Heaven on Earth

I was checking out pinterest last night (which I pretty much do every night) and found some gorgeous pins on the Penny Black board. One of the cards that has caught my eye was this beauty by Elizabeth Allan. I wanted to recreate it but of course not having the same stamps I had to go with what I have at home. 

I started out with partially inking up the script background stamp with "old paper" distress ink, and stamped it onto neenah card stock. Then I used an ink applicator tool to add my colors. I thought the image "Kansas" by Mo Manning would go great with all kinds of colors, so I used several colors of the rainbow. After inking up the background, I decided to use the stamp "butterfly suite" by Penny Black in the background, using "weathered wood" distress ink. I needed something on the  bottom portion, so I got out a stamp from the retired SU stamp set "watercolor garden", and that is what I created the circles on the bottom portion of the card with. Inked the edges some more with "faded jeans" ink and then added my image.

I colored the image using faber castell polychromos pencils and copics for the skin tones. 

The ticket sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps. I also used the ticket die (also by whimsy) to cut it out. The "thanks" sentiment is from Stampin up. I embellished with a button and twine, and matted it onto white card stock. Then sewed the edges. And I added a little bit of glitter to her silver slippers, the dress and the hair bows.

Here is another view.

I created this card for this week's challenge at
Mo's Digital Challenge, with the theme of "thank you". And I am combining it with a few other challenges too.
Anything Goes Challenge Handmade Backgrounds, at
Crafty Sentiments the challenge is Stitching, then at
Cards in Envy the challenge is "make your own background".

 

And that is all for today. I have to get ready for work now, so I better get going. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

By the Sea

Hello again and Happy Monday! Happy Memorial Day to all of you celebrating in the US.

I have a card to share today using the gorgeous set "Guiding Light" from Whimsy Stamps' Raindrop Echo collection. 

 

This set was just released and I think it is totally gorgeoeous. Especially great for those hard to make masculine cards.

All of the "sea elements" you see here, including the sentiment, are part of the set. I was going to leave the image uncolored, but then decided to dig out my SU chalk pastels and add a little bit of soft coloring.

The anchor and steering wheel were cut out by hand and added with dimensionals. The designer paper is from a 6x6 pack by My Minds Eye (from hobby lobby). 

I embellished with soem twine, a little flower and button, and did some sewing around the edges.

Here is another view

If you haven't seen the new Whimsy Stamps yet, be sure to check them out. Gorgeous nautical images and sentiments have been released, including an achor and wheel die, nautical postage sentiments, sailboat set, and more. 

Here is an image of the set I used today.

I would love to enter my card to the following challenges:

Card Mania - Spots and/or Stripes
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas -Ribbon or Twine
Eureka Stamps -  The Great Outdoors
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Father's Day and/or Male-inspired  
Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes 
Our Creative Corner -  Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - Use Rubber Stamp
Chalk N Stock -  Anything goes just use chalk (I used SU's pastel chalks)
  

 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Penny Black huge giveaway

No card right now, maybe a little later today, but just wanted to post about Penny Black Stamps huge giveway. I just so love their stamps, they have so many to choose from, from some of the most amazing illustrators out there. And my wish list is a mile long!!

 

They are giving away their whole new release to one lucky winner.

 Click this link to find out how to enter.

Red White and Blue for Digital Pencil Challenge

I am back with another card today. I had colored this image over the weekend to play along in this week's digital pencil challenge. The theme there this week is "red white and blue" with a Mo Manning image. This is another one of my favorite images by Mo Manning, had it for quite some time and  I thought this strawberry cutie would be perfect to use for this challenge.

 

As usual she's been colored using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils, with copics for the skin. I fussy cut it out and adhered it onto the embossed white card stock. I kept the card pretty simple, just added some paper strips in the colors of white and blue to the top, and finished it off with a little flower and some twine. The sentiment is from the set "Summer Letter Seals" by Whimsy Stamps. 

 

Here is another view.

I am entering this card to the following challenges:
Digital Pencil Too challenge - red white and blue
Everybody-Art-Challenge-Flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps - Childhood

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your day!