Wild Birthday

Needing to do another masculine birthday this was the perfect inspiration for my uncle who just loves being out in the world of nature. I used a animal print DP to mirror the animal print on the nails. Stamped the image and colored with copics. Die cut the image in a circle and mounted on black. Stamped the sentiment and die cut that also in a circle and on black. The scene on the brown was stamped twice to get all the way across the card and it worked perfect. Then I mounted that on black. The leaf started as a DP with cream and white. I die cut the TH leaf, drew in the veins then added 4 different colors to the leaf to add the colors and interest. Mounted all on the DP, then clack and then craft card stock. I added a bit of interest to the top right corner with a chevron and added three dots of liquid pearls.

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Day Lily Birthday

This was so super fun to play with to do this card. I don't often get a chance to use the water coloring brush I have but today I drug it out to play. Using five Tim Holtz distress inks and my water color brush I colored this cute flower. Then adding some layers and the oval to draw the eye in I mounted the flower after adding some dimension and sponging some brown around the flower and stem to get the flower to pop. Finished the flower off with some stickles and liquid pearls.

Distress inks used: Wild Honey, Special Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn.

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Antique Birthday

We are celebrating my grandpa's 90th birthday and the inspiration challenge on SCS was a floral website. Well I found some great vines to inspire me to finish off this card. I love how this came out.

Copics used: 0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, E31, E33, E35, E37, YG07, B21, B23, B26 & B41.

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Oh Ballet

Another of my hand drawn images and this one is one of my favorite to color. I am always drawn to blue on these shoes. I also love doing decorative borders using fancy die cuts. To complete this card I used my favorite flowers from Heartfelt Creations.

Copics used: C2, B00, B01, B02, E11 & E51.

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Mmmm Chocolate!

The theme for the WTUI challenge on SCS was to do chocolate colors. My sweet husband got me this great chocolate paper and it worked perfect for this card.

Copics used: E21, E33, E57, R29, R32 and R39.

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Hand Drawn Pool...

I love drawing and when my wonderful niece asked me to do a billiard themed card for her first anniversary I knew I did not have an image for the card so off to the drawing board I went. Hand drawn image and then I stamped the number 1. Then I colored with copics.

Copics used: 0, C0, C1, C3, C5, C7. C9, Y00, Y02, Y06, E11, E31, E33, E35 & E37.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2733433?&cat=500&ppuser=400689

CAS Butterfly

This was one of the fastest cards I have ever made using what I already have cut and sitting in my stash. I love fast cards when I only have moments to get it done to move on with the rest of my day.

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