Besties Memories

Today I am sharing some of my favorite Besties for this last year   sort of a year in review....
This is one of Sherries really cute bears.

and who can forget the fluffy Besties...  got to love this one

or this one... love the summer feel of this card... 

Then we have the troll images... another big hit... and this one was so prefect for the fall.

and we must love the awesome Christmas images that came out this year such as the peace Love joy image

and it would not be Christmas  with out  the awesome snowman images that Sherri draws..

I cannot wait to see all the wonderful new images for 2017... I am sure Sherri will inspire us all with her magic...

thanks for stopping by 

Debbie 

Warmest Wishes

Today I am sharing a card I made with one of the new images Scan00657...
I colored the image with copic markers and used dies from Tonic studios.
I also used Nuvo drops and gold stickers... the flower was from Michels...
thanks for dropping by
Debbie 

A Besties Halloween

Today I thought I would share a Halloween card I made using image IMG3482  this is one of the fun Besties Halloween images... I colored her with copic marker and cut her out using  Tonic oval dies... and layered the image up on some fun halloween  papers and added some glitter to my spider web and some spiders too... then I decided the card needed some Ghosts... all the Halloween dies are from Memory Box... thanks for Stopping by
Debbie

welcome Fall

Today is the last day of summer so my card is to welcome in fall ... my image I am using for this is
IMG 426.. I colored this with copic markers....  I decided on this card to go back to my stamping roots to create a background... I used alteanew inks and some of their stamps to create the background I also used some fun background stamps from my stash ...

I also added some frantage to the card and some Glitter nuvo drops from Tonic

Thanks for stopping by ... sure would like you to leave me some love

thanks 

Debbie 

The Mask

Today  I am sharing a card I made with an image by Sherri Baldy, called The Mask... this is not one of her usual  images... and I just love it....
I colored it with copic markers ...  I blended the wings with some teal, some orange and some light red... and it does not show up here ... but I also went over it with a glitter pen... so the wings sparkle... The dies are from Tonic studios, Tattered lace, and Couture creations.
I also used tonic glitter drops and Tonic nuvo drops...
The paper is teal mirri card... love the look of mirri card...
Thanks for stopping by Debbie 

Christmas in June

Today I am sharing a card I made using a wonderful Besties image  I colored the image with copic markers... and cut her out using a Spellbinders die...   I also used a Die by Scrapbooking made simple..
I did some cold foiling on this card... I foiled the  Tree and the Merry Christmas... To do cold foiling you use an adhesive   I used tonic glue.. this glue you let dry and  it becomes sticky... and that is when you add the foil to the item...  you put the pretty side up...  and press down... to get a real good bond.. you can take and put it in a folded piece of copy paper like a sandwich  and put it thru your die cut machine.. you might need to add  some extra paper to make it thicker depending on you machine..
Then I added some tonic glitter drops to the image    and yes we had to add some glitter to the hat..
Not bad for my first Christmas card of the year...many more to come...
Thanks for stopping by
Debbie

Ice Cream Ice Cream we all Scream for Ice Cream

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Today I am sharing a card I made using one of Sherri Baldys New sweet Treats image
Img643...  I colored the image with copic markers... I added Tonic Nuvo  Crystal drops to the image to added a special  touch ... the dies are from  Spellbinders, and  Tattered Lace...
Thanks for stopping by Debbie 

Ice Cream beauty

 Today I am sharing a card I made with one of Sherri's new images.. IMG 120... I colored the image with copic markers... the paper is digital paper... called ice cream... I also used dies from Cheery Lynn designs...  and Tonic studios. which is the Cherish  sentiment.. I  used some distress ink on the edges...  I also used some Tonic Studios Crystal glitter drops...  these unlike stickles stays demintional .
Thanks for join me
Debbie

mixed media Tinker Doll

Today I am sharing a card made with one of Sherri Baldy's new images...  the image is a Tinker Doll Besties img 097.  I colored the image with copic markers... and then I used a stencil on the side with some purple paint... just to see what it would look like ... I colored the image with copic markers..

to make the background I took some mixed media paper from Ranger.. and covered it with gesso.
then I painted over it with a bright green paint...   then I took the same stencil that I used on the  Tinker doll image... and put it randomly all over the  green paper...
then I thinned down some pink paint and used the flower garden stencil from Sherri Baldy  you can just see it in the back ground very faintly .  Then I Added another stencil with textured paste... then this dried I colored it over with  sparkly teal paint, purple paint and  flat pink paint

you can kind of see the sparkles on it here... then I added some stickles to the center of the flower and the dots on the outside...
The next step was to  trim it and layer it on some  purple and green paper...
Thanks for stopping by
Debbie 

The many faces of Nicole

The 25th  is my Daughters 29th birthday ... This is the card I made for her using all the great new Besties fluffy images... I do knot know how Sherri Baldy  did it... she found so many of my daughters favorite things Shoes Nicole loves her shoes, Dancing she was a dancer for many years... tea... she loves her tea... and Yoga... This just touches on her many thing she loves to do... all we need is a hiking one and a rowing one... and I would have needed two cards...
You can find all these great images at Img008, Ballerina, Img 050   yoga,  img 053 tea, and img044...
I decided to do a stair step card... and layer the images at different levels...  the die is from Tattered lace...
Thanks for stopping by
Debbie...

Hearts

today I am going to share with you a how to card .  but first  this is one of the new releases from Besties...  I am using img899, I colored her with copic markers... and did a cut out...
my supplies for this card are
Spellbinders heart embossing folder
Lawn Cuts Stitched Rectangle
Cheery lynn Lace corner Deco E
Memory Box Precious hearts
Marianne Creatables LR0249
Crafter Companion Rose Pearl
Crafter Companion Green envy
Prima Flower Lalia
Inka Gold old silver
inka Gold Violet
Inka Gold Magenta
Inka Gold yellow gold
Inka Gold  gold
copic markers

I just got some Inka Gold is is from Viva Decor.

.. it like a gilding wax... it is very smooth and dries almost instantly ... I have been putting a little on my fingers and spreading it on the paper.. and when I change colors I rinse my fingers before reaching into the new pot.  I saw gilding wax demo'd on an English web site and knew I needed to try these... but I can never just get one color have to try a bunch of different colors and I am so glad I did
 for my background paper I started with a piece of Rose Pearl paper cut 5 X 7  I put it in the embossing folder ..

The next step was to add some old silver to the card stock

This is what the old silver looks like in the pot the color is almost more of a champagne color... I applied this one first.

I did not want to totally cover the card stock... needed to leave room for the other colors... next I added the violet

the colors blend and work together really well... I sort of apply with one finger and blend with another...

next I added the Magenta

this one did not show up as well on the pink card stock... but it did add to the sheen

then I added the yellow gold

the one on the left is yellow gold the one on the right is Gold... I wanted to show them together so you could see the difference I used the yellow gold on the background

I love the effect of the gold to this... The next step was to layer some more colors until I was happy 

This is the finished blending... the next step is to assemble the card.

trimmed the background to  6 x 4.5  Then layered it on a piece of the green card stock.. I also cut out a piece of  green card stock with my lawn cuts stitched Rectangle die cut... and took a piece of the trimming from the background and layered it on the die cut/...

I glued the Marianne  swirl behind the Bestie, Which I also glued down.  one of the things I do to help save card stock  when I am using the same color as the background I cut the piece out of the center..  and layer over it.

Then I added the heart die from Memory Box... I wanted it hanging from my Swirl.. Then I decided that the corners needed something so I cut  the corner dies out of green cardstock put that was just too much green.

so now time to try the gold Inka Gold... will it cover the green yes .. did a wonderful job... and gave the metallic look that is so in right now

Please let me know if you like this tutorial and if you would like to see more like this... or what you think would make it better

Thanks for stopping by 

Debbie

Besties Christmas Fun the Many Christmas Faces of the Besties.

    

Make sure you stop by Besties Esty shop... there are so many awesome images to choose from you can make the card fancy for not so fancy...   I love all the awesome image Sherri draws... no two are alike... you can just have so much fun with these images... Some of the images I used are brand new and some are old... 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/200084188/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_5

https://www.etsy.com/listing/196982718/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_6

https://www.etsy.com/listing/259069234/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_13

https://www.etsy.com/listing/250207761/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_22

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/212730930/instant-download-digital-digi-stamps-big?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=img472

Join us in the anything goes Christmas challenge... you could have a chance to win some awesome Besties..

thanks for stopping by 

Debbie 

some fun with a Cat image

Sherri Baldy did a release on National cat day of some awesome new images... I thought I would share with you the card I made for this release and How I made the card.
 
Supplies
Sherri Baldy cat image
Copic pens see above
foil teal tape
Spare parts vintage purple flowers
Distress inks
 peacock feathers
 picked raspberry
 Spun Sugar
 Dusty concord
Spellbinders Paisley embossing folder A side
glue
double stick tape
White card stock
Dark Purple card stock
light purple card stock
Distress ink applicator mini
teal enamel drops

Copic markers

 after printing the image the first step was to color the  image

Then I just used a paper cutter and trimmed it to the size I wanted... then I added distress ink using picked raspberry and spun Sugar.... my applicator was dirty... oops so it also blended in other colors and I liked the look..

Then I started on my background.
I trimmed a piece of light purple card stock to the size I wanted...
then using distress ink peacock feathers, raspberry and dusty concord... I applied ink to the inside of the embossing folder.. this is what you get

Then I wanted to highlight some of the areas... so I took the raspberry and added some ink to the some of the raised areas on the background. and added the teal foil tape and mounted it on the dark purple paper.

then I did some direct to paper  on my white base card stock...  direct to paper is when you take your ink pad and apply it directly to your paper.  I did this with the peacock feathers.

Then I started to assemble the card

last but not least I added the flower and the enamel drops

Thanks for stopping by.... and make sure you visit the etsy shop and find this wonderful image and all the other new ones... 

Debbie