Hi Crafters! Valerie here, and I’m using Paper Smooches today; I created a fun birthday card! The products I’m featuring are newer and older, and we don’t carry some of them anymore, but I’ll still list all them here:

• Lucky Dog Two stamp set
• Delightful Greetings
• Frame 4 die
• Woofers and Tweeters stamp set and coordinating die set
• Woofers Extras die set
• Birthday Words die set

I stamped all the images using my Mini Misti stamp tool (love that baby!) (we have the Large size, too!). I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press IT Blending Card Paper, and colored them with my Copic Sketch markers (colors listed at the end).

For the card base background, I stamped the cute sentiments using Lawn Fawn’s Mermaid ink. And the background of the shaker portion has the images stamped using 3 Lawn Fawn inks: Lobster, Manatee, and Black Licorice. I filled the shaker with Pretty Pink Posh cupped sequins (all the colors are listed in the Supply list at the end of the post).

I added Glossy Accents to the dog’s nose, Zig Clear Wink of Stella to the bird, and a mixture of Shamrock Stickles and Blue Bayou Stickles to the dog’s collar.

Have a wonderful day, a great week, and Happy Crafting!

Copic colors used:

• Dog: E23, E25, E27, E29 / Spots: E50, E53 / Nose: T4, T6, T8 / Collar: BG45, BG49 / Eyelid: R00 / Eye: B0000
• Bird: BG01, BG02, BG05
• Hydrant: R22, R24, R27, R29 / T8

Lucky Dog Two Stamp Set (Paper Smooches)	Delightful GreetingsStamp Set (Paper Smooches)	Frame 4 Die (Paper Smooches)	MISTI Laser Etched Stamp Tool Kit – Mini	Copic Sketch Markers
Blending Card Paper (X-Press It)	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (Tsukineko)	Tuxedo Black Dual-Tip Marker (Memento)	Aquamarine Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Watermelon 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Onyx 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Marshmallow 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Marshmallow 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Sparkling Clear 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Metallic Silver 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Metallic Silver 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Clear Droplets 4mm (Pretty Pink Posh)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Mermaid (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Lobster (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Manatee (Lawn Fawn)
Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Black Licorice (Lawn Fawn)	Glossy Accents (Ranger Inkssentials)	Shamrock Stickles Glitter Glue (Ranger)	Blue Bayou Stickles Glitter Glue (Ranger)	Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker (Zig)
White Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue Carded	X-Press IT Glue Pen – 1 mm Fine Point	Adhesive Runner (Crafter’s Companion)	Embossing Magic Pad (Inkadinkado)
Artist Brushes 7/Pkg (Ranger)	The Best Ever Craft Mat (Ken Oliver)	Quickstik Craft Tool (We R Memory Keepers)	Multicraft Precision Tweezer With Soft Grip Handle	Cheery Lynn Designs Snippers
Stamp & Die Storage Pockets (Avery Elle)	The Ultimate Pens and Markers Storage (Crafter’s Companion)

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Here’s a cute one featuring Paper Smooches today!

I’m using the adorable Boom Bots stamp set & coordinating die set, and the Gift Tags 2 die set. I stamped the images with Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press IT Blending Card Paper, and colored them with Copics (Robot: C00, C2, C4, C6, C8 / Dog: W00, W2, W4, W5, W7).

The large gear is stamped with VersaMark, and I used a silver embossing powder. All the small gears are stamped with grey inks (Memento Gray Flannel, Memento London Fog, Lawn Fawn Hipp0). I painted Zig Clear Wink of Stella on the raised up screws.

I finished it off by adding Pretty Pink Posh 4mm cupped Silver sequins to the card base, and a 4mm Clear Droplet to the robot.

Have a wonderful Monday, and fantastic week, and Happy Crafting!

Hello Crafters!

Today I have a pretty clean and simple (but colorful) card for you guys.

I stamped the super cute ship scene from Paper Smooches Sweet Escape in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I masked it and then created a second mask to add a square around it. Once everything was covered up I used distress inks and an ink blending tool to create a sunset background. From bottom to top I used Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Abandoned Coral, Wilted Violet, and Salty Ocean Once that was done I removed all the masks to move on to the Copic coloring.

I chose colors that were pretty similar to my distress inks to “reflect” in the water. I used Copic Markers YR15, R20, R32, V12, V15, B00, B02, and B04. I worked in reverse on the distress inks blending my colors as I went. After all the colors were blended I went back in with the B markers and added small waves lines. I did the same thing with a white gel pen. I wanted the card to have a cleaner feel so I used my T-square ruler and a black pen to draw a border around my ink blending. The sentiment from the same set was stamped in black. To finish it off I gave my water a nice coat of Clear Wink of Stella.  

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Enjoy your weekend 🙂