"Deer" friend

Woohoo! Happy Friday!

Starting off this first weekend of November with Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group's last sponsored weekend of the year with Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

There are some ADORABLE new reindeer digis in the shop and they are the cutest- I want them all!

I colored up Reindeer Greetings first...



After coloring with copics, I die cut the reindeer using a Fancy Rectangles and Layers die by Creative Basics, in addition to another of the same size in green card stock.  I love keeping my cards simple so I just layered them onto a piece of patterned paper and added some wood veneer and sequin embellishments.

Copics: 
reindeer: B24, B26, C0, C1, E31, E33, E35, E37,
red: R17, R37, R89
greens: YG03, YG17, YG67
shadow: B41, 0

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Toil & Trouble!

Hello!

Are you all prepped and ready for Halloween yet? I'm *almost* there, I have about 90% of my son's costume together- and about half of my daughter's!

Anyway, with the help (enabling) of the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group, I've discovered a new digital stamp company, Conie Fong Art! Her images are all so sweet and cute.. I want them all!

Since Halloween is right around the corner, I thought I'd start with these cute bats... Yes, I said cute bats!



See? Aren't they cute?!  After coloring them with copics I die cut the image using a Creative Basics die, Fancy Squares and Little Things, paired with with some coordinating Halloween-y patterned papers and also used a Basic Stitched Flags die (also Creative Basics). The "Toil & Trouble" are also dies that I found at Michaels, they're made by Sizzix/Tim Holtz. I finished off my card with silver thread and some batty buttons!

Copics: 
bats (left) C3, C5, C7, C9; (right) W3, W5, W7, W9; R20
pumpkin: YR12, YR14, YR16, Y38
branch: E55, E57, E74, E77, YG17, G94, G99
sky: B21, B23, B24, B26, B29

Conie Fong Art is also running a special sale just for members of the PPCF Facebook group- 25% off your entire purchase through October 15th! Check out the Facebook group for all the details and the promo code!

Enchanting Esmeralda

Hello!

It's another fun sponsored weekend over at the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group! This week it's Make it Crafty!!

They're a fairly new to me company- but I love so many of their images! Since Halloween is just around the corner, I thought I'd use this spectacular witch, Esmeralda!



I had so much fun coloring her.. but I was so intimidated by those folds of her dress, but lucky for me (and you!) Zoe at Make it Crafty has a video tutorial showing how she colored Esmeralda!

I have added this image to a card yet- but I wanted to share it with you anyway, I'll edit this post to add it when I do ;)

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R01
hair: V12, V15, V17, V09
dress: N3, N5, N7, N9, R14, R17, R29, E29
background YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG25, 0

Thanks for stopping by... don't forget to check out all the fun and happenings over on the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group- there are prizes and a sales all weekend long!

Sparkle Where Ever You Go...

Happy Weekend!

I'm on the Passionate Paper Creations blog today sharing another Art by Miran image... and continuing the fun over on the PPCF Facebook page with a coloring contest using Asteria- AND she's only $1.50 this weekend!



I just loved the sentiment from the Amazing Girls sentiment sent from LDRS Creative and die cut the flag banner from Creative Basics. I kept the rest of the details on my card to let the image shine.. or should SPARKLE! I added a sheet of glitter card stock, a light pink doily, and some clear sequins to finish it off!

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E21, R01
eyes: G20, G21
hair: E25, E27, E29, YR23
dress: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18
background: RV00, RV02, C1, C3 

Thanks for stopping by.. hope to see you over in the PPCF Facebook Group!

Hello...

Friday!

Anyone else excited for Friday??

It's going to be fun weekend over on the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group... sponsored by Art by Miran! You'll want to come join the group if you haven't already... there's contests, discounts and more all weekend long!

My first card I made is using this sweet Pencil Penny image.



Since she's a digi I was able to flip her to face the opposite direction to make her look like she was "writing" the sentiment. (alpha letters by Concord & 9th) To add more dimension and texture to my card, I embossed the card base with one of the Picnic embossing folders, some fluttering butterflies, and a Basic Stitched flag all by Creative Basics.

Copics:
skin:E000, E00, E21, R01
eyes: E35, G20, G21
hair: E74, E77, E79, T9
dress: BV02, BV13, BV17, C1, C3, C5
pencil: Y32, Y35, Y38, R22, R32, C3, T9

Hope to see you over on the PPCF Facebook group and join in on the fun!

Mermaid Wishes

Back again!

AND with some news to share! I was asked by (the fabulous) Rhea to join the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group design team! It's such an awesome place for inspiration, finding crafty friends and sharing!

For my first DT card, we're having some fun with a Sponsored weekend with Make it Crafty images! (They're running a sale through the weekend too! Be sure to join Facebook group to see what it is... *wink wink*) I've admired these images for awhile and was excited to finally get my hands on my first, think this is the beginning of a lonngg obsession...

One of the special sales this weekend, Siren of Pearls, is available for $1! yes ONE DOLLAR!!! I had so much fun coloring her, and if you follow me on Instagram you could say I've been on a bit of a mermaid kick lately...



Isn't she just FABULOUS?! All that hair... and I think I finally have narrowed down a combination the tail that I like. (I'll include my combinations for those of you interested at the end of this post.) More doily love on this card as well as another Stitched Flag die from Creative Basics/LDRS!

I also covered the tail and some of the accents in sparkle with a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen, hard to tell in the photo above so here's another shot...



I hope to see some of you join the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends Facebook group if you're not there already!

As promised here are the Copic colors I used:
(I'll try to keep track from for now on!) 

hair: YR23, E44, E47, T9 (I usually use E49 too, but I need to get some refills!) 
skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R01
eyes: B00, B02, B05
seashells: R20, R21, R32, B0000
starfish top: Y06, Y32, Y38
tail: B00, B02, B05, BG18, B37, G05
background: B0000, B00, B02, W3, W5, W7, W9, 0