Spooky Salutations

Hi there! 

As soon as I saw the flying owl in the Cocoa Buddies set from the new Cider and Cocoa Fall release at Hello Bluebird I knew I wanted to challenge myself to create a spooky Halloween card with it. To help make that happen I pulled out a bunch of older stamps and dies, most of which are sadly no longer in stock. I started by using the Full Moon Scene Die to cut out the card front, I then removed the tree before stamping the owl just below its branches. I then proceeded to color the tree, grass and owl by hand using Copic markers. A mask was placed over the owl before I laid down a moon mask, that I created with the Light of the Moon Die, then air brushed in the night sky. It was then time to cut out some jack o'lanterns using the Jack Dies and color them too. Finally, it was time to start gluing all these parts and pieces together on the card base. The Spooky Script and Halloween Word Strips were used together to add the sentiment as a fun finishing touch.  :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Cocoa Buddies, Spooky Script and Halloween Word Strips)
ink- Memento memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black and Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
Hello Bluebird Full Moon Scene Die
Hello Bluebird Light of the Moon Die
Hello Bluebird Halloween Words Strips die
Hello Bluebird Jack Dies
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
jacks- YR12, YR04, E97, E39/YR21, YR12, YR04, E97, E39, G43, G46, BG96/E50, E81, E31/YG93, E84, E87, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17
tree- E43, E44, E47, E49
grass- YG00, YG03, G43, G94, G99
owl- Y02, YR23, YR27/E40, E42, E43, W1, W3, YR23, E37
sky- V01, V04, V09, BV08, BV29, V25
moon- G20, V20, V22

Batty for you...

Hey, hey!  

I didn't end up having a lot of coloring and crafting time yesterday but luckily I already had these cuties from the Midnight and Luna set at Sweet November Stamps stamped up with a mask cut. With very little hand coloring and an air brushed background, this is one of the quickest cards that I've made in quite some time. The simple sentiment is also from the Midnight and Luna set while I used a background stamp from Hello Bluebird to add the stars and speckles to the wide frame around the scene. In person they are really sparkly because I filled the stars and dots with the stardust glitter pen, giving this card a magical finishing touch.  :)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Midnight and Luna), Hello Bluebird (Snowy Sky Background)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
Papertrey Ink frame die
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Tim Holtz moon mask
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
branches- E43, E44, E47, E49, YR23, E39
cat/bat- B02, C5, C7, C9/E43, E44, E47, E49, W5, W6, W8, W9
sky- B02, B16, B18, B39, 100
moon- G20, BG90, BG93, BG10, C2

Trick or treat...

Good morning!

This past weekend we added the Howl-oween Pups digi collection at Sweet November Stamps, so of course I had to go Live over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page and color up some cute doggos. For this fun trick or treat scene I paired three of the six new pups together, Dash's Dracula Costume, Pugsley's Pumpkin Costume and Pepe's Pirate Costume. Don't they look adorable all dressed up in their not-so-spooky costumes? Each one has their own crazy personality and it was fun bringing them to life with everyone's color suggestions. Because most of the time was spent coloring the three pups I kept the background really simple and yet I think it still sets the scene pretty effectively. All in all, it was another wonderful day of coloring and crafty camaraderie! 

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Copic X-Press It
digi stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Dash's Dracula Costume, Pugsley's Pumpkin Costume and Pepe's Pirate Costume)
stamps- Reverse Confetti (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here