Love at First Sight - Paper Smooches Monthly Challenge Entry

Hello Lovelies ! This month is all about LOVE. Do you believe in love at first sight ? For me? Absolutely ! I was smitten by these cute kitties from Paper Smooches stamp sets (Chubby Chums & We Adore You) that I had to match them up in a card. This is what I came up with... 

I used Canson XL watercolor paper for this one layer card. There were some masking to be done as the chubby kitty has to be hidden behind the fence peeping at his love in the flower garden. First, I stamped the girl kitty (paper smooches - We adore You stampset), then masked her before I stamped the fence (MFT - Hog Heaven stampset) across the centre of the card. Finally, I masked the fences and stamped chubby cat (Paper smooches - Chubby Chums stampset). I used distress ink - antique linen color to stamp all my images because I would be doing no line water coloring.

For the thinking bubble, I cut out a cloud shape mask big enough to enclose my sentiment. I then used distress inks to watercolor the background sky (spun sugar, tumble glass, squeezed lemonade) and grass (mowed lawn, squeezed lemonade, pine needles). Then I water colored all other images using distress ink markers, stamped the sentiment using Versafine onyx black ink, added 3 little hearts and my card is done !

Thank you for stopping by. Have a lovely day !!

Lots of Love,
Amy

Chubby Chickie Golden Fortune - CNY card

Hello fellow crafter, Chinese New Year is only 10 days away and I am super excited to celebrate this day with my family and friends.

It is the year of the Rooster in 2017 and I scuffled through my collection and found this adorable Chubby Chickie image from Paper Smooches - Chubby Chums stamp set which is just perfect for making CNY card.

Chinese New Year is all about good fortune, good luck, good health and lots of red and gold which are auspicious in our Chinese tradition.

To start off, I stamped that cute chickie image onto white card stock using memento tuxedo black ink and colored in the image using copic markers. For the hat, I spotted a cap image from Paper Smooches Chubby Chum pals stamp set and partially masked off the cap flap and stamped only the top part onto a white card stock.

For the egg, I hand drawn an egg shape onto a white card stock and painted it using gold acrylic paint. Then I stamped the word "FU" upside down to symbolize descending fortune in your home.

Using a red card stock as my card base, I hand painted the rays using gold acrylic paint. The Chickie and egg are then pasted onto the card base using foam tape. Lastly, I gold painted a white card stock and die cut a border using the largest of MFT rectangle scallop border die before gluing it onto the card base to frame my image and that finishes off my card for today.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you like this card.

XOXO,
Amy

Scooting by to say HI !!

Hi stampers !! This is my first post of 2017! I'm so excited to share with you this adorable card created using two Paper Smooches stamp sets - "We adore you" and "Spiffy Scooters".

I'm back into my comfort zone and created this simple one layer card. I started off by stamping the adorable kitty onto my watercolor card stock using distress ink color antique linen. Then, I stamped the same image onto a masking paper and cut out the image. Then, I masked the kitty and stamped the rest of the images - the scooter and the exhaust fumes using the same distress ink color.

The next step is just coloring in the images using my favorite technique - Distress markers water coloring. I hand drawn a line using distress marker to create a scene of the road and the sky and colored them in the same way as the images.

Lastly, I stamped on the sentiments and the triple lines on the road using Versafine onyx black ink which is waterproof and this finishes off the card.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy this card. Do comment below if you have any questions and I will be happy to answer them.

Cheers,
Amy