A Colorful Day

From the Heart's July stamp and sketch of the week challenge are so much fun that I just sailed right through getting them done. Now, for anyone who knows me, you know that's extremely unusual! In fact, I've already completed two cards with this adorable digital stamp. My first card is for weekly sketch challenge 025. It's a 6" x 6" card.

FTH Sketch025 Challenge

For those who'd like to play along with the sketch challenge, here's the link. You can also find the painting ladybug digital stamp here. Projects for the stamp of the month challenge must be uploaded by the end of July.

 

Here's the second card project, which is a traditional sized 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. I've included a close-up of my coloring with Copic Sketch markers.

 

Ladybug is about to add red to her flowers

A "colorful" card for a colorful friend

For those interested in the mechanics of the coloring for this card, I used the following colors: R29, R39, C5, and C9 for the ladybug. For the flowers, Y0000, Y11, and Y13. The painted dots are V000, V01, and V05 (violet); B11 and B15 (aqua); and RV02 and RV04 (pink). The paint brush is E31, Y28, and W1. Grass and leaves are YG00, YG17, and YG25.  Finally, the sky is B21 and B24.

 

My base card stock for the challenge (6x6) card is Bazzill Sunbeam, and the smaller card is American Crafts Sunflower. Both use X-Press It blending card for the colored image. The die cut circle is picot edge circles from Spellbinders.

 

The "Life is Fun..." sentiment is Simple Thoughts - Laughter from Cloud9 Design. The "wishing you a colorful day" sentiment comes with the ladybug image from From the Heart stamps.

 

I hope you like this whimsical image and my use of it here. Thanks for stopping by, and please join me again.

Word Play

Today I want to talk about word play...and finding a use for some of those stamps that may not have gotten much time on the work table! Some of my favorite stamps have animals on them. Coloring an image is easy...finding a way to use it on a card may not be.

Lately, though, I've been finding more and more creative sentiments that feature animals. For example, I made this cute card with a digital stamp from From the Heart Stamps. This is FTH's stamp of the month and was produced for their April stamp of the month challenge. I have to admit I used some very unusual colors on this one - for me! The card base is Bazzill Limeade (green), and the Copic markers feature yellow-green (YG), yellow-red (YR), blue (B), and dark earthtones (E) for the flower pot.

 

Notice the chicken in the pot, who is "just chicken in," or more commonly "just checking in." But you already got it, didn't you? Anyway, I love the play on words. I've recently discovered more of them and thought I'd share some examples, with a few key words in italics. Actually, I just made a number of these up!

 

Giraffe:

It's a tall order, but...

Just stretch out and relax a while

I'm lookin' over a four-leaf clover

I'll always look out for you

 

Bear:

Grin and bear (bare) it

It's been a bear of a day

Just the bear (bare) facts

 

Owl:

Owl (all) aboard!

Owl always love you.

Owl go to my grave lovin' you...  (Halloween?)

 

Lion:

I ain't lion (lying)...you're the tops!

I'd be lion if I said...

It takes real courage to...

 

Penguin:

Have an ice day!

Brrr!  Baby it's cold outside!

All dressed up (penguin tuxedo)...and nowhere to go

 

Okay, so you get the idea. If some of these have sparked a few sentiments in your head, please leave a comment. I'd love to have more fabulous ideas for my greetings. The more the merrier.

 

Thanks for visiting, and may God bless!