my piece of paper

Hello!

It has been quiet in her for a while due to the passing
of a family member. I am so grateful that coloring
has relieved so much of my stress.

Today I share a card I made for Isabel Cristina
using the "Thanksgiving" digi stamp set!

This stamp set comes with a lot of cute images as well as
sentiments, perfect for making pretty cards for Thanksgiving!
You´ll find it in Isabel´s Etsy store!

When I first saw this set I immediately thought of
enlarging the big mushroom and let the fox sit under
its cap, on the tree trunk! This is the result! 

Images were colored with Copic markers, for the spots
on the mushrooms I used a white gel pen.
The background was ink blended using Distress Oxide
inks in Spiced Marmelade and Candied Apple. As a 
finishing touch I splashed some droplets of water to it!

The die cut stitched frame is from the
"Gallery frame #1" die set by Hello Bluebird. The die cut
word  thanks is from the "Gallery frame #2" die set, also
by Hello Bluebird. I die cut two pieces, placing the white 
slightly to the side as a shadow to the red piece.

 Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

Today´s card was made for Isabel Cristina
using the "Hoppy Halloween 2019" digi stamp set!

How adorable are the bunnies wearing Star Wars costumes!

You´ll find this stamp set in Isabel´s Etsy store! There are
quite a few different themes in this stamp set, you could
make so many different cards as there are pirates, wizards,
super heroes and the Star Wars characters I used on my card!

I couldn´t resist coloring the Darth Vader costume pink!

I colored the images with Copic markers and I applied Glossy
accent to the Darth Vader head piece and to the little robot!

I had to make a galaxy background, my first ever, blending Distress inks,
Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Black Soot.

I recently purchased Nuvo Sparkle Spray and this was
the perfect card to try them! I added small droplets of
colors Marine Mist, Morning Fog and Blush Burst to my galaxy. 

 Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hi there!

I have been thinking about ways to use this city skyline
stamp from Gummiapan. One of my ideas was to combine it with
one of the penguins from the "Cool penguins" set by Mama Elephant.

The cute little penguin is on its way to a dear friend
trying his best not to drop any of the Christmas gifts
he´s carrying, as he is rushing through the park
with a beautiful city skyline in the background! 

I stamped the penguin, masked it to stamp the skyline.
I colored the images with Copic markers. I then stamped
a mask for the skyline and heat embossed a bunch
of stars in the upper right handside corner of my panel.
Coloring the sky blending Distress inks
Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean. 

The sentiment is from the "Christmas is
coming" stamp set by Hello Bluebird!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

 This is my third card using the ”Baby it´s cold outside”
digi stamp set, made for Isabel Cristina. 

I have said it before but I´ll say it again… I think
Isabel´s bunnies are so cute...and these Holiday bunnies
are the cutest ever! Head over to Isabel´s Etsy store,
where you´ll find this digi stamp set and many more!

For this card one of the bunnies and his little mouse
friend are visiting the local Christmas market!

  I have layered all the images to one on this card, if you
are curious to find out how I layer images in a Word document
on my PC, please see my blog post from a while back! 

I used the stall as a base for this scene, it took me a
little while to place all the images where I wanted them!
I colored the images with Copic markers.
The sky was colored with Distress Inks.
The snow was made using the "Falling Snow stencil by
Simon Says Stamp, white embossing powder and a heat embossing tool. 

I used one of the stitched border dies from the
"Landscape trio" die set by mama Elephant to
make the snow banks. I applied Glossy Accent to all
the light bulbs, the snow globes, the bottles
and the Christmas tree ornaments. 

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

I am so excited to be guest Designer with The Flower Challenge
for the month of October, thanks for having me Aileen!

The theme for this month is CAS. 

For this card I used the ”Pretty Posies” stamp set by
CAS-UAL Fridays. I love these ”doodle” flowers!
I added some extra dot and lines to some of the
petals, channeling my inner Kathy Raccosin! 
Michele from CAS-UAL Fridays was very kind and 
gave us all some of her stamps to use on our cards!

 I wanted to add something more, just a little detail
even though I know CAS means lots of white space and I
decided to splash some droplets of liquid watercolor to my
stitched, die cut panel. The orange color is ”Mimosa” by Avery Elle.

I colored the flower and the leaves with Copic markers,
cutting the pieces out with my Scan N Cut and adhered them on
to the panel using double sided tape. To finish my card I
stamped the sentiment at the top of the panel. 

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

 Hello!

This is my second card using the new
”Baby it´s cold outside” digi stamp set for Isabel Cristina!

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

 For this card my main focus was the lamp post and I
placed the two bunnies holding hands (paws!) in front of it! 

I started by heat embossing a bunch of golden stars in the upper 
left corner of my stitched die cut panel, using the ”Confetti”
stencil by Heidi Swapp. That stencil is so useful as it has
stars, hearts and falling snow all in the same stencil. 

 I used my favorite color combo at the moment for blending
the Distress inked sky, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and
Candied Apple. I love to use non traditional colors for Christmas cards! 

 
I layered the bunnies and the lamp post, 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!

The images were colored with Copic markers. 
I cut them out using my Scan N Cut, choosing a 1 mm white egde.
I printed out the sentiment and used a cloud border die from the
”Landscape trio” by Mama Elephant to make a snow bank and a
stitched rectangle die to match the background panel.

I finished off the card by adhering the images to the
panel by using double sided tape, and I applied some
Glossy Accent to the bulb to make it shiny! 

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

During the upcoming week I have three cards
that I made for Isabel Cristina to share, using the
new "Baby it´s cold outside" digi stamp set.

For my first card using this set I choose the bunny,
and two of his friends on a Christmas tree hunt!

This stamp set comes with so many cute images and sentiments, 
just look at the market stall and all the items to use for that!
To shop this digi stamp set please go to Isabel´s Etsy store!

The images  and the moon were colored with Copic markers,
the sky was colored with Distress Inks, Broken China,
Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire. Some droplets of
water was splashed on the Distress ink blending!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina 

Hello!

Today I share my first Christmas card made for Isabel Cristina! 

This digi stamp set called "Christmas cats" comes with so
many adorable kittens, Christmas ornaments, boxes and
sentiments! It is now available in Isabel´s Etsy store!

I often layer several images when playing with
Isabels stamp sets, but the kittens I used for this
card comes that way, no layering this time!

The kittens were colored with Copic markers.
I colored the background panel with Distress inks, using
Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmelade and Candied Apple,
I then splashed some droplets of water on to it!

The fluffy cloud/snow was made using the cloud border
die from the "Landscape trio" die set from Mama Elephant.

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina 

Hello!

I have a new favorite color combo, dark pink/orange/yellow!

For today´s card I used the "Curvy girl with a cocktail" from
Stampingbella. I colored her dress red-ish/brown, with Copic
markers. The pink/orange/yellow background panel was
colored with Distress inks, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, 
Spiced Marmalade and Scattered Straw blended with a mini
ink blending tool and finished off with some droplets of water.

 For the frame and background I used "Gallery frame #2" die
from Hello Bluebird. I decided to use patterned paper and die
cut this pretty striped paper using the "Gallery frame #2"
die again to get the inner frame. That means I have the outer
scalloped frame saved for a later project!

 The die cut hello is from the "Gallery frame #1" die, also from
Hello Bluebird. I die cut two pieces, adhering the black
slightly to the side as a shadow to the white piece.

Thanks for stopping by today!

 Tina 

Hello!

Fall season is here and today I share a tag I made for
Isabel Cristina using the beautiful maple leaf from the
”Fall friends” digi stamp set. I just love the heart!

There are so many cute stamps in this set,
perfect for fall cards, invitations and tags!
This set is available in Isabel´s Etsy store.

I resized the leaf to fit my tag, and then printed it out.
The die I used is from the”Tag along” tag die collection
set by Clearly Besotted. I colored both the leaf and the
background with Copic markers. I used a black fine line
marker for the tiny dots on the leaf. I applied Glossy
Accents to the heart to make it pop and shine!

The die cut thanks is from the ”Gallery frame #2” by
Hello Bluebird. I die cut two pieces, adhering the black
slightly to the side as a shadow to the pink. I die cut the
hole reinforcer out of black cardstock as well to got with the
black shadow of the ”thanks”. I always make my
tags double, with a separate tag to write on!

 As always, I am so grateful for you visiting my blog!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

Using my favorite Hello Bluebird raccoon for this
Thinking-of-you card! This adorable little guy is from the
"Fly a kite" stamp set, the little bird and the flowers are from
the "Banner buddies" set, also from Hello Bluebird.

The background is a rough around the edges watercolor circle!
I was inspired by Lisa´s super cute penguin card and
this was the perfect card to give it a try!

I cut out a circle from a piece of scrap paper as a mask,
then applying water with a brush to my watercolor paper,
starting with the "ground", going a little outside the "lines"
to get that rough, uneven look! I used Liquid watercolor from
Avery Elle, color Celery, for the grass and Aquamarine
for the sky and just dripped a few drops into
the wet area. I love how the color just spreads and stays
where the paper is wet! Still a newbie to the world of
watercolors and still fascinated by these small things!

After letting it dry for a few minutes I once
again placed my circle mask over my panel
continuing with the blue sky part of my circle.

The images were colored with Copic markers, the sentiment
stamp is from the "Fancy sayings" set by Clearly Besotted! 

I also added a few grains of Nuvo Shimmer
Powder, color Blue Blitz to the sky, for some
shimmer, but it is hard to see in the photo.

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

This birthday card was made mixing two stamp set from
Hello Bluebird, the "Banner buddies" and the "Fly a kite" set!
The flag stamp is from Gummiapan. 

The images were colored with Copic markers, I usually
use my Scan n Cut for cutting but I purchased the
coordinating dies to both stamp sets and the flags too and
ran them quick and easy trough my Cuttlebug!

The frame die I used for my card is also from Hello
Bluebird, "Gallery frame #1". My first thought was to let the
card be the size of the frame (A2), but I felt something was
missing and I placed my panel on a white cardbase
and that white edge was what was missing! The finished
card is close to A7 size, just slightly smaller!

To create my hill scene I used one of the stitched border
dies from the "Landscape trio" die set by Mama Elphant.
Distress ink Mowed Lawn was used for coloring the hill
and Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean was used for the sky!
I splashed droplets of water on the Distress inked pieces!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

I colored these travel bunnies a while ago, they have
been sitting on my desk patiently waiting to go on a card!

They are from the fun and adorable
"Bon Voyage" digi stamp set from Isabel Cristina!

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

I layered several images on this card. 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!

The images were colored with Copic markers and then run
through my Scan n Cut. I choose to use two of the sentiments from
the set for this card, I placed them in the upper left corner to give
enough space for my images to fit the stitched die cut panel.

As backdrop I used a city map,
I knew it would come to good use some day!

I applied some Glossy accents to the sun glasses!

Thanks for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

I recieved a very beautiful card a few weeks
ago from a crafty friend and she also sent
me a floral stamp set!

I have finally inked up those pretty flowers! 

The flowers are from the "Daisy Thanks" set
by Stampendous and the sentiment stamp is from the
"Fancy Sayings" set from Clearly Besotted.

I colored the images and the background with Copic markers.

I masked that area on the stems of the
flowers with a piece of scrap printer paper
for the sentiment to be stamped there.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
 Tina

Hello!

 Today I share a card I made for Isabel Cristina, using the new
”Fall friends” digi stamp set! Now available in Isabel´s Etsy store!

 Purchasing a set of Isabel´s digi stamps is such value for
money! There are so many pro´s working with digi stamps.
Below I have made a short list of a few!

 They often come with lots of images and sentiments! 

You can resize the images, smaller or
larger to fit your special project!

You don´t have to wait for your stamps to be shipped, going
through customs and finally be deliverd by the mail carrier
weeks later as you instant download them, when paid!

No extra fee´s like shipping, customs, etc!

They make great gifts too!

I layered several of the images on this card. 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!

When colored (with Copic markers) I ran my image
through my Scan n Cut choosing a 1 mm white edge,
I die cut the lower part of the image
using a stitched border rectangle and my Cuttlebug.

I printed the sentiment on a separate piece of cardstock,
die cut it using the same stitched rectangle die, and mounted
the image piece to the sentiment piece. I matched the
colors of my fall scene with a striped paper, adhered
directly on the card base. I adhered my panel with the fall scene
and the sentiment on foam dots for some dimension to the cardbase!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!
 Tina