Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Warm Cuppa!!

Hello again and a Happy Thursday to you all! Let's start the day off with a question okay, lol! What's your opinion on spammers? Does anyone know what they do exactly and who employs them? Let me just say they are a BIG PAIN in my REAR-END I tell ya---BLECH! Why does anyone have that much time on their hands in the first place and what are they trying to do? Ridiculous I think and they need to find both a life and a REAL JOB--(hear that spammers, lol)!! I had to put my blog on moderated comment status a couple of months ago due to spam coming in thru the comments. And then yesterday I had one infiltrate my CMC Classroom and send out inappropriate messages to members--so I spent a good part of my day doing damage control because of a dumb spammer. But I've fixed that permanently so they can't get in anymore--if you decide to join the Main Classroom site HERE (everyone BUT spammers are WELCOME) you will have to be approved by me before given access to the site. I hated doing that but it was necessary to protect the site and the members and prevent that from happening again. So if you do decide to join that's why it says you must be approved! Sorry about that!

And talking about free time now--hee hee, of which I am in short supply of it seems!  But when I do have some free time I have been playing "Angry Birds" game on my Iphone or Ipad (its an app), lol!  Someone recommended it to me (unfortunately, lol) and it has become a "fun obsession for me"!!  I usually only get to play when I'm waiting for an appt or when hubby is driving, cuz he prefers I don't watch as I have a tendency to want to tell him how to drive (who me....LOL)!!  It is really fun and addictive and my hubby just rolls his eyes when I play, he even brought me home an article in Wall Street Journal that talked about adults playing this game, hee hee.  So IF you decide to get it and play it A LOT--DO NOT BLAME ME, okay!! LOL!  But it sure is fun and is a nice break from the stresses of the day---especially when the lil' piggies oiink, hee hee!


BIG GIVEAWAY TOMORROW--You do NOT WANT to miss the post on Friday! It's BIGGGGG!!


NewsBitz:

-Don't forget the Holiday Special Deals going on at the Color Me Creative Classroom for Online Copic classes!  It goes thru Jan. 4th and you can find all the details on the main page HERE!

-I have a mini-blog candy going on in yesterday's post below or click HERE!  It's very sweet ;)

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A Warm Cuppa!!

Sorry I'm a day late with this, but today I'm sharing my Copic Creations Challenge project with you!!  We have a new challenge starting this week and our fabulous sponsor is "Whimsy Stamps"--I love their designs and they have great rubber and digi stamps in the store (some fall in my cart, oopss, each time, lol)!! 

The challenge this time is to show "light sourcing"--I teach this lesson FIRST in all my copic classes as I feel it's very important for making flat images more dimensional and really POP off the pages! Once you get it, you can color ANYTHING!!  I used a fabulous new digi image by MelJen Designs called "Christmas Cocoa" and used an upper right-hand light source!


I have two favorite drinks during the holidays and winter that I CANNOT give up, lol (no not Cherry Coke although I still drink that too)!  I LOVE good hot cocoa with lots of whipped cream AND Starbucks Caramel Apple Spice drink--neither are coffee which I despise, hee hee!  So when I saw this digi by MelJen Designs called "Christmas Cocoa" I just had to use it!!  The snowman on the cup is too cute!!  The papers are by Cosmo Cricket's "Mitten Weather"(15% off now) collection and that FABULOUS embossed cs was done by the NEW Basic Grey Sizzix embossing folders (work like the cuttlebug ones) called "Powdered Sugar & Snowglobe Set" (see all of them here).  I love the designs, nice deep embossing--I think this one looks like a winter scarf print, very cool!

The fun sentiment is a tag stamp from PTI called "2008 Holiday Tag Collection" and this is how I made it--I liked the handle look of it--I stamped it out on cs and it stamps out in a circle with a center design.  Then I diecut the whole image out with a circle nestie and cut the center image (cup) out so it's more of a ring and added a button to the center.  The bow got the same button treatment with bakers twined knotted off on it!


The image was colored with Copics (green-YG67,YG03,G20/R29,R24,R22,R20/white-C1,C00/cocoa-E29,E25,E31).  Then I got to work adding lots of fun elements to the image as usual, hee hee!  The handle, berries and hot cocoa got diamond glaze for a nice shiny effect!  The star, holly and hat band got stickles for sparkle!  Then to top it all off I added some Liquid Applique in white for the puffy marshmallows.


Hope you enjoyed this holly, jolly Christmas card today and hope you come back tomorrow for the BIG POST!  Don't forget to stop by the Copic Creations Challenge Blog to see all the fab DT projects and to join in with us!!



26 comments:

  1. Cocoalicious Suzanne, as always amazing colouring I am sure I can almost smell hot cocoa, love all your extra added elements, makes the image pop up off the page lol!
    Fantastic job you have done getting rid of the spammers, well done! Take CareX:)

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  2. WOW, Suzanne i love your creation so much, wonderful coloring and so cute Details.

    Hugs
    Heike

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  3. Yummy card Suzann! Gorgeous, I love all your little add-ons, they're fab! I feel your pain with the spammers, I'm getting a horrific amount of spam on an email address so much so I'm almost at the point of deleting it altogether! Pft! Spammers are like the people who make viruses... why-o-why?!! Hope it eases for you soon! Lyns xx

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  4. Your cocoa and marshmallows are done wonderfully; love your adorable card!

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  5. Wow, sorry you had such a bad experience with spammers. They really are the lowest.

    Love your card! It looks yummy enough to drink right off the paper! And I'm also so glad I learned about light source from you - it really makes a huge difference.

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  6. Hello!

    I love your card - so happy and colorful! The Christmas season is so much fun!

    Spammers are NOT fun - there are some seriously sick people out there to send some of the things they do! I had a problem on my blog some time ago but now only occasionally and then I can delete them as I now have prior approval of all of the comments. I just shake my head at the content of some of these - it is my understanding that they are paid for how many sites they post on so the message can be just stupid words.

    Love your blog and your creations - I check you every day! Looking forward to your post tomorrow!

    Wishing you a good day!

    Barbara Diane

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  7. Hello!

    Forgot to tell you that I am saving to take your Copic classes! That would be so wonderful!

    Wishng you sunshine today!

    Barbara Diane

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  8. Hey Suzanne! Love the cocoa card...but maybe you need more caffeine, hee hee! It's Thursday not Tuesday! ;0

    P.S. When will you be loading more projects to your Etsy store? There is one I would love to have!

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  9. What an amazing card, I love it, the snowman is so cute!

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  10. What a lovely card! The way you color your cards is fantastic! I hope that someday I can do that too! There is always hope,isn´t it?

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  11. Oh I love this card! Can anyone say "Chocolate"? The Hot Cocoa reminds me the long winters here in Wisconsin! Snuggling up and having some Hot Cocoa! Your blending and shading are awesome! Happy Creating! Sara

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  12. Cute card. Love the way the words and button come out like a handle.

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  13. Too cute, Suzanne! Love the 'handle' sentiment.
    Huggies ~
    Sharron♥

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  14. Stunning card! I am lucky so far that the spammers haven't found me. I hope they go away for you.

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  15. Darling card, Suzanne! We must be sister under the skin....I, too, like coffee. YUCK! I don't even care for coffee flavored anything. LOL But I love cocoa and Starbucks Caramel Apple Spice drink! YUM!!

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  16. Love it Suzanne! Gorgeous as usual! I can see the steam coming right off of that cup!!
    Big Hugs!

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  17. Cute, cute card Suzanne! LOL on the Angry Birds. A friend of the family showed us the game and I said I would never put that on my phone after my husband and 4-year-old became addicted. Then about a week later I downloaded it...and in the wee hours of the night right before bed, I turn the sound off on my phone and play a little angry birds before going to sleep, hahahaha!

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  18. Such a cute card. Makes you want to curl up with a hot cup of whatever. I just finished making all my Christmas cards tonight. Not to get them addressed, my least favorite job. LOL

    I also got spammed. But they blocked me out of my computer, stole my address book and send everyone on it an email saying we were in England, had been robbed and we needed money. What a mess. Edna

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  19. Stunning card Suzanne, wonderful colours and papers and I just love your colouring of 'Christmas Cocoa, truly awesome.
    hugs Heather xx

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  20. fantastic card, love the light source technique, wish i could master it. Hate spammers, they are sad people x

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  21. Hi Suzanne! Great cause. We can't do enough for our service men and women!! I just made my contribution with pride. Thanks for all you do and give back. :)

    Hugs, xxx

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  22. Love what you do for the troops, thank you.

    Wonderful card, brings in a warm cold night by the fire feeling. Coloring magnif. as always.

    I remember spammer's & they are so vile, ouhh. I started running firefox(was netscape), & incredi-mail, so have had not had that problem in at least 10 yrs., I won't have anything to do with IE, or outlook,google mail, etc. they are just prone to spam. I don't know why???? Sooo sorry you had so much trouble, spammers don't realize how much time people have to waste cleaning up their messes.
    Hugs,
    JuliaB.

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  23. Suzanne, this is of course beautifully colored! I love the cute image too!!
    Hugs
    Jodi =)

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  24. een schitterend kaartje suzanne leuk gedaan
    super hoor !!
    Liefs,ans xxx

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  25. This cup of hot cocoa image is too cute and you've filled it beautifully with your choice of Copic colors.

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I appreciate all your lovely comments and taking the time to stop by! hugz,Suzanne

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