Hi there friends! Whatcha up to this weekend? Did you get crafty? I hope your weekend was marvelous! I'm in the craft room this afternoon with my sidekick Mr. Buddy and I just finished a card I started yesterday. I have to tell you that I had THE BEST day yesterday!! I have been working lots of extra hours at work and feeling sorta burned out.... Yesterday I spent all day gettin' my craft on with a wonderful bunch of ladies. My friend Sharon hosts a scrapbooking day once a month - in her work conference room! Everyone gets two giant tables, and we had snacks and pizza and music and tons of natural light. My friend Caroline is Sharon's sister and she met me there and we just talked and relaxed all day. It truly did my soul good. I felt refreshed and calm afterwards. Just truly what the doctor ordered.
I worked on some more watercolor cards yesterday (I'll share those soon) and then I did some Copic coloring. Coloring relaxes me - does it do that for you too? I brought all 300 of my Copic Markers to the site so I could color whatever I wanted. Well, this adorable stamp set just came in my mailbox this week and I decided to color it. The set is from My Favorite Things and is called Sunflower Sweetheart! She is so cute!!
The stamp set has matching dies! NO, I did NOT cut all these pieces out by hand! LOL. Those birdies are soooooo cute!!!
You can see a tiny peek into the inside of my card.... I put another sunflower in there! The layers on the front of my card were made with the GENIUS die set from Mama Elephant - called Femme Frames! OMG where has that been all my life?? Seriously. You can see I popped up certain pieces with foam tape...
I started by coloring her dress, using four shades or true blue. I made pleats by adding darker blue lines going up the length of the dress with a darker shade. You really should try this - it's easy!! But the look is dramatic. Love.
Next I colored her face and cheeks using the shades int he photo.... I added some tiny dots with my white gel pen to her cheeks.
Next I colored her straw hat using several shades of brown and yellow. I made faint hash marks using a brown marker... Also, I wanted the top of her dress to be white... So I added very faint light grey lines to show shadows and to make the eye think "oh that's white." It's a little trick.
Sorry this photo is wonky... You can see here I've colored her hair and the flower...
Here are all my pieces ready for assembly. I cut a gingham rolling hill using a scene builder die from Taylored Expressions. Perfect. You can also see the Femme Frames layers here. The white layers onto the green, and then onto an A2 card. By keeping the color families the same on all my pieces it gives a very cohesive look to the finishes card. The birds are the same color as her dress, and the brown in her hair matches the fence. I have found that if you get too many color families going on it doesn't look as nice.
Sending YOU Sunshine!! XOXO
Now as if yesterday couldn't have been any better.... On the way home from the scrapbook day I stopped at the Outlet Mall nearby and found a KATE SPADE OUTLET!!! OMG. I thought I died and that this is what heaven looks like. Since it was their grand opening weekend everything was 40% off and then 20% more off! Wha WHAT???? Excuse me???? Um, so I had to buy these three things. Just had to. I got a new aqua wallet, that gorgeous bag and also a fun clutch! Me likey.
OFFWEGO!!!
Hope to see you very soon my friends!
This is a very sweet card. I can see why those frame dies made you swoon.
Posted by: Princess Judy | 06/18/2014 at 11:40 AM
Awww, this is absolutely adorable, Wanda! Such a fun stamp set, and your coloring is just amazing! Coloring definitely does NOT relax me! ;) Loving all the layers to this little cutie. Love that you added a flower to the inside. This is just pure cuteness!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 06/17/2014 at 06:14 PM
Wanda, what an adorable card. Gorgeous! And what a find at the outlet mall. Kate spade has such fun colors!
Posted by: Linda monroe | 06/17/2014 at 04:18 AM
Absolutely DARLING Miss Wanda!! LOVE your Sweet summery scene! and Super Coloring too! Love it!! 8-) And I am Totally loving your outlet finds!! Wow!! Just Fabulous Lady! 8-)
Big hugs
Shannon
Posted by: Shannon White | 06/16/2014 at 03:50 PM
Where is the new outlet store? I'd love to check it out.
Posted by: julie | 06/16/2014 at 08:50 AM
How ADORABLE is this card, what a cutie!! Love your coloring. I'm always impressed and inspired by your talents and now your shopping skills (tee-hee) Have a great week!!!
Posted by: Natalie H | 06/16/2014 at 07:45 AM
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE everything you showed..such a very sweet card..in love with it...!
Love the dies..and oh my love the bags and that wallet so gorgeous!
SO very happy you had such a great time...you so deserve it my dearest friend!
Hugs Holly.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 06/16/2014 at 02:30 AM
So glad to spend time crafting with you girlfriend.
Looks like you had fun shopping too. I'm looking forward to crafting again soon. It is relaxing therapy? You inspire me. XOXO, CJ
Posted by: CJ | 06/15/2014 at 08:40 PM
Love your card Wanda - adorable!! Your coloring pictures are great...Thank you for taking the extra time to include them in your post, very helpful!!! Glad you enjoyed the time with your special crafty friends - sweet!!! Thank you Wanda, you are an extra special sweet girl!! ♥
Posted by: Peg Parsons | 06/15/2014 at 07:37 PM