This Little Card of Mine

Sorry I have been MIA

Spending some time crafting this weekend so I will have new cards to share with you after that.  :-)

Ahoy There!

As you have seen I am addicted to the little girl series that My Favorite Thing has.  But this "boy one" caught my eye -- so cute!  I finally used the PaperTrey Ink impression plate that I bought awhile ago to create the wood grain background.   I die cut a piece of kraft cardstock with a Tim Holtz die.  Then I used the Impression plate to create the woodgrain.  I lightly inked the whole thing with Vintage Photo distress ink.  Love how it made the grain pop.

Supplies:  Kraft cardstock; My Favorite Things Ahoy Matey stamp set; Vintage Photo Distress Ink:  Copic markers (E3000, E301, E31, E02, E35, E37, E39, B97, B99, G28, G29, G24, 111, R08, R27, R29, YR15); Mini brads; Tim Holtz Die; Papertrey Ink Impression plate

If you leave me a comment on this post can you do me a favor?  Can you tell me if this card's photo is blurry?  I am having trouble with my glasses and can't tell.  If it is something is wrong with my camera OR I have completely lost my ability to take photos! :-(

 

New baby animals card

I loved this set from Verve Stamps and couldn't wait to color these images.  Such a cute set.  I went pretty simple on the design of this one so the focus is on the animals.

 

Supplies: Verve Stamps On The Moon stamp set; Copic markers (E30, E35, E42, E43, E44, E37, N2, N3, N4, R20, 110, YR20, YR24), Kaisercraft aquamarine rhinestones; Ranger Broken China Distress Ink (for greeting); Ranger Glossy Accents black; Hero Arts kraft notecard

The pinkest pink dress!

I was over at Jennifer's recently and asked Colin to pick a Copic marker color for me to use on the dress in this set.   What does a little boy choose for a girl's dress?   Pink of course!  :-)  And the ugliest pink I have ever seen pink. (RV04 -- sorry Copic, not a fan!)   The one I ordered online and said I wish I hadn't bought this -- I'll never use it.  Wrong!  :-)  I HAD to use it because sweet Colin chose it.  I have learned that of all of the patterned paper I own there isn't one single paper with this pink color in it.  I guess I'm consistent in not liking this pink.  So... I had to play off the green accent and make the rest neutral.  Also, I would usually add some dimension by popping some elements off the card.  But I think I'm going to send this to the little girl I sponsor in Brazil .. she'll love it and flatter is better! [Yikes!  The skin color is not that bright in real life -- she looks like she spent too much time in a bad tanning booth!]

 

Supplies:  Aim High My Favorite Things stamp set, MFT Die-namics file tab die, MFT Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass die, Copic markers (RV000, RV02, RV04, YG07, E01, E02, E35, E37, Bazzill cardstock, Hero Arts white notecard, Neenah Solar White paper (for the copic coloring), Echo Park Country Drive patterned paper