Lynne's Love Birds!

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Stampers! 

I'm delighted to be kicking off 2010 by joining my first ever DT!  For my first post I'm using the recently released Love Birds - I've used it on a wedding card, but it would be perfect for Valentine's too.

I coloured my love birds with copic markers and then highlighted the detail in their tails with a clear glitter pen.  The 'finished' version of this card ended up with a pink ribbon where the blue dew drops are - I managed to put a dirty big inky thumbprint right under my sentiment and had to do a major rescue attempt!  Don't you hate it when that happens!

Scroll down to see what the rest of the DT made with this image and keep your eyes peeled for not one, but TWO super cute digi sets being released on Thursday!

Love Birds...

Happy New Years! I am really excited this morning to share with you my first project as Sweet 'n Sassy Digis January guest designer. I was really thrilled to be asked to play along with this wonderful team. This week Sweet 'n Sassy has two new images for you. Both have been shown earlier this week, the adorable "Baby New Year" and "Love Birds" which I used on my card below.I colored my image with Copic markers to match the designer paper I used in the background from Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday collection. I also added a touch of Basic Grey Bittersweet designer paper, some large Spare Parts brads and white satin ribbon.

Blessings,

Debi

Love Birds

A very Happy & Healthy January 1st, 2010 to everyone!

I am so very excited to start this new year with my first DT post for Sweet 'n Sassy Digis. Thank you Korin and Sandy for inviting me to be part of your team! And thank you, Deedee for having given me the encouragement to apply. I am blessed to have this chance getting to know my fellow team mates and consider each of you a part of my 'cyber' family.

With the Holidays behind us, it was so much fun to use the Love Birds which were released yesterday for my first official DT card.

I adore these two little birds. This image is so versatile! Perfect for wedding, anniversary, love or for a friendship card.

For today's card, I paired the image with a sentiment from Valentine Sentiments

in anticipation of Valentine's Day. Perhaps I may actually be ahead instead of behind :-).

The image is printed onto Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Smooth Solar White 80lb card stock and then colored with Copics. I cut out the image using Nestabilities Label Nine die. I used the larger Label Nine die to cut the pink card stock, which I then embossed using the Cuttlebug Heart Blocks embossing folder. I always have a hard time choosing designer paper, but thought that the paper from Bo Bunny Delilah Limited Edition Pack went perfectly with the colors and added the blue grosgrain ribbon for some 'pop'. I had the right idea, but for some reason it didn't turn out as I had envisioned so instead of trying to tie a bow, I used a decorative pin from my stash and some die cut hearts to lay the ribbon edges down. It's different, but I think it looks ok :-). To help cover a little 'oops', I placed the sentiment, (layered onto some scrap paper from my stash) at the bottom of the card which worked out wonderfully to hide my 'oops'.

To really make the Love Birds stand out, I used gray to color the birds on the bottom layer. I then colored another set of birds in yellow, cut them out using a craft knife and adhered them with pop up foam dots to the bottom layer.

Using a gray color on the bottom really creates a nice shadowing and 3D effect. I also make sure to go around the edges of the cut out with a gray marker to help blend the edges in.

Be sure to stop by the Sweet 'n Sassy store to check out all of the great stamps available. The new Digi Bundles are a great way to save some $$$.

Again, wishing you a wonderful and blessed New Year!

A New Year & Two New Digis!

Happy New Year's Eve! It's so hard to believe that tomorrow is not only the the start of a new year, but of a totally new DECADE!! I hope you have fun and safe evening planned for tonight to celebrate!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has a lot of fun in store for you all in the new year, starting with two new digis this week. One is the adorable "Baby New Year" that Korin shared with you on Tuesday. The other is "Love Birds", illustrated by Leah Cornelius, which I used on my card for today. Aren't these birds just the sweetest pair? The saying on my card is from the Valentine Sentiments set that was released last week. All of these new digis are available in the online store today.

To make my card, I used the sketch from this week's "Mojo Monday" challenge. I have to say that I love sketch challenges -- they make crafting so easy!! I colored the image with Prismacolor markers, and decorated the card with some cheery papers from the Green Stack by DCWV, a few punched leaves and Dew Drops, and this fun, red rosette I found in my embellishment stash. (For some reason the rosette looks a bit blob-ish in the photo, but it looks pretty in person -- honest -- LOL!)

Starting tomorrow, our new Digi DT members will be postinghere, as well as our January Guest Designers. I hope you will stop back frequently to see all the fun things they have to share with you. Happy New Year!!!