Best wishes...

TGIF!

Every month, SN design team member Allison, hosts a Pen Pal card swap in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook group. The theme for August was 'critters' and since I made this card before the Fall Woodland digi release I instead used a couple of cuties from the Spring Woodland collection at Sweet November Stamps. I paired the squirrel from the Spring Woodland Squirrel, Cub and Raccoon set with the chipmunk from the Spring Woodland Chipmunk, Fox and Skunk set. I enlarged them both quite a bit and placed the squirrel atop the tree stump from the older Forest Stump and Hollow Log Background Builder set and then proceeded to color in the rest of the forest background by hand. All the green in the scene is a last hurrah to summer as I'm now all about coloring with lovely fall inspired hues. I don't know if my pen pal has received this card yet, but I hope it brings her a smile.

Have a great weekend!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Spring Woodland Chipmunk, Fox and Skunk, Spring Woodland Squirrel, Cub and Raccoon and Forest Stump and Hollow Log Background Builder set)
stamps- My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
chipmunk- E50, E40, E42, E44, E31, E33, E35, R30, T6, N7
squirrel- E40, E42, W00, W2, W3, W4, W9, R000, R30, E04
tree stump- E42, E43, E31, E34, E44
dirt/grass- E41, E42, E43/YG01, YG03, YG25, YG63, G94
flowers- Y13, Y18, RV10, RV21, RV13, RV14, Y11, Y13, YR21, YR04, G20, YG05, YG17
sky- G20, G40, YG11
trees/bushes- E42, E43, E31, E34, E44, YG13, YG17, G46

 

Friendship is so weird...

Hey, hey! 

This trio of fashionable friends are from the BFF Girls Find Your Tribe set at Picket Fence Studios, though I think they may be retired now. I'm pretty sure I stamped them up last summer and then they got set aside, finding a spot in that pile of pre-stamped images that I keep on my desk. Finding myself with a limited amount of coloring time the other day, when I flipped through the images and found these, I knew they would be perfect. I find the sketchy nature of these illustrations quite appealing and they lend themselves to more loose and artistic layout designs. Because I wanted the big sentiment to have just as much focus as the girls, I kept the background really light and ethereal, letting it fade to white as it moves across the long mini slimline card front. I'm really glad I finally made time to get this one colored and finally fulfilling its card destiny, LOL!  ;)

Have a good one! 

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Picket Fence Studios (BFF Girls Find Your Tribe)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Hello Bluebird nesting deckle mini slimline die
Pear Blossom Press gold and silver gel pens
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
girl 1 skin/hair- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, R32, YG91, YG93/E21, E23, E29
girl 1 clothes- Y11, Y13, Y21, Y26, C0, T2, T7, W3, W5, W6
girl 2 skin/hair- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, RV34/B14/YR31, YR27, E29
girl 2 clothes- C00, C2, C3, V12, V15, V17, V09, BV29, C3, C5, YR23, E37, E39
girl 3 skin/hair- E00, E21, E13, E04, R00, R20, YR07/E57/T5, T7, T9
girl 3 clothes- YR15, YR04, YR18, E35, R57, E47
sidewalk/grass- W00, W0, W2, W3, W5/YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG63, G94
trees- YG00, YG01, G21, YG93, YG95, E44, E47
sky- B0000, B000, B00, 0
 

Jump for joy...

Good morning!

This past weekend we introduced the Fall Woodland digi collection at Sweet November Stamps so of course we had to color up some of the cute critters during my Saturday Live on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. For this particular scene I paired up the fox from the Fall Woodland Fox, Squirrel and Racoon set with the rabbit from the Fall Woodland Skunk, Rabbit and Bear set because I liked how they were both playing in the leaves. The forest scenery is provided by the Spring Woodland Background which we gave a colorful Fall make-over. These two look so happy frolicking together on a crisp Autumn day.

Don't forget that there is also a limited time bundle deal special where if you purchase the Fall Woodland Bundle any time through August 30th, you will receive the exclusive Fall Woodland Wolf digi for free.  :)

Laters!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Fall Woodland Fox, Squirrel and Racoon, Fall Woodland Skunk, Rabbit and Bear and Spring Woodland Background)
stamps- Hello Bluebird (sentiment)
ink- Papertrey Ink ripe avacado
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here