Vroom!!

Hello!  I was looking through some of my stamps by Gerda Steiner Designs recently and came across this guy living his best life and thought that it had been a little bit since he came out to play.   This stamp set is called Vrooming By!

To make the main focus of the card look like a stamp, I used the Pink Fresh Nested Rectangles Postage Edge Dies to cut it from Hammermill Cardstock, Premium Color Copy, 100lb paper.  I always use this paper for ink blending.  I will use it for Copic coloring occasionally when I need a larger surface.  I prefer to use X-Press It Blending Card but it is pretty expensive, so I use it mostly to stamp smaller images and cut them out with dies or my scan and cut.  

I stamped and my little guy and then stamped and cut a mask for him.  Once he was covered, I inked the ground with Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.  I then inked in the sky with Tumbled Glass.

I colored my little friend in with Copic Markers in the following colors:

• R05, R17, R27 - Red
• W0, W1, W5, W7, W9 - Gray
• YG23, YG07, YG09 - Green
• YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27 - Dog

Once that was colored, I used the Postage Die to cut it out and then layered it on red cardstock to highlight the postage cut edge.  

The palm print behind the stamp was inked on white cardstock.  I lightly inked the cardstock with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink.  I used the Lawn Fawn Tropical Leaves Stencil with Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide.  I cut this piece to 5.35" x 4.0".

I glued the "postage stamp" and stenciled cardstock on a piece of yellow cardstock cut to 5.5" x 4.25". Once that was assembled, I glued it to a card base.  

I used the sentiments from the stamp set for the outside and inside of the card.  

To add to the postage theme of the card, I used the Year Round Postmarks from Sweet November Stamps. 

I think this is just a really fun card that would be used for a lot of different occasions.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day also.

Sandy

Make A Moth Betty Hello Notecard

Hello!  Just a quick card for today.  I have a cheerful little card today that has one of my favorite moths, Betty, by Emily Moore Designs.  I just love building this little buddies.  This particular moth was created with just the pieces from the Make A Month: Betty Die Set, but you can use the other little bits and pieces from the other Make A Moth Sets.  

I used the colors on the patterned paper to select the colors for the moth.  I used Emily Moore Design Decorative Sentiment Die Set to cut out the flowered paper and the white piece behind my moth.  The addition of the white cardstock really helped the moth pop.  The green background paper was cut using their Card Sentiment Dies.  The largest die in this set is 5.25" x 4.0" which is perfect if you like to have a small border on the outside of the card front.  I love a little border and do it on most of the cards that I make.

I used the same cardstock for the sentiment that I used to make my moth.  I used the Hi, Hey Hello - Big and Bold.  I added a little bit of "stitching" with my white gel pen to add a little be extra to the lettering without overpowering it.  

To add a little texture to my card, I used a cream-colored flat lace to trim out the .5" strip along the left side of the card.  

I just love the way this card turned out and think that it would be a great note card.  It would also be a wonderful Birthday card depending on what you use for the inside sentiment.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you are sharing a little love one card at a time.

Sandy

#315 Craft Roulette - Unity Stamp Co.

Hello and happy Sunday!  Today I have a card that I created for the current Craft Roulette Challenge.  I had a couple of ideas but kept getting stumped by the Element parameter - hop(s)/hopping.  I kept looking through my stamps and when I came across this poor little fellow, all I could see was him hopping along with his cane because he had a broken wing.  Perfect! 

Thise weeks parameters:

• Project - Hello
• Colors - Strawberry Fields
• Elements - Hop(s)/hopping
• Random - Big Letter(s)

The stamp and paper are from Unity Stamp Co.  The stamp is called, Wing and A Prayer and the paper collection is Where Little Gardens Grow.

I colored my little friend with Copic Markers in the following colors:

• E34, E35, E53
• YR21, YR14
• G20, G40, G43
• R00, R01, E02

For the sentiment, I used Emily Moore Design's, Hi, Hey, Hello Big and Bold Dies.

This was a really fun and quick card to make.  

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great week!

Sandy

Arcade Slimline Birthday Card

 Hello!  Today I have the perfect birthday card for that old school arcade game player.  Trinity Stamps has a fun new release that is perfect for a gamer.  

This card features the new Arcade Machine Builder Die Set.  This die set works on their new A-2 Box Card Die Set, but I decided to use it for a shaker card.  

I also really like the new 8-Bit Birthday Stamp and Coordinating Die Set, so I put this card on a slimline base so I could use it as part of the sentiment on the outside of the card.  

I used the 8-Bit Birthday Stamp Set for the inside of the card.  I love how the stamp set gives you so many ways to create the perfect sentiment.  This is the perfect sentiment for the person I have in mind for this card.

I love the way this card turned out and I am sure that I will be using it on future cards - it is perfect for so many people in my card list!

Thank you for stopping by.

Sandy