OMG... I colored something!!

I had two baby showers in May so there was a lot of amazing gifts from loved ones and of course lots to put away.  Now that we got all of the goodies in their new homes, I wanted to do something with all of the cards that were given to us.  I have these 12x12 envelope pages that I thought would be great for saving the cards.  

I stashed the cards in the envelope then realized I couldn't let the front pocket/label unadorned.  I broke out the copics and had at it! Boy, it's been a while!  Here's what I came up with...

I kept it pretty simple since it as going into the front pocket, although I kept staring at some sequins and epoxy dots that I wanted to use ;)  And here it is in the envelope:

And since MarkerPop is having an Anything goes challenge, I thought I'd throw this into the challenge as well.

Have a great day!

Angie

Adventuretime with My Whimsical Little World

I am in LOVE with today's release of My Whimisical Little World digistamps!  There are two great new images - a car and a camper - and they work so great alone or together.  I couldn't stop coming up with ideas so I ended up with three creations for today!

First up - a card using the Beach Wagon digistamp:

I colored the card with copics and did a lot of cutting to layer the image.  The sentiment comes along with the Phoebe digistamp that I showcased last week.  

Here's a close up of the dimension (which I love!!)

Once it was done, I realized I may have went a little overboard as I counted how many layers there were. :)

So I after I finished the card, I moved onto doing a journal page.  I combined the Beach Wagon with the Happy Camper digi.  I thought the images went perfect with this quote.  I paper pieced the camper and the car, made some ground and sky, added some stamps and embossing paste.  The quote I printed on my computer.

And lastly, I sized the Happy Camper digi a little smaller and decided to make a 3x4 pocket scrapbooking card.  I thought it would be perfect for the next time I go camping.

So there you have it. Three things using the newest release.  But wait!!.... For more inspiration visit some of the other DT blogs to see their creations with the stamps - 

 Paola 

(who will also be sharing a video on how to design a card using digital paper with the digis) Karen

Carol

and head to the Facebook fan page

Like My Whimsical Little World to keep updated on all of the releases

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES - 

CARD:

Paper - Stampin' Up! Old Olive and Island Indigo; Basic Grey Persimmon

Stamps - MWLW A Day at the Beach and Phoebe; Impression Obsession Splatter background

Ink - Stampin' Up! Old Olive

Copics - road: C6, C8, C10; Sky - B02, B04, B06; Water - BG72, BG75, BG79; Clouds: C0, C2, C4, 0; Car: C3, C6, C8, C19, BG0000, BG000, G21, G24, G28, E31, E33, E35, E37, R39, Y13; Surfboard: YR20, YR35, YR37, R12, R14, R17

Other - postage edge border punch, lots of foam tape

POCKET SCRAPBOOKING CARD:

Paper - Lawn Fawn Dewy Decimal 6x6 paper pad; Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Basic Gray

Stamps - MWLW Camper; Impression Obsession Splatter background

Other - corner chomped, Doodlebug tiny type stickers, epoxy stars

Long time, no odd!

It feels like it's been ages since I've colored up a Some Odd Girl stamp!  I was working on something for Farmhouse Memories using Artist Mae by Some Odd Girl and had to do something up for myself!  When coloring her, I knew I wanted to use some of my new embellishments from the OhDeerMe embellishment kit that I'm trying out (if you're interested in subscribing for your self, enter my name and email at the check out and we'll both get a $5 coupon!)  - it's only month one, but I love what I'm seeing :)

Anyway, let's see the card already!

I used the washi tape from the kit to create the background.  Since I knew I wanted to use the washi ahead of time, I colored Mae in a nice coordinating green.  The hearts, 'yay!' token, and chipboard arrow are from the kit as well.

I don't know what it is, but I'm loving the lime green and teal combo! Here's a little close up of Mae.

And since it happens to be an Anything Goes Challenge at Markerpop this week, I'll be playing along there.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie
SUPPLIES
PAPER - Copic XPress It Blending Card stock, white card stock, Bazzill Candy Shop Green with Envy
STAMPS - Some Odd Girl Artist Mae, Impression Obsession Splatter background
COPICS - Skin - E01, E01, E11, E08, E04; Hair - E97, E15, E18; Clothes - YG01, YG03, YG06, C1, C3, C5; Markers and bag - C3, BG10, BG11, BG13
OTHER - OhDeerMe July Embellishment Kit

More Glitter :D

I'm playing with glitter and outline stickers again :)  I got these cute Owl Circle outline stickers and came up with this little card...

I colored with Copics on the glitter and popped it on the inside of the card after creating a window on the front.  The pattern on the from is a washi sheet so it adds a slightly different texture to the front.  Here you can see that the owl is on the inside:

And lastly, a quick close up of the glittery goodness!

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES

Elizabeth Crafts Owl Circles

Copics

foam tape

White card stock

Stampin' Up! scalloped circle punch

black and white twine

WeR Memory Keepers Washi sheets

1/16" hole punch

Stampin' Up! Four You

Summer is here

I had only a few things planned for today - do some laundry, pack a trip, and pick up hubby at the airport.  Laundry was a breeze since it's only been me around the house the last week.  Packing got done.  And hubby's  flight has been delayed (possibly until tomorrow!) so I had some time to kill and what better way to do it than, play along again with Markerpop's Biweekly Challenge!

Since it's summer, I thought I'd do something along those lines.  I was looking through my stamps and found this great mermaid from Sweet November stamps and thought she was perfect.  So I inked her up and got to coloring.

Once she was colored and fussy cut, I found some papers, grabbed some distress inks and assembled my card.

Quite summery, don't you think??  And I couldn't let the inside go to waste.  I juster some of the strips I had cut off to make the front and added them to the inside.

Great way to kill some time!  Now what to do ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie


SUPPLIES
COPICS: Skin - E00, E11, E13, E15, R20; Hair - YR21, E97, E99, E18; Fins - BV00, BV11, BV23, BV25; Eyes - BG15, BG57, BG09; Manatee - W3, W5, W7
Stampin' Up! Mini Brads and Fancy Label Punch
Quick Quotes Stowaway 6x6 paper pad
AmyR Summer Sentiments

*C.C. Designs TREASURE TEMPESTWIND Rubber Stamp Sweet November	*Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD CHIPPED SAPPHIRE Blue Ranger
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD SALTY OCEAN Ranger SUMMER	*Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532	*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 GAUZE Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00056	*Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Pack of 10

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Winter Thinking

Well we got a little more snow today and during my stamp reorganizing I found a set that I haven't used much... Anya Scarves.  So I was inspired!!

I stamped and colored her with some copics.  I paper pieced her hat, scarf, gloves, and sweater.  I airbrushed the aqua around her and pierced around the frame instead of matting her onto another piece of cardstock.  Layered some pattern papers on the stamped background then popped the main image on some foam tape after adding some ribbon.  To finish it off, I added some matching candy buttons.  I loooove the color combo!

Since I was using a dark card base, I wanted to make sure the inside had an easy space to write a message or stamp a sentiment once I find a use for the card, so I mocked the front layout but rotated it to go horizontal instead.

And here's a close up of the image.  I added some shading to the paper pieced pieces with my copics.  I love how that added some more dimension to her.

Since I was inspired by our cold/snowy/icy weather, I'm playing along with the Simon Wednesday Challenge - Ice Inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMP - The Greeting Farm's Anya Scarves, Impression Obsession Swatches

INK - Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Distress Ink Walnut Stain

PAPER - Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock, Stampin' Up! Indigo Island, Basic Grey RSVP

COPICS - Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, E04; Hair E97, E15, E18; Jeans - B93, B95, B97, B99; Boots - C5, C7, C9, 100; Paper Pieced Shading - C3, C5; Airbrush background - BG32

OTHER - Blending Tool, Stampin' Up! Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Stampin' Up! Pool Party Seam Binding, Kiwi Lane Designed Sentiments Templates, Basic Grey Candy Buttons

Spunky Sprite Says Hi!

Hi everyone!  I'm just popping in with a super quick post with a card for the April sketch challenge at Some Odd Girl.  Here's the sketch:

Here's my take on it:

And here's a little closeup on the adorable Spunky Sprite with her pearly wings...

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

SUPPLIES:
STAMPS - Some Odd Girl Spunky Sprite and Hi! Digis (all cut with my Silhouette Cameo)
PAPER - Basic Grey Serenade
COPICS - Skin: E00, E01, E11, E13; Hair: E50, E53, E55, YR14; Dress/Headband: BG72, BG75, BG78, Y11, Y13; EYES: E53, E55, E57; Hi: E51, E53, E55, E57
OTHER - Moonlight Smooch, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Sponge Dauber, Tim Holz's minature paper clip, EK Success Postage Stamp border punch, Kiwi Lane Adorn Templates

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

B&W Happiness

This week's challenge over at MarkerPop is Black and White/Sepia.  When I saw the theme, I wasn't too excited.  I've never colored just black and white or sepia and it was never really something I wanted to do, but I was up for the challenge.  I stamped some images, grabbed my Copics and plopped in front of the TV.  I colored some with my C Copics and some with my Ws ending up with 4 images that I was pretty happy with!  

When it came time to putting the card together, I decided to use the sketch from this month's Some Odd Girl Challenge.  But as I was putting it all together, I realized my images were too large for the sketch, so I printed out a digi image of Dancin' Mae and sized her so she'd fit just right :)

And here she is!

And she does make me happy :D  I love the image.  I love how the B&W looks.  I love the background paper.  It all just makes me happy.  Here's a close up of Miss Mae in all of her glory - 

And the challenges she'll be playing in - 

             

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!!

--Angie

SUPPLIES - 

STAMPS: Some Odd Girl Digital Dancin' Mae; Sentiment from the Michael's $1 bin

PAPER: XPress-It Blending Cardstock, Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Authentique Celebrate 6x6 Paper Pad

COPICS: C00, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, 0; Pitch Black Spica

OTHER: White Embossing Powder, Stampin' Up! Brights Buttons, UniBall Signo White Gel Pen

Swiss Pixies Frame Card

Today I wanted to play with one of my Swiss Pixies stamps from CC Designs.  I love coloring them in! 

I stamped Gretel on some white card stock and colored her in with Copics.  I based the colors of her outfit based on a piece of paper I wanted to use for the frame from Basic Grey's PB&J paper pad, but when I cut the frame from the paper, I just wasn't happy with it, so I found another piece from the same collection and was much happier with it.

I'm entering this into the latest All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.and MarkerPop's Fur/Hair coloring challenge:

Thanks for stopping by!

--Angie

SUPPLIES - 
STAMPS: Swiss Pixies Gretel by CC Designs; Amy R Birthday Sentiments
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
PAPER: XPress IT Blending Cardstock; Basic Grey's PB&J
COPICS: Hair - YR14, E15, E18; Skin - E00, E01, E11; Clothes - Y11, Y13, Y28, R37, R39, R59; Ground - C00, C1, C3
DIES: Stampin' Up! Top Note; Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large
OTHER: Crystal Stickles, Stampin' Up!'s Fancy Label and Word Window Punches; Stampin' Up! Brights Buttons, The Twinery's Maraschino Twine

Gorjuss Hello

I got home from work today and decided to put that watercolor background from yesterday to use for the Playdate Cafe.  I had a plan but once I got started, I changed my mind :)  I opted to water color with Distress Inks and came up with this lovely:

I used the colors from the PDC cchallenge -

And since I used such dark card stock, I actually took the time to do the inside (I often neglect to do this then when I go to use it, I always wish I had the inside done!). 

Thanks for stopping by!
--Angie

SUPPLIES:
PAPER: Stampin' Up! Night of Navy and Whisper White; Basic Grey Perhaps 6x6 pad
INK: Stampin' Up! Night of Nave; Distress Inks - Black Soot, Tattered Rose, Faded Jeans, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey Fired Brick
STAMPS: Paper Smooches Chit Chat, Market Street Stamps Punched Tin, Gorjuss My Own Universe
OTHER: Aqua painter, Stampin' Up! Fancy Label Punch

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