Hedgehog birthday

Happy Monday everyone!! Yay for me -- I was able to finish not just my card but my matching envelope as well!!

Long before Magnolia there was Penny Black. I have a slew of PB stamps & they have seen no love lately. In fact, I'm pretty sure I hadn't used this stamp EVER -- what a sin!




This is Hedgehog Birthday & yes I made another easel card! Love these, now that I've figured out how to fold the darn things! The image is colored with Copics -- sorry someone yelled at me lately because I don't list my colors. I put them away as soon as I'm done using them -- & the papers are Bazzill Bling & Basic Grey Two Scoops. Everything is spritzed with Pearl Glimmer Mist for some extra bling!




The sentiment is from Hero Arts -- it's a set of 6 & I use them ALL THEM TIME!! One of my best investments ever!





The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts -- my one & only purchase from them, although I *love* their flowers! Just one of those things I never got around to ordering more of.





Can ya see the shimmer a little bit?? Well it looks gorgeous in real life, you'll just have to take my word for it!

And since I'm so ahead of the game & made the envelope box already, I will be listing this tonight when I get back from my son's baseball game......

Speaking of......gotta run! Have a super week!

My first easel card....FINALLY!!

Yes, these easel cards have been around awhile, but I finally just made my first one. I just could not figure out that darn fold, lol. Can you imagine me making like....a BOX....or something really fancy like that?? Anything with more than one score really is confusing to me!



So here is Milton's Fall Harvest, sitting happily on an easel. Hmmmm....is he looking rather festive? That's because I used papers from both Basic Grey Figgy & Wassail -- I just love the shades of red & green in these papers. If anyone knows some non-Christmas lines that have the darker red (like Riding Hood Red) & olive green -- let me know! I think these are the colors I use the very most!





I was really on a roll for a while there with my Copics, but I decided to go with the pencils this time. And you can't tell --shoulda gotten a close up -- but I used clear glaze on all the apples so they are all shiny & ready to eat.




I don't know why I even try with the reds --- I've edited & re-edited but the color still doesn't look right. I took this shot hoping you could see the Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist on the flowers --- but you'll have to squint, lol.





Ahhhh yes, now that I have made one & it didn't turn out backwards or upside down, I see more easel cards in my future! I always decorate my insides anyway, so I may as well make it something that can be displayed :)





I chose this image because Milton is one of my favorites -- illustrated a long long time ago by my good friend Crissy. Well it so happens that she is looking for someone to join her design team! So I thought --- what the heck! She's not exactly demanding ---- one card a month is all that is required -- even *I* can make one card a month! If you want to check out the details---- go to THIS POST HERE read all about it!!





That's it for me!! I hope everyone in the States has a fantastic & SAFE 4th of July! Don't forget to enter my blog candy -- details in the post above!!!