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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Santa's Workshop Memory Dex Card ~ Little Elves ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

 I'm back with my third guest designing post for The Greeting Farm! This month has flown by! Today, I'm super excited to share a really cute Memory Dex card that I created!! Do you ever have a fun and wild idea and then you make it?! Well, I had a fun idea for a Memory Dex card that opens like an actual card and I'm excited to share it with you all today.

I used the adorable Little Elves stamp set {sadly, I don't see this one in the shop} along with the tree stamp from the Fa La La stamp set. I die cut the Memory Dex card with a retired die in my stash. My snow for the card is a combination of scallops that I punch from white card stock and a stitched cloud die.

See all that fun glittery goodness?! It's so pretty in person. I used a ruler and a couple of Copic markers to create a "log cabin" design for the building. The cute little chimney is a piece of pattern paper. I stamped the Santa's Workshop sign with clear embossing ink and melted some white embossing powder. I then trimmed the signs and adhered them to the front of the building. Here's a list of the Copic markers I used for the front of this card:

Skin / Mouth ~ E00, E11, R14

Hair ~ Y06, YR31

Clothes ~ YG11, G14, C00, C2, N2, N5

Building ~ E27, E33

Windows ~ Y02, Y35

Tree ~ YG11, G24, G46, E21, E27

And then you open the card and get a sneak peek of Santa's Workshop! This was so much fun to create!

I combined images from the Little Elves stamp set and the Christmas Day digi set.

Santa's elves are making the toys and wrapping them in pretty packages.

Here's a list of the Copic markers I used for these images:

Skin ~ E00, E11

Hair ~ Y02, E43

Clothes ~ YG11, G14, G46, C00, C2, N2, N5

Teddy Bear ~ E21, E27

Santa's Workshop ~ R000, R14, R46, E21, E27, E33

Christmas Tree ~ YG11, YG23, G14, E21, E27, R000, R14, R46, Y06, Y35, B000, B00

Presents ~ R000, R14, B00, B00, RV10, RV21

Wreath ~ YG11, G24, G46, R000, R14, R46, Y06, Y35, RV0000, RV10, RV21, E21, E27

Dino ~ YG11, G14

Doll ~ E00, Y06, RV10, RV21, E33

Train ~ B000, B00, B02

The elves are helping Santa check his list by the cozy fire.

Here's a list of the Copic markers I used for these images:

Skin ~ E00, E11

Hair ~ YR31, YR68, E21, E25

Clothes ~ R000, R14, R46, C00, C2, N2, N5

Santa's List ~ C00, C2

Presents ~ YG11, G14, Y06, Y35, B000, B00

Fireplace ~ N0, N1, N2, N3, N4, E21, E25, E27

Stockings ~C00, C2, R000, R14, R46

I'll admit this card is very thick! It's kind of stuck on my Memory Dex holder, but I really love how it turned out! I think it would make a great card for a fellow Memory Dex cardmaker!

A close up of the glittery goodness!

I hope that I've inspired you to give those fun and wild ideas a try... you just may make something you really love!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Fall Scene Card ~ Miss Anya Pumpkin Spice ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm back with my second guest designer post for the month of September for The Greeting Farm!! My project today is a fun 5 x 7" scene card that I created by mixing various fun digi sets. I had so much fun combining, resizing and creating this sweet little Fall scene!

I used the following digi sets to build my scene:

Miss Anya Pumpkin Spice

Hello Fall

Build a Living Room

I decided to go with a larger 5 x 7" card so that the images wouldn't be too small and would be easier to color.

I used a lot of Copic markers for this card... here's my list:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair ~ E02, E39, E99

Hat ~ C00, C2, RV0000, RV10, RV21

Jacket ~ V0000, V12, RV19

Dress ~ RV0000, RV10, RV21

Tights ~ RV0000, RV10, RV21, V0000, V12, RV19

Boots ~ C00, C2, N0, N3, N5

Mug ~ C00, C2, BG10, BG23

Tables/Bookcase ~ N0, N3, N5

Lamp ~ C00, C2, BG10, Colorless Blender

Couch ~ C00, C2

Pillows ~ BG10, BG11, BG23, E21, E25

Rug ~ N0, N2, N3, N5, BG10, BG11, BG23, C00, C2

Sunflowers ~ Y06, Y15, Y35, E21, E25, E27, YG11, YG63, YG67, RV19, RV21

Pumpkins ~ YR15, YR21, YR68, BG70, BG72, BG75, E21, E25

Books ~ E21, E25, YR15, YR68, R37, YG11, YG25, RV19, RV21, N2, N5

Fabric Box ~ N5, R37, YR68, RV19, RV21, BG72, C00, C2, YG25

Leaves ~ Y06, Y15, YR15, E25, YG11, YG63

Floors ~ E25, E30, E33

I created a simple floor with a ruler and my copic markers.

Miss Anya looks so cozy and ready for Fall! I had so much fun designing this scene card!

I hope I've inspired you to get inky!

See you next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Pattern Paper Scene ~ Spring Mouse ~ Unity Stamp Co.

Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing a sweet little card using an adorable new release from Unity Stamp Co. called Spring Mouse and I've created a fun little pattern paper scene with one of my favorite paper packs from Unity... Pretty Polka's!! I love polka dots! And the colors in this paper pack are so pretty!! I love them!

The sweet little Spring Mouse and sentiment are stamped with Gina K. Amalgam black ink and heat set with my heat tool. I trimmed the sentiment, mat it on Kraft card stock, and set it aside. I then watercolored the sweet little mouse with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers. Once it was dry I trimmed it to 2-5/8" square to fit nicely with the Kraft stitched square mat.

I trimmed a piece of the blue polka dot paper for my sky that measured 4 x 5-1/4" but as you can see in the video below I had to trim it slightly to straighten the focal piece. I had two strips of the green polka dot paper that were roughly 2-1/4" and 2" in height and 4" wide. I die cut the tops of both of these with a Grassy Border die from Lawn Fawn. I adhered all the layers together and then wrapped the burlap string around and tied a little double bow. I adhered the pattern paper scene to a Kraft A2 top fold card base and then popped up the sentiment with foam squares. Such a sweet little scene!

As mentioned above, I have a little video sharing how I created a Pattern Paper Scene for this sweet little mouse. You can check that out here... Pattern Paper Scene | Spring Mouse.

I just adore this sweet new stamp... and such a great sentiment too!

Stop by Unity Stamp Co. and check out all the wonderful new releases... I'm hoping to be back in a couple days with a fun set of cards that I have planned to work on today with another of the new releases!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Beautiful Things Change ~ A Simple Scene ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

I have one more card to share using the Beautiful Things Change stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. A simple scene that I created using the tree stamps in the stamp set and a stencil.

I stamped one of the trees horizontally with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink to create my pond and then stamped my tree trunk with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. I then inked up another tree with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink and dabbed a bit of the ink off with my Stamp Scrubbie to give the tree a bit of texture. I stamped the tree over the tree trunk. To complete my scene I added a few clouds by blending some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink over the Cloud & Wave stencil from Unity. I tore a scrap piece of card stock as my grass stencil and blended some Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks over that homemade stencil and around the pond being careful to not go over the pond too much.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then decided that the pond and tree needed a bit more texture so I squeezed my Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink pad to get some ink in the lid of the pad. I then pulled some of that ink with my water pen and painted a bit more in the tree. Now because this is oxide ink and I'm using a watercolor pen this gives the tree a bit more texture. I used Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink to give more depth and texture to the pond. I trimmed down the panel to 3-1/2 x 4-1/2" and mat it with a 3-5/8 x 4-5/8" piece of kraft card stock. I adhered it to a white A2 top-fold card base and finished off the card with a couple brown enamel dots. 

I just love how this turned out! I hope you do too!

Go check out the new release over at Unity! 

They also have a fabulous sale going on but it ends today so hurry!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Sunny Studio Stamps ~ Spring Showers

Hello there crafty friend!

Today, I'm sharing a sweet card to brighten your day! I have had so much fun playing with the Spring Showers stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps! I just had to pair it up one more time with the Spring Fling papers, but this time I also wanted to share the wonderful Fluffy Clouds Border dies!

This card design came together quickly using border dies and the pretty grass patterned papers in the Spring Fling paper pack! I die cut the clouds from white card stock and adhered them to the top portion of a piece of blue card stock measuring 4-1/8 x 5-3/8". I then adhered the die cut grassy hills to the bottom portion of the card. I set that aside and inked up the cute little boy stamp and the kite with Memento Tuxedo black ink.

I colored the stamped images with the following copic markers:

Skin ~ E000, E00, E11

Hair ~ E55, E59

Clothes ~ N0, N1, N5, R000, R14, B91, B95, B97

Kite ~ R000, R14, Y000, Y06

I fussy cut the colored images leaving a little border... giving the images a little more dimension on the card. I adhered the kite to the card and then popped up the boy and sentiment with foam squares. I adhered the entire panel onto a white A2 card base. I love how this turned out! I hope you do too!

Be sure to check out all the Featured items on the SFL website... they're on sale!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky hugs,

Crystal

Scrapping for Less ~ Heffy Doodle ~ Gnome Matter What

Hello crafty peeps! 

Today, I'm sharing an adorable card using Heffy Doodle's Gnome Matter What stamp set. 

How cute are these gnomes!?! 

I just adore them! I inked them up along with a bunch of other images from this set using Memento tuxedo black ink and then colored them in using the following Copic markers: Y06, Y35, YG11, YG23, RV000, RV00, RV14, RV21, RV29, E000, E00, E11, N0, N1, N2, N5, N8, B000, B00, B02.

To build my scene I die cut a piece of white card stock using the Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped die and then I blended a little Tumbled Glass distress ink for my sky. I then cut a strip of patterned paper for my 'ground' from the Echo Park Spring Fling paper pad and also die cut the grass from the same paper pad. I adhered the grass to the back of the 'ground' paper and then adhered just the bottom portion of the combined papers to the scene so that I could be free to place things in amongst the grass, like the cute mushroom. I adhered all the images to create my scene and then popped up the focal panel on a white card base. To finish off the front of the card, I stamped my sentiment using my Tim Holtz Stamp Platform. Now, just a little tip... I should have stamped the sentiment before I popped up the focal panel, but because I used the Stamp Platform I was able to stamp the sentiment a few times to get the crisp sentiment I wanted.

The sentiment on the front of the card just keeps you hanging so I just HAD to add to the inside of the card. I combined the patterned papers again to continue the design on the inside of the card. I added another gnome... I colored several since I was on a roll. LOL

And then I stamped the sentiment for the inside of the card. I decided to add the little clock to this gnome's hand to tie in the sentiment... so cute! Now, I got to thinking you could leave the card like this basically saying that the card is the recipient's birthday gift. Or...

You could slide a gift card in there for just a little something... a quick gift idea!

Here's a close up of the scene on the front of the card... I went a little crazy with the flowers, but couldn't help myself! So many cute images to color in this set!

You can find the Heffy Doodle Gnome Matter What stamp set available in the shop!

Thank you friends for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal