Handmade Paper Hugs

Hello everyone! Today marks the beginning of the March challenge over at AAA Birthday challenge blog , and the theme this month is Under the sea. So get out your favorite sea critters - otters, turtles, whales etc. - or how about mystical creatures like mermaids. Sadly this month's challenge also marks my last project for the AAA DT, as I need to focus on me for a while. Although not in relevance to this challenge at all, I ask that you keep the people of Ukraine in your thoughts 🙏 Please consider donating This gorgeous image is a Make it Crafty digital stamp colored with Copics. I don't remember the colors used, but I'm guessing : Hair: R85, R83, RV11, RV10 Tail: B99, B97, BG49, BG13, BG15, BG01, YG0000 The background panel is an old alcohol ink panel i had laying around.  For sentiment I chose 2 Sentiments from Taylored Expressions Be a mermaid. I didn't have a "Have a mermazing birthday", so these will have to do. Oh, and by the way, they were white heat e...

  Hey everyone! Today we're kicking off the February challenge at AAA Birthday challenge blog and the theme is - Pattern. For my pattern I cut the Alex Syberia Summer Leaves cut file on my (brand new - YAY!) Silhouette Cameo from white cardstock. I backed that with a panel heat embossed with WOW! Lime Ricky embossing glitter. Then I stamped and Copic colored an image from My Favorite Things Picture Perfect, which is an older set but new to me.  Copic colors used: Sloth: E50, E51, E53 / E79, E74 / E29, E25, E23 / E44, E43, E41 / W9, W5 Tree: E59, E37, E34 Leaves + background: YG67, YG17, YG06, YG01, YG0000 My Polaroid dies are from Hello Bluebird and sadly do not completely fit the stamped images, BUT I colored a wider frame on the cardstock (Copic 100) to make it fit. To make the frame stand out a bit more, I cut a second frame, heat embossed it and then cut it in half diagonally and fit it to the back of the sloth.  Even for me this is enough glitter, and I love the bri...

Happy new year, you guys!! Today we're kicking off the first challenge of the year over at AAA Birthday blog and the first theme of the year is..... 2 favorite colors. Also, we're having a micro hop with our sister challenge blog AAA Cards between the 9th and 22nd January, so don't forget to check out the details . So the slimline format might be surprising to you, but the colors wont be. Right? I mean, pink and purple - everyone knows they're my favorite.  The girl is a digital stamp from Krista Leigh Smith and I just love the her expression. When I saw the image I felt like she was shaking her head in disbelief. I knew that I wanted to pair her with those sentiments - What the what now?! You're THAT old?! No WAY?! 😆 I colored her with Copics some time during the fall and fuzzy cut the image. Copics used: Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00 + R32 Lips: RV09, RV04 Make-up: RV95, RV11 Blouse: RV69, RV66, RV55, RV52 Hair: E59, E25, E33 Pants: W3, W3, W1, W0 The background was ...

  Hey everyone! Can you believe it's December 😱 Honestly this year has flown by just as fast as 2020, in my opinion. But! Before we're ready to end the year we have one more challenge for you this year at AAA Birthday Blog , and our theme for the month of December is - Easel card!  Easel cards are pre-bent to stand up and show off their beauty. Easel cards can easily be made without dies (lots of tutorials on YouTube), but this time I chose to use the Poppystamps Adriana pop up easel set. It has a beautiful leafe ornament frame and a shaped base. I die cut the base from white cardstock and the base background from patterned paper (from a really old Joy! Creations pad). Before die cutting the ornament frame I covered my white cardstock with washi tape from Memory Box - Watercolor Forest Greenery. I find that using my bonefolder while layering it over really helps to smooth it out. The washi tape has holly, red berries and other winter greenery, but I believe holly, snow and de...

  Hello everyone! Today we're kicking off the November challenge at AAA Birthday blog and our theme this month is Animals! Now I'm sure most of you will be able to join this one! This month I decided on a mini slimline card and I used the My favorite things Jungle Vibes stamps and coordinating dies. As always I colored with Copics. For some interest to the background I stamped the MFT Musical Notes background stamp using a grey ink. To make the critters stand out I die cut a circle of acetate using MFT Pierced circle stax. I swiped a light blue ink on the back of the acetate. The Hooray die is also MFT and I die cut from black cardstock and went over it with a clear shimmer pen and then added glossy accents. I added a second sentient (from Jungle Vibes) which I white heat embossed on black cardstock. Quite simple and almost CAS, but still enough going on that I really love it! Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT inspiration and join our...

  Hello everyone! Today we're kicking off our October challenge at AAA Birthday challenge blog and this months theme is - Slimline card. We're even so lucky to have Alex Syberia Design as our sponsor this month, and YOU could win a $10 gift card to store. So hop on over and join the fun! Alex also generously offered each of the DT members a stamp, but since I'm a proud DT member of Alex's I had a few to choose from 😍 I chose to use Autumn Bouquet as there's no denying it's now officially fall and because it's one of my favorite stamps from Alex. As always I colored with my Copic markers. I ink blended the background over Pinkfresh Studio Diamond plaid stencil using Spiced marmelade, Candied apple and Ground espresso. I actually have the regular stencil (not the slimline) so I had to move the stencil, but it worked out just fine. I popped up the fuzzy cut pumpkin image for a bit of dimension and added the My favorite things Birthday wishes sentiment die cut...

  Hey everyone! Today we're kicking off the September challenge at AAA Birthday and this months theme is - Not a card! I may have gone a bit overboard here, but I have had these dies for a loooong time and never used them. What's up with that, lol! So now was the time. I'm delighted to say most of the dies and stamps are from Danish brands. Dies and stamps used: Simple and Basic SBD008 wine bottle tag Simple and Basic SBD028 wine bottle tag add-on Simple and Basic SBD012 double tag Simple and Basic SBD055 Pocket tag builder Simple and Basic SBD055 Pocket tag builder add-on Simple and Basic SBD015 Tillykke Simple and Basic SBD005 Pierced Fishtail tags Gitte's eget design Glade hilsner Gitte's eget design Fantasy flower My favorite things Good time to wine My favorite things Party like a pirate The first set are wine bottle tags, and to one of them I used the pocket tag builder to add a pocket. It's meant to fit a gift card but you can also add a tiny note or sim...

Hello everyone! Today we're kicking off a new challenge over AAA Birthday blog and the theme is Photo inspiration. Doesn't that photo just scream summer birthday in the garden?  Varada Sharma has kindly sponsored stamps for the design team this month and you can win a $10 gift card to her Etsy shop by entering your card over on the AAA Birthday challenge blog. For my card I used the Varada Sharma Freesia portrait. Simple cards are hard for me, but this beautiful design was just screaming simple to me. I printed it to fit a regular card size and then copic colored it. Copics used: BV04, BV17, BV02, BV000 G05, YG06, YG01 I cut it down and then cut another panel slightly wider. On the second panel I colored the edges using my BV02 marker. I cut out a Tillykke (congrats) word using Gitte's eget design Brush Tillykke and then colored it with the same green markers. After adhering it to the card I added glitter from a Spectrum noir clear glitter marker. To that I added a layer o...

Hello everyone! Can you believe it's July already? Well today we're kicking off the July challenge over at AAA Birthday Challenge blog and the theme this month is Use an embossing folder. For this card I was greatly inspired by a video I watched recently from Jaycee Gaspar - find it here . I was just playing around with different embossing folders and trying different things and although this is very dark and much different to my usual style I totally love the look! I used Memory Box Chrysanthemum Field 3D embossing folder. Obviously I used a black ink (Versafine Onyx Black) and applied all over the embossing folder which really made the flowers stand out. Using the technique from the video I tore the sides of the paper and decided to back it with a couple of layers of gold embossing powder (Hero Arts) and plattered on some diluted gold acrylic paint. The My favorite things Hooray die also received a couple of layers of embossing powder, as did the sentiment which is also MFT ...