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Gerda Steiner Designs Hello Friend Tortoise | Colored with Copic Markers

Posted on March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 by pixiedonna

Gerda Steiner Hello Friend Tortoise

Hey crafty friends! It’s almost the weekend, and I’m not as excited as I usually would be. For me, it means the end of Spring Break and a return back to school. Although I love being a preschool teacher, I am looking forward to these long breaks.

I enjoy making “just because” cards and love to have as many as I can in my stash for no particular reason other than sending a handmade card to my family and friends.

For this card, I used the Hello Friend Tortoise stamp set by Gerda Steiner Designs. I began the card by stamping the image onto smooth cardstock and using my Copic Markers to color all images in the following color combinations.

Copic Marker Combination

Green: YG67, G24, G21, G20
Dark Shell: E49, E47, E44
Light Shell: E44, E43, E41
Butterflies: Y117, Y15, Y11, W7, W5, W3

Gerda Steiner Hello Friend Tortoise

After coloring all of the images and using my ScanNCut to cut those out, I set them aside to work on the background. Using Distress Oxide ink in Dried Marigold, I inked up the bottom portion of a piece of heavy-weight smooth cardstock. Next, I added Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink just at the edges. I trimmed the background panel using a stitched rectangle die and set it aside to work on the grassy hills.

With Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink, I ink blended a panel then used the Stitched Hillside Borders die by Lawn Fawn. For texture, I splattered the panels with diluted white acrylic paint and allowed them to dry. I stamped the sentiment in the top left corner, adhered the images with liquid adhesive and glue dots, and added a frame to complete this card.

Gerda Steiner Hello Friend Tortoise

It was a quick and simple card to make and I hope you like it. As always thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

I am playing along with the Gerda Steiner Designs Easter Egg Hunt

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps me to run this blog and my YouTube channel to share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

MFT Stamps Birthday Chicks | Copic Marker Coloring

Posted on March 15, 2022March 16, 2022 by pixiedonna

MFT Stamps Birthday Chicks

Good morning crafty friends! Nothing says “Spring” more than bright colors and baby chicks. After the winter or more like cold days we’ve had, I am ready for warmer days. With this birthday card, I kept it very bright and added the Birthday Chicks by MFT Stamps.

I stamped all of the images in the stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink and colored them in with Copic Markers.

Copic Marker Combination

Chicks: Y38, Y18, Y15, Y13, Y11
Beak: YR07
Cupcake Icing: RV17, RV55, RV52, RV00
Cake: YR24, YR23, YR21
Wrapper: E59, E57, E35, E31
Balloons: RV17, RV55, RV52, RV00
Teal: BG49, BG45, BG53
Purple: V09, V05, V01
Blue: B29, B24, B21
Green: YG17, YG05, YG01
Flame: YR16, Y13

MFT Stamps Birthday Chicks

For the background, I ink blended a teal piece of cardstock with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide in the center and added a little bit of Peacock Feathers at the edge of the panel. To give the background more texture, I added white and teal splatters to the panel.

Next, I die-cut a piece of green cardstock and ink blended the top of the hills with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink. Again, I added white and green splatters for some texture.

Once the panels were dry, I used a stitched slimline rectangle die to die cut the entire panel. Then, I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Black Onyx ink, my favorite for sentiment stamping. And lastly, I added all of the images using glue dots or liquid adhesive.

MFT Stamps Birthday Chicks

I was inspired by the MFT Slimline challenge to create this card. I hope you enjoy this card and are inspired to participate, as always thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Other Supplies: MFT Stamps Cute Cloud Outline, LaLa Land Crafts Double Stitched Hills Border Die

Julia McNeill Crafts Robota Fashionista | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends | Copic Coloring

Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by pixiedonna

Julia McNeill Robota Fashionista

Happy Sunday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new challenge on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog, and this month we are sponsored by Julia McNeill Crafts. Her designs are unique and so whimsy and fun to create with. For my card, I used Robota Fashionista.

I printed the image onto smooth white cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers. Then, I used my ScanNCut to cut the image out.

Copic Color Combinations

Robot (light part): C00, C0, C1, C3
(dark part) C9, C7, C5
White Gel Pen

Julia McNeill Robota Fashionista

The background is a digital paper that I printed and die cut using a stitched rectangle die. Next, I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. And lastly, I matted the background panel over a piece of black cardstock and adhered the image in the center.

Stop by the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends blog to enter our challenge, and see what the other design team members created. Don’t forget to visit the sponsor to see all of the images in her shop.

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As always, thank you so much for stopping by; until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

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Newton’s Nook Designs Peony Blooms | Copic Markers

Posted on February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 by pixiedonna

Newton's Nook Designs Peony Blooms

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! I hope your week is fantastic so far and only gets better as we near the weekend. I have a simple card to share featuring Peony Blooms by Newton’s Nook Designs.

This is a fantastic set of beautiful florals to take center stage on my card for a special friend. I stamped the images out several times then used my Copic Markers to color them in. I am not a huge fan of yellow, except for flowers. So naturally, these had to be yellow.

After coloring the images, I used my ScanNCut to cut them out.

Copic Color Combinations

Yellow: Y00, Y04, Y08, Y18, Y38
Green: YG00, YG03, YG17, YG67

Newton's Nook Designs Peony Blooms

Working on the background, I trimmed a piece of smooth cardstock to an A7 size (5 x 7) panel, and ink blended the background. I used Spun Sugar Distress Oxide in the center, then blended outward with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink at the edges. I splattered the panel with diluted white acrylic paint and pink ink to give my card a little texture.

Next, I stamped the sentiment and added a thin frame die-cut from black cardstock to frame the Peony Blooms to finish this card. And lastly, I arranged the images in the lower portion of the card with foam adhesive and added a few clear drops by Studio Katia.

Newton's Nook Designs Peony Blooms

As always, thank you so much for stopping by; until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps to run this blog and share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

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Lawn Fawn Scent with Love | Copic Coloring

Posted on February 12, 2022February 24, 2022 by pixiedonna

Lawn Fawn Scent with Love

Hey crafty friends! I have one last Valentine’s Day-inspired card to share with you, this time featuring the most adorable skunks around. For this card, I used the Scent with Love stamp set by Lawn Fawn.

I started the card by stamping and coloring all images with Copic Markers, then used my ScanNCut to cut them out.

Copic Color Combinations

Skunks: N9, N7, N5, N3
White: W1, Dot texture: W3, W5
Red: R39, R27, R24, R22
Green: YG17, YG03, YG00
Envelope: E33, E53, E50

Lawn Fawn Scent with Love

Working on the background, I ink blended a piece of smooth cardstock with Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink and added splatters of Distressed Spray in Walnut Stain for texture. Next, I used the Polka Heart Backdrop in Portrait die to die-cut the panel.

To finish this card, I adhered the die-cut panel over a piece of red cardstock. I added a heart element die-cut from black cardstock and vellum and added the images with foam adhesive.

Lawn Fawn Scent with Love

This card is inspired by the current Lawnfawnatics.com challenge – Clean and Simple. It’s as close to a clean and simple card as I get to because it’s not my typical card-making style. But here is to trying something new.

This card is entered in the following challenges

As always, thank you so much for stopping by; until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps to run this blog and share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

Pink and Main Puppy Love | Copic Coloring

Posted on February 9, 2022February 13, 2022 by pixiedonna

Pink and Main Puppy Love

Hey crafty friends! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and if you send out Valentine’s Day cards, I have a cute and fun project featuring Pink and Main’s Puppy Love. This is the second card I made using this stamp set with a Valentine feel, check out the first post here.

I colored the images previously, then worked on creating the background for my images.

Copic Color Combinations

Spotted Dogs: Spots: E13, E11, Dogs: E50, E21
Pink: RV17, RV55, RV52. RV10

Pink and Main Puppy Love

Using Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and the Heffy Doodle Cloudy Skies Stencil, I created the background by ink blending the clouds across the entire panel. For interest, I splattered the panel with diluted white acrylic paint. Next, I created a grounding element for the images by ink blending and die-cutting a panel using a hillside die.

Pink and Main Puppy Love

To finish my card, I added the sentiment, frame cut from white cardstock, and adhered the images using foam adhesive.

Thanks so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. To find out how affiliate links work and the companies I support, please check out my Affiliate Disclosure/Shopping Sites.

Fred She Said Tulip Bouquet | Lil Patch of Crafty Friends | Design Team Project

Posted on February 6, 2022February 13, 2022 by pixiedonna

Fred She Said Tulip Bouquet

Good morning crafty friends! It’s the first Sunday of the month and that means a new challenge is starting on the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends blog. This month we are sponsored by Fred She Said, and I used Tulip Bouquet digital image for my card.

To begin my card, I printed the image onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb. cardstock, colored the image with Copic Markers, then cut the image out with my ScanNCut.

Copic Color Combination

Pink: RV17, RV55, RV52, RV00, THEN RV19 for a few details
Leaves: YG00, YG03, YG17, YG67
Stems: YG67, G28, N5
Can: C5, C3, C1, C0

Fred She Said Tulip Bouquet

One of my favorite color combinations is pink and teal, especially for Valentine’s Day. I added a pink with hearts patterned paper then layered an ink blended panel for contrast. I used Peacock Feathers on the outer edges and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink in the center.

Once the ink blended panel was die-cut, I splattered the panel with diluted white paint and teal ink for texture.

To finish my card, I added the sentiment and adhered the image with foam adhesive then placed the entire panel onto a white card base.

Head on over to the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge Blog to see the other designer projects and enter the challenge to win from our Exclusive Sponsor.

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As always thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

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Pink and Main Puppy Love | Copic Coloring

Posted on January 27, 2022January 29, 2022 by pixiedonna

Pink and Main Puppy Love

Hey crafty friends! Happy (almost) weekend. It’s close to that time of the year when people show feelings of love, affection, and friendship for those that they love and adore. With my mind on Valentine’s Day, I used the Puppy Love Stamp by Pink and Main to create this adorable card.

Typically, I stamp and color all of the images from a stamp set even though I rarely use all of them in one card. For this set, I colored the images with Copic Markers and used my ScanNCut to cut them out.

Copic Color Combinations

Brown Dog: E47, E44, E43, E41, R20, R24
Big Heart: R39, R29, R27, R24, R22
Spotted Dogs: Spots: E13, E11, Dogs: E50, E21
Pink: RV17, RV55, RV52. RV10
Black Dog: C9, C7, C5, C3
Blue: B01, B02, B04

Pink and Main Puppy Love

Mini slimline cards are becoming more common and I thought this little dog would fit perfectly on one. I ink blended the background with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and added flicks of diluted paint for interest.

Next, I die-cut white cardstock with Cloud Sky Scene dies and stamped the sentiment with black ink. To finish the card, I adhered the images with foam adhesive and added the additional hearts with glue dots.

Pink and Main Puppy Love

Thanks so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps to run this blog and share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

Lawn Fawn Penguin Party| Copic Coloring

Posted on January 24, 2022January 26, 2022 by pixiedonna

Lawn Fawn Penguin Party

Hey crafty friends! It’s hard to believe that in a few short weeks we will celebrate Valentine’s Day. With the holiday right around the corner, I have a fun Valentine’s Day-inspired card to share with you. This card features the adorable penguins from Penguin Party by Lawn Fawn.

I stamped and colored all of the images with Copic Markers and used the coordinating dies to die cut the images out.

Copic Color Combinations

Penguins: N9, N7, N5, N3, N1
Beak and Feet: Y38, Y18
Igloo: B02, B01, B00, B000
Brown: E29, E27, E25, E23, E21
Hearts: R39, R27, R24

Lawn Fawn Penguin Party

Next, I ink blended a piece of smooth cardstock with Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. Then, I splattered the panel with diluted white acrylic paint and pink Distress spray for interest.

I die-cut a frame using the Peekaboo Backdrop from white cardstock and layered it on top of the ink blended panel with foam adhesive. To finish the card, I adhered the images with foam adhesive and added the hearts with glue dots.

Lawn Fawn Penguin Party

I love combining pink and red especially for Valentine’s Day. As always thank you so much for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Lawnfawnatics – Lot’s of Hearts

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps to run this blog and share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!

Hero Arts Togetherness Flower Bouquet | Copic Coloring

Posted on January 16, 2022January 25, 2022 by pixiedonna

Hero Arts Togetherness Flower Bouquet

Hey crafty friends! It’s that time of the year again where I’m inspired to reach into my stash and start using my stamps that “I had to have but never used”. I seem to make this resolution every year and, after a few months, I stray back to my old buying habits. But every year I try and even though I won’t make it an entire year, I still consider any time I am using from my stash, a win!

Today I am sharing a card featuring Hero Arts’ Togetherness Flower Bouquet stamp. This is a stunning large floral that is the center of attention of my birthday card. I stamped the image using brown Copic friendly ink, then colored it with Copic Markers.

Copic Color Combinations

Pink: RV55, RV52, RV00, RV19
Peach: R12, R11, R00, YR02
Yellow: Y18, Y38
Leaves: YG01, YG05, YG17
Rose Leaves: G09, G05, G02, G12

Hero Arts Togetherness Flower Bouquet

On a white panel, I ink blended the background using Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and a little Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink in the center. Then, I stamped the background with Peacock Feathers using Pearl Strings Bold Prints Cling stamp. I set the entire background with clear embossing powder.

To finish, I used a circle die-cut to center the floral image with foam adhesive. Next, I added the sentiment which I stamped and white heat embossed. And lastly, I added a few clear drops using liquid adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed this card, as always thank you so much for stopping by until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!

This card is entered in the following challenges

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this card. When possible, I use affiliate links to link products I use or personally believe in. This means that if you make a purchase through the links I share, I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you! This helps to run this blog and share the cards I make. Thank you so much for your support!