November 2, 2013

We love you Torico!


Hello friends! I'm so pleased to be joining a wonderful group of stampers to tell Torico how much we love her designs and to help send off her lovely digital design shop, Birdie Brown, in style!

Torico will be closing Birdie Brown at the end of November, so it's time to grab your must have stamps now! The hop today started over at Lesley's blog. Start there for some amazing inspiration!



I have used the oh-so-adorable Birthday Bear stamp today. I LOVE how Torico illustrates animals, and her bears are my absolute favourite. I'm a sucker for a gorgeous large image and this one fits the bill!

I printed on watercolour paper and heat set with my heat gun so I could colour with distress markers. I wasn't sure if it would work, but no ink bleeding - yay! (I recommend testing your particular printer ink, I use a basic Canon ink jet printer and heat set for a couple of minutes)

I added some highlights to the balloons with a Picket Fence marker and covered them with stickles.

I coloured on my ribbon with a distress marker then sponged on some vintage photo ink before spritzing with water. 



Here's the inside - I've used sentiments from Cinnamon by There She Goes. 

Torico, I am SO glad you will still be illustrating for There She Goes, I love your amazing designs - thank you for all the inspiration! Big hugs!

It's time to head on over to see the lovely Jenny now - and here's the entire list of hoppers for you to browse!
Stamps: Birthday Bear 02 (Birdie BrownPaper: Family Traditions (Webster's Pages) Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger) Dies: Ovals, Scallop Borders (MFTOther: Seam Binding, Stick Pin, Copics, Stickles, Pearls, Sewing Machine

15 comments:

  1. Ah, what a cutie. I'm definitely going to miss Birdie Brown.

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  2. Gorgeous card, Sarah! I love your colouring and the sparkle on the balloons! So pretty!

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  3. So adorable! I love your coloring and glitter :) TFS!

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  4. Simply fabulous! I'll miss Torico's gorgeous images very much, Jo x

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  5. Wowie!! Love this card! Great work!

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  6. GASP! I love this! I need to go and grab that image PRONTO!

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  7. Thank you for this special blog hop, Sarah! This is gorgeous as always. I especially LOVE your stained ribbon bow. Very very beautiful!

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  8. Gorgeous card! I love your colouring

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  9. What gorgeous coloring, Sarah. The whole overall card is just stunning. Glad to pop by in this honor for Torico.
    Cathy xx

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  10. This just couldn't be any sweeter - LOOOVE it! Torico must be so happy to see what you made with her image!

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  11. this is a fabulous card - I love the bow and how you also decorated the inside - GREAT

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  12. I am drooling over your coloring on this card Sarah. Wow!! Great texture on Mr. Bear. Hugs!

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  13. Birthday bear looks so happy :) Love your card super cute.

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  14. Very sweet image....love how you printed it on water colour paper.

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