You Are My Sunshine and More

I'm still working on thinking spring here. Maybe that will help the snow to melt a little bit faster! I made this cheerful card using this week's Our Craft Lounge sketch challenge. I had a great time hanging out at the OCL booth at CHA last month, meeting the OCL gals and checking out the new sets and gorgeous samples. Kate's just gotten a bunch of the newest sets in at i {heart} papers. And, to go along with the Copics she's just added to the store, she's also carrying Memento ink, my favorite ink for using with Copics, too.

I used the adorable duck from the Ducky Days set as my focal image. The duck is stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. I have to admit that I cheated a bit and used the color enclosure that came with the set as a coloring guide--I love that feature of the OLC sets! It doesn't show in my photo, but I coated the puddle under the duck's feet with some Glossy Accents for a watery look.

I used both sides of a piece of My Mind's Eye designer paper for the panels on the cardfront. I matted the panels on coordinating pink and green cardstock pieces. A piece of bold pink faux suede ribbon runs across the card for some texture and contrast. I decided to keep the sentiment panel a simple circle instead of a fancy shape because of all the patterns in the designer paper. It's added on with some foam tape.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Ducky Days stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (Y00,Y11, Y21, YG03, YG05, R81, R83, R85, YR20, YR61, B000, B00, B02, C-3), Ranger Glossy Accents, My Mind's Eye Abbey Road Whirlybird "Blossom" Floating Flowers designer paper, May Arts light fuschia faux suede ribbon

other: white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Kiwi Kiss and Melon Mambo cardstock (Stampin' Up!); circle punches (EK Success); foam tape

While I had my OCL sets out, I thought I'd use another one for this week's Fabulous Friday challenge from the i {heart} copics group at Paper Craft Planet. For this one, I used the Pat the Dawg House set. I have a few of the dog sets in my collection. They remind me of my sweet Cosmo the crazy dog. Boy, do I miss having that big guy around. . .

I used my Memento ink and Copics again to color the image. I paired it with 3 different patterns from the My Mind's Eye Love Me Do Collection Kit. The triangles are machine stitched together (with a slightly smaller white panel behind them to hold them in place for stitching purposes). I attached the stitched panel to a Bermuda Bay card base, then layered the colored image on top. I added the sentiment on a pair of layered circles to finish the card.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Our Craft Lounge Pat the Dawg House stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (C-1, C-3, C-5, E00, E21, E33, E35, E43, E51, YR21, YG03, YG05, YG23, R27, R46, B0000), My Mind's Eye Love Me Do Collection Kit

other: Bermuda Bay cardstock (Stampin' Up!); circle punches (EK Success); foam tape; sewing machine