Bunny With Daffodil

Hi Everybody,

I made a whopping two Easter cards this year!  Now I'll start on Mother's Day which is a great 'excuse' to watercolor beautiful floral stamps.

So... here's an update on my surgery... I received a call from the doctor's office a week before surgery saying that my insurance was not in network with the hospital that the surgeon works at.  Whaaaat? Needless to say I was a mad mess!  I had to start all over with a new surgeon!  It seems to be working out so maybe that was a blessing in disguise.  My knee surgery will be week of April 9th.  What's my point??  I need to make as many cards as I can this next week. :) 

I just love the Whimsy stamp I used on this card.  it is called Bunny with Daffodil.  I envisioned using it on Spring cards and all occasion such as birthday, hello, etc., but then it called out to me to be an Easter card for someone. 

Here I'm showing the dimension of the card layers.  I love using fun foam or foam tape as I did here.  I cut this top layer shorter than I normally do because I wanted to flower to hang off the side. 

I used Deco Foil Transfer Gel with a Tim Holtz stencil called Rays and then foiled with Gold Deco Foil from Thermoweb with the Mini Minc machine.   

I made a video on using Transfer Gel and HERE is the link and I made 
a video on adding Foil to the Transfer Gel and HERE is the link.  I am a newbie video maker and these are for beginners. 

Next I colored this stamp with Copic Markers and fussy cut it out using Cutter B Scissors (and readers of course).  I used a grass die from Lawn Fawn since when I fussy cut, the bunny had grass on his feet so I needed to hide that a little. I used Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Pen over the flower petals and insides of bunny ears and nose.  I also cut down the sides of some of the petals so that I could bend them to look a little more realistic.  

I used Nuvo White Drops on the tail of the bunny and Clear Nuvo Drops over the lady bug and over the gold foiled word die, Believe. I wanted to give some dimension. I think when you use clear drops over foil, it gives it somewhat of an acrylic look.  I added Black Nuvo Drops to the dots on the ladybug as well.  

I hope you have a Happy Easter!  Let's get a head start on our next cards shall we?  :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Winter Is For The Birds

Hi Everybody,

I think the stamp set I'm using on today's card is so cute!!!  It is by Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps called For The Birds.  I don't usually make a lot of cards with birds on them, no particular reason why, but I can't seem to resist the birds on Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps stamp sets.  I used a bird set last week as a matter of fact called Season's Greetings.  If you would like to check out my blog post using that stamp set, HERE IS A LINK.  I made a cute shaker card with it. :)

It looks like this stamp set is currently 20% off so grab it while it's on sale!

It's Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps 10th Birthday Celebration.  You will get this Happy Stamp Set FREE with a $50 purchase.  You can use this alone or with another stamp set.  HERE'S A LINK to this set.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil called Holly Boughs.  I finally used my new Clarity Stencil Brushes that I bought a few months ago.  I had actually forgotten about them until today, when I was searching for something else and found them.  Shows you how organized I am right??  They give a softer look than the jumbo sponge dauber I usually use.  I tend to press too hard and go to fast with the sponge daubers but you can't really do that using these brushes.  You need to apply several layers of color because of the light touch it provides. I'm happy with them!  I used Memento New Sprout on the leaves and then went over it a little with Gina K Designs Jellybean Green. For the berries, I used Gina K Designs Dusty Rose ink. The paper that I used is Bristol Smooth Paper and for the bottom layer, I used Gina K Designs Kraft Cardstock.

I colored the tree branch and bird with Copic Markers and of course, I made the bird a Cardinal.  I lived in St. Louis 20 years so all birds will be Cardinals unless I do not have choice. Fussy cutting is not my favorite thing to do but I felt like it would look better to do it on this one. I added a little Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen to the green in the scarf.  The sentiment was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa.

To finish it off I used some Brutus Monroe Bottlecap Sequins in Crystal. These sequins are magnificent I have to say.  I love how they are flat and have grooves.  The grooves create so much more shine. They were glued down securely with Brutus Monroe Glue.

I'll be using this stamp set in the future because I used a stencil to make a background that looks like a sweater so that one would be cute with this stamp set and I also made some simple watercolor backgrounds that would work as well.  I also like to use sets like this for after the first of the year as a New Year's type card. I think you'll have a lot of fun with it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

I Brake For Treadmill Freddie

Hi Everybody!

I have a fun card to show you today.  I used a super cute digi from I Brake For Stamps called Treadmill Freddie.  You may remember a card I made a while back with Freddie on Harley.  There are several Freddie digital stamps.  Check them out!  I know most of you have a Scan n Cut by now so digis are no longer an issue with the fussy cutting.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA, you will receive 10% off of your order. 

I wanted to make someone a motivational card because they have been on a diet and have lost about 10 pounds so far so I wanted to congratulate them with this cute card. 

Here's the digi, Treadmill Freddie

 

How cute is this!!!  I even cut the outside part with my new Scan n Cut!  I haven't played with it enough to figure out how to cut the inside parts so I just used an X-Acto knife for those 3 parts but it was really easy and I went around the edges with a black pen (LOVE this pen - see supplies)

I used a Tim Holtz stencil to make the water/paint splotches to add some interest and a little color.  I colored him with Copics of course.  I used a Die-Versions die at the top of the card.  I love how you can use these style dies and it keeps the sentiment out of the way but is still a large size.  I added some enamel dots, twine, googly eyes and glossy accents on the screen of the treadmill.  



Supplies:

• Recollections 110# white card stock for base

• Gina K Designs Blue Denim, Red Hot and Turquoise Sea

• Die-Versions Express Edges Die called, "You Did It"

• Tim Holtz Layers Stencil called Splatters

• Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

• American Crafts Red Twine

• My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

• Adhesive Googly Eyes

• Glossy Accents

• Pop Dots

• Tombo Mono Adhesive

• Micro Glue Dots

• Copics:  Treadmill C3, C5, C7, C9 and Freddie YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67 

• Scan n Cut 

• Tim Holtz Scissors 

• FABER-CASTELL PITT Artist Pen Black 199 (love this pen more than Copic Multiliner)

Check out the Freddie digital stamp collection.  There is also a super cute Freddie Thanksgiving digi called Freddie Pilgrim.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA you will receive 10% off your order, includes Overstocks, 50% off Deals of the Week, Clearance. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member