More Quads

 This is the second set of cards I've made using the Create in Quads stencilled panels that my niece gave me - these are just gorgeous on kraft paper!  I love the muted look, and stuck with pale grey and green for the accents.  I've kept them fairly plain, but may add a little distress glitter to them before the go in the mail.

I used my sewing machine to stitch the panels to the green card bases, and added the sentiments from the Pigment Craft Company's Fa La La set.

Create in Quads

 I was gifted this set of four stencilled panels last year, and have finally been able to get them made up into cards.  These are the unique Create in Quads stencils from Taylored Expressions - this one is Mistletoe.  They're all stencilled on one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock, then cut apart to become 4 coordinating cards.  I've paired them up with bows from The Greetery, and a sentiment from Pigment Craft Co.  They're intended to be Christmas cards, in which case I may glitter them up a bit, but I think they'd work for other occassions, so for now I'm going to keep them as is.

Comfy on Couch - Girlfriends

Hello Ai fans!

There's nothing like colouring up one of the Ai Girlfriends images :o)  I selected some bright girly coloured papers that would work well with them all being in their jammies, and then set about colouring the image to match.  Here is Comfy on Couch Set (Sku #4050):

 I had an oops happen when I was almost finished colouring the entire image.  If you look at the gal on the left, where her hip meets the sofa... I was using that darkest plum shade, when it suddenly dropped a huge bubble of ink on my paper!  If you look closely you can still see traces of purple on the sofa, but by and large I was able to chase most of it back onto her top with my colourless blender.  Whew.

 I popped up the sentiment and the eyeglasses, and added a few gumdrops to finish things off.

 Copics used: Skin tones - E37, E34, E31, E11, E00, E000, E51, E50

Hair - E18, E07, E02, E57, E55, E53, Y26, Y23, Y50, C7, C5, C3, B21

Greens - G46, G43, G40

Blues - B28, B26, B24, B23, B21, B37, B34, B32

Greys - C5, C3, C1, C00

Pinks - R89, R85, R83, R81, E22, E20

Oranges - YR04, YR02, YR00

Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21, E50

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Inspired By #15

Jeanne Jachna is our hostess this week on Inspired By All the Little Things - with a very funky, retro inspiration photo!  I loved the direction that I saw most of the Design Team going... so I pulled out my Quatrefoil die from Taylored Expressions that I haven't used in a while, and whipped up a quick card to play along:

I ran the die through my Cuttlebug four times, using up scraps of cardstock, then randomly fit some of them back into my soft grey base.  I popped up the hello die cut with some pop dots, and added a black pearl.  Done!
Cardstock is White Daisy,Whisper, Slate, Sunset, Sunflower & Black - all Close To My Heart.  Dies are Taylored Expressions & Avery Elle.

Under My Umbrella

I am posting on the Art Impressions blog today.

I am wistfully dreaming of spring as we prepare for another snowstorm north of the border!  So I decided to colour up some spring showers using Under My Umbrella Set (Sku #UM4048):

 I coloured up my image by pulling out the colours from the background paper, and decided to give one of the gals a spiffy polka dot raincoat that I paper pieced.  Both the sentiment and the clouds are popped up.

 Copics used: Skin tones - E11, E00, E000, R20, E51, E50, E37, E34, E31

Blues - B05, B02, B01, B00, B000, B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Greys - W7, W5, W3, W1, W00

Pinks - R89, R85, R83, R81

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51

Greens - YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91

Yellows - Y15, Y11

Happy stamping!

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Graduation card

I am posting on the Art Impressions blog today!  With my daughter graduating from high school in a few weeks, I am in need of quite a few graduation cards for she & her friends.  I wanted something that was fairly easy to reproduce, but still fun and a little bit sparkly.  Art Impressions has a lovely collection of graduation stamps - and  Reach for the Stars (Sku #4292) fit my needs perfectly:

I coloured the star and heart with Copic markers, and coated them with a little Wink of Stella for some shimmer.  Then I added some irridescent sequins and clear micro beads to make it into a shaker card.  If you look closely, you'll see that I used the small yellow star from the die cut - adding it into the shaker mix as well.

 Copics used were Y19 & YR16

Happy stamping!

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Square Dancers

This is my Tuesday post on the Art Impressions blog!

I have a little country & western flavour for you today... I have a square card using Square Dancers (Sku#1929):

Aren't they a pair?  Here's a close-up:

Copics used:

Dress & neckerchief: R59, R24, R22, R20

Jeans: B97, B95, B93, B91

Shirt: BG02, B01, B000

Hat: Y26, Y23

Boots: E57, E55, E53, E51

Skin tones: E13, E11, E00, E000

Hair C3, C1