Follow Your Bliss…

Hey there!

I’m SO excited to finally show you one of my cards from Anna Wight’s newest Whipper Snapper release: Hocus Pocus! I’m telling you, just buy it! It is soooooo CUTE! I was giggling the whole time I made this card! Anna, you’re a genius, honey!

It was the perfect time for me to pull out my NEW Cosmo Cricket Haunted line from Jacksonbelle Embellishments! This paper and these images I think are PERFECT together.

I stamped the legs and the banner on shimmery Cryogen White cardstock, colored with my Copic markers, (YR07, YR21, YR24, YG03, YG17, V99, BV29) then trimmed out. I needed to use a craft knife for the center space area of the legs. I popped them up on foam dimensional tape, and layered on top of one of my very favorite Spellbinders Labels dies.

All of the edges were sponged with Ranger vintage photo ink. I found some fun green fibers to use, and also some Making Memories bat brads for each corner. The cardbase is Prism wizard medium cardstock. A bit of Stickles on the shoe buckles finish it off nicely.

Hope you enjoyed this little peek! Check back, as I will have more to share with you soon!

Bye for now!!

Oh my goodness it seems like it’s been forever since I sat down for some good creating time! Last night after work, I needed to just step away from the computer (that I sit in front of for 12+ hours) and get in some fun stamping. Naturally, I picked up my favorite Anna Wight Whipper Snapper sets!

I turned to my fellow Dirty Dozen (current and alumni) for inspiration on these two cards, combining several challenges from the SCS Dare to Get Dirty Challenge!

This card combines Toy’s sketch, scrapnextra’s tearing/distressing, and sf9erfan’s masculine challenges. WOO HOO! Triple challenge!

I used some of my new Anna Griffin Sierra paper. For those of you that like the look of kraft paper, this 8×8 paper pack is for you!

I used a lot of Ranger vintage photo and walnut inks for the sponging. The leaves were stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink, and colored with my Copic markers, (YG93, YG95, W3) then cut and embossed with the petite oval Spellbinders dies. Everything was distressed, and a bit of faux stitching was added. I finished it off with a little brown twill from Jacksonbelle.

This next design combines Lauraly’s vellum challenge, and tasher’s sketch! I wanted to use my favorite pattern from Basic Grey’s Sultry line for this card. I had the idea to stamp these flowers on vellum, then turn it over, and dry emboss where the flowers are, to make them white.

These flowers remind me of lilies of the valley, even though I’m not sure what they are “supposed” to be. In my world today, they are lilies of the valley.

I colored the stems, both front and back with Copics YG17 and YG67, and shaded with W4. I also stamped the image on the kraft cardstock before adhering the vellum on top. This helps to add more depth.

I stamped the little butterfly in the top corner, then stamped again on white cardstock and trimmed. It’s colored with Copics RV11, RV34, E27, and adhered with glue dots. A bit of Stickles, some stitching, and Martha Stewart ribbon finish it off nicely!

I’ve really been enjoying my time with Whipper Snapper! Hope you are enjoying it, too! (Wait till you see August’s sets…OMG!)

Thanks for visiting!

WOO HOO!! Imagine my delight when I received an email from the fabulously awesome Anna Wight, asking me be to be a Whipper Snapper featured designer for July and August! It took me about 4 seconds to respond with a resounding YES!! LOL! I am honored to be among a group of ultra talented designers and friends. Check out this lineup!

Pam Hooten
Blog: http://pamhooten.blogspot.com
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/iris

Jami Sibley
Blog: http://jami.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/jami

Carol Halvorson
Blog: http://happinessblooms.blogspot.com/
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/hb

Leslie Miller
Blog: http://leslierich.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/leslierich

and Anna of course!!
Blog: http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/sweetmissdaisy

Where Flowers Bloom…

The 2 sets we will be designing with are Blossoms & Butterflies and Blooming Expressions. As far as I am concerned, you just can’t go wrong with butterflies, flowers, and sentiments, right? RIGHT!

My design was inspired by this card of Debbie’s. I had received a set of Spellbinder’s new Butterfly dies, and just knew it would be perfect for this design. First, I knew I would need a mask, so I cut the butterfly in a piece of scrap paper cut to the same size as the cardfront, about 4 3/4″ and set it aside. Next, I embossed the die into a Fabriano Medioevalis notecard, added the outer mask, and replaced the die on the card. This left the inside of the butterfly open for stamping the images. I stamped the flowers and butterfly using Versafine Onyx black ink.

I removed the die and mask, and chose to watercolor this image for a change of pace. It has been a long time since I watercolored! When I think of watercoloring, I think of Anna…she is the master! I used Adirondack inks in wild plum, raspberry, eggplant, butterscotch, lettuce, stream, and espresso.

With my watercoloring complete, I once again added the outer mask and die, and used my Copic airbrush system with the Y21 marker to airbrush the inside of the butterfly. Once that was completed, I masked the entire butterfly (with the butterfly I cut from the scrap paper), and airbrushed some BG11 around the outside. I added some shading around the flowers and butterfly with my C2 Copic marker.

To finish off the card, I sponged some Ranger vintage photo ink around the edges for depth, added a row of bling to draw your eye to the sentiment, pierced the antennae, and knotted some black gingham ribbon through eyelets. The final touch was adding Stickles to the butterfly and flowers!

Be sure to check out all of the other guest designers! I can’t wait to see what they have done.

Thanks for visiting!