Rays for ME Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hello, hello! I'm popping in today to share another fun card I made for the Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration Challenge.  I love all the challenges, but this one is extra exciting because the winner is on ME's design team for six months!! Their products are wonderfully made and so cute, and winning would be such an honor. Since it is a photo inspiration challenge, we have the following photo to work with: 

 I think it's such a beautiful picture with lots of beautiful colors going on. I was really drawn to how bright the photo was, so I took it more literally and made rays of sunshine:

So, what do you think?? I've never tried a card like this and it was a really cool process.  First, I stenciled the rays on the card using embossing paste that I dyed with ink.  While it was drying, I cut a little hill out of paper and covered it with flocking powder.  In real life, grass is not always perfect, so I made it a little sparse in some areas and fuller in others.  I colored these adorable bunnies with Copic markers and adhered them on top of the hill with dimensional adhesive.  Fun! Different from any card I've done in the past, but I'm really digging how cool it is!  

Here is the list of products that I used:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Mama Elephant Honey Bunny Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Rays Stencil

Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink

Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste

Martha Stewart Flocking Powder in Fennel

Copic Markers (W4, W6, W8)

Tombo Mono Aqua Liquid Glue

Scotch Mounting Tape

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Shaker Card for Mama Elephant Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hi there!  I am super excited for today's post!  Mama Elephant is having a Photo Inspiration Challenge and (surprise, surprise!) I am taking it on! I absolutely love the photo that we are using as inspiration! Look at all the fun elements:

I love how bright it is and I was really drawn to the blue and green colors, so I came up with this fun watercolor shaker card entry:

How cute is this?!? I love the bunny peeking his head around the corner of the mason jar.  I am so happy with how this card came about even though those little hearts keep sticking on the sides LOL!  To make this one, I used:

Honey Bunny Stamp Set

Summertime Charm Stamp Set  and Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Copic Markers

Memento Ink in Lady Bug

Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Copic Markers (T1, T2, T4, N4, N6, N8, RV25)

Sew Easy Floss

Transparency Sheets

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Chicken--PKC 14-05

Hello, hello!  I am SO SO SO excited to share this card with you!  Because I love challenges, I made a birthday card for this month's Peachy Keen Stamps sketch challenge.  In these challenges, participants are given a sketch and a few ground rules, and the rest is up to us.  Here is the sketch that we were given this month....

And here is my take on it:

Holy cuteness!! I just love it!  The inside reads "You are still a spring chicken"!  I'm really looking forward to giving this one to the birthday girl!

Supplies used:

Peachy Keen Stamps Faceless Chickens

Peachy Keen Stamps Chickie Faces

Peachy Keen Stamps Clucks Sentiments

Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink

Martha Stewart Traditional Scallop Edger

Nestabilities Classic Oval Dies

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper
My Mind's Eye Card Stock
Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Copic Markers (Y 02, 06, 08; B 04; R 12, 14, 17, 20; Y 36)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

PS Guest Designer Search--Watercolor Unicorn

Hello, hello!  Paper Smooches is having another Guest Designer Search for May, and of course, I decided to enter!  I initially made the magic card for my friend's daughter, but since it was quite involved, I decided to keep it as a template for future cards and make something else. I thought it would be really cool to try watercolors even though I haven't been too successful with them in the past and this time they turned out super cool!  I have liked the look of paint splatter since I was a little girl and this took me back :)

This was such an amazing transformation for me and looking back, I wish I would have taken pictures of the process.  It started off with a sheet of watercolor paper and I was able to use Distress Inks to make this really cool splattered paint effect.  After the paper dried, I added some more splatters to parts that looked a little bare, then had to let it dry again before adhering it to a card base.  I colored the adorable unicorn with Copic markers, then embossed the Happy Birthday stamp in the corner.  I love this stamp! It was another one of my yard sale finds :) Man, I love yard sales because I can find the best bargains!

Here's a supply list of what I used:

Canson Watercolor Paper

Spectrum Stamp Set (Paper Smooches)

Copic Markers 

Distress Inks

Happy Birthday Stamp (Inkadinkado)

Versamark

Embossing Powder

Heat Tool

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked the card!

Cheers!