Garden Party

 Hi, glad you could come by! I made a card today for a challenge but didn't realize the linky had ended. It doesn't matter because I spent a fun hour coloring and playing just for fun. 

And I came up with a cutie that I quite like! 

Hope you do too. 

I have quite a few cute critter stamps now, and when I saw the Hello Bluebird Pathway background I could imagine some delightful possibilities. Doing simple coloring with Copics for a fall scene, I added the die cut mouse from the Garden Party set. Incorporating plaid DSP for the layout and his little bow tie gave him a jaunty look, don't you think?  I added a few drops with Nuvo green also.

I don't know where Mr Mouse is off to, but I have a few small greetings that could be added later depending on the occasion. 

And that's all for me for now! Make it a great day. I will be back tomorrow!

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

What I love: Techniques!

Welcome to my blog and a new week. We are in the midst of a heat spell, with a real feel temp today of 108. We got out very early on the lake this morning. It was beautiful and restorative to be on the water. 

Now I'm happy to stay inside and be COOL this afternoon!

I love a COOL technique and this one shared by Jennifer McGuire I just had to try! I made stripes using strips of colored card stock. By placing the stencil each new stripe is inked in a matching color until the stencil design is carried over the whole panel. 

It took some time to do this but I think the result is worth it! I didn't want to cover the stenciled background so I kept the images simple, using the SSS Beautiful Days stamp set. 

The papers and inks are from PTI. I punched some flowers and added Gloss Nuvo Drops in Apple Green.

The stencil is from MFT called "Funky Florals." 

Today is a new day, and I hope yours will be delightful! Thanks so much for your visit. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Just a Little Bit Country

Hello, welcome and come on in! 

Imagine that I'm inviting you into my cozy English Country kitchen to show you a few of my favorite things. Make yourself comfy with a cup of tea or coffee and feel right at home. 

Then you'll get a sense of how I was feeling inspired as I made this card. My kitchen did used to have these colors that I love. 

A few of my favorites are the yellow and blue combo, birds, tea cups, florals and geometrics.  

I stamped the trellis background stamp (WPlus9 Tropic Fever) in Salty Ocean Distress Ink. The floral cluster was stamped to create a tone on tone background on the yellow panel. The images from Hello and Thanks (WPlus9) were colored with Copics and die cut and layered on a hexagon die cut. 

This photo from The Card Concept inspired me to use the florals, blues and cottage theme in my clean and layered card. 

I am also playing along at the Fusion Card Challenge, following the theme and the sketch. 

and adding one more to Simons Says Stamp: Anything Goes. 

I've enjoyed your visit! Thanks for spending time with me today, hope your day is wonderful.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Copic Coloring and a Doodle Doodle Doo

Something new, something old and a doodle doodle doo! 

The song "Bushel and a Peck" is old, but it's still one of my favorites! My grand baby was tickled to laughter when I sang this for her recently with all the doodle oodle oodles!

The stamp set from Honey Bee (of the same name) is new to me - of course I just had to have it! I had fun with some Copic coloring of a stamped background full of apples and leaf images from the set.

I stamped hearts and black dots to fill in the small spaces, adding Crystal Effects to make the die cut sentiment and tiny heart shine. 

I was inspired by CAS(E) This Sketch and will also enter again at Simon Says Stamp: Stamp It challenge.  

Hope you have a fabulous day. Thanks for visiting! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!