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Easter Peeps

Good Friday to you, Peeps ... I'm back with some more Easter card inspiration today! Who doesn't like some iconic Peeps over Easter celebrations? These were easy to create with the adorable Memory Box Sweet Bunny die, by just die cutting a few different colors of cardstock, plus white. I placed foam tape behind the bunny heads to mount them to the card base, then placed the eyes and noses die cut from white bunnies back into the colored bunnies. I love the one pink nose on the blue bunny! :) To make my Peeps look like they were sitting in a pretty box, I die cut Memory Box's Curved Happy Easter from pretty Lawn Fawn pastel Plaid Spring patterned paper and green cardstock, then layered the two together, offset just a bit: Thanks so much for joining me today ... Wishing you a wonderful weekend and Happy Easter next week! SUPPLIES: 99905 Sweet Bunny craft die 99349 Curved Happy Easter Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk Lawn Fawn Petite Paper Pack, Perfectly Plaid Spring Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Banana Split, 10 pk Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Gumball, 10 pk Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock,... Read more →

Easter Window Card

Happy Friday, friends -- Today I'm sharing a Quick Bunny window Easter card! These adorable Memory Box Quick Bunnies from the new 2018 Spring Release fit perfectly around the Grass Stitched Circle Frame! I simply die cut a circle out of a lavender notecard about the same size as the stitched frame opening, then glued the frame on the card front. Of course, the bunnies needed tiny pom-poms glued on for tails, and pink noses dabbed on with Copic R20 to complete their cuteness! Inside the notecard, I placed the pretty Happy Easter Perky Script (die cut from Cherry Blossom notecard). I love the dimension, looking through the grass to the inside of the card at the greeting: Easter weekend is only two weeks away ... are you ready? Thanks so much for joining me today! SUPPLIES: 99902 Quick Bunnies craft die 99924 Grass Stitched Circle Frame craft die 99628 Happy Easter Perky Script My Favorite Things Die-namics, STAX Circle Set 1 My Favorite Things Die-namics, STAX Circle Set 2 Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk Hero Arts Layering Paper, Mixed Floral Hero Arts Folded Cards, Floral Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, French Mints, 10... Read more →

Happy Spring

Happy Spring, Friends! The Spring rainy season has been here and now green is popping up everywhere ... I love it! To celebrate, I thought these adorable Memory Box Spring Bunnies would be appropriate! Aren't those bunnies adorable?!! I stamped them in Memento Gray Flannel ink, then colored them with Copic T0, T1, T2, and gave them rosy cheeks and pink ears with Copic R00 and R20. Next, I die cut Memory Box Blossom Circle from a green alcohol ink background paper I created with Copic Various Ink Refills and glued it in place around the bunnies. Next, I used Memory Box Broadsworth Floral Border to cut the card front right edge of my white top-folding card base. Then I glued a strip of pink alcohol ink background paper to the inside of the card, to make the delicate die cut edge pop. Note: (The alcohol ink backgrounds are from another one of my Copic Various Ink background making sessions << Full details can be found on that blog post. The green paper was made with YG03 and G46. The pink paper was created with Copic RV14 and RV17, with Gold Metallic Mixative added). To finish the card, I stamped... Read more →

Doily Distress Oxide Cards

It's another fun week over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, using some of my very favorite papercrafting tools, dies! I used my favorite new Distress Oxide inks to create the backgrounds for these cards. I hope you'll join me in the CLASSroom for all the details! I also used some fabulous new-to-me dies from Waffle Flower. And lucky for you, ALL DIES are 15% off this week at Ellen Hutson!! Just click on the graphic below to start shopping. You have until midnight Pacific Sunday, March 19 to take advantage of this sale! Happy shopping! Read more →

April 2016 Calendar

Hello friends -- I hope your March has been fabulous so far! Today I am getting ready for Spring weather and have my April calendar to share. Have Spring rains already hit your part of the country? This sweet Taylored Expressions Calendar Critters piggy is ready for her rainy weather! You can find all the details on how this calendar was created today over on the Taylored Expressions blog ... I hope you'll join me there! Read more →

Welcome Spring!

It is Spring Break in my part of the country and the weather has definitely been beautiful, with trees and flowers budding out everywhere, and birds singing in the trees! These things were my inspiration for today’s card ... I hope you will join me today over on the Taylored Expressions blog for all the details on how to create it! Read more →

Easter Bouquet Window Card

Happy March, crafters! Today I'm sharing a happy Easter bouquet window card made with Essentials by Ellen Diagonal Window (brilliant idea!) die and gorgeous Wild Garden and Bold Blossom dies over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom. I hope you'll join me there for all the details of this fun card! Read more →

March New Beginnings & Copic Opaque White 4 Ways!

Happy March, everyone! Today I am sharing a Spring home decor project with you, using some of Pink Ink Stamp Company's latest stamp release! This photo holder/stand was a gift from a dear friend nine years ago, shortly after we moved into our last house. I thought it was only fitting to spruce it up a bit, since we will be moving into a new home in one short month ... thus, the great "New Beginnings" sentiment! So I made a watercolor background on a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor paper using Tumbled Glass Distress Reinker: Once the background was dry, Copic Opaque White was used to paint the clouds -- I thinned it with a bit of water and painted it on the watercolored background with a brush: Next, I stamped Pink Ink's Row of Bulbs and New Beginnings sentiment with Versamark Ink onto an Inchie Arts 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" ATC Art Board and gold heat embossed it. I always love how nice and crisp Pink Ink's red rubber stamp images stamp and emboss -- such pretty fine details! And the Art Board stands up to the heat embossing, Copic coloring AND the Opaque White being heavily painted... Read more →

March 2016 Calendar

I’m ready for March wind (and sun!), flowers and warmer weather … how about you? Hopefully this flowery little lamb March calendar will help! You can find out how it all came together over on the Taylored Expressions blog today ... I hope you'll join me there! Read more →

Celebrating Spring!

Happy weekend to you all! It's been a gorgeous one here, making me definitely ready for Spring so I thought this adorable new Pink Ink Flower Delivery bike would be a great choice to work with today! (Bold products are linked below in the supply section): The bike was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and then colored with these Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pens from Imagination International Inc: I used these glitter pens 7 from Set A to color the image: Lavender, Pink, Orange, Lemon, Melon, Turquoise, and Silver. I used these 6 glitter pens from Set B: Pitch Black, Blossom, Peach, Lilac, Mint, and Baby Blue. The small tips on the pens make it easy to color the small images in this stamp, and the beautiful translucent glittery color adds gorgeous sparkle! Hopefully you can see the pretty shimmer in this close-up: I adore all the fine details in these basket of flowers and cute bike! To finish the card, I added shadows under the bike wheels with Copic C0 and C1, then added the 4" x 5.25" panel with Copic Foam Tape to a white top-folded notecard with a Bazzill Candy Necklace... Read more →

Curlicue Heart Art Square

With the holidays almost over and Valentine’s Day / Spring weddings on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking ahead! So today I have a sweet love-themed card to share with you. This is Pink Ink’s generously-sized beautiful Curlicue Heart stamp. It measures approximately 2.75” wide x 2.50” tall. I gold heat embossed it onto a white Inchie Arts 3-inch Art Square and watercolored the image with Peerless Watercolors. This sweet detailed image was so much fun to color! To give the image a homespun quilted look, I used Taylored Expressions Stitched Square die to emboss stitch lines into the Art Square, then layered it onto a pinked-edge square dark pink die cut. I love that the Art Square stands up to heat embossing, watercolor, AND dry embossing, all on one project! The image was then layered onto a white card base embossed with Taylored Expressions Swiss Hearts embossing folder. Gold thread was wrapped up and placed behind the image, to resemble a bird’s nest. :) Wishing you all much love in 2016! Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Curlicue Heart Taylored Expressions Dies, Stitched Square Stacklets Taylored Expressions Embossing Folders, Swiss Hearts Inchie Arts Art Squares, 3" White VersaMark Ink... Read more →

A Fond Farewell

It is with sadness and a great deal of admiration that the Copic team bids farewell to our long-time friend and Copic team member, Sherrie Siemens. Sherrie has made the very difficult choice to step down from the team, as she begins an exciting new adventure going back to school to pursue a brand new career. (Above photo – Copic training event in Chicago 2011 – Sherrie, MandiLee Klinger, Lori Craig and myself) I've had the honor to serve on a few design teams with Sherrie over the years and have always admired her gorgeous artwork, mad coloring skills, integrity and kindness. We will ALL sorely miss you, Sherrie ... Best of luck in the next phase of your life! The beautiful portrait of Sherrie above reminded me of this sweet image: Digital image is A Special Flower from A Day For Daisies. Other supplies are linked below. Background was airbrushed with Y21. Shadows behind girl were dotted with C1, C2, and Y21. Our Copic team has all posted for Sherrie today. Some of them will have pictures, and some may have projects. We'd love for you to stop by Sherrie's blog (last link on the list below) and share... Read more →

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, Friends! This is getting up a little later than I wanted today, after a little detour trip to the ER with my husband last night (just as I was finishing the coloring of this image)! He is doing fine now, but I'm sure you can imagine what a Saturday night on a holiday weekend was like at the hospital ... hurry up and wait for 5 hours! :) This adorable Easter Egg image is a digi stamp from A Day For Daisies. Every now and then I love the instant gratification of a new image to color ... even at midnight! (All bold products are linked below in the supply section). After printing the image onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, I colored it with these Copic Sketch Markers: I tried out a little different technique to color the ground and sky ... and that is stippling or dotting the tip of your brush marker to fill in those areas. For the blue sky background, I started with a quick and light solid coloring of my lightest BG0000, then went back with my two darker BG000 and BG01 markers and did the stippling. The ground was dotted with... Read more →

Gina K Feb 2014 Release Inspiration Hop 2

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops. Today's featured new February 2014 stamp sets are Folk Filigree by Becky Oehlers and Signs of Spring by Theresa Momber (click the graphics below to see these sets in the Gina K Designs store): A coordinating Folk Filigree Silhouette free cut file download is available on the Freebies page at StampTV, here. I used it on both of these cards. What a fun set with tons of elements, to build any kind of floral scene you'd like! (Click on any photo for a larger view): On my first card, I stamped the Thanks a Bunch sentmient and triple banner in Turquoise Sea Color Companions ink and added some... Read more →

Framed Fleuriste Newsprint

Today's JustRite Papercraft new stamp set reveals are two gorgeous background stamps designed and illustrated by Amy Tedder. This week we are revealing a fresh new look for JustRite Papercraft and launching the beginning of a new stamp line called Amy Tedder Designs. Aren't they gorgeous?!! Amy just started her own new blog, so I hope you'll visit her for more upcoming inspiration! I adore both of today's new background stamps and chose to use part of this beautiful Fleuriste Newsprint stamp: to make this 3.50" framed piece of artwork: I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto kraft cardstock and then colored it with these lighter Springy Copic markers: YR31, YR23, YR31, B12, G21, V15, W4. The butterfly was stamped again onto Copic's X-Press It Blending Card, cut out and popped up over the background. A light green seam binding bow and pale yellow paper rose finish it off. I thought this would make a nice Spring home decor piece for my guest powder room! I also wanted to mention -- if you still have some of the older JustRite stamp sets on your wish list, now would be a great time to check out the JustRite Original... Read more →