Well, hi YNS fans!  It’s me, Susan again with this month’s fun SUSIE Q-TIP!  I decided to go easy on ya’ll and do something really quick that I KNOW everyone can do with very little effort.  For my card today, I used the Balloon Dies and the Mixed Bag of Greetings set.  

Did ya’ll know you can color BLING with your Copic or any alcohol -based markers?  (Sharpies, Twin-touch, Prismacolor Pens, etc., as long as it’s an alcohol-based marker.  Water-based will just bead up and not cover adequately.)

That’s right!  If you don’t have JUST the right color you’re looking for, just use a clear rhinestone and color it.  I usually do mine in two coats.  It takes very little time for the first one to dry…not even a whole song on your Pandora or ipod (I listen to mine while I work)!  I just like the brightness that a double coat makes.  Be sure and color them while they are still on the plastic sheet they come on.  You DO NOT want to color them after you place them on the project.  Don’t ask me how I know this.  I don’t want to talk about it.  Anyway, I color my bling like this all the time, not that I don’t have TONS of different colors of bling….shhhhhhh!–that buck-fifty bin at Michael’s loves me….but sometimes this is just faster than pulling out all those little packages they come in!
 

Ok, that’s about it from me today.  I told ya’ll I’d keep it short and sweet!  Be sure and leave me some lovely comments as to what ya’ll think about this and let me know what else you’d like for me to cover next month!  There’s going to be a random drawing on July 4th from all the comments to win some YNS goodness!  Ready, set, GO!!!!!