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I really liked this weeks sketch at PaperWorks Co, so for my card today I decided to use that as my starting point.
This week I chose to showcase one of the first stamps Rachelle Ann Miller designed for Paperworks Co, Birthday Parade. You can't go wrong with this one as it is great for either a boy or a girl!
I thought I would do something different and instead of going with the bright colors I had planned, I decided to go with a more monochromatic theme, using blue and white. The image is colored with copics. I added stickles to the star on the balloon and on the flower, but decided I wanted some more sparkle. I took my spica clear pen and colored various parts of the image and didn't stop there, I colored each flower, the ribbon, the blue scalloped piece and the centers of all the dots on the DP and also outlined the image panel. Unfortunately I can't quite pick up the shimmer on my camera, but I promise you, it is there! Now for those rounded corners....my corner punch seems to be punching a bit strange, they look a little off.....maybe because I am using the same punch on both layers?
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
AI Factory ~ Anything Goes
Easy Craft Projects ~ Use your old stash (DP, ribbon, flowers)
Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes
Mami Doodles ~ "Use mostly blue"
Allsorts ~ "Blue and Brown"
Catch the Bug ~ "Blue and White Birthday"
Craft Your Days Away ~ Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle ~ Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ~ Cuddly
One Stitch at a Time ~ New (Stamp)
Pile It On ~ Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs ~ Free for All
The Crafty Pad- Something New (Stamp)
Copic Creations ~ Use anything new (Stamp)
Creative Inspirations ~ Celebrate
I Did it Creations ~ "Brrr, I'm Turning Blue" - use blue
The Crazy Challenge ~ Buttons
The Shabby Tea Room ~ "White and Bright" - white and another color
My Time to Craft ~ Spots and Dots
Have a great day and thanks for visiting :)
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Birthday Parade (PaperWorks Co)
Ink/Coloring: Memento Rich Cocoa; Copics (E31, E33, E35, E37, B0000, Booo, BG0000, B32, B34, N0, N1, 0); Spica Clear pen
Paper: Ballet Blue; Gina K Luxury White; DP - SU
Embellishments: Ribbon (Bluebird); Flowers (Bazzil & Prima); Button
Tools: Corner Rounder; Border Punch
I was asked by Peggy at PaperWorks Co to be a Guest Designer for this month and since I love the stamps she carries I just had to say yes (the fact that she's so nice doesn't hurt either)!
Here is my first project for the month using The First Date stamp from one of my favorite collections, the Little Loud Freckle Love Collection. All of the Little Loud stamps are "retired" and currently on sale for 40% off!
I used some of my leftover BoBunny papers from last year and paired them up with Pink Pirouette Cardstock. After stamping the sentiment (which comes with the image stamp) I colored over the "love" with a pink copic marker and added a rhinestone for the o. I also added a few rhinestones to the designer paper and some stickles to the flowers and the hearts on the girl because you can never have enough bling.
As a side note, I can't believe I have been away from my blog for so long! The last few months have been crazy busy for us and here I thought that by taking a break from Design Teams I would free up a bit of time but still get the chance to craft.....Well, unfortunately for me, "no commitments" translated to basically no crafting and the "free time" I gained was instead filled up with guests, all kinds of meetings, dr/ortho/dentist visits, school events/parties, getting ready for the holidays, and the major one.....trying to clean out the kids rooms and organize all their outgrown toys so we can get rid of them. That is really hard for me ~ I still picture them playing with these things and it makes me sad that they are growing up so fast. I think the hardest was the Little People sets ~ they all loved playing with these and would make a whole town in one of our downstairs rooms with all the sets. I am still not completely done with sorting all these sets yet. Most of them are retired so it makes locating a picture of the complete set online a bit more difficult especially when you don't remember the name of the set. We also celebrated Ashley's 8th birthday on December 30th ~ where does the time go?
Have a great day and thanks for visiting :)
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: The First Date - Little Loud Freckle Love Collection (Paperworks)
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics
Paper:Pink Pirouette; Gina K Luxury White; DP - BoBunny
Embellishments: Sickles (Stardust); Ribbon (May Arts); Flowers (Prima); Rhinestones (Michael's)
Tools: Nesties (Petite and Petite Scallop Ovals, Circle and Petite Scallop Circle); Border Punches (Martha Stewart)
Tomorrow my little man is going to be 6 years old! I am sharing the birthday card I made for him today so I can get it entered in a few challenges.
I LOVE how this one turned out! I used one of the robots from the Tinheart collection at PaperWorks Co. The image was colored in with copics and then I added crystal effects to his eyes and to the "screen" on his body. I wanted to do something different so I went digging through a drawer in the garage and came up with some washers, lock washers and bolts and decided to use those. Gonna have to do some more digging because I really like how these look ~ good thing I don't have to mail this because it is heavy!
I am entering this in the following challenges:
ABC Challenge - X-tra Dimension
Cuttlebug Be Inspired - Easel Card
Charisma Cardz - "Metal Mickey" - use some type of metal
Paper Play - Card for a Child or Teenager
One Stitch at a Time - "Stars and Stripes" - star pattern paper, striped pattern paper and ribbon
Paper Sundaes - Birthday Card
Stamp With Fun - Birthday
Stamptacular - Stars and Stripes - star pattern paper, striped paper and ribbon
Creative Card Crew- Easel Card
Taylored Expressions - Sketch
Have a great day! :)
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Tinheart Collection (PaperWorks Co); Sentiment (Michael's)
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Pumpkin Pie; Copics
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Gina K Luxury White; DP - Pebbles (Lil' Buddy Collection)
Embellishments: Crystal Effects; Ribbon (American Crafts); Washers and Bolts
Tools: Photo Corner Punch; Martha Stewart Border Punch
