Hang In There Card

Hello!  Hope your morning is starting off well!  I've got a busy day ahead of me with two extra cute little boys visiting!  I thought I'd better pop on and share my card while I had a chance.  I created this one with the adorable Hanging Around set by Newton's Nook Designs:

Isn't he a cutie!  I stamped him on to white cardstock and colored him using Copic and Stampin' Up! Blendabilities.  I fussy cut around him and then pieced him on to the sky blue panel.  I stamped the clouds next, using Versamark and heat embossed them with white powder.  I used Copics to do a little shading around them.  I added the stitched line last, using a needle and thread to stitch something for him to hang on to!

The papers are from the Solstice 6x6 pad by Pink Paislee.  I love the mix of patterns in that one!  So pretty!  I added the chevron pattern to my card front and added the blue panel over the top of it.  I used just a bit of a couple other patterns to embellish along the bottom.  I added my sentiment just above the papers and finished it off with a few epoxy dots.

Well, with that, I better get going!  those cutie boys will be here any minute!  Thanks for stopping by today!

A Thanks Card

Hello!  I had a few minutes while enjoying my coffee this morning so I thought I'd pop on and share a card I made over the weekend.  My friends came over and we played with the new Stampin' Up! Blendabilities markers.  Here is what I made:

I enjoyed coloring with the new markers- they weren't like Copics but were easy to blend and the colors were rich and vibrant.  I paired the pretty flowers from the So Very Grateful set with my favorite bread tag die and the new big polka-dots embossing folder from Stampin' Up!  The adorable thanks die is by Lawn Fawn- another new favorite!  The doily and twine are from SRM and the gold mist is by Heidi Swapp.

I love how the coloring turned out!  I'll definitely be playing with them again!