The MFT Superstar contest ends in a couple of days, so I thought I would throw my hat in the ring with this card. These cows are just the most adorable critters! I love their goofy expressions and when I added the googly eyes – well I just had to giggle! It is like they are saying ‘oooooohhhh’. They are coloured with Copics and a Memento marker (as I don’t own any black Copic markers – I’ll have to remedy that soon). The stencil is also from MFT and was sponged with black ink. The blue background was a scrap piece of water colouring that I had laying around.

My Dad would love this card. He is a farmer who has a really dry sense of humour and a punny sentiment is right up his alley. Well that is one birthday card made for next year!

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Hello and welcome to the blog hop of a brand new stamp company that is making its debut today – Sunny Studio Stamps. You should have arrived from Elise Constable’s blog.

First up I have made a CAS card using the Birthday Smiles stamp set. I coloured the cupcake in with Copic markers and added some Clear Wink of Stella Brush pen to the frosting.

My second card uses the Snow Kissed Stamp set. I had a lot of fun colouring this cute little penguin in with Copics. I masked off the rectangle in the background and sponged in some Distress ink to create a focal point.

…and popped him up on some mounting foam for some dimension.

If you want to be in the running to win a new Sunny Studio stamp set, then read on. Mendi is giving away one stamp set to three lucky winners, offering a free digital stamp download on the Sunny Studios blog and offering free shipping (in the US) for all orders over $35 in the Sunny Studio Online Store.

Below is a link to a Rafflecopter giveaway where you could be a winner. (You have until Friday at Midnight EST to comment).

Blog hop order:

 

I hope you will check out the store and the blog. Your next stop on the hop is Jo Williams.

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I have had a few cards over at Jane’s Doodles blog over the past couple of weeks and I thought it was about time I shared them here as well. If you haven’t checked out Jane’s stamp range, you really should – Jane’s Doodles stamps.

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Hello! I haven’t posted in over 3 weeks – but I needed a blogging break and so took one. But I am back now and have a cute card to share using some Penny Black products. This little fox is coloured with Copic Markers.

Penny Black products used:

Stamps:
Woodland Friends 30-278
Textures 30-240
Sprinkles and Smiles 30-297

Hope you have been busy crafting in my absence! I have crafted a little bit, but not much. We did however have 400mm of rainfall in 36 hours last week which caused some significant flooding here on the South Coast but we were fine. I can report today that the sun is out and shining brightly! First day of spring tomorrow and I can’t wait! I LOVE spring.

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So the Online Card Class Background Check is almost over and I have finally managed to make a card for it! I have enjoyed all the videos and techniques used, but I have a house full of sick kids and hubby is away on business, so I’m pretty proud of getting one made!

This card uses the inking blend technique that Laura Bassen showed on Day 1. I masked off the horizon with some Post-It tape and blended in some Salty Ocean Distress ink for the sky and Mowed Lawn for the grass. To add some interest, I sponged in some clouds (I created a stencil from card stock using a cloud die from Poppy Stamps). The bears are a Hero Arts stamp, coloured with Copics.

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Hello! Today it is the Jane’s Doodles release blog hop. Yay!  Two new sets have been released into the store and they are sooooo cute! Check them out.

Cats

Dogs

If you follow my blog, you know I love cats – so I just had to colour this cute kitty like my cat Mack. I coloured him with Copics and added some detail with Prismacolor pencils.

And I made a really quick tag using the Dogs set. Who doesn’t love a dachshund?

GIVEAWAY:
Want to win some prizes? Jane is generously giving a $50 gift certificate to the Jane’s Doodle store to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop for your chance to win. Jane is also having a 20% off sale!

Blog Hop order:
Jane
Marion (me)
Ange
Milka (New DT)
Carisa (New DT)
Laura (Guest Designer)
Jane’s Doodles

 

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