SWEET POPSICLE

I had seen this cool image on Pinterest--skinny lines in rainbow colors and I thought it would make a really fun background for my popsicle here so I grabbed the little skinny lines image in The Texture Four Flora & Fauna set to recreate it.  I just stamped multiple times in each of these colors, overlapping as I went.

After I stamped the popsicle and her li'l face, I added some cheeks with a fresh new pencil eraser ( 2nd generation impression ).  I dunno why I have to add rosy cheeks.  Can't seem to help myself...

 

After I die cut the popsicle, I put her face down into my little Xyron machine to coat her with adhesive and then I dropped her into a bin of Prisma Glitter for a glitter bath.  Oh, she's such a sparkly thing now! *monkey clapping*

Inside, I wrote "because of you." :)  

I know.  I can hear a collective "Awwwe..." 

FIELD OF UNICORNS

I get so much mileage out of texture sets--the little hills on this card are from the same set I used last week--the one with the bird poop! ;)  Maybe those little dashed lines are supposed to be a rainbow, but they make great grassy hills in a meadow for the Unicorns to frolic around in.

 

To build a scene like this, stamp the unicorns first, then add your grassy knolls, filling in between. Pop some flowers here and there and embellish with some Gold and Glam Pink Stickles for a little zing.

*BOOM* Yer done.

MY BAD

This set CRACKS me!  I just love these Mermaid Animals!  And how could anyone NOT forgive you with such an apology???  They would have to have no sense of humor whatsoever. Period.

Bird was colored with Prismacolor pencils ( see how his face is turning red??? ), which always look so nice on kraft card stock,  and embellished with a little wiggle eye.  

 

Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink is the best white ink ever.  Just sayin'... 

When I tilt the card, that little eye follows . . . *squee*

All Over Floral

I love the floral images in these Flora & Fauna stamp sets--it's fun to pile on as many as I can onto the lid of my MISTI and create an all-over floral pattern.  These were stamped in a deep, almost cranberry red.

The black spatters are from Distress Paint that I daubed onto an acrylic block and then flicked off onto the card with a paint brush.  It adds a nice bit of texture--the paint is fluid, but thicker than ink so it has really nice opacity when you need/want it.

 

The sentiment looks like my DYMO label maker, but it's actually from a great stamp set by Altenew!  And, all I needed to set off this card was to die cut a few of the sweet leafy branch from a Flora & Fauna die set out of glitter card stock and pop them up along with the sentiment.

I kinda really, really love this birthday design--so simple but that touch of glitter and the paint spatters give it such an elegant look!  

PARTY ROCK

So.  I've had this idea in my head for the.longest.time.  The most challenging part was getting a "granite"-like texture on that solid blob.  I tried a LOT of different things, but in the end, I found just wadding up a paper napkin and dabbing it lightly against the inked up stamp was all I needed to create the effect.  *BOOYAH!*

Hand drew the facial features and used a fresh new pencil eraser to make the cheeks (2nd generation impression ). 

 

The little paint stroke "flicks" in the Abstract Paint Strokes set reminded me of tufts of grass so I went with it.  Borrowed the hat and cupcake from the Bear Ware set.  Sentiment was computer generated, trimmed out and popped up.

Tropical Tangerine Stickles are apparently headed for retirement, which is a crying shame, IMHO... It really helps set off the whole thing--it actually appears more neon in real life than is showing on screen here, which I happen to LOVE about that particular color of Stickles. 

I don't always think out-of-the-box, but when I do...

I drink Dos Equis.

KIDDING.  I AM KIDDING YOU.

I hate beer.

P.S.  If you enjoy my blog posts and weren't already aware, I'm starting to offer online workshops here on my website and the first one is listed HERE in my shop.  I'm looking forward to producing more! :)