Gift card for the Queen

I have been busy making gift cards for the Queens Ink.  She keeps me pretty busy.  The stamp is hers. 

Birthday Wishes

I have been busy trying to catch up on some birthdays I missed.  Boys, how did I do that.  Truthfully it wasn't that hard.  The top one is for my friend Kathy, The cake one was for my sister in law and the bottom one is for another friend named Dawnmarie. These were all digital images I got from Designed 2 Delight.  I colored them with copics and added a few sparklies.  The one with the cake has digital paper in the background.

Camping Album

This is an album that I made using Laura Denison's directions from Following the Paper Trail on U Stream.  I have been trying to post this all day and finally it dawned on me that maybe it was too long.  So I quickly did a shortened version and hopefully it will post.  The small pockets are made with kraft cardstock and the large pages are made using 9 x 12" envelopes cut to the size of the album.  The paper I used is now discontinued from Bo Bunny.  It is called U Bug Me.  I made this album to store the pictures of my grandsons while they were camping.  I can't wait to get it loaded with pictures and journaling. 

The Queen's Ink Holiday Challenge

The Queen's Ink in Savage MD has put out a challenge.  We are to make an art project using the little houses that they supplied.  It was inspired by a recent issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors and Ink About It.  So they want to build a little village of houses to docorate their shop.  This is my little house.  My craft room is just covered with glitter and you probably can see why.  lol

Zentangle class

This past weekend I took a Zentangle class at the Queens Ink in Savage Mills with my friend Mary (http://mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com/) .  It was more than I expected.  I really didn't think I would be able to do it.  They look so complicated.  But like anything else once you break it down into steps it was a lot easier than it looks.  Patti gave great directions on how to do each pattern.  All you had to do is figure out where you wanted to put each pattern on your tile (the 3 1/2" x  3 1/2" inch piece of paper you draw on) I was looking at the Zentangle.com site and they actually sell a 20 sided numbered die that corresponds to a card with 20 patterns on it so if you get stuck all you have to do is roll the die.  lol  Maybe I need to look into that some more.  I tried adding color to one but I think I like the black and white ones better.