A Pirate Moose!

I had to make a card for my nephew who is turning 22 on Monday. These are the toughest cards to design - in my opinion. Guys between 17 and 30. Seeing that the pirate theme always goes along well, I saw the Pirate Riley image and thought "This might work!" So I colored him with Copic markers (colors are shown below). It is a lot of colors, but there are a lot of little things to color on this stamp! I used the BoBunny Double Dot Designs striped cardstock for the background and the red and teal colored standard double dot cardstock for accents. I added the black ribbon with the white stitching for some accent (not too girlie, mind you!) and punched out the happy birthday design and layered it to a black scallop circle cut from a Spellbinders die.

I think he will like the card - now we just have to hope that the rain ends before his surprise party!

Thanks for coming by today!
Jeannette

Gone Fishin'!

I needed to make a retirement card and I know that the guy likes to fish, so when I saw the Fishing Riley stamp on my shelf, I knew it could make the perfect card. I stamped Riley with black VersaFine ink and colored him with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a Dove Blender pen. I used a BoBunny stripe and double dot cardstock for layers and added a blue strip cut with an EK Success border punch. The words are from Impression Obsession. I added a few antique copper brads and a card is born! Relatively quick and easy. I actually made the identical card with a birthday sentiment for another person's birthday, as it is almost as quick to make 2 cards as one.

Thanks for stopping by! Jeannette

Riley Celebrates St. Patrick's Day!

In honor of St. Patty's Day, Riley is toasting with a glass of Guinness! Or at least I think that is what he has! Who knows, maybe it is a Black and Tan. Remember, this is coming from a non-beer drinker!

I started with a green Bazzill base card and scatter stamped some shamrocks in Tsukineko Green Tea pigment ink. Then I stamped and colored Riley. I tried stamping in brown ink, but that did not work out at all! Went black to my favorite ink - Onyx Black Versafine. Colored him with watercolor pencils and a Dove blender pen. Next I stamped the wording from Stampendous in Green Tea ink on a piece of lighter green and added the ribbon (one of my favorite patterns from May Arts!). Layered the who thing and up and, voila! A pretty quick card!

Hopefully you're seeing more green in your life. The snow here is slowly melting. I am probably down to a foot on my lawn! Come on Spring!

Jeannette

Golfing Riley...

I made this card for a golfing friend who is celebrating a birthday next week. The striped/glittered paper is from The Robin's Nest and I just LOVE this paper! The brown glitter pattern is exquisite. Riley is colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a blender pen. The circle is a Spellbinders die and the 2 colored circles underneath are cut out with the Spellbinders Inverted Scalloped circles dies. The paper is cut with a Martha Stewart border punch. To make the little glitter buttons, I took some leftover chipboard holes from something I was cutting out with the AccuCut machine and applied glue and some glitter to the top side. Just let it dry and then you have the perfect little embellishment.

We're gearing up for Hurricane Earl here in the Northeast and Friday is not likely going to be a good golfing day! However, you can always stamp!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jeannette

There's a Moose in the Tub!

A little celebration - moose style! This is a Riley the Moose image - colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils. These are fun images and often work for everyone - every age. This one might be a little "girly" for a guy, but I use a lot of Riley images for guy cards. Yes, they can be more challenging. The DP is from the BoBunny "Love Shack" collection. You can always count on BoBunny for some GREAT DP. This summer's new collections are WONDERFUL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jeannette

Surfing Riley

Yep, we're still having a heat wave here in New Hampshire. I created this fun card with Riley the Moose on his surfboard. The card base is from The Paper Cut and is known as a "bib card." I stamped a paisley background image from Impression Obsession with Ranger Distress ink in Broken China. Riley is colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils.