Thank you for being a friend...

Hey, hey!

How sweet is this pretty little girl from the Sister Stamps range of stamps at Impronte d'Autore? I've been a long time fan of these stamps and I was actually able to order mine from Hanko Designs. This little sweetie is Rieko and she comes with the wisteria flowers that I used in the upper corner of the scene. I also grabbed the birds from the Misako set and the squirrel from the Kiyomi set to give her some friends to enjoy the spring sunshine with. :)

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
patterned paper- Lawn Fawn
stamps- Sister Stamps (Rieko, Misako and Kiyomi), My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler juniper mist
Papertrey Ink bubble frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- YR000, E50, E51, E21, E04, R00, R20
hair- BV23, BV25, BV29
clothes- B000, B00, B01, B52, B45, V000, V01, V12, V04, V17, Y13, Y18, G20, YG91
squirrel- E31, E13, E15, E39, E41, E43
birds- Y11, Y21, Y15, YR01, R02, W0, W3, W5, W7
grass/trees- YG01, YG03, YG25, YG63, G94/V12, V15, YG13
sky- V0000, V20, V22, V25
wisteria- V04, V17, YG03, G46

I'm here for you...

Good morning!

This is the last card that I made for the Spring release at Stamping Bella. I couldn't stay away from the Spring Bundle Girl Peekers but this time I only used one of them and stamped her into the Window. It was the perfect fit and I love how it looks like she is just popping by to say hello. I colored a sunny spring day behind this Spring Bundle Girl Peeker and stamped a decorative background on the wallpaper of the room she is looking in to. All of which comes together into a sweet heart warming scene.

Have a great week!

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Spring Bundle Girl Peekers, Window and sentiment), My Favorite Things (Abstract Rose Background)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Papertrey Ink lovely lady and Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Copic markers:
skin/clothes- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20/E50, E81, W3, 0, R81, R83, Y18, YG23, YG67
window- E31, E55, E35, E57, E44/C1, C3, C5/E40, E50, E42, Y11, Y21, Y26
grass/sky- YG21, YG03, YG63, G94/B0000, B000, B00, B01, C0, 0
trees/bushes- E33, E55, E57, YG21, YG05, YG17, G46/YG13, YG45
wallpaper- R81, R83, R85

You're invited to the Petal Party!

 

Hello friends!

Sweet November Stamps is inviting you to a Fairwee Petal Party for this weekend's digi release. Five adorable fairwees are happily swinging, drifting, and dancing through the sky with their favorite flowers. There is Cher with her mum, Dotty with her sunflower, Ellie with her poppy, Gina with her camellia and Lolly with her daisy. There is also a Petal Party Flowers set and for the next three days there is a special deal in the store where if you buy the entire Petal Party collection you get the Petal Party Flowers set for free.  

My first card is a mini slimline where I paired Ellie and Lolly together and surrounded them with extra falling flowers from the Petal Party Flowers set. Of course I had to color the poppies into my favorite orange California Poppies. I love how sunny and cheery they look, especially with the bright white daisies.

My next card is another mini slimline and this one finds Cher and Gina floating on the breeze surrounded by colorful blooms from the Petal Party Flowers set.

Finally, Dotty is all on her own as she is surrounded by golden sunflowers. Both Dotty and the flowers shine like the sun against that beautiful blue sky. So much happiness in one simple little card. :) 

Now be sure to check out the Friends of Sweet November Stamps group on Facebook for even more Petal Party cuteness 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!

 

Howdy...

TGIF!

Last Sunday I did a Live coloring on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page celebrating the Spring release at Stamping Bella. I thought it would be fun to take one of the new Oddball Zodiac girls and create a non astrological themed card with her. I settled on Oddball Zodiac Aries with her ram and paired them both with the older Cowboy Backdrop for a down on the farm scene. Before stamping Aries I wiped the ink off of the star constellation on her shirt and the symbol necklace she is wearing, which left me with a blank shirt and the option to turn the necklace string into a shirt collar. It's such a simple alteration and it really opens up the possibilities with these quirky Oddballs. After the Live, I found the perfect greeting in the Country Western Sentiment set and stamped it on a speech bubble die cut to complete the card.

Have a great weekend!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Oddball Zodiac Aries, Cowboy Backdrop and Country Western Sentiment set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Hello Bluebird word bubbles die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

The beautiful blessings of spring...

Hi there!

This past weekend was a review at Sweet November Stamps so it was requested that I revisit the cute critters from the Spring Woodland digi collection for my Live coloring on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. I put together a scene using the Spring Woodland Background, the fawn from the Spring Woodland Fawn, Bunny and Hedgehog set, the skunk from the Spring Woodland Chipmunk, Fox and Skunk set and the bird from the Spring Woodland Alice and Bird set. We ended up going with a soft, kind of vintage color palette that gives these forest friends an old school storybook feel. :)

Have a good one!  

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Spring Woodland Background,  Spring Woodland Fawn, Bunny and Hedgehog, Spring Woodland Chipmunk, Fox and Skunk and Spring Woodland Alice and Bird)
stamps- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

Feel better soon...

Hi there!

Have you seen this new Curvy Girl that was part of the Spring release at Stamping Bella? She's called Curvy Girl Get Well Soon and she sure makes feeling sick look awfully cute. She has camped out on the couch, all wrapped up in a cozy blanket while she spends the day nursing a cold. Surrounded by tissues and a warm cup of tea, Curvy is counting on bingeing her favorite shows to get through the worst of it. The sentiment also comes with Curvy, so you have everything you need to create adorable get well cards.

Later gators!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Lawn Fawn and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Curvy Girl Get Well Soon)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Mama Elephant stitched deckle die
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E33, E57, E79
pajamas- E50, E81, E40, E43, R21, R43, E04
pillow/blanket- E81, E42, Y11, Y21, Y26, R43/E81, E42, YG01, YG03, YG25
couch- E43, E44, E47, YG91, YG93, BG93, BG96
tissue box/tea cup/pills- W2, W3, BG11, BG72/E23, E25, C1, C3, R43/YR23, E37, C2
floor- E40, E41, E42, E43, E44
wall- E81, E84, Y00, Y11

 

Hello Spring...

Hey, hey!

I'm back with another card that I made for the new Spring release at Stamping Bella. Whimsabella Flutterbreeze is an adorable spring fairy floating on a soft breeze with her little butterfly friend. I've paired them both with the Storybook Meadows Backdrop and colored everything in pretty pastel colors. The end result is an enchanting and fantastical looking scene full of magic.  :)

Toodles!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Whimsabella Flutterbreeze, Storybook Meadows Backdrop and Hello Spring Sentiment set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Catherine Pooler
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Sharpie extra fine white pen:
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- V01, V12, V15, V17
clothes/wings- BV23, BV25, BV29, BV31, BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV20, C00/BG10, BG70, BG72
trees- RV000, RV00, RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, E33, E35, E57, E79
sky- Y0000, Y00, Y11, YR30, YR31
grass- YG00, YG01, YG03, G43, G24
flowers- YG25, YG67, Y00, Y11, YR31, RV21, RV14, RV52, RV55, BV000, BV01
butterfly- Y11, Y13, Y18