Category: cardmaking

Pinspired Challenge #9

Welcome! It’s time for another Pinspired Challenge. The photo is for you to interpret anyway you want. Be inspired by the colors, the style, the theme – it’s up to you!

This challenge is sponsored by Avery Elle who are offering the winner a $15 gift certificate to their online store.

I drew from the strong pink color and the floral bouquets shown in the inspiration photo.

Pinspired Challenge #9

Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. A winner, who will also be chosen by the “Pin Heads,” will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog along with the prize from Avery Elle. We can’t wait to see your creations!

Garden Critter

Have you heard? Ellen Hutson is now carrying Penny Black stamp sets! I inked up a cute stamp from Garden Critters (my first ever Penny Black set). The set is part of the Margaret Sherry Collection; she is also the illustrator of the adorable Penny Black hedgehog.

Penny Black Garden Critter

I followed the same design of Kristina Werner’s that I used to make this card during the Online Card Classes Clean & Simple Card Making 2 course.

I colored the image with Copic markers, deciding, as I often do, that there are Copics I don’t own which would have been better color choices (I could own all of the E’s for example)! I spent a good deal of the weekend researching coloring techniques and combinations, as well as reading the blogs of talented artists including Kathy Racoosin, Elizabeth Allan and Jill Foster. I’m looking forward to trying out watercolor pencils as a next step!

Copics: N1, BG72 (shovel); YG03, YG17 (leaves); R12, R24 (boots); E000, E31, E35 (mouse); RV10, RV23 (flower, pink on mouse); YR31, Y11 (flower center); B21, B23 (butterfly)

You’re Swell

I wanted to continue playing with Paper Smooches stamps and came across a card by Kristina Werner from Online Card Classes Pattern Play that I thought would work well with one of my favorite sets – Surf and Turf.

Paper Smooches Surf and Turf

I do not own the Simon Says Stamp die that Kristina used on her card, so I cut the three circles individually with a Spellbinder die.

I just couldn’t resist adding a couple of Googly Eyes. All of the papers are from the Echo Park A Perfect Summer pad.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Paper Smooches Birthday Buddies

I had a birthday card to make and knew I wanted to use the adorable Paper Smooches Birthday Buddies set. I had seen a card design by Dana on her blog back in December that I really liked that I thought would work well for what I had in mind.

Paper Smooches Birthday

It took me awhile to figure out which combination of papers from the Studio Calico Here & There paper pack would work best together. (It’s a fabulous set of patterned papers!)  I created the sentiment on my computer and die cut it.

Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

Welcome back for Day Two of the Neat & Tangled May release! Today, I’m sharing two cards created with the “Sunburst” stamp set, one of three sets releasing this week.

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For my first card, I stamped the sunburst with a Hero Arts mid-tone shadow ink and added elements from Just Thinking of You and Swirly Twirly Tags. I heat embossed the sentiment from Swirly Twirly Tags.

Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

For my second card, I stamped the sunburst with a pigment ink pad. I added a stamped heart, which I die-cut, and a sentiment from Kindness Matters.

Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The May release stamp sets go on sale tomorrow, May 8. And for your added convenience, you will be able to purchase the sets at Simon Says Stamp and at i {heart} papers, as well as at Neat & Tangled.