Always Being There...
  Hello friends and welcome!  Today’s card features this super fun collaboration set from SimonSaysStamp and Mama Elephant (SimonSaysStamp Stamptember 2017: Rain or Shine).  To start, I die cut a stitched rectangle panel from Neenah solar white cardstock and ink blended Distress Inks (squeezed lemonade and picked raspberry).  I then die cut grassy hillsides (Lawn Fawn) using MFT’s limeade cardstock.  Next, I stamped, die cut, and Copic colored images.  To finish, I stamped sentiment, heat embossed using Altenew raspberry embossing powder, assembled elements, and adhered to card base.  Thanks so much for stopping by...take care!  Please note: this card has been submitted to the current SimonSaysStamp Flickr Challenge #94

Love Mew and Mew...
  Hello friends and welcome!  Today’s card features this cutie set from My Favorite Things (BB I Knead You), Copic coloring, and Ink Blending using Distress Inks (Antique Linen and Spiced Marmalade).  To start, I die cut a stitched rectangle panel from Neenah solar white cardstock then placed “geometric grid” stencil over panel then ink blended above mentioned Distress Inks.  Next, I stamped, die cut, and Copic colored image.  I then die cut both fishtail flag banners and arch using MFT’s cardstock (in the buff, peach bellini, and coral crush).  To finish, I stamped sentiment, heat embossed, assembled elements, adhered, then added a few Nuvo “simply white” gloss drops.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!

So Amazing...
  Hello friends and welcome!  Today’s card features this beautiful floral stamp set from Altenew (Floral Sprig) and coloring using Altenew Artist Markers (Set A).  To start, I stamped, die cut using coordinating die, and colored floral image.  Next, I trimmed a piece of Neenah solar white cardstock to fit an A2 sized card, then ink splattered background using Altenew Inks (frayed leaf, forest glades, and evergreen).  I then stamped sentiment using Versafine Onyx black pigment ink then heat embossed using Hero Arts clear embossing powder.  To finish, I trimmed a piece of black/white striped patterned paper, assembled elements, adhered to card base, and added a few drops of Nuvo gloss drops in Ebony.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!  Please note: this card has been submitted to the current SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge blog.

Bananas Over You...
  Hello and welcome!  Today’s card features this cute “cheeky” money set Sugar Pea Designs (Chunky Monkey), watercoloring using Peerless watercolors, and Copic coloring.  To start, I die cut a wonky stitched rectangle panel from a piece of Canson Montival watercolor paper then began watercoloring using Peerless watercolors.  I applied each color then slightly heated in between the pink and purple.  Next, I stamped images, die cut using coordinating dies, and Copic colored.  I then stamped sentiment, masking part to heat emboss part in brown and part in yellow embossing powders.  To finish, I assembled elements, adhered to card base, using fun foam for the monkey.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!

Bunches and Bunches...
  Hello and welcome friends!  Today’s card features this super fun collaboration set from Lawn Fawn and Ellen Hutson LLC. (United We Flourish: Love Ya Bunches).  To start, I die cut a scalloped rectangle (Lawn Fawn) panel from Neenah solar white cardstock then die cut heart (Lawn Fawn Lacy  Heart Stackables) into panel as well as a piece of red cardstock.  Next, I stamped images, die cut using matching dies, then Copic colored images.  I then stamped sentiment using Versafine Onyx black pigment ink and heat embossed using Hero Arts clear embossing powder.  To finish, I adhered scalloped panel onto a Neenah desert storm cardbase, inlaid “lacy heart” into scalloped panel, and then adhered images to panel using liquid adhesive and foam tabs for the “banana”.  Thanks so much for stopping by...take care!  Please note: this card has been submitted to the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog #24.

You Can Do It...
  Hello friends and welcome!  Today’s card features these cuties from Mama Elephant (Congrats all Around and Party Animals).  To start, I stamped a piece of Neenah solar white cardstock using MFT’s “pinstripe” BG and MFT’s “lush lagoon” hybrid ink. I then die cut panel using MFT’s “inside/outside diagonal stitched rectangles”.  Next, stamped, die cut, (fussy cut sentiment image), and Copic colored images.  To finish, I stamped sentiment, assembled elements and adhered to panel, then added a coat of Nuvo glitter drops in “Aztec gold”.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!

More Sunny Days...
  Hello friends and welcome!  Today’s card features this cutie set from SimonSaysStamp (Happy Days), Copic coloring, and Ink Blending using Distress Inks (spun sugar, squeezed lemonade, cracked pistachio, and tumbled glass).  To start, I die cut a stitched rectangle panel from Neenah solar white cardstock, then stamped images.  Next, I masked images, then ink blended Distress Inks over MFT’s “cloud stencil”.  I then Copic colored images.  To finish, I stamped sentiment, heat embossed, and added a coat of Wink of Stella clear and glossy accents to “cheeks”.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!

Rainbow Paw Prints...
  Hello and welcome!  Today’s card features this super cute set from My Favorite Things (BB I Knead You) and Copic coloring.  To start, I stamped, die cut, and Copic colored image.  Next, I die cut both rectangle panel from Lawn Fawn’s “perfectly plaid” patterned paper set and circle from MFT’s periwinkle cardstock.  I then stamped, white heat embossed, and die cut sentiment.  To finish, I assembled elements and adhered to card base using fun foam for adhering “Kitty” image.  Thanks so much for stopping by... take care!

Hugs Are the Answer...
  Hello and welcome friends!  Today’s card features this fun BG stamp from SimonSaysStamp (circle doodle), sentiment stamp/die cut from Avery Elle (simply said Hugs), and watercoloring using Daniel Smith watercolors.  To start, I stamped BG onto a piece of Strathmore hot press watercolor paper, before heat embossing using SimonSaysStamp extra fine rose gold embossing powder.  I then began watercoloring by first adding a light wash of color/water, going back over building intensity of color, drying in between layers.  Next, I die cut “hugs” using various colors of cardstock, then stamped sentiment and heat embossed using matching BG heat embossing.  To finish, I trimmed sentiment, assembled elements and adhered to card base, using fun foam for “hugs”, and adding rose gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.  Thanks so much for stopping by...take care!  Please note: this card has been submitted to the current SimonSaysStamp Flickr Challenge #92.