I Love You A Whole Bunch

Happy Monday everyone!  Today I'm sharing a clean and simple card featuring an older stamp by My Favorite Things. 

This cute little bear is from the stamp set called Rooting For You.  I couldn't find the stamp set in their shop so I'm assuming it must be retired.  I think this little bear is so sweet and there are so many perfect sentiments included in this set.  I sponged Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink onto a stitched rectangle and spattered it with water.  I diecut a slope, sponged it with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Inks, and also spattered it with water.  I stamped the sentiment and then adhered some diecut clouds to my card.  I colored the bear with copics, diecut him using the coordinating die, and used a black glaze pen on his eyes, nose, and buttons.  I adhered the bear with foam tape for dimension.

Copics:

Bear - E55, E53, E51, E50; E01, E000

Clothes - YG17, YG13, YG11; B97, B95, B93, B91

Boots - C7, C5, C3, C1

Shovel - C7, C5, C3

Carrots - YR18, YR14, YR12, Y15; G28, G24, G20

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs, Anita

   

Birthday Wishes

Good morning friends!  Today I'm sharing a birthday card featuring a cute hippo from Tracey Hey    

This cute hippo is from the Rhino Rascals stamp set.  My card measures 5" x 5".  I cut a piece of striped paper, adhered it to the front of my card, and wrapped it with black twine.  Next I diecut a large heart from bristol card, sponged it with Wilted Violet Distress Ink, and spattered it with water.  Once dry, I adhered it to my card with foam tape.  I colored the hippo with copics and fussy-cut him.  I adhered him to the heart and added some clear baubles to finish my card.

Copics:

Hippo - W5, W3, W2, W1, W0; E01, E00, E000

Shirt - C3, C1; BV09, BV17, BV15, BV12

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs, Anita

You Make My Heart Go Wild

Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day!  I'm sharing a Valentine I made featuring a stamp by Penny Black.  

This adorable stamp is Hot Pants.  It's a wood mounted stamp that I've had for many years and I think this may be the first time it's ever seen ink!  I inked the stamp onto a stitched rectangle diecut from Neenah cardstock.  I masked the hedgehog and balloon and inked the background lightly with Spun Sugar and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Inks.  I colored the stamped image with Copics.  I used a black glaze pen on the eyes and I applied Wink of Stella Clear Glitter on the hearts on his shorts and the balloon.  The pattern paper is some I pulled from my stash and the heart banner is a die by C.C. Designs.  

Copics:

Hedgehog - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000; R20, R00; E29, E25, E23, E21

Shorts - C3, C1; R29, R27, R24

Balloon - R29, R27, R24

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Anita    

Guess Who Thinks You're Special?

Good morning everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card using an adorable digital image from Polkadoodles. 

This cute image is called Snowmen Frosty Hugs Too Cute.  This shop has the sweetest images and I fell in love with several of their snowmen digis.  I sponged my card base with distress ink and then spattered it with both white and blue watercolor paints.

I printed the image on Neenah cardstock, fussy cut it, and colored it with Copics.  I added some Glamour Dust to the cuff of the hat and the little pom-poms on the top of the hat.  I diecut a few tiny hearts and colored them with copics to match the snowgirl's hat and scarf.

Copics:

Snowmen - BV20, BG70; R20, R00; E33, YR68, YR04, YR02; E25

Hat/Scarves/Mittens - R22, R20, R00; B000; G02, G00, G0000

I'm entering my card in the Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Wk 7 for Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita

Happy Birthday

Good morning!  I'm popping on to share a birthday card today.

This is an image that I colored many years ago but never made into a card.  It was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils, long before I discovered and fell in love with Copic markers.  I need to build up my stash of birthday cards so I thought it was time to put these sweet animals on a card.  I'm pretty sure this is a Penny Black stamp ... a wood mounted stamp at that lol!  While it may be an older image I still think it's sweet and hopefully the recipient will enjoy it.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita

Hey There, Valentine

Good morning everyone!  Today I'm sharing a quick and easy Valentine card featuring a cute critter by Reverse Confetti.  

This adorable bear is from the Heart Pals stamp set.  I colored the little bear with copics and fussy cut him.  I used a black glaze pen on his eyes and nose and I used a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on his heart.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I heat embossed it, cut it into a strip and adhered it to the tag.  The fun pattern paper and tag are from the Sweet Talk Collection by Simple Stories.  All I had to do was diecut the diagonal plaid paper with a stitched rectangle die and apply it to my card.  The preprinted tags are part of the collection so I just had to cut it from the 12 x 12 sheet.  I added some black twine to the tag and applied fun foam behind it for dimension.  I also adhered the bear with foam tape.  The tiny hearts are diecut from the pattern paper and glued directly onto the tag.  I applied Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the hearts for some shine. 

Copics:

Bear - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50; N8; E02, E00

Shirt - BG13, BG11, BG10

Heart - R29, R27, R24, R22 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!

Hugs, Anita     

For Someone Very Special

Good morning friends!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for a sweet person I "met" through cardmaking. 

This cute image is from the Hey Cutie stamp set by Tracey Hey.  If you're not familiar with her work do stop by her shop and check out her adorable stamp sets!  I found a scrap of striped paper in my stash, diecut a black scallop, and adhered it to my card.  Next, I sponged Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink onto bristol card and diecut a large heart that I spattered with water.  I colored the little mouse with copics and fussy cut her.  I adhered her to the heart with foam tape.  I also diecut a few tiny hearts from the sponged bristol and added them to my card.  I heat-embossed the sentiment, diecut it with a flag die, and adhered it to the card.  

Copics:

Mouse - W5, W3, W2, W1, W0; R32, R30; E02, E00, E000

Shirt - C3, C1; RV09, RV06, RV04

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Anita    

Sending Hugs

Good morning friends!  Today I'm sharing a Valentine card I made to send to a sweet friend.

This adorable image is from My Favorite Things and it's called Pure Innocence - Love You With All My Heart.  It's retired and no longer in their shop but they have lots of other really sweet Pure Innocence stamps to choose from.  I inked my card with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and spattered it with water.  I added a strip of pattern paper and cardstock along the bottom of my card.  I colored the image with copics, fussy-cut it, and then adhered it with foam tape.  I used a black glaze pen on her eyes and I added highlights using a white gel pen.  I added a few diecut hearts covered in Nuvo Crystal Glaze.

Copics:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R32, R30

Hair - E37, E99, E97, YR21

Dress - BG13, BG11, BG10

Shoes - N8, N6, N4

Heart - R29, R27, R24, R22

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a beautiful day!

Hugs, Anita

Love You

Good evening friends!  I just wanted to pop on here to share a slimline Valentine card I made using stamps from Paperie Ink. 

These cute critters are from the Crafty Friends stamp set.  There are lots of crafty critters in this stamp set and I thought it would be perfect for a Valentine card.

I cute my card base from white cardstock to measure 3.5" x 8.5".  I used the Scalloped Slimline With Hearts Landscape die to cut the pattern paper and red hearts.  I colored the panda and bunny with copics, fussy-cut them, and adhered them to the card with foam tape for dimension.  

Copics:

Panda - C3, C1

Bunny - E53, E51, E50; E02, E00

Letters - RV55, RV52, RV10; R29, R27, R24

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Hugs, Anita         

Love You To The Moon & Back

Good morning friends!  Today I'm sharing a carding using a fun digital image from the Streamside Studios etsy shop.

These adorable aliens are from the Aliens Love You To The Moon and Back digital stamp set.  I printed the images on Neenah cardstock, colored them with copics, and then fussy-cut them.  I sponged distress inks on bristol card and spattered it with white watercolor paint to create the galazy.  I adhered the alien couple, moon, and sentiment with foam tape for dimension.  I applied Nuvo Crystal Glaze to their eyes and the stars and hearts .

Copics:

Aliens - YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01

Clothing/Boots - C5, C3, C1; B37, B34, B32; RV29, R85, R83, R81; R39, R37, R35; Y18, Y15, Y13

Moon - W5, W3, W2, W1, W0

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita   

You Warm My Heart

Good morning friends!  I'm so excited to be guest designing for Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios. 

This adorable digital image is Penguin Hug.  I love penguins and thought this card would be so perfect for a Valentine card.  I printed the image on Neenah cardstock and diecut it using a stitched rectangle die.  I colored the image with copics and then fussy cut a mask to place over it while I did some distress ink sponging.  I sponged around the penguins with Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks and then spattered it with both white and dark blue watercolor inks.  I used a black glaze pen on the penguin and chick eyes. 

Copics:

Penguins - C5, C3, C1; Y38, Y35

Scarf - B37, B34, B32; BG05, BG01, B000

Chick - Y18, Y15, Y13, Y11; Y38

Hearts/Mug - RV29, RV25, RV23, RV21

Be sure to stop by Rachelle Anne Miller Creative Studios as she's got lots of sweet digital images to choose from.  If you sign up for her newsletter you'll receive a free digi image and a discount off your next purchase!  There's also loads of inspiration over on her blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Anita