Ellie's Snowman

Hi Peeps! How is your card making/giving going?  I have a purple-loving daughter and so this card will be for her.  Ellie is a red rubber image from Whimsy that just came out (Dec/19) that I call "Ellie's Snowman".  My ellies seem to be popular this year!  I coloured it using Copics first, and then went over some of the shadows and highlights using Prismacolour Pencils. 

Here's your closeup:

The trees are from a couple of different tree die sets at Whimsy - "Evergreen Trees" and "Snowy Trees".  I used Snow Tex on them along with some sparkly glitter. The snowflake paper is from the digital pack, "I Dream In Christmas".  It's great to use digital paper - so much less waste! You just print what you need, when you need it, and as many times as you want to! I love it. 

The greeting is two separate dies: Christmas Large Word and Happy Large Word. 

I hope your holiday preparations are going better than mine this year! I have barely begun. 

Oh well, that's how it goes some years! 

Thanks for coming by!

Penguin Baker

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! I love any excuse to get together with family, and so although I am not American, I will be having a Thanksgiving gathering this weekend with family and it is going to be a feast! So excited. I will bring some goodies to contribute and it's going to be a fun and delicious time!

This is my Penguin Baker, (red rubber as well as digital from Whimsy Stamps) and she is all ready for her gathering with her scrumptious apple pie, fresh from the oven. I decided to make a kitchen scene and let me tell you, it was not an easy task! I am a bit adverse to rulers, but I knew I had to use one if I was going to get my lines anywhere near straight! So after I penciled it in lightly, I coloured it with some very light Copic cool greys as well as some E40 and 41. I am glad I did it because this card makes me very happy with the way it turned out.  It was really simple to add the chipboard sentiments  and I really love using them. I just sprayed them with some glue to adhere them.  The paper behind the image is a print out from a super cute digital pack, also from Whimsy called "Dino Friends" 

The background and image are coloured with Topics and then afterwards I used some coloured pencils on the black parts of the penguin just to cheat a bit to get some gradations smoothed out a bit. I love how this one turned out! 

Hope you guys have a great holiday time! 

Thanks for looking!

OH P.S., there's a Black Friday sale on at Whimsy Stamps right now, so go get em while the discount is still on!  Then Monday there's a sale on all things digital! Have fun shopping!

Snowman's Birdie Friend

Hi people! It is high time I got on my Christmas card making adventure, and this is my first foray into that. I love snow - I love it's beauty, love how it covers over all the ugly parts with a pure white blanket; love how it sparkles like billions of diamonds in the light; love how it makes all the sounds quieter and softer; love how it forces us to slow down, relax, and even take some unexpected days off.  It's fun to dress for and fun to walk through. And kids know just how fun it can be to slide on, ski on and make snowmen with.  I just love snow! So naturally, a snowman card is one of my favourites to create!  All products used are from Whimsy Stamps. 

I used my new "Snowman's Birdie Friend" digital (only) image to create the scene, and then drew in the trees and snow.  All colouring is with the alcohol based Copic markers.  The "merry" is from the "Christmas Adapt-a-words" chipboard and the word Christmas is the "Christmas Large Word Die".  The paper is from the digital pack of paper called "Dino Friends".  The snowflake die at the bottom was an older snowflake die from Whimsy that has been discontinued.  I added some snowflakes using a white gel pen when I was finished with colouring.

Here is your close-up:

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Enjoy the snow, if you are lucky enough to have any!

Fox Mom

This was a truly fun card to make with all the die cuts!  I am just swooning over the forest-type die cuts now available at Whimsy Stamps! After all, a forest is my happy place!
I coloured the fox with Copics and fussy cut it out to put where I wanted.  The hills, trees, sky and leaves were all die cut from white paper and then coloured with Distress Oxide inks and sponges.  The birch trees are a sneak peek at a super gorgeous die set that is coming out Dec 1st! I used some coloured pencils on them to give them some colour and shading. Using die cuts like this is a fast and easy way to make a "scene" card!  Thanks so much for looking!
 Here is your close-up:

Here is a list of what I used: 

Fox Mom

Stitched Border Die Trio

Evergreen Trees

Christmas Adapt-A-Word

Birthday Word and Shadow

Build A Pumpkin Patch

Polar Bear's Christmas Tree

Hi peeps! I have created my first Christmas card of the season! I am using "Polar Bear's Christmas Tree", which is available at Whimsy Stamps now in a digital format as well as red rubber.  This card actually contains  a sampling of all of my favourite products from Whimsy Stamps! 

Used on this card: 

Dies: Quick Strips

Pierced Border 

Christmas Moments (the sentiment)

Winter's Magic Blue digital paper and

Christmas Adapt A Word Chipboard (the word Christmas)

I coloured the polar bear image with Copics and highlighted the red bauble with a white gel pen. Fussy cut the image. 

Thanks so much for coming by today!

Penguin Bubble Bath

Hi everyone! I made a birthday card for my purple-loving daughter.  It was extra fun to make the background paper using Distress Ink Oxides and spritzes of water.  I do love the effect.  I used "Penguin Bubble Bath" (digital from Whimsy Stamps) and coloured it with Copic markers.  Created the bathroom look by sketching in the towel, shelf, floor and wall. I used a white gel pen for highlights on the bubbles.  This was a fun one to do. Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Penguin Lean On Me

Hi Peeps! 

Here is a card made with July's new Penguin Lean On Me set from Whimsy Stamps. I made a scene card using my Copic markers and it was really fun to do! It takes some extra time, but the results are so rewarding.  I love it! I didn't want to mess up the penguins, and so I stamped them separately and then fussy cut them so that I could put them on the dock where I wanted them.  The cloud dies are from Whimsy's Up In The Clouds die set. 

Thank you so much for looking!

Froggie Friends plus color-along videos

 Here's a card I made with "Froggie Friends", which is both a digital and a red rubber stamp found at Whimsy Stamps! The red rubber set has sentiments, two of which I used here. I also used the Quick Strips Dies from Whimsy. 

Rhea Weigand and I got together and the background and foreground were her idea and inspiration. We did a couple of live color-along videos of us colouring this image and if you are interested and if you are on Facebook, you can view the two videos on either her page (Passionate Paper Creations) or on the Whimsy Stamps and Inspirations page.  Here is a link to at least the Whimsy one on Facebook.

Thank you so much for looking!

Mermaid Alexis

Here is Mermaid Alexis, a red rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps. I coloured it with Copics and had a lot of fun making the streams of light in the water and the bubbles.

I also used this gorgeous Friend word and shadow die set, also from Whimsy. It gets a lot of use from me!

Background sheet is from the digital paper pack, Flourishing Blooms, found at Whimsy as well.

Here is your close-up:

Thanks for looking!

Colouring Live Video coming up!

Bear Slides

Had SO much fun doing this Sliding Bear slider card! Sliding Bear is a digital image at Whimsy Stamps.  I also used an older retired red rubber image to stamp the gifts.  The icebergs were created by hand for this card.  I did the blue sky using some Distress Oxide blues as well as Whisper White ink for the clouds.  The water was a fun project.  I used various blue and green Distress Oxide inks, sprinkled with water drops, and then let it dry.  After I cut out the wave panels, I used a white gel pen to make a sort of ocean foam. Love love love the Whimsy dies I used, which were: 

Kinetic Straight Waves

No See Kinetic Straight Basics

Kinetic Straight Basics

The birthday sentiment die has been discontinued.

Here is your closeup:

Thanks for looking!

Dinosaur Friends

Hi Peeps! I needed a family simple card this time, so I went with Dinosaur Friends, my clear set at Whimsy stamps.  I also used a hat and balloon from another set, Hay Horsey, which is red rubber.  The blue paper background is from my Rustic Wood and Brick digital paper pack.  The doodles were hand done after all the stamping and colouring.  And I coloured the images using Copic markers.  The fun part was doing the scales after the image was completely coloured - using the blender pen - to lift off colour, and cause the dark ring around each dot. So easy to do! Here is your close-up:

Thanks so much for looking at my art work today!