Finding Friendship

I joined a Gruffies card swap over on SCS so I thought I would share the card I created for it. This Gruffie is called 'Finding Friendship' and it is SO cute! If you haven't seen the Gruffies stamps yet, you really should check them out. I ordered 5 different stamps a few months ago and I have yet to ink up two of these, which is not a good thing, but I am getting to them! All of the stamps from the Gruffies line are adorable, I ordered mine from HM Stamps. HMs stamps has excellent customer service and Dick, the store owner, keep all his customers posted through wonderful monthly newsletters. Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Running Down the List....

So, there were all sorts of requests. So I am going to make them all! That's right, you heard me.....I am making all the cards you ladies added to the list. Frist up? Gruffies! The first reply to my post was a request for Gruffies so without further ado.... I don't know about you, but I never seem to have time to create a baby card when I need it, so I thought this stamp would be best for a baby boy card. I used my corner round to create a scalloped edge along the bottom of the card and mounted my cute 'Beary Big Yawn' stamp on some simple dotted paper. I also colored the same image for a baby girl card, but that one is still in the process, I can't pick a paper to use for it! So what comes next? Stop by tomorrow I should have a Hanna Stamps card to share. I picked up the Cleaning Hanna set, so I will share that card next, then cupcakes are in the wings! More to come ladies, so get ready!

Gruffies!

Have you seen them yet?! If you haven’t I advise you to run in the other direction before you spot them…..Gruffies! Have you heard of these yet? The creators of House Mouse and Happy Hoppers have released a new line of stamps called Gruffies and I love the ones I now own! Of the newly released Gruffies I purchased five wonderful stamps from my HM and HH dealer, now my Gruffies dealer…Dick! If you have yet to meet Dick then by all means stop by HM Stamps and get to know the fun guy behind the masses of stamps! I am a subscriber to the monthly newsletter, which has been known to get my check book in trouble at times but has always been well worth it.The last newsletter that Dick sent our way told us all about this new line of stamps coming out and I just couldn’t help myself! I had to order a few fun stamps to hold me over, I mean how could I resist their cute little faces and fun fur, I did what any sensible stamper would do. I pulled out my new Gruffies stamps to create this fun spring card for a swap I signed up for, I hope you like it. I used a StampingBella sentiment, using the ‘Hugs’ part of ‘Warm Hugs’ and adding a few Dew Drops under the sentiment, creating an underline that I think really sets this card apart from the rest. I used some fun springy colors and I had a blast coloring in this cute new guy, hope you like it! I colored in this image with my Copic markers and I love how it turned out, the shading I did by adding layers of the same color to different areas.