Handmade Paper Hugs

Hey everyone, here's another adorable RAM Stamps  Christmas card using Kookaburra and Koala Christmas .  Fun story - I traveled around in Australia for 4 months some 20 years ago, and we stayed in Airlie Beach (south of Townsville, Queensland) and we were woken up by a huge flock of Kookaburra laughing in the trees above the hut at 5.30 in the morning. Even then we were able to appreciate the experience that I imagine not many people get to have. Oh, and just for laughs, the Cockatoos took over about 30 minutes later 😂 I wanted a wreath around the image, so I die cut with a circle die. Believe it or not what's inside the wreath is Copic colored and outside the wreath is ink blended Cracked Pistacio Oxide ink. I used the MFT Joy wreath but it was way too small for my image. So I cut it twice, separated the leaves and built my own wreath.  I added a sentiment from My Favorite Things - Joyful Christmas sentiment and a few gems. Copics used: E49, E44, E44, E42, E42 + B26, BG...

Hey everyone! Today is my husband's 50th birthday and I made him this special sidestep card. It holds not everything but a lot of what he is and loves. I actually had to leave things out because it wouldn't fit.  He works as a technician, always has, and he has a special thing for... Screw drivers. Apparently.  It's a standing joke that he doesn't have any and should put it on his wishlist. When in reality he has soooooo many 🙈 So as a joke I "hid" a bunch in the card. My daughter couldn't find all of them. Can you? Scroll to find answer.  Products used: * Avery Elle, Fly-by - My husband constantly checks travel ideas for our next adventure  * My Facorite Things, Hot cocoa cups - He LOVES! coffee, grinds his beans himself  * Three Scoops, Surprise pakke 11 - Vaca! Usually travel includes sun, snorkelling and whale watching * Sugar Pea Designs, Grill Master - He's an avid BBQ-chef and likes to make use of it all year round regardless of rain and snow *...

  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...

  Hey everyone! Today I'm guest designing for the Alex Syberia Designs February release - **ADD For the blog hop today I've made a slimline card using techniques from 2 cardmakers that I admire. It's a one-layer card which obviously means I had to do some masking and I swear with every fuzzy cut mask I was thinking of all the reels and cards that Sylvie has made with masking, she is a QUEEN!! The torn edge rainbow is inspiration from Kati who does everything in rainbows and I love it all!  I used Abandaned coral, Squeezed lemonade, Tumbled glass and Shaded lilac Distress Oxide inks for the rainbow and then added some specks through the Speckled background stencil. The adorable bunnies are from the Spring Bunnies set. I used almost all of the bunnies because they're just so cute! The set doesn't include a banner, though. So I placed the stamp in my Misti and bend the edges upward, then cut a small mask to make the banner and colored in the lines with a fine line pe...

  Hey everyone, I'm sharing a cute winter-scene today. I had colored up a bunch of Christmas stamps and then made a bunch of color burst bakgrounds to go with them. Remember to lightly spritz your watercolor paper on both sides, it won't stop warping completely but it will help so the paper doesn't just curls back on itself. And, although you can dry them with your heat tool I honestly prefer to let them air dry. In my opinion it makes a difference although techniccaly it shouldn't. This is one of my favorite stamps for winter/Christmas and I went with soft red tones. Copics used: E04, E11, E21, E00 + R32 R24, R22, R20 E55, E53, E51 E44, E43, E42 C3, C00 YR09, YR04 Products used: My favorite things - Winter buddies My favorite things - Friends in the forest My favorite things - Let it snowflake too Nellie Snellen - Snow flakes Silver glitter cardstock Oxide ink - Abandoned coral / Candied apple Lindy's magical shaker Cuckoo Clock Cardinal Thanks so much for stopping...

Hi everyone! Tina here sharing a cute and simple Christmas card using adorable critters from  the Smile and wave and the Birthday Wonderland sets. I stamped and colored the critters with my Copics and then cut them out. I masked off the bottom of my card panel and then ink blended lightly with Abandoned coral Distress Oxide ink. I then stamped the trees and a sentiment with a matching ink for a soft look. I popped up those cute critters for dimension. I just love how the sentiment fits their expressions. Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to know if you've started your Christmas card production?  Or maybe already sent them out? Let me know in the comments. Tina  

Hey everyone! It's almost Halloween and I feel like I didn't do enough Halloween cards. But time got away from me, I guess. Anyway, do you like carving pumpkins? Halloween is kind of a newer thing here in Denmark and I never felt the need to be a part of it. But when my daughter was 2 we started carving pumpkins and it's been a tradition since. And I absolutely love it! For this card a used a new Krista Leigh Smith digital stamp and I think it's so cute! I used Dried marigold, Spiced marmalade and Crackling campfire Oxide inks, smooshed them on the card panel and then added a sentiment and small pumpkins from Poppystamps using Altenew inks. Copics used  Pumpkin: E99, YR09, YR04, YR21 Leaves: G94, G43 Stool: W7, W5, W3 Knife: C9, C7, C5, C3 Red: R89, R39, R37, R35 Mustard: YR27, YR24, Y26 Skirt: E79, E77, E74, 71 Skin: E13, E11, E21, E00 + R32 Hair: E37, E34, E31 Grounding: E33, E31, E30 I really love that deep red-mustard combo, Hope you like it, too?! Thanks so much fo...

  Hey everyone! Here's a fun, cute birthday card using a Make it Crafty digital stamp. I had this with me on vacation and decided to only use my newly bought Copics. Man that seems soooooo long ago! And it was, it was just before the first Coxxd-lockdown 😲 I ink blended the background with Seedless Preserves oxide ink and then inked through a Create a Smile stencil. Sentiment from Mama Elephant. Copics used Skin: E13, E11, E00, E000 + RV13 Browns: E79, E77, E74, E71 Pinks: RV95, RV93, RV91 Greens: G99, G94, G24, G43, G40 Greys (white): C3, C00 Thanks so much for stopping by! Tina

  Hello everyone! I'm so excited and super thrilled to be guest designing for Krista Leigh Smith today - EEEEK! Someone pinch me! Because as you probably know I LOVE her images! Thank you so much for the opportunity, Krista ❤ The image is from the September release, and it's a Patreon exclusive. You may however have received it if you're a newsletter subscriber. Do consider subscribing, because occasionally there will be a free image in there. Link to Krista's shop on Etsy HERE ! I've even made a video of my coloring of the image, you can watch that on my YouTube channel . It is my first EVER coloring video, so be gentle 🙏 Also, please let me know if you'd love to see more coloring videos from me. I paired her with leaves from the Papertrey Ink Leave it be, that I ink blended with Fossilized amber, Peeled paint, Seedless preserves and Vintage photo oxide inks. I then gold heat embossed the leaf veins. Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay safe and happy crafting...

  Hello everyone! Today I'm so honored to be guest designing over on the AAA Cards challenge blog. It's a blog dedicated to CAS cards (clean and simple). I don't typically do CAS cards, although I have done quite a few this past year.  The theme this month is this beautyful mood board, and I feel I've incoorporated the elements quite well - snowflake, snow, sky blue, dog, fence/gate. I encourage you to stop by the AAA Cards blog since there is a challenge hop with prizes to be won! I stamped and masked to create this one-layer scene using My favorite things Warmest wishes, Snow buddies and Best in show and then Copic colored the scene using mainly B60-ies and C's. The sky was ink blended though. I also added a bit of Liquid applique and sprinkled over some glitter before setting it. I used a sentiment from MFT Warm wishes and heat embossed it onto vellum. I placed the vellum on top of a white snowflake - Simon says stamp Sophie snowflake - and placed it over some c...

  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...

  Hello everyone! I'm also sharing my cas card for the MFT Clean and simple genius category. For this card I just used a few Copic markers, a couple of Distress Oxide inks, and these MFT products: Witch way is the candy Frightfully sweet Circle extraordinaire stencil And because I couldn't help myself I put the bunny on a wobble. Isn't he cute? Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe, and happy crafting! Tina

  Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing a custom made birthday card for a friend of the family. Meaning my Mom asked me to make it for someone I've known most of my life. So I wanted it to be special. The recipient is a joker, it's always fun to be around her. My Mom asked me to include that  - she plays golf  - has a wiener (dachshund)  - has worked for SAS (the airline) for a lifetime and  - "plumeria, the flag of Thailand or something else Thai" since she's married to a Thai (a prince none th eless) and travels there a lot. Oh, and by the way, if you think the tag looks familiar that's because the tag was in my post for AAA Birthday card for september, which is still running, so check that out HERE . So these happy ladies are from the Art Impressions Girlfriends series, the Laughing set. I love them! And it was absolutely perfect for this card! I totally picture my Mom and her friend like this rolling over with laughter. I can almost hear them, lol! The wiene...