Happy Card Number 3!

My third and favourite little happy guy!

Baaaahhhhh!

The minute I saw this guy I knew I wanted to echo his fluffiness.  This one took some advance thinking.  Hurted my head it did!  First I stamped sheepie onto the card.  Then again onto a post-it note, up on the sticky end, cut him out and popped him over the card sheepie.  Next I sponged the clouds.  I punched a scallop circle from some scrap paper and starting at the top of the card sponged some light blue ink over the scalloped edges, kinda random.  (I think the sponge I used actually had some antique linen ink on it so it looks a little greenish in places but it still works! Another Happy Accident!!) 

The rest I think is pretty self explanatory... The strip of green is glued to the back of the card front.  Ribbon tied in a knot and the little labels just tied with some twine.  Im waiting for my tiny tag punch to arrive so I just hand cut the tags today... Looks ok, yes?

Recipe.

Stamps: Pun Fun, SU!

Carstock: Whisper White, Rose Red and Certainly Celery, SU!

SU Markers in blush Blossom and Rose Red

Ribbon and twine from SU!

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Thats it for now... I have another series of 3 cards coming next week...

TTFN

C xx

Happy Card Number 2!

Heres my next Happy Little Fella!

Stinkin Cute!!! 

Again I started with the image.  Inked it up and coloured the flower.  This then led me to the yellow circle in the background.  Next I needed some texture and something to "ground" the image.  So I took a strip of black cardstock and ran it through my ribbler in both directions... almost a checkered effect.  I added some cute black and white ribbon and unintentionally made it look a little like a road.  Quite funny if you think about it.  I know here in Texas the only skunks you see (Or rather smell) are laying squished on the side of the road!

Heres a close up on the image.  I think I may go back and even out the green grass on the right a little.  At the mo it looks like hes on a hill!  Easy to fix!!!

Recipe.

Stamps: Pun Fun, SU!

Cardstock: Whisper White, Black and Summer Sun, SU!

Ink:  Black SU! and SU Markers in Green Galore, Summer Sun and Only Orange.

Ribbon from stash.  Dimensionals from SU!

Number 3 coming soon!

TTFN

C xx

Happy Cards!

Ive fallen in love with this stamp set.  Its called Pun Fun and I LURVE the little images and funny sentiments that go with them...  Ive actually made 3 just this evening!  Im also having fun with these little cards.  Im making them 4 1/4" square... such a cute size... and they fit in a standard sized envelope ~ Bonus!!!

So, where did I start with this card?  With the image.  Then I chose a coffee coloured ink. Next I looked for some gender neutral papers with tones of brown to continue the coffee theme.  I stamped the image then picked up some Turquoise and brown with my trusty blender pens and shaded for some interest.  To soften the edges of the main panel and the card base I sponged with the same brown ink.

Im loving the colour combo here... also ~ no bows, no flowers, no glitter so it could be used for a boy or a girl...

Recipe.

Stamps:  SU!, Pun Fun

Cardstock:  SU Kraft and Vanilla

Ink:  Brown from Colorbox, Turquoise Gem from VersaMagic

Papers: Just Chillin 8X8" pad from Making Memories

Blender pens, dimensionals and ribbon from SU!.

STAY TUNED...

I have 2 more cards in this series...

TTFN

C xx