Best Wishes for Sunday Stamps

This week at Sunday Stamps we have a color challenge with bright summer colors. I decided to use a digital stamp set from Power Poppy on my card called Well Hello Dahlia. The set comes with an image of 3 dahlias in vases or just a single dahlia in a vase and I chose to go with the single flower for this card. I used copics for the yellow and the brighter red to color the flower.

For my background I took some Distress Oxide Inks along with a stencil and used the yellow and a more muted red to created my vertical stripes. My horizontal stripes were created by leaving the ink on my stencil, spraying the stencil with water and then laying it down on the card stock for a few minutes. I love the look it created!

I also created this card for the Power Poppy monthly challenge, which is to combine 2 stamp sets on your card. I used the digital set Well Hello Dahlia for the image and the sentiment is from the clear stamp set Geraniums Take Two.

Make sure and head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us! There is also still plenty of time to play along with Power Poppy and their challenge so head on over there too!

You're the Best for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this week I'm using a new image called Polka Dot Pals Bethany! I took one look at her and instantly thought of my daughter when she was a small little blond toddler, full of all kinds of sass, and so that was my inspiration when coloring this fun girl.

I was stumped for a while on how to do my card layout but as I sat looking at my craft desk I spotted the Distress Oxide inks I had laying there and decided to grab one of my MFT stencils and create a fun little background for PDP Bethany. I used Fossilized Amber and Cracked Pistachio along with the MFT Geometric Grid to get my background and then I popped my image up with dimensionals over it. Super easy but still visually fun!

Make sure and head over to the LMMS blog to see what the rest of the DT created and don't forget, the Anything Goes challenge is still open!

Stamps: PDP Bethany (LMMS), Perfect Words (SU retired)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, SU Thick White CS

Ink: Distress Oxide Ink Fossilized Amber and Cracked Pistachio, Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: Y21, YR31, YR21

RV21, RV42

R32, R43

E00, E02

N2, C5

Accessories: MFT Geometric Grid Stencil, Dimensionals

Simple Joys for Hues to Use

As soon as I saw the current Hues to Use colors over at Power Poppy I knew I wanted to use the Simple Joys set. I've been eyeing that set forever, I just love it, but I had to wait for it arrive and it came in the mail Friday night. My best friend moved down to FL early Sat morning so I didn't break out any stamps until Sunday night but I really wanted to get this card done before the new colors get posted!

I'm not a fan of pink but one of my closest friends is a total pink lover so I knew that I'd be using these colors to make her Christmas card for this year! The browns were easy for me, I love earth tones and so I incorporated  them by coloring the can with the light browns and just a touch of dark brown. I brought the dark brown in on the branches,  the ball of yarn and with the polka dot ribbon I put across the center of the card The pink was brought in on the ornaments, the bow on the package and the patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Simple Joys (Power Poppy)

Paper: Early Espresso (SU), Neenah Solar White, Soft Suede DSP (SU retired), Crate Paper Hello Love

Ink: Soft Suede (SU)

Copics: E31, E33, E35

E47, E49

RV06, RV09, R32

N2, N4

W1, W2

T0, T1

C3

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Zig Zag Stitch Circles, Early Espresso Polka Dot Ribbon (SU retired), dimensionals

Being You for LMMS

It's Inspiration Week over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog and this week I'm using an adorable image of a girl holding a baby chick. Most of the people I know in my neck of the woods have chickens or ducks so this is a perfect card for the local farmer or wildlife lover!

The image is called Polka Dot Pals Zaneta and can be found HERE. Don't forget that the Anything Goes Challenge is still open!

Catching Snow

Jingle Belles current challenge is to use Santa on our projects. I immediately thought of this fun set from Avery Elle called Oh What Fun, with Santa looking towards the sky to catch snowflakes. I actually started this card last week but life has gotten in the way and I wasn't able to finish my set of 5 until tonight!

I had this paper in my stash and I liked the presents for the bottom half, because that's what Santa does, bring presents, and then the top portion was the reverse side and it was perfect as snow falling from the night sky.

Stamps: Oh What Fun (Avery Elle)

Paper: Basic Black (SU), Neenah Solar White, S.E.I. 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R05, R27, R46

N3, N4

C1

W0, W1

YR24

R01, R81

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Zig Zag Stitch Circles, Dimensionals

Boo! for Sunday Stamps

Ooops, I'm a bit late with my Sunday Stamps post! My best friend is leaving Alaska to move back to FL due to her husbands job so we spent Saturday having a girls day exploring the local mountains and on Sunday my entire family was at her house, packing and cleaning. By the time we got home Sunday I was ready to collapse! 

We have a square sketch to play with this week and I decided to go with a Halloween theme. This image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and was recently half off. I don't make a lot of Halloween cards but I couldn't pass this fun little witch up!

My image is colored with copics and my paper is retired SU. I'm trying to use my stash before buying more paper. So far I'm doing pretty good with that, but we'll see how long it lasts :)

Make sure you head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Stamps: Little With Henriette (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Kiwi Kiss (SU retired), Neenah Solar White, Ghostly Greetings DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink, Kiwi Kiss (SU retired), Pumpkin Pie (SU), Perfect Plum (SU), Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: YR04, YR07, YR09, YR18

V06, V17, V25

YR24, E35, E99, YR14

E55, E57, E59

R000, R01

Y18, T1

W0, N2, N3, N4

Glad We're Friends

It's time for a new Anything Goes challenge over at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog, plus there are some new images in the shop today! For my card today I'm using one of the new images, Polka Dot Pals Gada.

This is such a sweet image of a little girl creating a chain of flowers, perfect for a summer birthday or just to say hi. I went with one of my favorite color schemes, yellow and blue. Definitely good summer colors! I decided to cut the image out and just place it against a background, and I really like this yellow patterned paper I had in my stash. It was perfect to help highlight this image!

Make sure you head on over to the LMMS blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!