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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hello Squeak Heart

Soooo, a little mouse (my Iphone) ate my shamrock video and the video for today's card, sadly, but I had so much fun making it, I had to still share. This card is for Monday's blog hop, which you can see here

I'm one of those people who thinks mice are some of the cutest things on the planet. I also love cheese! So this card was a no-brainer.

I used my magic fadeout ink to stamp the mouse, and then masked him (or her?) with masking paper before stamping the cheese. Then I painted them both with Daniel Smith watercolor, and popped the whole thing back into the MISTI. I used my Copic Gasenfude pen to make the nose and eye black and then overstamped them.

I never remove my stamps from the MISTI until I'm done completely with a card, because I do overstamp so frequently - that's my tip for today!
No-line watercolor mouse & cheese card by Understand Blue







Fadeout No Line coloring Detail Ink
[ INK ]
Heffy Doodle HELLO SQUEAKHEART Clear...
[ SSS ]
Heffy Doodle HELLO SQUEAKHEART Dies...
[ SSS ]
Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors
[ BLIC ]
Da Vinci Cosmotop Sable Mix F Brushes...
[ BLIC | ELH ]
Fabriano Artistico 140 lb. Cold Press...
[ AMZUS ]
Tsukineko VersaFine Clair NOCTURNE...
[ SSS ]
Copic Marker GASENFUDE Nylon Brush...
[ SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSW | HA | SSS | ELH | MFT | SBC ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | ELH | CST | ART | SBC ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Nesting Porcelain Bowls - BLICK art...
[ BLIC ]
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock by...
[ SUP ]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock by...
[ SUP ]
Avery Self-Adhesive Removable Laser...
[ AMZUS ]

Punny sentiments crack me up, and this little stamp set is full of them. They always have such clean fonts, too.

So how about a giveaway?? It's my anniversary-ish today - it's actually on the 29th, but we don't have one of those this year, so today is the stand-in date.

I have a Bob Ross water bottle from Creativation to give away. Here's what it looks like (bag not included).


Here's what you need to do - comment on this post by Friday, telling me what thing you like (like mice) that other people don't like. We can find out how quirky we all are!

I'll post the winner on Monday. Be SURE that you either leave your email or have your email linked in your Blogger profile - here's how you do that if you are currently a "no reply" blogger profile, meaning people can't get in touch. Otherwise I won't know how to get in touch with you!

Loveyameanitsqueakheartsbye.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Behind You All the Way

I bookmarked one of Splitcoast's technique challenges a few weeks ago, because it was so danged cute I knew I'd have to come back to it.

Our Try a New Technique challenge is every Monday, and I love it so much - there's always something fun to learn, and this challenge was no exception.

I'd done part of this technique before, but not the way she did it. I loved how she illuminated the images. You can see the challenge and her post here - go to post #1.

So I decided to use the critters from We Must Celebrate for my attempt at this. I've been seeing them everywhere lately, but not like this. The sentiment from the set, which I embossed in white on black cardstock and punched with the triple banner punch - is PERFECT for the scene, since it looks like the animals have their backs to us.

I cut and masked the earth with the largest of the Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies and masking paper, and punched a moon with this punch, also from masking paper. You'll see this process and the sponging in the video below.

I filled in the images with a black copic and fine sharpies, and then highlighted with a white gel pen.

Just a fun, different way to use line-art images.
We must Celebrate Illuminated Silhouette Card by Understand Blue
We Must Celebrate Clear-Mount Stamp...
[ SUP ]
Circle Infinity Dies (H)
[ HA | ELH | CST | SBC ]
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad...
[ SUP ]
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin'...
[ SUP ]
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad...
[ SUP ]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad...
[ SUP ]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad by...
[ SUP | CRF | ELH | ART | CST | SBC | SSS ]
Whisper White Uninked Craft Stampin’...
[ SUP ]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132)
[ SUP ]
Copic Sketch MARKER 100 BLACK
[ SSS | ELH | ART ]
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05...
[ SSS | MFT | ART | BLIC ]
Sharpie Brush Tip Permanent Markers
[ BLIC | ART ]
Sharpie Plastic Point Pen, 12-Count...
[ AMZUS ]
Whisper White Cardstock - Thick
[ SUP ]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock by...
[ SUP ]
Avery Self-Adhesive Removable Laser...
[ AMZUS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSW | HA | SSS | ELH | SBC | MFT ]
Turquoise Stickers for Original MISTI
[ MSW ]
1-3/8" (3.5 Cm) Circle Punch (119860)
[ SUP ]
Banner Triple Punch by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) by Stampin'...
[ SUP ]
Absorber - Synthetic Cleaning Cloth
[ AMZUS ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Bone Folder by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Stamping Sponges by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]

Then, on my team call Sunday, I demonstrated this for them on Facebook live, this time with Magical Day. I had done this galaxy background during the Daily Marker coloring event, and I just stamped the little wizard, colored him in, and highlighted him. After that was done, I used a white Polychromos pencil to create a little glow around him, since the background is so dark. I positioned him so that it looked like a star I had already added was in his hand.
Magical Day Illuminated Silhouette Card by Understand Blue
Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle (145985)
[ SUP ]
Circle Infinity Dies (H)
[ HA | ELH | CST | SBC ]
Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors
[ BLIC ]
05816-1008 - Da Vinci Cosmotop Spin...
[ BLIC ]
Da Vinci Cosmotop Sable Mix F Brushes...
[ BLIC ]
DaVinci Vinci Cosmotop Spin Brush,...
[ ELH ]
Nesting Porcelain Bowls - BLICK art...
[ BLIC ]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad by...
[ SUP | SSS ]
Copic Sketch MARKER 100 BLACK
[ SSS ]
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Fine Line 05...
[ SSS ]
Sharpie Brush Tip Permanent Markers
[ BLIC | ART ]
Sharpie Plastic Point Pen, 12-Count...
[ AMZUS ]
20538-1020 - Faber-Castell...
[ BLIC ]
Fabriano Artistico 140 lb. Cold Press...
[ AMZUS ]
Whisper White Cardstock - Thick
[ SUP ]
Avery Self-Adhesive Removable Laser...
[ AMZUS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool
[ MSW | HA | SSS | ELH | SBC | MFT ]
Turquoise Stickers for Original MISTI
[ MSW ]
Absorber - Synthetic Cleaning Cloth
[ AMZUS ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Bone Folder by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Multipurpose Liquid Glue by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Stamping Sponges by Stampin' Up!
[ SUP ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring...
[ SSS ]


So here's the video for you - enjoy!!!



Loveyameanitbye.