WMS Easter Waltz

It's that time of the month again when I'll be waltzing away with WaltzingMouse Stamps. Our theme this month is Easter and my newest stamp set I have aquired from WMS is Spring Baskets. I just love this set as it is just so perfect for Easter and spring time. In fact, I have three more images from this set already colored and ready for a card. That is something I am going to get done before next weekend. I kept the card rather simple as I like my Easter cards to represent the reason for the time: Jesus died as God's sacrifice for our sins and when He raised on the third day it was not with a parade or a big show. The patterned paper is an old one I've had lying around. I really like the subdued colors and the natural feel of it. The pattern also resembled clouds to me. The green strips were punched using the Martha Stewart grass border punch. I rumpled up the blades after I sponged the strips with PTI's Vintage Touch ink system. I lined either side of the sentiment with some bling to give the card a sutble elegance. The eggs were stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento ink onto PTI's Vanillia c/s (I love using PTI's paper for my copics) and colored using my copics: YG63, 67; BG15, 13, 11. Each egg was then coated in three different glossy accents although they didn't come out as smooth as I wanted (that what I get for not paying attention and laying a piece of paper on them before they were done drying): one plain, one with some glitter mixed in, and one that crackles (a good representation of us as some are "simple", some are "flashy", and many think they are "broken"). Kinda bummed that the picture of the eggs don't really show the three types of gloss :(

Challenges used:

CardPatterns: sketch

Copic Creations: Favorite Paper for copics

Creative Belli: Eggs/Bunnies

Creative Inspiration: Easter

Little Red Wagon: Easter

Easter stamp 3 ways

I wanted to play around with stamping one image three times and creating cards with it. I took this sweet little basket and Easter eggs images (two stamps) from WMS's stamp set Spring Baskets (you'll see more of it later this week). The images were stamped on vanillia, white, and kraft cardstock with a brown shade from Memento's ink line for the basket and black for the eggs. I colored them all with the same copic colors and really like how different the colors took to each cardstock color. The copic colors were: R81, 83, 85; YR20, 21, 23; G20, 21, 24, E31, 33, 35, W00, 01, 02, 03. What didn't show all that well in my pictures was the Spica Buttermilk Gitter pen on the circles on the yellow egg. I'm also using these for a DT call over at iCopic by usuing pink. For my first card I played with kraft paper. This is a color that use to scare me but now I'm loving. I kept the card rather simple (although I think I might go back and had some brown bling/pearls over the sentiment). I love how the colored image pops from the neutral background and that the colors are softer on the kraft. I kept the rest of the card monochromatic and added details through textures. I cut a slightly smaller kraft background and covered it with punched butterflies to give it an embossed look. I've seen this look around blog land and have been wanting to try it out myself; it actually easy and gives a great look to a project). The kraft strip was embossed using PTI's Linen Impression Plate (I so love this plate and it has a canvas side on the back). I then sponged the edges of each piece with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress ink. Here is another card with the same image, only this time it's on vanillia. I kept this one rather simple and even altered the sketch a little (I was suppose to use a ribbon but just couldn't find something in my stash that worked). I used PTI's canvas side of my impresion plate to emboss the entire card base for a subtle look and used some old patterned paper for the strip behind the image. I layered the image over the the same colored scallop circle and all pieces were sponged with PTI's Vintage Touch ink and stamped the sentiment in Vintage Photo Distres Ink. This is my final card with this image on white cardstock. By the time I finished this one I discovered that I must have been in a CAS mood as none of my cards had much embellies on them, lol. I sponged the edged of every white c/s with Broken China Distress ink to soften the edges ever so slightly. The green strip has a layer of polka dot acetate and I added a little bling to either side of the sentiment (which was stamped in a grey ink). I do think the basket in this one was stamped in black ink too. Challenges used: Kraft card Clean & Simple - sketch One Stop Craft - monochromatic Flutter By Wednesday - open week, just use a butterlfy, angle, or fairy Creative Inspiration - Easter Vanilla card Card Patterns - sketch Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle - CAS Paper Cutz - use an image of a bunny, lamb, chick, or Easter eggs White card Get Sketchy - sketch Stamp Something - something sassy or with circles (I chose circles) Stampin' for the Weekend - Easter

Butterfly day

I've got a couple of butterfly cards for ya' today. I did color a third one, but it's still waiting to be transformed into something. The two I'm showing are me trying out the feathering technique with my copics (which is one of the reasons why the image is a butterfly as it's easier for me to try out the technique). The other reason for the image is that they make me think of spring and Easter - both of which symbolize new life and new beginnings. The butterfly went from a catapillar to a beautiful butterfly; it was transfromed into a new life. I've been thinking about that lately...



Anyway, back to the cards. The first one is really clean and simple with the stuble textures of the ribbon and the embossed yellow background. I even clear embossed a small Easter wishes saying in the bottom right corner although it's hard to see in the picture.


Challenges used:
Crafty Creations - spots & dots
Belli challenge - sketch
The Play Date Cafe - color challenge (medium pink, pale pink, pale yellow)
No Time To Stamp - CAS texture
Oh Alice - Spring
Stampin for the weekend - Easter
Stampin Sisters in Christ - CAS
Frosted Designs - spring



The second card uses the Martha Stewart grass punch (loving this punch too) and is another fairly CAS card. I used the same dot embossed background on the yellow and made the flower. I thought this would make a nice spring any reason kind of card. The greens were sprayed with Key Lime Pie Glimmer Mist.

Challenges used:

Flutter by Wed - green

Creative Inspirations - white, yellow, green (the white is the ink I used on the blue paper and parts of the butterfly)

Poppy Seed Challenge - buttons, polka dots, light moss

Simon Says - Green

Stamp Challenges - distress something (the flower)

Taylored Espressions - sketch

Just Us Girls - color challenges (lt. brown, lt blue, yellow, lt green)

Our Daily Bread - spring/new life

Rosie D's - yellow, green, white