Pastels Kitty Love

Funny thing I think every time I have ever colored any of the Penny Black cat stamps they almost always end up as some variation of orange ( tiger stripes) so, this time coloring the how bout a hug kitty I tried for some of the paler shades of E copic's and I like how this one turned it. it has a little more color then this photo show's but, when I lighten these photos so they dont look so dark on desktop monitors its washing out some of the colors on laptop monitors. It was die cut with an spellbinders labels 2 die and is up on pop dots. the shipping tag was dye'd with left over paas Easter egg dye a few years ago. the reinforcer was colored over with an Krylon copper leafing pen. the lace is vintage, the satin is offray. the love charm dangle the mfg. is unknown. ( I got it in one of those tiny online stamp stores will look for them and edit later) the lace paper under that is from My Minds Eye. the green strip is Neenah seagrass, the cardbase is Pear Pizzazz and is 5 1/2" square in real life. the for you is from SU and done in Versafine Spanish Moss on a scrap punched with an eksuccess the end was trimmed with mini pinking shears, the Heart brad is MM.

Oh Boy! {another pirates card} lol

So, here is another of the images from the old old SU "little boys" set colored with copic's. This ones A-6 in real life. the stripe pp is from the cosmo cricket wanted pad, the blue is unknown, a scrap of green bazzill. some spellbinders dies. this card is pretty flat too. no bumps.

Daisy with yellows

So I had to laugh doing this card after the last one because it is so yellow. and or looked good with yellow things after this version of Daisy was colored with copic's. there is a bit of buttercup liquid pearls on the flowers of the image. and both the daisy panel and the sweetcorn layer are up on pop dots. so there was room to do a "fake" bow with that 7/8 ribbon.

Sugar Nellies Daisy, stamped on Neenah. die cut with an labels 2 die, the sentiments from Impression Obsession stamped on a scrap of speckletone sand and the stripe pp is from websters pages. the base is Neenah's columns this is 6" square in real life.

Sunny Side

Seen the house mouse challenge this week was here comes the sun #HMFMC121
and thought hmmm, I'm not really into yellow and the stamps I have with a summery type theme are really limited so, that made this one a real challenge. This sunny side up mouse is colored with copic markers:

Skin: E30,42,R00,R30
Fur: E44,47,71,43
Petals: Y23,24,27,32,26
Stem/Leaves: YG97,95,93,63
Seeds: E79,71
Sky: B0000,000,BG0000

This one's 6" in real life, the green texture base is Bazzill, the brown pp is from basic grey, the green text pp is from daisy bucket designs, the edge was punched with an SU handheld punch. the yellow velvet is vintage, the sentiment's from IO done in rusty hinge on a scrap of speckletone sand. the tag scrap was run through an spellbinders die in the cuttlebug. the brad is from MM and used some creamy brown fluid chalk ink along the edges of the image panel.

Sunday's Projects

for fun, its blank. SU Oriental Paintings stamped on Neenah Seagrass with Memento and colored with copic markers, cut out with deckle scissors. the edges were inked with creamy brown fluid chalk ink. the mat is Neenah tarragon cs. the scrap of seagrass was run through an cuttlebug Oriental weaving folder, the mat under that is some shimmery pp die cuts with a view, the lace is vintage. the mini brads are from recollections. the base is stardream serpentine shimmery cardstock. this ones 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" in real life. 

Hub's dad's fathers day card. Art Impressions stamps, the guy is colored with copic's. this ones 6" square in real life. the sentiment was stamped on some PTI vintage cream and inked over with shabby shutters distress ink. the fiber is unknown, the yellow mat under the guy is bazzill, the layer under that is DCWVm the stripe pp is Basic Grey. Blue burlap string is from American Crafts. 

Stamping Bella image stamped with Memento on Neenah colored with copic's bought this one a year ago with the intentions of doing an anniversary card for the grands. ( in a couple of weeks they will hit 62 years married) the sentiment's from Penny Black. the stripe pp is from Magenta. the mat is seagrass neenah. this ones 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" in real life. 

 Paper and such deer stamped with versafine on a scrap, then colored with distress markers. not really impressed with the distress markers but, I don't color with my su or tomobo's much either. got these to hit missing spots stamped with the pads... but, surprise. not all the colors match. colored the first image stamped this way with the marker below... green is not a deer's color lol

So, now I guess I need to check/compare all the pads and all the markers.. I know my stain in the old paper color tends to lean a little green so it was not a surprise the marker looks that way. but, this one is not even close to matching. so wondering if its a fluke and they just had a bad batch or if all the corduroy markers are green instead of brown. ( gonna check the craft store that sells them in person next time I'm in there.) ( I ordered these online as a pack to save a few dollars buying them all on a "pre order" )

An old PSX image, stamped with Memento on some PTI vintage cream colored with copic's.
The black sheer organdy is unknown, but probably generic. its on the scratchy side. the sentiment's from stampendous. the brads are MM. the mat under the wolf is from is from MME, the layer under that is from websters pages. the brown is Gina K chocolate. card base is 5 1/2" square.

another one of those old old sets its a blast to figure out they are large enough to color with copic's. 

did the boys in the barrel being pirates too. this ones 5 1/2" square in real life. the sentiment's from My sentiments exactly. the round tag is an Memory box die cut. the green and blue burlap string is from American Crafts. the stripe pp is from October afternoon. the blue layer under that is Basic Grey. the mats are soft sky and the base is tarragon Neenah. 

so, its been a lousy couple of weeks. this one was needed already. the lace is vintage.

thought's and prayers stamped on seagrass with versafine. the bisque liquid pearls were dry when this was die cut to that shape so it smooshed them a bit. the shimmery pp under that is DCWV, the cardbase is speckletone sand. ( same stuff that was stamped on and colored with copic's on yesterday's cards) kinda a yellowish tinted kraft coversheet.

this ones 5X7 in real life. 

for the faire, Viva Las Vegas stamps, on neenah colored with copic's scrap of retired su purple that I cant spell it and spell check can't guess it even close enough to make it a real word. there how's that for a name? run through an oriental weave folder. the bling brad is from recollections. spellbinders tag die. ( trimmed) the pp, I cant think of the mfg of the name of this. I know it. or I should know it, I have a big pack of it that I won years ago from some contest, ( different pattern ) they are "modern" so it was funny to me they came out with a pad I thought I could use some of the papers on it. ( modern flowers with some outlined bling reminds me of Manhattan flowers actually ) but. minds still blank. this ones 5 1/2" square in real life.

Sympathy Branches

Not sure I like this one for a sympathy card its maybe a little bit too pink. But I needed one last friday and I did not feel like making a black card. the thought was send a hug in an envelope. so, I like this sentiment. 

image and sentiment are stamped with versafine on a piece of rice paper (that is the top layer, its like see-through mulberry paper texture) which too much of the bo bunny paper showed through so lined it with a green scrap of old basic grey green distressed pp. and the bloom parts have some liquid pearls (bisque) This is from the SU set called Thoughts and prayers.  the lace is vintage. this is 5" square in real life. 

so, while I was debating the pink part grabbed some scraps and stamped it a few more times on them, so you will see more of this design sooner or later. I ended up having my family sign the pink version, this one is 5 1/2" square in real life. 

3" gift card note's done with some of the scraps.