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Hi there!

Another week of coloring tags for the
30 Day Coloring Challenge has gone by!

Day 11, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 12, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 13, stamp: My Favorite Things

Day 14, stamp: Lily of The Valley

Day 15, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 16, stamp: My Favorite Things

Day 17, stamp: Whimsy Stamps

Images and shadows were colored with Copic markers,
the background on the tag for day 13 and the stripes on
the tag for day 16 were colored with Distress Inks.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

 Hello! 

This coming week I am sharing four cards I have made for
Isabel Cristina using the suuuuper cute ”Happy Mail” set,
the newest release that is now available in her Etsy shop! 

This digi stamp set is jam packed with so many images,
lots of adorable bunnies, fun postage stamps both with and
without letters, postage stamps with and without bunnies
and not to mention great sentiments! 

For my first card I used four of the bunnies and merged
them together with the postage stamps with letters.

I colored the images with Copic markers
and cut them out with my Scan n Cut, ready to
be assembled to form the word ”hugs”.

To find out how I layer images in Word on my PC,
please see my blog post from a few weeks ago.

Stay tuned for more happy mail this week,
cute bunnies and postage stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

I have one last Galentine´s card to share!
Once again I used the ”Besties” stamp from the new Curvy Girls
collection from Stampingbella, so perfect for this occasion! 

I don´t use patterned paper the way I used to before,
and I got a little tired of my old papers and ordered
this beautiful 6”x6” pad ”Flora No.2” by Carta Bella.
With my new patterned papers ready to go on a
pretty card, I chose the patterned paper first, letting
that paper decide what colors to use for their dresses.
But in the end I changed my mind and went for another
color combination instead. It worked out even better! 

The Besties were colored with Copic markers,
fussy cut and placed inside a photo, using the
”Photo mat die” from Avery Elle.

For the background I used Distress Ink
Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick
and just a little touch of Black Soot, to darken
the red (Candied Apple) at the bottom, I blended
them together with my ink blending tool and finished
it of splashing some droplets of water to it!

I added a little Stickles for some glitter on the flowers!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

Today I share yet another Valentine´s card,
or maybe I should say Galentine´s card,
as I am sending it to a dear girl friend!

 For this card I used ”Harry the Stuffie gets happy mail”
from Stampingbella. I colored him with Copic markers,
fussy cut and placed him inside the photo, using the
”Photo mat die” from Avery Elle. The sentiment comes
with Harry and I thought it was perfect to
stamp it on the frame of the photo!

I purchased the Photo mat die for a friend for Christmas
but decided I needed one myself too (without borrowing
it from her, trying it out) and I am so pleased with it! 

I have only used it for a few cards yet but already
it feels like such a great purchase! It has all these inlays as
ground, sky and clouds which I will play with later!
Love it when there are many options!

For the background I used Distress Ink Candied Apple
and Distress Oxide inks Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry,
I blended them with my ink blending tool and finished
it of splashing some droplets of water to it!

To frame the background and image I used
a Scallop edge frame, such a cute detail!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

 Today I share another Valentine card using the "Besties" stamp
from the new Curvy Girls collection from Stampingbella!

They are just adorable and so much fun to color! 

Images and the blue shadow were colored with Copic markers!

The heart die is from the "Tag along" die collection set by
Clearly Besotted. I colored the heart with the same
Copics I used for the yellow/orange dress.

 Copics used for the yellow/orange dress: YR04, Y15, Y17

Copics used for the pink dress: RV06-17-19-69

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

Week two of the 30 Day Coloring Challenge has flewn by!

Day 4, stamps: My Favorite Things

Day 5, stamps: Mama Elephant

Day 6, stamps: Isabel Cristina 

Day 7, stamp: Picket Fence Studios

Day 8, stamp: Lily of The Valley

Day 9, stamp: Stampingbella

Day 10, stamps: Mama Elephant

The coloring mediums I have been using are Copic
markers for coloring the images, surroundings/shadows and grounds,
Distress inks and Distress Oxide inks for some of the backgrounds.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hi there!

I just had to make a Valentine´s card using the sweet crocs
from the "Happy Snappy Crocs" set from Heffy Doodle! 

There are so many fun options coming with this
stamp set, there are three crocodiles, a lots of accessories
to choose from, like a heart, a bottle of wine,
a slice of cake and a camera amongst other things! 

For the small picture frames I used three of the four dies from
the "Mini picture frames" die set from Lawn Fawn.
The backdrop was made using the "Watercolor stripes " stencil
by Avery Elle and Distress inks! I applied a thick coat of Glossy Accent
to the hearts and a coat of Wink of Stella in color clear to the crocodiles!

Images were colored with Copic markers.
I am sorry that I couldn´t get a better picture of the front of
the card as shown above. The flash reflected on the glitter from
the Wink of Stella, but I wanted to share it anyway.

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

Valentine´s day is coming up and I have used the
prettiest stamp for a few of my Valentine´s cards! 

Meet the "Besties" from the Curvy Girls
Collection from Stampingbella! This image
will be perfect for so many different occasions!

I colored the image with Copic markers, then I fussy
cut the image and placed it in a die cut photo frame,
using the "Photo Mat" die from Avery Elle.

For the backdrop I blended Distress Oxide
inks Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry.

Sentiment was heat embossed in bright pink and golden heart!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

Below are my tags for the first three
days of the "30 Day Coloring Challenge"

Day 1, stamp: C.C Designs

Day 2, stamp: C.C. Designs

Day 3, stamp: Isabel Cristina

Images were colored with Copic markers!
The tags dies are from the "Tag along die
collection" from Clearly Besotted!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina

Hi there!

  Its time for me to color some tags!

Tomorrow starts another 30 day coloring challenge,
hosted by Kathy! This time the challenge runs
from Feb 1-28 but will still be called the
30 Day Coloring Challenge, even if its just 28 days!  

 THE GOAL OF THE CHALLENGE is to color something daily,
even if it’s a few minutes, but certainly not required.
It’s an ‘anything goes’ challenge; color whatever you feel
inspired to do. Some days you will have more time than
others but, it’s just about adding more time to color
and carve out a little time for you!

ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE 30 DAY CHALLENGE! 
If you want to participate you can jump in at any time
during the challenge. If you miss a few days don’t
feel like you have to catch up. 

You can read more about this fun challenge on Kathy´s blog!

 I have die cut and stamped the tags ahead of time,
for the convenience for me to just pick and chose,
depending on how much time I have to color each day!

This time I will be using the ”Tag along die collection”
from Clearly Besotted. It is one of my favorite tag die sets,
a little pricey was my first thought when ordering it,
but so worth every cent, I quickly realized once I started using it!

 This is a ten piece set, which includes three tag dies, one
bow, two edges, three shapes and one hole reinforcer. 

 My ambition is to share the tags I colored from the
previous week, on Monday (Tuesday the latest) of every
week of the challenge here on the blog.

On Instagram I will post one tag every day of the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!
Tina

Hello!

 Have you ever seen a cuter bunny, riding
a scooter, delivering Valentine cards?

 This super adorable bunny is from the ”Sending love 2019”
digi stamp set now available from Isabel Cristina on Etsy!
The ”Sending love 2019” set includes several images and sentiments!

 After downloading my image I resized it to fit my card and
then printed it out! I colored the image with Copic markers,
fussy cut it, ready to be adhered to the background once finished.

 For the background I blended Distress inks, Spun Sugar
and Picked Raspberry. I covered my background with a
heart stencil and applied yet another, heavier layer of Picked Raspberry
for the hearts to show. I then splashed some droplets of
water to finish off my background! 

 I adhered the bunny to my background, I applied
a thick coat of Glossy Accents to the scooter, for a metal finish!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hi there!

Some occasions requires a clean and simple flower card! 

I really need to make a few more to have
on hand for occasions when a cute critter card won´t do!

This beautiful lily stamp is from the Mini
stamp set "Thank you friend", from Gina K.
It was colored with Copic markers.

 I think this dark pink/orange color combo is
perfect for both masculine and feminine cards!

The sentiment stamp is from Gummiapan.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hello!

 For today´s card I have used one of the cute bears from
the "Lovable bears" digi stamp set from Isabel Cristina,
now available in her Etsy shop. 

Her digi stamp sets are really value for money
as they include several images and sentiments!

I have used the bear at the top on the left
hand side of the sheet for this card.

I decided to use an image only, no sentiment,
therefore I chose the bear to be quite large in size. 

I colored the bear with Copic markers, the background was
colored with Distress Inks and droplets of water when finished! 

For lots of shimmer on the heart,
I applied Wink of Stella, the colorless one! 

Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

My mission for 2019 will be to continue to make cards
and tags using lots of colors. This card was made
using different shades of blue/turquoise/teal.

I wanted this card to have some kind of dimension,
so I put a small piece of a cloud in front of her feet!

I used the adorable "Star Fairy" Digi Stamp,
from Little Blue Button Stamps.

I colored her with Copic markers, added lots of
glitter to her wings to make them sparkle! I also added
some Stickles along the edges of the clouds!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

Today I share a tag made using one of the
prettiest flower stamps sets I know!

It is the "Friendly Florals" set by Neat & Tangled.
This is my first time inking them up and coloring them,
I went for pink markers, apparently my go-to, safe bet color! 

I love how they look like cherry blossoms!
I colored the images and the shadows with Copic markers.

The sentiment is from the "Brushed Wishes" set
by Stampendous and the tag die is from the
"Tag Along Die Collection" set by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tina