Cards featuring a cool technique

After I made the sympathy card using the acrylic block for a background, I was eager to try more using that technique and also the one layer wonder style!  I got together with some friends this past week and we had a blast making cards using those techniques!  Below are the cards that I made that night.  Can you believe that I didn't use ANY Copic Markers?  Me either!

I will definitely have to do some more of these.  Super simple and oh so much fun!!!  The first one features a really pretty Penny Black bird stamp.  Sentiment is from a Whipper Snapper set.

The next features a sentiment stamp from Wordsworth (I think). I used some paper with a deckled edge on this one.  It is a very light-weight paper, but I thought it would be elegant.

Next up is a card that features an Art Impressions tree stamp and a sentiment from Whipper Snapper.



I had a small stamp set from Unity Stamps with butterflies and a sentiment.  I decided to use that on this next one.  I broke the rule of one layer a bit by embossing the butterflies.

The next two were created the same, but using two different color pallettes.  I loved the way these turned out.  Definitely going to try some other color combos for this one!  The butterfly image is from Inkadinkado. Sentiment from a Stampin' Up set.

 

Using that same idea, I created one using a balloon stamp from Inkadinkado. 

This last one of the night features an older wheat stamp from JudiKins. Sentiment I think is an older Hero Arts stamp.  I unmounted it some time ago, so I am not sure. I had to add the tiny ribbon to jazz it up a tiny bit!

Thank You Card Extravaganza

Last week I created a bunch of Thank You cards for a co-worker who recently lost her mother-in-law.  I thought it might be nice to have some pretty cards to send to those special people who helped them during their difficult time. I had a friend come over and make a few as well!  It is nice to have some stamping friends who can come lend a hand!

I decided to keep things simple and went with mostly mono-chromatic variations using the same stamps.  It is a bit of a hodge podge of stamps from Magenta, Impression Obsession, Just for Fun, Hampton Arts, Inkadinkado, and Stampin' Up...I think that is all!  Even though I REALLY wanted to add some buttons, brads, ribbons, etc., I refrained.  I didn't want them to have to pay a fortune in postage and to have to use special envelopes to mail them! 

Believe it or not, there was nary a Copic Marker used on these projects!  I know...but I knew it would take too long to do all of the coloring, so I used good old fashioned ink pads for color (except for one where I colored the stamp with Memento markers).

I hope you enjoy the bounty!  Below are close-ups of all of the cards and their variations.

Birthday Birds

I needed YET ANOTHER birthday card...This time for my step-father. He likes owls, so I used this stamp from Inky Antics (I think...) and paired it with a saying I have in a set by Inkadinkado. I had the image colored some time ago, but it had never found its way to a card until now.

Copic Colors Used:
Owls: E52, E55, E57; YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; YR20, YR21, YR23, YR25
Shadow: W00

Beach Bum

This is a Father's Day card for my brother. He loves the beach and I couldn't pass up using this "oldie goldie" beach stamp from Inkadinkado. I got it last year from a little stamp store in Florida when I was on vacation with my family. This is the first time I have even inked it up! Shame on me!!! It took some time to do this one with my copic markers and the list of colors used will take your breath away! LOL

Still...I think it turned out quite nice! The shells in the corner are some buttons that I cut the shanks off of and added for some dimension.

Copic Colors Used: ARE YOU READY???
Blanket: B91, B93, B95, B97
Apple: R32, R35, R37
Grapes: V12, V15, V17
Umbrella: YG11, YG13, YG17
Bowl: Y32, Y35, Y38
Sand: E41, E42, E43
Tray: E11, E17, E19
Lounge Chair: R32, R35, R37
Lounge Chair Frame: E53, E55, E57
Shell: E70, E71
Glass: W0, W1
Book: YG11, YG13, YG17; C2
Ocean: B41, B45
Boat: Y32, Y35, Y38; E35, E37
Cloud: C0, C1
Gulls: W1, W3, W5
Sky: B000 (airbrushed)

Give Me the Simple Life

Another crazy creation using Rosie's Roadshow stamps. Colored by Copic markers. The bird in the trailer window is from Inkadinkado.