Hummingbird Wishes

  I am taking a break from making Christmas cards and adding to my birthday card stash with this card featuring "Hummingbird" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. This stamp reminds me of my girls weekend at a friends cottage. She has a few window hummingbird feeders around her cottage and it is so fun to sit and watch them come in to feed. They are amazing little creatures and I love to sit and listen to the hum of their wings. 

                                          

I coloured this pretty stamp with Copic alcohol markers after stamping it on alcohol marker friendly paper and hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. Next, I found some water color paper from Lawn Fawn and cut it to fit my 5" x 5" card base. I cut a circle to go behind the stamp using two nesting circles, added some sparkly mesh I had in my stash and using the largest circle cut some white cardstock to put behind it. All of the paper edges are inked lightly to help them stand out. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Hummingbird (TLF020) High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Birthday Script (FDG028)

Patterned Paper - Water Color Washes Brights - Lawn Fawn

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, circle dies, Umber Versa Color ink, sparkle mesh - stash, enamel dots

Copic List

Bird  - BG02 BG05 BG07 BG09 R24 R59 R89 Y11 Y15 Y17

Leaves - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28  

Flowers - E01 E02 E95 E97 E99

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

                                                                                        

It's time for a little bit of Fall!

Happy Tuesday HH fans!

It's hard to believe Summer is over!!  I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Labour Day yesterday.

I went away this weekend to have some crafty time with my friend.  We coloured, made cards & enjoyed some great food.  Oh and I organized all my pencils & even went on a little adventure to Michael's to see if I could get a few of the missing pencils I needed.  So much fun!!

Lately I have been playing around with my Prismacolor Premier Pencils & just lovin' the learning process.  I have always used Gamsol for blending but this weekend I didn't.  My friend gave me a little lesson on blending just using the pencils.  At first try I wasn't a fan & wanted to run for my Gamsol and blending stumps.  BUT, I gave it another go after a little more of a lesson & this is what I came up with.

This is Angel Bear Pumpkin with Happy Fall Y'all.  I removed the Y'all part of the sentiment just in case you were wondering.  I still need more practice but I was quite pleased with how this turned out.  Hope you think so too.

Prismacolor Pencil Combos

*Colours are listed in the order I used them (dark to light)

Bear Brown - PC946 Dark Brown, PC1082 Chocolate, PC1085 Peach Beige

Shirt - PC937 - Tuscan Red, PC923 Scarlet Lake, PC922 Poppy Red, PC1001 Salmon Pink

Pumpkin Stem - PC908 Dark Green, PC109 Prussian Green, PC1096 Kelly Green, PC912 Apple Green

Bow Tie, Buttons & Nose - PC1067 - 90% Cool Grey, PC1065 70% Cool Grey, PC1063 50% Cool Grey

Ears & Lips - PC929 Pink, PC928 Blush Pink, PC1013 Deco Peach

Pumpkin - PC945 Sienna Brown, PC1032 Pumpkin Orange, PC118 Cadmium Orange, PC918 Orange, PC1002 Yellowed Orange, PC1003 Spanish Orange

Overalls - PC901 Indigo Blue, PC1025 Periwinkle, PC1087 Powder Blue, PC1023 Cloud Blue

Wings - PC1059 10% Cool Grey, PC1060 20% Cool Grey, PC1061 30% Cool Grey

Misc Supplies - Distress Inks Wild Honey & Scattered Straw, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for stamping, Bo Bunny Apple Cider 6 x 6 pad, Bazzil cardstock Beeswax & Brown, Strathmore Colored Pencil paper 100LB for colouring

Stamps - Angel Bear Pumpkin R139 & Happy Fall Y'all G086

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!