Love is Kindness

I am beyond late posting this card.  I made these two versions to send to a few friends at the beginning of the month.  I decided to go ahead and post because I love this new stamp, Love is Kindness, from the spring Occasions catalog.  It's a fun one to color and the sentiment on the stamp, while very nice, can be easily masked off and an alternate sentiment, such as birthday or sympathy, can be used.

I used my Copics to color...don't remember which ones...oops!  The funny thing?  The purple one I "messed up" the shading around the bouquet.  I ended up liking it and then couldn't replicate it!  I used so many different markers.  Oh well!

Lucky Again

Are you ready to get your green on?  It's now or never to share my second St. Patrick's Day card.  I made this one in a similar layout, changing a few details, and primarily the central motif.  Instead of the wreath I made my own cut file with the Silhouette, stretching a "normal" sized heart to make them more skinny.

One thing I love about card making is there's always new techniques to try, even if it's only new to me.  On this card I colored my silver glitter paper with Copic markers!  Using the chisel tip I dabbed on the color of YG25.  Brushing it on would be a big no-no!  I wouldn't want to ruin my marker tip on the rough glitter.  These spots were small enough it didn't require a lot of effort...it's a keeper!
Once again I used the Silhouette to cut out "Lucky" using the Bird of Paradise font.

Time to get this in the mail!  Thanks for stopping and have a great St, Paddy's Day!