Crafter's Companion has a HUMPHREY and now I do, too!

morning, chickens!  and happy HUMP DAY to you all!  hope the week's been treating you well so far - i have a LOT going on and have to share my computer with the hubbin as he's taking graduate courses, so i don't have an issue chillin' in my craft room instead to while away the hours.  ;)

i'm up on the Crafter's Companion Facebook page today (where you'll happen to find some awesome deals, HUGE giveaways, and loads of inspiration from my talented teammates!), and i have a sweet little critter to share.  since people everywhere seem to be having BABIES, i figured i ought to build up my stash because these cards will go quick! 

this one features the sweet little Humphrey, from Crafter's Companion.  i used the Welcome Little One stamps from the "A Year With Humphrey" line, and i love the versatility of this set!  good for a boy or girl, new baby, baby's 1st birthday, or, heck, just use the flowers for a cute little thinking of you card...  loads of options!  heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Humphrey!

the sentiment and flower are from the same set - cute, right?  and that fab embossed background?  that's one of the new Sheena Douglass embossing folders - "Petite Floral" - and i love how it goes so well with the flower stamps!

i stamped Humphrey using Memento London Fog ink, then coloured her (!) up with my pencils on plain ol' business card stock (i liked the added bit of texture i got from it):

stamped the sentiment with StazOn Jet Black ink, punched it out, added some little scraps behind the sentiment, tied my ribbon and added just a HINT of yellow Wink of Stella to the flower centers (though it's not visible from the pics)...

 

my little heffalump and the sentiment are popped up and i am LOVING all the fun textures going on here!

drop by the Crafter's Companion Facebook page and see what else is going on!

the stork visited and brought a BEBUNNI!

you've seen Bebunni, right?  oh my goomie, Crafter's Companion has the sweetest little bunny critter, and if you haven't met Bebunni, you've been missing out!  there are a whole SLEW of stamp sets available, and for today's card, i used a set from the Baby collection called "New Arrival".  this set comes with SEVEN different sentiments, plus two frames and, of course, a bunny.  :)

everyone's having babies lately, so it's time to build up my baby card stash again!  let's start with an EASEL card!  (i NEVER make these, but somehow i was feeling the mojo!)

i went rather CAS for this one, with just a few die-cuts, my punched sentiment, and a few buttons (there's also twine under the main panel but it hides!).  that's it!

i stamped Bebunni with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock,
and coloured him up with the following Spectrum Noir markers:

fur:  BG1, BG3, BG5
ears/feet:  PP1, PP2
blanket/balloons/around sentiment:  FS1, FS2, FS3, OR1, OR3

and i added some white gel pen on the balloons and popped up a couple of the clouds with foam dots.  that's it!  hope you're all as excited about the weekend as i am!  happy FRIDAY, and i'll be back tomorrow!  later, chickens!

Woodn't You Know, It's Fall! Paper Issues - sponsored by Pinkfresh Studio!

hey chickens!  have you linked up to our current issue yet at Paper Issues?  it's called Woodn't You Know It's Fall - and you can do an autumn theme, or anything to do with wood, wood veneers, the woods, woodland critters, etc... "falling for you" or use anything from our awesome sponsor, Pinkfresh Studio, or you can go wherever you'd like as long as it fits the theme somehow!

i coloured up a sweet little fuzzpaw from the Clever Kittys set from Some Odd Girl...

since he looks like he's just itching to play, i thought the sentiment, an oldie but a goodie from Heidi Swapp, was rather perfect!  a couple of bits of paper from Fancy Pants, some black sparkly paper behind it all, and those AWESOME resin stars from Pinkfresh Studio.  i love their stuff, and the little bit of bold colour these little cuties add!

click here and link up your projects (old or new!) - i know you have a BAZILLION projects that have a coloured image on them, so what's taking you so long?  there's a fab goodie bag from Pinkfresh Studio to be won!

annnnd if you're up for some shopping (for those cute stars, or anything ELSE you can get your paws on!), i have a discount code you are welcome to use ANYTIME!  :)

can't go wrong with a cute elephant

hey there, chickens!  back again on a late Saturday night/early Sunday morning because i can't sleep.  i've been sorting and organizing and purging and when i went through one of my stamp drawers, Unity called to me.  this "written in the clouds" stamp leapt out of the drawer and begged to be used.  on something.  anything.  i HAD to have it, and i love it, but i've never inked the thing up...  until tonight!

card #2 for this month's Unity challenge!  i did the card sketch already, so now i'm using the color combo...

the first thing i did was layer up a piece of vellum and a square of washi over a piece of an upcycled envelope (from a bill!) and stamped the clouds in StazOn (Hydrangea Blue).  i stamped the elephant and sentiment from "could i be any cuter?" on some LilyKate paper from BasicGrey using Memento (London Fog), then doodled a cloud and outlined the elephant with a black Sharpie.  cut them out, cut a couple of green mounds and snipped 'em into grass, pop dotted them up and assembled everything, adding enamel dots and hearts:

usually i struggle with colour challenges that use more than, say, 3 different colours (i can do it on my own, i just have a really hard time when the colours are pre-determined), but i found this one much easier (despite the periwinkle!)...  there were scraps of everything lying on my table, and they were perfect!  here's the colour palette (one of the three challenge options!):

and that's gonna do it for tonight!  trying NOT to stay up too late tonight, since tomorrow i'm at Barre-Fusion in the morning, then i have to shower and get ready for a day on the road with hubbin.  i see some WaWa coffee in my near future!  :D

inspired by DELICATA at Crafter's Companion!

morning, chickens!  a little bit of inspiration for ya (hopefully), because i am absolutely LOVING the Delicata Golden Glitz ink, and i have used it on a TON of projects already.  it's juicy, it gives great coverage, and the shimmer is unbeatable!

so yep.  i'm up on the Crafter's Companion Facebook page today with this project... 

 

i inked the debossed area of the Die'sire 8x8 Embossalicious "Regency Swirls" folder with my Delicata Golden Glitz inkpad and put my cardstock in it to "stamp" my main panel...  see, i love the pattern, but i can't emboss this size with my Cuttlebug.  i still managed to find a way to enjoy the gorgeous pattern!  :)  i just pop the panel in, put a piece of rubber on top, close the folder and press down with my hands to get a nice impression.  voila!

used a sponge to dab around the edges with gold, then stamped my sentiment from the Sentimentals "Imagine" set using StazOn in Teal Blue (i love how the gold peeks through the negative space in the stamp!). 

and that flower?  added some of the same gold ink to the edges before spraying the heck out of it with Memento Fireworks in "Summer Sky".  absolutely LOVE the result! blinged and added my ribbon, and i'm quite pleased! 

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