Party Panda Sends Bear Hugs!

We're still celebrating another good year for Holley. Please read all about it here! Holley's good friend, Sandra Caldwell of BabyCakesDND, has a few images on sale for us to use in a challenge on Holley's blog. We may enter 3 projects. For my third and last entry, I used the Party Panda #2427.

I enjoyed creating my first layered background using the app Procreate. The photos come from Pixabay, a free image site. I started with the "real" photo of a bamboo forest, then I layered a PNG image of a drawn bamboo forest over top of that. The branch was made in that program as well. I sent these to my computer to resize and print. Then, I cut out and popped the branch over the  background so that the little panda had something to sit on!
I added a little tag with a sentiment from Paper Smooches, Chubby Chum Pals, a tiny bow, a couple of leaves from the original stamp set, and a big heart.

Copics Used

Thanks for visiting. Be sure to visit Sandra's Etsy shop for this image and Holley's blog to join in on the celebration. Both are linked above.

Hooray for Holley with a BabyCakesDND Image

We're all celebrating another good year for Holley. Please read all about it here! Holley's good friend, Sandra Caldwell of BabyCakesDND, has a few images on sale for us to use in a challenge on Holley's blog. We may enter 3 projects. My first one, a multi-layered side folding card, features Old Lady Present #218, colored with Copics. I added a bit of Tonic Shimmer Pen to some parts for a bit of shine. The sentiment is from a Simon Says set, Tiny Words, that I embossed with white.

I had a nice pile of watercolor papers on my desk that I had used to try out different techniques. I carefully had written what I did for each one, but of course I adhered them down and now I can't read what I did, LOL! (Am I the only one who does these kinds of things?) Some of them used a rubber cement resist. Some used stencils, and all, I think used some Distress Oxides. The die is a set from Darice, Nesting Book Pages.

Thanks for visiting. Be sure to visit Sandra's Etsy shop for this image and Holley's blog to join in on the celebration. Both are linked above.

Brain Power, A Celebration

Holley, a member of The Outlawz design team, where I am also a designer, is celebrating her 7th year post brain surgery! We all celebrate with her. The very  talented digi designer, Sandra Caldwell with BabyCakesDND, has created this special image just for her.

Please stop by Holley's blog and send her some love and congratulations.

Copic Colors Used

The heart shaped rosette was made with a die from Waffle Flower.

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