Happy Easter

The Easter holiday is only a short week away, so today I have another Easter card to show you all.  I was lucky enough to purchase several sets of the fabulous Hanglar Strangler stamps a couple of years ago, including this Easter bunny boy.

I have colored the image with Copics, then matted and mounted the image on paper from Authentique's Hope collection.  I stamped the Happy Easter sentiment on creme ribbon and adhered it to the hands of the bunny boy.  Accents of  bronze ribbon complete the card front.

Fishing You!

Images to make a card for a special man or boy in your life seem to be hard to find, so when I saw this Hanglar Strangler image a couple of years ago, I bought it right away and just recently colored it.  The image was colored with Copics, then matted on to several layers of patterned paper and cardstock.  The ribbon embellishment was a find at the local big box store after Christmas ( it actually has a gold shimmer on the other side ), and the tag is from an office supply store.  I hand wrote the sentiment and distressed the tag with a blue and brown ink pad.

Polka Doodles - #10 Lets Hear if for the Boys

Anything Goes Challenges - #62 Boyz to Men

Creative Craft Challenges - Boys will be Boys

Heartfelt Thanks!

Another beautiful Hanglar Stanglar image - my collection of these images is quite large, and since I am trying to stick to my goal to use some of my stamps that have never been inked you will be seeing a lot of Hanglar Stanglar cards this year.  This image was colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up on the card front.  The beads were also colored with Copics, and the ribbon and sentiment are from my collection.

Sweet Hanglar

So here's another one of those stamps that I just had to have last year, but then didn't do anything with it. ( After looking through my collection of stamps, it's probably going to take me a couple of years to get through them all!! ) 

This little beauty is from Hanglar Strangler, and I thought she would be perfect for a Valentine's card, or maybe a birthday, or several other celebrations, so I didn't put a sentiment on her yet.  I colored her with Copics and then used Prismacolor pencils to darken some of the shadows.  The dp is from Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime collection, cardstock and ribbon is from my stash, and the heart border punch is from Martha Stewart.

Kaboodle Doodles - #104 It's All About the Girls
My Craft Spot - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - January Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C121 Layer It On
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #170 Ribbons

Distress Ink Painting

I have recently started painting with Distress Inks - my inspiration has been from the Magnolia magazines in which they do such beautiful work, so here is one of my first attempts.  The image is from Stampavie and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado.  I used watercolor paper and an aqua brush with the following ink colors - scattered straw, faded jeans, tumbled glass, black soot, forest moss, antique linen, spiced marmalade and tea dye.  The papers and ribbon are from my stash. 

Here's a couple of other cards using distress inks!!