Sending you every happiness...

Hey there!

I found this Let's Explore cutie from Dreamerland Crafts in the stack of stamped and ready to color card fronts that I keep on the corner of my desk and figured it was the perfect time to finally get her on a card. I had even had the foresight to stamp a mask and stick it to the card stock so all I had to do was cut it out and re-apply it before easily adding the covered bridge from Art Impressions behind her. She looks so sweet and happy while she is out exploring the great wide world beyond her back yard. The sentiment is from a May Favorite Things set and I left enough space in the grassy field for it to fit right there in front of her. I gotta say, it feels like I am really making a dent in that stack of images this year, woot, woot! ;)

Alrighty, well thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Dreamerland Crafts (Let's Explore), Art Impressions (covered bridge) and My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things blueprints die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- Y32, E13, E35
clothes/bag/butterfly- B000, B00, B52, B45, W1, C3, C4, C5, T6, T9, BV31, BV23, BV25/E34, E44, E53, E55, E57, E59, Y11, Y26/Y11, Y18
sky/stream- B0000, B000, B00/B00, B12, B14
bridge- W3, W5, W7, C3, N4, W5, E42, E43, E44, E47
dirt/grass- E31, E34, E44/YG01, YG03, YG63, YG25, G43, G94
trees- E37, E47, YG13, YG45, G46/YG11, G21, G82

Hoppy Easter...

Hello there!

On Saturday during my review weekend Live for Sweet November Stamps I was in an Easter card making mood. This lead me to inking up the adorable bunny from the older Spring Garden Critters set and pairing her with the basket of eggs from the Sweet Easter set and the tree stump from the Little Moments set. For the background I colored in a sunlit forest glen, where we went over how to layer trees from lightest to darkest, in order to create a sense of depth within the scenery. I think that this scene turned out so beautiful and I had a wonderful group of fellow card makers helping to bring it to life, which makes it even better.   :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Spring Garden Critters, Sweet Easter and Little Moments), Ellen Hutson (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Papertrey Ink medium scallop die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here

Good luck!

Good morning and happy St. Patrick's Day!

I hope you are wearing your green and only good luck comes to you today. This cute little bird from Purple Onion Designs is Lucky and he has donned a green top hat to go dancing through the Clover Patch on this fine day. With a rainbow overhead and a four leaf clover in hand Lucky feels like everything's going his way. The sentiment is part of the Great News Sentiment set and it fit just perfectly beneath the arch of the soft rainbow that I colored in by hand. I couldn't resist embellishing the card with a sprinkling of glittery gold enamel dots to hint at the ever searched for pot of gold.  :)

Have a good one! 

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Purple Onion Designs (Lucky, Clover Patch and Great News Sentiment set)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Hero Arts green ombre
Papertrey Ink frilly frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Studio Calico glitter enamel dots
Copic markers:
bird/hat- E40, E81, E43, R30, E53, E55, E44, YR23, YR27/YG23, G14, G07, BG96, Y02, YR23, E47, C4, C6, C8
sky- B0000, B000, B00, B52
rainbow- R00, YR20, Y00, YG11, B000, B00, V20
trees- YG13, YG45, G43
grass- YG01, YG03, YG17, YG25, G24, G94
clover- YG03, YG17, G46, BG96

Happy Easter...

Hello again!

It's a review weekend at Sweet November and since I'm currently in an Easter card making mood, I thought it would be fun to revisit an oldie but a goodie... the Sweet Easter set. Using the Postage Stamps Cover Die from The Stamp Market, I filled each postage square with a mix of one of the Wee girls and most of the spring critters from the set, creating four pastoral vignettes celebrating this season of renewal. The postage theme also gave me the perfect excuse to ink up the new Year Round Post Marks set and add a few more spring themed touches. If you are interested in watching these mini scenes being colored you can find the short Reel over on my Instagram or there is also the longer speed coloring video that will be added to the Sweet November Stamps Youtube channel.

Laters! :)

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November (Sweet Easter and Year Round Post Marks)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, Catherine Pooler it's a girl and lemincello
The Stamp Market Postage Stamps Cover Die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here