I welcome you once again to my new blog. Merry Meet, and Blessed Be. Today is a card I made only yesterday as I'll admit, I'm behind in my own crafting schedule. Perhaps however I'm not alone in this boat?? Maybe you, yourself haven't had craft time lately?
Well yesterday I was feeling in a light and spring mood, despite the snow here in Riverview, New Brunswick and the -31 C temps (or for any Americans _23.8 F) Brrr... But I digress, back to the card. I felt like I needed to create my own Spring. So I pulled stamps from the newest Kawaii Cuties sets by Stamp Anniething. I used the little girl from the You Bake Me Crazy set, the apple core stamp and the sentiment Awesome to the Core from the Love You Bunches set and finally I used the Ant from the Love Bug Set.
I wasn't too sure where I wanted to go, but off I went anyway, all I knew was that I needed color... And as you can see in the end, I got all the color I needed and then some.
The Finished Project: Spring Splash a study of the ADD addled crafter... ;)
So how did this little surprise of color and chaos come to be? Other then the stamps?? I used the Green Polka Dot paper from the Bake Shop paper pad, and if you notice to the left of the card... I just cut the front image right off the pack to 4.5" x 2" and stuck it on. No need to cut my own strips and it certainly fulfilled my need for color... I used the Sun Ray stencil with the Hybrid Ink colors Crimson, Rosie Cheeks, Lavender Bloom and Clear Skies. I used the Banner dies and used both the inside and outside pieces glued them together stamped my sentiment then threw the Bubble stencil overtop and used Aspen Gold. The Bottom of the card features one piece of the Volcano Builder die set and then all four grasses from the Grass Dies (If the name didn't already suggest what they might be called) I grabbed some enamel dots for good measure and baked it with some more paper from the Bake Shop paper pad. Phew, after all that are you still with me? Or maybe you're already understanding the underlying chaos of this crafters mind.... Muha ha ha ha!
Ok so I'll give you the Copic colors I used in case you like any of the combos. (Sorry I forgot to write down what I used for the apple core and the Ant, My bad)
The Little Girl who got Stuck on my card:
Skin; E21, E11, E00, and E0000
Cheeks; R20
Dress; V05 (not the hot oil), RV52, and V01 ( I just used some washi tape here to help me get a bit of a checked look)
Hair; E37, E35, E33, BG53, BG01, and BG000
Hair Bobbles Y18 and YR15
Oh and a healthy dose of 0 the Colorless Blender (probably my favorite copic)
Here are some pics of during the project as I've seen people put those in their blogs before.
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Look here too! It's a hybrid ink on a Sticky pad. Perfect to hold your ink in place. |
So I think you have now seen my blog isn't their blog, its something maybe a little different, a little off but still cute and fun, kinda like me. So for my second blog I hope I did ok, I'll be sure to keep trying to craft better, stamp better, color better, and blog better. Yet in all of this I will still be authentically me. So you stay you, I'll stay me, and let's all learn from each other.
Merry Meet, Merry Part and Merry Meet Again.
Sincerely,
Kevin