In the mood to color, and some more birthday cards

I took a week off from my birthday card making duties, but I'm back at it again.  This week I was in the mood to color.  I have mostly Spectrum Noir markers, you really can't beat the price on those, but was fortunate enough to have received some Copics in my WCMD prize, so I wanted to give those a test run.

I love my Jane's Doodles stamps, and pulled out Garden Friends for this first set of cards.  The critters are so cute and you really don't need more more than the image and a sentiment - it would be easy to create a little gift set of cards using this stamp set.

This last card features one of the balloons from Mama Elephant's Good Times set.  I stamped three of the balloons on some wide Eclipse masking tape to use as masks and then created my cluster.  The tails are a bit uneven as I used a journaling pen that was a little too thin so had to go in and thicken the lines.  

Coloring cards and catching up on my shows - not a bad way to spend an evening!

Supplies Used

Paper/Cardstock:  Crafter's Companion - White Cardstock

Stamps:  Jane's Doodles - Garden Friends; Mama Elephant - Good Times; Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler; A Muse Studio - Contemporary Greetings

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Other:  Spectrum Noir markers; Copic markers