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

No Peeking!

 

Hello friends!

We've got a fun and playful Christmas themed digi release at Sweet November Stamps today. The collection is called, No Peeking because it includes three different stamps where classic Christmas characters are stacked and peeking out from a blind corner. There is the No Peeking Santa, No Peeking Reindeer and No Peeking Elves to choose from. The tallness of the images makes them great for spanning from top to bottom on your card front, leaving plenty of room to either expand the rest with a scene or utilize the white space for a clean and simple design. For my coordinating collection of cards I went with the CAS option which allowed me to use some of the larger sentiments in my collection that I rarely leave enough room for.

For my first card No Peeking Santa has been caught with the entire plate of cookies. With his sack of gifts strewn at his feet, the kiddos will just have to wait a little longer before Santa gets around to leaving them beneath the tree.

Next, the No Peeking Reindeer have found the barn door left wide open and they are piling out to go play some reindeer games in the snow.

Finally, the No Peeking Elves are all about celebrating their favorite day of the year. The joy and happiness of these pointy eared little cuties is completely infectious. If you would like to watch the coloring of this card there is a short Reel on Instagram and a longer speed coloring over on the Sweet November Stamps YouTube channel.

Now be sure to check out the Friends of Sweet November Stamps group on Facebook for even more No Peeking fun from the rest of our talented design team. Also, don't forget, I will be coloring Live today at 11am PDT over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page and I hope to see ya there!

Santa supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (No Peeking Santa)
stamps- Hero Arts (sentiment)
ink- Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things Blueprints die
Doodlebug Sprinkles
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
beard- C0, C2, C3, W1
clothes/bag- W1, W2, W4, R24, R27, R59
cookies/plate- E31, E34, E44, YG11, G43, YG45, Y11, Y21, Y13, Y26, B00, B52/C2
teddy- E31, E43, E55, E57, W7, E93
presents- YG05, G07, BG99/R24, R27, R59/BG53, BG45, BG18/YG01, YG03, YG95
background- YG01, YG23, YG25, YG17, YG67

Reindeer supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (No Peeking Reindeer)
stamps- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black and My Favorite Things Amarena Cherry
My Favorite Things Blueprints die
Kat Scrappiness enamel dots
Copic markers:
reindeer- E40, E41, E42, E50, E31, E34, E57, E44, W3, R000, E74, E79, T5, T8/R14, R46
wall- E42, E44, E47, E49
background- B000, B00, B02, B14, B52

Elves supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (No Peeking Elves)
stamps- Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things Blueprints die
Doodlebug Sprinkles
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here