Holey SHEET!

I just wanted to pop in and say Happy Halloween!  This is anther one of my cards from my Halloween sketch set.    I watercolored the ghost with my zig markers.  I love the soft look it give the ghosts. 

I just loved this sentiment. I thought this ghosty was funny. 

Be safe trick or treating.  Eat lots of candy, we have lots of stamping to do tomorrow. 

Smiles, 

Chris

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Witching You a Happy Halloween

Hi friends, 

I don't think ghosts need brooms to fly, but I don't think this guy could resist trying it out.  He looks like he is having a blast.   Maybe he can find a dentist out on his adventures.  Haha!   I used my zig watercolor pens to color up this image.  I love the soft results that the pens yielded. 

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Fun Fold Flowers

Hello,  

I found this card sketch on pinterest.  It is 4 x 12 inch piece of designer paper cut at a slant folded into thirds to create an accordion.  I adhered the panels to each side of the folded paper to create this card.  It sounds hard, but I think it comes together pretty easily.   In order to get this to work, you really need to use double sided designer paper.  Stampin up is the only company I know of that consistency offers it.  I might have to purchase it more often.... maybe.... if it is on sale..   maybe.  Hmm..

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Lots of Balls- two ways

Greetings,  

I'm notoriously bad at making cards that center around sports.   I'm trying to do a little better.  For Father's day Spellbinders came out with a masculine die set that centered gold and fishing.   I knew that several of my students had golfers in their family so I knew that we needed to get the golf dies out and get to work   One of the coolest design feature of the set is that Spellbinders also came out with a golf ball wax seal.  If you didn't like the wax seal you could choose to use the traditional die cut look.    Which look grabs you more? 

 The  I'm slowly over the years collected some fun sentiments.   I think everyone was able to find something they liked.  

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A Scream

Hey trick or treaters!

  I wanted to try something a little different today.  I usually use blue or gray when I color ghosts.  I don't know why.  There are no rules, right?  So I thought I'd try pink.   I was also in a watercoloring mood.. so i used my zig watercolor pens to get that soft look.  What do you think? 

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You Are Fierce

Hello!

I'm talking a little break from Halloween cards today.  This is an older set from Stampin up called Wild Cats.  I'm always been drawn to tigers.  There is just something magical about them.  I wasn't 100% sure about the art work in this set when it first came out.  I think it was actually in part because the sample in the catalog were made with some really (IMO) odd colors.  Once people started getting their hands on their stamp set and started creating with it, I was all in.  When they are in the natural colors I think they look stunning!  What do you think?  

I have so many ideas for this stamp set, I can't wait to get it out again soon and try another idea. 

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Ghostly Card Sketch

Hello friends,  

I colored up these ghosts over the summer.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them.  I wanted them to be the focus of the cards, but again these are smaller images.   I went back to stash of sketches to find a design that would help me create a clear focal point.  I love how the circle spotlights the images, white the banner anchors the image to the card.  It provides a nice balance.  If I was going to make these cards again I might try using a light grey instead of white.  Do you think that would help the ghost pop out even more?  What do you think?

Copics used: 

blue: B00 or B60

Pink: RV02, RV00

Green: YG13, YG11

Orange: YR07, YR04, YR00

Brown: E44, E43

Purple: BV02, BV01,