Hello Bluebird Hello Fall Card

I'm serving up sweet and simple for today's card share featuring more Hello Bluebird Cider & Cocoa cuteness. I wanted to showcase the Doodle Frame die. This delicate ribbon like die cut helps frame up and draw attention to any simple little scene. 

There's so many sweet images in this release that will perfectly fit into the Doodle Frame. I chose the raccoon image and a sentiment from the Cocoa Stand stamp set. For the background I lightly blended on some pale peachy pink ink. I then splattered generally with metallic gold watercolor (Kuretake - Gansai Tambi - Watercolor - Starry Colors).  

The leaves I die cut using the Forest Floor dies and colored using the ink smooshing technique with Wild Honey + Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide inks. 

Here are the Copics used for coloring:

• raccoon - W0, W1, W3, W6
• orange jacket - YR21, YR12, YR18
• green scarf - YG61, YG63
• peach mug - YR00, YR01
• rosy cheeks - R00, R20
• tree stump - W1, E25, E41, E43

That's a wrap for this card. Thanks for stopping by today!

Hello Bluebird In the Pumpkin Patch Card

I'm back with another card featuring the sweet images from Hello Bluebird's Cider & Cocoa release. For today's card, I used one of the new stamp sets - In the Pumpkin Patch. This 6x8 set is packed fun critter images and cheerful fall sentiments. 

This card is A2 size and I've created my fall scene overtop an inked blended background - Catherine Pooler inks used are: Cummerbund for the blue and Eucalyptus for the green. 

I used the rectangle Ric Rac Frame die to create the decorative frame. I used the Doodle Frame die set for the "hello fall". All the Copic colored images and sentiment are from In the Pumpkin Patch.   

Here's a breakdown of all the Copics used to color the images:

• crow - N2, N4, N6, W3, W4
• raccoon - W0, W1, W3, W6
• duck - YR30, Y32, W1, W3, YR12, YR18
• pink cheeks - R00, R20
• pink scarf & boots - RV34, RV66
• light pink jacket & mug - RV52, RV63, RV55
• bule stripe scarf - BG72, BG78
• pumpkins - YR21, YR12, YR18
• sign - E41, E43, E44, YG99

That's all for today. I'm hoping to use every stamp set included in the Cider & Cocoa release so there will be more card shares coming soon. Thanks for stopping by today! 

Hello Bluebird Cider & Cocoa Release

Happy news... there's a new Hello Bluebird release out this month - Cider & Cocoa - and it's now shipping! The release is fall themed and includes 5 new stamp sets plus 4 stand alone die sets. Today I'm sharing a card which features an absolutely adorable image from the Book Buddies stamp set. 

I given this card a fall vibe with the color palette I chose and adding some extra mushrooms and leaves into the scene. 

The die cut mushrooms and leaves are from one of the new stand alone die sets called Forest Floor. The bunny, duck, books, mug, tiny leaves, and sentiment all come from the Book Buddies stamp set. There's many super cute critters reading in this set. It was hard to choose which ones to use! I'll list Copics used for coloring at the bottom of this post. 

The Ric Rac Frame set includes the die I have used to create the kraft ric rac edging around the oval. The pretty peach plaid is pattern paper from the Scrapbook.com Sweet Boo 6x8 paper pad. 

Here are the Copics I used:

• bunny - E41, E42, E43, (scarf & jacket)R00, R20, R21, BG13, BG18
• duck - YR30, Y32, Y35, YR12, YR18, (scarf)YG61, YG93, YG95
• mushroom - R01, R12, R22, W1, YG91
• books - R00, R12, BG13, BG18, W1, W3
• tiny leaves - YR24, YR27, YG93, YG95

*note - on the book the bunny is holding, I used a fine tip black marker to scribble the lines since the stamp image has blank pages. 

I will be sharing more cards soon made with this fabulous release so stay tuned! Have a great day!

Waffle Flower October Release

 The October Release from Waffle Crafts is now available! This month's release is all about gatherings, celebrations, and gratitude.

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One of my favorite things this month is the Cozy Icons dies. This fun set includes different foliage options, acorns, a mushroom, the cutest little snail, and more! 

I'm sharing two cards I've made using this set. 

To create the deckle edge panels on both cards, I used the new Fringe Frames dies. This set includes four nesting deckle edge rectangles plus some tiny tassel shaped dies. You can add tassels to the corners of these panels as I've done on the second card. 

For the greetings, I have used the Grateful Hearts Sentiment stamp set and coordinating dies. 

To create the texture on the white panel I have used my all time favorite cover plate - the Sweet Plaid Texture die. This die is an oldie but goodie and such a great basic to have on hand when you went to add a little bit of interest without it being too busy. 

Below is a graphic with details how to get this month's gift with purchase. Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Cake Pops Card

Hello everyone! I'm sharing a festive holiday card featuring the Christmas Cake Pops. from Pretty Pink Posh. I loved the Halloween Cake Pop dies released last month and was so happy to have this new set to continue the cake pop paper crafting fun well into the holiday season. 

The background for my cake pop scene is an A2 size panel of light blue card stock with lots of white and silver paint splatter. I used dies from the Christmas Cake Pops set to create the tree, snowman, and reindeer cake pops complete with all the details for each character including the bows. 

I wanted the cake pops to be sticking out from a little pine greenery. I used dies from the Holiday Wreath Builder set to cut out the pine sprigs from hunter green card stock. I sprayed them with Fresh Balsam Mica Stain to add the shimmer effect. 

To finish the card I added a greeting and some extra pine to space above the reindeer. The Joyful Holiday Wishes sentiment comes from the new Christmas Banner Greetings stamp set. I die cut the banner shape with Banner Greetings 1 dies.