Sweet Holiday Season

 Hello friends, 

You know I couldn't let the holiday season go by without coloring up a House Mouse card.   It is FREEZING cold here in NY.  This guy has the right idea.  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.   

Stamp: House Mouse Warm Cocoa

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Red Card stock from Stampin up

Copics listed at bottom of page:

Copics used: best price I found

Mouse: E000, E00, E93 and E30, E31, E33

Cocoa: E25, E27

Grey: C5, C3, C1

Red: R29, R24

White on candy cane: C1

Yellow: Y13, Y11, Y00

Ground: W3, W1, W0

Happy New Year

Hello!

Today I stepped (more of a creep than a leap) outside my comfort zone a little.  When I think Navy I usually think silver.   I've seen a lot of other card makers using gold with Navy.  I was inspired to give it try.  I have to say I LOVE it!  What do you think?  Do you have color hangups?

I hope you had a wonderful holiday.  We had a great visit with my family.  I wish we were able to see each other more.   It is hard when we are scattered across so many States. 

Materials:

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Happy New Year:
Beaded Curtain

Ink-

Copics: http://shrsl.com/3grm1 (I always post this)

Memento Ink: https://amzn.to/3vkAR86 or http://shrsl.com/3grmo

Versamark: Scrapbook or Amazon

Other:

Bearly Art Glue: https://amzn.to/3LXS2CW

Gold Embossing Powder: Scrapbook or Amazon

Star dies: 

No copics today

Oh Christmas Tree

 Hello!  

How are all of your Christmas preparations going? I just wrapped up my last craft show for the year.  I need to start focusing on wrapping presents and making some Christmas treats.   I've still trying to sneak in a few more Christmas cards in before the season escapes us.  

I used these stamps by Technique Junkies to create this silly card.  This cat stamp has been a long time favorite. It paired perfectly with the new Christmas tree stamp.  Just to spice up the layout a little I used the vertical Merry Christmas.  I like that you can see it when the card is closed and open.  What do you think?

Materials:

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Christmas Carol Kitty

Christmas tree

Vertical Merry Christmas

 Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Other:

Bearly Art Glue: https://amzn.to/3LXS2CW

Neenah: solar white cardstock

Copic colors used: best price I found

Grey: C7, C5, C3, C1

Red: R39, R29, R24

Hat: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Pink: R30

I used Tombow markers to color the tree and gel pens to color the packages. 

Santa (Then and Now) Part 2

 Hello! 

Here is another one of my favorite Santa images (also from Whipper Snapper Designs).  I first colored this 10 years ago (bottom image).  I thought it was time to give him a makeover.    I always recommend to my students to color and image and date it.  This way in a year or more... you can color it again and see how much you've grown as an artist.  

 Happy coloring friends!  I hope you've enjoyed this trip down memory lane. 

Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Wink of Stella:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Red and Green Card stock from Stampin up

Copic colors used: best price I found

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Red: R59, R39, R29, R24, R14

Green: G46, G43, G40, or G28, G24, G21

Black: W10, W8, W6 or any grey series

Grey: C3, C1, C0

Fluff: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Gold: Y15, YR23, YR24

Dog: E53, E55, and the spots- E57

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Stardust Pen

Wink of Stella:  Scrapbook or Amazon

This is the colored pencil version. 

This is the original card that I made 1O YEARS AGO!

Santa (Then and Now) Part 1

Hello! 

This Santa images is one of my favorites.  He is from Whipper Snapper Designs.   I used to make a lot of square cards, but stopped because the postage system charges extra to mail them.  Early this year, I was introduced to the book-binding card.  I love this layout because it has the feel of square card, but meets all the USPS requirements.  

If you are interested in trying a book- binding card.. You can cut a piece of cardstock to 4.25 by 11 inches.  You will score at 4.25 and 5.5 inch along the long side.  I'll make a video on this very soon if this doesn't make sense. 

 Inks:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Stardust Pen: Amazon

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon --best glue ever!!

Paper:

Neenah: solar white card stock

Red and Brown Card stock from Stampin up

Copic colors used: best price I found

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Red: R59, R39, R29, R24, R14

Green: G46, G43, G40, or G28, G24, G21

Black: W10, W8, W6 or any grey series

Chimney: E18, E15, E13 and W3, W5

Grey: C3, C1, C0

Snow: BG00, BG000

Fluff: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Gold: Y15, YR23, YR24

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Stardust Pen

Chunky Glitter

This is a close up of the card I made about 5 years ago.