I Love Big Books

I am loving not only the image but the sentiment from one of the newest sets from A Jillian Vance Design, "Miss Adventure: My Bookie" by Whimsie Doodles.  Perfect for me, the reading teacher, don't you think?

Anyhow, what you really need to know are the following deets:  X-Press It cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and Copic markers.  The strip of patterned paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle (seemed rather perfect).  The library card is a result of a Google image search of "free printable library card".

So great to be coloring again!  I had some other things to attend to for the past week, and now I can get into summertime coloring mode.  YAY!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy Retirement in the Sand

Someday, eh?  LOL.

You know how I love doing ocean scenes, and I needed a retirement card (jealous!), so I pulled out a great stamp set from Taylored Expressions called "A Day in Paradise". 

To make this card, I stamped the Adirondack chairs and the umbrella onto X-Press It cardstock. For the umbrella, I did some paper piecing. The rest of the scene was colored with Copic markers. I sponged some SeaShells Conch Shell dye ink for the sun, and used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to draw the birds.

The sentiment, also from Taylored Expressions, was stamped in Brilliance Pearlescent Beige.

I framed the scene with kraft, and then placed onto a card panel made with patterned paper from Colorbok.

Please, can I go there?  Please.

Doodling Around

Time to doodle!  There's a new challenge over on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog...doodling!  Make sure you play along for your chance to win free digital stamps from Sassy Cheryl.

For my card (the card my husband refers to as the card with dead flowers on it), I printed the image from the Sassy Cheryl's digital stamp set "Funky Flowers" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored with Copic markers, and played around a little bit doing a yellow color was over the purple flowers.  Hmm.   I added some white highlights with a Uniball Signo pen. After coloring, I cut around the image with detailed scissors and placed aside.

I stamped a large Hero Arts background stamp with Adirondack Pool.  I doodled a frame around the card panel, wrote the sentiment, drew the heart and placed the flowers into the scene.  A purple button and Baker's Twine are the finishing touches to this card.

So, I'm not too crazy about this card after my husband's comments...but, I am so happy to say SCHOOL'S OUT!  IT'S SUMMER!  I'll now have some time to re-do a card, if necessary.  LOL!

You Blow Me Away

It's Monday!  Time for another card made with A Jillian Vance Design Stamps!  I'm still rather in love with "Seas the Day" from Whimsie Doodles so here's another card I've made using this set.

This is a quick CAS card.  I stamped the puffer fish with Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored it with Copic markers, fussy cut, and set aside.

I applied Adirondack Pool dye ink directly onto an acrylic block, misted and stamped onto white cardstock.  After the paper dried, I cut and framed with black cardstock. 

The sentiment, also from Seas the Day, was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black directly onto the rectangle.  The bubbles image, also a part of the stamp set, was stamped with Adirondack Pool  Using a Uniball Signo white pen, I traced around the outline of the bubbles.

Baker's Twine and a clear button add a few details to the card, along with the pop-dotted puffer fish.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog this week.  Make it a great week!  Lots of stamping coming into my future.  Soon.  Real soon.

Congrats Grad

My husband needed yet another graduation card, and will need one more before the season is over.  Good thing I have adorable graduation images from Sassy Cheryl's! And speaking of Sassy Cheryl's, don't forget about the current challenge going on (a shade of purple with two dies).  You could win free digital images.  All the details are right here.

To make this particular card, I printed the adorable Sassy Cheryl's image from the Cap & Gown Kids digital stamp set onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut the panel with a Nestabilities die.  I paper pierced around this panel.

The larger card panel is from Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper.  It too was paper pierced, and faux-stitched with a colored pencil.  Light blue cardstock and a die from The Cat's Pajama's were used to create the stars.  Light blue cardstock frames the entire card.  A light blue rhinestore was adhered to one of the stars.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onxy Black, and is from a Studio G $1 stamp.

Stay tuned.  There still is one more graduation card to come!

Bubble Your Troubles Away

This image from A Jillian Vance Designs "Seas the Day" from Whimsie Doodles is amazing!  So fun to color...it will help you "bubble your troubles away".  At least it did for me, LOL!

You know the drill here...X-Press It cardstock, Copic markers, Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink, and some crystal beads for bubbles.

Thanks for visiting my blog on this Memorial Day.  And, thanks so much to those who have served.

Thinking of Calla Lilies

A friend of mine needed to send a soothing, gentle "Thinking of You" card.  This card is what I came up with for her. 

The main image is from Judikins and was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut with detailed scissors.  I placed the cally lilies on an oval that was sponged with Adirondack Salmon dye ink.  It was framed with a scalloped oval.  Both dies used are from Nestabilities.  The main card panel is patterned paper from Studio Calico and was adorned with some lace.  Baker's Twine was tied around the calla lilies.

I like how this card turned out, and I was happy my friend approved too.  You really can't go wrong with lovely calla lilies, can you?