Hibiscus Card

This card was made for a friend's mother who is very fond of this flower. The stamp used is named Harmonious Hibiscus , made by My Favorite Things. I heat embossed the stamped image with gold embossing powder on Gina K. Design's Bubblegum Pink cardstock before coloring with Copic markers. I was told years ago not to use Copics on cardstock, but this paper was heavy enough and while I did blend shade of pink and green, I was working on blending in a typical fashion. I used white Prismacolor pencil for some highlights on flowers and a few shades of green on the stems. The black background is all black Copic marker on pink paper. I really enjoyed working on this. The second photo, taken on an angle shows the golden glow of the embossing powder.

Anniversary Card

This Anniversary Card was done on watercolor paper, using Karin markers on a heat embossed Gina K. Designs image. The stamp is Majestic Peony .

Zoom meeting, Doxie style

One of my nieces has two dachshunds. She would have more, but she only has two hands. 😉 She has been working from home often and has had more Zoom meetings than usual lately. That fact and her love of Doxies led to the creation of this card.

The stamps are from two different sets by Newton's Nook, Delightful Doxies, and Dress Up Doxies (the superhero and taco costumes) but I only used a small part of six images to make 1.25" squares to resemble a Zoom meeting (hence the different backgrounds). The ID number over the computer screen represents her age and birthdate. I did the comments inside in Word. I can't wait to give this to her!

Lovely Lotus Card

One son asked if I could make a birthday card for a coworker's birthday in two days. Of course I could! I had just received an order from Gina K. Designs and wanted to use this stamp and die anyway, now I had an immediate reason to use it and not do anything boring, like dusting and vacuuming!

This was colored with Copic markers using Gina K. Designs Lovely Lotus stamp and coordinating die. 

Abstract done with alcohol inks

Sympathy cards are always difficult. Making a card to send to a man can make this more of a challenge. The recipient of this card does a bit of painting and creates with mosaics. When I think of him, I think of abstracts, hence this card. The paper is black Yupo paper, the alcohol pearl inks are from Ranger. I cut out the image with a die from Ellen Hutson's Essential Rectangles that cuts both a rectangle and a very thin frame at the same time. I used the die a second time with green cardstock to create the green frame, then used the green with a script die cut greeting inside that read "with sympathy" before a handwritten message.

Ants are cute when they aren't real and in your kitchen

Photographed indoors on a gloomy day made the white paper look bluish-gray but the images were fun to color. The first one is Ants Drink Up, the second and third are from Ants At A Picnic, both sets are from Whimsy Stamps.  All are colored with Prismacolor pencils. 

I don't have a plan for using them yet. I think they might go into my journal on days when I don't have much to say but just want to post something cheerful. 

Graduation greetings

The graduation card is from Graduation Set by Art Impressions, colored with Prismacolor pencils.

The gift box held graduation cash and Smarties candy because the grad is such a smartie. The green paper is from Stampin Up. The specialty paper was purchased locally. Directions for creating this box can be found Here at The Paper Pixie.

Colorful Greetings

The first card uses stencils and dies named Pinwheel Party from the The Greetery.

This image and greeting are stamped from Chameleon Party by Whimsy Stamps. Coloring is by Copic markers and the background is a die set from Stampin Up called Best Plaid Builder.

Simon Says Stamp Creations

This first piece isn't a card. It was a practice piece that revealed how I was feeling about the news and Facebook posts that day. I like it and have mounted it on chipboard and it is currently propped up in my craft room.  The stamp is a large background stamp is So Beautiful from Simon Says Stamp, done on watercolor paper with Karin Markers.

This also uses a Simon Says Stamp set, Game Tile Letters. I made the game board on light gray paper, coloring some squares with  Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment was created in Word.

Gina K Inspired cards

With thanks to Gina K's Stamp and Chat YouTube videos on Mondays and Wednesdays, I used techniques shared there to create these two cards with Gina K inks, stamps, and stencils. 

Both cards used elements from the Nature's Touch Card Kit. The inks in the birthday card are Rina's Electro-Pop. The birthday greeting is a Stamps of Life die.