Holiday Cookie Swap?-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

Happy Easter! Hopefully you are all enjoying time spent with family and beautiful weather today. Deb and I are back for another Coffee and Cards collaboration and this month we wanted to create something with a retro vibe. I started by stamping the fabulous retro image and sentiment from Riley & Company onto some Copic friendly white cardstock. I colored her skin and hair using my alcohol markers. I then paper pieced her dress and apron using patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Yuletide 6x6 paper pad and adhered them directly onto the image using. I die cut the panel using a stitched edge rectangle die from Paper Rose. I then layered more of the same patterned papers onto my A2 white card base.   I separated the papers by using a white scalloped border I created with a Fiskar's punch and added a small fish tail banner to the top. I popped the focal panel up off of the card using 3M foam tape and then added some black gems that were left over from a diamond art kit I created over the summer. I love recycling little items like that! To finish off the card I added some white gel pen details to her jewelry and her eyes. 

I got up early this morning and joined a few of my running buddies for a 6 mile run/walk. I rewarded myself afterward with an iced Matcha latte from my local Dunkin Donuts. It definitely hit the spot.

 Be sure to stop by Deb's blog to see how she was inspired by our retro theme. Have a beautiful day, and thank you for stopping by my blog!

 

Snowman & Riley

Today's card was created for the Merry Monday Christmas card challenge. The challenge was to use a moose on your card so I knew I had to stamp up this adorable Riley & Co Snowman & Riley stamp! I used Memento tuxedo black ink so I could color the image in using my Copic markers. I layered my colored image panel over some adorable striped paper from Pebbles Welcome Christmas 6x6 paper pad. I used a darker green patterned paper from the same paper pack and cut it into 1/8" strips and adhered it above and below the focal image for a bit more visual interest. I stamped the greeting using Hero Arts green dye ink from the SSS Be Joyful stamp set and adhered a few iridescent sequins from SSS around it. I added some red, green, and crystal Stickles to the snowman and Riley for some extra bling and then went over the sentiment using my clear Wink of Stella glitter pen because you can never have too much shimmer and shine! I hope you like it!