Happy Spring with a TicTacToe

Today, I'm playing with Double Trouble Challenge Blog #26, as well as The Joy of Sets #004. Double Trouble asks for water to celebrate (shower) or rain. An additional prompt is to add a bumbershoot or umbrella. Then, we can also add what we've created to The Joy of Sets if we use a row of their TicTacToe board.

I selected to use rain, but of course to celebrate spring as well. I do love umbrellas and I've always wished to have pretty rain boots like these. The images and sentiment come from a Penny Black set called April Showers.

Following the tic-tac-toe board, I added some lacy ribbon, some pretty flowers and pearls on the flowers and some of the raindrops. The background was blended with Distress Oxides and the images were colored with Copics.




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Top Three

Top Three

Edited to add that I was selected as one of the top three for this entry for both challenges!

Hedgehog Love

It's always fun to play along with the Double Trouble Challenge Blog. Challenge #20 is all about love and sparkle. Love is in the air; give someone a hug! (But, maybe not a hedgehog?) Do stop over to read all the different ways you can have more chances to win, and be inspired by the DT and their Crazy Cousin!

I used this adorable hedgehog stamp, from Penny Black. I colored it on Kraft with Luminance Colored Pencils and added some Distress Inks along the edges. For that "sparkle" and shine, I went over different area with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen. The Basket Weave is from a Stampin Up/Sizzix embossing folder.

 Shared with The Paper Girls Challenge Blog: Sparkle and Shine

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Happy Spring!

This month, at the Paper Smooches blog, the challenge is Showers. I just got the fun set called Chubby Chums from Paper Smooches.

I colored two of the cute critters with watercolor pencils and popped them up on paper that I colored with Oxide Inks and splashed with water droplets. The umbrellas (popped), rain drops, and sentiment come from Penny Blacks, April Showers stamp set. I masked off the umbrellas to add the rain which was then textured with clear Nuvo Crystal Drops. The clouds, also popped and watercolored with pencils, are from Hearts & Clouds by W Plus 9.

This set from Paper Smooches has three more adorable critters and several sentiments. It even has a tiny paw print and a hugs and kisses symbol! XO

Also shared with:
Color My Heart Color Dare #228 to use Peacock, Willow, and White Daisy. (Blue, Green, and White here.) 

Creative Knockouts #188 "Outside Fun"  

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Let it Pour!

Let's have a "water theme" this week for the optional twist for Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz. I love this little kitty, from Sami Stamps, using a flower for a hat. I thought it made for a nice rain bonnet! Stamps for rain and clouds are from Penny Black.

Spectrum Noir Colors Used

Flowers with April from Penny Black

This week over at The Outlawz' Twisted Thursday, the optional twist is flowers. I chose to do a stair-step card with flowers using the adorable "April" stamp from Penny Black.

Spectrum Noir Markers

Have a Cupcake - CAS (Clean and Simple)

Today I made a CAS, Clean and Simple, with a cute little Penny Black stamp called Sweet Thing. I added a bit of Wink of Stella and gel pen in yellow and clear. I used a die to cut her out with scallops, raised her and the black embossed sentiment with foam dots, and placed them both on an embossed (The Paper Studio) green paper with a simple purple ribbon. The edges of everything, including the white stock card, were buffed with VersaMark in purple.

Copic Colors Used

Entered:
Outlawz CAS
CAS on Sunday

Copics - Slapstick by Penny Black

Slapstick stamp by Penny Black: Skin E04-31-50 & R11, Hair E41-43-44, Sash YG11-13-17, Dress Y11-13-15, Petticoat/Hair Flowers YR12-14, Shoes R01-24-29

Distressed and rubbed edges with Antique Linen, taped to green polka dotted paper, added large polka doted paper below with ribbon and popped up music note circle. Mounted on yellow cardstock.

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Copic Colored Penny Black Stamped Card

This is the card that I made from the Sweet Thing Penny Black Stamp that I colored and showed you last week. I like making the envelopes (showing in the background) with my Envelope Punch Board. I get to use all those pretty papers. Maybe I will start making my own papers too and make the envelopes from those. Hummmm....

Sweet thing was colored with: Hair Y21,YR21, YR24. Skin E50-53-55 Blush R11. Cupcake E47-57-55 and grass YG11-63.

Embossed the background of card with dotted embossing folder. Next layer had Distress Ink in Festive Berries directly on the embossing folder, run through my Big Shot, added Peeled Paint over that lightly. Diecut circles and airbrushed with Copics and did edges with the Festive Berries. Ran the two smaller ones through the Big Shot with the same dotted embossing folder. Stamped "Hello" on the larger of the two with the Festive Berried. Attached the circles with raised dots.

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