Peeking Over Puppies - Craft Roulette #290

 Awww!  Who wouldn't just love to be pals with these two puppies?  I know that my Quincy and I would.

Today I have a card that I created for the Craft Roulette Challenge #290.  This is the third week that I have been able to create a card, fairly easily, with the parameters decided by "the Wheel".  Thank you wheel. 

This weeks parameters:

• Project:  Card For Friend(s)
• Element:  Happy
• Colors: Bright Colors
• Random: Partial Image 

For this card, I used a couple of Gerda Steiner Designs Stamp Sets.  I was a guest designer on this latest release and am excited to be able to play with them again.  The stamp sets are Peeking Over Puppies and Puppies and Cake.  

After I had stamped and masked the scene, I used Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink.

I colored these guys with Copic markers in the following colors:

• W1, W3, W5, W7 - Fence, Noses
• R11, R21 - Tongues
• YR20, E13, E17, E39 - Dog On Left and Cake
• TY30, YR20, E21, E53, E34 - Dog On Right
• R17, R29, R39 - Reds
• Y06, Y15, T38 - Yellows

Even though the Puppies and Cake stamp set has not only a cake, candles and number candles included, I thought that I would decorate it with a few dog bones.

For the sentiment on this card, I used the sentiment from Trinity Stamps, Puppy Party, which I believe is retired.  

This card just make me smile and I hope it makes you also.

Thanks for stopping by and happy card making.

Sandy

It's Cozy Season!

Hello!  Just one more from the weekend.  I love these little friends by Hello Bluebird so much.  They are just so sweet!  I'd share a cup of cocoa and a log around the campfire with all of them any day!

For this card, I inked my background on white cardstock using Antique Linen, Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide.  I spattered it with watered down white acrylic paint.  

Using patterned paper and the Winter Birch Scene die to add some additional depth to the background.  I trimmed the outside edge of the card using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangle Frame Die.  Even though the Winter Birch Scene die has a frame, I wanted one  a wee bit thicker to highlight the patterned paper.  Both of the papers are from Lawn Fawn's Spiffier Speckles Petite Paper Pack.

For the sentiment, I used the Cozy Season Words Die.  I love the way it looks with my cozy little friends.

I used three stamp sets for this card; In The Pumpkin Patch, Cocoa Stand and Warm and Cozy.  I also used the coordinating dies.

My friends were colored with Copic markers in the following colors:

• E40, E41, E42 - Bunny
• E50, E53 E13, E34, E25 - Hedgehog
• E40, E41, YR20, E13, E23 - Squirrel
• E40, E41, E34, E25 - Bird
• Y21, Y35, YR14 - Fire & Mugs
• R11, R20 - Cheeks & Ears
• B0000, B41, B52 - Blues
• R12, R32, RV14 - Pinks
• G40, YG11, YG03 - Greens

I will probably leave the inside of this card blank even though there are so many great sentiments available with each of the stamp sets.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today and happy card making!

Sandy

Hot Cider & Pie

 

Hello!  I hope you had a lovely weekend.  I am still playing with the new release from Hello Bluebird.  I have been just dying to stamp out this cute little hot cider stand and the moose.  Who couldn't go for a cup of hot cider and a slice of pie? 

For this card, I used the the Hello Bluebird Nesting Deckle A2 die set to cut two layers of cardstock that are complimentary to the patterned paper from 9th and Concord called Cottagecore.  I believe the patterned paper is a Scrapbook.com exclusive.

The two stamps sets that I used are Warm and Cozy and Cocoa Stand.  I also used the coordinating dies.

I colored them in using Copic markers in the following colors:

• W0, W1, W3, W5, W7. - Cider Stand & Stump
• R35, R27, R39 - Reds
• BG93, BG96, BG99 - Greens
• R11, R20 - Cheeks
• E40, E41, E50 - Antlers
• YR20, E53, E34 - Moose
• N1, N2, N3 - Fox Jacket, Thermos Top, Pie Plates
• YR30, E50, YR23, YR24, YR27 - Fox

I think that I will leave the inside of the card blank for now.  It would make a really cute note card or possibly a Christma card.

Thank you for stopping by and happy card making.

Sandy

The Gentle Magic Of Fall

 Hello and happy Friday!  Today I finally had a chance to play with the new release from Hello Bluebird.  I have always loved their stamps - they have such a sweetness to them.  

For this card, I used the Cocoa Stand and In The Pumpkin Patch stamps and coordinating dies.  

For the background on this card, I inked a piece of white cardstock with Speckled Egg, Scattered Straw and Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink.  I also used the Oak Tree Scene Die Cut (retired) for the ground and tree.  Even though the die cuts out a frame, I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Frame Die Set along with a sheet of paper from their Favorite Flannel Plaid: Fall Petite Paper Pack.  

I didn't love the way this background came out, but it looked good once I had my little friends colored and placed.

I used Copic markers to color my little friends in the following colors:

• N0 N1, N2, N3, N4, N6 - Raccoon
• E40, E41, E13, E23, E25 - Hedgehog
• E30, E53, E34, E35 - Deer
• E23, E25, E27 - Tree Trunk
• E53, E34, E35, E25 - Sign
• YR12, YR04, YR18 - Pumpkin
• B00, BG01, BG53 - Hedgehog Scarf
• BG45, BG57, BG09 -Raccoon Sweater & Reindeer Scarf
• G21, YG63, G94 - Hedgehog Jacket
• R11, R20 - Cheeks & Ears

For the sentiment, I used one from the In The Pumpkin Patch set.  I heat embossed it on a dark brown cardstock with white embossing powder.

I like to add a little dimension to my cards, so a popped up the sentiment strip, Raccoon , Hedgehog and the little pumpkins in the corner.

I am just thrilled with the way this card turned out and I can't wait to play with these two sets again along with a couple of other ones that were just released in September.

Thanks for stopping by and happy card making.

Sandy