my new CU bff! I quickly learned that she LOVES glue tape and has a habit of accidentally laying stuff on her taped up elements. This pic is her trying to detach the dp for her current project from a page she completed the day before. Silly girl!

That's all for today. Stay tuned for ALL the projects I made and the stack of cards I just seemed to crank out at CU.

Roomie gifts

Well, today is the last day of Creative University *sniff, sniff* and now I can show you the quick and simple gifts I gave to my roomates. There are six of us in one cabin, so I made 5 of the same thing. A few Crystal Light singles, a sample size Jergen's lotion, yummy Reese's pieces, my fav-Burt Bees lip balm, and one of my handmade flowers.

Now, did you notice how I used a button for one of the "o"s? Well, that was to cover up an "oopsy". I made all the wraps and cut out and inked all the Nestie shapes, but when it came to stamping I was a little challenged I guess. I accidentally spelled roomie as "rommie"! Thank goodness these buttons were just the right size to cover it up! Lol!

Materials
Stamps: CTMH For All Occasions, Chocolate Alpha
Paper: CTMH Twitterpated
Other: Clear Bags transparent box, CTMH ink, Nestie Label 7, misc. button, foam tape