Hello Valentine!

 Hello friends!!!  Happy almost New Year!  I am still playing with the latest releases from Hello Bluebird, but rather than do a Christmas/Winter card, I decided to use this little sweetheart from the Merry Mail Stamp Set,  to make a Valentines Day Card.  

To start this card, I placed my coloring cardstock in my Misti.  I used the second largest of the Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables to make sure that I was able to place my stamps to that they fit within the borders of the die.  Once I had them stamped, I masked them off using Eclipse Art Masking Tape.  I used the die it out and then adhered it to my glass mat usinging removable tape.

I used the masking set that coordinates with the Postage Rectangle die.  I used mint tape to hold it to my surface and to mask off  the ground.  I used Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink for the sky and Shabby Shutters and Rustic Wilderness for the ground.

I used the one of the Falling Hearts Lawn Fawn Stencil to place them in the sky with Yeti Pigment Ink.  I also used a little Spellbinders Splatter Effects Sparkle to add a little bling.  Once the splatter was dry, I peeled off my masking.

I used Copic markers in the following colors to color in my little friend:

• Mailbox - N0, N1, N2, N3, N4
• Fox - YR30, E30, YR23, YR24, YR27
• Jacket - BV000, BV00, BV11
• Scarf - YR000, YR01, YR02
• Ground Shadows - G82, G24
• Red - R27

The sentiment is from the stamp set.  I stamped it on white cardstock and the trimmed it down.  I cut rectangles at 5.5" x 4.25" and 5.25" x 4.0" from patterned paper and layered them together.  I placed my inked, colored and stamped image at an angle to add a little interest to my card front.  

Once I had everything together, it felt like my lower corner was a little bare, so I used the Sweet November Year Round Postmarks to add a Post Mark to the bottom of my card to tie it all together. 

For just a little more bling, I used Trinity Stamps Ocean Jellyfish Confetti Mix to add a little something something to the corners.   

If you would like a more detailed description on the creation of this card, you can follow along with the process on my YouTube Channel.  I will link it down below.

Thank you so much for following along today.  Create a smile, one card at a time!

Sandy

Woodland Postage Stamps

 Hello!  Today, I have a card that I made using the Hello Bluebird Woodland Post Stamp from their latest release.  I also used the Santa Postage Die which was from their Christmas release.  This card wouldn't necessarily need to be for Christmas, I think it would work well for a fun Winter themed card.  Or you could substitute the snowflakes for hearts and may change up the colors a little bit and it would be a great Valentines Day Card.  

In addition to the Woodland Post Stamp, I used the a few images from the Merry Mail Stamp Set.  I did just a tiny bit of masking for a couple of the stamps and used the individual snowflakes to fill in the backgrounds a little bit.  

I used Copic colors in the following colors:

• Mouse Body, Sign, Packages- E41, E43, E44, R20, R22
• Bear Body - E41, E53, YR23, E57, E37, E59
• Bear Sweater & Hat - E51, E53
• Reds- R24, R29, R39
• Greens - YG67, YG99, BG99
• Stamp Background - C00, C0, C1, C2, C3

I snapped a picture after I colored in the backgrounds of each individual stamps and I think that this would also make an amazing black and white card if you just added a little shading to all the images.  The red cardstock really makes the gray pop, don't you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  

Sandy

Happy Pawlidays!

 Hello and Happy Pawlidays!!!   Today my card is Door #22 on Gerda Steiners 2025 Advent Calendar.  

I love "punny" cards and puppy cards, so this was a perfect project. For my puppies, I used Gerda's Christmas Puppies.  For my "punny", I used the Trinity Stamps Sundae Swirl Alphabet Die Set.

I did a little bit of creative masking to get my little friends placed on my cardstock.  I then inked in my background using Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink.  I splattered both water and watered down white acrylic paint to add a little depth and interest to the inked background.  

I used Copic markers in the following colors to color in my little friends;

• Puppies - YR30, YR31, YR23, YR24, YR27
• Hats/Ribbons - R14, R29, R39
• Fur Highlights - B0000, B000
• Yellow - Y00, Y06, Y19
• Light Green - YG01, YG05, G14
• Dark Green - G02, G09, G19

To finish up my card, I glued on the sentiment and then added a few snowflakes cut from a white sparkle cardstock.

This little card turned out so darn cute, don't you think?

Thank you for stopping by

#298 - Craft Roulette Snow Stacks by Trinity Stamps

 Hello and Merry Christmas Friends!  This is my entry for the current Craft Roulette Challenge - #298.  If there ever was a stamp that was perfect for a challenge, it is this one by Trinity Stamps called Snow Stacks.  

This weeks parameters are:

• Project - A6
• Element - Rhymes with "acks".
• Colors: Gummy Bears
• Random - Tearing

For the background on this card, I used Distress Oxide Inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon.  For the ground area at the bottom of the card, I masked off about and inch from the bottom before I did my inking.  Once that was dry, I used the Trinity Stamps Snowfall Stencil with white pigment ink to create light snowflakes.  

For the "tearing" element, I used a deckle edge die to cut out omy background.  I used the enclosed sentiment and snowflakes to decorate my trimmed background.  I heat embossed the snowflakes with white embossing powder and inked the sentiment with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink.  

To color in my snowman stack, I used Copic markers in the following colors:

• B00, BV31 - Snowmen Bodies
• R14, R24, R29 - Reds
• Y00, Y02, Y08 - Yellows
• YG13, YG06, YG17 - Greens
• RV21, RV04, RV06, RV17 - Pink
• C1, C3, C5 - Gray
• Y23, Y17, YR18 - Orange
• B00, B02, BG05 - Blue

I used the Snow Stack Coordinating die to cut out my colored image.  I did fill in the voids and outside edges with markers to help it blend into the background.  I don't usually do this, but I really felt like there was enough open area that it would make a difference. I used 1 mm. foam squares to pop up my stack to give my card a little dimension.

I glued my inked background with the image on the upper part of my pink background paper cut to the A6 size, which is 6.5" x 4.25.  I added a little bit of twine with a bow at the bottom to balance everything out. 

For the inside of the card, I used one of the sentiments to finish it up.

I am so happy that the wheel gave me such clear parameters this week - it was a quick card to put together.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are having a lovely holiday season.

Sandy