Paper Cuts

Sorry for the double post today.  I have a lot of new releases this week and it’s getting tough to juggle.

It’s not really my birthday…that’s the name of this new set by C.C. Designs, one of five new releases available Friday, April 4th from All That Scraps.  Of all of them, I think this one is my favorite.

It’s all about the Presents
For this one, I paper-pieced most of the gifts and Lucky’s hat and colored Lucky with Copics.  I think he’s cute buried in all the gifts!

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, CC Designs white    Patterned Paper:  Pebbles, Inc. Travel Dot and Travel Stripe   Stamps: CC Designs “It’s my Birthday”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress   Accessories: Copic markers, American Crafts medium Chestnut brads, black SU marker, sewing machine/thread, pop dots, sponge.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.

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Happy Birthday!

I colored this little monkey with Copics and paper-pieced the balloons and his hat.  When trimming the image, I allowed the balloon to extend past the border, then added the extra two, raising all three on pop dots.  The monkey’s head and hat are popped up as well.

I used a craft knife to carefully cut around the bottoms of his hands so I could tuck the sentiment beneath them.  There are pop dots under the birthday sign too.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, CC Designs white  Patterned Paper:  Pebbles, Inc. Travel Dot and Travel Stripe   Stamps: CC Designs “It’s my Birthday”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress   Accessories: Copic markers, American Crafts medium Chestnut brads, black SU marker, piercing template/needle, Chocolate Chip marker, pop dots, sponge.  Card size 4 ¼” x 5 1/2″.

Happy Wednesday!!  I have a couple samples today using My Favorite Things‘ second new release, Can Ya Dig It.

Planting Veggies

I didn’t pull this off as well as I had hoped (you know…vision in the head doesn’t always translate as well to paper), but I tried!  I used one of the background stamps from MFT’s Behind the Scenes for the garden rows.  Yes, I cut out all those little plants.   I question my own sanity all the time so it’s totally ok to shake your head.  After adhering the little plants, I used a brown marker to add a little mound of dirt at the base of each stem.  Then I outlined a bit with two different gray Copics to add some shadow and depth.

Cardstock:  SU Garden Green, Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper:  American Traditional Designs Recipe Time “Veggies”   Stamps: My Favorite Things “Can Ya Dig It” and “Behind the Scenes”  Ink:  Ranger Walnut Distress, SU Garden Green, Stazon Jet Black   Accessories: Twill, Karen Foster Gardening charms, SU markers, Copic gray markers, sponge, sewing machine/thread, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.
Love Grows

There isn’t really a lot to say about this one.  I paper-pieced.  (Shocking, I know. )  The hat is raised on  pop dots and…I think that’s about it.

Don’t forget about the release party tonight from 9-11 est in MFT’s Member Company forum at Splitcoast!

Thanks for stopping!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Bazzill Carob Cream Smoothies, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Memory Box Sprouts   Stamps: My Favorite Things “Can Ya Dig It”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories: Ribbon piercing template/needle, Chocolate Chip marker, Copic markers, American Crafts eyelet, Crop-a-dile, pop dots, sponge.  Card size 5 ½”x 4 ¼”.