Happy Thanksgiving

Hello friends!

This is my final DT post for 2020 over on the TGF blog and I am taking this opportunity to wish all of those celebrating a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving today. 2020 has been a doozy of a year but I still feel like I have plenty to be grateful for, including this amazing community of crafters that we are all a part of. This fun little card using a mix of digis from the Build-a-Kitchen, Bakery Cafe and Firefighters sets is my way of sharing that even though many of us will not be able to gather together physically with loved ones today I hope we can all gather together in our hearts. That, and if this is your first time cooking the Thanksgiving meal, be sure you place the finished turkey far enough away from the edge of the table to not entice the dog to join the meal prematurely, LOL! 

Big hugs to everyone!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Build-a-Kitchen set, Bakery Cafe set and Firefighters set)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Copic markers:
sign/counter- E42, E43, E44, E71, E74, C1, C2, T6, T7, T8, T10
wall- Y11, Y21, YR23, E37
turkey- YR23, YR24, E33, E35, E37, E39, E81, C0, C2, C5
plates/utensils- C1, C3, C5, W5, W8, W10
crock/bowl/utensil holder- YR12, YR27, E39, Y17, YG01, YG25, YG97
rolls- E50, E31, E55, E25
cutting board- E23, E25, E29, G20, G40
pup- C00, N1, N2, N3, N6, N10, W00, 0

 

The Merriest Christmas Ever...

Hi friends!

The Greeting Farm decided to make digi lovers very happy with a second holiday digi release this month and it is available today! The two new sets are Miss Anya Pumpkin Spice and Dress Up Winter with Anya and Ian. Miss Anya also comes with a pumpkin spice sentiment which is great for fall cards but I wanted this one to be Christmas themed so I grabbed one of the sentiments from the Christmas Sayings digi set and added it to my snowy scene. Perhaps it is early Christmas morning and Miss Anya has snuck out into the peaceful snow covered surroundings before the hustle and bustle of the day takes over.

 

For my second card today I have paired the new Winter Dress Up Anya and Ian with the Dress Up Bedtime cuties for twice the winter fun. The similar body poses made it super easy to dress all four of them in the new winter outfits. I also grabbed the hats from the Fight Cancer set for some extra warm and cozy bundling as these cute couples skate down that frozen river. Another sentiment from the new Christmas Sayings set was all I needed to complete this outdoorsy scene. :)

Have a good one!

Miss Anya supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Miss Anya Pumpkin Spice, Christmas Sayings)
stamp- Purple Onion Designs (Snow Cabin on Hill)
ink- Memento london fog
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Hello Bluebird Frosty Flakes die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E50, E31, E55, E35
clothes- R35, R37, R39, R89, E40, E41, E81, E84, E44, E47, E49, E33, E35, E37, E39. RV91, RV93, R56
sky/snow- YR30, B60, B63, BV01, BG000
cabin/trees- E44, E47, N5, BG96, BG99
mug- E40, E43, YG21, YG25, G07, G29

Dress Up supply list:
cardstock- Lawn Fawn and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Dress Up Winter set, Christmas Sayings, Dress Up Bedtime set and Fight Cancer set)
PinkFresh Studio stitched slimline die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20

A magical holiday season...

 

Hey there!

I've got an exciting sneak peek to share today featuring one of four new Elliot and Marcel Christmas stamps illustrated by Julian Charlton for Purple Onion Designs. The entire release will be available this Friday, the 27th in conjunction with the annual Black Friday sale. So much good stuff to look forward to!

For my card today I've inked up the fun Elliot and Marcel Snowfetti stamp along with one of the two sentiments that also come with it. Because these images are so whimsical and playful I decided to shake things up a bit and color them both in different purple hues. Why limit yourself to realistic colors all the time when there are no rules saying that an elephant has to be grey? For the background I kept the color palette rather muted with icy grey toned aqua tones that compliment the purple in a lovely way. All of this coming together to create a magical winter scene.  :)

Toodles!  

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Purple Onion Designs (Elliot and Marcel Snowfetti)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Dr. Ph Marin's Bleed Proof White
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
elephant- V20, V22, V25, W2, W4
hat and scarf- BG11, BG53, BG72, C00, C1, C3
monkey- BV02, BV25, BV17, E40, E81
scarf/shoes- BG75, BG78, C3
background- BG90, BG93, BG70, BG72
 

Hope your holidays are sweet...

Good morning!

Can you believe I've had this sweet Candy Cane Bear from Mo's Digital Pencil printed out and sitting on my desk since last Christmas? Well I was not going to let another holiday season come and go without finally getting him on a card of his own. For the snowy scene I added some stylized mountains in a minty green color that I thought would be a nice compliment to the peppermint red going on in the candy cane and his hat. The sky and snow also got hints of that minty color to keep the overall design consistent and still let this adorable cub be the star of the show. It actually came together so quickly that I began to wonder why I had waited this long to get him on a card, LOL!

Talk at'cha later!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and and Copic X-Press It
digital stamp- Mo's Digital Pencil (Candy Cane Bear)
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Copic markers:
bear- E40, E81, BV31, E42, W00, R000, R30, R20, E04, W2, W7, W10
sky- YR30, G0000, G000, G00
mountains- YG41, YG45, BG70, BG72
trees- G28, G29
snow- BG70, BG72, G0000
candy cane/hat- C1, C3, R14, R27, R29, R89, Y11, Y13, YR23, E39, E47
 

Peace on earth...

Olo!

I'm over on the Hello Bluebird blog today with a Christmas card mixing a bit of old with the new. I've brought together both the Tall Trees Scene Die and the Joy and Peace stamp set from the newest release with the Next Door Gnomes stamp set and Frosty Flakes die. I've known that I wanted to create a winter scene with this particular gnome and his lantern ever since I first got the stamp set but it wasn't until I had the Tall Trees scene die that inspiration really struck. So I shifted gears from my regular crafting routine and pulled out some Catherine Pooler inks to start building this winter scene. The Copics came out when I was finally ready to color the gnome, snow and trees, playing with light and shadow as I love to do. Once all those elements were done and glued onto the card base I grabbed the new Joy and Peace stamp set along with its coordinating dies to add a sentiment to my card. I used the Catherine Pooler Juniper Mist ink again to stamp the words. You'll notice I didn't get full ink coverage with my first press but I wasn't hating on that look because it kind of reminds me of the snow in the background so I chose to leave it and not stamp it again. To help the sentiment pop a bit more I also die cut the Frosty Flakes die out of a shimmery white card stock and added the snowflakes before gluing down the sentiment. To complete the card I randomly applied dots of Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof white across the entire scene to create a gentle snowfall that ties everything together quite nicely. Now I know that I'm not one who uses dies a whole lot but I am so pleased with how this scene came together because of them. I can't wait to give these trees another go for the rest of the seasons as well!

Stay crafty my friends! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Next Door Gnome, Joy and Peace set) 
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler mint to be, sweet sixteen, royal treatment and juniper mist
Hello Bluebird Tall Trees scene die
Hello Bluebird Frosty Flakes die
Hello Bluebird Joy and Peace coordinating dies
Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof white
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
beard- C0, C3, C5, Y000
clothes- R43, R46, R29, R89, Y000, E55, E57, E49
lantern- G14, G07, G29, Y000, Y13, Y18
trees- W0, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W7, Y000
snow- G000, V01, BV000, BV02, BV04, BV08

Believe in the magic of Christmas...

Hello!
 
It's time for another Scenic Saturday over on the Bellarific Blog and today's card is going to take us to the South Pole for Christmas. This recent release saw a whole waddle of naughty and nice penguins added to the Stamping Bella store, all of them just as cute as can be. Which made it difficult to choose which one to ink up first. I finally landed on Penguin's Big Catch simply because I liked the idea of coloring him out on the open ocean with a large ice flow in the background. Creating that ice flow takes a bit of planning because you need to rely on the white of the card stock you are coloring on to become the ice. Meaning, you need to color the sky above it and the sea below it first to establish the basic outline of the ice. Now once you have those two areas all colored in you can't leave the ice as is, it will just look like you forgot to color in a large part of your design... the ice needs shading too. To start I grabbed a very light BG0000 and ran a wavy, serpentine line parallel to the top of the white ice. Then I proceeded to pull some of that color down, creating the nooks and crannies on the edge of that ice shelf. Once my light and dark areas where established I simply grabbed some light and mid tone greys as well as some slightly darker BG markers to deepen those shadows. To help sell the size of that ice flow and how far in the distance it was I decided to add in some more tiny penguins marching down its slope to the water below. You don't have to be an artist to draw these, I promise! Simply make a small C shaped mark with a mid tone grey marker, fill in the middle with a very light grey then once that is dry, dot on a small spot of orange at the top of the curve of the C for the beak... voila! Now this happy fishing penguin is not so alone on Christmas morning. :)    

Have a wonderful weekend bellas!  

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Penguin's Big Catch) 
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler cranberry fizz
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sky- B0000, B000, B01
sea and ice flow- B14, B16, B18, BG0000, BG10, BG11, BG53, BG57, C00, C1, C2
penguin- E40, E42, E50, BV31, 0, R000, R30, C5, C6, C7, C8, C10, YR21, YR16, YR27
hat/scarf/fishing pole- E81, E84, W00, R14, R46, R29, R89, E57, E49
present- C00, C1, C2, , C4, C5, 0, R29
ice flow penguins- C0, C2, C6, YR21

Merriest wishes to you...

TGIF my friends!

I'm just popping in real quick with the card I colored during yesterday's Live featuring the second Folk Art Santa digi from the newest Sweet November Stamps release. Once again I paired the Santa with the new Pine Tree and Branches scene builder set and turned him into an ornament hanging at the top of the tree. Of course we had to color up a strand of multi colored lights too for some added color and cuteness. :)

Alrighty, I've really gotta run... have a good one! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Folk Art Santa 2 and Pine Tree and Branches Scene Builder set)
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Snow Play set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here