Wine Gets Better With Age...

I've had this Art Impressions stamp for quite a while and thought it was time to ink it up. But, I was wondering how I was going to color it and after doing a little research on Pinterest, I saw that a lot of people were paper piecing the image and that's what I decided to do too.

Using black ink, I stamped the chair on a pink striped pattern paper and fussy cut it. I did the same for her body, dress and headband, individually stamping and cutting out each piece. Once she was all pieced together, I colored her skin, hair, shoes, earrings and wine glass with Copic markers.

I stamped the rug on white cardstock and colored it with a grey marker and placed the chair on top. I die-cut the speech bubble in grey cardstock and stamped the sentiment in black, adding fun foam for dimension. I layered Hibiscus Burst gingham paper on a white cardstock card base and adhered the panel on top.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Art Impressions Wine Divas; MFT Merry Christmoose
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Hibiscus Burst Gingham, Hibiscus Burst Bitty Dots; DCWV
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Bubble Talk
• Copics:  C1, E33, E37, E50, R39, R81, RV17 
• Other:  Foam Tape
• Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Still Young At Heart

I see these ladies all over Pinterest and finally bought one of the stamp sets at Michael's.

The image is stamped on white cardstock, die-cut with a stitched rectangle. I colored her with Copics,  making sure to use bright colors and that her outfit coordinated with her hat and sneakers! I placed the colored image a layer of Summer Sunrise cardstock on an angle. 

I stamped the sentiment in black ink on a little rectangle cut in Pure Poppy cardstock, placing it on foam tape, slightly to the side of the main image. The Pure Poppy gingham paper is layered on a white cardstock card base. 

To help fill in some of the white bottom I stamped the grass in black ink and colored it with a green Copic. I also added glitter to the visor of her hat. This will be us someday!  LOL

I'm happy with the way this turned out - it really looks like a nice summer-like birthday card. It's hard to read the sentiment in the picture - it says "still young at heart...slightly older everywhere else".

Card Details:

• Stamps:  Art Impressions His & Hers Campers; WPlus9 Unforgettable
• Paper:  PTI White Stampers Select, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Pure Poppy Gingham
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  B12, E50, R24, R29, R81, T2, Y11, Y13, Y35, Y38, YG25, W1 
• Dies:  Lil Inker Designs Stitched Mats: Rectangles
• Other:  Foam Tape; Glitter
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"