Cute Little Curly Boy

Hello and welcome.  Today is Bugaboo's Freebie Friday over at Catch The Bug and the image is called Kidlet Curly Hair Boy.

My project today uses the freebie Kidlet Curly Hair Boy printed on Neenah white card stock and colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass around the edges of the image before adding memento rich cocoa ink along the edges.  I allowed myself to direct to paper some ink on the tumbled glass to give the panels a "dirty boy" look.  The card base, layered panels and designer paper are all scraps.  The only embellishments used were vintage brads and hemp twine from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - July 
Krafty Chicks #518 - Anything Goes 
Crafty Creations #411 - July Anything Goes 
Watercooler Wednesdays #282 - Fifth Week Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and stay safe out there.


Stamps: Bugaboo
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Memento Rich Cocoa
Card Stock: Neenah White, Scraps
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Hemp Twine, Brads, Prismacolor and Copic Markers

Wishful Swinging and More Never Before Used Stuff

Hello and again...welcome.  Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Hippo and Butterfly post, please scroll down one.

I'd like to share with you a card I've made using a never before used digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez.  The image is actually a freebie and can be found here.

After downloading and printing off the image, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz brushed corduroy and tumbled glass distress inks over and around the image.  I love the way stippling gives a "softer feeling" to an image.  I then drew the "tree branch" before pulling out my long retired Watercolor Minis set from Stampin Up to stamp the "trees leaves"; another favorite technique.  Once everything was colored up and layered, I added some white brads before adhering the image panel to my card.  I then stamped the saying before punching it out using oval punches.  I then highlighted some areas using Sakura glaze pens.  The only other embellishment is some sparkle dew drops otherwise I kept the card pretty much clean and simple.

Challenges entered:

Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Facebook Group - April Anything goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1914 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Twisted Thursday March 28 to April 10 - Anything Goes With Favorite Product/Technique And Why
Not Just Cards - March Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day


Stamps: Kinda Cute Stamps; Stampin Up Watercolor Minis, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Small Script
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy; Stampin Up Garden Green, Old Olive, Handsome Hunter, Certainly Celery
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Sparkle Dew Drops, Glue Dots, SU Oval Punches, Brads

You're Out Of This World!

Hello again.  Today I would like to share a card I made to send to a young man that's fighting a brain tumor using the Out Of This World stamp set from Lizzie Anne Designs (which is unfortunately no longer in business).  This is a really cute set for boys.

After stamping my images onto the main panel and coloring with prismacolor and copic markers, I also stamped the astronaut onto scrap white card stock before coloring and cutting out so I could pop up for dimension.  Just before layering, I stippled some Tim Holtz chipped sapphire ink and Stampin Up! basic grey dye ink to create the outer space feel.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Stampin Up! Basic Grey
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Copic Markers, Brads, Stipple Brushes