Spring Showers - Mama Elephant

 Hello Crafty Friends! I am here today with a fun little card featuring a Mama Elephant stamp set Flower Shower & Lil Cat agenda. Inspired by all the rain we have been getting here I just couldn't resist.

On some Bristol cardstock I first used some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink coming down from the corner. Then I placed my cloud stencil and using Peacock Feathers Oxide I filled in the rest. Once dry I stamped on my sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink because I find it stamps the best over the oxide. I got out my white Gel Pen and added some tiny raindrops to set the mood.

I copic colored the tiny cats (there is a reel over on my Instagram, CardsbySharna, if you want to see the coloring!) I used YR 24, 21, & 30 for the cat bodies & added E99 for the stripes with a bit of R20 for the cheeks. For the flower I used B02, 00. For the stem of the flower and the puddle I used BG13, 11, 10.

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Elphie Splash - Lawn Fawn

 Hello Crafty Friends! I am back with an entry for Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #123 - Create a Scene! Nothing more fun than creating scenes with Lawn Fawn stamp sets. You can mix and match to your hearts content always knowing the images all work together seamlessly.

For todays card I used the mini set Elphie Selfie Flip-Flop for my main images, & Beary Rainey Day for the supporting images and sentiment. I couldn't resist making it a mini slimline too. 

I used distress oxide ink in Salvaged Patina and Hickory Smoke on some Bristol smooth cardstock. I then splattered the background with some Gansai Tambi starry watercolor in white gold for some texture and the appearance of rain. 

The sentiment I stamped using Versafine Onyx Black which I find is the darkest when stamping over oxide inks. While that dried I colored my images using copics. Once I glued on the clouds I took the single raindrop from the Beary Rainey Day set to stamp under the lower two using the same Salvaged Patina ink.

Copics Used: N4, N2, N0, C0; R00; BG13, BG11, BG10; G000, G00 (there is a Reel up on my Instagram/Tiktok @ CardsBySharna showing the coloring of the main images)

LAWN FAWNATICS CHALLENGE 119 ENTRY – CARD SKETCH

 Hello Crafty Friends! I am back with a new entry for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. Again slipping in close to the wire. I had the idea in my mind but life gets crazy with balancing all the things that need to get done in a week. 

The background paper is the perfectly plaid remix, Nancy! I then die cut the images from Strawberry Patch from Bristol paper so I could do some ink blending. I used distress oxide ink in Worn Lipstick, Festive berries and Cracked pistachio. For the bee hes from the Bee Mine mini set, isnt he so cute? Lastly the sentiment is from How you Bean? Strawberries add on.  

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Spring Robin - Pretty Pink Posh

 Hello Crafty Friends! I am here with a mini slimline card featuring some adorable birds from Pretty Pink Posh. I decided to go with Robins as the stamp is named for Spring and the gorgeous robin eggs. I chose a sentiment for this card to work at any time. I did a simple ink blended sky background with distress oxide ink in Broken China. I used copics to color the images. Hope you are inspired to create your own simple cards!

Supplies: 

Spring Robins Stamp Set - PPP

Broken China Distress Oxide - Ranger Ink

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A bit of Spring - Pretty Pink Posh

 Hello Crafty Friends! I have a simple distress ink watercolor for you today. 

First I took the entire stamp set and washi taped it to my Misti. Then I used embossing ink to stamp the whole thing onto some watercolor cardstock. I used some white embossing powder and heat set it. I enjoy this technique for watercolor which gives a little more freedom not having to worry for one section to dry before moving onto the next. It also makes it much easier to do the background. 

I don't have an exact list of everything I used but some of the colors are Kitsch Flamingo, Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron and Dried Marigold. I was just pulling colors at random. 

The dimensions after I trimmed it down ended up being a mini slimline at 3 1/4 by 5 1/4. I am really into alternative card sizes, how about you? 

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A Little Rainbow - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends. I'm here today with the details to a card that was featured a few days ago on the Pretty Pink Posh Instagram feed. Not to long ago I picked up another set of Zig real brush markers to give them another shot. I always am in love with the no line coloring I see featured by the incredibly talented Nichol Spohr. Shes been a big influence throughout my card making endeavors over the years so if you don't already follow her (and you probably do!) you definitely should.

Anyways the start of this card came about just with me playing and experimenting. I highly recommend two things with the Zig; Bristol Paper & Lawn Fawn's new Jellyfish ink. I've tried a number of inks for the no line look and this is by far my favorite.

I did the background with a very basic ink blending with distress oxides in Cracked Pistachio. I splattered the whole background with extra ink for texture and interest; like a flower field full of pollen (achoo!) I just planted my own front garden bed with tulips for the first time. I cant wait to see them bloom! To finish the background I stamped the sentiment in a bold black ink as I thought it would help balance the bees. 

I stamped and colored a bunch of tulips.  The colors are as follows: 050 Yellow, 052 Bright Yellow (this looks more orange to me) 025 Pink, 045 Pale Green, 031 Cobalt Blue & 081 Light Violet. I only used 1 color per flower and blended out using the blender pen (which I have since lost boooooo!!) The stems are 041 Light Green. I used the same 050 Yellow on the bees along with 010 Black. And a tiny little bit of the Cobalt Blue on the wings. I just love how it turned out!

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Hello Spring - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends! Today I am sharing two little springtime tags made with some older Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. The Darling Dragonflies, Scallop Heart dies and Storybook 1 dies that I used to turn into a tag.

A bit of distress ink blending in Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers and the dragon flies are colored in matching copics: Y11 &  Y13, BG 70, BG13 and BG10. I added some diamond stickles to their wings to make them sparkle.

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Spring Fling Blog Hop with DeNami Design

 Welcome to the Spring Fling Blog/Instagram Hop (#BIGDDHop) hosted by DeNami!

You should have come from Stephanie Klauck's blog.

 I hope you enjoy the card I created with the Flower Filigree stamps from the new release. 

I also used Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish of the design. 

Your next stop will be to Valerie Ward's blog.  Be sure to let them know you stopped by by leaving them a comment!

If you want to start from the beginning, you can start at the DeNami blog HERE.

For more added fun, join the hop on Instagram and enter to win a prize! The Instagram profiles are listed below. Start at DeNami page and make the whole Instagram loop. Instructions will be listed there.

DeNami Design  Instagram- IG @denamidesign

Jeanin Jugler IG @some_bits_and_pieces
Daniela Dobson IG @danieladobson
Candi Billman IG @filoeyecandi
Kay Miller IG @kaym2015

Jung AhSang IG @junglebarrya
Lisa Petrella IG @l.petrella

Julia Klein IG @mimizukupapeterie
Elizabeth Gunn IG @elizabethgcreations

Stephanie Klauck IG @sklauck
Sharna Waksmulki IG @littleyellowbirday118
Valerie Ward IG @vjw81e

Amy Tsuruta IG @craftee1