Bebunni LOVE at Crafter's Companion... i DO love him!

hey there, chickens!  hope your week is off to a great start!  i have a sweet little somethin'-somethin' to share, featuring the sweet little Bebunni from Crafter's Companion!  he's a cute lil' fella, and even though this particular stamp is from the new Bebunni Love series (this one's called Hearts), i thought he'd work well for a baby shower card.  check him out!

i stamped Bebunni on Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored him up with my Spectrum Noir markers...  i used:

fur - IG1, IG2, IG4
ears/nose/tummy/tail - PP1, PP3

hearts - LG1, LG2, LG4, BT1, BT3, BT4

for the background, i sponged around some little cloud masks right onto the card base, die-cut a deckled rectangle frame and used the negative, added some raindrops, sequins, a few little embellies and a sentiment, and VOILA!  there's loads of dimension here with tons of pop dots.  i loves me lots of dimension!

and i loves me the Bebunni.  you can check out the whole Bebunni line by CLICKING HERE...  and while you're at it, why not check out the awesome MOVING SALE we've got going on?  happy shopping!  :)

One week left for the JUST MY TYPE issue at Paper Issues!

you could win $20 to spend at the Paper Issues store!

 

you WANT to win $20 to spend at the Paper Issues store, believe me!  it goes a LONG WAY, especially when you throw in a discount!  :)  keep readin', folks!

yep.  so.  the current issue.  LOADS of ways to play with this one!  make it about love.  throw down some awesome fonts (i know there are lots of font geeks out there!).  use a typewriter.  heck, just TYPE on it!  either way, LINK UP!  there's a week to go, and we're having a ball with it.

i made another card for the occasion:

i'm on a mission to use up some OLD STASH, and between this and my last card for this issue, i used an entire pack of Studio Calico RUBONS.  yes!  GLORY!

anywho, the typewriters.  NIFTY, right?  well you can grab this typewriter paper for yourself if you wanna!

CLICK HERE to grab it, and throw some other stuff in your cart while you're at it, then use THIS:

link up by next Sunday, and you might be a lucky winnah...  everyone loves a winnah, baby.  dat's da troof!

it's funny 'cuz there's a typewriter on the card.

HIYA! 

have you linked up to our CURRENT ISSUE at Paper Issues?  did you know there's a $20 gift certificate to the Paper Issues shop up for grabs?  and did you know that there's a PLETHORA of gorgeous new pretties coming in from all the CHA releases, and they're available now at the Paper Issues shop?

well consider yourself told, folks!  you KNOW you wanna link up.  it's as easy (and fun) as this:

yep.  our current theme is "You Are Just My Type" - so there are LOTS of ways to interpret this one!  i went with the obvious on this one, with the whole typewriter thing...  THIS PAPER:

totally screamed to me.  i used some OLD stash - loads of Studio Calico stuff (rubons from, oh, 5 years ago, for instance).  you probably don't want the old stuff, but you can grab the new stuff HERE!

and if you use THIS, you can get a sweet little deal on your whole order at the Paper Issues store (believe me, you don't want to miss all the new stuff - it's flying out the door!):

join the linky party by CLICKING HERE, and good luck!  you can use an extra $20 to spend on crafty goodies, right?  yeah, i thought so. 

yummy Cosmo Cricket CREATIVE GIRL at Paper Issues

i've loved Cosmo Cricket stuff FOR-FLIPPIN'-EVER, and today i am happy to share a card i made using the new Creative Girl line, now available at Paper Issues...  it may be my very fave line of theirs to date, although 2wenty Thr3e is right up there, too.  :)

anywho, i just layered up some of the awesome papers and busted out an embellie from 2wenty Thr3e and they look FABULOUS together...  you need this paper!

so.  the card:

a zoom:

grab this 8x8 pad (i'm a big fan - i've been making bigger cards lately and the 6x6 pads just ain't cuttin' it!):

add some metallic sequins to snazz it up a bit:

 some awesome Cosmo Cricket Tiny Text:

and use THIS to get a sweet, sweet discount!

you and me and things by the sea

hey there, crafty chickens...  hope all's well in your respective necks of the woods!  it's still stinkin' COLD here in New Jersey, and each morning i wake up and hope that spring has sprung!  i know it's only nearing the end of January, but it's been an unseasonably cold winter, and darn it, i thought i left all that junk behind when i moved from Canada!

at any rate, the cold weather means lots of opportunities to colour, since nobody wants to go outside in this! 

i coloured.  i busted out my pencils and coloured a couple of the individual shells from the Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic set, Sea Shells, and i'm really enjoying this set!  lookie:

i stamped the shells with Jet Black StazOn, and the sentiment (from the Sentimentals Everyday - "Imagine" set) in Timber Brown StazOn - both are stamped on Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock...  added in some gorgeous textured mulberry paper for the back panel, a simple distressy panel on top, inked my edges and added my little bits and bobs to finish it up.

the deets:

for the record, i totally cheat when i colour stuff like this!  i do a Google search for images of shells (or flowers, or lighthouses, or whatever) and mimic the style of an image that catches my eye.  but i've never been one to draw or colour from memory, so it works for me.  :)  Google is handy.  yep.

so that's my Crafter's Companion project for today - i have more shells from this Sheena set stamped out so i have a feeling you'll be getting more beachy projects for a little while yet!

BY THE WAY, did you notice the brand new Bebunni lines available ON SALE?  oh. my. goomie.  CLICK HERE.  enjoy!