Always Fashionable!

Hi everyone! Papertrey Ink had a big anniversary sale a few weeks ago and I was lucky enough to pick up this 'Fashion Sense' stamp set that was part of the 2015 Stamp-a-Faire collection. I had always admired the set but wasn't taking part in SAF that year and didn't want the whole kit and caboodle.

With this pretty lady, I created a very simple one layer card using a few of the images from the set. I 'smooshed' three colors of distress ink for the main body of her dress and the flower backgrounds before stamping the outline images in black ink for a beautiful contrast. I just love how the distress ink reacted with water for that splotchy effect!

I added in some polka dots in a lighter blue and then had to go for the shine! Small silver paillettes from some Recollections glitter added cool texture and shine and then a few clear sequins added even more sparkle. I stayed with the blue tones for the sentiment and stamped it last over the whole image. So simple and pretty!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
Recollections Chunky Silver Glitter
DMC Silver Thread

STAMP-A-FAIRE 2015 EXCLUSIVE: FASHION SENSE Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD Distress Mini Ink Pad BLUEPRINT SKETCH Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN Ranger TDP40132 Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix

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Jungle Baby!

Hi everyone! I have been wanting to do more coloring for the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge but, as we all know, life sometimes gets in the way! I did find some time to create a couple of cards and this watercolor jungle scene is one of them! I was asked to make a jungle baby shower card and thought I would use the opportunity to enter the Color Throwdown #432 Challenge too! 

My colors aren't quite what the inspiration pic shows but close enough! I stamped these adorable jungle animals in light colored distress inks and then watercolored them in some fun babyish shades. I also stamped lots of tropical leaves and gave them a wash of watercolor in bright greens!

Behind all of the layering, there is a comic book frame that I watercolored in a light red. I used some fun animal print papers in yellows and greens to fill in the blank areas. They were a bit bright so I softened them by covering them in vellum and you are still able to see all of the fun prints!

All of the watercolored pieces each have a little Wink of Stella glitter on them. My pictures don't quite pick up on that but in person the shimmer is so pretty and perfect for this baby card! I added in a super sweet baby sentiment as well as some tiny iridescent blue hearts. So adorable!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
Grafix Vellum
Martha Stewart 'Blueberry Slush' hearts
Offray ribbon

Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Paper Basics - Vintage Cream Cardstock (24 Sheets) Wild Prints Paper Pack Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections: The Classics Prima Marketing TROPICALS Watercolor Confections Set Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Distress Mini Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE Distress Mini Ink Pad WEATHERED WOOD MSTN Wild Things CUTE AS A BUTTON Blissful Blooms Die-namics Blissful Blooms Cover Plate: Comic Strip Die ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad We R Memory Keepers Cropadile CORNER CHOMPER MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Ki

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Hoppy Easter!

Hi everyone! March 1st is a perfect day to show this fun and colorful Easter card! Plus, the 30 Day Coloring Challenge starts today and this definitely fits the bill with Copics, ink blending and stamping!

This hopping bunny from the Sizzix 'Hoppy Easter' set is so adorable and I couldn't wait to get it stamped and on an action spring for some movement!  The sun background was inked through a die cut stencil before I stamped it with some cheery polka dots in the same color. I didn't want to cover up a lot of the background, so I embossed the sentiment onto vellum before adhering it to the front of the card.

Like I said before, the bunny is mounted on a wobble spring so he moves around in the cutest way. The sweet chick is mounted to the background and I mimicked movement by adding in hand drawn lines around the wings. I added some sparkle with bits of Wink of Stella and some sweet pastel colored flower gems. The shiny yellow bow and the background papers are the perfect Spring touch!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:

Bazzil 'lime crush' card stock
Grafix vellum
American Crafts ribbon
Hero Arts flower gems
Copic markers and multiliner

Sizzix - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Hoppy Easter Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets Perfect Match Green Parakeet Cardstock Perfect Match Harvest Gold Cardstock let's polka petite paper pack Subtle Plaids Paper Pack Simon Says Stamp FULL CARD SUNSHINE Craft Dies S200 Die-namics Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass LJD Darling Dots Harvest Gold Ink Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS TUXEDO BLACK MEMENTO INK PAD Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine Black Scallop Edge Border Punch We R Memory Keepers Cropadile CORNER CHOMPER Action Wobble Springs ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker

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