You're Gorjuss!!

Happy Monday Friends!! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a wonderful weekend spending time outside in the gorgeous, spring weather we had--but sadly its raining now & supposed to rain thru Wednesday, BLECH!! I got my veggie garden in & I'm so happy its done now--hopefully lots of fresh veggies to come! Ya know fresh is best, especially when you know where everything came from & NO pesticides! I see some yummy grilled veggies in my future--YUM! When everything is grown in a bit, I'll take a picture for you all to see. Hubby did a great job building me a raised garden pit--looks really nice!

NEWSBITZ:
**If you live in the Northern VA area (or nearbouts, DC, MD)--I am having a Copic class on May 17th from 1-4 at my home! I will teach you all about Copics, how to color/shade/highlight, we will make 3 cards & use fun NEW products like Smooch paints, Flower Soft & Shimmerz! Class cost is $60 (w/ $20 deposit) & includes class & goody bag filled with good stuff (flower soft samples, colorless blender, inkpad, paper samples, images & more)!! Email me if you'd like to come & I'd love to have ya!! I've got 6 spots open...

**Katharina from Whiff of Joy is running some awesome BLOG CANDY on her blog for a lucky someone! Up for grabs, the entire Summer Kit by Elisabeth Bell (pre-order yours thru May 4th)!! Go HERE for all the details!!

**7 Kids College Fund now has all the New Basic Grey papers & accessories up for pre-order--will be in stock this week!! Includes the lovely Wisteria & fun Lime-Rickey Collection!! Make sure and use the coupon code BG10 to get 10% off any Basic Grey Products--good this week ONLY!



So, while I was working on the 4 NEW Video Tutorials yesterday (more about that later) I had colored up these fabby Gorjuss girls for them & wanted to put them to good use! I adore this paper that I've been hoarding from Stemma Designs (got mine at Michaels or Joann's)--love the bold graphic pattern & colors! You can get the Gorjuss girl stamps at FunkyKits here.

First up is the card, which the front of is only 3/4 of the entire card--I cut the edge with my Curvy Rectangle Nestabilities! The image is colored w/ my Copics of course & accented with some stickles. The sentiment is PTI's "Around & About Sentiments" set stamped in their white palette ink. I just tied a simple ribbon bow underneath & its done--so cute!

The door hanger is easy peasy to make--Just layered cs and then cut the door handle hole with my scalloped circle nestabilities. The image is popped up with dimensional foam tape & the "Keep Out" is actually a slider that you can pull out & flip over to "Come In" (see below)! The words were created & printed from my computer and then I stamped some floral swirls around it!
Here is the door hanger with the slider flipped over to "Come In"! Just a cute set for a girl in your life and its for sale at my Etsy shop if you're interested!! (on sidebar)



Now for the Video Tutorials! I shot 4 in total & am thrilled to pieces that I've finally figured out my video editing software (after a whole month, hee hee)! So all my new videos including the black/white object videos NOW FACE the correct way, so you don't have to crane your neck anymore, LOL! All videos are on my sidebar under Copic Video Tutorials & "Other Video Tutorials" and here is what they are:


-Video 8--HairColors Part 1 (dk. brunette & dk. blonde hair coloring w/ copics)

-Video 9--HairColors Part 2 (auburn/red & lt. blonde hair coloring w/ copics)

-Smooch It--shows fun ways to use the NEW Metallic SMOOCH paints

-Flower Soft/Ways to Enhance it--shows how to use flower soft & other fun products you can use on it & with it!


My next 2 videos will be on using the Colorless Blender & techniques & coloring wood objects!
Hope you like them!


hugz,
Suzanne

Poppies!!

Yay, its Friday & Happy Friday to Ya! I'm still a bit under the weather but doing better and its supposed to be in the 70's here this weekend---wahoooo! Gotta feel better for that,right :o) I'm going to a friend's luncheon today which should be a great start to my weekend! Tomorrow night, hubby and I are going out with friends to Comedy Nite---always a great time & lots of laughs too! Hope you have some fabulous plans for your weekend, even if it only revolves around relaxing (my fave)!

Isn't she just "gorjuss"? LOL--of course the name of these cutie girls is "Gorjuss Girls" and you can buy them from Funky Kits in the UK only! I actually pre-ordered the whole set & they came the other day--couldn't wait to get them inky! They will be available to buy individually at the end of March I believe!

I got this fabulous dp pad (yes, its new--yes, you can slap me, hee hee) from Michaels and its by Autumn Leaves! I couldn't leave it cuz' it has such beautiful & bold patterns in it, that it HAD to come home with me (and some matching rub-ons too, lol)! I used one of the patterns to make a fun background for her and added the rub-on sentiment (by Stampin Up) and rub-on flowers(Autumn Leaves). I punched some fun scrolls w/ my scrolly punch and added some rhinestones for a finishing touch! Whatcha' think? I just lovee her and all my favorite colors too!

Still no laptop yet, so no Copic videos for a bit---hopefully next week! Remember to scroll down to my last post if you're interested in trying out to be a Guest Designer for Susana's Custom Art & Card Design--all the details are below or HERE!

Have a great weekend!

hugz,
Suzanne