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Friday, November 3, 2017

Warm wishes...

TGIF everybody!

I've got another Christmas card that I made using the fun Polar Pals stamp set from MFT. For this one I created a single layer scene by masking the penguin, seal and polar bear all together onto the ice flow. I used my Copic markers to color their cute winter wear in the traditionally festive red and green holiday colors. Then I continued to sketch in the cold, winter waves and towering pines in the background to really flesh out the arctic home they live in. To finish off the card I die cut some large snowflakes and had them floating past the trio of festive friends. :)

Enjoy your weekend and I will see you again next week!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Bazzill
stamps- My Favorite Things (Polar Pals set)
ink- Memento grey flannel and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax set 2
My Favorite Things free with purchase snowflake dies
Doodlebug Sprinkles
Copic markers:
polar bear- W00, W0, W1, W2, W10, R000
penguin- C00, C1, C2, C7, C9, YR30, YR31, YR14, 0
seal- T1, T3, T4, E40, E41, T10
clothes- YG00, YG23, YG25, YG67, G29, R14, R27, R89, E50
water- B0000, B32, B34
ice flow/sky- B0000, B000, 0
trees- E55, E44, G82, G28

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Season's Greetings...

Hey there!

Now that my guest designer gig for My Favorite Things has come to an end I figured I would share the bonus cards I made for those posts here as well. My card today plays with layering all sorts of dies for some fun scene building. I knew I wanted to create a peaceful winter scene for the new Dashing Deer cuties so I first inked up a colorful sky with the Drifts and Waves stencil along the bottom edge. Then I added the Snow Capped Mountains in the distance, cutting the bottoms off along the same stencil edge. Next I grabbed both the Birch Trees and Solid Birch Trees, stacking them for a nice two tone look. The deer and bird were also cut out using their coordinating dies so that I could easily play with their placement amongst the forest trees. The A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax 2 frames it all together and the sentiment was stamped onto the Stitched Sentiment Strip, resting in the upper tree branch. As much as I have been coloring in backgrounds lately, this was a nice change of pace and it really makes me want to take the time to pull out my dies more often!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I shall see y'all tomorrow!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink
stamps- My Favorite Things (Dashing Deer set)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Hero Arts dolphin ombre
My Favorite Things Dashing Deer dies
My Favorite Things Snow Capped Mountains dies
My Favorite Things Birch Trees dies
My Favorite Things Solid Birch Trees dies
My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax set 2
My Favorite Things Stitched Sentiment Strip die
My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills stencil
Copic markers:
deer- E30, E31, E34, E35, E50, R01
scarf/hat- B23, B24, B26, C1
scarf- R83, R85, R89
bird- E40, E53, E43, W3, W5
hat- V15, V17, C1
mistletoe- G20, G43, G46

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Yappy Christmas...

Hello, again!

I’m back this week with my final post as a Guest Designer for My Favorite Things. I just want to thank them again for inviting me to play this past month, I've loved every minute! I have to tell you that I've saved my most favorite stamp set for last... BB Happy Pawlidays. Not only do I have my own canine companion, whom I adore, but I also work with dogs everyday for my job and I love it. So when I saw this stamp set I knew that it would be perfect for my client Christmas cards!

For my card today I cut two different stitched panels, the larger one using the A2 stitched rectangle stax set one and the smaller from set 2. On the smaller panel I stamped the cute pup with the Santa hat off to the side, giving him the appearance of peeking into the scene. Next I grabbed the Drifts & Hills Stencil and sponged blue ink above it to create the evening sky. The trees were sketched in using a Copic marker and falling snow with a white gel pen. I finished off the card with a mix of Sparkling Clear sequins scattered about. I really like the small pops of vibrant color against all of that white space. Now if you head on over to the MFT blog you will also find two more bonus cards that I made using this super cute stamp set!

See ya in 24!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink
stamps- My Favorite Things (BB Happy Pawlidays)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Hero Arts ocean ombre
My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax set 1
My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax set 2
My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills stencil
Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
pup- E30, E31, E34, E57, E59, W9
hat- R14, R24, R29, C0, C1, C2, 0
trees- B39
snow- B0000, 0

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween...

Boo to you!

It's Tuesday and time for a new 7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store card creation. Not only that but it's Halloween! That means I have one last chance to get spooky before jumping into Christmas. So I grabbed the Little Witchies from Stamping Bella once again and created a completely different scene and story than the first card I made with her. This time I paired her up with the tombstone and bats from the Haunted House Outdoor Decor set and gave her a 'poison' candied apple from the Fall Fruit set. This is why I am so head-over-heels with the whole Little Bits concept, not only can you mix and match within a theme but you can also start mixing themes so the more sets I collect the more stories I can tell with these fun and fantastic stamps. :)

Alrighty, there is still a couple weeks to play along in the October 'anything goes' challenge so head on over to the 7 Kids blog and play along for the chance to win a $20 gift certificate! While I am also going to throw this into the current 'anything goes' Bellarific Challenge too.

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Bazzill
paper- My Mind's Eye (Boo to You)
stamps- Stamping Bella (Little Bits Fall Fruit set, Little Bits Haunted House Outdoor Decor set and Little Bits Little Witchies), Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things scallop stitched rectangle frame die
Sharpie white marker
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- BV00, V25, V28, BV29
clothes- T5, T7, T9, YR04, YR07, E09, YG00, YG05, G07
candied apple- C2, C9, 100, YG21, G14, G07, YG03, YG95, E55
bats- E23, E27, W5, W6, W9
cat- W3, W5, W8, YR04, YR07, YR18, E09
headstone- N1, N2, N4
background- BV23, BV25, BV29

Monday, October 30, 2017

Frightfully fun Halloween...

Hello, hello!

I couldn't let Halloween pass by without getting a Tiddly Inks cutie on a card and Peek-a-Boo Bugg was really talking to me. So I printed her out and colored her up but with no further plan in mind. There she was looking all bright and colorful but without any place to 'live'. I couldn't settle on a background for her until my sister suggested she be on a front porch with the door and window in the background. I liked the idea but I was a bit intimidated by the idea of just free hand coloring in all that architecture. So I took a deep breath, grabbed a ruler and got to sketching. It actually came together much quicker than I thought it would and I love how the white clapboard siding makes it all look very cheery and inviting. You know me and my love of black kitties so of course I had to add one in the window peeking out at Peek-a-Boo Bugg. It looks to me like she is a little trick-or-treater posing for a picture before getting out there and getting some candy. Love! :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Papertrey Ink
digital stamp- Tiddly Inks (PeekaBoo Bugg)
stamps- Sugar Pea Designs (Monster Mash sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Hero Arts orange ombre
My Favorite Things Blueprints die
My Favorite Things banner die
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- YG21, YG25, YG95, YG99
clothes- B60, B66, B69, BV29, T6, T8, T10, Y11, Y26, Y28, Y38, YR04, YR18, V09
pumpkin- YR21, YR15, YR68, E09, E42, E44, YG21, YG93, YG95, YG97, W10
siding- E40, E41, E81, 0
window- BG0000, BG000
porch- E43, E44, E47
door- E08, E09, Y11, YR31, Y21, Y26, Y28
door decor- T5, T8, YR12, YR15, YR27, YR23
cat- N5, N7, N10, YG03

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Hey pumpkin...

A special Sunday hello!

I'm back with my final post as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps, what an amazing two months it has been and I thank them again for having me. It's night 29 of the 31 Nights of Halloween celebration and that means the big day, ummm... I mean night, is almost here! Can you believe all of the fa-BOO-lous cards and projects that have already been shared? SO much talent and creativity!
For my final card I have used some wonky borders from the FaDoodles stamp set to create a fun frame around the cute little Pumpkin Witchy by Kristen Winkelbauer. By masking her off I could easily take the two check patterned borders and stamp this frame that, once the mask was removed, gives the illusion of her hat and the pumpkins spilling out of the 'window' that is created. I colored in an outdoorsy background using glowing fall colors to really set the scene of Pumpkin Witchy showing off her prize picks from the patch. With the sun just about to set she should be heading home to carve them all into scary jack o'lanterns for the front porch. :)

Thank you again for letting me share in all of this Halloween fun. I have had such a wonderful time guesting for WHIMSY STAMPS!

Supply list:
cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Bazzill
paper- October Afternoon (Witch Hazel), Doodlebug (Booville)
stamps- Whimsy Stamps (FaDoodles set and Pumpkin Witchy)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax dies
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E31, E35, E57, E29, Y04
eyes- B37, B39, BG000
lips- R32
clothes- W6, W8, W10, YG21, YG93, YG95, YG97, BG09, BG18, R59, Y04
pumpkins/background- Y02, Y17, YR14, YR04, E08, E33, E47, E49, YG67

Friday, October 27, 2017

Happy Holidays...

Hello, again!

I’m back on the MFT blog today with a pair of Christmas cards featuring the fun critters from the Polar Pals stamp set that was part of the October release. For this non-traditional Christmas card I've imagined the cute narwhal leaping out of the cold, arctic waves to jump through a hoop of holiday greetings. To make this happen I used a mix of new and older MFT dies. The 'hoop' is the Happy Holidays Circle Frame and the water was created by cutting some ombre inked cardstock into strips with the Ocean Waves die-namics. This background was all trimmed out using the A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2 and the coordinating Polar Pals die made it easy to cut out the narwhal and pop him up with dimensional adhesive right over the stitched sentiment strip. Even without any red or green in sight, I think this guy is ready for a very cool yule!

To check out my bonus creation using Polar Pals just hop on over to the MFT blog. Well, that's it for today, I'll be back for one final MFT guest post next week. :)