I hope your week is off to a good start! I am on February break, which means lots of family time and crafty time! I have another beautiful Peony from Alex Syberia. You can see the beautiful Sketched Peony and more beautiful digi stamps at Alex’s online shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign

I chose to work with the beautiful new Sketched Peony! I knew when I first saw this stamp I wanted to create one large bloom as my focal point and wanted to use a variety of colors.

I started by printing the peony on Bristol Smooth card stock. I then colored my image using a variety of markers for this flower. I used both Tombow dual brush pens, as well as my Arteza brush pens. I then used colored pencils in the nooks and crannies in a deep red to add more dimension and interest to my flower. I then added Wink of Stella to the center of my flower in gold.

I then chose a piece of card stock and used an embossing folder on the background. I added a little splatter in gold as well. I then used foam tape to adhere the flower to the card base. For the sentiment I chose a friends sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh. I heat embossed this in gold and adhered it to my card. I then added a few gold sequins to the card base, as well as stickles in the center of the sequins.

Supplies:

• Stamps Used: Sketched Peony (Alex Syberia Designs), Pretty Pink Posh
• Paper: Bristol smooth cardstock
• Coloring Medium: Tombow Dual bursh pens, Arteza brush pens, colored pencils
• Other: Perfect Pearls, sequins, Stickles

Wishing you all a great day! Thank you so much to Alex for this AMAZING opportunity!

Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you had a nice week! I am back today using a new stamp from Alex Syberia. You can find her AMAZING blog here http://alexsyberia.com/ I encourage you to visit her blog and to see her beautiful work, as well as visit all the guest designers to see their work using her new release. Today I am using the Strawberry Cupcake image, you can find a direct link to her shop here https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign I had so much fun creating with the beautiful Strawberry Cupcake stamp! This image is so fun, beautiful, and versatile! I wanted to create a large cupcake for my card, that was the focal point for my design!

I started by stamping my image on Bristol Smooth card stock. I then colored my image using a variety of zig clean color brush markers. I wanted to use a variety of shades of pink for this card. Once my coloring was complete I fussy cut the image. I then chose a stencil from Gina K Designs for the background and blended using 3 shades of distress oxide ink: Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, and Tattered Rose. For my sentiment I chose a birthday script sentiment from Stampin Up (past Paper Pumpkin kit) and used versa mark ink in black. I chose an embossing powder with some glitter/shine. I then cut the sentiment into a tag shape and used a small hole punch to add a bow using twine.

I then foam mounted the cupcake and sentiment to the stenciled background and adhered this panel to my card front. I added a few pink drops to the panel for added dimension.

I hope this birthday card brings someone a smile!

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Strawberry Cupcake(Alex Syberia Designs), Stampin Up
• Paper: Bristol Smooth card stock
• Coloring Medium: Zig Clean color brush markers
• Other supplies: Distress Oxide Ink, Gian K stencil

Have a good day! Crafty Hugs,

Natasha

Hi Everyone! I am so excited to be a guest designer for Alex Syberia this month as she has a BEAUTIFUL new release! I have shared a couple cards with you already and today I am the guest on Alex’s blog! http://alexsyberia.com/ Be sure to visit Alex’s blog for amazing inspiration from many other guests, as well as Alex herself! Her cards are beyond AMAZING! I know you will love them! I have been such a fan of hers and her AMAZING coloring, that this is truly an honor for me! Today I am using the new Clematis stamp. You can find this set in her shop (as well as so many others). https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexSyberiaDesign

I love this stamp set and it was a lot of fun to color. I wanted to create a monochromatic color palette for my first card.I printed my image on Bristol smooth card stock. I chose to work with my zig clean color brush markers for this design. For my floral image I used light pink and wine red. For the leaves I used a variety of shades of green, as well as added some highlight areas using yellow. I have been working to add more dimension to my cards using colored pencils after my image is dry. I used a variety of pencils in darker pink and green tones in the nooks and crannies.

In the center of the flowers, I used perfect pearls powder in gold. I then chose 2 different sentiments for this card. The first sentiment (thank you) is from The beautiful Blooms stamp set from The Gray Muse (illustrated by Alex Syberia) and the (Love you Friend) sentiment is also from The Gray Muse, Happiness Blooms. I stamped these both and heat embossed them with white powder on black card stock. I then used foam tape to adhere these for added dimension. I chose a couple clear sequins for added sparkle.

Supplies Used:

• Stamps: Cleamtis (Alex Syberia Design), The Gray Muse
• Paper: Bristol Smooth Cardstock
• Coloring Medium: Zig Clean Color briush markers, colored pencils
• Other supplies: Clear sequins

Thank you so much for stopping by! I am so thankful for Alex for this opportunity! Stay tuned… I have 2 more cards coming soon from this release!

Crafty Hugs, Natasha