Mice Birthday

Hello crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a sweet birthday card I made using one of my favorite stamp set by Pink and Main.

This adorable mouse is from the Mice Birthday stamp set.  I cut a panel of white card stock and stenciled clouds using Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink and a cloud stencil from My Favorite Things.  I adhered a strip of black/white paper along each edge of the cloud panel and adhered it to my card.  I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set on the card.  I stamped the mice with balloons on Neenah card stock, colored it with copics, and fussy cut it.  I added some highlights to the balloons with a white gel pen and adhered it to my card with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Anita   

I'm entering my card in the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful.

It's Your Special Day

Happy Monday crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a birthday shaker card using a new stamp set by Pink & Main.

This sweet image is from the Mice Birthday stamp set.  I cut a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of white card stock, embossed it with a polka dot embossing folder, and adhered it to my card.  Next, I die cut a circle and frame and sponged them with Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks.  I spattered them with water and once they were dry I stamped a sentiment on the circle.  I adhered a circle of acrylic behind my frame and then adhered foam tape to the back of the frame.  I added sequins to the circle and then adhered the frame to create a shaker card.  I colored the image with copics and adhered it to my card with foam tape.

Copics:

Mouse - C3, C1, C0, C00; E01, E00, E000; R20

Purple - V15, V12, V01

Pink - RV55, RV52, RV10

Blue - BG05, BG02, B000

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a fabulous week!

Hugs, Anita

Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop

Welcome to the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop!  If you are looking for some inspiration for Christmas cards, you have come to the right place.  Our team has decided to do a monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month.

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

I used the adorable Love Cynthia stamp set called Happy Holidays.  I stamped the image on Neenah cardstock, colored her with copics, and then fussy cut the image.  I cut a strip of Bristol card and stamped snowflakes using the Flurries stamp set from Pink & Main.  I heat embossed the snowflakes with WOW gold embossing powder.  Next, I sponged Peacock Feather Distress Oxide ink over the Bristol and flicked on some water spots.  I used foam tape to place the little snowgirl onto a vellum circle and then adhered her to my cardbase.  I added a few gold sequins for some extra sparkle.   I used a black glaze pen on the girl's eyes, and on the snowman's eyes and buttons.

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair - E44, E43, E42, E41

Snow Outfit - C3, C1, R20, R00, YR04

Hat - R59, R37, R35, R24

Scarf - BG09, BG05, BG01

Branches - E25, E23, E21

Shoes - N8, N6 

Please hop along and be sure to visit each of the blogs.  There's lots of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

  

Anita Madden  (you are here)

 

Broni Holcombe (out this month)

 

Claire Broadwater

 

Julee Tilman

 

Kim Heggins

 

Lori Tecler

 

Nance Salkeld

 

Nina Forsyth

 

Rachel Bergfeld

 

Vicki Finger

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the hop!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

Stamps:  Love Cynthia - Happy Holidays; Pink & Main - Flurries

Paper:  Neenah; Bristol

Other:  Copics, Distress ink, WOW gold embossing powder, black glaze pen, sequins

Naughty or Nice?

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing a Christmas card using an adorable stamp and die set from Pink & Main.

This adorable Santa is from the Nice List stamp set.  I colored the Santa with copics and then diecut him using the coordinating Nice List Dies.  I used a die to cut the dome shape and then sponged on some distress inks for color.  I used a black glaze pen on Santa's eyes, and added Glamour Dust to the "fur" on his suit.  The fun papers are from Pink & Main's Jolly 6x6 paper pad.  I adhered the Santa with foam tape and then added some Nuvo drops for embellishment.

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair & Moustache - W2, W1, W0

Mouth - C3, R02

Fur - B000

Red - R46, R24, R22

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

Shoes - N8, N6

List - E41, E40

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Nice List
Paper:  Pink & Main - Jolly; Neenah
Other:  Copics, black glaze pen, Glamour Dust, Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops, distress ink

Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop

 

 

Welcome to the first ever Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop! 

Lesley, from Always Playing With Paper, invited her bloggy pals from The Challenge Design Team to join her in an inspiration hop focusing on LAST MINUTE SIMPLE YET SWEET Christmas cards or tags.  If you need some last-minute inspiration, you've come to the right place!

Please hop along and be sure to visit each of the blogs.  There's lots of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

 

 

 

I began my card by cutting an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") panel of Bristol Smooth paper.  I used washi tape to tape off an area @ 1 5/8" x 5 1/2".  I used the beautiful snowflakes from Pink & Main's Flurries stamp set.  I ran my anti-static tool over the area, then used VersaMark Ink to stamp the snowflakes.  I used WOW Bright White Superfine Embossing Powder to heat emboss the snowflakes.  Next, I sponged Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks over the snowflakes.  I spattered some water drops over the inks and then dried them using a paper towel.  I also used the towel to wipe off any ink from the snowflakes.  I stamped the sentiment using the Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink and finished my card by added a few clear sequins.  This was a very quick and easy card.  If you have a MISTI you can place all of the snowflake stamps on the tool and stamp them all at one time, and the distress oxide inks blend so easily on the Bristol paper.

 

Please hop along and be sure to visit each of the blogs.  There's lots of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Lesley O'Connor

 

Anita Madden  (You are Here)

 Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

 Kelly Lunceford

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Hugs, Anita

 

Sending You Flurries of Warm Wishes

Good morning!  Today I'm sharing another card I made as a guest designer for Pink & Main.

These beautiful snowflakes and the sentiment are from the Flurries set.  I cut a panel of Bristol paper and stamped the snowflakes with Versamark ink.  I used white embossing powder and heat embossed the snowflakes.  Next I sponged distress oxide inks in Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio, flicked on water, and then dried the panel with a paper towel.  I stamped the sentiment on a strip of vellum and heat embossed it also.  I wrapped the ends of the vellum around the Bristol panel before adhering it to my cardbase.  Lastly, I added a few sequins to give the card a little bit of sparkle.  This set includes so many pretty snowflakes so be sure to stop by the shop and check it out! 

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous week!

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Flurries
Paper:  Bristol Smooth,vellum
Other:  Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks, WOW white embossing powder, sequins

Mrs Claus

Good morning!  As I mentioned earlier this month, I'm doing some guest design work for Pink & Main and I have another fun Christmas card to share.

These sweet stamps are from the Nice List set.  There are other images included in this set so be sure to stop by the shop and check it out!  I colored Mrs Claus and her little elf with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating Nice List Dies.  I used a black glaze pen on Mrs Claus' eyes and added Glossy Accents to her glasses.  I added some Glamour Dust to their hats and the elf's lollipop.  I adhered all the images with foam tape for some added dimension.  The pretty striped paper is from the Jolly 6x6 paper pad.  I finished my card by adding a few enamel dots.

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous week!

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Nice List
Paper:  Pink & Main - Jolly; Neenah
Other:  Copics, black glaze pen, Glossy Accents, Glamour Dust, enamel dots   

Happy Christmas

Good morning!  This month I'm doing some guest design work for Pink & Main and I have a Christmas card featuring one of their newest releases.

The adorable Santa and reindeer are just a couple of the cute images included in the Nice List stamp set.  The reindeer & sleigh image actually has one reindeer ... I simply stamped a second reindeer for my card.  I colored the images with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating Nice List Dies.  I used a die to cut the snowy hill and then used distress inks to create the night sky.  I used a black glaze pen on the reindeers' and Santa's eyes, and added Glossy Accents to the tree star and ornaments, and the reindeer noses.  I adhered all the images with foam tape for some added dimension.

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Santa Mouth - R02, C05

Santa Beard & Moustache - C3, C1

Red - C3, R46, R24, R22

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

Santa Fur - C3, C1, Colorless Blender

Belt - N8, N6, N4, Y18

Shoes - N8, N6, N4

Pencil - E21, Y18

Santa's List - E41, E40

Reindeer - E33, E31, E30, E50

Antlers - E42, E41

Reindeer Hooves & Harnesses - N8, N6, N4

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Nice List
Paper:  Neenah; Bristol
Other:  Copics, black glaze pen, Glossy Accents 

Plant Seeds of Kindness

Good morning.  Today I'm sharing a sweet card using a fun Pink & Main stamp and die set.

I used the Seeds of Kindness stamps and coordinating dies.  I love this stamp set - the images are adorable!  I colored the bunny with copics and then diecut him using the coordinating die.  I used a black glaze pen on the bunny eyes and nose to give them a bit of shine.  I used distress ink to create the background and then adhered that to the panel of Doodlebug dp.  I added a few sequins to finish my card. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Seeds of Kindness
Paper:  Doodlebug; Neenah; watercolor
Other:  Copics, distress ink, black glaze pen, white gel pen, Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle Dies, My Favorite Things Fishtail Flags Layers Stax Die-namics

Easter Peeps

Good morning!  I've been working on some Easter cards and I have one to share today featuring some Pink & Main products.

 

 

I used this little chick from Pink and Main's Easter Peeps stamp set.  There are lots of adorable chick images and fun sentiments included in this set.  I colored the chick and eggs with copics and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies from Your Next Stamp to cut my papers.  I used Glossy Accents on the chick's beak and feet.  I used my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on the eggs and then added a few sequins.  The cute paper is from Taylored Expressions.
Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a great day!

Hugs, Anita

I would like to enter my card in the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  -  Anything Goes

Stamp:  Pink & Main - Easter Peeps
Paper:  Taylored Expressions - For Peep's Sake; Neenah
Other:  Copics, Pink & Main Easter Peeps dies, Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies, Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, sequins

Guest Designer - Pink & Main

Good morning!  I'm a guest designer for Pink & Main this month and I have a couple of cards to share with you.

This watering can full of spring flowers is from the Seeds of Kindness stamp set.  I colored the image with copics and then added some white highlights with a white pen.  I used the coordinating Seeds of Kindness Dies to diecut the watering can.  I used some bright, cheery papers from Doodlebug Design and added a few enamel dots to finish my card.

This adorable little skunk is from the Scentsational stamp set.  I colored the skunk with copics and used the Scentsational Dies to diecut the skunk.  I used distress inks to blend some color onto a white cardstock circle and then used foam dots to adhere the skunk.  Again, I added a few enamel dots to my card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a fabulous day!

Hugs, Anita

Stamps:  Pink & Main - Seeds of Kindness, Scentsational
Paper:  Doodlebug Design; Neenah
Other:  Copics, white gel pen, Glossy Accents, enamel dots

Pink & Main New Release and Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a guest designer as we celebrate Pink and Main’s February Release with a fun and inspirational blog hop! Be sure to go to the Pink & Main website to check out all the new stamps and dies! Also check out the brand new paper line that is making its debut ... they have 3 new 6x6 paper pads that are perfect for spring and coordinate with each other. Please hop along through all of the design team members’ blogs (and a couple of guest designers too). There will be prizes along the way.

For my project, I used the Seeds of Kindness stamps and coordinating dies.  I love these sweet bunnies - they're so adorable!  I colored the bunnies with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating dies.  I used a black glaze pen on the bunny eyes and noses to give them a bit of shine.  I used distress inks to create the background and then adhered that to a plaid cardbase.  I added a few enamel dots to finish my card.   

 

Each blog has a prize to give away and I am excited to give away the Seeds of Kindness clear stamp set.  To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment here and on every blog in the hop. We will choose random winners from the comments and post them on the Pink and Main blog on February 15.  Here is the lineup for the hop, enjoy!

 

Pink & Main Blog

 

Kimberly

 

Pamela P

 

Stacey

 

Pam

 

Mitsyana

 

Kate

 

Anita  (you are here)

 

Beth

 

Yolie

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

 

Hugs, Anita