SMASHingLY Fabulous

If you are like me, then SMASH style scrapping  has taken you over. 

Well, sometimes! I am still traditionally scrappin as well.

I put together a few Handmade Smashy Daybooks for the Copic Munkie Etsy shop.... just so I could share the LOVE! :)

 Passion for SmashING DayBook

This Way Smashing Daybook

Loving the EARTH this week!

It has been a long few weeks for me! Phew. I am more than exhausted. We had a whirl wind trip to Disney this weekend... I am talking 2 days!!! With two kids (6 and 1) traveling by myself as usual!!!

We arrived back home on Monday, to a clean house - but no Daddy - he had to fly out on Sunday to Texas for work! So, I am on my own all week with the kiddos too!!!

My project today is for Earth Day! Why not?

Bind-it-all Cereal Box Notebook.

Why Not turn those cardboard cuties into some notebooks!! I recently saw ones like these on SALE on Etsy. And I thought, who would PAY for that... so Recycle your boxes/etc today!

Update on my 1 year old Daughter: The Doctor would prefer not to Xray, But she severely injured her ankle and can not walk on it or flatten it out. We have another check up on it this week!

Crazy Company Countdown... POST EIGHTEEN INNOVATIVE STAMP CREATIONS

Phew! What a LONG weekend. We had Birthday Celebrations and Super Bowl Eating, that is what the Super BOWL is about right? Filling up a bowl, Eating it until it is empty and then filling it again!

We of course eat a lot of Mexican for our Super Bowl Feast! Pretty sure that is why my Husband married me. He loves spicy Mexicans, I mean Mexican food!
HeHe.
I made Tamales last weekend. So we of course still have about 3 dozen of those left over. Yummo.

Back to the Crazy Countdown!!! Innovative Stamp Creations!
I have been LOVING my BIA lately. I have made a dozen fun notebooks lately. My airbrush is overworked but LOVED.
Stamps Used... Distressed Bg and Elegant Artsy Swirls.

Here is another Notebook I made with the Great Impressions February Stamps of the Month.

BY REQUEST!

This is a little addition to my previous post below.

Here are the rest of my mini book pages for those of you who asked...

3 markers that pair well together for shading were chosen from each family, and put in sets of 36 based on the 4 family criteria: Basics, Mutes, Earth, & Brights.Here are a few alternatives, times when you might like a different selections better:

Basics:
R32,35,37 and BV02,13,17 instead
Pastels:
Y00, 11, 13 and E51,53,55
Brights:
RV13,04,06 and YG21,13,17
Earth:
B95, 97,99 and E44, 47,49

Do You Copic???

I have had a few people ask if I am using Copics for my coloring. Why yes, yes I am!!!

I am happy to share my copic experience... limited as it may be!
I do operate a blog called COPIC MUNKIE for my LSS Funkie Munkie Scraps!!
If you want a good deal on copic markers... visit the store, call or email!

I have included some of my Copic downloads on the sidebar of my blog >>>

Now I will answer a few questions! And give you some great links!

Yes, I have almost all of the markers - minus the fluorescent markers.
I store them in numerical order in a bookshelf.
I do however have a copic 36 wallet... where I keep my Rachel Recommends.

and a 24 for NUMEROUS hair and skin combos!!!
I take these two wallets with me, and I am never in need. These are the perfect markers for me... when at home, I have the option of ALL the markers. But I use these the most.

I have two notebooks (one full size, one mini)for cataloging my copics and helpful charts for copic usage... many can be found on the copic munkie site. One example is the recommended 36 chart created for each color family at funkie munkie. These are colors that paired in a set, give you optimal usage!!
Here is the pastel chart. And a down-loadable blank chart for your own notebook.
My Mini book is my favorite. It goes everywhere!!!
Want to print your own mini book!!! Here are my pages!!!

Awesome links: Marianne Walkers Blog, Copic Library, Copic Creations Challenge blog, just some of my faves!!

Getting Back to the Regularly Scheduled Program...

Happy 2010 Y'all.
I will be getting back to the regularly scheduled program this week!

It has been a looong Holiday for us! My husband took a long vacation over the Holiday break and had a tonsillectomy and another ectomy south of the border! So our Holiday was not-so-much vacation as it was recovery room!
I have not been exactly lazy, but crafting has been minimal! I have been feverishly trying to gather recipes for my Daughters Cookbook. I am trying to create a family legacy!
Gathering recipes from some relatives is like pulling teeth!!!
I will get them all though, I am determined!
I have some important ones, My family Mole and Tamale Recipes... and the beloved Carrot Cake. Mostly because I already had those!!!! ;)
I am going to bind them into a recipe book. Speaking of binding... I have been playing with a few new binding things... More on that to come. . . But you may see some leather hand stitched bindings from me soon enough!!!I am planning on teaching these Bind-it-all recipes books at the Funkie Munkie, either end of January or first of February as part of my Dynamic Dollar Economical Classes!!! You get all of the recipes inside too!!! 32 spices and sauces, and 30+ recipes as well as blank formatted pages for filling in your own!!