Hello lovelies and hope you are all safe and well.
You know how it is - you see a card and you like it and you want to buy (or you do buy) the stuff to make it then you can't think of anything else to do with it.
We've all been there, right!!!
Well I know I have.
So it gave me an idea.
I was inking up this cute little Polkadoodles Fuzzypuffs hedgie and dragging the Copics out of retirement, poor things, and I was looking at what I had on my desk (including the bits of paper I had chopped off of the 6x6 pieces from the pad) and I thought I'd try to make up 3 different things just from what was in front of me, plus bits and bobs I had in my stash.
Just to see if I could.
And those things were -
There was once more thing I used but it wasn't on my desk to start with - more in a tick!! And I'll add my affiliate links to the products I used at the end, in case you want a little moochie!!
So that's what I had and this is the first thing I did -
Isn't he sweet!!
So I used the stamping dynamic duo that are my Tim Holtz Stamping Platform and my Nuvo Black Shadow Hybrid Ink.
It's fool proof, I kid you not.
And then I brought him to life him with Copics and Polychromos pencils (it's been such a loooong time lol).
I really enjoyed colouring him and he's ever so easy to do.
But if colouring isn't your thing, and it isn't for everybody, then there's good news because he is available as a pre-coloured digi download and the link for that is at the end.
I added a bit of dimension by cutting the butterfly out twice.
And of course, I had to add a gingham bow because I just cannot help myself at times!!
You can't really see it in the pics but I went over parts of the paper with an Aqua Shimmer pen. It's such a pretty effect and quick is not the word!!
You can just about see it on the flower at the bottom of the pic. If you haven't got one of these bad boys, honestly, you should try them. I also went around the image with it - it hides a multitude of sins :)
Now here's why I had to fess up .... oh dear!!
So you see the little glittery bees?
Weeeell I had a mishap.
They weren't originally there and neither were the pink gingham mats on each side.
But some clumsy oaf (I wonder who!!) added some black Nuvo drops to finish it off and then put her fingers in them and smudged them.
It was looking fab as well, cry cry.
So I had to add those side panels to cover up the mess.
Then I thought it looked a bit bare. And speaking of bare, I had a bit of a eureka moment because I remembered that there was a little bee that would double as a butterfly in the Beary Cute Great Outdoors Critter Die set.
Saved by the bee, and they are sooo cute!!
So tomorrow, I'll share a card which I made using basically the bits of paper I'd chopped off. They're the bits you'd usually chuck in the bin. But I stopped myself just in time and I'm glad I did because I really liked the result I got.
So I'll see you tomorrow with that one, and then on Wednesday, I'll share the last one I did.
Stay safe and well and take care.
Huggiest of hugs xxx
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