HLS Watercolour - Christmas

It's (optional) Christmas in July at this month's Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.  You can take the opportunity to build your holiday card stash or just make whatever you want as long as it incorporates watercolouring of some sort. 

I have the Purple Onion Design Stacey Yacula release from last year and have been showing it some love. Look how cute this card turned out!  Duh--Stacey Yacula rocks!

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• Purple Onion Designs Stacey Yacula Cranberry
• POD SY Nordic Road Background
• POD SY Prancer
• POD SY Holiday Toy Set
• POD SY Destination Sign
• Honey Bee Sweet Stacks Rectangles (HB)
• Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers:  029, 032, 040, 048, 062, 066, 072, 092, 096 (ACOT | Blick)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Posca White Pigment Pen
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)

ATSM #449 - Any Occasion

It's Any Occasion time at the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #449. What a great opportunity to build your holiday card stash like I've done. A twofer!

For the first card I . . . actually make that for both cards, I used the Pinkfresh Studio Festive Leaves Layering Stencils and Merry & Bright Hot Foil Plate with coordinating dies.

I used more traditional greens and red for the first but once I decided to hot foil in pink, I diecut some glitter circles to cover up the red. I like the color combo on this one but prefer the overall look of the next card.

I spattered water and Copic Opaque White on the stenciled background before cutting it out then gluing the diecuts to the card base.  That added dimension is a great effect.

I also used the reverse hot foil for this one so there's just an icy shimmer along the edges of the sentiment. I love it!

I'm entering this card in ABC Christmas Challenge L for Lots of Layers (or M for Mice if you're so inclined).

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• Pinkfresh Studio Merry & Bright Hot Foil Plate (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Pinkfresh Studio Merry & Bright Die (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Pinkfresh Studio Festive Leaves Layering Stencils (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Pinkfresh Studio Festive Leaves Die (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Pinkfresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate (HB | SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Spellbinders Glimmer Skybright Hot Foil (SBC | ACOT | SPA)
• Spellbinders Glimmer Satin Pastels Hot Foil (SBC | SPA | SBP)
• Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon, Uncharted Mariner, Speckled Egg, Salty Ocean, Lumberjack Plaid, Aged Mahogany, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Rustic Wilderness (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Doodlebug Design Bubblegum and Pink Sugar Coated Cardstock (SBC)

BRI - Purrthday Celebration

My latest Butterfly Reflections Ink card is purrfectly fun and cute!  And easy too--really.

I sponged the card base with Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy and sprinkled it with water.  While that dried I colored up the Sunny Studio Birthday Cats. Aren't they adorable?  And check out that Lawn Fawn mouse popping up.  Definitely a Tom and Jerry moment.

I used Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs for the "meow" which I cut from kraft cardstock and coated with Clear Wink of Stella then adhered it to a pearlescent shadow base layer.

Finally I positioned the Lawn Fawn Fishtail Banner Borders across the card as it seemed a bit plain without.

Be sure to check out the Butterfly Reflections Ink shop where you'll find some of these products and much more!

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• Sunny Studio Birthday Cat (SBC | SS)
• Lawn Fawn Virtual Friends Add-On (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Foursquare Backdrop Portrait (SBC | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs (SBP) 
• Lawn Fawn Henry's 123s (SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Fishtail Banner Borders (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Simple Wavy Banners  (SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Stripes 'n' Sprinkles 6x6 Paper (SBC | SBP)
• Copics (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Clear Wink of Stella  (SBC | ACOT | SBP)

  

SOSS #237 - O for Ombre

The latest Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is #237 O for Ombre. Super easy so I fully expect to see you join us! :)

I couldn't resist this penis stamp from Viva Las Vegas and finally finally finally had the perfect opportunity to use it!  Bwahaha!

• VLV Plate 136
• Honey Bee Deckle Edge Rectangle (SBC | HB)
• Catherine Pooler Coral Cabana, Tutti Frutti, Mandarin Spice & Peppermint Scrub

BPD - Rainbow Wishes

Head over to the Birch Press Design blog for some rainbow love!

BRI - Trash Can

It's graduation season as well as PRIDE month so for today's Butterfly Reflections Ink card I combined the two occasions.

I used Spellbinders Rainbow Glimmer Hot Foil with Scor-Tape and the Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs to create the sentiment.  I LOVE this so so much!  I used the same foil on the Lawn Fawn Fireworks Hot Foil Plates so matchy matchy.

The MFT Yuzu Little Rascal raccoons tie in to the graduation theme as well.  Check out the inside of the card.  Punny and so so cute!

I must say I colored the raccoons twice.  The first time I used Copics in the neutral gray (N) family but they didn't show up well against the dark blue background (I suppose that's the point when you're a raccoon, right?) so I recolored them using gray-brown which made a huge difference.  Whew, card saved!

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Be sure to check out the BRI shop as well for some of these products and much more.

• MFT Yuzu Little Rascal (MFT) 
• Lawn Fawn Fireworks Hot Foil Plates (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Fireworks Dies (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Henry's ABCs (SBP) 
• Honey Bee Sweet Stacks Rectangles (HB)
• Spellbinders Rainbow Glimmer Hot Foil (SBC | ACOT | SPA)
• Copics (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Ranger Distress Oxide Uncharted Mariner and Chipped Sapphire (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger)
• Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink (SBC | SBP)
• Versafine Clair Nocturne (SBC | ACOT | SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)