Handmade Paper Hugs

  Hey everyone! Today I'm guest designing for the Alex Syberia Designs February release Instagram hop.  **Add**  For this card I used the Tiny Flowers cover die, the Giraffe-ic Friends stamp set and coordinating die set and the Love & Hugs die set. There's a Danish childrens song about a giraffe that meets a rhino who wants to dance. His long neck means he can't dance, so he gets sad. Until he meets a girl giraffe who'd rather entwine their necks 💕 This was my inspiration for this card. I stamped the giraffes in brown ink to make the spots brown and then used light brown Copic markers to color them. I stamped and die cut 8 of the flowers in the set, colored them with Copic markers and placed them to make a heart. The bushes are inkblended using Mowed lawn and Rustic Wilderness Oxide inks and I colored the tiny hearts in with a Posca marker. The Love word and shadow are cut from 2 shades of pink cardstock, and I then added a bit of Stickles to make it sparkle. I did...

Hello everyone! And welcome to our 2nd blog hop for the Alex Syberia Designs kickstarter campaign. As I've mentioned before, this is a huge release including beautiful floral designs and adorable critters - and YOU could win the entire release! Please read to the end for directions. But did you know that Kickstarter is all or nothing ? That means that ALex Syberia Designs need to reach their funding goal to be able to go ahead and manufacture the beautiful collection. So please, help them! You can back them through their Kickstarter campaign and you can help them by spreading the word! Keep in mind that you can get some fantastic discounts, which are only available through the Kickstarter campaign! Check out these discounts of 15-35%!! For my card today I've used Life is good stamp set and I chose some no-line Copic coloring. Copics used: V09, RV66, V04 + Y21, E99 RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10 + RV69, RV66 G99, G94, G43, G40 G17, G14, YG11 G28, YG67, YG17, YG13 YR24, Y38, Y08, Y02 B9...

You guys,  I can share this card because it has reached it's recipient who has just been such a wonderful and supportive friend during my absence from social media. The image is a Krista Smith digital stamp and I just love this sunflower field. I kept it in just a few colors and I really like the outcome. Sentiments are from an old Simon Says Stamp set. Copics used: YR27, Y35, Y11 E71, E74, E77, E79 G94, G43, G40 E13, E11, E21, E00 + RV13, RV11 Thank you so much for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting!

  Hi everyone! It's been a while. Life happened. Let's just leave it at that. Things are not great, but I'm trying to get back to posting regularly. If you're not following me on Instagram, this might the time to do so, since I won't be posting all my projects here. You can find my IG here . Anyway, while I was temporarily doing inner maintenance, you may have unsuccesfully tried to purchase digital stamps at the Alex Syberia shop on Etsy. That is because she moved her shop to a new website - you can check that out here . For the first card I used Be Girly digital stamp . I just lov this one! As always I colored with my Copic markers, and I was going for a really glossy look. Markers used: RV69, RV66, RV55, RV52 E35, E34, E33, E31, E30 I printed the image twice and cut the 2 bows out of one of them. I colored them with the lightest pink marker and then added a mix of a pink translucent embossing powder (from Michael's) and a WOW embossing sparkles. I only glued ...

  Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a custom made 50th birthday card. I didn't have much to go on, except "stripes" and my friend who ordered it likes "surprise" in cards. So I wanted to make a fun pop-up card. I stenciled the background (Birch Press stencil) for the stripes part and stamped a sentiment (The Cat's Pajamas). The beautiful peony arrangement is from Simon Says Stamp (Strangeness). Copics used: Y28, Y17, Y13 R89, R85, R83, R81 V09, BV17, BV13, BV01 BG78, G43, G40 On the inside I made a fun twist and pop feature (no dies) and I cut the letters TILLYKKE (which means congrats) with Altenew Bold alpha dies and since I thought it looked a bit too white I used a fine liner to add lines and flowers. Thank you for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

Hey everyone, I'm up on the Alex Syberia blog today with this multi-layered card cut from SVG-files - SQUEAL!! I'm a happy little camper these days, because for Christmas I finally got a Silhouette Cameo. I have wanted one for eons and I would totally be lying if I didn't blame Alex for making me want one even more. This also means I haven't been coloring for a while, because I'm getting to know my new friend. Bare with me while I figure everything out 🙏 For this card I used the Magical Flower cut file. I cut all layers from white cardstock and colored them with copic markers - you can find the colors on Alex's blog . Thanks for stopping by. Be safe and happy crafting. Tina

  Hello everyone! The August release from Alex Syberia Design is now live! As always the designs are gorgeous and for you cut file lovers there are more news too. So check out the new release on Etsy .  For my first card I used the Lotus stamp. I really love this design and I thought it would pop off a black background. So I Copic colored the image, fuzzy cut it and used a black Memento pen around the edges. I gold heat embossed a sentiment from The Stamp Market - One of a kind, and splattered on some diluted acrylic gold paint. Copics used: RV09, RV06, RV04, RV02 Y08, Y06 YG13, YG11, G43 For my second card I used the Gardenia Duo and the Caleidoscope card panel for background. The background has a beautiful pattern and I thought it would work well for a little interest to the background. And the gardenias are just gorgeous! As always I copic colored the flowers, and all I had to do was add a sentiment (My favorite things - Happy hedgehogs) and a few Nuvo drops. Copics used: R...

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...

  *reklame* Hello everyone! The Alex Syberia Design July release is now live and you are going to LOVE this release! You can find all the new stamps in Alex's Etsy shop here - but first, let me introduce you to "my" garden. See, I was looking for a stamp with coneflowers and I couldn't really find any (that I liked at least). So I asked Alex if she would consider making a stamp. This is it! It's simply called Tina's garden and I LOVE it!! I hope you do too. You're welcome, lol 😉 I wanted the stamp to be the star of this card, so I printed and Copic colored it. Although the ones in my garden are deep pink, I chose a couple of warm colors and gave it a warm sunset feel. I love the cozy quiet feel I get in my garden on summer nights - how about you? Copics used: RV66, RV55, RV52 YR09, YR04, YR02 R22, Y35, Y21 E97, E99, R39 Y38, Y35, Y11, Y000 + G40, G24, G94, G99 I added a sentiment from Clearly Besotted and a couple of water droplet gems. Stay tuned for mor...

  Hello everyone! Today we are celebrating our friendship with Rachel Vass. Rachel is a very talented artist and a wonderful human being. A bunch of crafters joined forces to share lots of amazing inspiration using Rachel's gorgeous digital stamps. Check them out in her Etsy store here ! Hop on over to my instagram to join the IG hop with some amazing prizes to be won and of course to check out all the inspiration 😉 Initially I was going to make an anniversary card with those cute bunnies from the Hugs set but then decided I needed a card for a friend. I created the 2 flower borders by layering 4 different elements from the Special to me set . And yes, you guessed it. I Copic colored them using these markers: RV25, RV13, RV10 G05, G02, YG11 E30, E31, E33, E34, E35 W3, W1, W0 I used an oval frame from Nellie Snellen to cut an opening in my cardbase and adhered the fuzzy cut flower borders at the edge. On the inside of the card I ink blended a bit of Tumbled glass and Mermaid lago...

  Hello everyone! Today we're kicking off our challenge for June over at AAA Birthday challenge blog and the theme is Flowers! I used the Tropical bouquet from Alex Syberia Design and colored it with my Copics. Colors used: Y08, Y02 RV25, RV14, RV13, RV11 YR68, YR04, Y38, Y17 G05, YG01 BG49, G05, G02 I adhered it over a panel heat embossed with Altenew Golden peach embossing powder - it's SO gorgeous! - and My favorite things All lined up background stamp. I cut the panel using one of the edges from Whimsy stamps Envelope edgers. I added a sentiment from Gitte's eget design and a couple of dots of Liquid pearls. The sentiment means something along the lines of On your big day. Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to hop on over to the blog and join our challenge. I can't wait to see what you create! Stay safe, and happy crafting. Tina The card is entered into: The card is entered into: http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ https://www.welovechocolatebaroqu...