Beautiful Day Cardinal

  I love cardinals and blue jays and am blessed to live in an area where I see them both quite regularily. I love the colours on both birds and was lucky enough to find a red feather outside of my work place a few months ago. I have never found a red feather, they are always white so when I was found this Cardinal stamp in my High Hopes Rubber Stamps coloured stamp stash, I knew I had to use it on a card I can send to bring someone a smile. 

I coloured this stamp awhile ago when I was transitioning from Spectrum Noir markers to Copic markers. I cut it out using a square pleated lace die from Gina Marie Designs and cut a card stock piece to put behind it. I created the paper layers with patterned paper from My Favorite Things and Honey Bee. I added a few layered fish tail banners to add some interest and texture. I stamped the sentiment and cut it out using a circle die. Glitter dots finish off my card.

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Cardinal (TLF017)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Beautiful Day (FDG013) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Gingham Galore Spring - Honey Bee Stamps, Watercolor Wash - My Favorite Things

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, circle die, square pleated lace die - Gina Marie Designs, fish tail banner die, glitter dots

Copic Markers

Body - CR7 CR9 R29 R59 W5 Y15 Y35 Y38

Branch - E41 MB2 E44 

Leaves - G07 DG3 JG6

Flowers - BV000 BV01 DP2

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Beautiful Day!

Hi!

Oh my goodness, isn't this little angel adorable?! Meet "Lizabeth Biking Angel" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I'll tell you a little secret..... I want a bike just like this in a fun colour with the basket! Of course it will have to have a bell. Maybe Hubby will read this post and surprise me with one LOL.

To start my card, I stamped the image onto Copic friendly paper with Memento ink in Tuxedo. Before colouring in the image with my Copic Sketch markers, I chose papers from the Doodle Bug "My Happy Place" 6x6 collection. This way I can try to colour matching the chosen papers. I'm using the "Beautiful day" sentiment from High Hopes. A sprinkling of enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00 E21, E95, R20

Hair: Y23, Y34, Y26

Outfit: G28, YG03, YG13, YG17/ Y15, Y19

Bike: RV04, RV06, RV09/ N6, N9/ BG53, BG57, BG49

Basket: E23, E25

Wings: BG0000, BG000

Don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

 

 

Beautiful Day

 As I am writing this post on Sunday, we have had a beautiful day. Nice and sunny - the wind is still cold but the sun is sooo warm and kind of makes up for the wind. Yesterday was cold and rainy and we didn't get in to plus temperatures. My dog likes the warmer weather and the sun. He loves to sit on the front porch and watch the world go by so as soon as the sun is out he thinks we should be out there. Still a little cold for that little buddy but those days are coming. 

Instead I took him on an extra long walk today just like "Emilee and Lola" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps......although he does not go for a walk riding in a cute wagon. <wink>

 I stamped on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured the stamp with Copic markers and cut it out with a stitched rectangle die. Next I found some patterned paper from Honey Bee Stamps and cut it to fit my card 5.5" x 5.5" card base. I used a stitched scallop rectangle die to cut a piece of card stock to put behind the stamped image. Next I cut some patterned paper from Echo Park and Honey Bee Stamps with some fish tail banner dies and layered them to put under the image. I added a sheer ribbon down one side and stamped and cut the sentiment out with a circle die. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Emilee and Lola (TDG049) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Beautiful Day (FDG013)

Patterned Paper - Playful Pastels - Honey Bee Stamps, Coffee and Friends - Echo Park

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, ribbon, enamel dots, handstitched nested rectangle die - Whimsy Stamps, fish tail banner die - Your Next Stamp, stitched scallop rectangle die - Your Next Stamp

Copic Markers

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Flowers - RV32 RV34 R56

Hair/Dog - E50 E53 E55

Bear - E33 E35 E57 E29 R00 R30 R21 R22

Pants - B12 B14 B16 B97

Shirt - V01 V12 V15 V99

Wagon - C1 C2 C4 C5

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!