Down On the Farm With Lori

I know, everyone seems to be Christmas crafting lately.  But even with Christmas coming, other events continue to happen.  And I hope since I made this now, I will remember to mail it to my sister for her birthday in early January!  Since we lived on a farm, I thought this sweet Country Girl stamp by Sarah Kay was perfect.

I matched her up to some great papers from the Miss Caroline Dilly Dally 6"x6" paper pad from My Mind's Eye.  The frame is cut with my Cricut using the Fancy Frames cartridge.  I added a felt ribbon, paper flowers, buttons, & a brad from my stash to complete my card. I sure hope she likes it!

She was a lot of fun to color with my Copic markers.  Here is a list of the colors I used:

• R29, R39
• Y11, Y13, Y15, Y21
• YR000
• BG11, BG15, BG18
• B000
• E00, E02, E11, E13, E15, E37
• C1
• W1, W3, W5

These items are all available at Cutters Creek:

• Miss Caroline Dilly Dally 6"x6" paper pad, My Mind's Eye
•  X-Press Blending Card, Copic
• Sketch Markers, Copic
• Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black, Tsukineko
• ATG Adhesive, 3M
• 1/4" Scor-Tape (to adhere felt ribbon)
• ASI Kool Tak Clear 3-D Foam Squares (to adhere frame)

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed this project.

Christmas in July with Lori and Sarah Kay

Who's ready to start their Christmas crafting?  I especially love to get started on Christmas cards early so I don't feel so rushed!  I don't like to spend a lot of extra money on stamps just for Christmas, so I thought I would show you how just changing the colors can make many of your regular stamped images great for Christmas.  Kim has a bunch of stamps that would be perfect for this, and I especially like the cute Sarah Kay stamps!

If you stopped by my blog on Tuesday, you saw this same image colored in "everyday" colors great for whatever occasion you'd like.  So today, I colored it in with traditional Christmas colors and voila, perfect for Christmas wishes!

Doesn't she look like she just got that sweet little kitty for Christmas? I layered her on some cute papers from Echo Park's 6x6 Season's Greeting pad and added Making Memories paper flowers from my stash and some American Crafts Glitter Tape to complete the look.  (By the way, I'm sure it's not recommended, but I used one of my border punches to punch the Glitter Tape into scallops.)

I forgot to write down the exact numbers I used, but as I remember these are the Copic Markers I colored her with: R24, R29, R39, Y11, Y13, Y15, G03, G05, G07, E000, E00, E02, E13, E15, E37, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5. I'm not sure how well you can see in the photo, but I added a bit of a yellow glow to the left edge to give it the appearance of a fireplace.

Supplies used for this card:

• Echo Park Paper, 6x6 Season's Greetings paper pad
• American Crafts, Glitter Tape
• Ranger Stickles, Yellow
• Stampavie, "Lucy & Kitty" Sarah Kay Stamps
• Copic Sketch Markers
• X-press Blending Card

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope to see you again soon.

Mother's Day Card by Fran

 

Today I am sharing the Mother's Day card I created for Cutters Creek. The main focus of the card is the adorable stamped image by Sarah Kay called Barbette Sewing. What a sweet image and so much fun to color. I colored her using Prisma Colored Pencils using the Gamsol technique. I used the Spellbinders Nestabilities to frame her. I shaded the two layers of nestabilities with Chalk-Shimmers (its sold out) but it is really fun to use. The papers are by Echo Park called This & That Graceful Double Sided. They are gorgeous! And I even added a zig zag stitch around the border using yellow thread. I used seam binding for my ribbon and dyed it to match one of the colors in the paper using the Distress Ink Re-inkers. The roses are from my personal stash however I colored them using Liquid Pearls Rouge and Gold Pearl. This medium is amazing to work with because you can use it right from the bottle, paint with a brush or dilute it with water for a shimmery look. Check out the cute scissors (these come from my personal stash). And I covered them with Stickles Gold Glitter Glue. Cutters Creek is now carrying them and they are from Kaisercraft. Go and check them out to see all the beauiful shapes. The corners on the card front and the scalloped borders on the inside of the card were made with the Rounded Banner Trio by Die-namics. The inside of the card uses the same paper from the This & That Graceful Double Sided 6x6 pad. And I punched 1/2 inch circles from the same paper to form a scallop border around the oval shape for the sentiment. This card can also be used as a Birthday Card too.

Below are photos of the front and inside of my Mother's Day Card. And all the different mediums that worked so well together to get these results.

Have a wonderful Day! Fran