Butterfly

When I saw April 2016 Stamp of the Month at From the Heart Stamps, I knew I would use the butterfly for a card. It reminded me of the one I cross stitched for my mom.

I colored the image with Distress Ink (Seedless Preserves) and glitter gel pens. Then I masked an oval around the butterfly and did the stripes, again with DI. I wanted the card to be a single layer at first, but then I changed my mind and used a design paper with matching color from my stash (Folia, Motivpapier Potpourri).

• i {heart} sketches with a tWiSt #148
• The Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge: April 2016

Monkey

Since I participated last month in Gerda Steiner Designs's March Challenge, I received this digistamp to play along in April.

My idea was to get the monkey down from the tree he was hanging on and give him some balloons. This would make a great birthday card for a friend.

I colored this little guy with Copics (E00, E21, E11), colored pencils and with a little touch of glitter gel pens. I fussy cut him out, leaving a white border around. I stamped three balloons with Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Mowed Lawn, Seedless Preserves, balloons are from Simon Says Stamp's Big Birthday Wishes stamp set) and fussy cut them too.

For the background I went with brush stripes (Distress Ink Salty Ocean) on watercolor paper (Hahnemühle D'Aqua). I adhered all the elements on the card, drew the balloons lines with grey glitter gel pen and added Glossy Accents.

• Monthly Challenge - April 2016

 

Teddy Bear

I wanna thank Sharon Ojala for this awesome tutorial! I really enjoyed crocheting this amigurumi:-)

yarn: Puppets Lyric 8/8
hook: Akra 3-11
stuffing: Füllwatte from Rayher, 100% polyester
black embroidery thread for nose and eyes

Birdbrain Ninja

I got someone to watch over me today!

This little brave warrior is colored with pencils and fussy cutted. The stripe is me playing with Distress Inks (Seedless Preserves and Fired Brick) and water drops. On the card base I added some random lines with colored pencil.

This card is for:

• i {heart} sketches with a tWiSt #145