Stampin Up image colored with Copic markers. Lilies by Stampin Up colored with Copics Bird by Hampton Art colored with Copics Strawberry Shortcake and Friends printout from Hasbro website coloring pages colored with Copics Whee by My Favorite Things colored with Copic markers Hero Arts Happy Girl stamp colored with Copics Do you love to color? I do! Most of us remember it as being an enjoyable pastime from our childhood years. I think it's time to rekindle that love of coloring, line art images, markers and paper! I am so inspired by the artists at Papertrey, Hero Arts, Caardvarks, Daily Marker, Capture the Moments, and all the other cardmaking and coloring blogs and websites. I decided to get a few Copic alcohol ink markers and see what I could do. Watching Jennifer McGuire and Susanne J Dean on Youtube video tutorials helped me get started on the right foot. I still have lots to learn but I must admit this is just plain FUN! :) It does take me back (about 40 years) t...

Every so often I go on a card-making rampage. It is usually triggered by an over-abundance of blank envelopes. Thanks to my garage-saling friend Edith and several other friends, I have a stash of blank envelopes almost as tall as the Eiffel tower. Well not quite-- but I have a lot. Sometimes it just seems like 'time' to get busy and so I do! I was inspired this time by a 7 color set of pastel envelopes and funny blank one sheet cardstock notes from Edith. I decided to gather up a lot of my recent pastel odds and ends and put them all to good use on the cards seen here. I also grabbed a stack of brown embellies too as some of my sayings were in the brown and tan family. Of course once I got going I kept on going for two days at a local VIP store crop. (We have a Spring retreat coming up so join us!) The result was a whopping 150 cards with envelopes. Some were done with my new COPIC markers which I will talk about in a minute in another card-making post. Most were done wit...