Make a Wish Mouse

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used an image from Gerda Steiner Designs.

Ingredients

Image:  Make a Wish Mouse

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Computer and foiled

Background:  Distress Oxide (Peacock Feathers & Salty Ocean)

Other: Eclipse Masking Tape, Nuvo Glimmer Pen, Glossy Accents, White foil

Method:

• This is a single layered card.
• Print image onto Copic X-Press It Blending card and colour with Copic Markers.
• Print another image onto Eclipse Masking Tape and fussy cut.  Layer this onto the Mouse and Cupcake.
• Using a Blending Brush or Foam colour the background with Distress Oxide Inks.  I used Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean. When finished, remove the masking tape.
• Print sentiment onto black card stock using a Laser printer and foil with white Decofoil.  Trim to size and adhere to card.
• Apply Nuvo Shimmer Pen to the Cupcake and flame of candle.
• Apply Glossy Accents to the Cupcake, Flame and Hat.

Until next time

Melissa

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Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a stamp from MFT Stamps.

Ingredients

Stamp Set:  Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Computer and foiled

Background:  Paint - flicked

Die:  Paper Rose - Stitched circles

Card Stock - Gina K

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Rosettflicka

Hi Everyone,

For today's inspiration I have created a tag using a stamp from Hanglar & Wings.

Ingredients

Stamp:  Rosettflicka

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  MIC Chipboard & Computer foiled

Background:  Paper Rose Distressed Mesh Stencil & Texture Paste

Ribbon:  Seam Binding

Other:  Twine, Glossy Accents, Nuvo Shimmer Pen

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Circle of Friends

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a newly released stamp and die  from Mama Elephant.

I must admit that I have made this card wrong however I am still happy with the way it turned out.

Ingredients

Stamp set:  Circle of friends

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiments:  Included in stamp set

Die:  Turner Surprise

Card stock:  Gina K

Ink:  Catherine Pooler

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Snow Bunny

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I am sharing one of the images from the soon to be released Christmas Images from Lili of the Valley (LOTV).

Ingredients

Image:  Snow Bunny

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Mama Elephant - Holiday Messages

Paper:  MFT Black & White Stripes Paper Pack

Border:  Hand drawn using Copic Multi Liner Pen

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Spring Bouquet

Hi Everyone,

For today's cards I have used an image from Alex Syberia.

Ingredients

Image:  Spring Bouquet

Medium:  Copic Markers

Border:  Hand drawn using a Copic Multi Liner Pen

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Hello

Hi Everyone,

For today's inspiration I have used featured a die from Paper Rose.  I have also used many of the recently released stamps and a stencil.

Ingredients

Die: #18051 Hello Large Layered

Stamp: #17967 Ella's Garden Rose Bouquet

Medium:  Copic Markers

Border: Hand drawn using Copic Multi Liner Pen

Method:

• Stamp Rose Bouquet onto  Copic X-Press It Blending Card using black ink and colour with Copic Markers.  This will be the base card.
• From white card stock, cut 3 x "Hello' die and layer layer them using liquid adhesive. Set aside.
• Cut the 'Hello' from the base card, keeping all the pieces from from the die.
• Adhere the base card to another piece of white cardstock.  Inlay the white layered "hello' into the empty space.
• Adhere the small coloured pieces back onto the card base.
• Adhere the coloured 'hello' back on top.
• Drawn a border around the card base using a Copic Multi Liner Pen.

Ingredients

Die: #18051 Hello Large Layered

Stamp: #17969 ella's Garden Scribble Roses

Stencil:  #18123 Half Tone

Medium:  Copic Markers

Ingredients

Die: #18051 Hello Large Layered

Stamp: #17972 Ella's Garden Scribble Leaves

Stencil:  #18123 Half Tone

Medium:  Copic Markers

The background using the stencil and Glitter Paste.

The images being coloured with Copic Markers.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Snail Mail

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used an image from Gerda Steiner Designs.

Ingredients

Image: Snail Mail

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Clearly Besotted-Say What?

Frame Die:  Altenew-Fine Frames Cover Die

Grass Die:  Hello Bluebird-Grassy Knoll

Cloud Die:  MFT-Cute Clouds Outline

Background:  Catherine Pooler Inks (It's a Boy & Lime Rickey)

Other:  Vellum, Nuvo Shimmer Pen

Method

• Card Base: 10.5x14cm White Cardstock.
• From a piece of white card, cut frame using die.  Lightly trace this frame onto card base using a pencil.  this is a guide for where your design will be. Set aside frame for later use.
• Tape the outside of the drawn frame with post-it notes to protect the card base.  Using Catherine Pooler Ink (It's a Boy), colour the rectangle.
• From a piece of white card, cut the grass and colour using Catherine Pooler Ink (Lime Rickey).Cut to side and adhere to bottom of the coloured rectangle on the base card.
• From a piece of white card, cut the cloud twice using the die.  I used the smallest one.  Adhere the 'outline' of the clouds to vellum and trim.  Adhere these to the base card.
• Print the image onto Copic X-press Blending Card and colour with Copic Markers.  Fussy cut the image leaving a small white border.  Adhere to base card as shown.
• Adhere cut frame to base card.
• Stamp sentiment using black ink.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Christmas Sled

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a soon to be released image from Lili of the Valley (LOTV).

This card is a single layer card.

Ingredients

Image:  Christmas Sled

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Mama Elephant - Holiday Messages

Background:  Copic Markers & Posca Paint Pen

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Happily ever after

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a stamp from Clearly Besotted.

Instead of using Copic Markers for colouring, I decided to use Zig Real Brush Markers.

Ingredients

Stamp:  Happily every after

Medium:  Zig Real Brush Markers

(22, 21, 47, 44, Blender)

Border:  Copic Multi Liner Pen

Sentiment:  Computer & Foiled

Other:  Nuvo Shimmer Pen

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Hanging Stockings with Dad

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I am sharing a sneak peek of a Christmas Image with will be released later this month.

Ingredients

Image:  Hanging stockings with Dad

Medium:  Copic Markers

Background:  Distress Oxide (Salty Ocean)

Method:

• This card is a single layer card, 10.5x14cm
• I printed the image onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card as well as Masking Paper.
• I coloured the image (Blending Card) with Copic Markers then cut the mask to cover the coloured images.
• Using a Blending Brush and Distress Oxide (Salty Ocean, I coloured the 'wall' of the image.
• When complete, peel the masking tape off and make any 'touch ups' that are needed.

The coloured image covered in 'masking paper' and colouring the background.

'Peeling' the masking paper off to reveal the coloured image.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Snail Mail

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used an image from Gerda Steiner Designs.

The store is currently closed but will re-open on July 17.

Ingredients

Image:  Snail Mail

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Embossed Dymo

Grass Die:  Hello Bluebird

Sky:  MFT Stencil & Distress Oxide (Salty Ocean)

Other:  Nuvo Shimmer Pen, Glossy Accents

Method:

• The image has been printed onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and coloured with Copic Markers.  I have cut this image out using scissors on the black line and set aside.
• Base Card: 10x14cm white card.
• Using a Blending Brush, stencil the clouds onto the base card.
• Cut the 2 x Grass die from white card stock and colour using Catherine Pooler Ink (Lime Rickey).
• Layer the 2 grass dies together and adhere to base card.
• Adhere sentiment to card, slightly overlapping the grass.
• Adhere coloured image to base card.  Apply Nuvo Shimmer Pen & Glossy Accents to the shell of the snail.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Barn med stora huvuden

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a stamp from Hanglar & Wings.

Ingredients

Stamp:  Barn med stora huvuden

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Avery Elle

Dies:  MFT

Flowers:  I am Roses

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Baby Blue Leaf

Hi Everyone,

Today I am featuring a die from Paper Rose.

Ingredients

Die:  #18099 Baby Blue Leaf

Medium:  Copic Various Ink (Alcohol Ink)

Sentiment:  #17304 Hello

Butterfly:  #16605 Vanessa Butterfly Small

Border:  Hand drawn using Copic Multi Liner Pen

Other:  Twine

Method:

• Base card: 10x14cm White card.
• Hand draw border around base card using Copic Multi Liner Pen. Set aside.
• Colour a piece of Yupo card with Copic Various Ink (Alcohol ink).  Allow to dry.  When dry, cut a 'Baby Blue Leaf' from this coloured card. You will use the inside pieces for this card and the outline cut piece for the card below.
• From a piece of white card, cut 3 'Baby blue Leaves'.  Using one of the leaves, adhere to the base card with glue.
• Insert the coloured pieces of the leaf into the leaf outline.
• Adhere the other 2 outline leaves to the base card.  This will give a layered effect.
• Stamp sentiment.
• From a piece of white card, cut the butterfly.  Adhere to card.
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Ingredients

Die:  #18099 Baby Blue Leaf

Medium:  Copic Various Ink (Alcohol Ink)

#17972 Ella's Garden Scribble Leaves Stamp Set

Border:  Hand drawn using Copic Multi Liner Pen

Other:  Twine

Ingredients

Die:  #18099 Baby Blue Leaf

Background:  Copic Various Ink (Alcohol Ink) on acetate

Sentiment:  #17463 Sunshine Layered Die and #18144 Sunshine Words

Frame:  #16679 Stitched Rectangle Frames

Other:  Twine

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Unicorns

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used images from Lili of the Valley (LOTV).

Ingredients

Images:  Unicorns

Medium:  Copic Markers

Clouds:  MFT Cute Cloud Outlines

Cloud Background:  MFT Mini Cloud Edge Stencil & Distress Oxide

Rainbow:  Mama Elephant Offset Rainbow, Distress Oxide's & Imagine Crafts Sparkle Spray

Other:  Nuvo Shimmer Pen, Glossy Accents

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Garden Mice

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a stamp from Newtown's Nook.

Ingredients

Stamp Set:  Garden Mice

Medium:  Copic Markers

Sentiment:  Included in stamp set

Die:  MFT Slider Surprise

Other:  Glossy Accents, Clear Microbeads

Under the slider I will put money or a gift card.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Mouse with Rose

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used an image from Lee Holland Art.

Ingredients

Image:  Mouse with Rose

Medium:  Copic Markers

Border:  Hand drawn using Copic Multi Liner Pen

Other:  Nuvo Shimmer Pen, Glossy Accents

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Umbrella Mouse

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used an image from Gerda Steiner Designs.

Ingredients

Image:  Umbrella Mouse

Medium:  Copic Markers

Dies:  Grass, Clouds

Background:  Distress Oxide Inks (Salty Ocean & Blueprint Sketch)

& Sparkle Spray

Other:  Glass seed beads, beading cord

Method:

• Print 'Umbrella Mouse' image onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card.  Colour with Copic Markers.  Fussy cut around the image leaving a small white border.  Set aside.
• Base card: 10x14cm water colour card.  Colour with distress oxides and spray with Sparkle spray.  Set aside to dry.
• Thread 10 strands of beads.  I used 9 beads on each strand.
• Cut the cloud border from a piece of white card and set aside.
• Cut the grass border from a piece of white card.  Colour with green ink and set aside.
• One the base card, put a piece of thin foam tape at the top and bottom.  Put some powder down the side of the tape.  Just so the beads don't stick.
• Take the protective layer off the tape and adhere the stranded beads to the card securing them into the foam at the top and bottom. Leave about 1cm between each strand.  Place another piece of thin foam over the top to secure the thread.
• Adhere clouds and grass to base card.  These will hide foam tape at the top and bottom of the card.
• Adhere image to base card using foam tape.

Until next time

Melissa

xxxxx

Barn med stora huvuden

Hi Everyone,

For today's card I have used a stamp from Hanglar & Wings.

Ingredients
Stamp: Barn med stora huvuden
Medium:  Copic Markers
Sentiment:  Printed from Computer and foiled
Flowers:  I am Roses and handmade
Doily:  Doodlebug
Other:  Swarovski Crystals

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Hanglar & Wings - Christmas in July

The image was cut out using the Scan n Cut.

The Sentiment was printed from the computer on a Laser printer and foiled in white.

I find this easier than white embossing.



Until next time
Melissa
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