Forest Friends Bunny

Time for another card for a work colleague. It's Caroline's turn, and she loves bunnies, so this cute little character had to come out! I used the masking technique to get the bunny infront of the trees. Talking of trees, I "thumped" them with three colours of green markers, added the brown for the trunk & branches, to get a more natural effect for the leaves.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Forest Friends
• Ink - Creamy Caramel
• Stampin' Write Markers - Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Garden Green & Always Artichoke
• Card - Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
• Accessories - Very Vanilla 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
• Tools - Scallop Border Punch, Paper Cutter
• Adhesives - Snail & Dimensionals

Happy birthday Caroline!

Kathy.

More New Year Gifts

As you can see I made quite a few of these photo frames to give with Ben's thankyou cards. It's a nice little way of showing off your loved one's photo & a gift too! I have one of these on my desk at work & several colleagues have made lovely comments about this project.

I even had Children as young as 2 years old making a version of these at our School Christmas Fayre. I volunteered to run the craft stall (no surprize there I hear you say). They loved stamping flowers etc all over them (I like to start them young, gets them hooked quick) ;) I also had them making christmas tree shaped cards where they stuck lots of baubles all over them & the most popular were snowflake tree decorations. All the items were die cut from some very stiff card I got from my local scrap store, so it cost next to nothing to make everything. Only problem now is how do I top that next year?

Thanks for looking,
Kathy.

Deer Friend

I made this card using the masking technique:
Stamp the deer onto a post-it note, make sure the image is on the sticky end of the note
Carefully cut it out & put it to one side
Stamp the deer onto your project, then cover it with the post-it
Stamp the tree, overlapping the deer
Remove the post-it & the tree should appear behind the deer

Don't throw the post-it away as it can be used many times before the sticky wears off, I keep mine in the bottom of the stamp box. You can do the same with the tree & make a forest background.

The tree was stamped using the "Thumping" technique Abi showed me last week. I used several shades of green Stampin' Write Markers & holding the far end of the pen, thumped the brush nib onto the stamp. Use the lighter shade first & build up the colours until the whole image is covered. Give it a "Huff" & stamp. I loved the way the leaves were all different shades, just like a real tree. Thanks Abi!

Supplies used:
Stampin' Up! stamp sets - Forest Friends, Baroque Motifs
Cardstock - Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip
Ink - Close to Cocoa
Stampin' Write Markers - Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Handsome Hunter, Mellow Moss
Brads - Always Artichoke from the Rich Regals collection
Corner Rounder punch

Thanks for looking!
Kathy.

Teachers' Pet!

I did these items for Abi's Funky Friday Cchallenge #26 of Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana & Very Vanilla.
I did a bookmark, fridge magnet, some wrapped chocolate and a card. I also did a tag on ribbon to tie up the bundle.

I used:
Forest Friends stamp set
Watercolour Vine roller
Soft Summer stamp set (for the greeting)
Close to Cocoa & Barely Banana ink
Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana & Very Vanilla cardstock
Scallop Edge, Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Scallop Oval & Oval punches

I love the Forest Friends stamp set, it fitted perfectly for my teacher theme.

Thanks for looking!
Kathy