Coffee Please

 Cutting it close to the cut-off deadline for Freshly Made Sketches #697.  I decided to use a digital stamp by Mo's Digital Pencil.  I've had this image for a while and have used it a couple of times on some cards that I made. For this card, I colored the image with colored pencils and fussy cut it out.

The sentiment I used is by Picket Fence Studios called "Coffee in Hand".  She does look like she's enjoying her coffee. 😊

Birthday Fishes

 I made this birthday card for my son-in-law.  His birthday is August 4th.

He is into fish and aquariums, so I decided to make an aquarium with fish in it.  I used three of the Lovely Layers sets by Honey Bee Stamps: Fish, Tank and Tank Aquarium Add-On.  Let me tell you, putting the pieces together was time consuming, but I do like the way it turned out.  It was worth all the die cutting and gluing.  The sentiment I used is from the Waffle Flower set called "Under the Sea Sentiments".  I added a few clear Nuvo Drops to get a bubbles affect.

Flipping Awesome

 I decided to play along with Paper Players Sketch PP748.  I thought this flip flop paper was so cute.  I used a stamp set from Pink & Main called "Flip Out".  I stamped one with Lemongrass ink by Catherine Pooler and the other with Memento Rich Cocoa.  There are actually two different stamps in this set.  One stamps the outline of the flip flop and the other in full color. 

Tickled Pink

 
It was so fun to play along with Freshly Made Sketches #696.  I think this flamingo is so cute.  It is from the stamp set by Pink & Main called "Stand Tall".  It had a sentiment that said Stand Tall and I probably should have used that since this flamingo's legs are so long, but instead I used the sentiment from an Avery Elle stamp set called "Tickled Pink", thus the title.  I also stamped the pool of water from the same set and die cut it out so my flamingo could get its feet a little wet.  Wonky Stitched Rectangles by Whimsy Stamps is what I used for the background to place him on.

Beautiful Ride

 Playing along with Paper Players Challenge 747 "Things With Wheels".  I have a few different bicycle dies and I chose Ladies Bike by Paper Rose.  I die cut it out with pink polka dot paper then I added another dotted embossed layer to the basket, seat and handlebars.  And on the spokes, I used some pink Nuvo glitter drops.  The sentiment I used is from a stamp set by Catherine Pooler called "Beautiful Ride".  The background paper is from Doodlebug Design called Enjoy the Ride from My Happy Place collection.

The bike looks like its floating, but it's really going up an "invisible hill". 😄

Sweet Treat

 This was a great sketch by Freshly Made Sketches.  It was pretty easy to follow too.

I used the die and stencil set by Trinity Stamps called "Layered Ice Cream Cone".  I used the stencil on the die cut ice cream cone with Catherine Pooler inks.  It came with a sentiment to die cut out so I used that.

The background paper of ice cream cones is from Pebbles by American Crafts: Sun & Fun.

Blooming Hope

This was a great sketch by Freshly Made Sketches.

There are so many different shapes, images and dies you can use.

I used the stamp set by Brutus Monroe called "Lovely Lilies".  I colored the stamped images with colored pencils and then die cut them out.  The sentiment is from a stamp set by Waffle Flower called "Full Bloom Sentiments".

I also added a few Yellow Bird Nuvo Glitter Drops.