Three Sheets to the Wind

Happy Halloween!

I saved my favorite card for last.  This is a new image by Art Impressions.  You can see it here.   I chose to use a light grey paper and colored pencils to color this image.  I love the way white pencil looks on grey cardstock.  It almost glows.  I thought that would be perfect for our three sheets. 

I hope you have a safe and Happy Halloween. 

No copics today

I VANT CANDY

Hello Fiends, 

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a House Mouse card.   I dug up this old, but still adorable house mouse stamp.    The inside of this card say "I VANT CANDY".  

I'm entering this card into the House Mouse Challenge.  The theme is snow.  I didn't follow the theme this time around.  I just wasn't ready for snow yet.  I wanted to sneak one more Halloween card in. 

Copics used:

Mouse: E000, E00, E93, E31, E33, E35
Black: N10, N8, N6, N4
Pumpkin: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09
Gray: W5, W3, W1

Halloween Greetings

Welcome friends, 

Bats are such neat and interesting animals.  Especially when they are purple and decorated with moons and hearts.  That just increases the cool factor.   Halloween is getting close!  Are you excited?

Copics used:

Purple: V01, V04, V05, V06, V09
Red: R35, R37
Yellow: Y15, Y17,
Black: N9, N7, N5

Frankly, You're Awesome

Hello! 

My parade of Halloween cards continues.  This guy is adorable!  Are you getting ready for Halloween at your house?  Do you go out trick-or-treating? or you do stay home and hand out candy?  

Copics used:

Green: YG61, YG63, YG67, G94, G99
Blue: B91, B93, B95, B97
Black: N9, N7, N5,
Purple: V01, V04, V05, V06, V09
Grey: C3, C1

Hey Puppy Pumpkin

Hey Pumpkin!

I have a few not-so-spooky cards to share before Halloween.  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  I love that is low stress and your sanity is not questioned when you act a little goofy.   I hope you enjoy!

Copics used:

Pumpkin: YR00, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, E13
Dog: E30, E31, E33, E35
Purple: V12, V15, V17
Black: N10, N8, N6, N4
Yellow: Y17, Y15
Green: YG61, YG63, YG67
Red: R05, R08
Gray: W5, W3, W1

An Experiment in Ink

Hello,

Many years ago...when I first took my first stamp class the first think the instructor taught us was the different types of ink and their properties.   This was long before hybrid ink existed.  I've noticed a lot of questions on the topic popping up on social media.    I thought we would experiment a little with dye based inks.  I hope you watch the video to  see how  I created these rich and vibrant sunsets.

You can see more cards:
F A C E B O O K: http://www.facebook.com/purplelakestamps I N S T A G R A M : http://instagram.com/purplelakestamps Materials used: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps: https://blueknightrubberstamps.com/ Distress ink Various Colors: http://shrsl.com/1wbki Blending Brushes: http://shrsl.com/1qwon


If you are looking at this post in your email the video will not play.  You need to go to youtube or my blog to watch.

Photos:

This is the Saffron base:

This is the white base:

This is the Yellow Base:


This is the saffron base:

This is the white base:

This is the Yellow base:

M Y C A R D B L O G : http://www.purplelakestamps.com F A C E B O O K: http://www.facebook.com/purplelakestamps I N S T A G R A M : http://instagram.com/purplelakestamps Materials used: Blue Knight Rubber Stamps: https://blueknightrubberstamps.com/ Distress ink Various Colors: http://shrsl.com/1wbki Blending Brushes: http://shrsl.com/1qwon

No copics today

Warm Beverage Wishes

Warm Greetings,

Simple cards are sometimes the hardest to make.  I loved this sentiment and wanted it to be the focal point of the card.   Because they images are so small, I thought using a tag on a card would help draw our attention to the beautiful script.  What do you think, does it work?

Stamp set used:
Love you a Latte

Copics used:

Purple: V12, V15, V17
Red: R14, R24, R29
Blue: B18, B16, B14
Brown: E25, E23
Tag: E50
Ground: W3, W1

One cannot live on coffee alone....

Welcome,

You all know I love interactive cards.  You also know I love card that make people laugh.  What is better... a card that does both.

I combined about 7 stamp sets from to create this card.  I hope it makes you smile.

Here is the link to the interactive die . It makes this card really easy to make.

Copics used:

Grey: C3, C1, C0, B000
Rainbow:  R32, R30, YR02, YR00, Y15, YG03, B00, BV00
Pink: RV04, RV02, RV00
Black: N9, N7, N5

Picture Perfect

Oh Snap!  I'm glad you are here.   We have some crazy pups photo bombing cards. 

Copic used:

Purple: BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00
Lt Brown: E50, E51, E53, E55
Dk. Brown: E35, E37, E39
Black: N10, N8, N6
Red: R37 R35, R32
Blue: B18, B16, B14

Grateful-- Stenciled Leaves

Welcome,

We are at the peak of Fall colors here in NY.  It is absolutely beautiful and inspiring.    Today I used the negative space from the leaf die create a stencil.  Love the simple fun look it gave this card.

Copics used:  None today

Barrel of Monkeys

Hello friends,

Thank you for dropping in today.   I hope you are ready for a barrel of fun.

Stamps used:
Thanks a Bunch Monkeys
Leaf background--- this stamp is great for a soft background on animal cards.

Copics used:

Monkey:  E30, E31, E33, E00, E000
Green: G40, G43, G46  and YG61, YG63, YG67
Pink: R22, R20, Y15

Pie for all

Greetings,

YUM, YUM, YUM.   Thankfully, she has enough pie for all of us.   Also... I might work out more if I got to lift giant pies.  Just sayin'

😂😂😂

Copics used:

Crust: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57
Red: R39, R29, R14,
Blue: B97, B95, B93, B91
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Green: YG67,  YG63, YG61
Ground: W3, W1
Leaves: R08, R05, YR12
Hair: Y21, E31, E33
White gel pen

Ghostly Paper

Yeah!!  We are officially allowed to talk about Halloween.   Halloween is such a fun holiday.  You get to dress up,and eat candy.  What could be wrong with that?

My card today is made from a Splash die.  I thought the little drops looked like ghosts floating around.  I dug through my stash of stamps to find faces that would fit in the little droplets.  I love that I got to use this die in a "creative" way. 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a scary day!

No copics today