Cosie's Creative Corner

You Sassy Lass The image this month is Ava from Di's Digis and she was a joy to colour. Used copics and then adhered her to two spellbinders circles then onto a piece of PP from a pad called Travel Light by We are Memory Keepers. Die cut the matching hello die to the stamp set from Simon Says Stamps called  Hello You , stamped the hello stamp from the set with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.  The sentiment, from the same set, was heat embossed on a strip of black and then both glued to the card front that was then adhered to a black card base with a few black gems finished it off. I usually keep a record of the copics but couldn't find them so sorry about that. I really had fun with this card and hope you like it to. 

You Make Everyday Awesome Received the new Split Chevron stencil the other day and decided to have a play so I used it on the card with the colours from the challenge. Had been playing with some old flower dies and this is the result. First I white embossed the stencil on white card then sponged on my old Versacolor small cubes in Orchid, Canary, Orange and Camellia and love the way they blended. Mixed the flowers from three old sets and then cut the leaves from one of the sets. Used a Spellbinders border die to cut the embossed panel then cut another strip in dark blue to match my card base. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set called Hand Lettered Encouragement.  Loved the way I used a lot of old things I had not used for ages so maybe I need to drag more out to play with. 

You Are Very Special The latest challenge this fortnight on Di's Digi Designs blog is to use die cuts and/or punches and I must say I don't use mine often enough. There was a time where I used them on nearly every card so it was fun to revisit some old favourites. Have used four on my card all from Spellbinders. Two from the curved borders two set, one from the small circle set and matched it with one from their petite scalloped circle set. I cut the curved borders, adhered them to a piece of Picadilly PP from Basic Grey that was then adhered to a blue card base. After colouring my image with copics I cut it out and matted it with the scalloped blue circle. White embossed the sentiment in my misti so I could curve it to match. It is from an old heroarts set called Live and Laugh that I use often. Copics:   Rabbit: C0,1,3,N9,R12. Colorless blender 0. Flowers: Y04,13,17,38. Leraves: G12,14,28. Paper and Bow: V01,05,06. Ground: E40,70. Background: BG0000....

Cherish the simple Pleasures Pulled out an old stamp set from G ina K called Spring has Sprung and picked this cute duck sailing away to colour. We are heading for cooler weather while you are into spring so it seemed the perfect image  to use. I am still having fun with watercolour but used my new Zig clean colour brush markers. They are different to work with but used a hot pressed watercolour paper that is smoother and I seem to be getting the hang of it. I guess it just needs more practise.  The image is cut with a spellbinders circle die and the waves are a stencil from Simon says stamps. I made the sentiment in Photoshop as I wanted it to follow the curve of the waves then hand cut it out in a banner shape. I am entering it in the challenge below.