my piece of paper

Hi there!

Today I share a card I made for Isabel Cristina,
using the "Dance and music" digital stamp set!

This is a really cute and fun set with lots of critters
playing different instruments! You´ll find this set
and so many more in Isabel´s Etsy store!

 I layered the monkeys and the mouse holding the microphone,
if you are curious how I layer images in a Word document
on my PC, please see my blog post from a few months back!

I printed the images and colored them with Copic markers,
ran them through my Scan n Cut, quick and easy!

I blended Distress Oxide inks Cracked Pistachio and
Peacock Feathers, for my background and frame, using
the "Gallery frame #1 die" from Hello Bluebird.
I also die cut a piece of black cardstock to get the black
inlay/dividers. I adhered the images with doublesided
tape and some glue, no foam dots on this one!

  Thank you for stopping by today!
Tina

Hello!

This is a combined just because/thank you card,
made using one of my newest Curvy girls! 

My main idea for this card was colorful!
And I wanted to create a beach scene and I also wanted
to use my new pennant stamp! A lot to fit on an A2 size card!

 I stamped the Curvy girl (loves the beach), from Stampingbella
and the sentiment, wich comes with the stamp on a Neenah
Solar White 110lb paper. I have been using the cheaper ”Vision Pro”
paper from Office Depot for coloring for years but have decided to
use premium paper from now on, so I purchased (treated myself to)
half a ream of Neenah! What a difference, the colors are
more vibrant and they blend beautifully! What is the point
in trying to color the best you can and not have a great paper…

I have invested lots of money on my Copics and felt I
just had to invest in a premium paper as well. 

Nowadays I tend to make mostly A2 size cards,
that means when I cut a paper in four, I now have
Neenah paper to make LOTS of cards! 

 Well, back to the card! I die cut a piece of Neenah, using a
stitched rectangle from MFT, to fit the size of my card.
I then stamped the Curvy girl and the sentiment (it comes
with the stamp) to the die cut panel. I colored the image
and the beach scene with Copic markers. 

The pennant, ”Small line of pennants” from Gummiapan
was stamped and colored on a piece of Neenah, I chose
the same colors for the pennants as I used for the Curvy
girl and the beach scene! I did purchase the coordinating
die to this stamp and when finished coloring I ran it through
my Cuttlebug. This pennant stamp comes in two sizes, I have
the smaller one, but for this card design it was too
long so I decided to cut it in two pieces and placed one
of them on the front and the other one inside of the
card! Its always such a nice surprise to find an
image or an embellishment on the inside of a card!

  Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

Today I share a set of three cards made using the
”Ballerina Bunnies” stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.

I love these cute ballet dancing bunnies, wearing adorable tutu´s!
And of course I couldn´t help but coloring them pink!
The obvious choice of color for a tutu if you ask me! 

The bunnies were colored with Copic markers.
I cut them out using my Scan n Cut.

The sentiments are from the
”Brushed wishes” set from Stampendous.

I made a super simple background, the same for each bunny.
A circle, colored with Distress Oxide inks Spun Sugar and
Picked Raspberries, blended with a mini blending tool.

I adhered foam dots to the bunnies and placed
them on the pink circles! Finished by stamping
the sentiments just under the circles.

I applied a coat of Wink of Stella to the pink circles for
a subtle shimmer, it is a little hard to see in the
photos but they do shimmer beautifully!

  Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

This card was made for Isabel Cristina using the most
adorable and fun digi stamps, from the "Mermaid 2019" set!

This under water themed stamp set comes with
so many images and several sentiments as well!

It´s now available in Isabel´s Etsy store!

 I layered the mermaid and the rock she is sitting on!
If you are curious how I layer images in a Word document
on my PC, please see my blog post from a few months back!

I duplicated some of the images and made the fish, the corals,
the sea weed and the crabs different sizes. I colored the images with
Copic markers and cut them out with my Scan n Cut.

The background was made of a square piece of cardstock.
I cut it in four pieces using one of the hill borders from the
"Landscape trio" die set from Mama Elephant, to create
the sand on the bottom of the sea and the water.

The sand was colored with Copics and the water was colored
with Distress Inks, I used the "Sun ray" stencil from MFT to
make the rays. I placed the stencil over my blue piece of cardstock,
took a baby wipe over the stencil, which bleached the ink and
created rays of sun through the water! I also splashed some
droplets of water to it to look like bubbles!

Stickles was applied to the mermaid´s tail and bra!

I placed one of the sentiments on the inside of the card,
and placed a little red crab on there too! I think it´s such a
nice surprise when you find images on the inside of a card!

  Thank you for stopping by!
Tina

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