LDRS Creative - Mermaid Cove Pocket Pals Card

My grand-daughter Scarlett's 6th birthday is coming up in May, so I figured Mermaids would be perfect for her birthday card this year - featuring the LDRS Creative Pocket Pals Mermaids/Shellhouse sets.

I think these sets were exclusive to an HSN autoship a few years ago, so you can only find them on ebay/etsy these days if you are lucky (and I can't even find a picture of the Shellhouse).  This is the first time I've used these - if you like a lot of coloring, pocket pals sets are for you as there a plenty of characters to add to any scene!  There are pretty cool in the fact that the these stamps come with dies that open windows and doors to hide people behind to make it interactive.  I made the background with Mermaid Lagoon, Speckled Egg, Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks.  And I used a retired stencil "Ocean Waves" sideways on the background to kindof look like seaweed, also from LDRS Creative. The shellhouse stamp/die cut - makes it so the windows and doors open so you can add characters inside those as well, and everything was colored with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers.

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Thanks for looking! #LDRSCreative #PocketPals

Tim Holtz Funky Cactus Mother's Day Card

 I feel ahead of the game this year - doing my Mother's Day card in April instead of at the last minute!  This year's card is featuring Tim Holtz die set "Funky Cactus" as my mom lives in Arizona.  She is moving soon, so I figured this might be the only time I get to use it lol.  

I made the background with distress ink sprays (mustard seed, bundles sage, saltwater taffy, and old paper) on a gel plate.  Then I stamped it with the Stampers Anonymous stamp & stencil set "Dotted & Stitched" for the x's and o's.  And stenciled in some more o's.  Next I added Tim Holtz design tape "trims" to put a ground in to set the pots on.  Then, I added the funky cactus.  And the sentiment is from my stash. #TimHoltz #StampersAnonymous #Sizzix #Ranger #DistressInks

Thanks for looking!

Products Used:

Dotted & Stitched

Funky Cactus

Design Tape - Trims

Art Impressions - Stayin' Afloat Girlfriends Card

I have a goal this year of entering at least 30 challenges before December 31st, and Art Impressions is one of my favorites.  This week, I am trying to channel sunnier skies as I'm tired of the winter blahs and am ready for some time in the sun!  So who else to rely on but my "Girlfriends" stamps from Art Impressions.  I chose the retired set "Stayin' Afloat".  I loved the sentiment stamp especially as I feel inundated with technology lately and miss the days of floating down the river on an innertube.  This was colored with Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers, and I used a black pen & gems to add detail.  The innertubes were stamped and fussycut from patterned papers in my stash.  I made this for the April Showers Challenge at Art Impressions, even though it doesn't really have rain - but I've got clouds!  Thanks for looking!  #artimpressions  #artimpressionschallenge  

Polkadoodles Rebel Birthday Card

I am enjoying the new Polkadoodles digi-stamps from the "Rebel" series, as she reminds me of my teen daughter!  This card make embodies her dislike of "peopling" as an introvert lol.  The card base is a gatefold card that opens in the middle.  The sentiment on front is from the Polkadoodles Rebel Girl Sentiments Digi-Stamps.  The inside of card sentiment is from an internet meme.  I used a Polkadoodles retired paper pad "Daisy Delights" for the background and some of their flower & butterfly stamps to decorate it along with "Funky Borders" for flower stems, and everything is colored with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers. I am entering this one in challenges at Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Challenge   Gem of a Craft Challenge  We Love to Create  Polkadoodles Friday Challenge  #Polkadoodles #PolkadoodlesRebel

The outside of the card:

The inside of the card:

And I was one of the top 3 picks on the Polkadoodles Friday Challenge, We Love to Create Challenge, and Digi Chooseday Challenge - thank you Polkadoodles :-) 

Products Used:

Polkadoodles Rebel Digi Stamp

Polkadoodles Sentiments

Polkadoodles Reach for the Sky Stamps

Polkadoodles Funky Flower Stamps

Polkadoodles Adorable Floral Stamps

Polkadoodles Funky Borders Stamps

Spectrum Noir Illustrators

Thanks for looking!

Polkadoodles Hoppy Easter Card

Another Easter Card for this year.  This card features the digi-stamp called "Hoppy Easter" from Polkadoodles. 

To make this card I printed the digi-stamp twice.  Once for the overall stamp, and once to cut up for pieces to make the rabbit and chick bobbleheads with action wobblers and to add extra Easter eggs and butterflies.  I colored the images with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers and added the clouds from a die cut in my stash.  #Polkadoodles  @Polkadoodles  #PolkadoodlesEaster

Products used:

Polkadoodles Hoppy Easter Digi-stamp

Action Wobblers

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers