Shelley's Musings

Ally Santaclara was a beloved friend of many in the papercrafting community.  Her sudden passing in December left many of us with broken hearts.  One day we were chatting online and the next... she was gone.  But not forgotten.

Her posts and messages were always popping with personality and friendship.  Her design creations reflected that warmth.  Andy, her cat (a female cat named after a tv personality, Anderson Cooper - I'm sure there's more to the story lol), often made appearances and I looked forward to those posts too.  I'm sorry that I didn't get to know her even more or meet in real life.

But this is a celebration of her life.  We've banded together to share our cards and creations in memory of Ally.   And... as Ally's FB and Instagram pages were titled "Can't Wait for Friday", we thought posting on a Friday was a fitting tribute to our sweet friend.

Ally and I shared a love of colouring, Copic Markers and furbabies 💖.  I picked an image of a girl crafting (or trying lol) with her beloved cat and coloured it up with my Copics.  I tried to give the cat a tabby look like her Andy.

So here's my card - 

 

Copics: 

E50-51-21-11-BV20 (skin); E93 (blush); E04-R20 (lips); 110-T10-7-5 (hair)

YG03-17-67-N5 (shirt)

C0-1-3-6-E30 (cat)

R20-E04; YR21-24 (pencil)

C3-1; C6; R29; BG07 (markers)

R05-22 (heart)

E31-33-W3 (table)

Sentiments: Computer generated

Image: Saturated Canary, Crafty Cat

Stencil: Pawprint Stencil (Kraftin Kimmie)

Dies: from my stash 

So... this is an Instagram Hop.  I'm not very active on Instagram (no secret heehee) BUT if you're reading this post, please click over to my Instagram account and make sure to see all the other gorgeous creations created by Ally's friends.  

Thanks for stopping by!

~Shelley

Ally with her cat Andy

Instagram Hop List:

Alexia Misso https://www.instagram.com/alexia_teh/

Annie Wills https://www.instagram.com/anniebwills/

Dagmara Gorczynska https://www.instagram.com/dagmaragorczynska/

Dana Stuedemann https://www.instagram.com/dstuedemann/

Judy VanZandt https://www.instagram.com/createdjust4udesigns/

Melissa Oeters https://www.instagram.com/melissaoeters/

Rosie Nunjai https://www.instagram.com/rosie.nunjai/

Shelley Lanthier https://www.instagram.com/sheltielady13/

 Double Fan Fold card for my husband.  It's 5" x 7" and I followed the tutorial from Mixed Up Craft (I adjusted the paper dimensions).

Copic Markers - BV20, E11, E21, E51, E50, E93 (skin); R05, R24, R27, R29 (red); YG03, YG17, YG67 (green); W5, W3, W1 (beard); C3, C1, C0 (fur); C9, C6, C3 (black); YR27, YR23, E15 (hair), Y15 (buckle); Y15, R05, YG17 with N4 shading (presents)

Stampin Up - cardstock, stamp and paper

Die cuts - from my stash

Image: Redonkadoodles, Hugs for Santa

Thanks for looking!

~Shelley

I try to keep my cards simple when they are ones I might like to replicate and adding "Gumdrops" (YNS's enamel dots) is a great way to pump up my creations.

Here I have coloured with alcohol ink markers and used Clear & Sparkle Gumdrops coloured with the co-ordinating marker.