A different approach to dies...

This card shows you something you can do with the "negative" piece of a die cut.  This is what we generally throw away!  Technically, it will work for any die cut, but the ones that have pieces fall out are certainly a little more tricky.  After removing the positive image, apply a piece of packing tape on the back side of the cardstock - so that the sticky side is coming through the die holes.  In this case, we are going to use 3 different colors of glitter, so I cut a mask of the die out of a scrap of release paper and cut it at the various places the color changes and then put them over the opening.  You remove a piece at a time and pour glitter over the opening - then brush off the excess.  In this example I started with the green.  Then I removed the mask for the pink flower and added pink glitter.  Once that was done, I removed the 2 little sections for the yellow and added yellow glitter.  After all the glitter has been applied, I place a piece of white bind or copy paper behind the piece (cut a little smaller than the cardstock).  This has the glitter against white and makes it pop a little, without adding any thickness.

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Jeannette

Bird on a Branch...

This is a wonderful image from Stampendous - sort of designed for the holidays, but it certainly could be used for other things.  Also wonderful for a non-Christmas specific holiday card.  If you look closely, there is "snow" on the branches.  I decided to keep it simple and color the bird as a bluebird and use a simple bow with ribbon as an adornment.

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Jeannette

Marcie with Cat...

Any of you that know me, know I am a cat person.  No kidding, right?  So, I loved this image from La-La-Land - it's me (okay, a little thinner!).  I colored her with Copics - the most challenging part of this was creating the "tabby cat."  Tabbies are also my favorite - and I love gray tabbies - though they seem to be the hardest ones to find.  It can be difficult and I have developed my tabby-coloring skills over the years.  You almost need to make little scratchy triangles for the stripes.

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Jeannette