AI Crafting=Happiness

Yet another of the Hobby Lobby wood mounted AI stamps has been inked up. Every year when I visit Florida I look out for these, normally I don't find them straight away but this year I did.

Its a big stamp and complicated to colour but I hope the recipient likes it. I followed the coloured image on the stamp block and although I changed the colours I used the shadows and even though all the colours are just two markers each it seems to work ok. Next time I might try using a grey or a BV as the shadow for all the colours, baby steps though lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "craftiness" Art Impressions (AI)
Dies: Blueprints 31 from mft
Card: "hibiscus burst" from Papertrey Ink

Copics
Skin - E11, 00, R20
Table - E34, 31, N3, 1
Blue - B26, 23
Green - YG17, 25
Pink - RV14, 13
Purple - V17, 15
Black - N7, 5
Grey - N3, 1
Ground - E44, 43, 42
Hair - E30, 31, 34, 35, 57, 59, 49, T5, 3, 1

Lili of the Valley Number Bears Version 4

Almost the last one and I think probably my favourite colour scheme too. I have been adding them to my blog just after each of their birthdays as I don't want the mums to see them beforehand. 

I made all of them in March though, in one day and it was a blast. I am hoping that I get to do that again next year and not spend the whole year trying to remember how I made the last one lol.

The numbers don't look well blended and I am not sure if they aren't or the sparkle pen is amplifying that. 

Ingredients
Image: "number bear" Lili of the Valley Digistamp
Dies: XXL stitched square from Crealies
Card: "costal cabana" from Stampin Up (retired)

Copics
Bear - E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40
Ground - W4, 2
Number - BG15, 13, 11, 23, 34

Margarita Time

I basically copied the card I made at the MFT retreat but went cleaner as there is minimal ink blending on the background.

Next time though I would blend the background as that makes the glass pop rather than blend into the background, I would also stamp the birds on my copy colouring card and not a random piece that was sitting on my desk lol.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment: "Toucan do it" from MFT
Dies: blueprints 31 and margarita shaker all from MFT
Distress Oxides: "cracked pistachio" Tumbled glass"
Sequins - Green and aqua from dollar tree, Ice cubes from MFT and Pinks from Pretty Pink Posh

Copics
Beaks - Y17, 15, 13
Green - G02, 00
Pink - RV14, 13, 11
Aqua - BG15, 13, 11

Rockabilly Girls Version 2

When I coloured the previous versions of the rockabilly girls I also coloured this one. My original idea as to make all four cards the same but I dropped my black ink pad on the fourth background and when I went to make it again I had a brainwave to use this stencil and softer colours. I'm pleased I did as this works better than the wall with this particular image.

Ingredients
Image: "rockabilly girls" Roberto's Rascals at CC Designs
Sentiment: Creative Stamping
Dies:  "a2 stitched rectangle" from MFT
Stencil: "Prismacope" from TCW, The Crafters Workshop
Ink: "worn lipstick" and "spun sugar"" Distress Oxides
Card: "dark charcoal" from recollections at Michaels and "hibiscus burst" from Papertry Ink

Copics
Skin - E04, 11, 00, 000, 93
Shoes - N9, 7, 5
Pink - RV17, 14, 13, 11
Brunette - E79, 77, 74, 49

Creative Stamping Again

When this magazine first arrived I made ten cards with the images, probably the most cards Ive ever made with one set of stamps. Every year I try and finish all my birthday cards until the end of the year before I start my christmas cards, this year I am running behind so I decided to revisit a design and make two cards. I enjoyed making these and you never know I might use the set again soon.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : Creative Stamping (feb/march)
Dies: "mod rectangles" mft
Background: "cranberry" card from Recollections at Michaels and "marble" background stamp from MFT

Coloured Stencils part deux

After the last set of cards where I used my Prisma colour pencils with a morocco stencil I thought maybe I should try my cheaper crayola, they are harder than the Prismas and not as creamy but the effect is just as good to my eye. In fact I would say it was easier as I didn't have to sharpen them at all and I like the fact you can see that they are coloured pencil. I have so many stencils that I think I might need to do this more often, it was so enjoyable to just sit and colour without having to worry about light source and blending lol.

I used several shades of each colour and tried my hardest to not get them next to each other, I was pretty close on a few but you have to really stare to see that hopefully.

I kind of wish I had put a white inlaid die cut rather then the eclipse as they are quite difficult to see even with four layers, bit of a busy pattern lol.

Ingredients
Stencil: "abstract" from MFT
Sentiment: "clearly thanks" retired MFT set
Die: A2 stitched rectangle and large thanks both MFT
Card: "natural" from MFT
Pencils: "crayola"

Coloured Stencils a la Jennifer McGuire

I have been looking for an idea to make some thank you cards for my Floridian friends, every time I visit they go out of their way to include me and take me to the most fab places.

I watched a video from Jennifer McGuire and thought I have everything to make that so I sat and had a go, i had to sharpen my pencils multiple times but I really like the effect. Next time I might use my crayolas and see what difference these make.

Ingredients
Image: "moroccan mosca" stencil from MFT
Sentiment: "written in watercolour" from MFT
Card: "natural" from MFT
Dies: A2 stitched rectangle stax from MFT