Missing You!

 Hello friends!

Today I'm wishing to be somewhere much cooler than where I am so the only place guaranteed to be at least 20 degrees cooler than here is the coast.

Leonard is flying his kite where it is almost always windy (he has been here before and always brings his kite with him!).

I used DRS stamps: Missing you Pig Time, Leonard Flies a Kite, Sea Grass, Sailboat, Seaside Dock, and 4 in 1 Ocean Designs.

I actually did not have to mask anything except when coloring the sky with ink-blending brushes.

I stamped the sentiment separately and die cut with an HC die then fishtailed the end.

I also stamped Leonard separately so that I could pop him up. I then took a ruler and drew a new kite string for the kite.

I used some white gel pen on the closer birds and on the waves around the boats.

I also used some paint pens on the water reflection to help the color show more.

The images are colored with a combo of Copic Markers and Olo Markers.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin 

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A Little Wish

 Hi Everyone,  

As I type this post, the weather forecast for today is a steamy 92 degrees in these here parts.  So I thought I would take that opportunity to chill out and make another cold weather card.  Are you keeping count?  That's two, People!  I've made two holiday cards! I'm celebrating any small victory these days :)

It's not too fussy, flat, and therefore, easy to mail.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the Potted Christmas Tree.  I added some glitter glue to the ornaments and set it aside to dry, before adding it to the card.  I chose to pair it with the Tree Shaped Christmas Greeting, simply because of the obvious shape. 

I was going to leave the card panel as just the tree and greeting, but I struggle to keep things clean and simple, so I added the double sided tape covered in glitter on each side to complete the look. 

This second handmade Christmas card is what is making me happy today...

Wishing you stamping joy too!

Karin

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Bluebird Window

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Spring has definitely sprung! And our pollen counts here have been insanely high. So allergies are also in full swing. Yay..(sneeze). 

As a nod to our dogwoods, which are in full bloom right now, I used a dogwood branch on my card, but sort of turned it into a cherry branch. There are pink dogwoods, but I can't remember the last time I saw one. For my card, I stamped the bigger branch a few times off to the side of the top panel, then used a smaller rectangle to cut out the window. I used my "into the window" technique, which is similar to out of the box..just goes a different direction. The smaller branch w/ the birds, was stamped onto a smaller panel & put behind the frame. The frame is popped up a bit & I added the greeting & a little bird to it, along w/ some stickles in the flower centers. 

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs: Flowering Bird Branch,  Dogwood, Blessed Day, 4 in 1 In the Sky (inside:Blessings Faith )

paper:  Staples 110# white

ink:  Memento tuxedo black,  (Kaleidacolor Baby Powder also used on inside)

accessories: Rubbernecker  Rectangle Stitch dies, Copic Markers, stickles

Flowering Bird Branch 616L	Dogwood 1092H	Blessed Day 245D	4 in 1 In the Sky 952D	Blessings Faith 650G
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Stickles

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Shamrock Blessing

   by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! We've had a pretty great week, weather wise, here. Nice sunny days in the low 60's. The nights are still on the chilly side, w/ frost most mornings, and the daffodils are starting to bloom. I even saw the camilla bushes are starting to open. Won't be long until Spring is in full bloom. 

For my card today, I have a fairly simple St. Patrick's Day card. I die cut the curvy frame out of gold glitter card & cut it again out of white. For all the inset pieces of white, I used a batch of green Copics to color them, then stamped the greeting on two & the shamrocks on three of them. A gold gel pen was used to add centers to the shamrocks & I die cut 3 shamrocks out of the gold glitter & attached them to green fun foam. 

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the green Copics I used. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs -Blessings on St. Pat’s Day, Shamrock Swag (inside: Blessings Outnumber)

paper: Staples 110# white, gold glitter  

ink:  Memento tuxedo black  (Kaleidacolor fresh greens also used on inside)

accessories: Rubbernecker Frame w/ Curves  die, ,  Copic Sketch Markers, MISTI, shamrock dies, gold gel pen

Blessings on St. Pat’s Day 372E	Shamrock Swag 1080F	Blessings Outnumber 1100G	RN Frame w/ Curves dies 5148-05D
TE Shamrocks dies TE524	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Staples 110# White Card Stock
DCWV Glitter Matstack	MISTI	Metallic Gelly Roll pens

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December Calendar

  by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! We're getting much closer to Christmas! And it sure feels like winter has arrived. We had about an inch of snow Monday night & it's been in the low 20's at night. Brrrrr!!! Had to dig out my peacoat! 

I've struggling, trying to figure out a way to use this new post it size calendar on a card. I know it will come in handy for making little calendars, but I wanted it on a card. And since I don't have the month birthday greetings, I thought this greeting went well w/ a December calendar. Since my printing is as great as it could be, I'm suggesting to Sue, that we need a set of little month names we can stamp on this. Hint..hint!  After stamping the blank calendar, I stamped the greeting w/ black & the trees at the bottom w/ a K-pad in shades of green. The little snowflakes were stamped w/ tumbled glass then I filled in the calendar. A little stickles was added for some sparkle. But uh-oh..I forgot when you put stickles on top of the K-pad, it tends to run a bit. Ooops!

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Here's the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Sticky Note Calendar, Triple Tree w/ Snow. Christmas Everyday  (inside: Thinking of You at Christmas)

paper: Staples 110# white, paint chip, (sm piece of green for inside)

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor greens

accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch die, stickles, Micron pens

Sticky Note Calendar 206L	Triple Tree w/ Snow 004L	Christmas Everyday 1051F	Thinking of You at Christmas 183D
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Stickles
Micron pens

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Gnome Holiday

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Does it feel & look like fall in your area? The leaves are changing fast & some have already lost their leaves. A cold front is blowing through now & I think temps may be falling into the 30's tonight. 

I think this little gnome already has full winter where he lives. This scene isn't hard to do..I just had to sit & think a bit on exactly what was going where in order to determine the order I needed to stamp everything. I really didn't have to mask anything except the tree trunk on the left. 

After coloring everything, I thought it looked a little empty on the right, so I stamped, colored & fussy cut the Christmas tree, cut a slit & inserted the trunk. I added some stickles to areas of the snow, mountains & trees for some sparkle on the snow.

Here's the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - DRS Designs - Tree Home Gnome , Mountain & Treeline 2in1, River Rocks Fence Line 2in1, Potted Christmas Tree (new!), Gnome for the Holidays (new!) (inside: Thinking of You at Christmas (new!) )

paper: X-Press It white, Staples 110# white

ink:  Memento tuxedo black

accessories: Copic markers, Rubbernecker stitched rectangles & marquee dies, stickles, Misti

Tree Home Gnome 836M	Mountain & Treeline 2in1 045P	Potted Christmas Tree 182G	Gnome for the Holidays 174A
Thinking of You at Christmas 183D	River Rocks Fence Line 2in1 087P	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers
RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Marquee dies 5101D	Staples 110# White Card Stock	X-Press It Blending Card
MISTI	Stickles

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