Handmade Paper Hugs

  I made another couple of sets of summer cards for the Danish operation write home, this time using Newton's Nook Woodland picnic critters along with sentiments from Gitte's eget design (sending you sunshine) and Three Scoops (wishing you a wonderful summer).  Background stamps are from Simon says stamp and the plaid paper was made with Newton's Gingham stencil. 

 A very girly card, and my first side-step card. I struggled a bit with the layout, but I'm really happy with the result.  The girl is from Make it Crafty, which has sadly closed.  All make-up, ring/diamonds and shoes are from Three Scoops Nail polish and perfumes are from NHH Small text sentiment from Gavlhuset Brush Tillykke die from Gitte's eget design 18 numbers from Mama Elephant  Numbers and die cut word cut from Nuvo mirror card.  The "paper" is ink smooshed paper using Victorian velvet and Spun sugar Distress inks.

 Yep! You guessed it, it's my daughter's birthday card. This year is her 10th and I can't believe how fast things are going with her. Where did time go? I usually ask her what she wants for her birthday card. But this year I decided. You see, she just started riding classes and she's so excited, so I colored up this full panel with Copic markers.  It's a mash of digital stamps from Make it Crafty (background) and Some odd girl (girl with horse). I even colored the horse to match the first horse she rode, AND she recognized it immediately which made me so happy.  Hobbyboden Gitte's eget design Brush tillykke (congrats) die cut from Nuvo mirror card. A bit of string and popped up.

Custom made card for a hunter with 2 labs, who dreams of hunting deer. I know this may be weird to some, and honestly I don't like the concept of hunting. At all! But on the other hand, I do love a slow cooked deer shank. So, I went with it, and it turned out really great.  I don't use green much, and definitely not as a main color, but it really works for this. They are Twisted citron and Evergreen bough Distress oxide inks, and the edges blended with a bit of vintage photo. Dogs from Leane Creatief (Copic colored)  Riffle is a silhouette photo from google Deer from Impression Obsession - ink blended, Antique linnen, Vintage photo, Ground espresso oxides Trees from Joy! Crafts - ink blended, Antique linnen, Vintage photo oxides Numbers from Mama Elephant - heat embossed with WOW! Perissa Bullseye handmade from a Poppystamps circle frame and 2 strips of cardstock 

Cute custom made baby card using My favorite things Hello, little one!, Pierced heart stax and some really cute patterned paper, I think from Three Scoops and a By Lene sentiment "welcome to the world". 

This cute set deserves a moment in the spotlight, don't you think?  I don't know if this technique has a name, but I'm calling it selective spotlight. Quick coloring and easy cards that packs a punch. I used a palm tree and sand dune (from Three Scoops) to create a no-coloring background and then spotlighted the cute Rosie and Bernie in Hawaii from Stamping Bella.  Sentiment from Hobbyboden. 

Here are 2 more sets of cards for the Danish Operation write home where I've used my so-called selective spotlight technique.  All stamps used are from Three Scoops, except for the "sender dig solskin" (sending you sunshine) sentiment, which is from Gitte's eget design. Stencil from My favorite things.  

Today I'm sharing 2 sets of summer cards I made for the Danish operation write home. One was shared a while back on my Facebook paige, the other is "new". Once again I've used the awesome set of summer stamps from Three Scoops.  For all of the cards I used the Waffle Flower stencil For one set I used a circle frame, for the other a mini palm tree. Both are from Poppystamps.  Scroll down for the second set of cards.  

Enjoy life! Danish sentiment from Three Scoops which fits the adorable Bear from Waffle Flower on these mini slimline cards for the danish Operation write home. A bit of ink blending, a few Nuvo drops and "corners" from Simon says stamp. 

What better treat during summer than ice cream?! Yet another set of summer cards for OSH, the Danish operation write home. Ice cream stamps from Avery Elle. Sentiments from Newton's Nook. 

I mainly used scraps of patterned paper for these cute cards full of summer vibes. I made this set for the Danish operation write home.  Stamps and dies from Three Scoops, sentiments from Waffle Flower.  See you soon! Tina X