From our family to yours...

Olo!

It's been too long since I've colored up one of the adorable Dreamerland Crafts images from my crafty stash and yesterday I was feeling the pull to ink up one of their cute Christmas stamps. After a bit of a search I finally settled on the From Our Family rubber stamp that captures mom, dad and their kiddos all watching the snow fall from their cozy living room window. I colored them all into their coordinating holiday sweaters and added the hint of a Christmas tree standing in the room behind them. The rest of the scene is kept light and airy in order to capture the cold winter weather outside. The sentiment is from Mama Elephant and I felt it was made to go with this happy home.  :)

Alrighty, well thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Dreamerland Crafts (From Our Family) and Mama Elephant (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versafine onyx black
Papertrey Ink mini scallop rectangle die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
dad hair/clothes- E55, E57, E79/W4, W5, W7
mom hair/clothes- Y32, YR27, E07, E09, E47/YG03, YG93, YG95, YG97, W1, W3, R24, R29
girl hair/clothes- Y32, E35, E25/R24, R46, R29, R89, W3
boy hair/clothes- E55, E57, E79/YG03, G46, BG99, R24, R46, R89
kitty- T2, T5, T6, T10, R30
window/room- E40, E81, E43, W4/Y000, YR30, YR31/YG45, G46, BG96
snow- BG70, BG90, BV31
wall- E43, E34, E44, E74
 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

Hello, hello!

Last Thursday we wrapped up the latest Scene Progression Break Down video series over on the Sweet November Stamps Youtube channel. This one finds the cute moose and bunny from the Signs of the Season set holding their holiday signs on the street corner for all the passer-byes to see. The background is from the City Sidewalks set, which makes setting the festive scene pretty quick and easy. The coloring of each step took place over the past six weeks, so if you wanna check out how this all came together you know were to go.  ;)

Have a good one! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Signs of the Season and City Sidewalks Background Builder)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Papertrey Ink pure poppy
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

Merry Christmas...

Hey, hey!

I've been wanting to take this wizard from the Impronte d'Autore Always Believe in Magic set and turn him into a Father Christmas image for almost a year now, really ever since I got this set from Crafty Purple Frog, who has a nice selection of Impronte d'Autore clear stamp sets. Besides giving him Christmas colored robes, the only alteration I made was to sketch in the staff and lantern that he is holding. I think he definitely captures that old world charm as he makes his way through the snow on this Christmas Eve night. I don't know what it is, because I have plenty of actual Christmas stamps still waiting to make it onto cards but it is especially fun to take a non-holiday stamp and turn it into a magical Christmas card like this.  :)

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Impronte d'Autore (Always Believe in Magic), My Favorite Things (sentiment), Waffle Flower (postage collage winter)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and london fog, Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
Spellbinders hemstitch rectangle dies
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Pear Blossom Press gold gel pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
beard- C1, C2, C3, N4
clothes- E40, W1, W2, W3, R24, R46, R59, RV99, G24, G46, BG99, YG67, Y02, YR23, E47
staff/lantern- E44, E47, E49/Y000, Y00, Y02, C3, C5, C7, C9
sky- BV23, BV25, BV29
snow- B60, BV20, BV31, C3, C5
trees- C7, BV29
 

The sweetest moments of the season...

Hey there!

I was going through the pile of stamped scenes that I have sitting on my desk and found these cute Candy Cane Mice from Colorado Craft Company waiting to make it onto a card. I love having these all ready to go for when I'm short on crafty time, I could simply grab my markers and start coloring. I'm such a fan of Anita Jeram's charming art work and it's been too long since I've gotten crafty with the sets in my stash, so bringing this sweet image to life felt really good. I kept the snowy background scene rather simple, letting the sky fade into white up at the top of the card where the sentiment was stamped. I like how this let's all the warm colors really pop.  :)

Well, thanks for stopping by... have a good one!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Candy Cane Mice)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Copic markers:
mice- E40, E41, E42, E31, E55, E44, R000, R30, E04
stockings- E40, W1, W2, W3, W4, R24, R27, R59, R89
orange- Y17, YR04, YR07, YR18, YG25
candy cane- C1, C3, R24, R27, R29
mints- YG03, YG45, YG67, E81, E25, E79
background- B0000, B000, B60, B41, B93, 0
trees- W4, W5

The magic of the season...

Good morning!

I was busy drawing this weekend so I didn't have time to make a new card for today. Instead, here's another card that was made during a past Live over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. This cute Christmas Scrappy was a free digi during this year's World Card Making Day celebration at Sweet November Stamps and he's now available for purchase in the Sweet November Stamps store. I had sketched in the stocking before the Live started and we ended up coloring in the Christmas tree during out time together. It all came together to tell a sweet Christmas morning story that is just as cute as can be.  :)

Later gators! 

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Christmas Scrappy)
stamps- Stamping Bella (sentiment)
ink- Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy
My Favorite Things Blueprints die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Pear Blossom Press gold gel pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here

The sweetest little Christmas...

Hello again!

Yesterday we added the No Peeking digi collection to the Sweet November Stamps store. Included in the release are the No Peeking Santa, No Peeking Reindeer and No Peeking Elves. Because I went with a cohesive clean and simple design for the first three cards that I made using these fun Christmas images, I thought it yesterday's Live coloring on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page would be the perfect time to tackle a scene with one of them. So I printed out the cute No Peeking Santa once again and this time flipped him to the right hand side of the card front. During the Live I free handed in the staircase and large Christmas tree in the room behind Santa. For pretty much just winging it with the staircase idea, I gotta say that I'm quite pleased with how it all came together in the end. We also did our best to create a more crushed velvet look on Santa's suit for some additional playing around with textures. It was a really enjoyable morning of coloring made even better when you are left with a cute card to show for it all.  ;)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (No Peeking Santa)
stamps- Simon Says (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Pear Blossom Press gold and silver gel pens
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Fiskars deco edge mini scallop scissors
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here