Clearly Delightful

A bossy birthday wish

Just a note... Today is the Doodle Pantry release and challenge over at the DP Blog.

On to the card... I made this for a friends birthday this month.   

I knew this cute little bossy girl would be perfect for these Bo Bunny papers I found at Archivers.

I computer generated the sentiment in Word program.

After watercoloring with waterbrush and Tombow markers, I used a  white gel pen for the frilly parts and trim of the dress.

I cut the stems off the flowers at the base and used high tack craft glue to hold them down.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE: Mo Manning Bossy
• CS/PAPERS: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS tropical mist, SU cajun craze, Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice DP
• INK: printer, white gel pen, Su marker cajun craze, Tombow markers 879, 947, 990, 912, 946, 491, 373
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders labels 4, wild orchid crafs flowers, flower soft glue, Offray satin ribbon, sewing machine, pearls, foam pop dots

 

Thanks for visiting!  If you celebrate Christmas, I hope it is merry and filled with lots of joy!

Laurie

A few last Christmas cards

My LAST Christmas cards!    I actually finished all of my holiday cards over a week ago, but just wanted to spread out the posts into this week.

I made this 4-1/4" square card with Mo's Mr. Scrooge, but then alas, I couldn't bring myself to send it to ANYONE, haha... didn't want to offend anyone just in case they weren't in a humorous mood.  So it is a lonely Christmas card sitting here in my safe-keep card box, with all the other cards that haven't found new owners yet.

I colored his coat navy blue.... I have seen too many photos and movies of scrooge in gray and black.  Pretty gloomy.  However I wanted a "little" color without making him look too cheerfully out of place, while wearing that kind of face.

I think Mr. Scrooge is the kind of guy that takes pride in wearing matching socks.

I printed him on 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper.   I used Tombow markers and a waterbrush to watercolor him.

I punched four 4-1/8" long borders in the navy cardstock, an dthen trimmed off the excess of the CS leaving just the punched pattern. Then I snipped at a 45 degree angle, both ends of each length of border.  Then I pieced them together like a frame on the card base.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE: Mo manning Merry Christmas to you too
• CS/PAPERS: Canson 90 lb. watercolor paper, light and medium gray, navy blue
• INK: SU navy marker, Tombow markers N65, N75, N15, 912, 879, 992
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: spellbinders labels 1, waterbrush, border punch, copper brads, sewing machine, white gel pen, foam pop dots

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEXT CARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My mom has to have this card.  There is no shortage of cats or dogs at her house.

Printed on Canson 90 lb. watercolor paper and colored with Tombow markers and a waterbrush. Sentiment from Doodle Pantry Blessed Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE: Mo Manning Cat's in the Christmas tree
• CS/PAPERS: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS spruce needle, real red, Graphic45 Christmas past collection DP, The Paper studio DP
• INK: printer, Tombow markers 946, 899, 933, 947, 992, 177, real red marker
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush,  oval punches, spellbinders labels 3, border punch, gems, sewing machine, foam pop dots, white gel pen, CDS wild ginger sheer ribbon

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEXT CARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally, another creation using the Merry Mistletoe from CDS, paired with some lovely Graphic45 Christmas Past DP.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE: Merry Mistletoe from CDS
• CS/PAPERS: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS spring leaf, CDS wild ginger, graphic45 Christmas Past DP
• INK: printer, Tombow markers 177, 946, 991
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush,  scallop oval punch, green satin Offray from walmart, sewing machine, pearls, basic grey button, linen thread, foam pop dots

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you got some inspiration!  I also will be posting some stuff on my OTHER BLOG HERE this weekend.  Hope you can check it out!

Wishing you a wonderful creative week!  Laurie

Sparkly Winter Eskimo Love

Hello!

I made this for Mo's challenge Winter Wonderland. 

Watercolored the image using Stampin Up reinkers and a waterbrush.

SUPPLIES:

• IMAGE:  Mo Manning Siku and Shiya
• CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, SU razzleberry lemonade DP, CDS wild huckleberry shimmer, CDS deep sea, white
• INK: printer, creamy caramel, baja breeze, not quite navy, rich razzleberry, soft suede, close to cocoa, more mustard
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders labels 3, EK scallop corner punches, cuttleebug provocraft snowflake mini die, sewing machine, pearls, satin ribbon generic, foam pop dots

Thanks for visiting!  Wish you a wonderful week!

Laurie