Samara Gugler

Me?? A product review??? YES!!!!

Are you ready for this????
Last week I was contacted by the wonderful people over at Racks and Stands. They wanted to know if little ol' ME would be interesting in reviewing a product from their store.  I immediately headed over to their store to see what they carried.  HOLY MOTHER OF MEDIA ORGANIZATION!!!!  Seriously, I was floored.  From the gaming center racks to the desktop storage to entertainment centers, I was in heaven.  They have everything, literally EVERYTHING.  I fell in love with quite a few products over there.  It's like someone has been stalking our home and knew that we needed help in those areas! I can't wait for my product to arrive and write an honest review of it.

Hybrid Project and new Magnolias...

Hi everyone!  It's been a very busy week here in my studio, although I don't have a lot to show for it. Sorry!

I made a cute little project featuring one of Lauren Grier and Mandabean's (Sweet Shoppe Designs) kits, Along Came Miss Happy.  I just love it! I added stitches, however I ran our of thread at the top. ugh....   I added some new trim that I found at Big Lots for a whopping $1.  I braided the strap with a simple satin ribbon.  The purse closes with velcro.  It's the perfect size to hold a gift card.

Next up... I got some new stamps!! Yeah!!! I just love this cute little Tilda. The challenge this week in the Copic Buzz at Paper Craft Planet is jeans.   How did they know that it's my favorite???  I haven't finished the card yet, but wanted to take a picture of all the markers I used on this image!!!!!

and for the recipes....

Rumor has it that the Magnolia Summer kit has shipped!!!!!!!!!!! Wooot!!!! Do you think I could be any further from Sweden, though???  I'll keep you posted as to when it arrives! :)

Peace out!

Copic Sketch book & MACS

First of all, let me start off with such an awesome organization, MACS.  MACS is all about helping children through difficult medical problems.  One of the challenges by Simon Says Stamp was to create a card for MACS.  At first I thought, ok, I'll do it for the challenge.  The more I looked at the children on the MACS site, the more I wanted to help.  My goal is to make at least 3 cards a month for each of the MACS kids being featured. 

Here is my card for little Emily, yes you can see her address, that's the point.  Mail a card to her yourself!!!

Next up, my buds over at Paper Craft Planet were asking me about my Copic Sketch book.

I took a regular artist Sketch book by Canson and added tabs to the top, every 10 pages or so.  The Copics will bleed through the paper, so I took a piece of Gina K's 120 lb Pure Luxery cardstock and cut it to fit. Whenever I color, I put this cardstock behind to catch the bleed.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. :)

Scrapbook Sunday :)

I've been a very busy girl!!!

Credits:
Kiss Me Goodnight by Melissa Bennett
Worn pages by Lynn Grieveson

Credits:
Whistle While You Work by Lauren Grier and Mandabean
Layered Up in You - Edges by Lauren Grier

Credits:
Summer Time by Melissa Bennett
Layered Up in You - Scallops by Lauren Grier

Credits:
Roughin' It by Melissa Bennett
Layered Up in YOu - Edges by Lauren Grier

Saturday updates...

Just a super dooper quick post before I head out for a day of baseball with my son!

I scrapbooked last night!!!! HOLY COW!!! Don't all freak out or anything!! It felt great to be back in the saddle.  I used Down by the Pond by Lauren Grier and Lliella available at the Sweet Shoppe :) (Linkie in my side bar <------)

Next up.... TWO hybrid cards!!! Yep, that's right!!  All designing was done in photoshop.

This little beaut was created with Oh Baby by Lauren Grier and Christy Lyle (available at Sweet Shoppe)

I colored the girl in with my Copic markers. I also added embroidery floss to each button on the flowers.

Next up...

OMG, I just love this one!!!  I used Battle Galaxy by Lauren Grier and Penny Springmann (avail at Sweet SHoppe). I cut the little girl out and colored her with my Copics. I also cut the sword out and sprinkled with awesome glitter.  I adhered both with pop dots. :)

Thanks for looking! May the force be with you. :)

So it's Tuesday...

And I have way too much to share. I can't wait until tomorrow to post!! What can I say?

First up I wanted to share my studio space with you.  In April of this year I did a little remodel of my office.  Michael's was having a sale on their storage cubes and so I did it. I bought 12 of them! I just realized that I didn't take any pictures of them. I guess that will wait for another day.  We spaced eight of the cubes across a 10 foot wall and then installed a precut counter top.  I have my area separated into craft and computer with the printer dividing the two sides.  I only took pictures of the craft side to share today. 

These are my copics. I have them sitting right on my desk in their original containers.  The tags show which color families are in each box. My "E"s and kinda spread out through all the boxes. 

This is where the magic happens. :)  On my desk I have my Daylight lamp which is a life saver!!! I can't imagine not having one!  I have two little shelves above my work area holding flowers and cards.  Above that is my Making Memories Embellishment Center full of goodness!  The poppies on the wall are from Ikea. They are really cool!  My walls are a light green apple color.  I accented the rest of my studio in poppy red.  It looks very cool. :)  Peeking out from under the counter is a stack of older rubber stamps in boxes with a baby wipe caniter sitting on top. 

I worked on three cards yesterday.

This cute little card is from a very OLD CTMH set called Nantucket Retreat.  I colored with my Copics and used the W1 to blend.

Next up...

This little beauty was created for Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #10.  Are these colors just scrumptious or what???? The first thing I did was head over to Papertrey Ink and download their Copic Color Chart.  I then checked off which markers I had and then for those that I didn't have, I looked for a close match.  Here are my recipes:
Pink (*R20, R32, R35)
Orange (*R00, R02, R05)
Brown (*E35, *E37, E57)
*indicates that I didn't have the color suggested, so I replaced with a close match. I colored the buttons and flowers in the hair with sparkly Gelly Rolls.  I had a small mishap when I smeared the buttons on the pants. Would you have noticed if I had not pointed it out? I also added Gold Stickles to the brads on the paper flowers.

Thanks for looking! :)
S

 

Happy Monday!

Now that I'm on summer vacation, I don't dread Mondays!!! LOL  I'm doing my best to stay busy because staying busy keeps me out of the stores.  I LOVE Target, Michaels, and Joanns and I'd go there every day if I could!

 I'm going to try to regularly update my blog Monday/Wednesday/Friday and perhaps once on the weekend. :)   I get so excited and want to share my creations immediately, so I'm going to TRY to show some restraint.

I added BLOG CANDY over to the sidebar  -----> Be sure to check them out, some are closing this week!

Now...my projects. Both featured my new Traveling Tilda stamp.  I just LOVE her. I colored with my Copics, no big surprise. :)

I used the Warm Greys for her pants and to shade over the other colors. THe papers are by K & Co.

See you on Wednesday!

Sweetheart Tilda...

I told you last night that I got three new stamps.  I featured two of them in last night's project.  There is NO way I could let the third stamp alone for too long!  I got Sweetheart Tilda and she's just so adorable!!!

I stamped her onto my Gina K 80lb pure luxury cardstock. I then used my ancient CM circle/oval cutting system to cut around her leaving her hands and legs uncut.  I then carefully cut around those.  I then used my circle/oval cutter again to create a mat.  I colored Tilda with my Copics.

Dress: RV000, RV10, RV21, RV 23
Lace:BG10, B00, B12

Paper is by Prima.  I also used Distress Ink (Old Paper) to ink the edges of the paper.

BLOG CANDY!!!!

You know I LOVE blog candy!!!!!!

Check out this darling Magnolia stamp courtesy of Simon Says Stamp! Isn't it just precious?

Good luck to me and everyone else...

New stamps

OH MY GOSH!!!!

Let me tell you...

7 Kids College Fund has the most amazing service EVER!!!!  I ordered a few stamps on Tuesday and they arrived TODAY!!!!  Ready for what I got???? Well, two of the three are featured on this card right here! Sorry the picture isn't great.  I didn't feel like setting up my mini studio for a full shoot.  I have no patience either!! LOL!!! The wall, apples, and Tilda are all sitting on pop dots to vary the height.  The new stamps I got are Traveling Tilda and Apple Basket.  The wall is Tilda's Wall.  All the stamps are by Magnolia. The paper is Basic Grey.