Autumn Splendor

The first day of fall was 2 days ago and here where we live in this beautiful part of British Columbia the weather is amazing!!  It is like summer weather but with a taste of fall in the air - I always love autumn and the spectacular colors that accompany this time of year.  The leaves are just in the beginning stages of turning colors and the cool crisp evenings and mornings are perfect for walking my dog.  As I am in the autumn mood I decided to make this card. Tilda in her autumn splendor - I love how she is standing and holding her flowers and basket.  I used Bo Bunny Apple Cider Collection 6 x 6 paper pad.  This paper pad has gorgeous fall papers - it was hard to choose which ones to use.  The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms - I love this sentiment as it really is what fall is all about - a visual masterpiece.  It reminds me to make the most of each and every day as each day we have is so special.  Tilda is colored with copic markers and I have added a Sizzlit die for the background leaves, a flower, jewels and some lace.  Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day and week.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

I have entered this card into the challenge at Tilda's Town

From Halloween to Christmas

Hello - I have been on a long break - lots of different things going on right now - I finally did manage to make a card and this time I made a Christmas card using Make it Crafty Christmas elf  "Twinkles".  I bought the entire Christmas Elves Collection - there are 6 of them all together and they are all just as cute as this one.  I used my Marianne die cut for the circle/star background and the sentiment is cut out of designer paper.  I colored the image using my copic markers and added some shading with prisma pencils (a new technique for me).  I added some sparkle to the bells at the ends of her hat and layered with design paper from my paper stash pile.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and I hope you have a wonderful week.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

The Good Witch Hazel

Hello - I know it is kind of early to think about Halloween but I was asked to design a card for our local scrapbooking store using this adorable Whimsy Stamp called "Hazel".  I decided she was way too cute to be anything other than a good witch and take a look at the bat on the end of the broomstick - he is also way too cute!!  I enjoyed the challenge in coloring this image as I was trying to incorporate an imaginary light source coming from the left hand side and therefore I paid close attention to how my shadows would fall.  I am really trying to focus on this more and more in my coloring as it does make quite a difference.  I tend to look at things differently now-a-days and pay close attention to color and shadows and light sources.  It really is a learning process but a fun one.  I used a few different papers from Graphic 45 called "Happy Haunting Collection" (love this paper!!) and I layered with black, purple and orange cardstock.  The fence is from Memory Box and the pumpkin patch is cut out of the design paper as well as the sentiment and the stars in behind.  I am going to enter this in the current Whimsy challenge "lots of layers".  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and hope you have a wonderful week.  I have listed the copic markers I used below.

Hair - E25, YR24, Y26, Y21
Face - E000, E11, E21
Dress - C8, C5, C3, C2, C0, V17, V15, V12

I also used a few prisma pencils to get greater depth in some areas.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Your Next Stamp Challenge - A Sketch

Hello - hope your week has been going well for you.  I am amazed at how quickly the weeks go by as it is already Thursday again and that means another Your Next Stamp challenge.  This week it is a sketch - head on over to Your Next Stamp to see the sketch lay-out.  I used Dress Up Ellie to make this card and added some bling!  I hope you enjoy the rest of the cards made by the design team - they are sure to bring on a smile or two.  Maybe you can get a chance to play along with this challenge and if so check out all the details at Your Next Stamp and have fun!!  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and see you next week for the last challenge of August.

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello - hard to believe another week has gone by - where is the summer going?  Another Your Next Stamp Challenge and this week it is "Anything Goes" so I decided to use the adorable Fhiona and Pony stamp to create this card.  I used a Sizzix die for the outer frame and added some sky paper in behind.  The leaves/branches to the side is also a Sizzix die, the grass a Fiskars border bunch, the flowers and sentiment letters are Quikutz dies and the flag die is Memory Box.  I sure love my Big Shot machine and how versatile it is and how it allows me to use all these different dies and it cuts so perfectly the first time around - I can remember the hand-held device I had for my Quikutz dies and how hard it was to push it down and then so often it would not cut right through the paper and I would have to keep re-doing it - that was such a pain!! Thank goodness for the Big Shot - I absolutely love this cutting machine and would highly recommend it to anyone.  Hopefully you can get a chance to head over to Your Next Stamp to check out what the design team created and maybe play along yourself.  Thanks for taking time to visit my blog and have a wonderful day!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

Your Next Stamp Thursday Challenge - Books

Hello and it is Thursday once again and that means Your Next Stamp has another challenge on the go!  This week the theme is "Books" and when I found out that the theme was books I immediately thought of back to school .  All of the designer paper on this card is from My Mind's Eye 6" x 6" paper pad called School Daze.  It is a fabulous paper pad if you are able to get your hands on one of them - lots of back to school paper perfect for card making.  The adorable image is actually cut out of a larger YNS stamp called "Ellie Loves Music". The books she is sitting on and the A+ is cut out of the design paper.   I added an apple brad and heart brad in her hair and some ribbon on the top.  I hope you get a chance to head on over to Your Next Stamp and check out all the wonderful creations from the design team and maybe you can get a chance to play along as well.  This blog will be sure to make you smile - guaranteed!!  All of these stamps are so sweet!!  Thanks for stopping by for a visit and hope you have a fantastic happy day!!

Your stamping friend, Debbie

A Coloring Challenge for Me

Hello everyone - I hope you had a fabulous weekend - here in Canada we had an extra day off yesterday so it was very nice.  This weekend we reached some very hot temperatures so in the afternoons I was more than happy to be in my craft room where it was a bit cooler.  I bought this adorable Whimsy stamp called "Little Jack and Bobbin Snoozin" - it just gave me such a warm fuzzy feeling when I saw it and then once I stamped it out I realized that there is a lot to color.  It took me a few practice rounds as I am not that good with my copic markers yet and I did finally finish this image and was fairly happy with the results.  I also actually kept a list of the colors I used you can see the list below.  This card is mainly coloring except for the SU corner punch and brad I used and the sentiment is also a Whimsy stamp.  I did add some twine on the fishing rod to make it look a bit more realistic.  You will note there is a dog in this image as well and if you follow my blog you will know that I love most any image that has a cute dog in it - another reason for buying this stamp - lol!  Well it is back to work for me today but thankfully a short week so I am happy about that.  I hope you have a wonderful day where-ever you might be and thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Copic Used:

Grass - G99, YG67, YG63, YG03, G21, G20
Tree - E29, E25, E53, E99, W1
Hair - E31, E50, E53
Skin - E11, E01, E00, E000
Dog - W5, W3, W1
Shirt and Apple - R37, R35, R32
Hat - E33, E31, YR20, Y21
Overalls, B97, B95, B93, B91
Flowers - Y06, Y17
Leaves - G95, YG67, G20
Sky - Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and homemade cloud template
Book - W7, W5, W3, W1
I also added some prisma color markers to deepen shadows (a brand new technique for me but quite effective)

Your stamping friend, Debbie