Bunny Love with Big Hugs

I {heart} Sketches with a tWist offers us a pretty sketch and a twist of watercolors and some colors to select. I used the sketch and I colored Bunny Love (still free as I post this) with Prima watercolor pencils, but I selected my own colors.

I used the Darice Oblong Doily Frame, Verso Sunflower Array Patterned Panels, and The Robin's Nest Dew Drops. I added a bit of Spectrum Noir clear sparkle. The sentiment, which comes with the set, is popped up. 


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Free Hugs

I {heart} Sketches with a tWist #163 has a fun sketch to work, an optional twist of "Child's Play"., and an option of the colors gold, blue green, purple, and red. I selected the image Free Hugs and think I used all the options although I ran out of room for the bow. The image (cut with Gina Marie Dies) and banner are popped up with foam for some added dimension. The sentiment comes with the set.

I spent the morning making some foil covered, embossed, and painted background pieces. This one was painted with Tim Holtz Distress Paints in Vintage Photo. Below you can see the rest of the products I used.

Copics, Paper Smooches, Distress Inks

Last touch was to add a few enamel dots and hearts.

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Wind Blown Penguin

I {heart} Sketches with a tWist #162 has a fun sketch to work with and an optional twist of "Snow Day". I selected the image Wind Blown Penguin adrift on a snowy and icy day. The sentiment comes with the Cozy Kittens set.

 

Copic Markers Used

I used a Stampin Up Cable Knit embossing folder with the two stripes done with Distress Inks as watercolor fill in Broken China (which also edges the circle and oval). The stitched circle die comes from Gina Marie Dies and the orange dots are Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ripened Pumpkin.

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Bunny Love

I {heart} Sketches with a tWist #161 is back also. Always fun to try a new sketch. This one has a nice diagonal piece to work into your card. I totally forgot about the twist part which was birthday cake. Maybe we can pretend that the cake is inside the card? LOL! 
I selected Bunny Love as my image. As I am posting, this sweet image including sentiments are free! The diagonal die cut is from Tim Holtz called Lattice. The background is stamped with a peg stamp with the hearts, and the bunny's heart, filled in with a glitter gel pen. 

The Copic colors I used were R21, W0, W1, W2, and the bunny and sentiment are edged with Distress Inks and popped up. Two red hearts were added to the sentiment for embellishment. 

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Hogs and Kisses Easel Card for Valentine's Day

I couldn't be happier than to say that Faith is back to From the Heart after a long illness. The Progressive Challenge is back as well and this month's image is Hogs and Kisses PigWit. So perfect for a whimsical Valentine's Day card.

I made an easel card to show off this little cutie. The sentiment and candy kisses come with the set. I also used the other sentiment and added it to the inside with room to personalize.

Inside of Card

Copic Colors Used

Closed Card

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Birdbrain Inner Tube Summer Card

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #160 offered a sketch and an optional twist to use cool blues, and or, water. I selected Inner Tube Birdbrain and added him to a background of sun and sea. I used some watercolor paper with painted on Distress Inks, stamped and embossed in white. I added a strip of cheerful washi tape and edged both the card and the image with Distress Ink. The image is popped up for some interest.

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Every Flower - From the Heart

This week is an anything goes over at The Outlawz, Twisted Thursday. I loved the simplicity of this row of flowers from our sponsor, From the Heart Digital Stamps. I made a background by stamping texture stamps with white embossing powder. After melting the powders the areas were rubbed with Distress Inks. The red strip is washi tape, and the butterfly and white flowers are from Heidi Swap. The image, called Every Flower, was colored with Distress Markers and highlighted with white acrylic paint pen. The centers of the flowers have a bit of Wink of Stella added. The paper was also rubbed with matching Distress inks. The sentiment also comes from From the Heart, Sick Chick set.

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Birthday Candle Birdbrain

Something Funny is the optional twist this week at Twisted Thursday, The Outlawz. I found a Birdbrain image, Birthday Candle Birdbrain, from our sponsor, From the Heart, that has just the funniest expression! It also comes with several different sentiments.

The background is done on watercolor cardstock. It has several shades of Distress Inks blended and then spattered with Heidi Swap Color Shine in gold. I added a silver die cut shape, some waxed twine,  and some blue flat pearls.

Inside

Copic Colors Used

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Hamlet the Golfing Pig

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #159 offered a sketch and an optional twist make a gate fold. This week, I did not do the gate fold but followed the sketch. I selected this fun image, Hamlet PigWit In the Rough, which includes the sentiment. I have a lot of golfing friends who would appreciate a card like this! The stitched circles come from Gina Marie Designs.

Copic Colors Used

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Christmas in July

Christmas in July! What fun is that? That's the optional twist over at Twisted Thursday, The Outlawz. Our sponsor, From the Heart Digital Stamps, has lots of winter and holiday snowmen to choose from. This one is called Snowman Drummer and I love it because two of my sons (I have four.) are drummers!
I made an easel card , used Gina Marie Designs dies for cutting shapes, added some Snow-Tex, and some gold stars. 

Copic Colors Used

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Cheers from Birdbrain

The optional twist this week over at Twisted Thursday, The Outlawz, is to do something "for the guys"! Our sponsor, From the Heart Stamps has the fun digi with Birdbrain and beer. Well, I have several male beer drinkers in my family, so this image will be used many times!

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Paper Piecing Balloons

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #158 offered a sketch and an optional twist to use paper piecing. Well, I color. That's what I do. Paper piecing? Not so much. However, a challenge is a challenge and sometimes we just have to step out of our comfort zone. I stepped waaaay out LOL! These balloons, in the center, come from a set called Photo Ham PigWit balloons. The die cut oval is from Darice, and the balloons on the left are from Creative Dies. All balloons were topped with Spectrum Noir Sparkle.

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FlipFlop Summer

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #157 offered a sketch and an optional twist make it sparkle. This was a fun sketch with the circles, and I found a wonderful set with flip flops and several sentiments that worked perfectly with the circles. The circles, cut with Gina Marie Design Dies, are recessed and the gold paper is sparkly even though it wont show up in the photo. I also added some sparkle with the little diamond stars on the flip flops, because what are flip flops without a touch of bling?

Copic Colors Used

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Many Thanks from a Mouse with a Balloon

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #156 offered a sketch and an optional twist Gratitude. I loved the sketch and found this sweet little mouse with a balloon that left me a spot for a thank you from Stampendous, Fresh Blossoms set. I made the vertical banners by coloring a piece of watercolor paper with my Copics and then die cutting with Corner Banner from C.C. Designs. The image is edged with Distress Inks and popped up with foam for some added dimension. Not to waste a bit of that colored paper, I used a balloon die from Creative Dies and added some fun to the inside.

Inside

Copic Colors Used

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PigWit Cold Suds

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #155 offered a sketch and an optional twist to Use a circle. Okay, I was smitten by Birdbrain, but this cute little pig is a close runner up. The image is called PigWit Cold Suds and I think he is just too cute with his mug of beer. This will go to one of my sons who is often seen with one of those green bottles LOL! The circle was cut with Gina Marie Designs die and the papers come from The Paper Studio Eat Cake. The image is edged with Distress Inks and popped up for interest.

Copic Colors Used

 A clear gel pen was added over the glass, bottles, hooves, and foam.

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Ice Cream Lineup

The monthly progressive challenge, From the Heart, offers this fun ice cream lineup set. Who couldn't love one (or all) of these yummy looking bowls of ice cream? The sentiment comes with the set. The edge of the white cardstock was edged with the same Copic green as the mint ice cream. The papers are from My Creative Scoop. I added some Wink of Stella and some Glossy Accents and popped the image up on foam tape.

Inside

Copic Colors Used

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Free Hugs

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #154 offered a sketch and an optional twist to show off our coloring skills. I really liked the sketch since it offered a bit more space for a larger image to color. However, larger images make coloring imperfections bigger too LOL!

This image is called Free Hugs and comes with this sentiment and several others as well. I thought I could make an easel card and still follow the sketch. You can see it better when it is closed.

Copic Colors Used

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Hot Chick Flamingo Shaker Card

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #153 offered a sketch and an optional twist to fussy cut the image. I wasn't able to fussy cut this sweet flamingo because his legs were just to skinny LOL! However, I did flip the image because I had something totally different in mind when I began this card. This image is called Hot Chick Flamingo and I knew I wanted to make a shaker card. Then, everything went sideways on me. Ever have one of those days? At least I followed the sketch, and it turned out fine (but different) in the end. The image was colored with Polychromos pencils. The sentiment comes with the set.

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Sick Chick

From the Heart, i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #152 offered a sketch and an optional twist to enlarge and crop the image. I wasn't able to enlarge the image since the original was already large and he would not have fit on the card. This poor and terribly ill little Birdbrain image is called Sick Chick.  I used Gina Marie Designs dies, Fine and Dandy paper from Echo Park, Queen Co dies for the green which is popped over the striped paper. The image has a bit of Broken China Distress inks.

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PigWit in the Planter

This week I combined the two challenges from From the Heart. The progressive monthly challenge this cute piggy and sentiments called PigWit in the Planter. i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #150 has a wonderful sketch to use and a twist to add a button or a bow. I selected matching papers from The Paper Studio called Khloe Lane. Both the image and sentiment were popped up with foam tape. Gina Marie Dies were used for the circle and rectangle and I added a button with a tiny bow from waxed floss.

Copic Markers Used

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