Everything ABC's Blog Hop ~ Letter 'B'

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter 'B'. This may be the name

of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has

chosen as their 'B' element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Jenifer then you're on the right track!

My letter 'B' is for Ballerina...

The stamp set I am using is called Safari Ballet ~ I LOVE this set!

~ I gathered my supplies & got ready to create~ 

 ~ Using our paper trimmer I cut all the pieces I was going to use  ~

Ready to stamp... 

OOPS!  Have you ever stamped & the image did not come out clearly?  

Well as you can see it happens to the best of us!  No worries,  just turn the paper over ~ Thankful that there are 2 sides!

I stamped a couple images...

Decided to try a couple of techniques using watercolor pencils

One using the Blender pen, 

one using the Shimmer pen and 

one using the water brush...

The first Hippo is blended using the blending pen 
the middle one is using the shimmer brush
the last one is using the small round waterbrush... 

The stamped image I choose for my project is the one in the centre ~ I used the clear shimmer brush on the pink... and a blending pen for the grey!

~ Now to fussy cut out the images ~

 I just LOVE my non stick Micro Tip Scissors

Putting the pieces together

 Using a colonial White card base & adding a 1 1/2" strip of polka Dot paper from the Whimsy Fundamental paper collection


I wrapped a piece of baker twine (this is a color no longer availalbe ~ the whisper color would look great) around the piece of 4 x 3 Smoothie cardstock & tied a bow.

Stamp the sentiment on the cardstock & then adding  3D foam tape to the back to adhere to the card.

The hippo is also popped up using 3D foam tape & added to the smoothing cardstock mat.

then stamp the sentiment "Tu Tu Cute"

Have you ever dropped the stamp & block after stamping ~ Let's call it being creative! 

 You will notice a faint Tu at the top of the finished card ~ I think I may stamp the entire background with second generation Tu Tu Cute random stamping 

~ What do you think? 

And don't throw away those other critters that you stamped & colored... store them in the stamp envelope so if you need to create a quick card you have some stamped images ready to go!

Supplies Used:
Black Exclusive Ink
Colonial White card base
Smoothie Cardstock
Whimsy Fundamental Paper collection
My Acrylic Block
Safari Ballet Stamp Set
3D Foam Tape
Micro Tip Scissors
SureCut Paper Trimmer
Shimmer Brush - Clear
Blending Pen
Water Color Pencils

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Linda's of Scrap Therapy

In case you get lost along the way…go to Darlys Recker  for a complete list of participants!

Thanks for Stopping by...

Looking forward to seeing you again real soon!

Keep on Playing with Paper

Diana