Author: sproatmeyer

Theodore Birthday

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This card uses Theodore’s Birthday rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I wanted to go for a bright and cheery look so I picked this rainbow paper.  I had planned to add a maze on the front but cut the paper before I remembered so I switched up the layout and ended up with this. 

Here are the Copic markers I used…
YG93, 25, G40, B11, 15, 49
R20, 32, 05
E21, 23, 25, 27, 29
YR30, Y32, YR23
BV23, C2, C5, C7

The moon and stars are Chipboard Embellishments from Make it Crafty and I left them plain in color but added Sparkles glitter gel on top for some sparkle.

Lily Pad

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For my card today, I used Lily Pad by DoveArt Designs. Even though there are flowers, I thought I would create a masculine card so I picked out some papers with greens and browns.  I also used some Balsa wood in the layering to bring in some natural elements.

The sentiment is a Smile Word Chipboard from Make it Crafty. It’s a light smooth surface so it’s easy to apply color to it.  For this card, I used the following Copic markers and then added some white gel pen.

YG01, 13, 17, G19, YG93
E23, 25, 27, 29

Here are the Copic markers I used on the image… 
B52, BG32
YG01, 13, 17, G19, YG93
R20, 21
YR23, BV23

Polka Dot Pals Tanzen

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There’s a new release today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and one of them includes a rubber stamp – Polka Dot Pals Tanzen!  I’ve also used one of the new Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces which will be released in full later this summer.  I also used the cupcakes from Cupcakes ‘n Books for some details on the side.

Update: The Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces are now available in the shop. 

For my project, I’ve followed the instructions from the Easy Mini Albums craft book by Annie’s which includes 16 pages of great inspiration and diagrams.  This is the larger envelope one and I’m currently customizing the flaps.  The “OPEN” sentiment was created using the Cutters Mini Alpha and Numbers die.

Here you can see a sneak of one of the inside outer panels which I’ve used Party Banner Metal Die and Make it Crafty Alphabet Chipboard for the wording.

Polka Dot Pals Tanzen is one of my favorites and is so fun to color with the wild hair.  This face is one I’ve been curious to see how it changes after coloring.  With it uncolored, it looks like an angry expression but that completely changes with the color.  I love it!

Hope you enjoy this little bit of inspiration.  
Here are the Copic colors I used on this panel:
E25, 47, 49
W8, T2, 4, 5, 6, 7
B91, 93, 97, 99
G24, 82, YG67
R11, E00, 31, 34, R02, E04, T2, 1, E47
R39, 37, 08, 05, 02
YR23, 24, Y21
BV23

Parrot Duo

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It’s time for our June RELEASE from CCDesigns and DoveArt Studios.

Featuring 8 fun NEW stamps from

DoveArt Studios Collection


 We are very excited about each of these new stamps and we know you will love them too!!!  The sand castle event comes in two sizes.  One for the full card or one to add along with another favorite stamp you have.  Clever right?

We want to give you a chance to win several of these new stamps so let’s get ready to HOP!

Each of our Design Team members (including our new DT member Barb) will be sharing their inspiration with gorgeous projects that feature every one of these new stamps!

Here is what I have created using Parrot Duo:

The Copic colors I used are:
Y000, 08, 21
R11, 08, 29
B02, 04, 06
T2, 6, 8, BV23
E43, 44, 47
YG00, 01, 13, 06, 23

I hope you enjoyed this hop and seeing all the inspiration along the way.  We appreciate your love for the DoveArt Studios line and hope you continue to enjoy them for all times.
You can find all these stamps at CCDesigns as well as one of your local store or online stores.
Parrot Duo
Here is how you play:

1.  Visit each design team member’s blog (Blog roll below).  If you are starting on my blog be sure and hop back to the beginning so you can see all the new stamps and have a better chance of winning. 

2.  Leave a comment on each blog.

3. When you reach the end of the hop, you will be at DoveArt Studios blog.  There you will leave the name, or names of your favorite stamps in the release.  Come back on Sunday morning to DoveArt Studios blog to see if you won a stamp or two from CCDesigns.

We hope you enjoy!!  Get ready to be inspired!!

Jennifer Dove
Andrea
Rhea
Faye
Sue
Dorinda
Barb
DoveArt Studios

Be sure and leave some love!

Polka Dot Pals Amelia

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There are new digital stamps at Little Miss Muffet Stamps today and two of them are additions to the Mermaid Warriors crew. Plus the third stamp is a tribute to all the teens graduating from school this month with an official “Polka Dot Pals Dab!”  LOL

I’ve created a card with the latest Polka Dot Pals Amelia rubber stamp and added on one of the new Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces.  These faces will be released later this summer so this is a preview of one of the expressions.

Update: The Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces are now available in the shop. 

I pulled out the red, white and blue paper pack by Pebbles called Americana. The rest of the items were taken from the stash from here and there.

The Copic colors I used are:

R12, 14, 29, 46, 59
0, T2
BG11, 13, 32
B91, 95, 97, 99
E00, 31, 34, 23, R11, E25, 49
T4, 6, 8
R02, E04
YG17, 06, 67
I’d like to share this into the following challenges:
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2017/05/challenge-197-anything-goes-optional.html

Tall Cactus

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For this card I’ve used Tall Cactus from DoveArt Studios. I was looking for a soft male card for a graduation so I chose colors that were less bold.  Then I doodled around the stamp to give it a border and created a simple card.

The sentiment is a word chippie from Make it Crafty and the paper is This & That from Echo Park.
Here are the Copic colors I used … 
YG21, 23, 17, 93, 95, 97
G40, 24, 19
BG11, 32, 13
YR24, 23, Y32
BV23

I’d like to share this in the following challenges: