Meowy holidays

 I’ve been enjoying unearthing my craft room, it is almost heartbreaking to see all the stamps and supplies which have been gathering dust.  I wonder if I will ever use it all?  

What has not been a joy is figuring out how to blog again....I need to set up a new "photo corner" so you don't see my scratched paint, I need to download a new app to edit and add watermarks to photos.  I did manage to update the colours on my blog itself, but couldn't do a lot of edits without losing key elements.  Luckily I didn't break it in the endeavour!

This card features another LOTV image.  Sadly I don't know the name of the stamp, I looked in my email for the receipt but could not locate.  The stamp itself is just plain grey rubber with no sponge / sticky backing so I had to employ the "lick and stick" method (no worries, no spit involved lol!) to stamp it, and it did take about 4 tries to get a good stamp.  This was not aided by the wobbly folding table that moves underneath when I employ force--still debating if I will take over the kitchen table and island again, the island was the perfect height and so solid for crafty things!

It's coloured with Copics.  I love colouring with my copics and can not imagine making cards otherwise.  I do have chalks, watercolour crayons, watercolour pallets, and pencils, however do not enjoy any of those the way I do my markers.   I'm thrilled that after so many years my copics are doing so well.  However it did cause me to appreciate that might not last forever.  I completed an inventory -- I have about 200 copics, and about 130 ink refills.  That means at some point I will be down 70 markers.  I spent yesterday hunting refills, which is surprisingly challenging.  Amazon wants to charge $30 per refill (crazy!), Ebay wants $16 shipping per marker (I emailed the vendor to see if that could be fixed, he has not responded), Online retailer in US took an order but it's on hold pending their shipping review as I am in Canada.  Finally found Curry's in Canada and ordered a few, but then somehow saw I managed to order a black 100 and 3 of the blending formula (?????) not sure how that happened, sent them a note to see if they can refund that/cancel that.  Yikes!  If not I'll be experimenting with many techniques to use up blending formula lol..... Anyway, the hunt for copic refills is on!