Soar

I had some time over the long holiday weekend to play in my stamp room. I inked a new TCP set, Soar. I like the versatility of this set, it includes some Christmas sentiments but can also be used year round.
I colored the rocket propelled bunny with copics and then used The Deconstructed Sketch for the layout. The papers are from an old October Afternoon pad. I used a TCP star die for the blue stars and a zig zag die from MFT for the blue strip.
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Little Girls

As soon as I saw this Stamping Bella Anastasia stamp I immediately thought of my girls. Not sure if it is the curls plopped on top of her little head or the glasses or maybe both. I colored her with copies and gave her a nice bunch of red curls. I added grey and green to her dress. I cut the patterned paper strips with a MFT Fish Tail Flags Die-namic.  The flower was cut with a die and finished with a black rhinestone center.
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Clowning Around

Here is the second card I am sending to Gracie.
The stamp set is Clowning Around from The Cat's Pajamas. The penguins seem to be having a great time!
I colored the image with copics and added some spica glitter highlights. I layered the image onto an inverted circle die cut with Nestabilities. The patterned paper is from the October Afternoon Campfire collection. I used my new Fiskars Jester punch for the red card stock and then added some bright blue bakers twine. I added some bright rhinestones to finish it off.
Can't wait to get this in the mail!
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Gracie's Cards No 1

One of my goals this year is to send more cards, I make a ton of them but for some reason I end up with a huge pile that never get mailed out. Why create all these beautiful (IMHO) cards if they are just going to sit in a box right? I decided to try to send one a week to my granddaughter, Grace.  She is almost three and loves to get stuff in the mail, especially cards with a couple sheets of stickers to play with inside!
Anyways, this is the first card for Gracie this year. I used the Green Acres set from Taylored Expressions. I  colored the farmer, cow and the haystacks with copics and added spica glitter to the farmer's pitch fork and the cow's bell. The clouds were cut with a die from The Cat's Pajamas. The patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Campfire pad.

For the inside of the card, I used one of the sentiments and added a haystack.
Think this is a great way to start Gracie's card collection!
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Hibernating....

This furry fellow is from My Favorite Things. Fred Bear is enjoying a long nap. I stamped him with Memento ink and colored him with copics. Then I sponged just a small amount of chalk to add some dimension to the image.  I layered the image onto some red card stock and then added a pop of color with some patterned paper from October Afternoon's Campfire pad. I ran the green paper through my Cuttlebug with the Seeing Spots embossing folder.

I love the sentiment, included in the set. I stamped it onto white card stock and then used a SU corner punch. I left some solid green card stock on the inside for a note.
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Bestest Friend

This is my card for last week's TCP challenge. This sketch had me stumped for a while--did you notice that I said last week's challenge?! I finally came up with this and I am very happy with the final result. I actually cut three separate layers of the grass to add some dimension. Love the new October Afternoon Campfire paper pad! I added the sentiment across the top to finish it off.
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Flippin Fabulous

This is a new Fred Bear stamp from MFT. I swear he just keeps getting cuter and cuter! I colored him with copics and then added some sparkle to his hat and grill with glitter pens. The patterned paper is more from the October Afternoon Campfire pad. I picked this pad up at Archiver's when I was in Omaha in July--boy am I glad that I did, it is my go to paper this week!
I used the seeing spots embossing folder on the blue card stock and added some twine and a button to finish it off.

I stamped the sentiment on the inside and layered more plaid patterned paper that was used on the front. Sure hope the lucky recipient (AKA Mom) thinks it is truly flipping' fabulous!
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Head in the clouds

I am hoping to finally be back posting on my blog on a much more regular basis.
This image is one of the newest ones from The Cat's Pajamas! Isn't he cute? I colored the image with copies and then added some sparkle with a glitter pen to the propeller and exhaust. Instead of coloring the bunny a solid brown I just highlighted the edges and blended.
The patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Campfire pad. I ran the kraft through my crimper and then used a die for the fold lines on the brown card stock. The cloud is actually cut from a TCP cloud border die. The buttons are from my stash!

I used the same patterned paper on the inside and used the rest of the cloud border die as well. The sentiment is from the stamp set and was cut out with a Wonky Square Nestabilities die.
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Mother's Day

This is the card I made for my Mom for Mother's Day. I can't believe it is just a week away, where has the year gone? I just love the Annie images from Tiddly Inks, Christie does such amazing work. It is hard to go to her store and pick just one! I have heard lots of great things about Georgia Pacific cardstock available at Wal-Mart and I have to say I am quite pleased with the results and the price can't be beat. I colored Annie with copic markers and added some detail with Atyou Spica Glitter pens.

The patterned paper is from a pad from October Afternoon called "The Thrift Shop". I used a MS punch for the loops and an EK Success corner punch as well. I added a Kaiser rhinestone to set off the flower in her hair. Think my Mom will love to see Annie in her mailbox.