Somebunny Sends Hugs

I am entering this card in the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 271 

For this card I used MFT "Somebunny" stamp set and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens on water color paper. I used the Die Namics Basic Stitch Lines die to add tiny X's on the panel then adhere it to a pale yellow card. The lavendar stip below the twine is from the Tranquil Textures Pattern Paper Pack from MFT. For one more accent I adhered three extra flowers on the card. This is going to my niece for some much needed encouragement.

Birthday Hats

This card is entered in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Bit O' Green



Another masculine birthday card - for a friend. I stamped the hats using different shades of ink (with my misti) and added the black dots with a gel pen. On of the hats is GREEN although it's a bit hard to see! Then I found some black and kraft zig zag paper as an accent on the kraft colored card.

The hats are from an Inkadinkado stamp. The inks were Hero Arts Christmas Kit green, HA stonewash blue,Versafine toffee, and Versafine Black Onyx. For the Happy Birthday greeting I used Hero Arts "Cake Day" sentiment and banner (and die.) A little black enamel dot and the card is finished!

I really like the way this turned out. I have more "hats" paper left and plan to make more masculine cards with it.

For the Birds

I am entering this card in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Bit O' Green

Hi All - I've been busy I know! Here's a card I made for a masculine birthday with the Tim Holtz's Crazy Birds and Crazy Things stamps and dies. I didn't buy this set at first because it was beyond my budget. However, when a sale presented itself, there was no stopping me!

It's pretty obvious what stamps I used. I colored the bird with Zig Clean Color Read Brush Pens - a water coloring medium on a piece of water color paper. Copic markers were used for the balloons and gift, and I was pretty happy with my shading on these images! I cut them out and adhered them on the panel. First, I used Paper Smooches Dots and Dashes die for the edges of the bird panel. I wanted to pick up the circle theme (polka dot paper, balloons.) I use this one a lot.

The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday "Bird Friends" stamp set. I love this sentiment! I hope you like my card!

Bouquet for Mom

This was something new for me. I had seen Jenn Shurkus work with Tim Holtz new Distress crayons on a Periscope broadcast. I wanted to try the methods she used. This is the first completed card, but I didn't follow all of her steps on this one. Just the first few. Read below what I did...

I am entering this card is Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Make Your Own Backgound

and Ellen Hutson's Mix It Up Challenge with Pretty Pink Posh
and also on the Lawn Fawn Lawnscape Challenge Color Splash

I started with Ranger Texture Paste and applied it with a flat knife to a piece of Neenah card stock, leaving some areas thicker and some thinner. Taking a large 6x6 stamp (not sure whose this one is, maybe Hero Arts?) which was spritzed it water, I pushed it into the paste on the card. When I lifted the stamp up, there was a definite design in the paste. This dried overnight. Next, I used Distress Paint in Black Soot and covered the panel using a sponge applicator. As it dried it became a little lighter, which I expected. But the white raised swirls still showed through in most places.

I water colored some flowers from Essential by Ellen "Bohemian Garden" and cut them out with the coordinating dies and played around with their placement. I wanted to add "MOM" on the front so I ended up using a piece of green card stock across the bottom of the card for a contrast to the black and white background. Lastly, I added a little stem and bow to the bouquet using a Pretty Pink Posh die. I think someone's mom will really like this dimensional card!

 

Hello

I made this background with several Hero Arts stamps : Holiday Pine Branches, Happy Day Flowers, and Let Love Grow. I love making my own pattern paper this way. I also used the Bohemian Garden set from Essentials by Ellen to create the flowers and Ellen's die Hello for the greeting. Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Rectangle Stack die formed the shape of the panel. A fairly simple, yet pretty card.

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp
Monday Challenge Make Your Own Background

Share Kindness

A quick post - here's a card I put together tonight. I had water colored the panel a few days ago and used white embossing powder to accent the flower (from Hero Arts) and the kindness sentiment (also Hero Arts.) The lavender frame was made using a My Favorite Things Blueprint die.

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp 

Monday Challenge Make Your Own Background

Woven Wonder

Another card today - this one is a woven wonder! LOL 

Seriously, I love the Ma Ma Elephant Stripe Cover die! 

And it just begs for other card stock to be woven through it - 

so that's what I did. For the striped die I used aqua cork!

I put the whole thing on a kraft A2 card and added a few embellishments. 

The hat stamp is from Recollections which I cut

using Die Namics In and Out Stitched Rounded Square.

I am entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp 

Wednesday Challenge "Touchy Feely"

Here's the inside of the card,

picking up one of the pattern 

papers and the same shape

as the hat on the front

for the greeting!