Hello Bunny

 

Hello (wave wave), yes you, I'm waving hello to you!!!

A reverse letterpress inked EF (mag freebee), a Bugaboo image coloured with Copics, Tim Holtz diecut stacked senti and sparkly sequins.  What more could a rabbit want?

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Hoppy Friend

 I've been trying to use up stuff that sits in a box on my desk - this card used the image panel (From The Heart Stamps digi image) and the inked embossed panel.  I only had to diecut the mat and butterflies from stash.  The image is coloured with pencils, the butterflies with a touch of Stickles.  The label die is mPress and the diecut butterflies drop-outs from a Crafters Companion die. EF is Couture Creations.

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Dear Friend Daisy

 

I'm enjoying working with square cards and here is another.  Firstly I painted a background panel with metallic watercolour paints in pink and orange, but it looked a bit wishywashy (it did leave shimmer though), so I got out the Gelli plate and did some DI inking with a stencil on top.  The diecut daisies are placed on a hot pink tag panel with punched corners because the white daisies got a bit lost in the background.  The sentiment is typed on the computer and stacked.  Inky dotty doodles made with black pen and silver pen to give some contrast as it still looked a bit, well, bland.  The good thing about using stencils with the Gelli plate is I get a couple of decent prints out of it for another project.  At the moment I'm liking the bigger borders too.  

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No Rain, No Flowers

 

A spring card. Or maybe an autumn card?  A Tim Holtz diecut, a Cuttlebug EF, watercolour metallic paints, washi tape, sakura gel pen.

For the man, I watercoloured card in gradients then splattered in grey and red, and diecut when dry.  This is from an old Tim Holtz Bigz die, one of my really early die buys, probably 15 or more years old.  The background is an embossing folder that looks a bit like rain; spritzed with water and painted with the watercolour metallics and let run, when dry cut on a slight angle to represent rain.  The man and senti is popped up on foam tape. Rain is Sakura Gelly Roll pen: Clear Star (difficult to photograph to get the sparkle).

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Lacy Rainbow

 

Pastels, not what I would normally work with, but I'm experimenting with my metallic watercolours and they are sometimes bold, sometimes soft.

I painted a rainbow panel using the metallic watercolours (lovely sparkly sheen) and when dry, diecut with this lacy die.  Embossed a white panel with Cuttlebug scripty writing and matted it with patterned paper with the tones of the rainbow in a soft floral.  The sentiment is layered and diecut in a sage green.  I tried a lot of combinations for the sentiment but pale colours looked wrong, so did bolder colours.  I decided on a rainbow of pearls to finish.

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Hip Hop Bunnies

 

This was an experiment using acrylic pouring paint on canvas.  I spent a morning playing and then later didn't know what to do with them.  Inspiration arrived in the form of Tim Holtz bunnies!  These bunnies have to make you smile they are so full of life and joy.  They are stacked with several black diecuts to pop them out from the busy background and create shadow.  I think this would be great for a kids room.

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HB to You

 

A cuttlebug embossing folder for the background with blue metallic watercolour painted just at the top, a flower die cut from previously smooshed card, a stamped sentiment and some pearls.  Oh yes, and a little gold inset flower centre.

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You are the Cats Meow

 

Critters are the focus of our challenge over at Critter Crazy, here:  crittercrazy

Here is your chance to show off your critter/s - anything goes as long as the critter is the FOCUS!

A ink edged diecut tag with the stamped cat takes centre stage here, and I purposely coloured it un-cat colours with Copics.  The background is a Sizzix EF lightly brushed with DI's in the same colour range, and embellished with faceted gems to reflect the colours.  Tag popped up on foam tape, bow to finish.

A great card for someone who needs a bit of encouragement.

Does anyone know the brand of the cat stamp?  I did know but have forgotten.

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