My Paper Creations

monkey birthday

Hi Everyone!  I'm back to share another card I created a week or so ago.   Since I'm not designing for many companies right now, I've had a chance to finally pull out some of the stamps that I've been collecting, but haven't been using because things were so busy with design team stuff.  It's been fun to use some stamps for a variety of companies that I love.

This adorable little monkey is from CC Designs.  His name is Monkey Zoo and he comes with the funny sentiment I used on my card.   Isn't he so adorable?!  You can get him here at Stamp and Create.  (Always great customer service from Lacey!)

The card itself is actually easier to create than it might look at first.  That great patterned paper is from the new October Afternoon Cakewalk paper pad.  It's a great sunburst design with lots of different patterns that are stitched together.  (In other words, no stitching from me, but it looks like it if you don't look too closely!)  I simply cut my patterned paper, stitched some buttons on the edge, and adhered it to my black card base.

I colored the cute monkey and present with copic markers.  Sorry, I didn't write the colors down this time.  I used a pear green promarker for the ribbon on the present.  (I really need Copic to add some pear greens in this shade to the line up!!  Maybe I should email them and beg them! lol)  Then, I added a black mat.  I wrapped some charcoal baker's twine around and stitched another green button in place before adhering the image with some foam adhesive.

Have a wonderful day!

Niki

Monkey Birthday card supplies:
Stamps: Monkey Zoo (CC Designs)
Cardstock: X-Press It (Copic), black
Patterned Paper: Cakewalk (October Afternoon)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Embellishments: Cakewalk buttons (October Afternoon), charcoal baker's twine
Copic Markers

hello friend

As soon as I saw this adorable little monkey stamp set, Flower Power, from CC Designs, I had to get it.  I love those cute little monkeys!  I finally got around to using the set last month to create this card.  Isn't he adorable?!  I paired the image with some patterned papers from October Afternoon's Cherry Hill line and colored him with copic markers.  Lots of stitching, some buttons, and a sentiment from PTI finish off my card.

Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Flower Power (CC Designs), sentiment (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white (Papertrey Ink), blue (SU)
Patterned Paper: Cherry Hill (October Afternoon)
Ink: tuxedo black (Momento)
Accents: blue buttons
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, circle punches

Hi There

This week, the product spotlight over at Stamp and Create is CC Designs stamps.  That means all the CC Designs stamps are 25% off until the next product spotlight starts next Monday.  Lots of little cuties to check out in the store!  More info and cards from the design team on the Stamp and Create blog.  Oh, and be sure to check out the blog candy Lacey is giving away.  She gives away a new blog candy almost every week!

I used this cute little Swiss Miss Rosalie with Roses image for my card.  I paired her with Honey Pie patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket and colored her with coordinating copic markers.  Lots of stitching and some white lace finish off my card.

Have a wonderful day!!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Swiss Miss Rosalie with Roses (CC Designs), Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, kraft, pure poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Honey Pie (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: tuxedo black (Momento)
Accents: white lace
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine, oval nestability die, scalloped oval nestability die (Spellbinders)

hugs & kisses

My husband is gone working away from home during the week now and only home on the weekends.  He's been doing it for a few weeks now.  It's hard on all of us, but we are making the best of the situation.  I created this card a couple weeks ago and tucked it into his bag before he left for the week.

I used the adorable April and Peter bunny stamps from CC Designs.  I stamped them together on my white cardstock and colored them with copic markers.  Then, I stamped them again on some scraps of patterned paper (the same papers I would be using on my card).  I cut out Peter's overalls and April's dress and paper pieced them over my images.  I added a little shading to their clothes with copic markers.   Then, I stitched around the edge of my blue patterned paper before adhering it to my black card base.  By doing it before, you don't have to worry about there being stitching inside the card that needs covered up.  I stitched my pink patterned paper to it's mat and stitched the buttons in place before adhering the layer to my card.  I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of my card and added a chipboard heart with a button stitched to it.  Last, I added my image using foam adhesive.

Have a wonderful day!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: April, Peter (CC Designs), Simple Valentine (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, true black (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Urban Prairie (Basic Grey)
Ink: tuxedo black (momento)
Accents: white buttons, chipboard heart
Tools; copic markers, sewing machine

happy easter

I recently came across these absolutely adorable Easter images drawn by Amy Young (available at All that Scraps) when I was browsing the gallery on SCS.  Seriously, they are so cute!!  I think they are some of my favorite Easter images.  I created this card today.  My sketch is rather simple, but that really shows off this cute image from the Baby Bunnies line called Chick.  I paired the image with some patterned paper from October Afternoon (Ducks in a Row), some lemon tart cardstock, ripe avocado stitched ribbon and a lemon tart button.

I snapped a quick photo of the copic markers I used to color the image.  (Sorry, it is kind of fuzzy.)

Have a great week!

Niki

Recipe
Stamps: Baby Bunnies Chick (Sweet November Stamps - All That Scraps), Egg Hunt (Papertrey Ink)
Cardstock: white, lemon tart (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Ducks in a Row (October Afternoon)
Ink: tuxedo black (Momento), true black (Papertrey Ink)
Accents: ripe avocado stitched ribbon, lemon tart button (Papertrey Ink)
Tools: copic markers, sewing machine