Snow Scene

Just putzing with my Gina K stamps today. I felt like creating a winter scene but noticed that my snowman was very large in scale compared to the homes. So I set them further back and created a lane to connect them to the snowman. The fence I used some scraps of plain rubber then "kissed" them to my wood background stamp and then stamped them next to my snowman. I used copics to color and liquid applique for the snow. I like the "cutsyness" of this card. I think I'll save it for my daughter for Christmas.

Happy Stamping!

Thanksgiving Wishes

To all my american cyber friends, I want to wish you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving...I know it's tomorrow, but you will all probably be busy with family, so I am posting this today. I have truly been blessed by the MANY friendships I have gained this past year in the cyber world. Hugs to you all! Ok, on with the card.

I used Gina K's Happy Harvest pumpkins. I masked them to create a pumpkin patch that would stretch the width of my card. I was following today's sketch challenge over on SCS. I colored it with my copics, trying to show light and dark shades to my pumpkins and shading darker under them (to ground them). No one wants floating pumpkins! I used CHF's woodgrain background stamp to create the strips above and below my main image. I used MM distress tool to rough up the edges and added Tim Holtz distress ink to them. Topped off with this pretty chocolate ribbon and I have a very "harvesty" card.

Enjoy your day and preparation for Thanksgiving!

Pumpkin Patch

Can you tell I got my GinaK stamps today? So fun to play with some new rubbah! This is from the "happy harvest" set, some really cute images in there! I used my Junkz paper that I have had in my drawer forever, with hopes of creating a fall card....perfect for today! I matted my main image with a series of nestabilities. My white gel pen for the dots on the scallops. I used my copics to color the pebbles....I love to do that! I also added some rough twine to my ribbon accent.

Here is a close shot of my pumkin trio. I colored them with my copics, then masked them to do the background. I took the look from the patterned paper and carried it through by bouncing my brayer in really rust and mellow moss. I shaded my pumpkins as if light was coming in from the left so the right side of my pumpkins are darker. I topped them off with some antique glaze.

I loved how I could take a "cute" pumpkin stamp and give it a distressed look.

Happy Stamping!

Pocket card

This little card has a pocket on the inside that I can slip a tea bag or hot chocolate packet inside. I just got this image from GinaK in the mail today! Love the little houses! The background is all sponging with navy, ballet blue, juniper and sahara sand. Gina even generously gave me a packet of these jewel snowflakes....thanks Gina! They were the perfect accent. Stitched it all together and there you have it!

Here I wanted to show you a close shot of my focal image. I did fun flock on the roof with a rim of glitter. Here you can also see the shading on the houses and the trees. I also went over the trees with my gel pen for a little snow.

Happy Stamping!