For the Birds

StacyStamps has some great nature stamps.  I used the Chipping Sparrow on these cards and colored using Prismacolor pencils and blended with an Adirondack refillable pen filled with 91% alcohol.  I did a search on the internet for a picture of a chipping sparrow so that I could get the colors right.  I cut out the whole stamped image and used foam dots to pop it up.  I also stamped an extra flower and cut it out to add to the lower left corner. You can't see it in this picture, but the center of the flowers are glittered. 



(close up view)



This one is another variation.  I again stamped an extra flower and added it on top of the bottom flower with a foam dot. 



This is StacyStamps blue jay.  I also colored it using the Prismacolor pencils and blending with an alcohol pen.  I tore the paper around the image then sprayed it with Goosebumps spray.  After the Goosebumps dried, I antiqued it using a brown ink on a sponge then wiped the excess off.  You can see the Goosebumps up close on the image below and a bit of the antiquing.  



Supplied:

StacyStamps: Chipping sparrow and Bluejay

Goosebumps spray

Glitter

Prismacolor pencils

Alcohol marker for blending

Oval and Scalloped Oval nesties

CTMH paper

Cuttlebug embossing folders

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Baby Cards

These were quick and easy cards I made to put into an all occasion  card box for a wedding shower gift.  The giraffe stamp is from The Angel company.  I used the "gamsol magic" or "magic colored pencil" technique with my Prismacolor pencils.  You can find directions on this technique HERE on the Splitcoaststampers Resource page.  This technique is great if you are not good at shadowing.  It basically does the shadowing for you.

If you are not good at making bows like me, you may want to get a Bow Easy. 

This is a great little tool for making the perfect bow everytime.  You can find tuturials on You Tube showing you how to use it.  I am a visual learner so these were of great help to me.

Supplies:

Spellbinder Nesties: Circles, Ovals

MFT die

CTMH paper

corner rounder

CTMH ribbon

Cuttlebug embossing folders

Bow Easy

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Bugaboo Graduation Card

This cute little grad girl is a digital stamp from Bugaboo Stamps called Ava Grad Diploma. If you haven't checked them out before, hop on over, they have some cuties. 

I colored her with Copic markers and colored her mortarboard with a glaze pen to give it shine and dimension.  I am far from an expert on coloring with Copics, but I have learned from my searches on the net to use greys when coloring instead of black.  It allows the lines of the image to show through.  I layered her gown with C-3, C-5 and C-7.  I use E00 for her skin with E11 used for shadow.  Her cheeks are R20.

Supplies:

Bugaboo Stamp: Ava Grad Diploma

Copic markers

Reminisce graduation paper

black glaze pen

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Linked to:

Bugaboo June Anything Goes

Mother's Day Card



The inspiration for this card came from here: Kittie747. (While you are there, check out the rest of her gallery - Amazing!)  I used a french script backgound stamp which I second generation stamped in garden green.  I then stamped the roses using three shade of pink ink and stamped the leaves using olive green - second generation for the bigger leaf on the roses.  I also added a bit of glitter to the center of the roses.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Roses in Winter, Hero Arts Old French Writing
Ink: SU! Positively Pink, CTMH Garden Green, Olive, Baby Pink, Pink Carnation
CTMH Olive ribbon
Glitter

Thanks for looking!
Carol

Strawberry Cards

I found this cute digital stamp at Beccy's Place.  I just love how these cards turned out.  And, I love how you can size digital stamps to any size you want.  It makes them so much more versatile than a physical stamp (of course those have their own advantages).  The above card, I ran a piece of white cardstock through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.  Attached it and my colored digi to the card and added the red gingham ribbon.

On this card, I ran the card base through the Cuttlebug by putting the base in sideways so that I only embossed the top half of the card with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, attached the patterned paper from Basic Grey, added ribbon and mounted the digi using foam squares after I ran it through the Cuttlebug using the oval nesties and mounted it on red paper.

I cut an oval on the front of the card base using the same size oval as the red mat then ran the card front through the Cuttlebug with one of the 5x7 Paper Lace II embossing folders.  I then closed up the card so that I could attach the digi to card by lining it up in the oval hole.  To finish up, I tied red gingham ribbon around the card.

Supplies:

Beccy's Place strawberries digi

Spellbinder Oval Nesties

Cuttlebug folders: swiss dots, paper lace II

Copic markers

Red gingham ribbon

Basic Grey paper

Thanks for looking!

Carol

Linked to:

Tatertots and Jello

Cards for the Men in Your Life Pt 3

This is the third card I taught in the "For the Men in Your Life" class at The Embellished Scrapbook Boutique.  This is a tent topper card.  The base measures 4 1/4 x 8 /12.  Fold in half, assemble your card and place the topper so that your card measures slightly under 5 1/2.

I will be teaching this class again on Wednesday, June 6 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz stamps

Spellbinders Oval Nesties

Tim Holtz Bricked embossing folder

Twine

American Craft cardstock: blue jay and denim

Thanks for looking!

Carol



Cards for the Men in Your Life Pt 2

This is another card I taught in the "For the Men in Your Life" class at The Embellished Scrapbook Boutique.  This is a super simple card to put together.  I found the directions here: Ustamp4fun. Be sure to practice on folding the collar before you attempt your actual card.  It takes a little practice to get it folded just right. Instead of the SU tag punch for the pocket I used a Spellbinders Nestie tag and cut it down to about 3/4 inch. 

If you search the gallery on Splitcoaststampers, you will find a variety of shirt cards and directions.  I recently saw one that used an origami tie that I might try out sometime.  Also, if you don't want to use colored cardstock for the whole card, you can just make a card front and mount onto a white card base.

Supplies:

American Craft cardstock: olive

Patterned paper for the tie/kerchief

Spellbinders Tag Nesties

Rhinestone brads

Thanks for looking!

Carol