Penny Black

It's so hard to lose a pet that has been with the family for so long.  I made this card in hopes that it would help a friend to remember the life of their wonderful girl and all of the happiness she brought into their lives and to focus on that instead of the sadness.  

I colored the puppy with Copics and used pencils to add the spots and shadows.  Here is a pic of the inside of the card.  Thanks for visiting.

Rosie's Roadshow

I made this card as a Christmas "thank you"!  I wanted to keep it simple and the little Rosie's Roadshow Holiday House was just right.  I framed the image with SU Buckaroo Blue and floated it on a piece of acetate to give an icier look.  The window with frame was made with a die from MFT.  I can't find it on their website to link it right now, but I'm sure it is an MFT product because I purchased it at their boutique in Eustis.  I used a sponge and SU Buckaroo Blue to darken the edge of the frame and then added Clear Stickles to make it snowy.   

The tricky thing about acetate is you have to think about covering the back of the image you attach in the window.  It looks bad inside the card if the adhesive shows.  I made another square a little bigger and embellished it with a snowflake, so it covers the ugliness and adds a dark green frame behind the picture on the front.  Here's what the inside looks like...

Thanks for stopping by :)

Stampin' Up Madison Avenue

As soon as I saw this set in the Sale-a-bration flyer, I wanted to play with the different geometric elements and see how they could be put together to make different designs.  It is really neat how they fit together and inside of each other.  The possibilities are endless when you think how it would look using different color combinations!!    

Materials used:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Madison Avenue (Sale-a-bration 2013), 
               My Favorite Things "Thanks"
Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Gumball Green, Taken with Teal 
                   and Real Red
Inks:   Stampin' Up Gumball Green, Taken with Teal 
          and Real Red
Accessories: Stamp positioner, small scallop punch, 
                    1-3/8 and 1-1/2 round punches, button, 
                    linen thread

MFT Far Out

I was playing with the new Doodle Garden Far Out Stamp Set today.  It's so adorable...and so much fun to color.  Once the color brought her to life, I knew that I had to finish the card and post it!! 

Isn't she perfect with the hippy dippy paper from Doodlebug design?  The dies I used are all MFT Die-namics:  Jumbo Scalloped Border, Leaf Filled Flourish, Oval Stax and Notched Tag Die and Stamp Set!  The Leaf Filled Flourish is gorgeous as it is, but you can cut it apart and arrange it in all kinds of ways to get just the look you want!!  The other really fun accessory I used was the hemp cord that MFT sells.  You can color it with Copics and make it any color you want it to be!

Copic colors used:

                   E50, E00, E11

                   E35, E17, E18

                   B91, B93, B97, B99

                   R27, R35, R39

                   Y06, YR04, YG05, YG09, W2, BG70 & 

                   0 colorless Blender

MFT Die-namics Vertical Greetings Die & Stamp Set

I love this stamp.  It works for almost everything!  Who wouldn't want to get a card with this sentiment on the front from the Die-namics Vertical Greetings Die & Stamp Set by My Favorite Things?  It works for girls, guys, young, old, congratulations, thank you, birthday!!  The list goes on and on.  Like I said, I  love it!

For this card I used background paper that I made myself using the Masterboard technique that I learned at Stamp and Deliver in Daytona.   Brenda Ambrosino taught the class.  The gears were cut with a Tim Holtz die and then rusted, and the little stars are wood veneer colored with Copic markers.  I think the paper that I used for the side border and above and below the greeting is from My Mind's Eye.

Valentine

This is my first try at the Triple Stamping technique.  Wow...fun and easy!  It doesn't get better than that.  I used
two Stampin' Up sets I (heart) Hearts and Dream Come   
  True.  The beautiful Spellbinder label die makes it more 
  romantic!  Thanks for visiting.

  

Stampin' Up Nature Walk Birthday Card

Ah, it's a new year and I've made a resolution to post more.  Here is a card that I made for a friend's birthday.  I decided that I would use all Stampin' Up products and I'm really happy with the result.  I've hardly used my SU markers, but they produced a beautiful result!  The inspiration from this card came from a post by Linda Young.  I'm sorry that I'm not better at posting all of the materials I used.  I will try to get better at that in the future, but if you really need to know, send me a message and I will figure it out for you :)  Thanks for looking and for visiting my blog!!