New Friends

SCACD Friends With Heart - Challenge 1

SCS Sketch Challenge - SC182

Susana's Custom Art and Card Design has started a new challenge blog called Friends with Heart.  The first challenge was simply to make a card with one of the SCACD stamps on it.  I chose this sweet New Friends image by Elisabeth Bell.  I love watching the birds in Spring and wish one would fly over for a visit like this sometime - wouldn't that be fun!? 

Stamps: New Friends by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, saying from Little Moments by Paper Makeup Stamps

Paper: Early Espresso, GKD Pure Luxury White, Basic Grey Marrakech

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Baby Oil, Dimensional Tape

Spring Blog Hop

It's time to celebrate Spring and we are hopping with Paper Makeup Stamps today!  You should have arrived here from the terrifically talented Tangii's blog.  If you didn't, then you need to go back to the beginning at the PMS blog and check out the big inventory sale details while you're there too.  {wink}

For today's card I followed Repeat Impressions Sketch A611 and colors from Playdate Cafe PDCC76.   I used markers to ink up the flower from Faith Hope Love and stamped on glossy cardstock.  That gave my flower its mottled appearance - you just have to be patient in letting the ink dry so you don't smudge your image.  I inked up the word art When the World with the wasabi ink pad, then used a tissue to gently remove the ink from just the word "Hope".  That way I only had to marker one word, instead of all of them with two markers to get the different colors in the saying. 

Thanks for the visit and now off you go to the lovely Lisa K's blog for more Spring inspiration from Paper Makeup Stamps!

Stamps: Faith Hope Love and When the World by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Glossy White, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: SU! Wasabi Ribbon, SU! Markers, Dew Drops

Butterfly Flutter

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW149 Open Challenge

SCS Color Combo - CC317

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C81 Sketch

It's the first Wednesday of the month and we have a fun sponsor this week called Just Some Lines.   Check out the Flutterby Wednesday Blog for prize details and some beautiful creations from the rest of our fluttery design team.  {grin} 

And that's not all! We also have a fun guest designer at FBW this week {drum roll} ..... Beate Johns! So happy to have Beate getting inky with us this week - Welcome! {cheer}

The image on my card is Emo Angel - Butterfly Flutter.  Isn't she sweet?!  I colored her with prismacolor pencils and baby oil, and then outlined a few areas with my stardust glitter pen.  You can see the sparkle better if you click on the image to enlarge it.  {wink}

Thanks for fluttering by!

Digi Stamp: Emo Angel - Butterfly Flutter by Just Some Lines
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade
Ink: Printer
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Baby Oil, Dimensional Tape, Primas, Gem, Stardust Glitter Pen

Little Birdie

Splitcoast Clean and Simple - CAS113

This week I'm honored to be a guest designer for the Clean and Simple challenge at Splitcoast.  It is a color challenge to use light aqua, light yellow and white on your card. 

I have enjoyed watching some little birdies discover a new bird feeder hanging in my yard, so I reached for my Tweet Things set by Paper Makeup Stamps.  I stamped them on watercolor paper and used an aquapainter with ink to shade them in.  Sweet and Simple! 

Stamps: Tweet Things by Paper Makeup Stamps

Paper: Cools Caribbean, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Barely Banana, Cool Caribbean, Creamy Caramel

Accessories: Aquapainter, SU! Ribbon

Butterfly Thanks

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW148 Buttons & Bows
Kitchen Sink Stamps - EP11 Spring has Sprung

This week at Flutterby Wednesday we want to see your buttons AND bows on your creations!  You must have both along with your butterfly, fairy or angel.  Can't wait to see what you come up with!  {wink}

These delightful butterflies are from Kitchen Sink Stamps and I brayered a pastel background for them.  Wish my camera would pick up lighter tones better, but you can kinda get the idea. 



Stamps: 3-Step Butterflies and 3-Step School & Office by Kitchen Sink Stamps
Paper: GKD Lovely Lavender, SU! Elegant Eggplant & Glossy CS
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace
Accessories: Brayer, Ribbon, Button, String, Glue Dots

Hello Sunshine!

Splitcoast Queen for a Day - QFTD53 K Dunbrook
Splitcoast Clean and Simple - CAS111 sketch
Splitcoast Free 4 All - F4A57 Inspired by the Sun
Splitcoast Inspiration - IC277 Ruche

As you can see, this card was inspired by a few Splitcoast Challenges.  {grin}  I've had the CAS sketch on my mind all week, I've just flipped it upside down for my purposes.  Then I was struck by a few yellow cards in the SCS gallery from the Queen for a Day challenge.  I have to say that yellow is usually the last color I would reach for, but today I have found it cheery and attractive!  {LOL}  So, of course, when I checked out the Inspiration challenge this Marigold Ring stood out to me.  And how could I not include the Free 4 All challenge when sunny yellow fits it so perfectly!  {wink}  

This week's "Queen for a Day" is Queen Karen, otherwise known as "k dunbrook" on Splitcoast.  Her gallery is full of bright and cheery cards - love it!  I was inspired by Golden Flowers.  I love her yellow background and how she double matted her yellow flowers with black and white layers.  And her sentiment has to do with "sunshine" - perfect!  {grin}

My flower is from the Color It Summer set by Paper Makeup Stamps.  I've colored and outlined it simply with copic markers.  I also went over the petals and leaves with a clear spica glitter pen for some sparkle {that my camera apparently cannot see}.  Hello Sunshine! is one of the many simple sentiments that you can find in the PMS store. 

Thanks for the visit and I wish you a Sunny Day! 

Stamps: Color It Summer and Hello Sunshine by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Basic Black, GKD Pure Luxury White, DeLovely DP by Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Circle Nesties, May Arts Ribbon, Dimensionals, Spica Clear Glitter Pen, Copic Markers Y8, Y15, Y28, G7, G28

Framed Bluebonnets

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW147 Open Challenge
Color Throwdown - CTD134
Kitchen Sink Stamps - 10MC12 

This week Flutterby Wednesday is hosting an open challenge.  Anything goes as long as you have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  I've been itching to ink up my Kitchen Sink Stamps and got my color recipe for these bluebonnets from a card by Lynn McAuley.  Then I followed the 10 Minute Challenge layout for this card and I've discovered that I really need more acrylic blocks, haha!  It takes time to keep switching stamps on the blocks when inking up all these layers.  I love the depth you get with the finished image though!  {grin}  I confess that this 10 Minute card really took closer to 30 minutes. 

The shimmery blue cardstock is Sparkle Abysse from Paper Temptress.  I cut out a window with a Labels Ten Nestie and popped up the panel with dimensional tape.  The small "thanks" is from one of the freebie stamps that you get with any KSS order. 

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Stamps: Bluebonnets from Kitchen Sink Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White and Sparkle Abysse from Paper Temptress
Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Labels Ten Nestie, Dimensional Tape