Spring In The Air

I don't know about anyone else but I am ready for spring! As I type this, we are yet again cleaning up from some unexpected winter weather - snow, cold, and blowing snow that reduced visibility so bad they had to close the roads. Earlier in the week we had a couple days of above zero temperatures, blues skies and gorgeous sun. 

Yes, I am ready for spring....maybe not the mud .... but I am ready for sun and blue skies and that is what inspired my card. The new "Spring Pond" stamp from the This & That new release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps was the perfect backdrop for my spring scene that also includes the previously released "Waddles" and her adorable little ones. It is a beauty of a day for a spring walk.....I wonder if they will pop in for a swim too......

I stamped both stamps on alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured them with Copic markers. I hand fussy cut both stamps leaving a thin white edge around the ducks and set them aside. The Waddles stamp has a cattail and butterfly on it as well but I just wanted to use the ducks for this card.  

I found some patterned paper from Craft Consortium that I thought worked well with the scene I wanted to create. I cut the patterned paper pieces to size and then used some of the pieces I cut off to cut out some grass with a die and added them into my scene. I added Waddles using foam pop dots to add some dimension.

I stamped and cut my sentiment to size and added some stitched puffy clouds, twine and enamel dots to finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Spring Pond (TLF034), Waddles (TT138) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Spring is In The Air (FDG036) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Grunge Light Tones - Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, foam pop dots, grass and cloud dies - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots, twine

 Copic Markers:

Water - B02 B04 B06

Ground - E34 E35 E29

Plants - YG25 G24 G28

Cattails - E23 E25 E27 YG61 YG63 YG67

Lilies - E01 E93

Ducks - W1 W2 W3 Y11 Y15 Y17 Y00 Y11 Y15

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Rainbow Smiles

My first post as a guest designer for Krafty Chicks Challenge #497 Stamp Act (use a stamp) is all about penguins, rainbows and sending smiles! I love having cards in my stash that I can send to a friend or family member who needs a little pick me up or a hug in a card as I like to say when I can't be there in person.

I had a hard time choosing from my stamp "collection" but decided that the super adorable Waddles from Your Next Stamp needed some love and ink. He has been in my stash for awhile and hasn't seen daylight..or ink!

I coloured this cutie and the rainbow with alcohol markers and cut him out using the matching die. The rainbow was hand fussy cut and I added some clear sparkle pen to it - so hard to see in the photo! I set them aside and created my sky background using a cloud die cut, ink and a dauber. Next I stamped the clouds (included in the set) and grabbed a sentiment from a second Waddles set and stamped it inside the cloud - it was a perfect fit. 
This is a more clean and simple card then I usually do but I needed to keep it somewhat flat so I could mail it although Waddles and the cloud are popped up with foam pop dots.......maybe this one will have to be hand delivered! 
  
Card Recipe 

Stamp: Waddles Rainbow Fun - Your Next Stamp

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, baby blue Memories ink, cloud die - Quickutz, clear Spectrum Sparkle pen, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time

Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers : W5 BG7 BG10 GB5 CT4 V15 PL3 LG2 BO2 BO6 OR1 GB5

                                                              

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Mother's Day Waddles

Mother's Day is just around the corner! This month the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper design teams are presenting thoughts of spring with our cards.
For me, one of the things that spring brings with it is a day to celebrate my Mom, my mother in law and a few other very special women who are an important part of my life. 

Waddles and her clan are perfect for a Mother's Day card for one of these Mom's especially because a couple of them are animal lovers through and through.

I coloured the stamp with alcohol markers and did some shading with Prismacolor pencils. Next I cut out these cuties with a stitched rectangle die. Paper from Echo Park helped me put my vision together with flowers and stripes. The sentiment was created on my computer and cut and mounted on matching card stock. Some ribbon from my stash and flowers from Poppies and Paperie finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Waddles - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Computer

Patterned Paper: Hello Easter, Dots and Stripes - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, flowers - Poppies and Paperie, ribbon - stash, stitched rectangle die - Your Next Stamp

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT1 CT4 GB5 LY1 LY2 LY3 PP1 PP3

Copics: E31 E34 E77 

Primacolor Premier Pencils: Jade Green, Charteuse, Cream, Deco Yellow, Jasmine, 10% Cool Grey, 30% Cool Grey, White

Did you know the High Hopes Design team posts daily inspiration on the Facebook page and blog?! Inspiration can also be found on Instagram and Pinterest! 

                                                               

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Merry & Bright

I have alot of people in my life who love penguins so I always need a stash of penguin themed cards.

Christmas is not exception so when I can make a card to include in a challenge, it is a win win! 

My card features "Waddles Snow Fun" from your Next Stamp and my card is based on the sketch from the current Sketch and Colour Challenge #72. 

After colouring this adorable stamp with SN alcohol markers - I LOVE Waddles - I cut him out using the matching die to this set. Next I cut out a polaroid die and stamped my sentiment using white ink. It is hard to see in the photo but the ornament tops are coloured with a silver sparkle pen and the ornaments have a clear sparkle pen on them. Some sparkly ribbon, glitter silver gumdrops and icicles finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Waddles Snow Fun - Your Next Stamp

Dies: Waddles Snow Fun, Polaroid Insta Love die set - Your Next Stamp

Bling: Glitter Silver Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Patterned Paper - Tis the Season - Bo Bunny

Crystal Clear and Sterling Silver Spectrum Sparkle Pens 

Icicle border die - IO

Picket Fence Distress ink, ribbon - Celebrate It

Spectrum Noir Markers: BG5 BG7 BG10 CT4 GB5 OR1 CG4 DG3 JG6 DR5 DR1 DR7

Here is the sketch I followed and the link to Sketch and Colour Challenge #72 at Your Next Stamp.

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