Magical Creatures!

 Happy Monday! 

Magical Creatures is the theme for this Art Impressions Bi-Weekly Challenge.  AI has created some of the cutest little fairy stamp sets and I selected one of the older ones to use.  For this challenge I kept it simple and only used one stamp/die set, which is extremely hard for me to do, but this set has a lot of options to work with.

I started on my magical journey using  #5345 - Fairy Cubbies Set.  I really love the Cubbies Sets because the die cuts out the open areas for you.  On this card I didn’t want the treehouse cut out so I used my craft knife to cut out the windows keeping the treehouse intact.  

Behind the windows I put very pale yellow glitter cardstock and had a fairy flying out of the door, one poking her head out of the top window and one sitting inside int downstairs window.  Using my Copics I did all the coloring  and finished it with some pastel glitter cardstock.  

I am finding I don’t photograph glitter very well.  I guess I must keep practicing and would love anyone’s suggestions if you have some.

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a very crafty week!

Lisa

Age Gets Better With Wine

Happy 4th of July!   I hope everyone has been enjoying the day.  I have spent the day being crafty.  

Over at the Art Impressions Blog it is Renee’s 13th Anniversary and she is having an Anniversary Giveway. For this card I created an easy card using one of my favorite Girlfriend stamp sets.

I used Art Impressions -Girlfriends  #4383 - Wine Tasters Set and some Spellbinders retired bits and pieces to accent the wine aspect of the card. I also used Art Impressions #5062 - Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.  All coloring was done with Copic markers.  

If you have time you should stop by the Art Impressions blog and join Renee’s giveaway.  All of there contests are a lot of fun.   

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by!  Hope you have a great rest of your week. 

Lisa

Stars and Stripes

 June kept me busy with my Full of Pockets project and I became a little behind on my bi-weekly challenges.  I am catching up with the Art Impressions Blog - Stars and Stripes Forever Challenge.  This was such a fun challenge and of course the stamp that came to mind was a retired girlfriend’s stamp called Sunny Shades, colored with Copic Markers.

I also used Art Impressions - 5494 Front Porch Patriotic Set for the flag and bucket with fireworks.  The fireworks was done using a stencil from Trinity Stamps City Lights Layering Slimline Stencil Set and Tim Holtz - Oxide Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Lumberjack Plaid, and Prize Ribbon then topped it with Nuvo Glimmer Paste -Moonstone for sparkle.  I also added some grass and a couple stars. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit!