Hello friends! I’m excited to share this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge with you! We have a color challenge to celebrate the Olympics.
I actually created this card just playing around, then realized it fit the challenge! The little bit of black is from the shadow layer behind the die cut word.
This large anemone flower from Honey Bee stamps was so much fun for this loose watercolor technique. I painted this with Karin Brushmarkers.
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Hi there, crafty friends! I wanted to pop on and share the card I made for my daughter celebrating her second Mother’s Day. I am absolutely smitten with the Colorado Craft Company sets designed by Anita Jeram. They are such fun to watercolor. I knew that this sweet bunny and baby had to be on her card.
I painted this with my new Daniel Smith watercolors. I need a lot more practice with these paints, but I already love them! I even added something special to the inside of the card.
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Hello crafty friends! I’m excited to pop in today with a card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge. PCC has a fun Tic Tac Toe challenge for us. Choose any 3 in a row- horizontal, vertical, or diagonal – and incorporate them all into your project.
I have to admit, I looked at this and immediately saw Animals and Any Shade of Green and got to work. Only I made a birthday card instead of a thank you. I was about to start over, when I noticed the card fit the middle horizontal row! Circles, Patterned Paper and Embossing – with Animals and Green thrown in.
The card is a mini slim and measures 3.5″x6″. The adorable unicorn and sentiments are from the Little Critters set form Taylored Expressions. I colored the unicorn’s mane, horn, and nose with Copic markers. The striped paper is from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is embossed in white on black card stock. and the circle gems are from Studio Katia. Such a bright and cheerful card!
Please head over to the Paper Craft Crew blog and check out the rest of the Design Team’s projects. The take the challenge and create your own project. Be sure to share it with the PCC page.
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I think this sweet little bear from the Anita Jeram Happy Day set from Colorado Craft Company might be one of my favorite images ever. He’s just so adorable! I created this card for my dear friend Lisa for her birthday.
He was so much fun to watercolor! I used Karin markers and one of my new watercolor paint brushes from Altenew. The dies used are all from Taylored Expressions.
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Hello, and welcome to another fun blog hop with the Stamp Review Crew! Today we are shining a spotlight on the Pampered Pets stamp set.
I love dogs. So, this was a must have set for me. And, of course, the dogs are the focus of my cards.
For my first card, I stamped the Buffalo Check background stamp in black ink on Real Red card stock and die cut a stitched heart. I added some Crumb Cake ink with my blender brush to create a shadow behind the heart. The adorable pup is colored with Stampin’ Blends markers. My inspiration for coloring him was Jock from Lady and the Tramp.
For this card, I drew inspiration from our pup Elphie’s bandana she got after her last grooming. But, I went with my favorite red and black buffalo plaid. I actually used a leftover bit from the die cut heart on the first card. I trimmed it by hand to make the dog’s scarf. To color the dog, I die cut the dog and dish from printer paper and used the negative as a stencil to blend some ink to color them.
We are a dog family. We have our 5 year old Yorkie, Elphie. We have said good bye to two Shih Tzus – Maggie and Pippin. Our son has Jemma, a beagle mix, the sweetest fog on the planet. and our daughter and son-in-law have three dogs – Ruffy, a Yellow Lab; Belle, a Pitbull/ Australian Cattle dog mix; and Mose, a German Shorthair Pointer. And all of these four legged friends get along wonderfully. A miracle that I am grateful for.
This photo was from Christmas 2019. Belle wasn’t cooperating, she is hiding in the lower left corner. Brett is holding our sweet Pippin, she crossed the rainbow bridge this past October. Miss her sleeping at my feet each night. as you can see, our daughter also has a bunny. In this pic, animal outnumbered humans. This year, we lost Pip, and added our granddaughter and another son-in-law, so humans outnumber animals! (I didn’t use this years Christmas pic, because the three big dogs wouldn’t cooperate and aren’t in it. LOL. Oh well.
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When my kids were little, one of my favorite books to read to them was Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram.
I just love those adorable nut brown hares. I recently found out that Colorado Craft Company has a line of stamps designed by the one and only, Anita Jeram! I ordered the Birthday Wishing set and now I can have some adorable bunnies on my own creations!
This little guy is so much fun to color. I used Copic markers here, and I can’t wait to try water color and colored pencils.
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I’m back with another sunflower card! This giant image is so much fun to work with. It is great for coloring with markers or watercolor. Plus, the image looks great stamped on its own without any coloring. You can also stamp it on colored card stock.
For this card, I stamped it on Daffodil Delight card stock in Cinnamon Cider ink, leaves are stamped on Old Olive card stock in Mossy Meadow ink. I colored the flower center with a brown colored pencil and added highlights with a white one. For added texture I embossed the flower and leaves with the Subtle Embossing Folder.
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I have found that I really like to color. I have been practicing with Copic markers lately. I have drastically expanded my Copic collection and am LOVING them! I was really excited when Stampin’ Up! released the Celebrate Sunflowers set. It is a fantastic large image for coloring. This was my first project with that gorgeous flower.
I loved the shading I was able to get with my Copics. I think it looks great against the stark white background. I brought in some texture with the new Old World Paper 3D embossing folder.
I’m off to see what other great images I can find to color! Thanks for stopping by. Please join me again to shine a spotlight on creativity!
