Stocking up!

Hello Friends!
It's been a great week for me to stock up on some birthday cards! Yesterday I took several images already colored in and completed some birthday cards. I avoided too many thick embellishments as I needed mailable cards. Patterened papers are great to add layers without the thickness of cardstock!
The ice cream cone image used above is by Imaginesce. I need a bigger stach of birthday cards for kids... both boys and girls. I'd love a cupcake with a similar style!
Coloring with copics as follows: cone portions- E31, E35 cherry- R29, R59 pink- R81, R83 vanilla- E51, E11 blue raspberry- B24, B26 shadows-C1, C3

Love the Sophisticated Ladies series by Rubber Necker! Here is another beauty I colored with Copics (R81, R83, R89, Y11, YR23, E00, E11, C1). The torn vellum layer is Floating Varnished Pearls by Technique Junkies... it added alittle glam to the simplier textured pink cardstock.

This soft little trio of baby girl dresses by Serendipity Stamps will be for my sweet little niece who turns one soon. With these I wanted to practice on vanilla cardstock and work with my super light Copic colors. Copics used: Y000, Y21, R000, R81, G000, G24

I still need a bigger stash... I'll be working on that some more today!

Kimm

And Finally.... the last two!

Hello again! I was having so much fun with these images it was hard to stop!! These are the last two sophisticated ladies that I have to share... for now anyway! Each uses the same stamp image by Rubbernecker... but I colored and designed them differently.
This card in aqua uses a silken mist background (TJ issue Oct. '06) that I embossed with a cuttlebug folder. It is so hard to capture that shimmer in a photo! I do wish you could see it.

This second card in shades of lime, uses sections of fossil stone (TJ issue Apr. '06) for the panels. Again, lots of accents were added to her gown with Stickles. The black base layer was embossed with a cuttlebug folder. I hope you've enjoyed these cards.

stamp credits- Rubbernecker, Stampin' UP
Kimm

Even More Sophisticated Ladies

Hello Friends
Here are two more of my sophisticated ladies cards to share with you. You'll notice I used the same stamp image by Rubbernecker to create the two different cards.
The pink 'Head over Heels' card uses a silken mist (TJ issue Oct. '06) background and I accented her with fibers.
The tangerine 'Love Thing' card uses a modified fossil stone (TJ issue Apr. '06). In this case modified means I made a mistake but the background was still worth saving;)
Both cards were accented with Stickles to dress up her gown.
Stamp credits- Rubbernecker, Stampin' UP!
Enjoy
Kimm BT

More Sophisticated Ladies

Goodmorning Friends
I have 2 more in my current sophisticated ladies series to share today. All the cards in this series are 7 1/2" x 4" to fit into a business size envelope.
The first one here in browns has more of a woodsy, manly feel. No twinklers or glitter on her! The base layer is Camouflage technique (TJ issue Oct. '08). The deep brown layer framing my main image is a specialty cardstock from Papertemptress, Plike Brown... it has a wonderful feel to it and worked perfectly with this card. After the brass brads were added, I hammered them down giving it a distressed look and making it mailable!
I just want to call this beautiful lady 'Marilyn'... although the stamps name is Carol. She reminds me of Marilyn Monroe... so she needed some glam. After coloring with Copics, I highlighted areas with twinklers and added diamond stickles. The ribbon is a blue velvet and the background is polished stone. I used a stamp positioner to get the words in just the right spot! The silver designer brads are by Stampin' UP!

Enjoy your day wherever you are!

Kimm

Sophisticated Ladies

Hello Friends
I was totally ready to stamp this weekend! I was inspired by a set of Sophisticated Ladies cards by Linda Duke available at Rubbernecker. I saw her series of cards and immediately thought 'My mother would just love those!" so I had to work on my own version of sophisticated ladies cards.

Here are the first two. All my coloring was done with Copics or a combination of Copics and Twinkling H2O's. I added highlights of sparkle with Stickles... which was hard to show you in the pic.
The base layer on the Red and Gold card is a white gold metallic cardstock from Papertemptress that is just beautiful!

On the black, red and white card the base layer is a preprinted paper, I'm sorry the company info was cut off or I would share the source.
I have two more cards in this series that I'd like to share with you tomorrow!

Until then... happy stamping!

Kimm