Thinking Inking

The Whole Herd and Butterflies Guest Post on the MFT Blog

Posting two days in a row--it's a record! :-) I have another guest post up today <<HERE>> on the MFT Stamps blog. They have graciously allowed me to post some pictures here as well, but if you'd like instructions and supply lists, all of those are on the MFT blog.

Of course I had to play with The Whole Herd. (I mean, when you can stamp cute animals AND use pink, what's not to like?) Here's the inside of my card--love that cow! True confessions: I’m still trying to decide whom to give this card to—I spent long enough on it that I have to save it for someone who’ll appreciate it! (Do you give your cards away with that criterion too?)

Shown above are the Copic Markers that I used to color the image.

Here I've used the Flutter of Butterflies – Lace Die-namics for simple, fun-to-make butterfly cards. Again, all details are on the MFT Stamps blog, along with a few more close-ups. Thanks to MFT Stamps for allowing me to guest post on their blog, and thanks to YOU for visiting!

Watercolor Flowers Guest Post on MFT Blog

Welcome! Yes, I know it's been several days since I posted. . . We've had some family responsibilities that have been taking extra time for the past few weeks, but I have had evening time here and there to work on a few cards for a guest post on the MFT Stamps blog today and tomorrow. Today I have two cards using MFT's Watercolor Flowers  stamp set, and tomorrow I have three more cards to share. using different stamp sets.  Thanks to Kim and My Favorite Things for the lovely stamps and dies!

Of course you're not surprised to see pink flowers here, right? :-) All details (stamps, dies, ink, cardstock, etc.--are on the MFT Blog HERE.

Yep, I do love pink!

I tried to avoid pink on this one--honestly, I did! In fact, two of the three colors in those flowers are reds--not pink, But one pink sneaked in anyway. . . Oops. Again, All details (stamps, dies, ink, cardstock, etc.--are on the MFT Blog HERE. And I'll have another post tomorrow as well. Thanks for stopping by!

Garden Fireworks

Welcome! I'm excited to be able to share a new Power Poppy digital image today, Garden Fireworks. The newest addition to Power Poppy's Instant Garden is an explosion of color that is just in time for the Fourth of July--color this up with a patriotic spin or let the rainbow of colors these flowers come in serve as your inspiration! Allium take center stage with their showy blossoms. When paired with Poppies and Catnip, you have a glimpse of summer in full bloom. This beauty is paired with an elegantly scripted Bible verse that's perfect for cards of encouragement. 

The good news? Since these are digital images, both are ready to download, print, color and create with immediately! 

Shown above are the Copic markers that I used to color my Garden Fireworks image. I also used a couple of Spica Glitter pens (Melon and clear) to add shimmer here and there.

I printed out my verse in the same colors that I had used to color the flowers. I know that there is probably a better way to do this, so I'm not even sure that I should tell you how I did it. . . Let's just say that I clicked on every part of every letter and "painted" each part separately. (I really need to ask someone what the shortcut to doing this is!) 

I used three Spellbinders die sets on my card, 5 x 7 Matting Basics A for the red card front, Pierced Squares for the focal image, and Standard Circles LG for the sentiment. The finished size of my card is 5" x 7".

Would you like to see what several other Power Poppy ladies have done with this beautiful Garden Fireworks image? You're in for a treat! Enjoy, and thanks for visiting today,

Jennifer Dove
Broni Holcombe
Cheryl Scrivens
Debbie Olson (Here)
Rhea Weigand

Got to Love those Dogs. ..

Welcome! Can you handle another MFT You Make My Tail Wag card? I do love those dogs! I used the dog bed and the dog head stamp on this one, and then I lightly pencilled in a wood floor. When I was happy with my floor sketch, I used a Copic 0.3 Black Multiliner to draw my floor lines in before I colored them with the markers shown below.

Shown above are the Copic Sketch Markers that I used to color little Fido.

For the background I stamped the On the Diagonal Background in Paver Red ink on Red Hot cardstock. I used the Hybrid Red Hot Ink to stamp the sentiment on 3/4" twill tape. I used a Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles die template to create my pierced edge on the red background, and I used a Standard Circles SM die template to create the window for my focal image. Well, that's about it for this today--hope that YOU aren't having a "ruff day!"

June Weddings!

Welcome! June always seems to be a big wedding month. This past weekend I needed two wedding cards--one for a lovely wedding that we attended here in Upper Michigan, and one for a wedding that I wish I could have attended in South Carolina. I felt like rolling a few roses, as you can tell!  The front sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Inside and Out: Love stamp set. 

For the roses, I used Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms die templates to cut 80 lb. white cardstock, which I then rolled, using a handy-dandy little Petal Roller tool, before airbrushing the roses with my Copic Airbrush System and Copic RV63 and RV66 (centers). Leaves are cut and embossed (also white cardstock) with a Foliage die template, then airbrushed with Copic G43 and G24. Other dies that I used were Oval Bliss, Pierced Ovals, and Grand Labels Four and Elegant Labels Four (both retired--I think I need to do some die-rearranging! Also, it looks like the PETAL ROLLER TOOL is now out of stock. Imaginesce makes them.]

While I used the same Bitty Blossoms dies for the flowers here, I used Romantic Vines for my leaves. The decorative oval mat is cut and embossed with Spellbinders Elegant Ovals. Patterned papers are Papertrey's Lavender Moon Patterns, and I dyed white seam binding to coordinate with both of my cards. The outer edge of this card front is cut with a 5 x 7 Matting Basics A. Both cards are 5" x 7" and required hand-made envelopes to compensate for the height of the rolled roses.

Well, that's it for my weekend wedding cards--hope you're having a great week!

Hope Today Tickles You Pink!

Welcome! I've got a fun little encouragement card to share today. After seeing some really pretty cards made with MFT's Flamingos Die-namics, I ordered that die set, along with the sentiment set Tickled Pink.

I cut both the flamingos and the background out of MFT's Insulation Pink cardstock, and then I used several Copic markers to shade the flamingoes: R00, R20, R21, and R22 for their bodies; W5 for their legs, W9 for the dark tip of their beaks and eyes; B02, B01, and B00 for water; and R27, R24, R22, and YR23 for the setting sun.

I used a Cross-Stitch Circle Die-namic to cut my sun shape, and Making Waves Die-namics to cut the water. To cut the card front, I used a stitched rectangle from the Blueprints 15 Die-namic set. I added a touch of glitter to the flamingo wings, because pink is always happier with glitter. :-)

Thanks for visiting, and have a fabulous day!