Bunny Wagon | Paper Nest Dolls Guest Design

Hello!

A little bit ago, I was contacted by Christine Young, of Paper Nest Dolls, to see if I would be open to doing a guest design spot.  Her images are adorable, and of course I said YES!  I was excited to go back to my roots for a bit and work with a digistamp as well.  If you don't know what a digistamp is, it's a digital file of an image, you can then print and color to add to your cards.  Digistamps are very flexible in terms of the card size you create - as you can resize them to what you need - and they are digital, so storage is just a few bytes on your computer.  

 I chose the brand new, adorable, Bunny Wagon digistamp to use on the card today.  I printed the image out on Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring paper, and colored it in using Copic Markers, and then Prismacolor Pencils.  Once I had the image colored, I fussy-cut it out.  For some of the more detailed areas, I used a retractable craft knife and a cutting mat to trim the excess away.

Copic Colors Used: E000, E11, E13, E35, E37, E50, E53, E57, YR20 R01,R20, R22 BV000, BV00, V09, V95 C1, C3, C5, C7, 0
Prismacolor Pencils Used: Seashell Pink 1093, Ginger Root, 1084, Deco Peach 1013, Light Peach 927, Nectar 1092, Peach Beige 1085, Blush Pink 928, Clay Rose 1017 Burnt Ochre 943, Chocolate 1082, Dark Umber 947 Eggshell 140, Parma Violet 1008 20% Warm Gray 1051, 50% Warm Gray 1054 30% Cool Gray 1061, 50% Cool Gray 1063, 90% Cool Gray 1067 70% French Gray 1074, 90% French Gray 1076 White 938, Black 935

I ink blended a background for the image, using the Life-Changing Blender Brushes, and MFT's Cloud and Grassy Edges stencils. I created the clouds using Spun Sugar Distress Ink, and the grass using both Shabby Shutters, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks.

To create the framing for the card front, I stamped the Flannel Life Background Stamp, onto a piece of Pretty Amethyst card stock, using Whip Cream ink.  I carefully trimmed out the center, and then topped it with a piece of white card stock cut with the MFT Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Frame dies. The frame was attached over the inked panel using foam tape, and then  the image was attached inside with more foam tape. 

The entire card front was adhered to a top-folding card base, made from white card stock.

And that's the super cute Easter card, created using the Bunny Wagon digistamp from Paper Nest Dolls

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used**:

Use this easy list to find the products I used in my projects. (Contains affiliate links - where I earn a commission from purchases made from my links, at no cost to you. Your support helps me keep this blog going, and continue to create - Thank you! Affiliates and disclosures can be found here.) Please note, when possible, I try to offer multiple sources for the items I use. Products with two or more logos - underneath, or on the side, give you options of where to purchase, in case the item has sold out at one shop. To visit the first store, click on the photo of the item. To visit the second (or greater) source, click the logo for the second shop - you will still be taken directly to the product. 

**If a particular item I used was out of stock when I was preparing my post, or the item I used was discontinued, I have provided a link to a similar item - that is available - when a substitution would not affect the card design.

Passing Along Challenge Card | Cutest Raccoon Love

Today, I'm teaming up with my friends Jammie Clark of Sweet Sentiment, and Becky Roberts of Inking Idaho, to bring you a different kind of challenge.  Jammie, Becky, and I, all live close to one another, and all love card making - though we each have different strengths.  Jammie is a fabulous Copic Color Artist, and Becky can put a gorgeous card together - likely with one hand tied behind her back and one eye closed. Me, I like to play with different mediums and techniques to create something pretty.  

The Challenge

We decided to create a challenge that allowed us to each complete a step in a card.  Jammie selected and colored an image, I created the background, and Becky took both of those pieces, and completed the card.  

The Inked Background 

I created the background with Distress Oxide Inks, masks created from painters tape and  Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud and Grassy Border dies, and the Life Changing Blender Brushes (all supplies listed and linked at the bottom of the post).  I taped the card stock to my work surface, and then blended in the background from the ground up!  This type of scene building means keeping both portions of the mask when it is cut, so that you can cover the parts you have already inked, and keep from blending your grass into your sky.  

The Copic Colored Image

Jammie colored up the Raccoon Smootch Digi Stamp from Paper Nest Dolls, using Copic markers, and a white jelly roll pen.

Copic Colors Used:

110, W10, W8, W6, W4, W2, W00

C6, C4, C2, C0

E35, E33, E31

R59, R39, R29, R17, R14, R05

Completing the Card

Once she had received both parts, Becky completed the card using the Honeybee Stamps Bee Bold Alphabet Dies, the Concord & 9th Monster Love Stamp Set, and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames.  

This card turned out super cute, and you have a chance to win it!  

Simply follow all three of us on Instagram, and comment on each of our posts for this card by 11:59 PM, MST, on Saturday the 26th of January.  One lucky winner will receive this card.  

@muchlovesara

@sweetsentiment

@inkingidaho

Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used**:

Use this easy list to find the products I used in my projects. (Contains affiliate links - where I earn a commission from purchases made from my links, at no cost to you. Your support helps me keep this blog going, and continue to create - Thank you! Affiliates and disclosures can be found here.) Please note, when possible, I try to offer multiple sources for the items I use. Products with two or more logos - underneath, or on the side, give you options of where to purchase, in case the item has sold out at one shop. To visit the first store, click on the photo of the item. To visit the second (or greater) source, click the logo for the second shop - you will still be taken directly to the product. 

**If a particular item I used was out of stock when I was preparing my post, or the item I used was discontinued, I have provided a link to a similar item - that is available - when a substitution would not affect the card design.