my piece of paper

Hi there!

Sometimes, just spending some quality time
with good friends is the only therapy you need,
I saw this saying on Instagram and instantly knew
I needed to make a special card for a special person. 

I paired the saying with my favorite critter, the
adorable raccoon from the "Fly a kite" set from
Hello Bluebird. I printed the saying on a Copic friendly
paper, stamped the raccoon and the kite.  

Images and the dirt grey shading and the
turquoise ground, were colored with Copic markers.

The recipient of this card is not a pink person,
so I choose grey, green and turquoise instead!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Tina

Hello!

Today´s card is all about fun at the beach! 

I made this card for Isabel Cristina using the
"Beach fun" stamp set! This digi stamp set comes with several
cute bears, beach houses, sentiments and other fun beach stuff! 

You´ll find this digi stamp set in Isabel´s Etsy store!

I chose to use the bear with the unicorn float and
the beach houses for my card. As I was going to place
the bear in the water and I didn´t want his legs to show as
they are under the water, I cropped the image before printing it out.

I colored the images with Copic markers and cut them
out with my Scan n Cut, ready to go on my card!

 I made the background by die cutting a piece of white cardstock
using a Stitched rectangle die, from MFT. I cut it in three pieces
using one of the hill borders from the "Landscape trio" die set from
Mama Elephant, to create the water line and the beach.

The water and the sand were colored with Copics and the
sky was colored with Distress Inks and some droplets of water!

When assembling the scene I placed the beach houses
behind the sand dune to create some distance from the water!

Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

I have made three cards using the "Pineapples & watermelon"
digi stamp set for Isabel Cristina, today I share card no. 2!

As you can see, this stamp set comes
with lots of bunnies and sentiments! 

You´ll find this digi set in Isabel´s Etsy store! 

 I was inspired by Keeway's beautiful Christmas card, with 
stripes in different colors! I thought it would be perfect as
background for my melon card. I colored the background with
Distress inks, I masked them one at a time,
stripe by stripe, using painter´s tape! 

The bunny and melon were colored with Copic markers! 

The "hello" is a die cut from the "Gallery Frame #1"
die from Hello Bluebird.

  Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina 

Hi there!

Some occasions require florals and not just cute critters,
today I share two cards, a little different from each other but
pretty much a like as I have used the same stamps on both of them. 

I have used the "Friendly Florals" stamp set from
Neat & Tangled and the "Greetings" stamp set from Ranger.

No pink this time!!!
I think that both of these cards (colors) are quite
masculine as they aren´t "too cute" and girlie! 

I colored the images and the shadows with Copic markers.

I added tiny drops of Stickles to the some of the buds and
to the center of the largest flowers for some sparkle.

  Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina 

Hello!

This card was made for Isabel Cristina, using her brand
new digi stamp set called Pineapples & Watermelons! 

You might recognize her trade mark bunnies by now!
That is one thing I love about her stamps, that the characters
keeps coming back! And these bunnies are my favorites!

As you can see, this set comes with lots of
different bunnies and sentiments, and aren´t the
little pineapple slice (far left) just the cutest!

You´ll find this digi set in Isabel´s Etsy store! 

I layered the bunny holding the pineapple slice with the
bunny behind the big pineapple. If you are curious
how I layer images in a Word document on my PC, please
see my blog post from a few months ago! 

I colored the images and then cut them out
using my Scan n Cut. For the background
panel I blended Distress inks, Tumbled glass and
Moved lawn and added some droplets of water! 

The "hello" is a die cut from the "Gallery Frame #1" die from
Hello Bluebird. I wanted to add something extra to this
card, and when looking through my drawers I found these
sequins I haven´t use in a while, they were perfect
embellishments for this happy pineapple card!

  Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina 

Hi there!

For today´s card I have used the Uptown Girls Snapshots
Minis stamps. I used three of the four stamps from the set,
as I couldn´t fit all four into my design.

This set to me is all about love, friendship and girl power, I love it!

I colored the images with Copic markers and the soft
shadow behind the polaroids was also colored with Copics.

I fussy cut the polaroids, the one in the middle was adhered
to the cardstock with double sided tape and on the other
two I used foam dots to get some dimension! 

The sentiment is from the "Handwritten borders" set from Simon Says Stamp.

  Thank you for stopping by!
Tina 

Hello!

The last week of the 30 day coloring Challenge, hosted by lovely
Kathy went by as fast as the other did and its hard to believe
that it was a month ago we started coloring, some of us
coloring just a little  and some of us were able to color
more, maybe not every day or all of the 30 days. 

I am when it comes to this challenge an "all in" kind
of girl and managed to participate every day!

Below are my tags from last week!

Day 24, stamps: Hello Bluebird

Day 25, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 26, stamp: Stacey Yacula for MFT

Day 27, stamp: Hello Bluebird

Day 28, stamp: MFT

Day 29, stamp: Craftin Desert Divas

Day 30, stamp: Stampingbella

As I am still in pink mode a lot of the images and the tags
were colored pink! All images were colored with Copic markers
as were the shadow on the tags from day 25 and 26.
The backgrounds on the other tags were colored with
Distress Inks and Distress Oxide inks!

  Thank you for stopping by!
Tina 

Hello!

This card was made for Isabel Cristina using
the "Tropical leafs" digi stamp set.

In this set you´ll find lots of tropical flowers and different
kinds of tropical leafs, and sentiments. It´s now available in Isabel´s
Etsy store, together with many more fantastic digi stamp sets!

For this card I layered two of the Birds of paradise flowers
and one of the Fan palm leafs, to get one image. I colored it
with Copic markers and cut it out with my Scan n Cut. 

I have admired fellow crafters watercolored
backgrounds and at last I gave it a try! 

I used Tim Holtz white watercolor paper and Avery Elle
Liquid Watercolor, color Aquamarine to go with the colorful
Bird of paradise! When dry I adhered my image to the
watercolored panel using double sided tape and glue!

  Thank you for stopping by!
Tina

Hi there!

This is my second card using the ”Me time”
digi set from Isabel Cristina! 

This stamp set is all about relaxing and taking care of
yourself! Taking some well deserved ”Me time”! There are so
many options and so many cute images coming with
this set, you´ll find it in Isabel´s Etsy Store.

For this card I layered the images! If you are curious
how I layer images in a Word document on my PC, please
see my blog post from a few months ago! 

 I just love that lady bear wearing a robe, pampering herself with a
deep cleansing face mask! How cute is that! Can you
tell where my refilled pink Copic marker RV10 just started to bleed like
crazy... just pouring out on to my paper...

But as I acted suuuuper fast I was able to save it, otherwise all my
coloring would have been gone to waste as the cheeks
on the bear in the tub was the last little detail I was going to add!
So, his cheeks are a little rosy but that is because the water is really hot! 

The images were colored with Copic markers, the tile wall was
made using the ”Small brick wall stencil” from MFT, colored with
Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, using a mini Ink blending tool.

 Thank you so  much for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

Another week of the 30 Day Coloring Challenge has quickly gone by! 

Little over a week left to go! Eight more tags to color for
the 30 Day Coloring Challenge,
hosted by the lovely Kathy! There are so much inspiration
to be found during these Coloring Challenges!
Kathy is bringing people from all over the
world together, that is really amazing!

Below are my tags for days 17-23!

Day 17, stamps: Isabel Cristina

Day 18, stamps: Hello Bluebird

Day 19, stamps: MFT

Day 20, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 21, stamps: Hello Bluebird

Day 22, stamps: Concord and 9th, Neat and Tangled

Day 23, stamps: Stampingbella

All images were colored with Copic markers, some shading
were also colored with Copics and other the backgrounds
were colored with Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks. 

 Thank you so  much for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

 I was asked to make a wedding card using Stampingbella´s
bride & groom, a wedding cake, as well as the couples two cats!

I made a similar card last fall to this same customer,
and as it turned out really great I suggested that I
added the two cats to the same layout!

All stamps I used for this card are from Stampingbella,
the bride and groom "Brett and Brenda get married", the cake is from
the " Bianca has a big cake" and the kittens are from the "Set of kitties".

I did a lot of masking on this card, Bianca was removed
and masked out behind the bride & groom in order to just get the cake
stamped, and the kittens in front and behind the dress!

All images were colored with Copics.

 Thank you so  much for stopping by today!
Tina

Hi there!

I have made two cards for Isabel Cristina using her new
digi stamp set "Me time". This is such a fun stamp set, I can
imagine making cards using this stamp set and treat someone
with a voucher for a spa treatment, a facial or a massage! 

This is the first of the two cards!

This stamp set comes with a lot of fun accessories
like shelves, a rack with towels, rubber ducks, shampoo bottles and
much more! There are endless posibilities with these cute bears!

You´ll find it in Isabel´s Etsy store!

For this card I used the bear soaking his feet in a foot bath,
in the comfort of his own living room! I placed him sitting in his
comfy chair on a rug, I used patterned paper for wall paper,
I added a wooden floor and a skirting board, made
from a piece of white scrap paper, as well!

Images and the floor were colored with Copic markers.

 Thank you so  much for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

Today´s card is both sent and recieved, so
I won´t spoil any surprises for the birthday girl!

This is my first time making a tall card, I decided for a grassy
hill for the mice and a cloudy sky where the balloon could fly!

I love these super adorable mice, this set is
Stacey Yacula´s  "It's a Mice Time to Celebrate" from MFT!

The sentiment stamp is from Gummiapan.

I colored the images with Copic markers, the grass, the
clouds and the sky were colored with Distress Inks,
Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass.

My initial idea was to fit all the mice to the front of the
card but that didn´t work out as planned, so I placed one of the
mice and the cake inside the card as a little surprise!

My friend Lori does this all the time
on her cards and its such a nice detail!

Thank you so  much for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

We are now already half way trough the 30 Day Coloring Challenge,
hosted by the lovely Kathy! There are so much inspiration
to be found during these Coloring Challenges!

Below are my coloring for the third week!

Day 10, stamps: MFT

Day 11, stamps: Heffy Doodle

Day 12, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 13, stamps: Hello Bluebird

Day 14, stamps: Hello Bluebird / Gummiapan

Day 15, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 16, stamps: Hello Bluebird

 Thank you so  much for stopping by today!

Tina