A thank you card for Mr. T - our neighbor & coloring video

Hola, 

I am back with a thank you card for our awesome neighbor Mr. T.

A few weeks ago we had a bad snow storm and Mr. T saw my kiddos 

shoveling my daughter's car out and he came to help.

I thought this bear from 2CuteInk was super appropriate!

I think my kids learned a few lessons that day:

1. always help your brother or sister,

2. help a neighbor if you have a chance,

3. and always, always be thankful when someone offers you help.

I you are interested on watching the coloring video, here it is.

YouTube video link

Copics used:

Hope you liked it!

Adiós,

~Yar

FTHS Sketch Challenge #168 & coloring video

¡Hola! 

I am back with a card for the FTHS Sketch Challenge #168

I had a hard time with this sketch,

I wasn't sure how to interpret the waves.

 I think on the end, I figured it out and love how it turned out.

This is the sketch I followed and flipped to make it work.

 The background

Step 1. For this card I created the background using distress inks. 

Yes, you heard me right. 

I have a few distress ink and every few month I try to use them.

I am not a distress ink lover...but I keep trying to figure them out.

Inks used: 

Step 2.  I proceeded to cut the background piece to 4.25" and 5.5" and

 then into wavy strips to resemble the sketch.  

Step 3. I glued the pieces onto black cardstock.

Step 4. Copic coloring, here are the colors I used.

I made a YouTUbe video for the coloring process of this cute little piggy.

Be advised, when I was almost done, I received a hone call

so my phone stopped recording.

I finished the coloring on a second video, sigh!

Part 1 is linked below, part 2 is linked on youtube.

You can watch my coloring:

 below | or on YouTube

Other thinks I used: 

Chevron die: Sizzix Banners, Chevrons and Clouds die set 

hugs die: from my stash!

Piggy: FTHS image

wink of Stella

Scan N Cut2 to cut the image

Another closeup - hope you can see the shimmer!

UPDATE:
I entered this card in several challenges:
* Copic UK April 2017 Anything goes Challenge and WON!!!! 
(Winner was picked randomly, but still :) 
A win is a win!
* Chatty Scrapper Inspiration Board Challenge - I won that one as well!!  
Woohoo! Very excited!

 Enjoy the card and the video!

Adiós,

`Yar

FTHS Challenge # 167 & Stamp of the month

¡Hola!

I have been kind of off lately, so today I made myself sit down and color.

It was a quick card, but I am in a much better mood now! 

For today's card I used the From the Heart Stamp (FTHS) 

Stamp of the Month for March 2017 Lucky Lil Birdie. 

He is a cutie!!

I will enter this card on several challenges: 

FTHS Sketch #167 and FTHS Stamp of the month.

As usual I used Copic markers to color him up! 

I also used three different embossing folders 

from Darice: Clouds and Dots

From Stampin Up: hexagons

And tons of Wink of Stella!

Enjoy.

Adiós,

~~Yar

A Card to Welcome Baby Girl Abby

¡¡Hola!!

Today I want to share some BABY happiness with you.

My friend Leesha just welcomed her very first granddaughter - Abigail.

I was so happy for her I had to make her a card to share in the joy of a brand new life.

For this card I used:

Stamp sets: SU Buggies & Booties and the SU Fun Phrases

Darice Embossing folder: Baby Quilt

Wink of Stella

Glossy Accents

Copic Markers (see list below)

    

I colored the card using the following Copic Markers:

I used Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents on the baby's blanket.

Here is another look at the card.

Hope you enjoyed it & got some creative ideas of your own!

Adiós,

~~Yar

MFT Sketch Challenge 324 take 2 - Celebrate an 11 yr old's birthday!!!

Hola, 

We are celebrating!!

I am here to share with you another card using the MFT Sketch Challenge 324.  

For this card I used:

Stamp: MFT Beary Special Birthday

Dies: Cross-stitched Semi circles from my stash

Gina Marie Designs Scalloped stitched nested rectangles set of 5

11: MFT Little Numbers dies

Banner:MFT  First prize die set

Embossing folder: Darice's Stripes Diagonal

flag: Stampin' Up punch

Corners punched using WRMK punch

Wink of Stella

Brother Scan N Cut 2 - to cut the image

I used Copic markers to color the cutie (didn't write them down)

I take coloring classes with Kit & Clowder.

A close-up of the cute bear! Can you see the sparkle?

Another look at the card!

Enjoy!

Adiós,

~~Yar

MFT Sketch Challenge 324

Hola

I made this cute card for the MFT Sketch Challenge # 324

MFT Sketch 324

How do you like my representation of the sketch?

Items used:

Stamp: MFT Magical Dragons

Darice's Embossing folder: Falling Confetti

Tiny heart punch from Target

MFT Banner die: First Place

X-stitched Semi-circle die: from my stash

SU scallop punch

Tom Holtz stapler 

Wink of Stella

Foam dots for the purple Dragon

Scan-N-Cut2

Mama Elephant Border die: Fine Trimming Creative Cuts

Copic markers used:

I am also entering this card in the Coloring challenge for the daily marker

#thedailymarker30day

Enjoy!

Adiós,

~~Yar

Do you love die-cuts? - Facebook Swap (Blog & YT video)

!!Hola!!

If you love die-cuts this blog post & YouTube video are for you!

Video is linked below.

I just finished my first swap not involving handmade cards - very exciting!

For this swap we were to send 10 different die cuts to a partner.

What she requested: Words & Spring themed die cuts. 

Would you like to know what I sent?

•  Images - some Spring themed, some not so Springy (octopus), but cute :)

Some brands include: Stamps of Life, Stampin' UP, 

and from my own stash.

See YouTube video for specifics.

•  Flowers!

Some brands include: Stamps of Life and from my own stash.

See YouTube video for specifics.

• Words:

Some brands include: Mama Elephant, Stamps of Life,

 Little B and from my own stash.

See YouTube video for specifics.

For specific brands,

please check out the corresponding YouTube Video.

Watch below   |   Watch on YouTube

Overall, I love the die cuts I sent her

and I hope she enjoys them as well.

And what can I say but "I LOVE me some die-cuts!!"

That is it for today. 

Happy Day!

Keep on stampin' & die-cutting!

Adiós,

~~Yar