Happy Colors for The Paper Players #595

 Hello friends, it's time for a great Color Challenge at The Paper Players #595 and you will love it! Claire has chosen Real Red, Pacific Point, and White for us to use this time around. That suggests some bright and fun options for you and we hope you'll play along! 

My card began with a background that I made using a diagonal striped stencil and DOX inks in shades of blue. I die cut a few clouds from that panel but set aside the rest so that I could use a solid card base of Pacific Point for accuracy. 

I colored this sweet image of the girl and her umbrella with Copic markers. I've been admiring these stamps for years and finally ordered them (MFTstamps BB Rain or Shine). Using them for the first time is fun! Adding this also to NBUS.

Have some crafty time if you can, we'd love to have you join us! See you soon.  

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Flying By and bunny love

Saying HI with a quick pop in post in the middle of the day and a new card with new supplies (NBUS!) that I have been loving. I saw someone had posted a video of her quarantine haul. That could almost be the title of my blog posts, daily, HA! It is also true that I've had a birthday recently. 
 I'm tending to love bunnies lately and any line images that I can easily color. The brand-new-to-me Flying By set from Penny Black fit the bill nicely. 

I'm also looking for sentiments that are light-hearted and fun just like the cards I'm wanting to make.  I masked the right side of the card front and created a stenciled background on the left side. 

Miss Rabbit was stamped in black and colored with Copics, then I die cut a circle and left the flower image outside the cutting plates when I ran it through the machine. This easy technique is called cutting "outside the box." I fussy cut the flowers that remained.  

Most of my supplies are listed below. I'm playing along with the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches today. If you want inspiration, check out the beautiful samples there!

And the NBUS challenge. 

I'm glad to join The Penny Black Saturday Challenge HERE with the Anything Goes theme.

I hope that you have a wonderful day and get to spend some time doing what you love. Thanks so much for your visit and very kind comments! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Penny Black - Flying by

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Basic Black SU

INK: Versamark, Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick; Copic markers: W1,W2,W4,YG41,YG06, YG97,R81,R85  

Accessories: White embossing powder, my favorite gems - Nuvo Crystal Gems, WOS Shimmer pen; Cloud Stencil MFT

Christmas Pageant

Hey! How are you today? 
I'm just popping in with a card using the delightful faces and children from the Christmas Pageant stamps and dies (Neat and Tangled.) I was completely taken in when I saw the images last year and I've been coloring them in between other projects. 

I used Copic markers to color, and Distress Oxide ink (Cracked Pistachio) blending lightly for the background. I pulled out the Swirling Star Trail die (SSS) and added a pale gold glitter paper behind the stars for bling. There's a bit of shimmer sparkle on the children's stars but it doesn't show up in the photo, sorry. 

This card really fills my "cute-ness" quota for the day. Hope your day is great! Thanks for visiting! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

What I love: Butterflies and Something NEW!

Good morning, hope you are doing very well this Wednesday morning. Today is the day I share something I created just because I love it! Today's card features butterflies, a new technique and a new stamp set, all things that make me smile. Here we go! 

I knew that the butterflies in the Beautiful Day set were needed in my stamp stash as soon as I saw them. Also love the sentiments in this set as they have large and small fonts and expressions that work well together in many different combinations.  I colored them in with Copics, added a bit of shimmer and paired them with pretty patterned paper for my card front. 

Now for the fun! The new technique is a window pop-up card, as shared HERE by creative artist Jennifer McGuire. Her cards are gorgeous and her videos are amazing. I will want to try this technique again and again, as Jennifer shared several designs. 

Here's the pop up when you open the card.  I sponged ink to create the clouds and added another die cut butterfly. There is a space to the right to add your signature horizontally. 

And here is the whole card opened. I couldn't resist decorating ALL the parts, ha! 

Hope you've enjoyed my post. I've loved reading your sweet comments. Know what else I love?  The wonderful stamping community where we share, learn and encourage one another. Keep smiling, you are simply the BEST! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Beautiful Day

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Penny Black - Painted Blooms

INK:Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black, Hero Arts - Soft Pool

Accessories: Wink of Stella, dies, Copic markers

I'm playing with the Wednesday Challenge Simon Says: Make your own background