I'm under your spell...

Olo!

Apparently I can't get enough of witches and their kitties this Halloween because here I am with another sweet pair. This darling digi from Mo's is called Little Witch Henrietta and that kitten totally reminds me of my own little Max. He loves to come up and snuggle on me while I color and even 'helped' me while I worked on this card. Once I had Henrietta and her buddy all colored up I kept going and colored in the rest of the pumpkin patch in the background along with the haystack behind them. Now it looks like after spending all morning searching for the perfect pumpkins Henrietta has finally found them and her kitty approves. :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supply list:
cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Bazzill
paper- Making Memories (Eerie Alley)
digital stamp- Mo's Digital Pencil (Little Witch Henrietta)
stamp- Avery Elle (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
ribbon
Making Memories shaped brads
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Sakura Stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- Y32, E33, E35, Y11
clothes- T6, T8, T10, YG11, YG05, G07, BV13, BV04, BV08, W0, W4, W7, W9, Y19, Y17, YR16, YR68, G20, YR21
kitten- N5, N7, N10
pumpkins- Y18, YR15, YR18, E19, E35, E57
broom/hay- E35, E57, Y23, Y11, YR23, YR24
pumpkin patch- YR15, YR14, YR27, YG97, G85
ground- E41, E42, E43, E44
sky- B0000

Haunt it...

Hey there!

I've made a card today to play along in the Mix It Up #36 challenge SPDMIU36 over at Sugar Pea Designs. I've followed both the sketch (just flipped it on it's head) and the Halloween theme as well. Of course I had to use the super cute ghostie from the Monster Mash stamp set and because I loved him so much I also used a mirror image stamp to give him a buddy. The background was easily created by masking off a circle for the moon and then just sponging on neon yellow and green ink for the eerie sky. Then I used the Spooky Scape die to give these two a fun place to haunt. Because the ghosts were so quick to color this card came together in no time, ya gotta love it when that happens! 

Well, lots to do today so I best get moving. Later gators. :)   

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Bazzill
stamps- Sugar Pea Designs (Monster Mash set), Reverse Confetti (sentiment), My Favorite Things (mirror image stamp)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, Hero Arts neon green ombre
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
My Favorite Things circle stax die
Sugar Pea Designs SugarCut SpookyScape
Copic markers:
FBG2, FYG1, 0

Trick or treat...

Hi there!

It's Tuesday and you know what that means... time for my weekly 7 Kids Your Crafting Supply Store card creation. We are officially one week away from Halloween and I'm still having way too much fun making spooky, cute cards for the holiday. I picked up the Carta Bella Haunted House 6x6 paper pad from 7 Kids a couple months back (it's sold out now) and kinda fell in love with this awesome haunted house sheet of paper. Because it is so big and bold I knew I would have to find just the right stamp to fit into the scene. I got to looking at my Gorjuss Girls again and Piracy immediately caught my eye. Since she is just as big and bold as the print I knew she could hold her own within the design. I even ended up trimming her to fit into the bottom corner so it looks like she is really standing outside of that gate, working up the courage to go knock on the door. ;) 

Alrighty, there is still a couple weeks to play along in the October 'anything goes' challenge so head on over to the 7 Kids blog and play along for the chance to win a $20 gift certificate!

Supply list:
cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Papertrey Ink
paper- Carta Bella (Haunted House)
stamps- DoCrafts (Piracy Gorjuss Girl)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Authentique sentiment die cut
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- C5, C7, C10, 100
clothes- T0, T4, T6, T8, T10, R14, R24, R29, V12, V17, V09, BV29

Tricks, treats and sweets...

Good morning!

I have had this darling digital stamp pinned on my wish list for ages and I finally caved and bought her from the All Dressed Up digi shop on Etsy. She's called Magical Day and I just think she is an absolute doll. When it came time to color her up and put her on a card I decided to check out the All Dressed Up Facebook challenge to give me a jumping off point. The current challenge is to use pink and/or pearls. At first I thought the pink could be a problem since I would be doing a Halloween card but then I found this Doodlebug paper that hat a fun hot pink included in the print. So of course I had to give her some hot pink hair to match. The rest of the colors in her fun costume also came from the paper as well. A sprinkling of black pearls fulfilled the other part of the challenge and help add a bit of magic to the over all design.

Okey dokey, I'm off to start my day. Have a good one everybody! :)     

Supply list:
cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Bazzill
paper- Doodlebug (Booville)
digital stamp- All Dressed Up (Magical Day)
stamp- Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things Blueprint die
Simon Says Stamp wavy scallop edge die
Knot and Bow twine
Kaiser Craft pearls
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- RV02, RV06, RV19
clothes- T2, T6, T8, T10, 110, Y35, Y38, YR04, YR09, Y13, YG00, YG03, YG25, G07, G28, V06, V09, BG15, BG49, RV06, RV19, RV10
sky/grass- BG10, YG03, YG17, YG67
cat- C5, C7, C9, 100

It's Halloween witches...

Hello, hello! 

I am thrilled to be participating in the 31 Nights of Halloween as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps this month. For my card I have combined stamps from Deb Davis' awesome Attempted Murder set and the sassy Jack o Lantern Joy by Kristen Winkelbauer. I love creating scenes for my character stamps to live in and the Attempted Murder set has so many great images for building perfectly spooky backgrounds that I know it is going to quickly become a go-to set for future fall/Halloween cards. I stamped everything in Memento desert sand ink so that I could do the scene using the no-line coloring technique with my Copics. I really like the soft, sort of dreamy quality this lends to the over all design of the card. I imagine Jack o Lantern Joy is all dressed up and heading to a big Halloween party right at that witchy twilight hour. I would not be tempted to go explore that abandoned farm house along the way but she looks to be a lot braver than I ever would be! ;) 

Well, thanks for letting me share in all of this Halloween excitement. I'll be back next Sunday with another whimsical witchy card. In the meantime, be sure to check out the Whimsy blog tomorrow night for more WHIMSY STAMPS festivities! Have fun!

Supply list:

cardstock- Copic X-Press It and Bazzill

stamps- Whimsy Stamps (Attempted Murder set and Jack o Lantern Joy), Impression Obsession (sentiment)

ink- Memento desert sand and grey flannel, Versafine onyx black

My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1

Wink of Stella clear glitter pen

Copic markers:

skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20

eyeshadow/lips- YG00, YG93, RV34

hair- T5, T7, T10, 100

clothes- Y15, Y38, V15, V17, V09, YR31, YR15, YR68, E09, C5, C7, C9, C1, C2

raven- C6, C9, 100, B39

pumpkin- YR65, YR68, YR27, E27, E35, E57, YG21, YG95

fence- E81, E84, C3, C5

dirt path- E42, E43, E44

grass- BG90, BG93, BG96

sky- B21, B34, B99

branch- E37, E27, E49

leaves- Y35, YR09, E55, YG93

house/scarecrow- W4, W5, W7, W9, W10

Sing a song of Halloween...

TGIF! 

After a long hiatus I was so excited to see some new Halloween digis at A Day For Daisies this week! I simply couldn't let this month end without getting at least one of them on a card. So I printed out the gorgeous Halloween Broom and paired her up with some paper from Authentique. I liked that it had the same kind of vintage vibe as she had. I colored her fabulous gown to match the two tones of orange in the paper and I also added some sparkle to it with Copic Spica glitter pens in orange and garnet. She is quite the stylin' witch, so much so that I have to wonder if she is pausing a moment before taking off on her broom for fear of messing up her beautiful hair-do... LOL!

Alrighty then, I'm outta here but be sure to stop by on Sunday because I have a special 31 Nights of Halloween post for Whimsy stamps going up this weekend.  :)   

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
paper- Authentique
digital stamp- A Day For Daisies (Halloween Broom)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Queen and Co bubbles
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pens
Copic markers:
skin- YR000, E21, E13, E04, R00, R20
hair- W5, W7, W10, 110
eye- YG25
eyeshadow- W2, W4
dress- YR16, YR09, YR18, E09, E18, E81, E84, T6, T9
broom- E55, E57, E59, YR31, YR23, YR24, E35
background- N0, N3, N4, N5, N6, N10

Your on the nice list...

Hello friends! 

You may be saying, "Hey where is the Halloween card?", well there is a very good reason for me to be skipping ahead to Christmas for the day. I’m beyond excited to be guest designing for My Favorite Things this month! It’s such an honor to be invited to join this amazingly talented group of stampers in showcasing all of the fun and fabulous new holiday goodies from the October release. For my card today I have the sweet as can be Nice List Pure Innocence. I am a long time fan of these darling stamps so I knew she would be the first one getting on a card. Because I wanted the sentiment to have a big impact as well, I grabbed the Merry Christmas Greeting, masked off Nice List with some post it tape, then stamped it right next to her overlapping a bit at the top of her list. While the mask was still in place I grabbed some green ink and quickly sponged some onto the bottom corner just to help ground her in place. Once the post it tape is removed this creates the illusion of her standing in front of a large sign. Then all I had to do was grab my new favorite die, the A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax set 1, to cut it all out and pop it on a card base. I LOVE the super narrow border the largest rectangle creates on an A2 card and I seriously can't stop using it!
Now if you head on over to the MFT blog you will find a bonus second card that I've created as well. ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!      

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink
stamps- My Favorite Things (Nice List Pure Innocence and Merry Christmas Greeting)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Studio Calico brick house, poppy and lime light
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Pretty Pink Posh sequins
Smooch gold
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E21, E23, E25, E29
clothes- E50, E81, E84, 0, R17, R27, E19, YG67, C8, C10, 110, W7
list- W00, W0, W1, W2
shadow- YG91, YG93