Bear & Rose

Hi there!  How's your weekend going?  Today was my first day off in 12 days so I was excited to not have to set the alarm last night.  However, I don't think I ever need to set it again because the Ella alarm was right on time purring in my face at 5am and demanding her breakfast.  Ugh!  No rest for the wicked around here...

Anyway Luis and I did some errands and then I got a little crafty time so I have 2 cards to share.  First up is for Freshly Made Sketches.  This MFT bear is one of my favourite birthday images - probably because I wish he was delivering that gorgeous cake to me!  He's coloured with Copics, fussy cut and popped up on foam tape inside the stitched circle.  The background paper is from American Crafts.  I'm also going to play along with the No Toppings portion of the challenge over at Seize the Birthday.     

 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6x6) American Crafts

Stamps:  (Bear & sentiment from Beary Special Birthday) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Die:  (Stitched circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R00, R02, R20, R22, RV42, YR00, E00, W1, W3, W5, 100) Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

My next card is for the Muse challenge.  I was inspired by the rose, colours, layers and die cut sentiment on Jenni's card.  The rose is from an NBUS Clearly Besotted set and the pink striped paper is from Doodlebug.  The sentiment is a combo of a Mama Elephant die and a Fresh Squeezed Stamps stamp.  I'm also going to enter it in the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Textured White) Bazzill, (Pink Pirouette) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Cupcake Stripes 12x12) Doodlebug Design

Stamps:  (Rose from English Rose) Clearly Besotted, (Sentiment from Mother Knows Best) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen) Altenew

Die:  (Happy) Mama Elephant, (Tag) Avery Elle, (Panels) Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections

Owl Always Be Here

The Colour Throwdown is celebrating their 5 year anniversary with their 250th challenge this week! They're celebrating with a huge blog hop of past designers and also with some awesome prizes. This week's colours are summery, cheery and celebratory - a perfect combo!   I broke out some NBUS for this card.  My dear bloggie friend Jenny sent me a sweet set of stamps with a matching die from Clearly Besotted Stamps.  I clear embossed the owls to make the colour pop and for the first time tried using a die to emboss an image.  Quite a cool effect and easier than I thought.  Be sure to check out the challenge and the blog hop for lots of inspiration!

ETA:  I had originally planned to link this up the the Muse challenge as the colours were so similar to the ones Marion used on her adorable owl card but... I had a blond moment!  Thanks to Lynn for the reminder!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Melon Mambo, So Saffron, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up, (Turquoise) Paperbilities

Stamps:  (Owl & sentiment from You're A Hoot) Clearly Besotted Stamps

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Punch:  (1 7/8" square punch) McGill

Die:  (Owl from You're A Hoot) Clearly Besotted Stamps

Gems:  (Swimming Pool assortment) Doodlebug

Twine:  (Lemondrop) The Twinery