All About the Eggs with Two Paper Divas Stamps

 I've got a fun card today, featuring one of the new March release stamp sets, "It's All About the Egg", from Two Paper Divas.  There are 6 different eggs with this set and I had so many ideas playing out in my head, it was a bit like sensory overload.  So, I decided to pick one egg, so I could get on with it, haha, and mull over the other eggs another time. 

I think it was Melissa, who did a project recently that featured a retired basket stamp.  Oh, how I wish I had that stamp!  Instead, I made my own basket, drawing it out and stamping it with the TPD background stamp on textured cardstock.

For my eggs, I stamped with a couple juicy inks, then used clear embossing powder with my heat tool and colored in with a little watercoloring.  I love this speckled egg, it is just too cute and there are so many different ways you can go with this stamp.  I also added a sentiment from last month's release, "For Peeps Sake", another new favorite of mine.  I did a little masking on some die-cut clouds and popped them out with foam squares for dimension.

**NEWS FLASH!! - Check in with Two Paper Divas on March 11-13th as we're having a blog hop and there will be prizes to be won!!  Then on March 14th, we're having our monthly challenge with another prize up for grabs.  Lots of fun to be had!

 Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new March release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Also linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge A Bit O Green

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

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Sweet Bunny Card for Two Paper Divas Stamps

 The February release at Two Paper Divas is in full swing, and I've got another card today, featuring "For Peeps Sake" and "Wishing You A Happy Easter".  In addition, I used the grass stamp from the set, "Catch Me If You Can".  It was perfect for my little bunny, sitting in the grass, taking a break from hopping!  I've got lots of splatters and fun ribbons as well.  The chevron and purple ribbon?  I ran those through my Xyron sticker machine for fuller adhesive coverage and the purple ribbon, I tie-dyed with distress ink spray!  It was the perfect accent for my lavender stamped sentiment.

I absolutely adore this bunny.  I colored him up with a couple of yellow Tombow Dual Brush markers, including swiping my stamp in yellow for the initial stamping,

so all my colors are cohesive. 

Here's a close-up of the sentiment.

Here are some of the stamp sets I used today.  Shopping links are below.

 Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new February release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories

Also linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Shaker Challenge

Additional supplies:

Tombow Dual Brush markers

DCWV A2 Card

Simon Says Stamp Lavender ink

Hero Arts Green Ombre Ink

October Afternoon Sprinkles

May Arts Ribbon

Xyron 2.5" Sticker maker

Ranger TH Seedless Preserves Distress Ink spray

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National Coloring Book Day with MPC

 Who knew that there's a day to celebrate coloring?  Yes, indeed, August 2nd is devoted to National Coloring Book Day.  Unless you're a crafter who's been living under a rock, you probably all ready know that adult coloring books are super hot right now.   It's been proven that coloring helps you relax and reduce stress.

Well the girls at Mountain Plains Crafters are always looking for a reason to get crafty; today is no exception.  We're featuring the fun coloring pages of the ADORNit Art Play Paintables.  This line was first introduced late last year and was designed by artist, Lindsay Ostrom, Creator of Cuteness!

ADORNit is coming out with an entire line of super duper fantastic coloring books, and personally, this chic can't wait!  There's an entire line-up of fabulous artists who have a hand in designing the new coloring books.  Alas, I'm getting ahead of myself because they won't be released for another month or so.  More about that in coming days.

 

Now, for the details on this fun 6x6 card - I colored this beauty with my new Zig Clean Color markers, a white gel pen, and touches of Wink of Stella glitter pen in Clear.  For the background, I ran one of my yellow, blue and green markers across an acrylic block, then used my Tim Holtz waterbrush pen to dilute and spread the color around.   I've added some of the ADORNit blender paper as my backdrop behind the May Arts netting ribbon and also accessorized with a chevron bow and natural parrot green burlap string for grass, both May Arts Ribbon products, as well. 

The frame is from DCWV and was the perfect size to border this colored project.  I actually flipped it over to the all white side and inked it up with my new Hero Arts ombre green ink, going around the upper, outer edges with the dark shade and working my way inwards with the lighter shades. 

The final sparkles are thanks to DoubleClick Skittles bubble embellishments in Glitter Bellini, and tiny sequins from the Christmas mix from Pretty Pink Posh.  They were glued with Ranger Stickles glitter glue in Gold.  I added a touch of Tombow Aqua Mono Glue to the Skittles, to make sure they stayed put.

 

So, there you have it.  My tribute to National Coloring Book Day 2015.  Be sure and check out all the design team creations, and get to coloring! 

Linking to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge

613 Avenue Challenge #135 Anything Goes w/optional Happy Birthday

Inspiration Destination Challenge #44 Anything Goes

Additional supplies: The Paper Studio 6x6 card,  Plaid Mod Podge Magic Dimensional Glue, Marvy Le Pen fine point black, Tombow Power Bond adhesive runner, Hero Arts Ombre Ink Green

ADORNit Art Play Paintable Watercolor "Bunny" stand-up display

On Monday, the design team at Mountain Plains Crafters participated in a joint blog hop with ADORNit; creator of all things, fabric, paper crafts and the all new Art Play Paintables, designed by artist Lindsay Ostrom.  We created sooooo many lovely things that I'm breaking it down in a more detailed format this week, featuring each of my creations in detail with tutorials. 

To see all the projects from the ADORNit blog hop, go here:  

 http://www.adornit.com/blog/art-play-blog-hop/

For my final creation with ADORNit this week, I've watercolored this sweet bunny from the "Happy" Art Play Paintables collection.  Once again, I've used my Tombow Dual brush pens from the Bright collection  (Can you tell, I love them?) and Tombow Xtreme adhesive runner.

 To watercolor, I simply marked directly onto this paper with my pens, then dipping a paintbrush in water to blend the colors.  For example, I used yellow and blue for the sky background, and blended together.  The "fence" is a piece of designer paper from the GCD Studios Funhouse 12x12 designer paper stack, that I scalloped to look like a fence.  I also used Flower Soft "Meadow" and Flower Soft tacky glue to create the dimensional grass.  The white swirly circles and the white on the bunny, were colored in with a white gel pen. 

 Initially, I was going to turn this piece into a cute tag, but then I decided to make it into a little stand-up display, something that would be cute on a bedroom dresser, or give to a friend.  I even added a piece of Xyron magnetic tape so it can be placed for display on top of a computer or metal file cabinet.  I bet a teacher would love to have this on his/her desk at school. 

To make the stand-up more secure, I adhered a backing of heavy duty white cardstock to the back of my image, and created a pop-out stand for balance.  I didn't go by any instructions, just played with it until I achieved what I needed.  Another piece of heavy cardstock, along with the magnet strip on the bottom, helps balance the weight.  I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Thanks for spending the week with me!  It's been so much fun creating for ADORNit.

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