~Stress- HUMOR- Card & First Copic Experience~

Good morning my crafty-licious friends!! :) 

I have a fun little card today. I am so excited to be working with 

VLVS company and they have some awesomely humorous stamps- not

for the faint of heart thats for sure. And let's face it, I am not faint of heart! LOL

How fun is this stamp- "I'm one day away from being on the rooftop with a rifle"

OMG that is so my week LOL 

I thought I would make it into a "How are you doing?" card. 

And how much fun are these "Vice Mice"? OH I LOVE THEM!

Oh and this is my first Copic (PUBLIC) coloring experience 

(shhh don't tell anyone) LOL

I have played alot with Copics but I rarely share those LOL

But I had to because I mean hello...these mice, they needed attention. 

If you know Jenny Lawson at all (The Bloggess) then you totally get the 

Vice Mice, and if not then they are just hysterical anyways! LOL

I think they go hand in hand-

Anyways HAPPY MONDAY My friends! 

I LOVE YA~

~Cracked Ceramic Floral Rose Tutorial~

Good morning my friends ♡♡♡

**Tomorrow I will announce the i-rock WINNER from Monday**

I love all things vintage and when I made this Floral Rose with

the McGill punches, I knew I wanted to take it one step further

and play with the idea of making it a "Ceramic" looking rose.

I won't give you step by step on the making of the rose,

every McGill punch has that, but I will tell you know I made this.

I will be making videos later on as I go one with McGill.

In the photo I forgot the snowflake punch for the base but everything else

you will need is right here.

I used pink card stock, and green card stock, I actually used a very light pink.

First I created the rose from the LIGHT pink card stock,

I used my Imaginisce i-bond to make it stiff and stand tall.

Then I colored the entire rose with my copic marker and allowed it to dry.

Coloring the rose with the copics will allow the crackle draw some of the colors

out and it will make the rose multi colored later on when the crackle dries.

After about an hour I took my Crackle Effects from Ranger, and I carefully

coated the entire rose, making sure to get it underneath every petal.

I also punched green leaves and did not color them.

I let it dry for 24 hours. After that I double check for spots I missed.

When it is completely dry it looks like a cracked ceramic rose.

Then with my i-bond and the badge/pin combo from Imaginisce

I adhered the rose to the badge/pin and that was it!

I don't think I can capture the true "ceramic" look that you see

in person. It really does look like I took it off of a plate from the 1920's.

I am excited, and I know it will last for years! :)

I think I might even give it to my girlyfriend who loves all thing vintage too!