My Funky Valentine Betty

Hello all!  Are you ready for Day 5 of the Simply B Stamps Teen Scene Valentine Steampunk collection?  Man have I got a pretty image for you today!  This one is definitely going to be a favorite of mine.  I think you'll like her too!  Please welcome My Funky Valentine Betty into your hearts and into your stamp collection!

Isn't she a sweetheart!?  My image is on Neenah, colored with Copics and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink.  The base of my card is Bazzill and my patterned papers are part of the Basic Grey Kissing Booth collection.  I did use a Martha Stewart edge punch that I did two pieces with for layering and to add some visual interest.  My sentiment is from Great Impressions and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah and layered with Bazzill and my patterned paper.  I also added a three ribbon roses that I've had in my stash for awhile, I think they're from SU!  A really simple and sweet card just right for your honey!  I hope you like her.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lea

City Cousin, Country Cousin

I fell in love with this stamp from Great Impressions when I saw it because it reminded me of my cousin, Marcella, and myself when we young girls.  I lived in the city and Marcella lived on a farm in"the country" as we called it.  We loved to visit together and some of the best weekends of my life were spent in the country with her.  I can still taste the sweet Muscadine grapes that grew wild; we would pick and eat as many as we could!  Anyway, I colored these two cuties on Neenah paper with my Copics (E00, E30, E21, R02, E23, E25, E27, Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, BG10, YG23, YG25, RV10, RV11,  BG000, C0), drew a line with my Copic Multiliner SP, and colored the "floor" I created.  I cute them out with a Spellbinder's square die, rounded the corners and mounted them on the scalloped die I cut out of Lasting Impressions paper.  My base is Bazzill and the first layer is "Chloe" paper from Three Bugs in a Rug as well as the two rectangle pieces I have layered under the image.  The plaid piece and the polka dot piece were both embossed with Cuttlebug folders just to add a little texture.  I created a flower using the Carnation Spellbinder's die with some of the Bazzill I used for the base.  My brad in the center of the flower was white so I colored it with YG23 to match my papers.  I had white ribbon to use but it was boring so I colored it with RV11.  I put all my elements together into a little card I aptly named City Cousin, Country Cousin!  Aren't they cute?

Lady in Kimono

This is a card I made at Enchanted Cottage.  I used three stamps from Great Impressions and did my coloring and airbrushing with my Copics.  I paper pieced her kimono with two different papers from Best Creations.  I cut her out with a Spellbinders Nestie and I used another Spellbinders edger to cut out the two lattice pieces.  What you can't really see in the picture is that the papers have a shiney sheen to them that really makes it look pretty.  I hope you like it!

Potting Shed

You know, when I first saw this stamp, I thought it was an outhouse!  I had to look a little closer to see that it's actually a potting shed.  Anyway, we have an abundance of both of these stamps at work and I've been given the task of making cards with stamps we have a lot of.  That's okay, because it gives me a chance to create and that's my favorite thing to do, next to teaching classes.  Of course I colored both stamped Great Impressions images with my Copics.  I used a Martha Stewart edge punch on the blue paper and one of the newer Spellbinders to cut out my main image.  The base of the card is Lasting Impressions dot embossed paper in ivory.  The blue paper was some that we had at the store but I don't know the origin and it wasn't marked.  The yellow is Bo Bunny and the paper that I stamped on is actually Bazzill.  Yep!  I stamped and colored on Bazzill!  There are a few places where the ink feathered a little but not much.  I can't get over how well it let me blend.  It was just a little experiment on my part that worked, so I was pleased.  The pearls were white so I just colored them with my BG72 and had pearls the color I wanted!  Man, I love my Copics!  I don't know how I crafted so many years without them!  Hope you enjoy my card.  I've entered it in the iCopic WC #35 as it's a cream colored Bazzill paper that I colored on.  Still can't believe how well it worked!