I cant say i wasnt warned.

Ok, i have another greeting farm card for you. Because i dont have anything else i'm supposed to be working on! HA! But when i downloaded the cute unicorn for the challenge (see post below) i couldnt help but download an Anya as well. I've thought she was cute, but didnt buy yet (darn spending freeze). I can already feel i'm going to have another stamp addiction. Like i need another one? But i was warned. First by Rachel and then by kel. it's gonna be dangerous. Thank goodness my local store is going to sell them so i can get quick fixes!

These gals are very fun to color! I especially had fun coloring her hair. :)



This is Alice Anya. It's another downloadable digi. You cant beat 3 bucks man. So easy. Right there for ya. No waiting for shipping. Now THATS a quick fix. hehe.

So anya was printed out (thank goodness my new printer works like a dream with copics) and colored with aforementioned copics. I left some white showing in her hair to show the shine (same style thats used often with anime and manga). I could not find patterned paper i wanted to use for the life of me, so i pulled out a stamp set by Inque Boutique called Monarch. I had almost forgot i had this set. Its actually a clear stamp set, not the norm from the Inque Boutique sets. The sentiment is a Stampabilties stamp from Hobby Lobby. A few extra rhinestones finish out the card.

Thanks for stopping by, i gotta get back to the things i'm SUPPOSED to be working on!

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Inque Boutique Christmas

I made this card for a card challenge my girl Rachel hosted in a local craft group we're both in.

Here was out sketch to use...


and here is my card...


I used an Inque Boutique lil' set. I dont even remember the name, sorry! And i just found out that Inque Boutique is no more. I'm so sad about that! I really loved their stamps. The company was sold and the new owners are going to continue to sell the product that they have made, but will not be making any new. :(

Anyhoo - i stamped my tree with memento ink on georgia pacific paper and colored it with copic markers. I added a bit of a signio white gel pen to highlight. I covered the "ornaments" with liquid glass by CTMH. NOTE: add your white gel pen to the liquid glass or whatever glaze you use AFTER it's dry. The wetness of the epoxy will make the white run. Learned that the hard way.

I took a stardust glitter pen and dotted it on top of the stamp design to give a pretty look to the garland. Its hard to see in the front photo but if you turn it a bit so the light reflects off of it it's really pretty. You can kinda see that in the photo to the left.

I distressed my edges with my tim holtz edge distresser and mounted my sentiment (also colored with the same copic as the ornaments on the tree and covered with liquid glass) onto some cardstock. The patterned paper is old school basic grey. I stitched around everything just for some extra dimension and viola! there is my card. :)

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