Kicking back...

Olo! 

What can I say... I'm on a roll with pulling images from the stack on my desk to color up. This gorgeous Aloha Blooms digi from A Day For Daisies has been printed out and waiting patiently for a few years and now I can proudly say that I finally got her on a card. She was perfect because I didn't have a lot of time for coloring and crafting so by sticking with a super simple beach scene and limited color palette I had this card done in no time. This beauty certainly seems to be soaking in the summer sunshine and radiating summer vibes of her own.  :)

Toodles!

  

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamp- A Day For Daisies (Aloha Blooms)
stamp- Honey Bee Stamps (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Spellbinders hemstitch die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E23, E57, E79
flowers/swim suit- Y35, YR04, YR09, YG25/W1, W3, YR12
sand- E50, E31, E53, E34, BV31, Y32
water- BG10, BG11, BG32, BG34, BG13, BG18
sky- E50, YR30, YR31

You're beachy keen...

Hey, hey!

I came across this Beach 20's stamp set from CC Designs while I was doing a bit of a craft room clean up the other day and I just had to ink them up. The set, which appears to be retired, includes two boys and two girls and I chose to pair up this particular duo because their poses already had me chuckling. Together, I think they are even funnier and I had to tell their story. I colored in a simple beach scene so they had the perfect place to flirt with each other on this hot summer day. I'm really glad I came across these cuties before my summer crafting comes to an end. :)

Later gators! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- CC Designs (Beach 20's)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa
My Favorite Things pinked edge stax
Sharpie extra fine white pen:
Copic markers:
girl skin- YR000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
girl hair/eyes- E50, E53, E23/BG000, C3, YG03, G85, BG99
girl clothes- C0, C2, W3, B0000, B000, B00, B52, B34, B45, B37, B39
boy skin- E00, E21, E13, E04, R00, R20
boy hair/eyes- E34, E35, E47, E79/BG000, C3, E35, E57, E59
boy clothes- C0, C2, W3, C5, C10, R05, R08, E18
sand- YR30, Y32, E53, E31, E33
sea- BG000, B00, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG32
sky- BG0000, BG000, B00, BG01, BG02, 0
gulls- C4

Around the campfire...

Hello! 

I'm still working my way through all of the scenes that I stamped up using stamps from the Great Outdoors release at Hello Bluebird. This fun night scene is centered around the raccoon, beaver and fox from the Campfire Stories set. I did some masking to gather them all around the campfire and then I added the big tree trunk and bushes from the Pathway Background and the smaller tree and tree stump from the Forest Fawns set behind them. The rest of the forest scene was colored by hand in twilight hues. I always enjoy coloring a fire lit scene and adding the warm glow that it casts to everyone around it. Afterwards, I stamped in the music notes to help tell the story of these friendly critters singing campfire songs on a warm summer night.  :)

Have a good one!  :)

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Campfire Stories, Summer Joy, Pathway Background and Forest Fawns)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
raccoon- E40, E41, E42, W00, W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, R000, R30, Y000
beaver- E13, E15, E25, E08, E18, E47, E49
fox/guitar- YR31, YR14, YR27, E39, W0, C1, C3, W1, R000, R30, E04, E49/E30, E53, E33, E44, Y00, T3, T5, T8
dirt/grass- E30, E31, E42, E43, E44, Y000, Y00/G40, YG03, G24, G94, G99
logs/fire- E55, E44, E47, Y000, Y00/Y00 Y13, Y35, YR04, YR16, YR09
big tree/stump- E55, E57, E47, E31, Y00/E81, E84
small tree/rocks- E23, E25, E47, Y00, YG25, G85, BG96/W3, T4, W6, Y00
bushes/background- YG17, G46, BG99/G20, G12, G43, YG11, YG61, YG63, E44, B32, B34


 

Happiness comes in waves...

Good morning!

Because this past Saturday was a bonus review day at Sweet November Stamps, I was able to take on a request and share how I color a large ocean wave during the Live coloring on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. This cute surfer girl from the Summer on the Go: Surfing digi set was the perfect choice for the scene, especially since I wanted to have another go at coloring a tie dye print. Now, the Summer on the Go: Surfing kiddos do come with a small wave drawn in behind them but since we wanted to go big I cropped off the small wave before printing her out, leaving me with the entire card front to fill with a spectacular wave. Not only were we able to add some sunshine filtering through the water and create her tie dye tankini but we also added a fun tropical print to her beloved surf board as well. I'm so glad that we had time to make this cute card happen and who knows what kind of coloring adventures we will get into next Saturday.  ;)

Have a great week!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digi stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Summer on the Go: Surfing)
stamps- Honey Bee Stamps (sentiment)
ink- Studio Calico clear blue
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