Happy Hello Cherry Card

Happy Monday everyone! I hope your week is off to a good start. Today I have a pretty little card using Karen Lockhart's Cherries in Colander stamp, along with some Itty Bitty Cherries.I love to color Karen's images in with Copic Sketch markers, the details of her stamps just beg for color. One thing that is fun to do from time to time is color on paper surfaces other than cream or white. Here, I stamped my images onto Papertrey Kraft cardstock and then colored them just as I would as if I were using white cardstock. I used a white gel pen to give highlights to the cherries, and then outlined the colander and Itty Bitty Cherries with a B00 marker. I also outlined the bottom of the lace stamp from Crafty Secrets (see photo above). It really adds some dimension to the colored images. I punched my main image with a scalloped circle Marvy punch (from PTI) and used a new EK Success border punch along the Itty Bitty image piece..then inked all edges with PTI Fresh Snow ink. I got my EK punches from my favorite local scrapbook store, Scrapbooks, Etc in Topeka, Ks. Love those girls, gotta support our local businesses!

The topper for my card was made to resemble a little curtain. I used a stretchy ribbon from my stash and a double line of stitching to finish it off.

Vintage buttons and a Papertrey sentiment from Everyday Classics finish off my focal piece. I colored the bottom scallop portion with my green Copic marker and a white gel pen. Patterned paper is from October Afternoon.

Tip: When adhering buttons (I use Zip Dry adhesive), use simple clothespins to keep the buttons secure until they dry.

Thought you might like to see a couple of things I scored at an antique store...a jar of Vintage white buttons for $3 bucks. I love that most of them are tied....seems that the ladies were very frugal in the day and did not waste one single button. Many buttons I find have been snipped right off the clothing item because I can usually find snippets of fabric on the back of the button.

And I added this old drawer to my collection also. I stood it upright and it holds my growing collection of EK Success slimline border punches.

That's it for today. Hoping to cross a lot of to do items off my list so I better scoot on out of here. Have a great week!

Edit: 1. Font for my blog header is called Pharmacy 2. Sorry, I'm not sure of online sources for the EK Success slimline punches. I gave all my lovin' to my local scrapbook store. :)