I decided to do a comparison side by side of the Copic markers, Prismacolor markers and Chromatix markers by American Crafts.  I was hoping the Chromatix markers by American Crafts would win because they come in sets of 3.  The three are the light, medium and dark of a particular color like purple, red, orange, etc.  That is so convenient as trying to find the right colors in the Copic and Prismacolor poses a challenge for me.  Please take into consideration I am new to the marker game.

Here is the final picture.  See if you can figure out which flowers were colored with which markers.

Here are the types of markers I used.

I've been at it again.  This time I wanted to see how fast I could create a 2 page layout choosing 1 page from my Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge book.  I chose the Dots page.  It didn't go as quickly as I would have liked - but I plan on continuing to try and improve my timing.

Page 1

Page 2

 The whole spread:

The time it took from start to finish:

I'll work on the video tomorrow.

My video finally finished uploading - here it is.  Forgive me - I'm a little rusty on the video thing.  I hope it is helpful.

I'm All Buggy

I was very busy today.  I'm not sure why it took me all day to make this card - I think it was the video that went along with it that took so long.  I like the way the card turned out.

Here is the list of products that I used to create the card:

White cardstock
Inkadinkaclings - Insect Amalgam Cling Set
Stampin Up Stamp from 2006 Too Terrific Tags for thank you sentiment
Cricut Cartridge - Elegant Edges
Stampin Up Ink - Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy and Lucky Limeade
Clear Embossing Powder from Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Inks - dusty concord, faded jeans, peeled paint

The cardstock for the card was cut at 6 x 6 inches, the piece of cardstock that was inked and distressed was 3 x 6 inches and the cardstock used for the interior of the card was 2 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.

I hope you like the card and the video.

We had a graduation party for my 2 daughters on Sunday so I am designing Thank You cards because we need a bunch!

Here is the first one I made - I used Stampin Up stamp Summer Silhouettes and Real Red Ink:

And here is card number 2.  I used Basic Grey for the printed piece of the card.  The stamp is Unity itty bitty stamp from the stamp of the month club:

My youngest likes card number 2.

I will continue to design and share.

Here is my entry for the Picture Perfect Challenge at Kiwi Lane

This is a card I did with Stampin Up products.  I just need to add a sentiment.  I really like how it turned out.

Here are some pictures of the layouts I've created with the Kiwi Lane Templates

I'm working on a video to show you how I did these pages.  I think they turned out quite nicely.

Kiwi Lane and Scrapbooking

I came across the Kiwi Lane Booth at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Louisville KY.  I loved how elegant the designs looked and how easily a page came together.  I've since married the Kiwi Lane framing with the Cricut images and I really like my pages.  I will upload some examples shortly.