START WITH A SONG

I just love the watercolor look on this rainbow-esque washi tape.  The little cupped flower sequins remind me of blown glass . . . *swoon*

It didn't take much to pull this all together--just a little colored pencil shading on the stamped images!

 

I put a little puddle of Multi-Medium on scrap paper and grasped the sequins with my tweezers (super easy when they are cupped like these) and swiped them through the glue and plunked 'em onto the card.

Everyone needs a 5MQ like this in their card-makin' aresenal.

Side note:  5MQ stands for five minute (card-makin') quickie.

YOU'RE THE BEST

I have a thing for birds.  I just... like them.  BTW, just in case you've never seen it, here's a reference:  Put a Bird On It, Portlandia.  Cracks me every.single.time.

Anyhoo, I had to have this Aviary set by Pinkfresh Studio, just cuz of the birds. *sheepish shrug*  All the flora in the set is a bonus. *chinkle*  There's a matching die set for it, but I don't own it so I fussy cut the birdies.

It's kinda rare for me to actually stamp on colored (not white??? *gasp*) card stock, but for this one, it worked out particularly lovely.   Bonus? That Twilight Versafine Clair ink is bleed proof so you can watercolor with it.  I finally bought the new Pinkfresh Studio Watercolors--they are quite lovely--WOW'd me big time!

 

HOW TO:

  • Stamp assortment of twigs/branches and sentiment onto a pale rose card with Twilight (navy) ink.
  • Stamp birds with same Twilight ink onto scrap of watercolor paper.
  • Watercolor birds and trim out; 3D mount to card front as shown.
  • Punch 1/8" hole into gutter crease of card, thread twine through, wrapping twice around card front and tie into a bow.

*BOOM*

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*