ATCAS #159 - Horizon

Are you ready for another Addicted to CAS challenge?  This time our inspiration word is "Horizon."

I thought it would be fun to play with perspective so stamped the large fox image first before masking and stamping the horizon image.  Doesn't the fox look all up in your face? I love the effect!  Everything is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and colored with Zig Realbrush Watercolor Pens.

The Details: Purple Onion Stacey Yacula Home Sweet Home and Rupert, Hello Bluebird Frosty Friends, Zig Watercolor Markers, Versafine Onyx Black

DB - Wonderful Friend

I love the new MFT release, people!  I restrained myself and only got 3 things.  Wait, 4 things. Sweetie, if you're reading this, I swear!  LOL.

I started the card by choosing the layout based on the current MFT Sketch. With that it was a matter of choosing a couple of the Carta Bella Flora 6x6 papers which I've been dying to use--the background, of course, as well as paper-piecing the MFT Bring Out the Sunshine girl's dress.

Notice how I used an Exacto knife to carefully cut the MFT Bring Out the Sunshine girl's hair and arm so that the dress could tuck right under, like it would in reality? A little something extra I like to do.

Next I colored up the images from the MFT Bring Out the Sunshine and MFT Friends at First Sip sets.  They're so so cute!  I love the color palette I used based on the Carta Bella paper.

The card background felt a touch plain so I used the MFT Mini Staggered Circles stencil with Distress Oxide Ripe Persimmon and Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink on it. Love the effect.

My final step was stamping the MFT Bring Out the Sunshine sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black onto a MFT Dynamics Blueprints 25 diecut.

I'm also entering this in Color Throwdown #452.

Now go and enjoy the rest of your day!

Whimsy - Gnome Birthday Wishes

I'm sure you've been seeing many examples of the new Whimsy May release around. Well, here is my take on the Gnome Matter What set which is killer adorable!

I stamped the Gnome Matter What image using VersaFine Onyx Black on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper.

I then masked it and sponged Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot, Mustard Seed and Vintage Photo on the background. I spattered a bit of water and Copic Opaque white on the upper portion as stars.

I colored up the image using Zig Realbrush Watercolor Pens and added a few speckles with Copics.  The final touch was stamping the Gnome Matter What sentiment in Versamark and embossing it with Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder. So cute!

TFS - Tropical Coffee

I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog today getting my coffee on!

Birthday on the Farm

I'm up on the Doodle Bugs Blog today!

DB - Aztec Coffee

I'm over on the Doodle Bugs Blog today with a bold and graphic coffee card!

SOSS #134 - W is for What the &*%#

Well, well, time has just flown by and it's already time for the next Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challege:  WTF, one of my favorite expressions. LOL!

My card features Aall and Create Dog Attitude dogs with a WTF expression in a WTF situation. I love it!  I stamped them in Versafine Onyx Black on Strathmore Bristol Smooth and colored them up with Zig Real Brush Markers.  If this doesn't make you think "WTF" then nothing will!

DB - Coffee With Friends

I'm over on the Doodle Bugs blog with a happy little coffee card!

Whimsy - Flower Dragon

Yay!  It's time for the Whimsy Stamps May release and it's bursting with cuteness (as usual!).  My card today features the new Dorky Dragon cling rubber stamp as well as the new Camouflage Background stamp.

I started the card by stamping the Camouflage Background onto the card base with Distress Oxide Twisted Citron. I thought it rather looked like the green of a field of flowers so I took the Speckled Heart Stencil and sponged it with Distress Oxide Candied Apple and Worn Lipstick to represent flowers.

I used the same colors to sponge a few flowers from the Build a Garden die set. I had some random yellow enamel dots in my stash that I used for the center of the flowers.  Love the added dimension and shine!

With the background done, I diecut the hill using one of the Wavy Edgers dies and a leftover from an alcohol ink experiment.

I then stamped the not-so-Dorky Dragon onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth using VersaFine Onyx Black. I watercolored him and the bee with Zig Real Brush Markers. 

The last step was diecutting a circle using one of the stacked Pierced and Stitched Circle Dies and stamping a sentiment from the Gnome Matter What set in VersaFine Onyx Black.  Adorable!  This card just makes me smile and I hope it does you too!

TFS - Katzelkraft Cat & Mouse

I'm over the Topflight Stamps blog today!