Treat Yo'self...

Hello again!

As busy as I've been lately, we are having another review weekend at Sweet November Stamps. But I promise now that I'm all caught up there will be an awesome new digi release next Saturday. In the meantime, I'm feeling the summer vibes so little miss Quinn with her yummy ice cream cone was calling to get on another card. So I stamped her up and since my last card using her had her pool side, this time I wanted to take Quinn to the beach. With her pretty, floral bathing suit and a soft serve swirl cone, it's hard to imagine a better summer day. There is a quick Reel over on Instagram if you would like to see me color this scene and a longer speed coloring will also be added to the Sweet November Stamps Youtube channel as well. You can also join me Live later this morning at 11am PDT over on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page for some more sunny summer card making.  :)

Hope to see ya there!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Sweet November (Quinn and Seaside Cliffs Background Builder)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, london fog and Versafine onyx black
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

Sending Sunshine...

Hello!

I'm back on the Bellarific blog with another summer fun Scenic Saturday card.  We are returning to the beach, this time with the adorable Beach Bundle Girl in a Pinch. And as a fun twist, I decided to turn the whole scene into an oversized postage stamp.

The first thing I had to do was cut out the Copic X-Press It card stock using a postage frame die. This gave me the smaller window to then create my scene within. Beach Bundle Girl in a Pinch was stamped high enough on the panel that I had plenty of room to color waves lapping onto the shore beneath her. This makes it look like, as she is coming back in from a swim, Bundle Girl is finding a surprise passenger clinging to the backside of her swim suit. Now she has to ponder what to do with this clingy crustacean, LOL! In the distance I added a pair of palm trees for some added color and a rickety beach fence trailing off along the horizon line. Notice how shortening the length of the posts creates the illusion of the fence moving away from us. With Bundle Girl and the scene all colored it was time to assemble the card on a pretty pink card base to match her swimsuit. Once everything was glued down I then stamped on all of the postage themed accents that create the appearance of this being a large postage stamp, along with the coordinating sentiment from the Beach Vibes Sentiment set as the perfect finishing touch.

Stay crafty my friends! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Beach Bundle Girl in a Pinch and Beach Vibes Sentiment set), Waffle Flower (XL Postage Collage and Summer Postage Collage)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black and Catherine Pooler sweet sixteen and macchiato
Mama Elephant postage frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
bathing suit- W00, W1, C2, C3, RV10, RV02, RV34, Y02, Y18, RV04, RV09, RV99
crab- YR02, YR07, YR09, E09
sand/grass- E30, E31, E33, E35, E44/G07
trees/fence- E23, E44, E47, E40, YG23, YG17, G46, G29/E47, E49
sky/sea- B000, B00, BG01, C00, C1, 0/B000, B00, BG01, BG02, B04, B06, B18, B24

Whale hello there...

TGIF!

Whew! My big drawing deadline just wrapped up so I'm back from my short break from coloring and card making. One of the first things I did once back at my crafty desk was tidy up a bit. That's when I came across this cute Me and My Whale set from Mama Elephant. The teeny tiny mermaids stole my heart and I was excited to stamp them and their whale friends into a scene. My blue Copics got a work out on this one but the near monochromatic scene was a nice way to ease back into card making. I can practically hear the whale song just looking at this sweet scene.  :)

Later gators!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Memory Box and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Mama Elephant (Me and My Whale), Memory Box (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler blue
Mama Elephant deckled frames die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
merboy- E00, E11, E04, R20/E55, E57, E59, B00/YG01, YG03, G07
mermaid 1- E00, E11, E04, R20/YR12, YR14, E18, B00/BG11, BG34, BG49/Y11, Y21, Y26
mermaid 2- E00, E11, E04, R20/E51, E53, E55, B00/BV02, BV04, BV17/Y11, Y21, Y26
whales- C0, C2, C3, C4, B60, B00, B41, B45, B99
water/reef- B000, B00, B01, B12, B14, B24, B26/BV23, BV25, BV29, YG01
 

Dive Deep...

 

Good morning!

On Saturday I colored this mermazing mini slimline scene during my Live over on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. The mermaid is SN Gal Merielle from the latest MerMay clear release at Sweet November Stamps. Her dynamic diving pose makes for some pretty fun scene building and story telling. This time around I paired her with the older Under the Sea Horizon Lines, stamping the sea cliffs on either side of Merielle. The cute otter from the Mermees #2 set was the perfect companion to join her on her adventure into the deep. As the suggestions came in during the Live the scene became a kaleidoscope of color and we topped it all off with the bright and flashy colors that we ended up using on Merielle. The end result really showcases this pretty mermaid as the star of the show.  :)

Have a great week, my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (SN Gal Merielle, Mermees #2, Journey and Under the Sea Horizon Lines)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler cummerbund
Hello Bluebird mini slimline deckle die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

Waves of happiness...

Hi friends! 

With this card I've finally managed to get all of the cute Mer Friends onto their own cards. This seated mermaid was perfect for a fun postage collage style so I used the Nellie's Choice multi frame mini slimline die and stood it vertically. The fish and background bits where pulled from a variety of different Sweet November sets and I just love that they all work so seamlessly together. I actually filmed the coloring of these mini scenes and there is a quick Reel over on Instagram to check out if you are interested. A longer speed coloring version will also be added to the Sweet November Stamps YouTube channel before too long. Because it is a postage collage, I also pulled out the Year Round Post Marks to add all of the postal accents once the coloring was done.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Mer Friends, Something's Fishy, Mermees #2, Mermees #3, Merwees #3, Go with the Flow and Year Round Post Marks)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black and Catherine Pooler fiesta blue
Nellie's Choice multi frame die
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

Have a relaxing day...

TGIF!

It's been a while since I've inked up one of the lovely Girl stamps from Felicity Jane. Sadly, they've been out of the stamp and kit world for quite some time but I still love these fun and fashionable girls. In fact, I've still got a handful on my wish list that I'm trying to track down on the second hand market because I suffer from full set syndrome... LOL!  Back to today's card, I inked up Kate Girl, in her fun summer apparel and paired her with a shop stamp from Art Impressions for the background. I imagine she is one vacation in some tropical paradise enjoying an afternoon of shopping and sight seeing. I colored in the sea by hand and played with the perspective so that it feels like this village is up on a hill overlooking the port below. I gotta say, it's always fun to live vicariously through the stories I create on my cards, LOL!  ;)

Toodles!   

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Felicity Jane (Kate Girl), Art Impressions (Shop), My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
Trinity Stamps dainty scallop die
Copic markers:
skin- E000, YR00, E21, E13, E04, R00, R20/R08
hair- E51, E53, E23
clothes/bag/glasses- V01, Y11, Y02, Y15, Y26, C00, C1, C3, Y13, Y18, E29, YR15, YG25, YG67/YR15, E31, E33, E35, E44/W4, W6
road/sidewalk- W2, W4, W5/N1, N3, N5
sea/sky- B00, BG11, BG53, BG57/BG000, BG11, BG53/E50, E41, 0
cafe- E81, E42, E43, E95, E97, E99, E23, E25, E27, BG000, BG01, E35, E39, C4, C7, Y11, Y21, Y26, V01, Y11, Y13, Y18, N3, W1, E47, E49
flower pot/street light- Y13, Y18, YR04, YR07, YG13, G07, E95, E97, E99/C2, C8

 

Thanks for all your kelp...

Olo!

So, this is another scene that has been sitting and waiting on my desk for ages and it was perfect for my limited crafty time these days. This particular mermaid is a Mer Bean digi that was included with the purchase of a TGF Mystery Box from back in the day. She looks so shy and sweet that I thought it would be cute to have her peeking out from behind some tall stands of kelp. Since The Greeting Farm hasn't made a Build-a-Seascape digi set yet, I instead found this plant in the Gardening digi set. By stacking it three times in graduating smaller sizes it totally took on the look of tall strands of kelp. Off in the distance I hand colored in some smaller kelp using tone on tone colors with the water to help flesh out the background. I also stamped in a cute fish from the Cheeky Mermaids set to keep this adorable Mer Bean company. I'm sure feeling quite proud of myself for how much I've whittled down my stack of images so far this year, and it's only June!

Anywho, thanks for stopping by!   

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Copic X-Press It
digi stamps- The Greeting Farm (Mystery Box Mer Bean and Gardening set)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Cheeky Mermaids), My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Papertrey Ink aqua mist
Mama Elephant deckle edge die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair/eyes- YR21, YR14, YR18, E29/YG05
top/tail- V20, V01, V17/G00, BG13, BG49, BG09
sand- E50, E30, E31, E33, E43, E44
sea/kelp- G000, G00, BG11, BG32/BG72, BG75
kelp/fish- YG05, G07, BG99/G20, V01, V15, V17