Paper Smooches April Challenge #2

Hello there!!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from April 15th through April 28th, and the theme is Happy Things!  This theme is perfect for these current times... we could all use a little bit of happy! :)

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a pice of watercolor paper using shades of pink, orange and yellow.  I splattered on some black and gold watercolors for some added texture.  Then, I stamped and colored images from the adorable Sunnyville stamp set and diecut them with the coordinating Sunnyville Icons dies.  The sentiment is a Hallow Hello diecut, with both layers cut from white cardstock.  I trimmed the panel slightly to allow a sliver of Half Moon patterned paper to peek out from the left side of the card base, and the card was finished off with some white gel pen accents.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have untill April 28th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches April Challenge #1

Hello there!!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from April 1st through April 14th, and the theme is Pastel Colors!

To create my card, I started off by inking up a piece of 4" x 5.25" cardstock with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  Over top of that, I blended more of the same ink through the Hot Dot stencil.  Then, I splattered on some watered down black paint.  I hand cut the hills from white cardstock, inked with Shabby Shutters Distress Oxide ink and added some Shabby Shutters splatter.  I stamped and colored the adorable dinos, trees and rock from the Cuteasaurus stamp set, and fussy cut them with my scissors.  Once I had them arranged, I adhered some pieces with a glue pen and others with foam tape for some extra dimension.  Then, I added a trio of Mini Clouds to the sky.  I added a strip of striped paper from the Half Moon paper pad to the bottom of the panel, then stamped a sentiment from the Huge Hugs 2 stamp set on a Bannerific diecut, which I popped up where my scene meets the patterned paper.  Finally, I popped the entire panel up on an A2 card base.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have untill April 14th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches March Challenge #2

Hello there!!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from March 15th through March 28th, and the theme is Animals!

To create my card, I started off with a piece of kraft cardstock cut to 4" x 5.25".  On the bottom third of the panel, I used the Buffalo Check stencil and some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink to add a checked pattern.  I splattered some watered down white acrylic paint over the panel for some added interest.  My focal images are the adorable bear and bee from the So Fairy Cute stamp set, stamped in black ink on kraft and colored with Prismacolor colored pencils.  Then , I added some white gel pen accents.  I diecut the images with the coordinating So Fairy Cute Icons dies.  To further create my scene, I diecut some Mini Clouds from white and Teeny Stars from white glitter paper.  The sentiment, also from the So Fairy Cute stamp set, is stamped on a kraft Bannerific diecut.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have untill March 28th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches March Challenge #1

Hello there!!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from March1st through March 14th, and the theme is Anything Goes!

To create my card, I started off by cutting a piece of watercolor paper to 4"x 5.25".  I diecut the Honeycomb die three times from white cardstock and glued it to the watercolor paper with a glue pen.  Then, I used my Karin markers to watercolor the honey in and around the diecut openings.  After everything was dry, I diecut three honeycombs again and stacked them on top of the first to add some dimension.  I stamped and colored the adorable bee from the Happy Hellos stamp set and diecut them with the coordinating Happy Hellos Icons dies.  I popped the bee up with foam tape, and added a scattering of red hearts diecut using the Hearts dies.  Before mounting the panel to an A2 card base, I added a sliver of striped paper from the Half Moon paper collection, and to finish off my card, I added some white gel pen accents and some yellow iridescent sequins.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have untill March 14th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches February Challenge #2

Hello there!!  We are half way though the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from February 15th through February 28th, and this challenge is a color challenge!  How fun is this  color palette?!

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a wash of pastel purple using Faded Lilac Distress ink onto a piece of 4: x 5.25" watercolor paper.  To the bottom of the panel, I added a strip of white cardstock to ground my images.  I stamped and colored one of the snowmen and a few of the adorable critters from the Winter Greetings stamp set, and diecut them with the coordinating Winter Greetings Icons dies.  I arranged them on the snow bank, popped them up with foam tape, and above them, stamped a sentiment from the same set in black ink.  I used one of the small snowflakes from the stamp set and more Shaded Lilac ink to add some tone on tone snowflakes.  Then, I used the Snowflakes dies to add some bigger snowflakes to the panel.  Before popping the panel up on an A2 card base, I added a strip of patterned paper from the Half Moon paper collection, and finished off my card with some white gel pen accents and a scattering of white iridescent sequins.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have until February 28th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches February Challenge #1

Hello there!!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new Paper Smooches Challenge!  This challenge runs from February 1st through February 14th, and the theme is LOVE!

To create my card, I started off with a piece of 4" x 5.25" polka dot paper from the fabulous new Half Moon Paper pack, which I watercolored with Distress Inks.  With minimal water, this worked beautifully.  To the bottom of that panel, I added a piece of striped paper from the same paper collection, separated with a thin strip of black cardstock.  I stamped and colored the bigger cluster of flowers from the Blossoming Buds stamp set and tucked it behind the new I Heart You diecut.  I added a scattering of tiny hearts cut using the Hearts dies, and some white gel pen accents before mounting the panel on a horizontal A2 white card base.

There are three great prizes up for grabs!  You can find out more on the Paper Smooches blog!  You have until February 14th to add your project to the gallery for your chance to win!  I hope you will join us! :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Paper Smooches January Challenge #2

Hello there!  Its time for another Paper Smooches challenge!  This challenge run from January 15th through January 28th and the winners will be announced on the 30th or 31st of January!

The theme for this challenge is Anything Goes!  I pulled out my Sunnyville stamp set and an older favorite of mine, Positive Strokes Two.  I started off stamping the painted stripes from Positive Strokes Two in shades of Distress Oxide inks to coordinate with the Rainbow Sherbet patterned paper pad.  Then, I stamped and colored images from Sunnyville with copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating Sunnyville Icons dies.  I arranged them over top of the striped area and popped them up with foam tape.  Then, I stamped a sentiment from the Kindness Sampler on a Bannerific diecut and tucked that underneath the sun and cloud.  I added white gel pen accents and a scattering of sequins to the panel before popping it up on an A2 card base.  See that fun patterned paper on the left edge?  It's a snippet from the Rainbow Sherbet paper collection, which I LOVE! :)

We hope you will be play along with us!  There will be three winners chosen!  Here are the prizes up for grabs:

One winner will win this awesome prize pack:

And another winner will receive a $25 Paper Smooches gift certificate, and a third winner will receive a $5 gift certificate!

You  have until January 28th to enter!  You can get all of the challenge details on the Paper Smooches Blog! We can't wait to see what you create! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Paper Smooches January Challenge #1

**This is my second post of the day!  Scroll down for the Seasons Giving Blog Hop!**

Hello there!  Happy 2020!  I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful New Year's Day!  I have some happy news to share!  I am over-the-moon excited to be joining the gang at Paper Smooches as a challenge team designer for the first quarter of 2020!  Paper Smooches has been a long time favorite of mine and I am just SO thankful and excited to have been chosen!

Challenge #1 for January is anything COLD!  This challenge will run from January 1-14th, with the winners being announced at the end of January!

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a background using Distress inks in the shades Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire.  After the watercolor was dry, I splattered on some watered down white acrylic paint.  I stamped and colored some  of the adorable snowmen and the tiny bird from the Cool Dudes stamp set, and diecut them with the coordinating Cool Dudes Icons dies.  Before adhering them, I diecut a variety of snowflakes using the Snowflakes dies, and placed them over top of the watercolored area.  The snowmen and bird were popped up with foam tape.  To ground them, I used the Bannerific dies to cut a piece of Rainbow Sherbet patterned paper.  The sentiment, from the Winter Sampler stamp set, was stamped on a hand cut banner.  To finish off my card, I added some white gel pen accents and iridescent sequins to the centers of a few of the snowflakes.

We hope you will be play along with us!  There will be two winners chosen!  Here are the two prizes up for grabs:

One winner will win this awesome prize pack:

And another winner will receive a $25 Paper Smooches gift certificate!

You  have until January 14th to enter!  You can get all of the challenge details on the Paper Smooches Blog! We can't wait to see what you create! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Paper Smooches May Release Blog Hop!

Hi Hi!  I am so excited to be joining the Paper Smooches design team for this month to show off the new release!  It's time to share a sampling of the NEW Paper Smooches MAY 2019 release with you!  THREE new stamp sets and TWO new dies will be available to purchase at 10:00 AM Central time zone on May 7th.  Once they go live, you will find the new products here: www.papersmoochesstamps.com

My first card uses the new Sportsball stamp set and coordinating Sportsball Icons dies!  I used the previously released Positive Strokes Two stamp set to stamp and masculine rainbow backdrop for my card.  I used Distress Oxide inks in Chipped Sapphire, Pine Needles, Bundled Sage, Mustard Seed and Fired Brick, then I spattered on some black acrylic paint.  I stamped the basketball, baseball and football from the Sportsball stamp set and colored them with Copic markers.  I arranged them on the stamped background and adhered with a glue pen and foam tape.  For my sentiment, I diecut the word son using the new Dude Dies.  The shadow was cut from black cardstock, and the letters cut from white.  Then stamped Happy Birthday sentiment is from the new Dude Sampler stamp set.  To finish off my card, I added some white gel pen accents and a scattering of tiny wood stars from my stash.

My second card uses the new Daddy Yo 2 stamp set and Daddy Yo Icons dies!  To create this card, I started off with a black card  base.  I used the previously released Geo-Graphic stamp set to stamp black polka dots on a kraft cardstock panel, which I then spattered with white acrylic paint.  I used the Flaunters dies to diecut a circle to ground my scene.  Then,  I stamped and colored a trio of beer bottles from Daddy Yo 2, which I diecut and popped up with foam tape.  I added some google eyes to the center bottle along with an adorable mustache included in the set, and white heat embossed a sentiment from the set on a black cardstock strip.  To finish things off, I added a trio of stamped yellow stars, and some white gel pen accents.

 To add extra fun to our blog hop...there is a prize!  The prize - a $30. gift code to use at the PS online store.  

Here are the details:

Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning) 

FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the blog below

Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on May 8th to leave a comment. 

Please check the Paper Smooches blog on May 9th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Paper Smooches blog

Guests:

Audrey Tokach

Kelly Booth

Design Team:

Alice Huang

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Michele Boyer

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning:

Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop.  If you don't already like the PS FB page, please do https://www.facebook.com/PaperSmooches

Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter - https://twitter.com/papersmooches)

Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches

Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four extra chances to win on each blog)

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month?  Keep an eye on the PS blog for details.  http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/

Next stop on the hop is Kelly!!

Thanks so very much for joining us.  

Paper Smooches April Challenge & SSS Wednesday Challenge!

Hello there!  I had some time yesterday to make a card, so I broke out my Distress Inks to do some watercoloring and made a card for the Paper Smooches April Challenge!  This month, it's a sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch:

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring several layers of stripes using a 1" flat brush and Distress inks in Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire.  I painted each stripe and dried it between layer before painting another over top.  I also added some white pearl watercolor splatters and splatters with white acrylic paint.  When it was dry, I diecut the panel with the Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangles dies.  I stamped and colored images from the Courteous Cuties stamp set with my Copic markers and diecut them with the coordinating Courteous Cuties Icons dies.  I arranged the scene on the panel and popped everything up with foam tape.  The sentiment is from the Courteous Cuties 2 stamp set and it is stamped on a banner diecut from the Bannerific Dies set.  To finish things off, I added some white gel pen accents, some clear droplets from my stash, and a few smaller bubbles using Nuvo Morning Dew drops.

I am also going to enter this card into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!  The theme this week is Animal Antics and these cute images are a perfect fit! :)

That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!! :)

Paper Smooches February Release Blog Hop!

Hello!  I am SO SUPER EXCITED to be joining the Paper Smooches gang this month to show off their brand new FEBRUARY 2019 release!  It is adorable and you are going to LOVE it!  ONE new stamp sets and FOUR new dies will be available to purchase at 10:00 AM Central time zone on February 14th.  You will find the new products at their online store once they go live.  www.papersmoochesstamps.com

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper with Shaded Lilac Distress ink.  I splattered on some clean clear water to bleach out some areas, then splattered on some white pearl and gold watercolor using the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors.  I added a scalloped circle from a new die set, Flaunters.  The circle diecut is a great way to frame out the focal point.  The star of the show is an adorable fairy from the new So Fairy Cute stamp set.  I LOVE HER!  I stamped and colored her with Copic Markers and diecut her with the coordinating Fairy Cute Icons dies.

I stamped a sentiment from the So Fairy Cute stamp set onto a banner from the new Bannerific dies set, then popped everything up with foam tape.  I added some Stickles to the fairy's wings, crown and wand, and added some white gel pen accents.  Then, I stamped a tiny cluster of stars from the set in Shaded Lilac ink, and added some glittery stars cut using the previously released Space dies.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...there is a prize!  The prize - a $25. gift code to use at the PS online store.  

Here are the details:

• Leave a comment on any of the blogs listed below (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it will increase your chances of winning) 
• FOUR winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the design team blogs and the PS Blog to win the $25. prize.
• Deadline: You have until midnight Central time on February 14th to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paper Smooches blog on February 15th to see if you are one of the FOUR lucky winners.  

Alice Lihsuan Huang 

Amy Tsuruta 

Audrey Tokach **you are here!**

Jill Hawkins

Karin Akesdotter

Kathy Racoosin

Kelly Booth

Kristina Werner

Laura Bassen

Michele Boyer

Paper Smooches blog

Savannah O' Gwynn

Teri Anderson

Ways to increase your chances of winning:

• Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop.  If you don't already like the PS FB page, please do https://www.facebook.com/PaperSmooches
• Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop (follow PS on Twitter - https://twitter.com/papersmooches)
• Share our blog hop on Instagram @papersmooches
• Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four extra chances to win on each blog)

Did you know that Paper Smooches offers up a fun challenge each month?  Keep an eye on the PS blog for details.  http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/

Thanks so very much for joining us!!

Blank Canvas {Paper Smooches}

Hello there!  Today, I have a card to share for the Paper Smooches Anything Goes January Challenge!

To create my card, I started off by stamping paint strokes from the Positive Strokes Two stamp set in three different colors of Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio - onto Distress watercolor paper.  I added a spattering of clean clear water to bleach out some areas, then added some white spatter using watered down white acrylic paint. I added some wonky stitches to the edges to the panel. Then I stamped and colored the easel  image from the I Heart Art stamp set, and on it, added a sentiment from the Spreading Sunshine sentiment set.  I stamped the paint brush and a paint tube from I Heart Art, colored them with copic markers, and fussy cut them, along with the easel.  I adhered the paint brush down flat with a glue pen and popped the easel and paint tube up with foam tape.  Then, to finish things off, I added a trio of fuchsia iridescent sequins, and popped the panel up on an A2 sized card  base with foam tape.  

That's all for me today!  Thanks so  much for stopping by! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches Positive Strokes Two, I Heart Art, Spreading Sunshine

Dies: Avery Elle Wonky Stitches

Paper: PTI White, Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio Distress Inks

Other: White acrylic paint, white gelly roll pen, foam tape, Pretty Pink Posh sequins

Grande Hugs {Paper Smooches}

Hello there!  I took advantage of the Paper Smooches Black Friday sale, and picked up the adorable Baby Birds stamp set and coordinating dies!  I colored a bunch the other day and used a few to create a card that I wanted to share with you!

I stamped and colored the Baby Birds with Copic Markers and diecut them with the Baby Birds Icons dies.  Then I diecut the Cozy Coffee die from black cardstock for the outline and white cardstock for the inner pieces.  I used Copics to add some shading, and cut the center sleeve from some polka dot patterned paper from my stash.  I colored the heart from the set with some red shades, and added some gel pen accents.  Before gluing down the cup, I used the Stitched Flourishes 2 dies to add some steam behind the cup, and stamped some Shadows in light gray ink at the bottom to ground the cup and yellow bird.  Then I glued down the cup, and popped up the birds with foam tape.  The sentiment is from Winter Sampler, and to finish things off, I added a scattering of diecut Tiny Hearts.

Hope you like it!  Thanks so  much for stopping by! :)

November Page Maps Sketch with Paper Smooches

Hello there!  The Paper Smooches team is playing along with the gang at PageMaps this month, and creating projects using a variety of awesome sketches!  Kim asked me if I wanted to play along too, and of course, I said yes! :)

Here is the PageMaps sketch that I used:

And here is my card!  I pulled out some fun star paper from my stash that I wanted to use, and one of my very favorite Paper Smooches stamp sets, Space Cadet.  I diecut the patterned paper and a piece of watercolor paper to add a stitched edge, and then used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens to watercolor a galaxy sky on the watercolor paper.  When it was dry, I added some gold metallic watercolor splatters.  I stamped and colored images from Space Cadet, and diecut them with the coordinating Space Cadet Icons dies, and popped those pieces up on the background using foam tape.  Then, I stamped a sentiment from the same set on a banner diecut in dark blue ink, and added a scattering of diecut stars cut using the Space dies.  The outline star matches the patterned paper perfectly!  I love happy little accidents like that!  Before popping the watercolor panel up on the card base, I added a blue and white twine bow, and some accents with a white gel pen.

That's it for me today!!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Color Throwdown #449

Hello there!  Today, I am sharing my last post as guest designer for the Color Throwdown Challenge for the month of June!  Thank you to TCD for having me... it's be soon much fun!

A new challenge starts today!  Challenge #449 is orange, brown and green!

This color combo screams boy to me, and I thought this adorable little Paper Smooches dinosaur was perfect for the occasion!

To create my card, I started off by watercoloring an orange background on watercolor paper, then diecut it with a stitched rectangle die.  I added a strip of patterned paper from my stash to the bottom of the panel, then stamped the dinosaur from the Huge Hugs stamp set, colored him, and fussy cut him out.  To set the scene, I added some palm trees using the Lawn Fawn Palm Trees dies, and some rocks using the Paper Smooches Ocean Scene dies.  I stamped a sentiment from Huge Hugs 2, and added some accents with a white gel pen, and then popped the panel up on a kraft card base.

Be sure to visit the Color Throwdown blog for lots more inspiration from the design team!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

You're My Universe {Paper Smooches}

Hello there!  Today, I have a card to share with you for the Paper Smooches June Challenge!  The theme this month is Men.

Even though I have a husband and am a mom to two amazing boys, masculine cards are always hard for me.  I am not sure why that is... but when I saw the theme for this month's challenge, I knew I had to play along because I don't have nearly enough boy cards on hand.

I pulled out one of my favorite Paper Smooches stamp sets, Space Cadet.  I started off by ink blending a background using Peacock Feathers, Lucky Clover, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concord distress inks.  I splattered on some clean clear water to bleach out some areas, then added white spatters with watered down acrylic paint.  I stamped and colored images from the Space Cadet stamp set, then diecut them with the coordinating dies.  To create the moon, I diecut a circle from white cardstock, then used a stencil from the Papertrey Ink Out of This World mini kit to add the fun pattern with Pumice Stone distress ink.  I adhered the moon down with a glue pen, and popped everything else with foam tape.  I used the Space dies to diecut some white stars for the sky, then stamped a sentiment from the Space Cadet stamp set on a strip of white cardstock.  To finish things off, I added some white gel pen accents, and popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape.

That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Color Throwdown #446

Hello there!  I am excited to share that I have been asked to play along with the design team over at the Color Throwdown Challenge for the month of June!

A new challenge starts every Wednesday, and today kicks off Color Throwdown #446 - Green, Yellow and Coral!

For my card today, I pulled out some cute stamps from my Paper Smooches stash!  I started off by watercoloring a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock with Abandoned Coral and Mustard Seed distress inks.  I diecut the panel with the Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Rectangles Stackables dies.  I added a strip of patterned paper to the bottom of the panel, then stamped and colored a pineapple image from the Pineapple Crush stamp set.  I knew I wanted to use this sentiment from the Spreading Sunshine stamp set, so I had to give my pineapple a smile!  I stamped and cut the cheesy grin from the Sunny Side Up stamp set, which I believe has been retired.  I added glasses from the Pineapple 2 dies, and of course, googlie eyes!  I diecut some hearts from dark coral cardstock using the Tiny Hearts dies, and added some white gel pen accents before mounting the panel on a white card base using foam tape.

Be sure to visit the Color Throwdown blog for lots more inspiration from the design team, and for all of the challenge details!  I hope you will play along! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Pineapple Crush {Paper Smooches}

Hello hello!  Happy Monday!

If you follow me on Instagram, you already know that I had the opportunity to visit the Whatever Craft House in Newton, Kansas this weekend for a girls weekend!  A bunch of stamping friends got together for 4 days of fun!  Today, I have a few cards to share with you using the ADORABLE new release from Paper Smooches!  Pineapples are a hot new trendy thing, and as soon as I saw them, I knew I had to have them!

My first card uses the Pineapple Crush and Pineapple Crush 2 stamp sets.  I started off by ink blending distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Broken China in vertical stripes on a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper.  I started blending at the bottom and working my way up so that it was darker at the bottom and gradually faded into a light wash of color.  I added some droplets of clean, clear water to bleach out some areas, and then ink splattered in the same colors.  I added a strip of Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow paper to the bottom, and diecut the panel with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles dies.  I stamped and colored the large detailed pineapple from Pineapple Crush, one in pink, yellow and blue to coordinate with the distress inked background.  I popped those up with foam tape, then stamped a sentiment from Pineapple Crush 2 onto a hand cut banner, and popped that up.  Finally, I added a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh iridescent sequins in Strawberry Burst, Sunshine Glow and Peacock Feathers, and then popped it up on a white card base.

My second card uses the Pineapple 2 die set.  I started off by masking off the bottom of the paper and then ink blending a background on watercolor paper using Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Candied Apple distress inks.  I bleached out some spots with a sprinkle of water, and then added ink splatters using the same ink colors.  I ran it through my diecut machine to add a stitched edge.  I diecut the solid pineapple from the set from white cardstock, and I cut the detail later from the die set as well.  I held the detailed layer over the top to serve as a mask, and colored in the holes with my copic markers, and then removed the detailed layer.  I added cute little arms and legs to him using the Fruit People dies.  His glasses were cut from black cardstock and I stamped the centers with the tiny heart from the Pineapple Crush 2 stamp set.  I stamped a sentiment from the Cute Fruit stamp set onto a speech bubble diecut by Pretty Pink Posh, and popped everything up with foam tape before adding it to an orange card base.

That's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by! :)