Candyman and Helpers
For me, Gene Wilder will forever be the ultimate candy man. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 film, was colorful and scary, and also the dream candy factory. For a recent candy-themed swap at atcsforall, I created cards featuring Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas. They are colored with Copic markers, have heat […]
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
I love this card. Love. I made it for a friend who is a collector of all things related to the Wizard of Oz. This cute stamp set is from CC Designs Rubber Stamps. Their tagline is “cleverly cute stamps and dies.” It is colored with Copic markers. The floral dies are from Sizzix. I’m […]
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Bubbles!
I absolutely adore this ATC. The challenge for this swap on atcsforall was to create a card using bubble wrap somehow. I used it to stamp the background, using Distress Ink. The image is from Unity Stamps. It evokes the essence of childhood innocence and fun, blowing bubbles on a sunny day. I colored the […]
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Unicorn Wishes
Sometimes the occasion calls for unicorns, rainbows, and fairies. These cards are crafted with Lawn Fawn products: Winter Unicorn stamps & dies, A Little Sparkle stamps & dies, and the Sunrise Backdrop die. The “birthday wishes” was heat embossed. Color was added with atyou Spica water based pigment markers.
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Vengeful Voodoo Vibes
Unity Stamps has a great selection of snarky stamps, like this one from the Voodoo Vibes set. It includes the sayings, “Happy Birthday… may all your vengeful wishes come true,” “thinking of you,” “Are you pulling my leg?” and “I haven’t forgotten you.” This card is colored with Copic markers. It was quick and easy.
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Big Birthday Wishes
Today’s card uses a new Lawn Fawn die, Giant Happy Birthday, and the Tiny Birthday Friends stamps. I cut the tiny birthday friends with my Brother Scan ‘n Cut. The images were colored with Copic markers. I used paper from my stash. I don’t know the brand; it’s at least 10 years old (!). A […]
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Aye, There Be Treasure
Today’s card is made with a sweet set from SugarPea Designs called Captain of my Heart, and the background is done with their Pirate Treasure Map stencil. It’s colored with Copic markers, and I used Distress Inks on the background. It was so quick and easy to use the stencil! The pirate and the parrot […]
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Fun Futuristic Cards
These cards were so much fun to create. Another Kindred Stamps offering, the Futuristic Family set included funky papers, a cityscape die, and more. All the characters were colored with Copic markers and cut out on my Brother Scan n Cut. Some of the sentiments were included with the set, others (the ones with a […]
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Happy Burstday!
I watched the classic 1979 movie, Alien, while I created this card. The retired stamp set is called Bursting Love by Kindred Stamps. I colored the characters with Copic inks. The background was made using a stencil and Shimmering Bliss spray from Technique Junkies. The characters were cut using my Brother Scan n Cut SDX225. […]
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Hello Again
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve touched this site, and I’m sorry for that. I left a full time job, started a business, took at part time job and left that part time job, was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, closed the business, and moved from the Midwest to the Southwest. Oh, we also adopted […]
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