Masculine birthday cards

 I have found myself in need of a handful of masculine cards recently!  I pulled out one of the Ai clear stamp sets called Birthday Wishes (Sku #AICS36) who has this cute fella as one of the images, and made three similar cards:

 The houndstooth print was perfect for paper piecing, so I tried it out for both his top and shorts:

 I popped up a couple of the images & sentiments with pop dots, and left one flat for easier mailing.

 I added some blue epoxy bubbles and some zigzag stitching with my sewing machine, and that was it!

 Copics used: E13, E11, E00, E000, R30, W3, W1, W00, B26, B24, B23, B21, Y26, Y21, E50, R22, YG95, YG93, YG91.  Happy stamping!

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Got Style?

Hello Ai fans!

I'm using another of the wonderful stamps that are available at Michael's through Hampton Art - SC0678:

 I had fun paper piecing their outfits... I had to pull out my Exacto knife to cut out the hand on the middle gal!  I just adore their hats and poses - there's a little bit of style & attitude going on here :o)

 The set comes with two images and seven sentiments, so here's the one I put on the inside:

Happy stamping!

 Copics used - E37, E34, E31, E43, E41, E40, R37, R35, R32, R30, YR02, YR00, E000, YG05, YG03, YG01, YG00

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Jealous Too

 I have another Art Impressions image that is available through Hobby Lobby stores to share today - this is one of the wood mount images that includes the sentiment on the same block.  Here is Jealous Too (Sku #4713):

 I stamped the image and coloured her with Copic markers, then stamped her again on some polka dot paper which I cut out to paper piece her dress.  I die cut the image in an oval shape and popped her up with pop dots.  I took my next largest oval die, and cut out a larger oval in the striped paper, which I also mounted onto the base with pop dots.  It gave a little added interest to a fairly simple card.  I added a few grey pearls, and that's it!
Copics used: C5, C3, C1, C00, BG75, BG72, BG70, R22, B0000

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Another It Zips card!

I posted a couple of cards made with Art Impression's If It Zips Set (Sku #4669) a few weeks ago, and loved her so much that I made two more cards :o)  And our current challenge on the Ai blog is "Paper Piecing Party" so I'm going to enter her over there as well (I'm on the Design Team, so I can't win!):

Patterned papers are Caprice, CTMH; Cardstock is Chocolate & White Daisy; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Flowers are Cuttlebug dies; Speech bubble is from the Cricut Artiste cartridge, CTMH: Mocha Opaque Pearls, CTMH.

A little coffee card

Yes, I love my coffee themed cards!  I've had these papers out on my desk for a little while, so I wanted to try a card using Cathy Caffeine, with the cup paper pieced.  I know my blog has been a little quiet lately, but I received a bunch of new goodies, and have been madly colouring behind the scenes, so hopefully my posting will pick up over the next little bit.  We are big Olympic fans in our house, so I plan to do a lot of colouring while watching the games.  Here's Cathy:

Patterned papers are Claire; Cardstock is Outdoor Denim, Cotton Candy & Colonial White - all CTMH; Spellbinders die; Copic Markers; Stamp set is Cathy Caffeine by Art Impressions.