Watercolor fun with Pretty Phrases

I was cleaning up my desk yesterday, found my watercolors and decided I had to use them.  I pulled out a much underused sentiment set and white embossed each of the sentiments onto watercolor paper.  In the end, I ended up with a set of 5 cards.  Pretty quick and simple!

I used the Paper Smooches Designer Draft this week for the card layouts:

Here they are as a the set:

And here is each card:

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie


SUPPLIES:
STAMPS - Paper Smooches Geo-Graphic and Pretty Phrases
PAPER - 110 lb white card stock, Stampin' Up! card stock in Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and Marina Mist
INK - Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, and Marina Mist; Versamark
MISC - white embossing powder, baker's twine, peerless watercolors, foam tape, postage edge punch, corner chomped

Summer Friends at My Whimsical Little World

My Whimsical Little World is releasing some great summer digi stamps today.  There's three in total - Kody, Phoebe, and Marigold.  I made a set of cards using the characters, so let's jump right in!

First up.... Surfer Kody:

Followed by Phoebe:

And lastly, Marigold:

I colored the hair and skin of all three with Copics  - I wanted to try different color combos for each of them, by the time I colored Kody and Phoebe looking rather tan, I remembered some of us are 'blessed' with pale skin that burns rather easily, so I used a paler, pinker tone for Marigold. :D  After that, I grabbed a Basic Grey paper pad and paper pieced the rest of them.

Some of the digis come with their own background (like Phoebe - the shell and flower in the sand are part of her background!) which is great for coloring, but I like to add layers so I stamped a cloud background, watercolored some paper with distress ink for the waves and used this great sand-like embossing powder for the sand.

And I can't forget the insides :)  I printed the digis at a smaller size and adjusted the color to match the teal of the card stock that I was using, added some scraps of patterned paper and I end up with a cute set of cards.

  

Now you've seen what I came up with using these awesome digistamps, have a look at what some others have created:

Marilyn

Kimberly

Martha 

Amanda

Be sure to stop by to see the full release post by Paola at My Whimsical Little World and stop by the Facebook page for more updates.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

PAPER: Copic Xpress It blending card stock, Stampin' Up! Pool Party and Island Indigo, Basic Grey Persimmon 6x6 paper pad, white card stock, watercolor paper

STAMPS: Paper Smooches Good Gab and Sentiment Sampler; Impression Obsession Clouds and Wavy Lines

INK: Memeto Tuxedo Black and Summer Sky, Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Evergreen Bough, and Chipped Sapphire

MISC: Stampin' Up! Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches, Stampendous Golden Sand Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents

COPICS:

SURFER KODY:

   SKIN - E11, E15, E17; HAIR - YR24, YR27, E35, E37; EYES - G43, G21, G46; SHADING - B39, G99, C2, C0

MARIGOLD:

    SKIN - R000, R00, R01, RV29; HAIR - E13, E17, E18, E19; CLOTHES - BG72, BG75; SHOES - C6, C8, C10; EYES - E27, E29, E49

PHOEBE:

    SKIN - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E11, E04, E08; HAIR - YR24, E51, E53, E55; GLASS - BG000, Y13 FRV1; GLASSES - W2, W4, W6, YR18; SHELL - E501, E51, E53

    

Brrr-fect

Today I'm playing along with the latest Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  This week is a picture perfect challenge.  Here's the inspiration photo:

When I looked at the picture, I immediately thought a love card would be the way to go (because it's a wedding cake ;)).  I also took the color palette for inspiration and the scalloped square topper.  With all of that, I came up with...

My card is 4 1/4" square on a dark grey card base.  One thing I'm trying to keep up with this year is doing something with the inside of he cards as I make them.  (Fingers crossed I can keep up with that this year!) So here's the inside - 

I do love that little penguin!

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMPS - Paper Smooches Chilly Chums and Sweethears; Impression Obsession Swatches

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

INK - Versafine Onyx Black, Memento London Fog, Festive Berries Distress Ink, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight, Stampin' Write Markers in Daffodil Delight and Summer Sun

OTHER - Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Doilies Dies, Wink of Stella Black Glitter Pen, Twinery Twine

Christmas Sprite

It's been weeks!  Holiday time seems to go by much quicker than regular time ;)

I wanted to play along with the Some Odd Girl challenge this month.  It's been ages and I was dying to break out an image and get to coloring.  I adore the Spunky Sprite digi image and thought she'd work great on a Christmas card.

The SOG challenge this month was to make your own background.  I tried a couple ideas I had floating in my head but wasn't having any luck.  I ended up finding a snowflake background stamp and embossing it with some glittery powder.  The image was colored with Copics.  The gifts were paper pieced and stacked to make her seat.

I traced her wings onto vellum and covered the vellum with a clear Wink of Stella pen.  The pen caused the vellum to curl a little adding some great sparkly dimension.

To finish off the card, I did a little decorating on the inside:

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMPS - Some Odd Girl Spunky Sprite (digi) and Warm Wishes Tia (clear); Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler; Impression Obsession Snowflakes

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake and Real Red, Recollections Christmas City Sidewalks, Copic Xpress it

INK - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

COPICS - Skin: YR0000, YR000, YR00, E11, E04, E08; Hair: YR24, YR27, E35, E37; Clothes: R21, R24, R29, R59, V99, G03, G05, G19, G28; Eyes G43, G21, G46

OTHER - Brads and Pearl from my stash, Stampin' Up Dazzling Ice Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Vellum, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen, Foam Dots

Enchanted Elves

When I saw the Enchanted Elves set from Paper Smooches, it was one of those most of stamp sets.  I love the characters in that set so as soon as it arrived this week, I stamped it out and colored each of the little guys (I know I just posted a Halloween card, but I couldn't resist!).  I opted for colored pencils this time around and I'm pretty happy with the results.  Once the three were colored, I stared fussing around with a card front.  I had an idea for an elf peeking out the window to see Rudolph so started digging around in my stash for supplies and here is what I came up with:

Love it! :D  Except you'll notice only two of my colored images made it to the card.  I really wanted to use the third on this too, but couldn't fit him in.  When I added some fun to the inside, I tried to use him but just didn't like how he was ending up.  But I had to use him some how so I simplified the image for the inside...

Since I couldn't use my colored elf on the card, I grabbed a tag ;)

I'm linking this up with:

as well as throwing it in for the Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search.

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Angie

SUPPLIES

PAPER - Stampin' Up Crumb Cake; Bella Blvd Christmas Countdown Collection; Neenah Solar White; Watercolor Paper; Ranger Manilla Tag

INK - Memento Tuxedo Black; Versifine Onyx Black; Versamark; Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs and Festive Berries

STAMPS - Paper Smooches Enchanted Elves, Merry Motifs; Stampin' Up Woodgrain; Hero Arts Miracle of the Holiday

DIES - Paper Smooches Duo Die 1, Christmas Words, Elf Icons and Motifs Icons

OTHER - Prismacolor pencils, Dazzles Jeweled Stickers, Glossy Accents, Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder, White Embossing Powder, Red Glitter, Dylusion Inks

Let's Bond

When Paper Smooches came out with the Great Chemistry set, I knew I had to have it! (Must be the science geek in me ;)), so I pulled it out today and used it to make a card for this week's Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  The challenge this week is this sketch:

When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought about making a gatefold card, so here's how it turned out:

I had to use a little clip to keep it shut for the pic.  I recycled some packaging from Paper Smooches dies for the hexagon and striped border.  On the hexagon, I clear embossed the flasks from the set.  Colored up the scientist and adhered them with foam tape.  Under the fold, I stamped the sentiment and the hexagons from Geo-Graphics.  I selectively colored in some of the hexagons for to add a little more color.  And I finished it all by rounding the top corners.  

And once it's open there's another one of the sentiments stamped on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS - Paper Smooches Great Chemistry and Geo-Graphic
INK - Memento Tuxedo Black and Versafine Onyx Black
PAPER - Neenah Solar White, Packaging from Paper Smooches dies
COPICS - skin E50, E51, E53, E55; hair Y11, Y13, Y15, Y35; flask R22, R24, R29, BG0000, BG10; clothes C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, 100, B23, B24, B26
OTHER - Glossy Accents, 1/4" Corner Chomper, Foam Dots, Paper Smooches Hexalongs dies, Distress Markers - Mustard Seed, Barn Door, and Faded Jeans

Safari Smile

My desk was still littered with my Paper Smooches stamps from my last card (which made me the PS Pro Stamper!!) so I decided to use them again to play along with this weeks Paper Smooches Sparks trend watch....

So many of the little critters from the stamps have great smiles, so I cut the word 'SMILE' out of a card base and had some of the smiley creatures popping through the letters.

I LOVE the laughing hippo.  And the toucan is so cheery.  The monkey is adorable - I thought about cutting him down so that he wouldn't stick out past the edge of the card, but realized that he makes the card look like it's saying, 'Smile, I Love You.' so I left him in one piece (so happy I did!).

Once I got all of their placements figured out, I stamped the chevrons onto a piece of cardstock and popped the smile piece on top.  Then finished it off by layering it on a piece of black cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS - Papers Smooches Zoo Crew, Flap Happy, My Peeps, Smoocheroos, Geo-Graphic

INK - Memento Tuxedo Black and Stampin' Up! Island Indigo

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Island Indigo, Neenah Solar White, Copic XPress It

COPICS - hippo C3, R20, monkey E39, E53, toucan FYG2, FRV1, FYR1, FY1, FB2, 110, butterfly BV08, BV34, R22

OTHER - Silhouette, foam adhesive

Kiss Me Giraffes

It's been awhile since I've played with my Paper Smooches stamps (especially since I got some new ones for Christmas!) and when I saw this weeks challenge, an idea immediately popped in my mind.  This weeks is a Picture Perfect challenge:

Such a cute picture.  So here's what I came up with:

I took the giraffe from Zoo Crew, bent the neck slightly then stamped it.  I tried a reverse stamp for the first time to get the mirrored giraffe on the left.  It took a few tries, but I finally got one that I liked.  I did some really simple copic coloring then popped it on the houndstooth background from Debonair that I white heat embossed then covered with an ombre of Distress Inks.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

STAMPS: Paper Smooches Zoo Crew, Debonair, and A Little Lovin

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Inks - Spun SUgar, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries and Aged Mahogany, versamark

PAPER: Stampin' Up! Read Red, Neenah Solar White, Copic Xpress It Blending Card

COPICS: R24 (heart), Y13, Y15, YR14, YR24, YR27, 0.5 multiliner

OTHER: Black Floss, Glossy Accents, Xmas Red Stickles, Heart Punch, Mini Label Punch, 1/16" circle punch, white embossing powder

Elf Christmas

I love the movie Elf.  It's become a must see every Christmas.  So when I saw Some Odd Girls' Elf Kaylee, I had to color her up.

I kept the colors pretty traditional with a little pop of blue on the one patterned paper.  I colored Kaylee with Copics, adhered her on top of the patterned 'flags', added some piercing in the corners, a few green pearls, and an embossed Paper Smooches sentiment.

I've been practicing my Copic coloring, I still hate coloring with reds, but I LOVE how she turned out!!

She'll be playing along with the following challenges:

Some Odd Girl December Challenge

MarkerPop #12

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS - Some Odd Girl Elf Kaylee, Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler

INK - Versamark

PAPER - Basic Grey Aspen Frost, Stampin' Up! Old Olive

COPICS - Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13; Hair: E50, E53, E55, E57; Eyes: G43, G21, G46; Clothes: R24, E15, E18, YG61, YG63, YG67, C1, 0

OTHER - Green Pearls from Want2Scrap, white embossing powder, Doodlebug Christmas Twine, Paper Piercer, Stampin' Up! Mat Pack

Chummy Christmas Tags

Just popping in quickly today to share a set of tags I made with the Paper Smooches Chilly Chums set (love all of the chums sets!!) and the Christmas Sampler set -

 

The background tags were inked with Festive Berries and Evergreen Boughs Distress Inks.  Then I stamped some snowflakes in Versamark and embossed with Stampin' Up!'s Irradescent Ice Powder.  I colored the images with my Copics, added some liquid pearls and black enamel.  Popped the images and sentiments up on the tag.  And finished it off with a simple white ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by,

Angie

Another SOG Christmas

I'm still on a Christmas card kick :) I normally don't get started this early, but I just can't seem to stop.  So here's my latest:

I colored Kaylee's hair, skin, and stockings then I paper pieced the rest.  I added a little glossy accents to the ornament. I popped her up on some foam adhesive before adding her to the card front.

I heat embossed some ribbon with the sentiment and added that at the bottom of the panel.  Then I popped the whole panel onto the final red card base.

And I did the inside to match (just minus the foam adhesive):

Pretty! Sparkly!  And playing along with two challenges this week:

SOG October Sketch Challenge              and MarkerPop #9 - Paper Piecing















Have a great day!

--Angie

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS - Some Odd Girl's Tree Trimming Kaylee, Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler and Amy R's Handy Christmas Greetings
PAPER - Jillbean Soup Winter Tortellini and Spinach 6x6 pad and Stampin' Up! Real Red cardstock
INK - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black, and Versamark
COPICS - Hair: YR14, E15, E18; Skin: E50, E51, E53, E55, R20; Eyes: G21, G46; Stockings and Paper Piece Shading: W00, W0, W1, W2; Belt: R39
OTHER - Foam Adhesive, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Up! Real Red Ribbon; Zing Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Color Splashed Congrats

I'm playing along with a few challenges today - feels like it's been ages since I've made cards for a challenge! Here are the challenges I'm playing along with (click on the images to go to the challenge websites):

I was so excited to participate in a couple of challenges that not only did I make one card, I made a whole set of encouragement/congrats cards:

I didn't have any bright blue card stock that I liked for what I had in my head, so I grabbed a piece of Neenah Solar White and covered it with one of the summer Distress Inks - Salty Ocean.  The color was perfect for what I wanted! 

 

 

To make the sentiment banner pop from the patterned background, I inked the edges with the Salty Ocean ink pad. And for those counting my layers for the YCU challenge - there's FIVE :)

It was a quick set to make and I can see lots of possibilities in all colors of the rainbow with this one!

Thanks for stopping by!

--Angie

SUPPLIES:

PAPER - Neenah Solar White, Stampin' Up! Basic Black

STAMPS - Lawn Fawn Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler and Good Gab

INK - Versamark, Distress Ink Salty Ocean

OTHER - Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle Dies, Zing Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Adhesive