Sunshine in my pocket

Learn to Jump

September 19, 2016 Paper Crafting

This sweet card is a one-layer card filled with sheep at sunset. (Sheep at sunset? That sounds delightful)

The “adult sheep” is teaching the “kid sheep” how to be fabulous by jumping. Lol. I had a great time with this card, masking and inking. I hope you like it!

I used distress inks for the background colors, and prismacolor pencils for the sheep. I also added some white gel pen to add a sort of “swoosh” to show the movement of the jumping sheep.

I think the little ones could jump over that fence too, don’t you? Lol.

Enjoy!

Entering (eep!): The MFT Superstar Challenge.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

I got an opportunity to watercolor the other day. This monkey set from My Favorite Things is perfect for practicing. I pulled out my watercolors (including Tim Holtz Distress markers that I used as watercolor) and got to work.

Those leaves and sentiment are also watercolored. Then I added some Glossy Accents to the “hi” to finish things off.

Joining in the MarkerPop watercolor challenge.
Also joining the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Celebration Cake!

September 14, 2016 Paper Crafting

Concord & 9th is celebrating big! And I was the lucky recipient of some giveaway goodies this month.

Another reason to celebrate: they now have a new Challenge Blog (Wherecreativitymeetsc9.com) started by the fabulous Jessica Frost-Ballas. So I thought I would play along in the very first challenge!

The theme is “Celebration.” Here is my celebration cake card for the occasion:

You guys, this cake from the Happy Day set is SO MUCH FUN to watercolor! I knew I wanted to use my very favorite colors (turquoise and yellow) on this card. And I wanted a chocolate cake. Yum. The frosting in between layers is sparkly (is there such thing as a sparkly frosting? I don’t know…but on MY cake there is!)

And I painted on the stripes using a new-to-me method I learned from my Instagram friend, Alba. (Thanks for the tip, friend!) I used a ruler and just painted on those stripes around the cake. (Awesome)!

I used my favorite Sophisticated Script set from Concord & 9th to spell “Enjoy.” I want to make about 100 of these cards in different colors. That’s how delighted I was at stamping and coloring this image.

Happy Birthday, Concord & 9th and Happy Celebration for the new challenge blog!

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Life is Good in a Tiki Hut

September 13, 2016 Paper Crafting

The Lawnscaping Challenge is all about texture this time.

I haven’t used my “Life Is Good” set in a really long time, and I thought that little crab would enjoy some lemonade! I did some masking to make it look like the crab was holding the glass of lemonade. And then I made a “Tiki hut” for the background out of twine I had in my craft room (that’s the texture!)

A little Stickles on that ice cold lemonade makes it look so delicious! I did a little inking around the edges of the wavy paper (with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink).

This card makes me think of Hawaii. It might be time to visit. 😉

Enjoy!

Also linking up to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

May your days be filled with sunshine,

Beautiful

September 6, 2016 Paper Crafting

The current Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge is with Concord & 9th! I am loving both these companies lately…and I have a few of their sets. So today I thought I’d see what I could come up with for this challenge.

I used the Beautiful die from Concord and 9th and the Bold Blooms stamp set from Essentials by Ellen.

I was also inspired by Jennifer McGuire to try heat embossing on water droplets!

Yeah, it’s a little crazy and organic, but I think it’s beautiful. Oh, I also silver embossed the sentiment about 3 times to get more dimension. It looks like a nice metal embellishment!

Entering the Ellen Hutson Mix it up Challenge. Thanks for visiting!

May your days be filled with sunshine,