Stair Step Balance Bunni

I enjoyed being part of the BabyCakesDND release last month from Sandra Caldwell, and was pleased to be invited as a Guest Designer again for April. For this card, I used the new #2728 Balance Bunni.

Close Up of Image

I created a stair step card using Crealies Create a Card 03 die. The fun paper is from Doodlebug, Hello Sunshine. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Spring Fling, and the grass was die cut using Our Daily Bread's Grass Border.

All the eggs were die cut using balloon dies turned upside down. A few Nuvo Drops finished off the card.

Open Card

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Copic Colors Used

Close Up of Stairs

Thanks for the visit. Do be sure to take a look at the BabyCakes shop linked above, and on her new Zibbet site, to see lots more of Sandra's adorable images!

Coffee and Donuts

I was a very fortunate winner over at the Sandra Caldwell Stamp Fans group on Facebook. I won a choice of three images. It's really hard to choose just three, but one that I selected was Coffee and Donuts #294 from BabyCakesDND on Etsy.

If you look it up with the link above, you can see that I did a bit of "surgery" because I wanted to do a window with an inside and an outside! The window is from Stampin Up and that fun sentiment (always cracks me up) is from C.C. Designs. (I can't find it on the site any longer though.) I used a Lawn Fawn die to make the hillsides.

I used Copic markers to color the image and added some shine to the sun and doughnuts. I also added a bit of white pencil to the windows. The sentiment and doughnuts are popped, and a few enamel drops finished off the card.


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Donut Hippo

Our August sponsor is Sandra Caldwell from BabyCakesDND. She generously gave us this adorable hippo with a donut to use for the Progressive Freebie over at The Outlawz.

The image was colored with Copics and Prismacolor colored pencils. The oval die cut is from Hero Arts, and the fun card shape is from the Fancy Rectangles Build a Card die set. (The bird, ready to gobble up any crumbs, come from the same set.)

I added a double bow ribbon, letters from the We R Memory Keepers Word Punch Board. The image is popped, and the doughnut was covered with Glossy Accents. The sprinkles were added with Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you do not have the free image to participate, just let us know over at the site. Once you do one month, you automatically get the new image to play with the next month!

Copic Markers Used

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Also added to The Daily Marker

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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Bearly a Headache Bookmark

This cute image called "Bearly a Headache", comes from Sandra Caldwell on Etsy. She made this image specially for her good friend, Holley, who has been seizure free for 6 years after brain surgery.

Holley is having a bookmarker challenge on her blog using this image. I thought this would be a great opportunity to try something new to me. I used a Dove Blender Pen with Tim Holtz Distress Inks to color the bear. I squished some ink down on my craft sheet to work with. Then, I thought, why waste the leftovers, so I sprayed them with water and dunked the bookmarker into it. After it dried, I added a real bandaid for the bear to sit on, some white Neon Amplify and some shading with a Pitt pen. Finally, I added an epoxy sticker from Colorbok that said smile. Sometimes we have to smile when we least feel like it.

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