I Want to go to School

.......at Hogwarts! My daughter laughs at me when I say that, but I love those books and the movies and I want to be a student at Hogwarts! I can't completely decide which house I'd be in......probably Hufflepuff although some days I feel a bit Slytherin (they can't all be evil, right?) Anyway, I am definitely going to see the new movie for my birthday on Saturday! And I just had to make an Ian Harry Potter! It actually took much less altering than I originally intended - once I remembered how close the digital graduation Ian was to Harry. I just flipped him in Photoshop elements, and used the eraser to get rid of his diploma and hat and to erase a little of his gown under his collar so I could draw in a tie. I drew on the glasses and his scar and gave him a wand and Voila! Then my DH said,"Don't you have an owl stamp, too?" Gotta love him!


The Details:
Stamps: Digi Graduation Ian and Owl from Forest Friends - The Greeting Farm, Sentiment - Doodlefactory
DP: Sunny Glenn and Dirty Rodeo - The Greeting Farm
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair:E25,E27,E29
Clothes:C3,C5,C7,C9,R46,R59,Y23,Y26

Thank you for visiting!
Have a Magical day!
:-) Traci

Superhero Ian!

So all of this altering Ian or Anya into a Rockstar has been so much fun, both to do and see! (If you don't know what I am talking about, head over to Club Anya and check out the fun contest going on right now!) I had to share this other altered Ian card. Last week my husband said to me," You should try to make him into Batman and Joker." He's always been a Batman fan and it's kind of a reoccuring theme in our lives together. Teh first Tim Burton Batman movie was one of our first dates. We both wore Batman t-shirts to our wedding reception. When our daughter was a baby, you were guaranteed to get a big grin by going "nananananana Batman!" and she had Batmand pajama's as a toddler, that she wore as her first Halloween costume. So, anyway, I had to try!
I made the images last week and I was so tickled to see Batman and the Joker with Ian's sweet face! They are both made with Dress Me Ian. For Batman, I traced Ian's head and drew a mask for him. I also traced his body twice and drew the Batman costume and the Joker costume. I really wanted a city scene behind them and I didn't have one (you'd think I'd just draw one, but I am way better drawing things that concern people - clothes, hair, people themselves. ) but I found 2 different ones at Starving Artists Stamps. I used Doodlefactory Rooftops Backdrop. Then while waiting for it to arrive, the Joker got something wet on him and got all smeared, so I had to do him again! (I'm so grateful it wasn't Batman - he took so much longer!) . Everything is colored wiht Copics.

Thanks so much for coming to see what I have done and all of the wonderful comments that are left - Traci

Really Rockin' the Farm!

I am so excited about this! I couldn't wait for today when this was announced!

Ok, so we have a ROCKIN' REBEL CONTEST for you over at Club Anya! Be sure to stop by the Blog today to find out more about this wicked cool contest, and the PRIZE! Here are the rules:

1.) Your challenge is to create your FAVORITE ROCKSTAR out of any Anya or Ian stamp (you MUST use an Anya or Ian stamp for this contest). We can't wait to see what you come up with! Feel free to BREAK ALL THE RULES...you know, gender, mix-matching heads and bodies, clothes, hair...you know, that kind of thing! More than likely, the more you mix it up, the better!

2.) This will be a JUDGED contest. The DT, Marie and I are looking forward to seeing ALL your awesome submissions and choosing a winner based on creativity and originality. We already know it's gonna be a TOUGH call!

3.) This contest will remain open until Friday, April 3nd, 2009 at 11:59 CST. All entries need to be uploaded to the Club Anya ROCKIN' REBEL gallery. Be sure to leave a comment on today's Club Anya post too, to let us know you played along! The winner will be announced on Saturday, April 4th on the Club Anya blog.

Good luck to all who enter and we can't WAIT to see what you come up with!

I am so excited because I LOVE to alter Anya and Ian stamps - not because I think they need to be changed because they are perfect! But I think anyone you make looks much cuter when they start as Anya or Ian! And I love rock music! I had so much fun making my two samples (although they took much longer than I usually spend on a single card!)


My first card is David Bowie in the early 70's when he did his Ziggy Stardust character. That has been my favorite music since I was about 12 (even though that music came out when I was around 2!) I used Happy Chef Ian's face and put a post-it note over the part of the hair (and eyebrows, cuz Bowie shaved them off then!) I didn't want. I drew new hair and colored it with Prisma markers. The body is from Dress Me Ian. I cut it out and traced it onto seperate paper where I drew the clothes I wanted. The paper is Summer Soiree by FancyPants (orange) and Offbeat by Basic Grey (white print). The jewels are from the jewelry section at JoAnn's.


This was so much fun I had to do two! My second card is The Ramones! I used the faces from Dress Me Ian on 2 of them (Joey and Tommy!) Happy Chef for one (Johnny) and Skateboard Ian for one (DeeDee!) I had to change their mouth's because they just didn't look like Ramones with Ian's sweet little smile. If I'd been paying more attention to the design instead of giggling at how much fun I was having I probably would have switched DeeDee and Johnny's places so that all 3 of the "blue" jeans were not together! I was just thinking that Joey and Johnny were the center of the group and should be the center of the card! No DP on this one - I drew the wall behind them and gaffitied my sentiment. This was too much fun!

I hope you all have as much fun as I did!
Traci

2 More Hero's

Yesterday, I said I had two more Hero cards to share with you and here they are! They both use various pieces of Creative Imaginations DP. The first one has some crystal effects on the star (which was just circle punched out of one of the pieces of DP). Both were colored with a combo of Prisma markers and Copics.

Thanks for looking!
Traci

A Hero and a Sugar Plum Fairy

Hi everyone! The day is almost over and I am just now getting a chance to post. Sorry! Last night I made 3 different cards using the Hero set from The Greeting Farm. I'm only going to show one today and I'll post the other 2 tomorrow because I want to post my daughter's Sugar Plum Fairy card today too! The first Hero card is very simple. He is colored with Prisma markers (except his face - those are Copics) and popped up on some wonderful Patriotic paper by Creative Imaginations.

My daughter (who, if you've read my "about me" doesn't like crafts) has told me I have to change what I've written there bacause she now likes to card-make with me as long as it involves coloring in Anya's with Prisma or Copic markers. When I was making my Ballerina Anya for the big reveal yesterday she decided she wanted to make a Sugar Plum Fairy with the Ballerina Anya. I htought the idea was so cute and told her I'd put it here for everyone to see. (She thinks having a blog makes me famous! ;-) )


Thanks for stopping by!

Traci

New Digi's at The Greeting Farm!

I am beginning to think that Marie at The Greeting Farm can read my mind! One day, last month I was thinking it would be cute to have an Anya Pixie, so I decided to make my own by drawing wings and using Rockstar Anya and Dress Me Anya. The very next day, before I even loaded mine to the gallery, Marie showed a sneak peak of Tink, Chloe and Eva! So then, right before the images arrived for the DT team to prepare for this sneak peak I was thinking "I'd love a baseball Anya or Ian to make cards for my mother, brothers and nieces and nephew" (they're all big baseball fans!) and then this cutie arrived in Digi form! What do you think I should wish for next?! HA!

The first card uses Creative Imaginations DP and some star brads I've had for awhile. I used a brown Prisma marker to make the silver brads look older because I wanted a vintage feel to this card. Ian's hat has an "A" for team Anya!

My second card with Baseball Ian was done in my high school colors as a birthday card for my little brother. Ian's arm and the baseball ard are cut out and popped up. The DP is K&Co.


Ok, is this Easter Anya Digi the cutest ever with her basket of eggs and bunny ears? I had to use lots of sparkle and Easter egg colors! The big eggs are all cut out using oval nestabilities. Two of them were from Making Memories DP and the other were SU card stock that I ran through a cuttlebug embossing folder. I added glitter to the raised images on the pink egg and suger coated brads from Doodlebug Designs to the green egg. The tri-fold tutorial can be found on Markie's Mom's blog.


Both of these cuties will be available in digital form tomorrow at The Greeting Farm. Tomorrow will also be the sneak peak for the last "Mystery" Anya and the blog hop with the guess the "Mystery" Anya contest so be sure to visit The Greeting Farm and Club Anya tomorrow. If you haven't already, take a look at what the other awesome Club Anya DT members have done with these cuties!

Jessica Diedrich, Club Anya VP and DT Coordinator

Jacquie Peifer

Janna Hull

Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth

Michelle Oatman-Guest Designer

Thanks for coming by and see you tomorrow!
Traci