Kim is featuring both the February sets and March sets as well as the CHA sets on the Paper Smooches Blog this week! My first card features stamps from one of the February releases, Spring Fling. To create the row of beans, I drew a pencil line where the yellow cardstock would end up and stamped the outlines of the beans across the card. Then I used the solid bean and chalk ink to fill them in.
The paint brush was masked on to the blue bean and to get it that one bean to look unfinished, I slowly lowered the stamp on to the cardstock at an angle and kept the bottom corner from completely making contact with the card. As soon as my son saw this set, he wanted to stamp with the beans. He doesn’t understand pun of the sentiment but he wanted to use it on his card. 😉
For my second card, I used one of the March releases, Metropolis, with one of the CHA releases, He Said, She Said. I overlapped the two skyscapes to create depth and dimension. I stamped the road with watermark ink to retain the original yellow colour. I used the two clouds as bushes on the side of the road to create a visual triangle with the car and the speech bubble from He Said, She Said.
I incorporated all six cardstock colours from the Esther Collection. These are all textured on one side and smooth on the other for endless possibilities. I love the convenience of coordinating colours in one package! Both Metropolis and He Said, She Said will be available for purchase on March 1st. That’s only two days away!
Sources for Miss You: Gina K Designs white cardstock; Paper Smooches Esther Collection; Paper Smooches Metropolis & He Said, She Said (available March 1st); Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Versamark Watermark ink; Spellbinders Lacey Circles & Standard Circles Large; May Arts pink burlap string; foam tape
Ca-UTE, Emily! Both of these are so fun. I love how the jelly beans are being painted in the top one, and isn't your colorful city skyline fun?
These cards are great! I really love the one with the painted jellybeans! What a great idea, and fabulous masking!
Oh, these are sooo cool!! Love those beans!! What a lovely idea!! And those skylines are amazing, love them as well! Oeh, that set will surely be in my cart!! Good thing I aleady won a set, hi hi, so I can have them all now!! 😀 Makes me happy – and so do these cards!!!
Hugs & happy day to you!
Wendy
How clever and adorable is that jellybean card- love it!
It's making me want some of my favorite Jolly Rancher jellybeans.
Fabulous and clever Emily, love both cards, hugs Gay xxx
These are so cute! Looking forward to seeing all the new sets!!
Robin
both cards are soooo cute. love the little city scene you created…so adorable…
OMG Em! These are so cute1 Love the city scene!
Beautiful! You amaze me with your creativity :)!
Both cards are really cool Emily…
love jelly beans you know that Easter is heading our way soon.
Seriously. These are SO stinking cute!! I love how you left part of the jelly bean un-painted! Too fun!
I'm loving the jelly beans 🙂 Super cute! And the dimension of the cityscapes card is awesome – love the little cloud-bushes!
These are great… I'm talking about you on my blog today (chuckle chuckle).
Those little beans just make me smile Emily! Love the dimension on your second card! Super creations!
so cute! you are very creative, love the jelly bean one 🙂
Emily you are so creative! What adorable designs
Both of these are just so creative! I really like the first one, with its painted jellybeans.
Both fabulous Emily! You always inspire me 🙂
The bean card is so cute and love how the unfinished work done!
I think Kim made the city scape stamp just for you. You always know how to use them in the perfect way. Love the card!
Super CUTE cards, Emily!!! LOVE those jelly beans and sentiment!!!
So clever with the beans! I love the dimension on the landscape! Super fun cards Emily! 🙂
Super fun Emily 🙂 The jelly beans are my fav- cute idea!
great bean pun, cute way to illustrate it too. Love how you've used the city scape on the round card Emily…looking forward to Thurs, just hope they are in the UK ready for the 1st!!
Jenny x
Oh everytime I see you cards I just love them more and more!!Going over check them out!! Xx
Love both your cards today! Such a cute bean card great idea with how you stamped the bean to look unfinished! Love your second card too, I love how colorful it is!
As always, cute and clever cards, Emily! I love how you use your stamps to get the maximum out of them 🙂
Both are super cute! Love the bright colours. Will have to add Metropolis to my 'must have' list.
The beans rock and your cityscape is adorable!
You so rock the PS stamps, Emily!! Love them all! The punny one is too cute!
So clever and cute. I love how you used the paint brush to color the bean.
Oh, the jelly bean card is genius! Love that "unfinished" one! And the circle card is adorable, too.
Seriously, Emily, your cards are SO clever & stinkin' cute! I love the way you combine your stamps and think outside of the box.
These are soooo coool – again!!! WOW!!
ps.
I don't know if you do blog awards (you’ve probably received 100s already), but I just wanted to let you know that I forwarded you a Liebster Blog award:) I've posted it on my blog here…
http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/things-im-excited-about.html
I totally won't be offended if you choose not to respond or forward the blog award along, but I just wanted to say "Thanks" for all your wonderful paper craft inspiration you share here!
Hugs, Karin
These are both such fun Emily!
I love the jelly bean one soooooooooo much 😀
super, super CUTE!!! Fabulous samples, Emily!
These are both super cute! Aw! They make me smile big time!
Aw…Emily! You are so good with your art!!!
These two cards are to die for!
and they make me smile so a big THANK you to you!!
LOVE this cards! great layout!