Busy Bee

Here is another Create a Critter Cartridge card.  I used digital paper from Elka Romero Designs, and printed it on cardstock and cut it with the Cricut.  I use a Copic Glitter pen on his wings, hive heart and eyes, and a Singo white gel pen on this highlights.  The face is a Peachy Keen Stamp, and highlighted with gel pen.  This was a quick easy card, and I got the idea from the February 2013 Cricut Magazine published my Northridge Publishing.  The cardstock is ColorBok.

Challenges:

Fabulous Cricut Challenge

Was Gonna Wait, but here they are.

I made these cards for a card class I did at The Scrapper's Place in Findlay, Ohio.  These are just the nicest stamps, and the LaBlanche Stamps and Paper are supurb for stamping their silicon stamps.  I'm sad that the photos aren't any better than this, but they are gorgeous.  I'm going to try to get some better photos tomorrow.



Made this guy for a friend who is, can ya guess?  An Ohio State fan.  He is a CC Design, and painted with Copics.  I like the way her turned out.  At the same time I did a little girl by CC Designs, and I called her Apple Gal as he is surrounded by apples.

Longtime No See

Have been neglecting this page for too long. Decided to share some cards that I made recently. I have had a blast with these.

This is a Great Impressions stamp called Hydrangea, I stamped it with Versamark and embossed with black. I used Copic Markers to add colors, and stickles, which actually cause some cool color changes in the markers. Used gold embossing on the edges by dragging the card edge directly through the Versamark. I stamped and colored extra hydrangeas, and used foam dots to place them over the matching flowers on the main card.




This is another Great Impressions Stamp. I used Copics for color, and Sakura Stardust and jelly rolls for shimmer effects. I used Flower soft on some of the flowers and the centers of the sunflowers. I stamped and colored extra butterflies, cut them out and applied glue just to the bodies of the butterfly and placed them directly over the butterflies on the card.





Yes another Great Impression Stamp, done with copics and flowersoft. I cut this into three one inch panels and matted it with a 1/8 inch border. It was a direct take off of one that was part of the Great Impressions demo board at The Scrapper's Place in Findlay, OH.

I have been experimenting with the Copics and have to say I just love them. The colors and techniques that you can acheive with them are superior to other markers.







I bet you will never guess what company did this stamp, and what I colored it with. LOL Great Impression and Copics.

Well I didn't think I was gonna get back here anytime soon. This has been a very busy time for me. I have a few days off now, so going to art up a storm. I have some things that I managed to do over a couple of weekends at home. I got some new stamps, so tried these out.














This first one is from Cornish Heritage Farms (CHF), and I used some new embossing powder that works with regular dye base inks as long as it is really wet. It gives such a cool look. I also used some shimmer water colors from Yasutomo, but I don't think you can see how really great this is. There is blue in the water, and yellow light coming from the lighthouse, and it is all shimmery, but you can't see that :(

This next one is a cliff scene using stamps from (CHF). I was actually going to use this on a card, but I like it so well I'm going to frame it and hang it in my room. It is stamped in dye Stampin' Up (SU) ink and using a water color water brush and the ink that is in the lids to paint the pic.

This next one is a Thomas Kinkade Stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms. I used SU Black ink for the image, and copic pens and chalk for coloring. I used the Yasutomo Shimmer watercolors in white for the mist that is in the pic. It is not easy to see the shimmer watercolor :(. It is very pretty though. Another one to add to my wall.







This one just didn't scan worth a crap, but this is done in Copic Sketch Markers, and it is very mellow. The sky is done in SU buckaroo blue. I used a Colorsnap Stylus to apply the color using a paper towel to mask and make nice white clouds. I learned this technique from Sandra Hulsart's video, which you can find her list that is on my watched list.