Hug in a Mug

This card is for all coffee/tea/beverage lovers. And for Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

For the summer background I played with my Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean) and few drops of water. The chick is a digistamp from Gerda Steiner Designs. I just fussy cut it and colored a bit with glitter gel pens plus some Glossy Accents. The sentiment is my handwriting.

• Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
• The 22nd Share Your Design Challenge

Mr. Purple goes to a party

Mr. Purple from Your Next Stamp's Silly Monsters got all dressed up for a party!

Stamped on watercolor paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with pencils and glitter gel pens and fussy cut he waited for me to finish the basecard. I cut the front and put a large stripe of design paper to the inside of the card, then I stamped the sentiment and here goes Mr. Purple on foam tape! A few dots (glitter gel pen + Glossy Accents) and Glossy Accents on the moustache were added:-)

This card is for:

•  YNS Sketch Challenge #40

Frog and Frozen Flies

Inspired by Justine Hovey I wanted to try the ripple effect on a card and the frog from FTHS was just perfect for this.

I printed the stamp on watercolor paper and created a mask, too. For the ripple effect I used Distress Ink (Salty Ocean) and then I colored the image with pencils, glitter gel pens and DI (Mowed Lawn for the frog's body). Glossy Accents finished the popsicle and the tongue:-)

• i {heart} sketches with a tWiSt #154

Pear Tawashi

pattern: here
yarn: Red Heart Baby
hook: Akra 3-11
black embroidery thread

Mouse with the Drink

Hot days incoming, time for some refreshments from Gerda Steiner Designs:-)

First I created the background with Distress Ink (Salty Ocean) on a watercolor paper, set aside to dry and then I stamped those little hearts (ZOO Kindlich stamp set from Efco) with the same ink.

The image was colored with Copics and colored pencils and fussy cut with a white borderline. I added some Glossy Accents to the glass and to the little nose.

• Monthly Challenge - May 2016

Hamlet PigWit in the Planter

That's the name of the Stamp of the Month May 2016 at From the Heart Stamps. I had really fun coloring it, I used a copic marker for the pig as a basic layer (E00) and continued with colored pencils. For some of the flowers I used my glitter gel pens.

For the layout the sketch from this week's challenge came in handy.

• i {heart} sketches with a tWiSt #153
• The Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge: May 2016

Fred the Frog

pattern: here 
yarn: Puppets Lyric 8/8
hook: Akra 3-11
stuffing: Füllwatte from Rayher, 100% polyester
black embroidery thread