BRI's January Mood Board

Butterfly Reflections, Ink. has an awesome challenge going on right now!  The colours are so fun, so I knew I had to play along.  Here is the January mood board:

I chose this fun pig image and coloured it pale pink.  I added eyelashes (and eyeliner) to the image, as well as stripes to the hat.  To the balloon, I added glass glitter for sparkle.  I used the chevron stamp with gold ink for the background to add some more gold and match the inspiration photo.  I also added a strip of glitter paper in between the white base and the tab.  I added a few sequins to the tab and an additional star to the pig's hand.  Inside, I added the leftover strip of black and the sentiment (Birthday Hogs and Kisses).

Thanks for the fun challenge!!  Be sure to check it out!

 

Products Used:  Simon Says Birthday Farm Animals, Wild Orchid Crafts German Glass Glitter - Gold, We R Memory Keepers Tab Punch, Lawn Fawn Chevron Backdrops, Tsukineko Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Smashbook Pen, Copics (R20; RV09, 10, 11; Y26), Glossy Accents, and Sequins. 

Love U a Latte

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Who doesn't love coffee?  If you don't, then you definitely shouldn't be reading this...lol, just kidding.  No judgement. 

I am a huge coffee lover.  My boyfriend also likes to drink it too.  Except he puts cream and sugar in it.  I drink it black.  To each his/her own. 

I was sleeping the night before and the idea for this card just came to me.  So I had to made it last night before bed.  Card details to follow the pictures. 

Have a happy day! 

xoxo Mu-aahhh!
Sherri

Paper:  Simple Stories Vintage Bliss, Cardstock (from my stash)

Stamp & Die:  Paper Trey Ink Heart-2-Heart #1, Woodgrain Embossing Plate, Michael's $1 Block Alphas

Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black

Twine:  Doodlebug Assorted

Bling:  Colorbok

Adhesive:  Daiso Foam Tape, Sticky Stuff (the Sticky Store), Tombo Glue



A Few Cards

Hello, my loves.

This Sunday was spent in my craftspace just having fun and creating.  I stamped images out the weekend before, but never got around to using them.  So when I had time this weekend, I knew I was going to make some cards.

The first card was actually for a Mojo Monday challenge (331).

Unfortunately, I was unable to upload in time to join, but I still completed it on time.  That's okay, I super love the card I made!

I had a dogtag in my die cut bin and thought to use it in the sentiment along with the wood veneer.

 I added a few different embellishments in a cluster and I love how it looks.  I had to add that sparkle cupcake button too.

 Her cupcake cake sparkle too!

She got a rhinestone heart for her hairpiece.

I am a big fan of The Cat's Pajamas and although I only have a couple of them, I love seeing this bunny and his giant ears.

The striped die-cut was a freebie included with an internet order way back when I first started scrapping…but I kept it and finally found the perfect use for it.

 I thought it would be cute to have hearts coming out with the smoke clouds.  :)

I also added sparkle to his nose!

I liked using this saying on the inside.

This is the first time maying a Twilight-inspired card.  It was so much fun to colour.

 I knew Edward's face should have sparkle.

I actually cut Bella's hair and moved the bang portion lower down on her forehead creating a gap where I added light purple beneath to match the paper and glitter on top to match Edward.

I was thinking about which sentiment I should use with one of the greatest love couple ever…I thought this went perfectly.

Thanks for checking my cards out!  What will you make this week?

Birthday Bliss:  Cupcake Anya (TGF), Rhinestone Heart (Recollections), Dog Tag (MFT Die-namics),  Vellum Paper (DAISO), Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black, Copics (E00, 02, 21, 23, 25, 93; BV01, 02; RV10, Y21, B32), By the Numbers Stamp (MFT),  Starburst Stain - Icy Primrose Gold (LSG), Paper, Stickles, Buttons, Wood Veneer.

XOXOXO: Take Off (TCP), Stamps (Studio Calico), Candy Apple Glitter (Martha Stewart), Rhinestones (Recollections), Copics (E53, 55, 57; B34, 37; C5, 7; YR24), Paper.  

My Heart Belongs to You: Wild Sprouts Camille and Edward (TGF)Kioshi and Little Black Dress Paper (Basic Grey), Grapesicle Cardstock (MFT), Stamp (MFT), Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black, Glitter (Martha Stewart), Copics (B34, 37, 39; C1, 5, 7, 9; E0000, 000, 00, 09, 51, 59), PTI Photo Finisher Die.

Live a Little, Love a lot

This year's Valentine's card that I gave to my sweetie was so much fun to put together.  I had a lot of fun just colouring the images with my copics.  The only idea I had in mind was this Greeting Farm stamp set, Oliver & Amelia - Lovey Dovey .  I knew it would be kinda masculine but still cute... 

I love using my Fiskars Stamp Press, especially when I stamp my TGF images.  It really helps them get even coverage.  I hate messing up when stamping the images because the paper can be expensive.  

Here are the colours I used for colouring skin.  It was my first time using the E30,31 (I used it on Oliver) and I like how it turned out.  I just added some E01 to make him look a little bit more pink.

Here they are with their skin coloured. 

Next I went on to hair.  For Amelia, I used E21, 23, 27, and 29.  I used a feathering technique going from lightest to darkest.

Here is the image with E21 and 23.

Then I added the E27 at the darkest places, like roots, and parts that should be shaded.

Lastly, I added E29 at the very darkest places.  

After that, I all do is used the lighter colours to blend out the darker colours and create nice shine.  It's hard not to overdo it (the blending, that is)...but I am very happy with the finished hair.  She is just so gosh darn cute, isn't she?  {Why can't my hair be like that??}

The copics on the left are the ones used for Amelia.  I only used the two on the right, E44 and E49 for Oliver.

He totally looks like he's wearing denim, doesn't he?  So that's what I decided to go with anyways...  Like my hair, I just coloured lightest to darkest with the darkest part being the seams and shaded parts.   

Here he is with some blending...

Here were the copics I used:

So she had to wear matching denim with sweet pink hearts.  :)  

And then he got a matching tie.  It's pink with a red heart.  <3

I carefully secured the spellbinder by attaching tape to the die and the outer paper (not the finished image) before running them through my Vagabond.  I am freakishly scared of gunk getting on my finished images, so as a rule, I always, always put a piece of note paper or copy paper overtop to prevent my just completed imaged from getting ruined.

I cut out matching denim paper and added some red and white baker's twine.

Of course, I added stickles to the hearts.  Iridescent for her and red for him.  

I tied a small heart heart (leftover from a die-cut) with a bow and did a small note with my copic multi-liner.

If you hadn't already guess, the boy is supposed to represent my *honey* (isn't he cute, lol)...

and this is *ME*...heehee.

A peek of the inside.  Just using up leftover die-cuts.  This stamp comes with the stamp and it was perfect.

I absolutely love you for checking out my blog post.  Wishing some kindness and love for the whole month of February.  

Products Used:

Stamp:  TGF, OA - Lovey Dovey

Copics:  Skin - E000,00,01,02,30,31; Hair - 21,23,27,29,44,49; Clothing - B34, 37, 39, C1, 3, 5, RV19, RV29

Other:  Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Stain, Owl Supply Baker's Twine, PTI Heart Border, Fiskars Punch, Spellbinders Labels 8, Fiskars Easy Stamp Press, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stickles 

Bethany's Valentine Challenge

Yay! BAcraftygirl is having a challenge!
If you haven't already seen her video or want to check out the guidelines, watch her video here:

So, I love the colour purple and knew I could make cute cards for this.  Though only one was required, I made two.

Card number one:

I used my Copic 0.08 Multi Liner to draw the dashed line.

Close-up of the butterfly

Just loved this saying:

The tinsel string tied at the top for added sparkle.

Card Number Two:  

Close-up on the butterfly:

I used wire and attached it to the back to make his antennae.

I used the same saying here and added glitter glue to the heart.

I tied some American Crafts Twine to the side of the card.  More purple!

Oh, don't forget to watch my video and like, comment, subscribe!  

So now you know my fav colour is purple.  What's your fav colour?

Products Used:  Giddy Bugs - Paper Smooches, American Crafts - Twine, Beautiful Project Life Stamp  - Two Peas x Hero Arts, Stickles (Crystal Ice, regular prism colour), Studio G Glitter Glue (purple), Tinsel String, Copic Markers (BV0000, 000, BV01,02,04), Copic Multi Liner 0.08, Ink (Memento Tuxedo Black, Brilliance Graphite Black, Memento Rich Cocoa), Wire, Cardstock