Let's Go Ghouls...

Happy Halloween! 

Spooky season culminates with tonight's frightful festivities and I've got one last Halloween card to share. I got my hands on this new Moonlight Whispers Preparing the Broom for Halloween stamp last month and I've been saving her for the big day. The stamp itself comes as one large image but I cut it into two separate stamps so that I could overlap the broom a bit more and really having it flying towards this sassy witch. The Copic airbrush system helped me add to the magical glow in the scene and really play up the Halloween enchantment that I was going for.

Alrighty friends, have a safe, sweet and spooky Halloween! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Moonlight Whispers (Preparing the Broom for Halloween), Hello Bluebird (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things Pinked Edge stax
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
eyes- BG000, C3, YG03, G46
hair- RV52, RV55, RV66, RV99
clothes- C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C9, YG00, YG13, G07, BG99, V04, BV08, W6, W9
broom/magic- E31, E34, E74, Y32, YR23, E39, YG00, FYG1, FYG2
floor- W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W8, W10, N4, T6/E84, E87, E89
wall- YG00, FYG1, FYG2, N5, N9, T10

Hey Boo...

Hey, hey!

We are just a day away from Halloween and I made some time to do a fun little mash up between a couple of stamp sets from Impronte d'Autore for this card. The witch is part of the Plate B sei capace di piu set, which is actually Wizard of Oz themed while the sweet little ghost is part of the more traditionally Halloween Little Monsters set. The interaction between them is just way too cute and tells such a fun story. I kept the background monochromatic and used both the glow of the moon and the glow from the ghostie to really spotlight these happy haunters. What mischief they will be up to, no one knows, but you can bet some Halloween tricks are sure to take place, LOL! :)

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Impronte d'Autore (Little Monsters and Plate B sei capace di piu), Hello Bluebird (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Mama Elephant stitched deckle rectangle die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Tim Holtz moon mask
Copic markers:
skin/hair- G20, YG11, YG41, YG45, BG96/BV23, BV25, BV29
clothes/broom- W4, W6, W8, W10, C5, C7, C9/Y23, E35, E39, E44, E47
ghost- YG0000, YG00, YG21, G20, YG11
background/moon- BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV11, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29/BV00, G20, BG90
 

Happy Halloween...

Hello friends!

The first Ohuhu coloring video series has wrapped up today over on the Sweet November Stamps YouTube channel. Over the past month I have been breaking down this spooky Halloween scene, featuring Madame Regina Ravenwood from the Haunted Manor Portraits digi collection, sharing various color combinations that I've put together using the Ohuhu markers. Now that all of the videos are out there, I can finally share the completed card here on the ol' blog. It's definitely been an interesting test of my coloring skills, working with a marker system that is so new to me. But I'm really enjoying the challenge so it looks like we will be starting up a new Ohuhu series next week. I did pull out my Copics to create the wallpaper behind the portrait because I wanted to use the Copic airbrush system for a nice, smooth finish, which I then stamped the pattern over. I really hope this is helpful to all of the Ohuhu colorists out there and that you enjoy watching the process come together. :)

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Madame Regina Ravenwood )
stamps- Papertrey ink (sentiment), Inkadinkado (spiderweb), Hello Bluebird (Petal Play Background)
ink- Versafine onyx black and Catherine Pooler peppermint scrub
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
My Favorite Things stitched banner die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here

Pick of the Patch...

Good morning!

I just realized that I forgot to share this card that I made for the September Pen Pal card swap that takes place in the Friends of Sweet November Stamps Facebook Group, so I'm here to remedy that situation. This adorable pumpkin loving girl is from the Bountiful Blessings: Pick of the Patch set and I paired her with one of the kitties from the Bountiful Blessings: Squeeze the Day set for some extra cuteness. Fall colors always make me happy and it was fun revisiting this older stamp set. 

Alrighty then, I've got lots on my plate right now so I'm going to keep this post short and sweet. Have a great week everyone!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November (Bountiful Blessings: Pick of the Patch and Bountiful Blessings: Squeeze the Day)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Trinity Stamps dainty scallop die
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, E04, R00, R20
hair- E74, E77, E79, W10
clothes- BG53, BG72, BG75, BG78, E55, E57, E59, E81, E43, E47, E49
white pumpkin- BV00, E50, E81, E43, YR30, E84, E87
pumpkins/bossoms- YR21, YR65, YR68, E09/Y02, Y35, Y38, YR16/YG01, YG23, G46, BG96
dirt/grass- E31, E42, E43, E44, E47/YG03, YG63, G43, G94
sky- B000, B00, B52, C0, 0
trees- Y15, Y38, YR16, YR27
kitten- W1, N3, N5, N6, R30

Christmas Blessings...

Hey friends! 

The Sweet November Stamps newsletter for October was mailed out last night. It was a fabulous review of all the gorgeous holiday card that the team has made using the new Christmas Cheer clear release. As always there was also a code included for all of our faithful newsletter subscribers to get their hands on the latest free digi. Sticking with the holiday theme, you can now find this adorable Little Christmas Angel digital stamp in the store. She is such a sweet way to celebrate the season and so much fun to color! Speaking of coloring, there is a quick Reel for this card over on my Instagram and a longer speed coloring version on the Sweet November Stamps YouTube channel. 

So check those inboxes and get crafting!  :)

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Little Christmas Angel)
stamps- Hello Bluebird (sentiment)
ink- Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things blueprints die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here
 

Warm Winter Wishes...

Hello again!

This weekend the team and I are reviewing stamps from the new Christmas Cheer release that hit the shelves at Sweet November Stamps last Saturday. I went with another faux postcard and this one features the cute grocery shopper from the Retro Christmas Shoppers set. I found this old rubber stamp of the snowman poster in my crafty stash and the retro style of it seemed too perfect not to help set the scene for our 50's inspired cutie. This lead me to airbrush the brick wall in the background so that the poster had something to be hanging on. Paired with all that neutral brick and sidewalk is frosty blue and aqua hues that come together to create an urban winter wonderland. 

I will be coloring Live at 11am PDT later this morning over on the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page and I hope to see ya there! 

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November (Retro Christmas Shoppers and Signs of the Season), Papertrey Ink (sentiment), unknown (Frosty Poster), The Greetery (Postal Modern, North Pole Post and Pretty Postmarks), Waffle Flower (Fall Postage Collage)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Papertrey Ink blueberry sky and Versamark Watermark
The Greetery Postcard pierce plate
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Honey Bee Stamps brick stencil
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- E23, E25, E27, E79
clothes- B41, B45, B99, E50, E40, E81, E44, E47, E79, BG01, BG05, BG18, W3
groceries/letters- E31, E42, E43, E44/E33, E37/YR15, YR04, YR18/R27/W0, C2
wall- E42, E43, W4, W6, N4
sidewalk- T1, T2, T3, T4, T5

Happy Halloween...

Hey friends!

I'm up on the Blogabella and we are in that Halloween home stretch so of course I've got one last spooktacular scene for this week's Scenic Saturday card. I've been having so much fun mixing and matching old and new stamps that I decided to do it once again. This time around I inked up Tiny Townie Piper at the Pumpkin Patch and paired her with a twist on the new Tales from the Haunted Mansion stamp for a Halloween card that is too sweet to be scary.

Piper and her pumpkins were stamped first and because I wanted them to have a more Halloween vibe rather than Fall, I grabbed a 0.1 black multiliner pen and drew in some simple faces, transforming the pumpkins into glowing jack o'lanterns. The Haunted Mansion also got its own transformation when I chose not to ink up the books that the house rests on before stamping it into the background. This left me with just the mansion that I could then color into a spooky moonlit landscape. Omitting part of the original image on one and adding extra details to the other are both easy and effective ways to expand the uses for the stamps you already have in your crafty stash and have them help you tell a different story with them. Once Piper, the Haunted Mansion and the landscape were all colored in using Copic markers, I masked them both off before airbrushing the sky and full moon into the background. The sentiment from the Frightful and Delightful Sentiment set was stamped onto a word bubble die cut and glued just above Piper so that it would look like she is peeking out from behind those jacks with a friendly greeting. Hopefully this card has shown you how small changes here and there can have a big impact on the cards that you create.  :)

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Stamping Bella (Tiny Townie Piper at the Pumpkin Patch, Tales from the Haunted Mansion and Frightful and Delightful Sentiment set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax 2
Hello Bluebird Word Bubbles die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Tim Holtz moon mask
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- C5, C7, C9, C10
pumpkins- Y00, Y02, Y15, YG93, E87, YG01, YG03, YG95, G46, BG99, YR31, Y32, YR15, Y04/Y35, YR15, YR18/BV00, E50, E81, YR30, YR31/Y35, YR65, YR68, E19/Y17, YR16, YR07, E09
dirt- Y00, Y11, E31, E42, E43, E44, E47
grass- YG01, G82, G43, YG63, G94, G99
mansion- Y00, Y02, W3, W6, E44, E47, T3, T4, T5, T7, T10, C5, C10
sky/trees- B23, B26, B66, BV08, BV29
moon- B000, B21, BG93, G20
 

You are bootiful...

TGIF!

I'm back with one last card using the Fright Mice cuties that were part of the Frightful Nights Halloween Card kit at Hello Bluebird, which has unfortunately sold out. The last three little witch mice were paired together to create an adorable coven set on collecting as many sweet treats as their buckets can hold. I colored them into a simple night scene and then used the oversized sentiment from the All the Spooks set to fill the center of the card. I also added a smaller subheading from the Halloween Word Strips set to complete the fun message. It's a satisfying feeling to finally have all of the scenes that I had stamped up with this kit on cards before Halloween day arrives.  :)

Later gators!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Frightful Nights Halloween Kit)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
Hello Bluebird Nesting Deckle A2 die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
mouse 1- E40, E41, E42, R000, R30, E04, W3, W4, W5
mouse 2- E40, E41, E42, R000, R30, E04, E31, E34, E43,
mouse 3- E40, E41, E42, R000, R30, E04, W1, W2, W3
costumes- C2, C5, C7, C9, V05, V06, V09
candy pails- Y17, YR04, YR18, V04, Y18, YG25
pumpkin- YR12, YR16, YR18, YR27, E84, E87, Y02, Y18
dirt/grass- E31, E42, E43, E44, E47/G43, YG63, G94, YG03
sky/trees- V05, V17, V09, BV08/BV29