Wishing you Well

Last year, I taught a few Copic coloring classes using this sweet image, Wishing you well from Penny Black.  And when my poor wittle guy got so sick last week over the long Memorial Day weekend it reminded me that I had never shown this card.  He's feeling better now, but when he's sick it just breaks my heart.  He gives us all sad puppy dog eyes and every time he would cough, I would cough too.  Not because I was getting sick, but because he wasn't doing it right and I kept wanting to cough for him.   Please tell me that I'm not the only one to have ever done that - I think it's a Mom thing.  :)  LOL  

My card started with a white cardstock base and was layered with Kraft and Ocean Tides cardstock using my Perfect Layers Tool.  I then added a bit of designer paper from My Mind's Eye before machine stitching all of the panels together.  I wrapped around some vintage white lace and silky crushed ribbon that was tied into a bow using my Bow Easy.  The nurse image was cut out using an MFT Oval Stax die and popped up with foam tape for dimension.  The PaperTrey Ink (Vintage Picnic Stamp Set) sentiment was stamped using MFT Black Licorice Ink.

  

That poor teddy bear looks so worried, doesn't he?   After coloring him with Copics I gave him texture by dampening a terry cloth washcloth with colorless blender and dabbing it on.  

Copics Used:

Skin: E13, E11, E00, E50 (Cheek/Lips: R05, R02)

Hair/Teddy Bear: E47, E44, E42, E41, R59, R29, R17

Scrubs: BG32, BG18, BG13, BG11

Coat/Hat/Shoes: C3, C1, C00

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Hugs and Kisses & Get Well Wishes

Here we are on our FINAL day of peeks, and we want to remind you that you still have time to comment, the cut off is Saturday, June 30th at 5pm!! For now, take a look at what Melyssa has for us this month!! Aren't our illustrators the BEST!!!

For all your well-wishing needs, Melyssa has created this SUPER cute and VERY versatile set, Get Well Wishes!! Nothing says feel better soon like a handmade card, and this set contains the perfect sentiments and images to say exactly what you need to say to brighten someone’s day! With sentiments for nurses, too, you will get TONS of use out of this SUPER adorable set!!

         

Isn't she just the sweetest?!?!  I wanted a very girly/feminine Get Well card so I started by choosing designer papers from My Mind's Eye (Market Street) 6x6 paper pad.  I used Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock for the card base and matting the designer papers with Bazzill Lollipop CS.  Next, I machine stitched all of the paper panels, added a Wilton's paper doily and tied some gorgeous Seafoam Solid Grosgrain Ribbon into a tiny bow using my Bow Easy.  The image was then colored with Copics and popped up with foam squares for dimension.

Get Well Wishes is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 19 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Would you like to win the new Get Well Wishes stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, June 30th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

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Wishing You Well

It's time for another Ribbon Carousel Challenge and the hostest with the mostest for this week's challenge is our sweet Savannah O'Gwynn.  She is the moral compass of the Crew.  Sav is challenging us to to use some metal hardware on our projects this week.  Any sort of metal brad, clip, or other embellishment will do the trick!

I wanted a shabby chic feel to my card so I started by distressing the edges of a sheet of designer paper from Glitz (French Kiss) and then machine stitching it.  This Wishing You Well image I used from Heartfelt Creations is rather large so I wasn't left with much room for design or embellishments.  So I opted for the less is more approach.  I threaded a lush piece of Champagne Silk Ribbon through a ribbon buckle and layered it on top of a strip of finely woven canvas that I then frayed along the bottom edge.  

Copics Used:

Wood: E49, E44, E43, E42, E41

Stone: W7, W5, W3, W1, YG93, YG91

Grass/Flowers: YG97, YG95, YG31, R32, R05, R02

 

Hopefully my creation has inspired to you play along with us this week at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge Blog,  Remember, your creation can be anything you'd like, just be sure you use ribbon, bakers twine, lace, thread...(anything that comes on a spool) with a metal embellishment of some kind.

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New Wings (SSS143)

Morning Peeps!!  

It's going to be a short and sweet post...I've got a very busy day ahead of me.  

Nathan's 5th Birthday party this afternoon and a Monster Truck show later tonight.  

 I tried so hard for a soft/pastel coloring approach with Tiddly Ink's newest sweetheart... 

Wryn - New Wings, but in the end I just couldn't do it!!  LOL  I used some gorgeous girly/vintage papers from My Mind's Eye (Market Street) and added a little machine stitching.  It turned out to be a hot mess, but my husband said it added to the Shabby Chic look....works for me!!  LOL  

 I hope you will find some time to check out what the other Sugar Babies have done with this weeks sketch and then play along with us.

Janice Melton

Monika Davis

Shannon White

Cathy McCauley

Kim O'Connell

Shelby Goolsby

Lorie Ames

Chris Dickinson

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Feeling Frisky

It's time for a new sketch from The Sweet Stop and this weeks' sketch has a spin to it...

~ Make it Masculine ~

For my card sample I've used Your Next Stamps, Lucky Dog.  Isn't he adorable carrying off that huge bone?!?  I think he makes a great get well card for a guy, which I feel is really one of the hardest card types to make.  I used Spellbinder's Labels 3 and Circle die's for the image panel which I then popped up with foam tape.  The DP is an argyle print from DCWV (The Guy Stack) which I mimicked in the background with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  And those little bones are actually buttons I completely forgot that I had.  I was letting the kids make cards with me last weekend and gave them free reign with my old stash.  Nathan was choosing some goodies for himself when he said, "Hey Momma...this would look good on your dog card."  LOL What would I do without my assistants?!?!  :)

Challenges:

Paper Crafting Journey = #10 Get Well Soon

Some Odd girl = Make a Scene

For Fun Challenges = Get Well Card

Truly Scrumptious = #57 Anything Goes

A Spoonfull of Sugar = #152 Anything Goes

The Sugar Babies have gorgeous sketch samples to share with you today, so stop by and check them out.

Korin Sutherland
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Shelby Goolsby
Janice Melton
Jennipher Lowery

Hope you have a fabulous weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Get Well Soon

My husband has never asked me to make a card for him or anyone else before.  So I was touched when he mentioned he'd like me to make a card for a lady at a clients office who is very sick right now.  I thought the image should be cheerful, and bring a smile to her face, that's why I chose to use Stampavie's Mouse with Sunflower by Tina Wenke.  Don't you just love that giant sunflower that he's holding?! :)   I know that he makes me smile!   You can find a large selection of Stampavie and other popular stamp companies at 7 Kids College Fund.  

This weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop has a optional twist to stamp your own background, so there is actually not even a bit of DP on this entire card.  (Shhh...I have a confession...I'm not a stamper.  Nope, really I'm not.   Can't do all that cool stuff with inks and silhouette images.  I even hold my breath each time I ink up an image because I'm afraid it's not going to come out.  LOL)  BUT...I am up for any challenge, so I pulled out some yellow marble cardstock and polka dot stamps from Papertrey Ink (don't even know why I have them, LOL) and created a dotted background.  Not hating the results and afraid I would mess it up if I continued, I opted to emboss the rest.  :)  And I used a simple yellow gold satin ribbon to finish it off.  Lastly, using my clear Spica pen for a touch of shimmer on the butterfly, bees and the center dark areas of the sunflower.

Challenges:

Stamp Something = Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenges = Color something cuddly

Paper Crafting Journey = #10 Get Well Soon

The Sugar Babies have gorgeous sketch samples to share with
you today, so stop by and check them out.

Korin Sutherland
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Shelby Goolsby
Janice Melton
Jennipher Lowery

Hope you have a fabulous weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Better Get Better!!

This is my last card as a guest designer for the ABC Challenge blog. It was very sweet of them to ask me to join them. Their challenge this fortnight is B is for BLUE.  Well this is a little aqua blue, but blue is blue right?  

This is my new LOTV stamp called Little Nurse.  I think it's the perfect get well soon image.  I also tried my hand at making my own flower which was a lot of fun.  You'll see more handmade flowers from me soon I'm sure.  I want some flower die's so I can cut felt.  The flower shape was made with my Cricut cartridge Accent Essentials.  I really love the ticket stamp too because you can add your own sentiment inside.  I used a perforator cutter on the edges so that it looks just like it was torn from a roll of tickets rather than a straight cut.  (It's all about the details people, LOL)

I also challenged myself to use DP that I really didn't like.  I can tell you that I won't do that to myself very often.  This card sat on my table for over a week unfinished because I just didn't like it!!  LOL  But honestly it grew on me and it's become one of my favorites.   I sent it to a friend this week who is in the hospital and she loved it.  

Challenges:

Truly Scrumptious = #39 Brads, Buttons & Bows
Sweet Stampin' = #39 Favorite Stamp
Wee Memories = #18 Buttons, Brads & Bling
Totally Gorjuss = #43 Aqua

Copics Used:

Pillow: BG15, BG11, BG0000, BG10

Dress/Socks: BG15, BG11

Sweater/Bottle: R29, R27, R24

Bear: E25, E35, E31, E41, R00

Hair/Shoes: C9, C7, C5, C3, C2

Skin: E00, E50, R00

Outline: C1

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments and even emails congratulating me on my new DT spots!!  I means so much to me for you to share in my happiness!!

Big Hugs,

Wendy

Recipe:

Stamp: Lili Of The Valley (Little Nurse), Inkadinkado - Ticket (It's a Party)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: Basic Grey (Urban Prairie)

Accessories: Dimensionals, Button & Ric Rak from my stash, Twine (PTI), Glossy Accents

Sentiment: Computer Generated Font (Pea Carrie)

Ruffles Get Well Soon

Yep, another get well card. I have been wanting to use this stamp from Stampavie forever but just never got around to it. I LOVE IT!! Ruffles is so cute, the whole image was fun to color. I had to be patient because it gets a little tricky trying blend my Copic's around those little flowers. Are you wondering what possessed me to color the little sofa aqua green? It was Copics Colour Challenge, to use these colors on your card.
It wouldn't have been colors I would have thought to use together, but I think it really turned out nice. It had a masculine feel to it, now I want to make a girly one just like it. (You might be seeing that in a few days, LOL)

The DP is a combination of My Mind's Eye Home stack and Bo Bunny. The oval and scalloped oval were made with my Cricut Storybook cartridge. (They didn't seem to match up perfectly, but I still like it) My oval Nestibilities were not large enough to fit this image.

This card is for the following challenges:

Copic Colour Challenge # 59 = Use
chosen colors
Papertake Weekly Cutie Pie



Copics Used:
Sofa = BG75, BG72, BG34
Pillow = YR14, YR12, YR00, Y11
Bandage = E43, E42, E50
Ruffles = E25, E35, E31, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Flowers = Y26, Y21, Y11
Leafs - G21, G40
Slippers = E49, E25, E55, E31
Outlined = C1

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Under the weather....

I figured since I have been under the weather, and I had no Get Well Soon cards on hand, this was the perfect time to make some. This is Rainy Day Emma from CC Designs. I was inspired to make a little rain puddle by Tori at Wild Sprinkles which was so easy to do. I love the little details... Glossy Accent to give her rain coat/boots tons of shine and I colored the jewels with my Copic marker since I didn't have any red ones.

Here you can really see the glossy shine to her rain coat and boots.


This card is for the following Challenges:

MoJo Monday Challenge #133 = Sketch
ABC Challenge = R is for Red
Paper Play Challenges = Shiny Happy People



Copics Used:
Hair: E29, E25, E31
Skin: E11, E30, E50 (Cheeks R11)
Coat/Boots: R59, R29, R24, R20
Umbrella: Y26, Y21, Y13
Cane: W3, W1

Off to enjoy the beautiful afternoon! Hope you have a great weekend!!
Thanks for stopping by!