Winter Snow with CC Designs

Well Hello my friends!  Has it warmed into summer yet where you are?  It has finally started to warm up here in Northwestern Ontario, although not enough to wear shorts and tank tops lol.  I have a wintery card to share with you today using the Winter Snow stamp set from CC Designs.

 I have coloured this image in luscious monochromatic teals with my Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colours:

Cobalt Turquoise, Indigo, White, Muted Turquoise, Jade, and Black

I will be back again soon my friends; enjoy the sunny weather!

Coffee Kiki with CC Designs

 Good morning sunshine!  Have you had enough coffee today?  Kiki apparently has not lol.  This stamp from CC Designs is very old, but I still love it and colour it.  This time I've used her to create a bookmark.

I coloured her with my Kalour colored pencils but I didn't keep the list...I know, shame on me lol.

Until next time my friends, stay warm and caffeinated!

Just a note with CC Designs

 I love the Swissies from CC Designs, I always have even when they were Swiss Pixies lol.  So this Sweater Sitter Swissie (sadly, retired) also has my heart.  I coloured her using the patterned paper as inspiration and my coloured pencils, although I'm unsure which ones...I have a few different kinds I use.

I paired her with some dies from my stash as well as the sentiment and bling.

A quick and fun hello card!

Hailey's Puppy with Unity Stamps

 This puppy from Unity Stamps steals my heart every time I look at it.  So of course, I had to pull out my coloured pencils (Kalour I think...) and make him the star of the show on a clean and simple card.

I paired him with a simply put sentiment from CC Designs, a piece of ribbon and some enamel dots.  That's it.  The image and the simple sentiment say all that needs to be said, and the white space just adds to the sincerity of it I think.

That's all for today folks, see you again soon!

Let's Celebrate with Aall & Create

 Helloooo my friends!  I am sharing a card with you today featuring the Buttercream Birdy Bliss stamp from Aall & Create.  

I paired the image with a Nesting Postage Die from Waffle Flower, as well as my Kalour colored pencils.  I also used the word die from the SCT sampler kit and a stamp from CC Designs' 20's Fellas stamp set.

I will be back again soon, stay warm!

CC Designs Birthday Critters with Artful Angel - a Planner Insert Page!

 Good day my friends!  Today I am sharing a planner page I created using the Birthday Critters stamp set from CC Designs, available in the Artful Angel shop!

I wanted to create a page that migrates every year into my current planner, and what better page to create than a birthday list!  This cute little critter was perfect to pair with the Echo Park A Birthday Wish 6x6 paper pad, also available in the Artful Angel shop ;)

I colored this little kitty cat with my Copic markers and layered him up over some of the Echo Park paper.  I added some die cut letters and a birthday hat from the newly released Party Animal stamp set from Artful Angel.  I added the Happy Birthday title using the Big Birthday stamp set also from Artful Angel lol.  An all star cast in one planner page!

Did you know if you go to the Artful Angel Facebook group and search the stamp set you would like to see...you get a whole bunch of inspiration!?  Try it!

CC Designs Birthday Critters with Artful Angel

 I am frantically trying to catch up with my blogging and posting.  Unfortunately, I am behind what with trying to pack up both my daughter and I to move in opposite directions lol.  In the meantime, I have created a birthday card to share with you today using the Birthday Critters stamp set from CC designs, available at Artful Angel!

These cute little critters make great birthday (as well as many other celebratory) greeting cards both masculine and feminine!  For the cards I created (and there are a few ;)) I used the Echo Park paper 6x6 paper pad called A Birthday Wish Boy, also available in the Artful Angel shop!

I have colored this little critter using my Copic Markers and layered it over paper from the A Birthday Wish paper pad, added the stamped sentiment and some of enamel dots.  I have also used a card sketch to jump start my mojo (he seems to have gone on vacation without me!), although for the life of me I cannot remember where the sketch is from.

A new release is coming in May!  Are you excited?  Come and see us in the Facebook group, Artful Angel Takes Flight to see what's coming! 

20's Gals with CC Designs

 Hey Dollface!  I LOVE this stamp set, and it reminds me very much of a sweet friend of mine.  Even the sentiment is perfect!  This is the 20's Gals clear stamp set from CC Designs.

Spotlight Sunday with Artful Angel and CC Designs: Easter Sugars

 Good day my friends!  It's time for another Spotlight Sunday at Artful Angel featuring CC Designs, and this week I have created four cards using the Easter Sugars clear stamp set.

Spotlight Sunday with Artful Angel and CC Designs' Birthday Candles

 Hi Friends!  It's Spotlight Sunday over at Artful Angel, and this month we are featuring CC Designs clear stamp set!  This week's feature is the Birthday Candles stamp set and I have created a set of numbered flashcards for my grandson :)

CC Designs Sponsor Projects for Passionate Paper Creations and Friends with Rhea

 Hello!  It's time for some projects for our sponsor CC Designs over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends with Rhea :)  I chose to create some fun fall tags with this awesome new stamp set from CC Designs called Tiny Autumn.

Stamping Bella and Quick Creations

Hello everyone I have a fun winter card for you today, so appropriate for the weather we're having this week!

I have used Stamping Bella/Mo Manning "Valerie with Snowman" stamp set, with paper from the Studio Calico "Print Shop" collection.  I also used some bling from my stash, the Lawn Fawn "Stitched Snowflakes" die set and a sentiment from the CC Designs "Friends Sentiments" clear stamp set.

You can find the linked products above in the Quick Creations online shop, but hurry there...Noelle is closing up shop, so she has everything discounted :)

See you soon with more inspiration!

A Little Under the Sea with Quick Creations and CC Designs

Hello from the wintery white North! Lol.  It is super blustery here this week, which is a nice change from last week's super cold weather :)

I have created three cards for Quick Creations, using the same stamp set and ribbon :)

This stamp set is "Under the Sea" from CC Designs and I know Noelle has a couple left in her store!

The ribbon is from the Kaisercraft "Rock Pool" collection, as well as the paper in the first card.  Both of these are also available in the Quick Creations shop.

 Ok, tell me these cards didn't turn out super cute!  I watercolored these images using my Recollections watercolor markers on cold-pressed paper.  I fussy-cut some elements from the paper pad and layered them up with dimensional adhesive, added the ribbon bow on this one, and called it finished!

 The turtle is definitely a favorite, I've always liked turtles.  I watercolored him as well and popped him up on dimensional adhesive, added the watercolored bubbles to the background and added some "Rock Pool" ribbon to this card as well.

And the last one was just as fun.  I also watercolored the sea horse and more bubbles and also added some Quick Creations' "Mermaid Tales" sequins to this one.  This ribbon is also from the Kaisercraft "Rock Pool" collection.  Three different ribbons from the same set, and they are so cute!

All of the linked products are available in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations, but she is closing her shop...so go and see what's left!  There are sale prices on many items!

Stay tuned for more inspiration coming up soon!

Graditude Plaid with Quick Creations

I love fall, the colors, the coolness of the air, and I just had to create a "Grateful" card this week for Noelle over at Quick Creations.

I recently started to build up my stash of "Fall" themed supplies, and of course I had to give them a test run this week :)  To create this card I used the following items from the Quick Creations online store:

Lawn Fawn "Perfectly Plaid:  Fall" 6 x 6 paper pad
CC Designs "Layering Tag" die set
Sugar Pea Designs "Stitched Autumn Icons" die set

Stop by the Quick Creations store for your Christmas wish list!

Series Saturday with The Greeting Farm and Quick Creations :)

Hello!  I have the final installment of The Greeting Farm's Miss Anya Summer for you today :)

All three of these cards in the series were created using Bo Bunny "Soiree" paper, as well as lace, flowers, die and sentiments from my stash.  I created the ovals as tags so they can be removed and loved up close lol.

I colored her using my Copics, Prismacolor markers, and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Hair:  R12
PC924, 925, 937, 935
Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1029, 1081
Clothes:  BG70, PB199
PC1088, 936, 901, 1072, 1074, 1076

You can find all of the linked products in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations.  Come back soon for more Series Saturdays posts here at Ode to Paper, but no hints, lol...it's a secret and you'll have to come back and find out!  See you soon!

Firday Feature: Jennifer McGuire!

Hello everyone :)  I am starting a new Friday Feature series today where I CASE some of my favorite card artists!  Today I will start with the fabulous Jennifer McGuire of Jennifer McGuire Ink.

I created this card by CASE-ing Jennifer's card in this video.  However, I did change things up a bit :)

I colored this card using my Gansai Tambi watercolors :)  I stamped and clear embossed the background with the  Heidi Swapp Mixed Media background stamp, and the sentiment is the Sweet Wishes die and stamps from My Creative Time.  I love the Altenew Peony Scrolls stamp set, it is just gorgeous!

In two weeks I will use the same stamp set and video from Jennifer McGuire, to create another card, a little bit different yet again :)  I will be taking a break next Friday to post a DT project for Quick Creations :)

See you soon!

Cupcake Nancy with Quick Creations

Hello everyone, I have a card for you today featuring Cupcake Nancy from CC Designs :)

She looks like she is so happy :)

I completed this project using paper from the Echo Park "Party Time" collection, the "Frilly Banner die" from CC Designs, as well as Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ivory Seashell and Caribbean Ocean.  The flowers and sentiment are from my stash.

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premier Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  E31
PC941, 947, 948
Clothes:  BG10, R20
PC992, 905, 907, 901, 1018, 1017, 1081, 938, 1051, 1056, 1058, 935
Cupcake:  YR21
PC1002, 1033, 1032
Hat:  YR21, R20
PC1018, 1017, 1081, 1002, 1033, 1032

You can find all the linked products in the online shop at Quick Creations :)  Come back soon for more Quick Creations inspiration!

Series Saturday with Quick Creations and The Greeting Farm!

This is the second part of the Miss Anya Summer series from The Greeting Farm :)

To complete this project I used paper from the Bo Bunny "Soiree" collection and some flowers, die and sentiment stamp from my stash :)

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1029, 1081
Hair:  Y32
PC1003, 1033, 943
Clothes:  BG70
PC 1088, 936, 901
Purse:  R12
PC926, 924, 925, 935

You can find the linked products in Noelle Martin's online shop at Quick Creations.

Stay tuned next week for the third and final part of the Miss Anya Summer series here on Series Saturdays on my blog :)

Come back soon!

Friday Feature Altenew's Hennah Elements #3

This is last Friday Feature post for Altenew's Hennah Elements stamp set (for now lol).  This is such a versatile set, I can definitely see doing more.

This also happens to be my favorite of the three, saved the best for last of course!

I wanted to create my own DSP with this stamp set, and wow did it turn out great!  I also created this with watercolor pencils on hot pressed watercolor paper!  I apologize, I can't remember which pencils for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say these were done with Inktense pencils.  They are nice and bright.

The sentiment and sequins are added from my stash.  But I do have to say, this was the most fun card to make out of the three :)  I love to experiment, and when the experiment turns out so well, well...it just makes my day :)  Do you experiment with different mediums on your cards?  Hmmm, I might see another Friday Feature series in the future....

But for now, next week I will start featuring cards that I have CASEd from some of my favorite card artists!  Sandy Allnock and Jennifer McGuire, just to name a couple :)  I'll leave the rest for you to figure out.

Until then, goodbye for now, keep crafting and come back soon!

Paper Nest Dolls Challenge

Hello everyone, it's challenge day at the Paper Nest Dolls, and I have created a card using "Fashion Doll:  Sailor".

I have colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  Y21
PC1034, 943, 1099, 1012
Clothes:  E11, B34, R27
PC1082, 946, 948, 1051, 1054, 1058, 938, 1040, 935, 901, 924, 925, 937, 1024,1100

I completed this card using paper from the Authentique "Abroad" collection, as well as a sentiment from Tim Holtz, papers from my stash and a Scalloped Circles die set.

You can find this rubber stamp and many others in the online shop at Paper Nest Dolls.  Come and join us for the challenge, you have a whole month to create and the theme is always Anything Goes!

See you again soon!