Gerbera Daisies

Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! I apologize for being MIA for quite some time. The holidays were crazy and now January is already more than halfway in! Where does the time go?? I hope you guys had a wonderful holiday! I promise this year to post more, share more and maintain the blog more. If you follow me on Instagram I am more active there, and you can see my lettering journey.

I have not however forgotten my first love, which is papercrafting and coloring. This year part of my New Year's resolution is to balance my crafting, which means I should be giving my papercrafting, lettering and coloring about equal amounts of time. I've been so engrossed in lettering I pretty much neglected the rest.

Anyway, for the start of the year, I'm sharing a get well soon card which I made from the Gerbera Daisies I colored as part of Kit and Clowder's Elements of Nature Class.

Copics Used:

Y02, Y17

YR02, YR14, YR18

E15

RV63, RV66, RV69

I thought about making a Get Well Soon card to give to a colleague of mine who's been out sick this whole week. Hope this will somehow cheer him up!

That's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by again!

Get Well Soon Card

Hi everyone! I made a card for someone in may daughter's school since I heard she's had an accident recently. What better way to use Nurse Marci than now right? To say that I'm behind on my Club La-La Land kits is an understatement. Days pass by so quickly the next kit is in my mailbox already and next thing you know, your past months' kits have all been waiting to be used.

Well now I'm putting Nurse Marci (February) to good use. All the die elements below are part of the club kit.

In case you're interested to join, head over to their blog to check out the details. One thing I like is that whatever you get in the kits stay exclusive for a year. It doesn't become available for purchase anywhere until they release it the following year. You can check out what's in the club for the past months here.

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21

Blush: R20

Lips and Cross: R29

Hat, Outfit and Shoes - BV00, BV01, BV02, C00, C01

Hair: E21, E25, E29

Hope you guys enjoyed it! Stay safe everyone!

Just A Note - Get Well Soon

Hi everyone! It's a rainy cold Sunday here in SoCal. While most dread this weather, I actually love it! Love the breeze, and love the coolness of the air rather than dry and hot.

My share today is a get well soon card I made for my daughter's teacher. She's going to be out for awhile and my daughter and I wanted to give her a card to cheer her up and wish her well.

I used My Mind's Eye Now and Then paper pad for the background paper. The stamp set I used is from Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow collection - Just A Note.  I colored the image with Zig Clean Color Brush and added a ribbon to top it off.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Get Well Soon. It seemed to fit the box perfectly!

Hope everyone has a great Sunday! Keep warm!

Get Well Soon

My mom's been feeling under the weather lately so I thought I'd make a card for her. I decided to break in my Spectrum Noir blendable colored pencils today, and I used Taylored Expressions Mixed Blooms stamp set. I watched a DVD on how to use the blendable pencils and I hate to admit it but it literally took me hours to color this. I've been coloring a lot using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I've colored a good number of images already but I think I can safely say I've never achieved depth like this. Granted it's not perfect, but after coloring my 1st image, I can say I know where I need to improve. Holding the pens, the stroke and the technique will take time, but having said that, I am pleased with how my 1st image turned out.

I own all 5 tins, and the image below is colored from the Essentials, Primaries, Florals and Nature sets. I picked colors from each, just so I can test the colors that each tin represents, the differences in greens, purples and pinks. I'm happy how it turned out, but I'm dying to practice more!

Card base is kraft, background and textured papers are from Ki Memories.

Rest Relax Repeat

I finally got the chance to do a card using the new Cricut Artfully Sent cartridge. There's so many designs to choose from I didn't know where to start! I picked one that I can give to a good friend of mine. He's been feeling under the weather lately and no matter how often I tell him to take a break from work and rest, he still keeps going. I saw this design and thought this is so appropriate for him!

I used a plain white cardstock to cut the scene, then I sponged the clouds, raindrops and the rest of the card with Sky ink, I masked the flower and sponged it with Saddle ink for the stem, a mix of Saddle and Buttercup for the buds, and a light sponge of Whisper for the petals. I used Sweet Leaf for the leaves and to add dimension to the front of the card, I stamped and cut a few butterflies from the stamp set Your Own Kind of Wonderful. Each butterfly was stamped using Thistle, Sorbet, Honey and Pacifa.

Here's what the inside of the card looks like. I stamped the sentiment Get Well using the stamp set Sincere Expressions. This card was so easy to make! The only thing that took time for me was sponging it with different colors, and of course cutting the butterflies. I wanted it to be colorful and I hope it projects a happy mood, so my friend can feel better somehow, or lift his spirits somehow.

The Cricut Artfully Sent is now available for purchase. If you're a card maker, you can't go wrong with this. It is so worth it! Check out the complete package below. It comes with 3 sets of stamps and a pack of White Daisy cardstock. Get yours now! 

Z3017 Cricut Artfully Sent Cartridge

Here's a look at the stamp sets I used.

D1627 Your Own Kind of Wonderful

A1146 Sincere Expressions