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Hello Summer – Little Blue Button Stamps June Release

Here in Georgia, the temperature has been in the 90’s. What!!??? I guess we had better say, “Hello, Summer!”

To celebrate summer, I am featuring Little Blue Button Stamps June release – Love Corn. Like many of you, I love corn and if I could get me a big ear of corn, I would dance with it too!

Love Corn is a great digi-stamp to bring in the summer and all the fresh corn which will be in abundant supply.

I chose to color my image with a combination of FSJ Color Burst pencils and Faber-Castell Polychromos. Shades of purple combine well with the green corn husk and yummy yellow corn.

United States Trivia – Many states in the U.S.A. have Corn Festivals. Click here to see if there is one near you.

Supplies:

Little Blue Button Stamps:

Spellbinders:

Pink and Main:

Consumer Crafts:

Scrapping for Less - patterned paper

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Little Blue Button Stamps Tulips

Spring time brings us so many wonderful flowers and to celebrate Spring flowers, I am featuring Little Blue Button Stamps, Tulips digital stamp.

What a beautiful digital stamp and so much fun to color. I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and FSJ Color Burst Pencils to create a stunning card. I think this digi stamp will brighten anyone’s day.

Here are some in progress pictures taken at the table in the screened-in porch from our condo in St. Augustine, FL.

These digital images (see below) were brought to life using a variety of coloring mediums. The purple pink tulips (upper left hand corner) were colored with the Tombow Dual Brush markers using a blender pen. The leaves were colored using the Dual Brush markers and Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. The pink tulips (upper right hand corner) were colored with Spectrum Noir markers and FSJ Color Burst Pencils. The magnolia blossoms (lower center) were colored with Fun Stampers Journey Color Burst Pencils.

Although I had a rough start with the pink tulip card, it turned out beautifully. The Tammy Tutterow Tiny Sentiments Stamp from Happy Grams is perfect for any occasion. The card is accented with FSJ Special Day Organza Ribbon and Crystal Clear Nuvo Drops (can’t see them in the picture).

Supplies (click on images to order):

Little Blue Button Stamps:

Spellbinders + FSJ:

Consumer Crafts (click on banner and then search for Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers):

Amazon:

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Vacation Time – Little Blue Button Stamps May Release

Vacation time is just around the corner. Summer will be here, kids will be out of school, families and friends will take off to their favorite vacation destination to relax and enjoy life.

This adorable digital stamp image called Vacation Time is exactly what I’ll be doing in the month of May; relaxing by the pool or on the beach with a nice cool drink. One of my family’s favorite places to get-a-way and relax is St. Augustine Beach, Florida. What is your favorite place to vacation? Let me know in the comments.

The Vacation Time image was so much fun to color. I used my Fun Stampers Journey Color Burst pencils to bring this image to life.

Supplies:

Little Blue Button Stamps Digital Stamps

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Baking Luca

I have the most adorable little boy featured in this post. Not only is he super adorable, he loves to bake and his name is Luca.

Baking Luca stamped image is from La-La Land Crafts and it is part of Scrapping for Less, February Flavor of the Month kit called Whip It Up! The good news is there are some kits still available. You can click here to order the kit (I recommend the Banana Split kit).

I stamped Luca onto Spectrum Noir alcohol marker paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I had planned to color him with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, but my friend brought her Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils and I used them to color Luca. They blend so well and allowed me to create fine details on Luca very easily.

Here is Luca with some delicious chocolate chip cookies and ice cold milk. Yum!

Let me know in the comments your favorite baked treat or treats. My favorite baked treats are anything cake like (cake, brownies, muffins, etc.).

Supplies:

Click on the Consumer Crafts banner below to order Faber-Castell Polychromos (120 pencils) or Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. They are on sale this week 20% off art supplies and the Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers are 6 for $6 or 24 pack for $22. If you miss out on this sale, they have 20%-25% site-wide sales at least every 4 weeks. These are the best prices I have found.

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Little Blue Button Stamps Happy Morning Digi Girl

I am back with a digital stamp from Little Blue Button Stamps. The first time I checked out LBBS, the Happy Morning digi stamp stood out from all the other images. I love everything about this image and it was so much fun to color.

Here she is:

I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color her. Fun Stamper Journey Sweet Berry and Cool Pool cardstocks. Along with some left over paper from a Scrapping for Less FOTM kit. The lower right corner is accented with some FSJ Candy Drops.

Click on the banners below to shop!

Little Blue Button Stamps:

Spellbinders + FSJ:

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers @ Consumer Crafts

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Little Blue Button’s Steam Punk Jessica Digi Stamp

Hello! I have just created my first post to the Little Blue Button Blog. I am so excited to share with you the card I created using Steam Punk Jessica. 

I colored Jessica using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. Once she was colored and cut out, I collected two Gel Press pieces of cardstock from my stash to use in making the card.

Next, I gathered other supplies for this creation.

I wanted to incorporate gears onto the Gel Press pieces of cardstock and used a FSJ stencil to apply Pumpkin Bread and Haystack inks to the stencil leaving a faint impression of gears.

Gold glitter washi tape from the discount aisle at Tuesday Morning was placed under the die cut border. The final touch was a sprinkling of FSJ Bronze silk.

To complete the card, I placed Jessica on a Haystack cardstock oval mat. The card is finally accented with Candy Drops. This card turned out so beautiful. I hope you like it.

If you would like to watch the video where I colored Jessica (click here).

Supplies:

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spellbinders + Fun Stampers Journey

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A Cuppa Cocoa Makes a Penguin Happy – PCCC 328

If you checked out my previous post, you know a doughnut will make a kitty happy, but did you know a cup of cocoa will make a penguin happy? Oh, I forgot, only if it has marshmallows on top.

I created a no mat card for this happy penguin to meet Paper Craft Crew Card Challenge 328. See the challenge below:

This penguin and hot cocoa image is from one of my past Scrapping for Less kits, Stamping Bella’s Penguin with a Mug.

I colored the stamped image with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and fussy cut the penguin and mug leaving a small white boarder. I folded a piece of Whip Cream cardstock in half, layered on two strips of Fun Stampers Journey’s Deco Layer Strips (black). The penguin and mug are popped up and the finishing touches are the Journey Sequins pink for a touch of bling.

Supplies: Click on the banners below to shop.

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spellbinders + FSJ

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Only a Doughnut Can Make a Kitty Happy – FMS #377

Two posts in one day? You are not hallucinating. Sit back and enjoy reading about the doughnut and Sassy Kat. I created a card project from this story for Freshly Made Sketches #377 card challenge (the sketch is below):

I know everyone has heard the phrase, “curiosity kills the cat,” but have you ever heard, “only a doughnut can make a kitty happy?” I hadn’t heard that phrase either until I read this story.

Little Sassy Kat was known to be a snoopy busy-body. There was no place in her house she had not explored except for the box under her owner’s bed. She didn’t know what could be in it, but it always smelled so good.

Every night after the house became still and quiet, she noticed, while pretending to nap on the bed, her owner would lie down on her belly and reach far under the bed pulling the box out very carefully. Once the box full of heavenly aromas was tight in her owner’s arms, she would walk softly into the very large walk-in closet, shut the door and the click of the lock would faintly sound.

Of course, the lock clicking to the closet door would cause Sassy Kat to lift her head, look around the room, rise up stretching every muscle before jumping from the bed onto the floor. She would wind her way around the room letting her tail hug every bed post spindle until she was at the closet door.

She pressed her body against the door and tried to push herself in, to no avail. She even tried to open the door by pushing her paw under the door and pulling the door towards her. That didn’t work either. After a while of unsuccessfully opening the door, she stretched out on the floor waiting for the door to open.

She was just about asleep when she heard little foot steps running down the hallway, into the room and a little voice crying for mommy. The closet door clicked open and her owner scooped the child into her arms and carried him back to bed.

What!!!!! The door was open; Sassy Kat couldn’t miss this opportunity. She quickly ran into the closet and saw the open box in the corner. She ran over and gently sniffed inside the box. It smelled so good! And, a round circle with a hole in it, covered in pink goo with dots smelled the best. She grabbed the tasty treat in her mouth and ran out of the closet into the bedroom.

She quickly ran beside the night stand and settled in for a midnight snack. Before she could get a good bite of the sugary goodness, she noticed two large feet in front of her. She looked up with big soulful eyes, asking for forgiveness as her owner reached down picked her up and said, no sweet treats for you Sassy Kat. It’s time for bed.

Hope you enjoyed the short story. Here is the card for the story and the challenge.

Supplies: Scrapping for Less Flavor of the Month January 2019 kit, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Spellbinders Fancy Edged Circle Dies and FSJ sequins.

Spectrum Noir alcohol markers purchased from Consumer Crafts

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Little Marcie’s a Perfect Blend – Fusion Card Challenge

Hello, card challenge community and blog followers. It’s been a while since I have submitted a project for a card challenge and I think I might have three this week! Here is the first submission.

I created the Marcie with Coffee card project for the Fusion Card Challenge. I chose to follow the card sketch and not the photo. Here’s the card sketch.

I have a video showing the coloring and construction of the card on my FB page, martyzstamps. This was the first project of a marathon crafting session this past Sunday.

The FB Live video will let you know how many mistakes can be made creating a project even when you think you are prepared!! It was just a little too funny. Let me know, in the comments, your crafting mistakes and how you made everything look awesome with the fixes.

All cardstock and images are from Scrapping for Less Flavor of the Month January 2019 kit featuring Lala Land Crafts’ “Little Marcie with Coffee”. The twine and Rainbow drops are from FSJ + Spellbinders and Spectrum Noir alcohol markers were used to color Marcie.

Hope you love this card as much as I do!

Supplies:

Spectrum Noir Markers purchased from Consumer Crafts:

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Sweet Tooth – Little Blue Button Stamps – March Release

Here is my first Design Team post for Little Blue Button Stamps. “Sweet Tooth” is the new release digital stamp for March, and she is so adorable with her big mug of sugary goodness!

My first card is a blonde haired, blue-eyed sweet tooth girl. The burst of black and white stripes as a background make her really pop!

I had so much fun creating the first card, I decided to create a second card with a brunette green-eyed sweet tooth girl. Instead of an explosion of black and white stripes, I chose to let just a little bit of the stripes peek out from a black mat featuring a shaker element. She is just as adorable as the first girl.

Supplies: Digital stamp is Little Blue Button Stamp – Sweet Tooth. I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers for coloring the images. All cardstock is Fun Stampers Journey. The cloud frame and silver glossy dots are from Pink and Main. The stitched rectangle die is from MFT Stamps and the scalloped circle die is Spellbinders.

Little Blue Ribbon Stamps

Pink and Main

Pink and Main

FSJ + Spellbinders:

Consumer Crafts - Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. Click on banner on right side of blog.

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