Freshly Made Sketches #293

I got two more cards made for the Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop this afternoon... I have a couple of girlfriends with birthdays next month, so I'm working on some themed cards to gift as a set.  I'm using the current Freshly Made Sketch, Tim Holtz images and Verve sentiments & dies:

You Mean the World to Me

I made a couple of Father's Day cards today, so thought I'd share them here - using a few products that I haven't used too often.  Most of the products are Close To My Heart - I'll list them all below:

Patterned papers are Seaside; Cardstock is Desert Sand, Sorbet, Glacier & Colonial White; Stamp sets are Doodled Designs & You Mean the World to Me; Inks are Glacier, Desert Sand and Sorbet; Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge - all Close To My Heart.  Heart dies, Verve.

Mini Crab Front & Back card

Hello Ai fans!

I'm a big fan of all of the Ai Mini Front & Back stamp sets... and today I'm sharing a little card that I made with the Frog & Crab Mini Set (Sku #4406):

 I used a paper pack with a seaside theme... then freehand drew the seashell (he's supposed to be a hermit crab, get it?!) and coloured it with Copic markers to give it a little dimension.  You can't see the zig zag stitching too well, but it's a soft shell pink colour that brings out the pinks in the paper a bit.

 I always like to have a little bit of patterned paper on the inside that will show through the opening.

 Here's a closeup of the crab so that you can see the pretty background paper showing through a bit better.  This set includes both the crab & the frog... so stay tuned for my froggy cards in the near future.  Happy stamping!

Copics used: Seashell - E55, E53, E51

Crab - R35, R32, R30

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