Got Eggs? Easter/Spring card

Hello crafters!  I know,  Easter is not until the end of April, but it is not to early to start thinking about spring flowers, bunnies, and pretty eggs!

The card is made with an old stamp set.  I love the images in it and would not part with it when I was doing a major destash.

I stamped the image in Memento ink and colored it with copics.  I used spellbinders dies for the circles and a cuttlebug embossing folder for the base card.

I have a video tutorial for the copic coloring. I hope you will watch and subscribe to my channel!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For….Garden Still Life!

Hello stampers!  Welcome to Wednesday with I Brake For Stamps!   Let’s get ready for spring planting…

This darling little stamp is called Garden Still Life and can be found HERE.

I had intended this to be a “one layer card”, but one layer led to another and it soon became multiple layers!  I kept the color scheme simple – red and green.  I love how the red pops out – and made the ribbon on the hat white with black polka dots!

I colored the image with copics, using a stitched square die and swiss dot embossing folder to frame it out.  I love red gingham ribbon and added a touch of it to the bottom.

This is a small, adorable stamp that still makes a statement on a card.  It is probably my most favorite from IBFS and this card is a little bittersweet for me.  This post is my last as a design team member for IBFS.  I used this stamp for my first DT card and thought it was fitting to use a my last.

I have absolutely loved being on this team!  The other designers are wonderful and the owner Della has been so generous. The  sheer variety of stamps is wonderful and the rubber is high quality, deep etched.   I’m taking a break from design team work because we have a bunch of things going on here at home – all good!  We’ve already started some long overdue home improvement projects, with more to do through the summer.  In between those, we are taking a couple of weeks next month for some traveling, and after that have family coming to visit.  We’ll be busy throughout the summer and I hope to get a little stamping done in between.

In the meantime, I hope you check out the thousands of stamps available at IBFS.   Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

I Brake For…Florals Sheet

Hello stampers!  It’s my day on the I Brake For Stamps blog and I have a pretty floral card to show you to get you in the mood for spring!

I made the card into a pocket card using a die that creates the pocket.  The floral bouquet is from the Florals Sheet set, found HERE.  It includes not only this image but several other solid and line stamps and a few sentiments.

Here is what the card looks like when you pull it out of the pocket.  I colored the image with copics and chose a violet and yellow color combination for the blossoms.  I was not sure how it was going to turn out but once it was done I was pretty happy with it.  Since I wanted the image to take center stage I just added some sheer ribbon on the front.

I hope spring is on its way to wherever you are!  I am looking forward to getting my front yard in shape with some new annuals and will plant tomatoes at the end of March.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hop on over to the IBFS store  – there are so many flower and spring stamps to choose from – I know you will find something to like!  Use code SAVE10NANCY and get 10% off your order!

Sisterhood of Crafters – new challenge!

Hello my stamping friends! Today marks a new challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge Blog.  This is a special one for me, First, because it is my turn to host the challenge, and second, because it is my last challenge as a design team member.  I’ve had a wonderful time this past year, have seen some beautiful cards from all over the world and have enjoyed all the challenges.  I do hope you will join us for this latest challenge, the theme of which is Clean and  Simple!   You know what this means – a clean design, lots of open space.   Here is my card:

Are we just done with winter yet?  Even here in Florida we saw snow, not once, but twice this winter.  I am certainly ready for some warmer weather.  My card looks to celebrate spring.  I used a cute bird stamp that has been sitting around my craft room for years.  I paired it with a sentiment from another stamp set and stamped them on a scalloped tag.

I was going to put this on a white base card, but it just did not pop, so I pulled out the kraft cardstock, an embossing folder and in jsut a few minutes the card was complete.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will join all of us over at the Sisterhood blog!

I Brake For….Gloriosa Daisy!

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Wednesday with I Brake For Stamps!  Spring is about a month away – are you all ready for it to show up?  We’ve had a mild February here in Florida, contrasting with a colder than normal January and I am ready for spring to make its mark.

My planters in the front yard took a hit this winter and I’ll have to do a bit of work next month in replacing a number of plants that did not survive.  Looking forward to it because it looks terrible right now!

So, with that in mind I have a pretty floral card for you…

The image is called Gloriosa Daisy – it can be found here.

These daisies have a bold dark red/orange center and yellow petals, so I kept with that color scheme – using copics to color the image.  I really think this would look pretty in shades of blue or pink as well. I stamped and colored the main bloom, cut it out and popped it up on top of the stamped image.

The sentiment is from a set called Florals Sheet, which can be found here.

Hop on over to the IBFS store – you will find thousands of stamps there.  There are many flower/floral stamps to choose from – I know you will find something you like!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Easter!

Good morning and I hope your Easter Sunday is glorious!  Here is an Easter card for you.

The image was stamped with memento tuxedo black ink and colored with prisma pencils.  And embossing folder was used to add some nice texture for the frame, basic grey paper and may arts ribbon finish it off.

This image is from Creative Vision stamps – called Easter Egg in grass –  and can be found here.  You get two sizes of this stamp – this is the smaller of the two.

hopping into spring!

Oh it has been awhile since I last posted on this blog and I hope to be doing more this year.

This card with the cute bunny image works well not just for Easter, but for birthdays or any general “good wishes” card.  The image is from Creative Visions stamps – and what is wonderful about this company is that when you purchase this stamp (red rubber) it comes in two different sizes – this is the smaller of the two.  Sometimes you just need another size of a particular stamp!  You can find the stamp here.

The image was stamped with memento tuxedo black ink and colored with copic markers.  More to come on Sunday so check back then!

spring

spring:  to rise leap or move; a season between winter and summer

It is that time of year where we come out from our winter blues, shed the heavy clothes and bask in the warm weather.  I love this time of year – especially in Florida where the plants are bursting with color and the humidity is still tolerable.  A time where we see the annual migration of different birds that come and feast on our backyard bird feeders (our little version of a birdy bed and breakfast!).   Our year round residents of cardinals, chickadees, doves and wrens are joined with yellow finches, indigo buntings and an occasional robin and oriole.  The bluebirds are checking our the birdhouses in their yearly voyage for a home to nest.

In spring we see the leaving of snowbirders as they head back north and the arrival of spring breakers searching for sun and sand.  It gives us March Madness (can my alma mater UCONN make it to the final four? I am hoping so) and the opening day of baseball (will the Mets still be in contention in May>….well, hope will only go so far!!)

So, I hope this spring finds you well with feelings of freshness and renewal.  Here is a little card I made to get you in the mood for spring.  It was colored with prisma pencils.

 

 

 

daffodil sneak peek

Here is a clean and simple card that offers a sneak peek of one of the sets to be released by Mark’s Finest Papers next week.  The set is called Daffodil Greetings and is perfect for spring.

I kept the card simple by stamping the main daffodil image in Memento London fog.  The butterfly was stamped in the same ink, colored with copics to match the cardstock then cut out and popped up on the main panel.

Spellbinders dies were used to cut the circles and a cuttlebug folder used for the embossing.  The sentiment is from an earlier MFP set.   The grey pearls in the corners were originally white but I used a copic marker in the “N” series to make it grey.

All the cardstock is from MFP.  Thanks for sto

dogwood spring

Here is another card made with an image from the lovely Dogwood Blossoms set from Mark’s Finest Papers.  The sentiment is from MFP’s Magnolia set.

 

The image was stamped in Memento  Black and colored with Prisma Pencils.  I used two shades of the same color on the blossoms and the leaves, starting with the darker color along the edge then blending the lighter color in over the darker.

The cardstock is all MFP, the patterned paper is from Basic Gray.  An  EK Success border punch was used and the ribbon is from my stash.

 

Thanks for stoppng by today.