Easter Dachshund (with video!)

I've never done this before, so be kind.  I am sharing a video of my coloring.  This is a true learning curve for me but something I have been wanting to do for a long time. To do this I had to figure my way around a video camera, iMovie and YouTube. 

The image on this card is from Cowtown Stamps.  I stamped the dachshund bunny with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored with Copic markers:

Then I cut around the image with a Nestabilities oval.  I paper pierced around the image and framed with a scalloped oval also cut with a Nestabilities die using pink cardstock.  Strips of patterned paper from DCWV were framed with pink cardstock.  The larger card panel was dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder, paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  A scalloped border from MFT die-namics was used to cut pink paper.  This was placed near the bottom of the card.  Sheer white ribbon and bow and three pink rhinestones were added to the card.  The image was pop-dotted onto the card.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  I hope you like my video.  Let's just say I learned a lot.  A special thanks to the multi-talented Anna Wight for giving me some much needed technological tips!

Frog Fishing

Here's another frog image from Rubbernecker.  It is called "Frog Fishing" (16544).  So fun to color!  I stamped the image onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  The image panel was then cut with a Nestabilities die, paper pierced and framed with green cardstock.  I added a clear aqua button and hemp at the end of the fishing line. 

Patterned paper from Echo Park was also framed with green cardstock to create a card base.  It was paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil. 

The sentiment is also from Rubbernecker and was stamped with Marvy black dye ink.  Three small green brads put the finishing touches on this card.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.  Have a fabulous Friday!

Spring Flower

I'm thinking I forget what spring even looks like or feels like.  The only spring happening around here is what is happening in my stamp room.  So, glad that Repeat Impressions Rock Star Geri Utterback challenged us with a theme of "Spring Flowers" for the latest Designer's Choice Challenge.  Every little flower I color will get us one step closer to spring, right?  You can read all about this challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

To make this card, I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Nap Time Fairy" (4303-M) onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors.

Patterned paper from Lasting Impressions, framed with black cardstock was placed onto a white cardstock panel.  The flower was pop-dotted over it.  The sentiment is a portion of a Repeat Impressions sentiment called "Dream, Inspire, Hope" (3101-J) that I inked with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker.  Three small black brads were added to the card, along with a small strip of sheer white ribbon.

Make sure you visit the other Rock Stars to see their spring time flowers.  It will be a pleasant walk through a flower garden.  Take time to stop and smell the flowers from:

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Deonna Bemish
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Sam's Rainy Day

It's spring break and it is SNOWING.  I've got to make my own showers and flowers, so I looked at my Sassy Cheryl's digital stash to create my own spring.

I printed the digital image of "Sam's Rainy Day" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I added the raindrops using gluestick and clear UTEE powder and applying heat with my heat gun.  I pop-dotted the image panel onto a white cardstock panel that was cut with a Nestabilities die.  Sheer white ribbon and a bow complete the card.

This card was inspired by two challenges: Sassy Cheryl's "Fancy Edges" Challenge #158  and today's CAS#213 on Splitcoast, which a Limited Supplies Challenge which was to use only line stamps on your card.

Gotta go shovel now, LOL!

Pussy Willows

It's Monday! What better way is there to make a Monday more bearable, than with a Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions?  This week’s SOTW is called "Pussy Willows" (4306-N). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, March 25 to Sunday, March 31. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.   

To me, this stamp really wanted to be on kraft and be colored with colored pencils, so I obeyed.  I stamped the image of "Pussy Willows" with Marvy black dye onto kraft.  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils. I sprayed the image with Workable Fixative.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities oval die, using the out-of-the-box technique.  I framed this with another oval.

The card panel is another piece of kraft.  I dry embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder.  I smeared Brilliance Moonlight White pigment ink onto the raised portion of this panel.  All panels were lightly sponged with Adirondack Latte dye.  

I added a rich brown ribbon and a pearl to the card for the finishing touches.

You'll definitely want to see the gorgeous cards created with this week's SOTW by some of the other Rock Stars:

• Christy Schumacher
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Frog Eating Fly

Rubbernecker has some great new images and a super new and improved website.  Go check it out!  And stay tuned to my blog, as I am beginning to have some coloring fun with these new images.

For today's card, I stamped "Frog Eating Fly" (16553) onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut the image panel with a Nestabilities die. I paper pierced around this image panel and framed it with pink cardstock.

Patterned paper from Pebbles and an unknown source (sorry, it was a scrap) make up the layers of this card. Each layer is framed with pink cardstock.  I paper pierced around the largest layer.  The sentiment is also from Rubbernecker.  It is called "Having Flies' (16536).  I stamped it with Marvy black dye onto a circle cut from a Nestabilities die. 

Some sheer white ribbon and bow, Baker's Twine, and a pink sparkly rhinestone put the finishing touches on this card.

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Hippity Hop Frog

I still find myself playing in the current CAS Spring DT 2013 search on Splitcoast.   Challenge 2 is inspired by the lingerie department at Macy's. "You MUST include some kind of animal or animal print on your card. "


So, I'm thinking lingerie and animals, and was reminded of the image from Repeat Impressions called "Underpants Frogs" (7120-L).  I inked a portion of this image with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker and stamped it onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.


Then, with a $1 Studio G stamp from Micheal's I repeatedly stamped the sentiment of "Hippity Hop" with Marvy Black dye ink, trying to use the sentiment to help show the jumping path of the frog. Using Copic markers, I added grass blades.


I framed my scene with black cardstock and put on a larger card panel of kraft.  A sheer ribbon and bow put the finishing touches on this CAS card.

Thanks for visiting for my second post of the day.  Woot!

Daffodils

It's Wednesday, which means it is time for a "What If? Wednesday Sketch".  You have two weeks to enter your card using the sketch posted on the Repeat Impressions blog...The House That Stamps Built.  All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate.  I hope you'll play along with us.

This week the sketch looks like this:

For my card, I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Daffodils" (904-L) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut with my Cutter-bee scissors. 

I sponged a square panel and a panel cut with a Nestabilities die with SeaShells Conch Shell dye ink.  I paper pierced around these panels.  The larger green panel is made from patterned paper from Echo Park.  It too has been paper pierced, as well as faux-stitched with a colored pencil.

I added the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Brighten" (8623-D) by stamping directly onto blue with Versafine Onyx Black.  I added a white ribbon and a bow.  I then pop-dotted the daffodils onto the card.

So, I almost adhered to the sketch, LOL!  Go see how the other Rock Stars interpreted the sketch:

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Deonna Bemish
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Eye Shadow

There is a Spring DT call for CAS Challenge cards on Splitcoast Stampers.  The first challenge posted is to "see what you can do with things like paint, wet embossing, re-inkers, etc. Take out that acrylic paint you bought on sale....break out your favorite colored embossing powders....try out some crackle paint or rock candy from Ranger....use your water brush or a wet paintbrush with your kids' water color paints (the 99 cent store ones are awesome!) ...... anything as long as it's not the usual ink and stamp."  The challenge is inspired by the Macy's cosmetics department.

With cosmetics on my mind, I decided to use eye shadow as the "theme" of my card.  Using my newly purchased Spellbinders {die}velop Foto Frames & {die}alogue Bubbles Die Set from A Jillian Vance Design I cut a foto with black cardstock two times.  I used both the die cut and the negative to ensemble the cosmetic compact, adding a sheet of acetate for the "lid" (though not really visible from the photo).  Then, using a Nestabilities circle die, I cut four circles from Curious Metallic Ice Gold Cryogen cardstock (it has a sparkle to it).  Then, I applied various shades of blue/purple Pearl-Ex/Perfect Pearls (not something I normally color with) using Versamark Watermark and a brush.  I sealed the colors with Workable Fixative and hairspray. I pop-dotted the lid to the base.

I sacrificed an cosmetic applicator by adhering it on the edge of my eye shadow compact.  On a piece of Georgia Pacific white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches "I Heart Art" set with Versafine Onyx Black. Then with a solid paint stroke stamp from Hero Arts inked with Versamark Watermark, I stamped across a portion of the sentiment and added some blue Pearl Ex and sealed it.  I framed the entire card with black cardstock.

Definitely CAS, and definitely fun to make.  Hope you can join in on the fun.  Thanks for visiting my blog today! 

Umbrella and Slicker

The weather is a little dreary here, so I decided to brighten my day a bit with this adorable image from Anna Wight at Whipper Snapper Designs.

I stamped Anna's Whipper Snapper image "Umbrella and Slicker" with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  For the raindrops on the umbrella, I used a white Uniball Signo pen and added some slight shadows with Copics.  I cut the image with a Nestabilities circle die using the out-of-the-box technique.  It was framed with a textured light blue cardstock.  The card panel is from a patterned paper scrap (sorry, source unknown...but I'm thinking it is pretty current), and is also framed with the textured cardstock. 

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and is from My Favorite Things.  Three glass crystal drops put the finishing touches on this card.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I hope this card brightens up your day too!

Sunflower Blues

Repeat Impressions Rock Star Karen Hasheck challenged us to brayer or sponge for the latest Designer's Choice Challenge.  You can read all about this challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. 

I love to sponge and sponge and sponge, so using Adirondack Sailboat Blue dye ink and Vivid Sky Blue dye ink, I sponged this vibrant blue panel.  I framed this panel with black cardstock and placed onto a white card.

I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Sunflower" (4313-K) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and then cut around the flower with my Cutter-bee scissors. In the center of the sunflower I added some brown Stickles.  I added this to the card.

I added the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Brighten" (8623-D) by stamping directly onto blue with Versafine Onyx Black.  I added a sheer white ribbon and a bow.

And just for fun, I sprayed the card with Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz. 

Though on this card I stayed pretty simple, there are so many possibilities with brayering and sponging.  Go see how the other Rock Stars played:

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Deonna Bemish
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  I do appreciate it!

Easter Balloons

It's Monday! What better way is there to make a Monday more bearable, than with a Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions?  This week’s SOTW is called "Easter Balloons" (4507-J). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, February 11 to Sunday, March 17. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.   

For my card, I started by creating a grass and blue sky scene.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities die and sponged clouds with Distress Ink Tumbled Glass.  I paper pierced around this panel. Using a scrap of patterned paper from American Crafts, I cut the grass using MFT Die-namics. 

The adorable Repeat Impressions image of "Just Hatched" (1310-G) was stamped with Marvy black dye onto X-Press it cardstock.  I colored the the image with Copic markers, cut around the image and placed it into the scene.  Then, using the SOTW "Easter Balloons" (4507-J) and Marvy black dye ink, I stamped the image onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I cut out the actual balloons.   Then, using a stamp positioner I stamped the image again onto the scene and added the colored balloons.  The image panel sits onto a scrap of unknown patterned paper (sorry!).  Sheer white ribbon and a bow provide the finishing touches to this card.

Make sure to check out the gifted Rock Stars as they share cards with these adorable balloons too:

• Christy Schumacher
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Just Hatched

It's Wednesday, which means it is time for a "What If? Wednesday Sketch".  You have two weeks to enter your card using the sketch posted on the Repeat Impressions blog...The House That Stamps Built.  All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate.  I hope you'll play along with us.

This week the sketch looks like this: 

 

Taking a little liberty with the sketch, I proceeded to make this card by stamping the Repeat Impressions image of "Just Hatched" (1310-G) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and then cut around it with detailed scissors.

To make the little chick's scene, I cut the sky and the grass from patterned paper from Echo Park.  The grass is cut with a MFT die-namics.  I framed the scene with black cardstock.  Patterned paper from Bella Blvd was used for the larger panel, also framed with black cardstock.  The clouds were cut from this same Bella Blvd paper. 

Sheer white ribbon, a bow, a white button, and a small piece of Baker's Twine put the finishing touches on this card.

 

Make sure you visit the other Rock Stars to see their sketch interpretations:

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Deonna Bemish
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. 

Purple Tulips

What fun I had coloring this beautiful springtime image from Northwoods!  I'm thinking that if I keep making springtime cards, spring will get here.

To make this card, I stamped the Northwoods image (which includes the oval) onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors.

Since, I think this image stands alone, I simply mounted it with pop-dots onto a piece of texturized light blue cardstock, which was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I paper pierced around this panel.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  I wish you a great week!

Spring Scene

Spring is just around the corner, or at least it is supposed to be!  Not so sure about the flurries this weekend.  But, the other day I saw a bunny rabbit in my yard and I think he was longing for warmer greener days, as am I.

This card was made with a Lawn Fawn set called "Critters in the 'Burbs".  I stamped the tree, tire swing and adorable bunny with Marvy black dye onto a piece of X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the entire scene with Copic markers, including the sky and grass.  A punch rounded the corners, and a piece of patterned paper from Pebbles provides the scene a frame.  Sheer white ribbon and bow, a pink button, and a little Baker's Twine put the finishing touches on this card.

If you are interested in learning how to color outdoor spring time scenes like this, I am excited to announce that I will be teaching an Advanced Copic class at Scrapbook Art in Lewis Center, OH next month called "Spring Has Sprung".  If you are local, I sure hope you can join me as we all welcome spring.