Busy Beaver Canada Day Blog Hop

Happy Canada Day!!

We are blog hopping today in celebration of Canada’s 150^th Birthday, sharing projects featuring the cute new ‘Busy Beaver’ stamp & die set by Taylored Expressions!   Be sure to leave comments along the way because Scrap N’ Stamp Canada has some prizes to give away randomly- $150 in gift certificates (3 lucky people will get $50 gc’s) and a Busy Beaver set with a bonus maple leaf tag die!  Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on the SNS blog on Monday!

The link to your next stop can be found at the bottom of this post, 

so keep on reading!

This chunky beaver is too cute!

I really wanted to make my kids some bookmarks for all their summer reading.

To play up the bucky beaver teeth I used a Smile word die from MFT Stamps because I thought this sentiment I created was would be hilarious to my kids.

I wanted it to be really fun and chose to make it into a shaker bookmark. This was an great opportunity to pull out the Fuse tool and put it to work. In hindsight, I wouldn't have used the seed beads, as they are just to chunky (duh!) but they really make it a lot of fun.

The background I quickly ink-blended with some red-toned Hero Arts inks, in order to give it a little interest. Then out came my trusty Copics to do some quick colouring on the images. 

The finishing touches like the silver grommet and red ribbon tie it all together. My favourite part is this awesome tag die with the maple leaf. I know I will be pulling that out often, if not for just the maple leaf die.

Your next stop is with Amber Trubiak at http://foreverambersart.blogspot.ca/

Please visit Scrap N' Stamp's blog www.scrapnstamp.ca/blog/ for the complete list of women participating today and to find out the winners on Monday!

ps-Don't forget to leave those comments for your chance to win one of these 'gnawsome' prizes!

Paper Lanterns & Hello Gorgeous | A Muse Studio Guest Designer

I am over the A Muse Studio blog Guest Designing, please go check that out here!

Today I am featuring the Paper Lanterns and Hello Gorgeous sets. 

I love a good rainbow and this was so much fun to put together.

The coordinating dies made this really simple and quick to put together.

I did some heat embossing in black and quick watercoloring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

Popping them up gave it a fun detail and dimension.

Thank you so much for coming by, 

and thank you again to A Muse Studio for having me!

I will be sharing more projects featured on their blog all month long, so stay tuned!

Supplies

I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts for your convenience. The letters below represent where the product can be purchase, ie. AZ – Amazon, SB – Scrapbook.com, SNS- Scrapnstamp. Products used from A Muse Studio were sent to me, but this post is not sponsored. Affiliate links are used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and youtube channel running and enables me to work from home with my kids! We appreciate your support!

HELLO GORGEOUS	PAPER LANTERNS	A|S DIE SET - PAPER LANTERNS	SB	Ranger Ink - Basics Embossing Powder - Super Fine - Black	SB
Umbrella Crafts Clear Acrylic Stamp Block	SB	A|S CARDSTOCK - MARIGOLD	Bazzill Basics - 12 x 12 White 25 Sheets	SSS	BAKER'S TWINE - ONYX/WHITE
Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Adhesive	American Crafts - Adhesives - Double-Sided Tape	3m Double sided foam tape	Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Fiskars 12 ink Personal Paper Trimmer	Fiskars 12 Inch Portable Paper Trimmer

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Happy Anniversary Using Grow | A Muse Studio Guest Designer

I have been featured as a Guest Designer at the A muse Studio blog, 

go check that out here. I am sharing my projects here all month long.

I adore these succulent planters from the Grow stamp set. 

I did some repeat stamping using my Stamp Perfect tool with a gradient effect.

The images were coloured using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers on Bristol smooth paper. (Because there is just no other way to do that, this paper is so amazing)

I hope you enjoyed this card today, join me Friday for another A muse Studio project.

Thanks again to A Muse Studio for having me, such a pleasure!

Supplies

I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts for your convenience. The letters below represent where the product can be purchase, ie. AZ – Amazon, SB – Scrapbook.com, SNS- Scrapnstamp. Products used from A Muse Studio were sent to me, but this post is not sponsored. Affiliate links are used when possible at no extra cost to you. Affiliate linking is what keeps my blog and youtube channel running and enables me to work from home with my kids! We appreciate your support!

GROW	A|S DIE SET - GROW	Ranger Ink - Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black	Hampton Art Stamp Perfect Tool	Umbrella Crafts Clear Acrylic Stamp Block	SB
ZIG Wink of Stella	Bazzill Basics - 12 x 12 White 25 Sheets	Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Fiskars 12 Inch Portable Paper Trimmer	Fiskars 12 ink Personal Paper Trimmer	American Crafts - Adhesives - Double-Sided Tape

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Bright Copic Colouring | 30 Day Colouring Challenge

This card is a product of all my colouring for the 30 Day Colouring Challenge hosted by The Daily Marker.  I took my time and coloured maybe one bird a day which may seem slow but life is busy. Also the point of the challenge is not to make a masterpiece everyday, it is to take even a few minutes for yourself to relax and do something you love. So I consider this a success for me. There is even still time to join in for the month of March.

These images are from MFT Stamps Polynesian Paradise, another of my favourites. I googled Toucans and Parrots and found some photos that really stood out to me and tried to emulate the bright colours.

Blending bright colours together with Copic markers can be pretty tricky. The brighter colours want to pick up the colour of the darker shades. So being careful and methodical was my best bet here, laying down the light colours first and keeping a light hand with my darker shades. 

Warm wishes and sunny smiles to all of you!!

Kiss the Cook | Thank You for Dinner/Baking

I made this card as a Thank You for someone inviting us to dinner. You could also use it as a Thank You when someone makes you baked goods, etc.

This is a stamp and die set I found at Micheals from Sizzix a while back, although there are many companies with similar images and sentiments now.

I did some really quick Copic colouring and added Glossy Accents to give a little detail. The matching dies made this card really simple to pull together.

I love the cherries, I might use just that image to make something fun next.

Until next time, thanks for visiting!

Sizzix - Framelits Die with Clear Acrylic Stamp Set - Baked with Love	Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Baked with Love	Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Baked with Love	Bazzill Basics - 12 x 12 White 25 Sheets	A|S CARDSTOCK - POPPY	Bazzill Basics - 8.5 x 11 Vellum - White - 40lb.
Memento Tuxedo Black	Memento Tuxedo Black	Umbrella Crafts Clear Acrylic Stamp Block	American Crafts - Adhesives - Double-Sided Tape	3m Double sided foam tape	Sizzix Big Shot Machine
Copic Sketch Very Primary 12 pcs Set	Copic - Sketch Marker Set - Holiday - 12 Piece Set	Copic - Sketch Marker Set - Retro - 12 Piece Set

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