Here is a card I made featuring a digital image from From the Heart Stamps  This little piggy is the April image of the month--he comes with several sweet sentiments, including the ones I used here.  The background is created from Washi adhesive sheets from We R Memory Keepers.  I stumbled upon this pack at Joanne's and it was in my stash for quite some time.  I cut a strip from one of the patterns for the wine bottle "label" as well as the stripe on the inside of the card.  The pig and his wine are colored with Copic markers, with a touch of Wink of Stella Marker to make the wine sparkle.  I glued the wine glass, bottle and cork down using Ranger multi matte medium, but the pig is mounted on the card using an Action Wobbler (purchased from the Simon Says Stamp store).  You just can't help but smile when you see him wiggle!

I have a second card to share tonight featuring a digital image from Gerda Steiner.  This little bear is her Happy New Year bear for 2015, but I cut the balloons apart and used these numbers to create a birthday care for a young lady who just turned 21!  (21 isn't too old for teddy bears, right?)  Once again, lots of purple, but this one was inspired by the recipient's favorite color.
I created the background with a hexagon stencil and embossing paste colored with a few different shades of distress ink.  I used the same distress inks to water color the balloons  (from another Gerda Steiner image), then fussy cut the images and used a brush tip black marker to sharpen the black outlines. I tied silver embroidery floss around the little balloon ends (tiny little balloon ends!) and reinforced the knots with glossy accents so they wouldn't come undone, then used a needle to thread the floss ends through the bears hand.  The bear is also water colored with distress inks.  There are even strands of silver floss poking up from the bear's party hat.  I had to add accents of Wink of Stella glitter brush to the balloons, party hat and the black strip the bear is "standing" on, and some glossy accents on the number balloons, and I added white gel pen accents to the bear's nose and eyes, which really brought him to life.

Tonight I am sharing the card I made using the April digital image from Gerda Steiner which I will submit for her monthly card challenge.  Read all about her challenge and see all of her adorable digital images and stamp products on her web site.    

I am not usually drawn to purple, but I wanted to find a use for a pot of Grape Fizz Perfect Pearls powder from Ranger.  I created the background with a stamp from Hero Arts and versamark ink, then brushed the perfect pearls powder on--the powder sticks to the  clear, sticky ink and the excess can be brushed off, leaving shimmery color on the stamped images.  The sentiment is also a stamp from Hero Arts--I used versamark and the same perfect pearls powder to highlight the word cream.  The I colored the little coffee girl using my Copic markers and tried my hand at some coppery-red hair.  Last, I added some white gel pen dots to the dress, Wink of Stella glitter brush marker and glossy accents to the heard on the cup, and mounted the little girl on foam tape for a bit of dimension.