My Box and My Wrangler

Happy Thursday Friends! I can't believe that this month is almost over. That will mean less than 2 months before school starts, whew wee!!! Did any of you check out my previous post and buy the digital image of the Weiman Wranglers? I hope so! But before I talk more about that, here's that box I promised to show you: My box is on the left. I had this Pretzel box and I've been using it for all the kids' snacks. I just throw all the snacks (raisin boxes, rollups, granola bars) in the box so when the kids ask for a snack, they get to choose ONE out of the BOX. And they know just what they can have instead of asking me, "Mom, can I have an apple?" "Mom, can I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?" "Mom, can I have this CANDY???" "Mom, can I have all of it?????" LOL! So, anyway, I originally brought this box up to my craft room to cover in wrapping paper to make it look nicer. Then I saw a challenge on Papercraft Planet from Diana Gibbs on the 3d challenge page to use a box that you have around the house as inspiration to make your own box. OK! I took the pretzel box apart (it folds into itself and can be unfolded without damage-cool!) and measured it. I then divided the measurements into a third, and made my box! I did goof a little and had to use glue to hold my box closed, but that's ok. Here's a pic of two sides of the box:

I decided that my box needed a few different characters to adorn it, so I used 4 different stamps from The Greeting Farm and decorated the box! I got that idea because Marie over on the TGF blog issued us a challenge to use 3 or more different stamps in one project. PERFECT! I stamped and colored the Panda with the wagon from Panda Friends then cut it out and glued it on the box with a pop-dot. Also, I stamped and colored the bunny riding the turtle from Down by the Pond. Here's a closeup of that:

The flower is from Panda Friends as well. I used colored pencils and OMS to color all the images. Here's a pic of the inside of the box and the third decorated side:

The mushroom bunch is from Wonderland. The papers are all from TGF's Sunny Glen paper pack. I really love my box and I use it to hold my glue dots on my desk.

So, back to the Weiman Wranglers; As I type this, Pink Cat Studio has raised over $1300 for the Make a Wish Foundation!!! WOW!!! There are some big hearts out there in the stamping world and I am so honored to be a part of it all. After I purchased the digital stamps, I printed them out and made this:

As I was coloring Wrangler Ava (or Lily-or whoever you want her to be) I ended up changing her clothes' colors! I didn't realize that when I changed her pink shirt to red, and her blue pants to green, that she was going to turn out Christmasy looking! But I ended up using the Mr. Campy paper from Cosmo cricket and all the colors ended up working out just fine. I used the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 U and just changed it up a little. I have three ribbons coming from the side, and the sketch is flipped, and the main image is on a long panel, not the circle... but it works for me! LOL!

Well, I hope you all have a Thoroughly Thrilling Thursday, and I'll see you tomorrow probably!

Until Fantastic Friday, be blessed!

Pink Cat Studio images!

Hey there everyone. It's late on Thursday the 8th, so you are probably reading this on Friday the 9th. If that's the case, you're reading this on my birthday! Yup, another year older. I think it's going to be my best year yet. So, wanna see what I've been working on lately? Pink Cat Studio has some of the cutest images. There is this one in particular, and her name is Lily! Right now Pink Cat Studio is having a contest to use the digital image of Lily the Fairy and make a card with her. I made two cards for the contest and here is the first one: I had never used a digital image before and it was a lot simpler than I thought it would be. I just printed it out and there you go! I colored the images with my copic markers but had to be careful because the ink from the ink jet printer smeared if I went over it with my marker. Also, I discovered a way to flip the image so I think that first card has the image facing the opposite direction than was originally intended. Here is the other card I made:

I really like this one. I used Doodlefactory stamps to make a little scene for Lily the Fairy to be playing it. The mushrooms and clouds we all strategically stamped around the digital image, and then colored with my copic markers. I had a lot of fun using whatever colors I wanted to use, without worrying if they looked "real" or not. And next, I made something not for the contest, but for my daughter's new room when we get to Italy. Here it is:

Isn't this cute? I plan on doing her room in a fairy tale type of theme with princesses, castles, dragons, and fairies! I hope you can click on the picture and see it up close. There's some little dew drops around Angel's name and I used rhinestone buttons on the wand. I cut out Lily the Fairy so she'll be a little more dimensional over the name. I hope you all like it. I can't wait to get to Italy and put it up in Angel's room!
So that's it for this post. Thank you all so much for stopping by and checking out my projects.

Until next post, be blessed!