Thursday, March 28, 2024

Flowers are like friends...

Hey there!

I'm up on the Hello Bluebird blog with yet another card celebrating this beautiful Spring season. I've finally got some daffodils blooming in my garden so I thought it appropriate to ink up one of the cuties from the Flower Friends set. With Easter only a few days away I'm still in bunny mode so I decided to build this scene around the pretty bunny pulling her wagon full of Spring blooms. The pastoral background was done with some selective inking of the Country Roads Background stamp. Because I wanted to add the little bird that is also from the Flower Friends set to the wagon full of flowers, I stamped it first and then covered it with a mask before stamping the bunny and wagon. Next, I masked the bunny so I could stamp the background over top. To give the Country Roads Background a more wide open look, I chose not to ink up the large branch up top and I wiped the ink away from the tree root down in the grass. To fill the space in the sky I instead stamped the clouds from the Flower Friends set, which helped give this scene a whole new look. 

Next, it was time to start coloring and I filled the scene with lots of green grass and sunlit blue sky using Copic markers. Because I had already used the Gallery Frame #3 die to cut out a pretty pink frame, I colored the wagon to match and used the same shades of pink in the flowers and her pretty floral dress. The large sentiment fit perfectly on the hillside and I stamped it using Versamark watermark ink and heat embossed it in white. With the frame glued into place all that was left to do was add it all to a card base and call this card complete.  :)

See ya in 24!


Supply list:
cardstock- Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Flower Friends and Country Roads Background)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versamark watermark

Hero Arts detail white embossing powder

Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame #3 die
Sharpie extra fine white pen

Copic markers:

sky- Y0000, Y000, B0000, B000, B00, B21, B32, 0, C0

tree/house- YG01, YG23, YG17, YG67, E84, E87/E55, E57, E59, E81, E84, W4, W5, C5
dirt path/grass- E31, E42, E43, E44/YG01, YG03, YG25, YG63, G94

wagon- T3, T5, T7, 100, RV00, RV10, RV02, RV34, C4
bunny- W0, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, R000, R30, RV42

dress- E40, E42, E81, W1, W3, RV02, RV34, V04, V17, YG25, Y15

bird- B00, B52, B45, E40, R30, YR23

flowers- YG23, YG17, G46, Y000, Y11, Y13, Y18, E47/G20, Y13/RV02, RV55/V01, V12, V15/Y35, YR04

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Welcome Spring...

Hello, hello!

The little windows of space that make up the Postage Collage mini slimline die from Waffle Flower gave me the perfect opportunity to put some of the cute mini images from Purple Onion Designs in the spotlight. Stamps like the Garden Bugs set, May, the garden bird and Iris, the cute little running mouse. Each one gets to shine in their own vignette of Spring cheer and happiness, especially once I added the Flora and Fauna set flowers, Wildflowers, tall flowers and the clouds from the Fairgrounds Background to help set the each scene. I added the Welcome Spring sentiment from the Sweet Occasions Sentiment set to the middle panel to finish up this adorable card full wee garden cuties.  :)

Toodles!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Lawn Fawn and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Purple Onion Designs (Iris, Garden Bugs set, May, Flora and Fauna set, Wildflowers, tall flowers, Fairgrounds Background and Sweet Occasions Sentiment set)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Waffle Flower Crafts Postage Collage mini slimline die
Sharpie extra fine white pen

Copic markers:
mouse- E40, E41, W3, W4, W6, R000, R30/RV00, RV02, RV32, RV34

snail- YG11, G82, BG93, E81, E84, E87
bee/lady bug- Y0000, YR30, Y11, Y13, Y26, R30, E44, E47/C3, C4, C5, C7, R24, R29, R59
bird- E50, E81, E42, B000, B52, B34, Y32, Y19, YR23, R0000, R30, RV42
dirt/grass- E31, E34, E41, E42, E44/YG01, YG03, G24

sky- B0000, B00, B12, C0, C1
flowers- YG03, YG17, G46/RV63, RV55, RV66/RV02, RV14/Y35, YR04/Y02, Y13, Y18, E47/B02, B66/V06, BV08/Y00, YG91

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

HBD2U...

Good morning!

I've been so busy wrapping up design work for the upcoming MerMay release at Sweet November that I haven't had as much time for card making. So, I was searching through my hard drive to find a card that I hadn't shared here yet and look who I found... little Paisley! I can't believe that I made this card during her release last summer and never got around to sharing her here on the ol' blog. It's a clean and simple design with the confetti stencil in the background and I concentrated most of my efforts into the no-line coloring of Paisley herself. The pinks and purples make for a pretty little birthday card. :)

Later gators!


Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It

stamps- Sweet November (
Paisley)

ink- Memento desert sand and Papertrey Ink purple

Papertrey Ink scalloped rectangle die

Sharpie extra fine white pen

My Favorite Things confetti stencil

Copic markers:

sorry, I didn't keep a list