Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 42 ~ Mermaid Kelly ~ Sweet November Stamps

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 42 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. Another fun MerMay card! YAY!

I used a beautiful mermaid digital stamp that I got from Sweet November Stamps called Mermaid Kelly. I can't seem to find her on the website so I'm not if she was a freebie or something. But there's a bunch of other fabulous mermaids on the website if you want to check it out! I resized Mermaid Kelly in a Word Document and then printed her off. She didn't come with a sentiment and I couldn't find one that I liked so I went without.

Copic markers used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Lips: R20, R32

Hair: Y21, E43

Tail: V000, V12, V15, RV10, RV02

Painting: YG11, G14, R20, R14, YR20, YR15, Y11, Y15, V15, B000

Rock: C0, C2, C3, C5, Colorless Blender

Sky: B000, B00

I paired up the beautiful mermaid with the pretty mermaid papers I used last week called Let's Be Mermaids paper pack from Echo Park Paper Co. I've had these in my stash for such a long time. I have some larger pieces in the pack so I'm not sure if I'll get it finished off this month but I'm going to try!

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 42. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. I used a stitched die for my focal image this time and colored a simple scene on the panel. The die is called A2 Lacy Layers Die from Waffle Flower.

I added a few pink sequins to finish off the card. I sure hope you can find time to play along with the sketch challenge. Have an INKriffic day!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Boba Pandas ~ Preview Day 1 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's the first day of previews at The Greeting Farm for the April release! This month we're introducing 3 fantastic clear stamp sets. This release is AMAZING!!

It was so fun to create a scene card using these adorable new pandas from the new Boba Pandas stamp set! Lots of fun coloring these cuties and all the fun accessories in the set.

I stamped all the sweet images with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them up with Copic Markers. I fussy cut them all on the line and colored the edges of the fussy cutting with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Pandas: C00, C2, N0, N2, N4, N6

Boba Cups: R14, R37, BG10, BG34, R20, R43

Boba Pearls: E55, E57, E29

Boba Stand: C00, C2, Y11, Y15, BG10, BG34, R20, R43, E53, E55, E57, E59, YG11, YG23, B0000, B000

Stump: E51, E53, YG11, YG23

Tulips: R00, R20, YG11, YG23

A-Frame Sign: E51, E53, E55, E57

Bow: Y11, Y15

Hat / Apron: Y11, Y15, BG10, BG34

Butterfly: Y11, Y15, R14, R37

I created a fun background using the Postage Collage Die and coordinating stencil from Waffle Flower. I stenciled the backgrounds with Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. And then I adhered all of my fun critters. I had a little open space above the stand so I also stamped, colored and fussy cut a butterfly from the Regency Couple stamp set that released last month.

I added a bunch of foam tape behind the panel being sure to avoid the holes and then I popped it up on a black A2 top fold card base. I stamped the sentiment, trimmed it and adhered it to the card. I just love how this turned out! Release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Regency Couple ~ Preview Day 1 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited! It's the first day of previews at The Greeting Farm for the March release! Yay!

Oh my goodness, Anya and Ian from the Regency Couple stamp set were SO much fun to color!! I love them! They made me think of shows like Downtown Abbey or the Pride & Prejudice movie. 

I stamped sweet Anya and Ian with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them up with Copic Markers. I fussy cut them both and colored the edge of the fussy cutting with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I adhered them to a die cut piece of vellum card stock. 

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Anya's Skin: E000, E00, E21, R00, R20

Anya's Hair: E33, E35, E37, E79

Dress: Y11, Y15, B91, B95, B97

Head Piece: Y11, Y15, B91, B95, B97

Ian's Skin: E000, E00, E21, E04

Ian's Hair: Y32, E33, E35

Ian's Clothes: B91, B95, B97, Y11, Y15, N0, N2, N4, N6

Flowers: R01, R12, R02, YG11, YG03, YG63

Tea Cup: B000, B01, B95, C00, C2

I paired up this beautiful couple with the gorgeous Flora Paper Pad from Carta Bella. I die cut the floral piece and the vellum layer using dies from the A2 Lacy Layers Dies from Waffle Flower. I stamped the beautiful flowers and fussy cut them leaving a white border and then I popped them up on the card with foam tape.

I stamped, trimmed and popped up the sentiment, too. Lots of fun layers for this card! Release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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It's Me Time ~ Build-A-Craft Room ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a fun A7 scene card!

I've just been itching to play with some digi stamps and the Build-a-Craft Room digi stamps are my absolute favorite. I thought it would be fun to create a little scene card but I didn't want to go too little so I ended up making an A7 card that measures 10 x 7" as the base and it's folded into a 5 x 7" card.

I combined and resized a bunch of fun digis from the Build-a-Craft Room digi set in a Word Document. I also added one of the sweet girls from the 2020 Girls digi set. I printed off a draft print on copy paper - it's a feature on my printer that doesn't use much ink. Printing this off gives me an idea of how large the image is. That's when I decided I'd go with an A7 card. I then printed it off on white card stock and got to coloring with Copic markers. I'm not going to list every image because there's a lot and the colors are repetitive, but here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21

Hair: E70, E71, E74

Shirt: RV10, RV02, RV14, V000, V12, V15

Boots:V000, V12, V15

Cat: R00, R20, N2, N4, YR21, YR15, C00

Desk / Shelves: C00, C2, BG10, BG01, BG13

Cart: RV10, RV02, RV14

Sign: RV10, RV02, RV14, V000, V12, V15, YG11, YG03

Marker Storage: E30, E33

Markers: random BGs, YRs and Rs

Every craft room needs a kitty {or pup} so I stamped the adorable cat from the Miss Anya Amazing stamp set. I colored her up using Copics and then I fussy cut her on the line. I did leave some white around her whiskers. And then I cleaned up my fussy cutting by coloring the black edges with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. I die cut my panel using a die from the A7 Layers Dies from Waffle Flower and then colored up my floor. BUT I didn't like how it turned out so I paper pieced my floor using a fun pink pattern paper called Two Scoops from Basic Grey. How fun to have a pink floor! I love it! I secured my pink pattern paper to a piece of white card stock using washi tape and printed the image again. I was then able to cut away everything and make a nice clean floor. I trimmed a pretty turquoise mat and adhered my layers to a black A7 card base.

To finish up the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Hello Gorgeous stamp set. The perfect sentiment for this one! My crafty time is definitely me time. Unfortunately, it looks like both stamp sets I used are no longer available but you can check out the Farmers Market and submit a request via email and maybe they'll be available for the next Farmers Market. I had so much fun making this card. I hope I've inspired you to get inky!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Best Day Ever Memory Dex Card ~ Best Day Anya ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing another fun memory dex card featuring a sweet stamp set from The Greeting Farm!! 

I still had my memory dex dies on my desk so I thought, why not make another one? I've been wanting to ink up Best Day Anya for awhile and she's just too cute on this card.

I stamped the adorable Anya with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored her up with Copic Markers. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find Best Day Anya on the website. But if you'd like to have her you can check out the Farmers Market and submit a request via email... maybe she'll be available for the next Farmers Market. Fingers crossed!

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E04, R00, R20

Hair: Y21, E43, E44

Ears: N0, N2, N4, N6, N8

Heart / Dress: R20, R14, R27

Bow: Y11, Y15

Boots: N0, N2, N4, N6

I die cut my layers for the memory dex card using an old retired die from my stash along with some fun papers called Mousin' Mix-Up {paper pad} from Unity. I also paper pieced the cute bow using the papers. I stamped the area around the bow onto the pattern paper and then I fussy cut it with scissors. I colored the edges of my fussy cutting with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to make the cutting nice and neat and then I adhered it to the colored image.

I die cut a few circles to create a balloon using the Nesting Circles Die from Waffle Flower. I adhered a piece of black twine from Anya's hand behind her to the balloon. And then finished it off with a yellow bow. So fun to make. I hope I've inspired you to get inky!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Scrapping for Less ~ Waffle Flower ~ Winter Wishes

Hello there crafty friends! 

I'm back with a super cute card using the adorable Winter Wishes stamp set by Waffle Flower!!! 

Oh my goodness... I love this adorable set!!

If you check out the link for this set above, you'll notice that I omitted one of the kids. I knew that I had just enough room for two kids in my card design so... sadly one of them had to be omitted. But since I colored this stamp in steps with my Stampin' Up markers, it was really easy to just color the two kids. This is an easy 2-layer builder stamp set... meaning you stamp one portion and then easily line up the next portion to stamp. I started with the hats and colored them to match the beautiful colors in the Santa's Workshop papers by Carta Bella. I used Green Galore and Cucumber Crush for the little boys hat and Watermelon Wonder and Real Red for the girls hat. The eyes and mouth are also part of this first stamp. I used Chocolate Chip for the eyes and Blushing Bride for the mouth.

Once I had the hats done, I removed the first stamp and lined up the second stamp. It was so easy to line these up! I wanted to add some blue into the card to play off of the background paper I chose so I used the Soft Sky marker. The cheeks and nose are also part of the second stamp... I used the Blushing Bride marker again. Now at this point, I had a little bit of dimension in the hat with the different colored markers I used, but the mittens and pom poms needed a little something so I pulled out my copic markers. I'll be honest, I don't know if coloring on dye ink with copics is totally safe, but I haven't had an issue with my markers. I used BG000 and BG01 on the pom poms, mittens, and bow. Then I got to thinking the faces needed to be colored in... they were just white at this point. So I pulled out my got to skin copic markers ~ E000, E00, and E21. I was careful to color around the cheeks, mouth, nose, and eyes because I really wasn't sure what would happen... Lol! Coloring in the faces really gives this adorable stamp that extra cute touch!!

I stamped the sentiment with the same markers... Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder, and Soft Sky. The dot in the 'i' for the word Winter connected to the letter since I had to ink it up a few times to get nice coverage, so I made a new dot! To finish off my card, I thought a little hot cocoa cup would be a fun addition. I just happened to have the Cup of Cocoa stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs on my desk so I inked up the stamp with the Real Red and Soft Sky markers. I then colored it in with the following copic markers ~ B0000, B00, R00, R14. I stamped the snowflake with the Cucumber Crush marker but it was too dark so I went over it with a white gel pen. It's not quite white... LOL! But the nice tinge of blue works perfectly with the blues I have in the card. I sure love how this card turned out!!

This fun card is another take on the sketch that I created for the November Sketch Challenge in the Scrapping for Less Show & Share Facebook group... we'd love to have you join us and play along!!  You don't need a blog to enter the challenge as you're adding a photo of your creation directly in the Challenge album in the group. You are welcome to include a link to your blog in the description of your creation.

Here's one more look at the card... I'm so happy that I could add the hot cocoa element so that I can enter my card in the Fall | Winter 2019 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Today is the last day to play along with this hop! I sure hope you get a chance to play!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal