Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Four

Can you say, "Too Cute!"?  For today's preview I featured three of four adorable cats that will be sold as a set.  The set is titled, Midnight's Mischief.  These little cats are adorable!  And so much fun to color!  These little guys are fabulous on their own, or paired with another image.  All of the patterned papers used in these three cards are from the Doodlebug Haunted Manor pad.  

 
The Midnight's Mischief set and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see what mischief Midnight is up to!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thank you for visiting and enjoy your day!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Three

Day Three of the Sweet November August Release Preview finds us meeting Frannie.  Frannie has an attitude and is a bit of a diva...just look at that hand on hip pose!  She also loves Halloween and the opportunity to meet up with her ghostly and batty friends.

For the background, I inverted a black and white image to create the glowing house and gave it a slight blur.  The sentiment was added before printing.  The Ghost and Frannie were fussy cut and raised up with foam dots.

Frannie and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see what they've created with our ghoulie diva Frannie!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning.  See you tomorrow for our final day of previews!

Delightful Inspiration From the Heart July Free Stamp of the Month Challenge

Goodness!  Wasn't today's blog post title a mouthful?!  Faith, the illustrator of From the Heart Digital Stamps, created another cute stamp for us to play with this month in the Delightful Inspiration Free Stamp Monthly Challenge.  Looking at this ladybug painting the flowers makes me happy!  And the image can be used on cards for any number of occasions.  I'll certainly be using this ladybug and her flowers again!

Welcome to my new followers and thank you to those of you who continue to stick with me!  Wishing you all a colorful day!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day Two

Good morning all!  Hope no one had any nightmares last night!  Our day two of the Sweet November August Release Preview features Little Frankie, and he's ready to join in all the Trick or Treating fun.

The papers are We R Memory Keepers Spookville pad, the tree was cut with my Silhouette, and the treat bag and candy corn are odds and ends from my miscellaneous Halloween embellishment stash.

Frankie and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see their creative cards with Frankie as the star!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet November August Release Preview - Day One!

Are you ready for Halloween?  What?  "Um...it's still summer," you say?  Well, dear Amy, artist extraordinaire of Sweet November Stamps, is giving you plenty of time to make your Fright Night cards by releasing seven, yes 7, new Halloween stamps!  Today's little ghoul is Tish.  Tish is a girlie ghoul who loves pink!  While the outside of her cape is traditional black, she sports her favorite color on the inside and doesn't mind showing it off.  With her batty friend by her side, she cannot wait to begin making the rounds on All Hallows Eve.  So many houses to visit!

Tish and the other stamps will be available at C.C. Designs on Thursday, August 1st at 9 pm.  And do not forget to visit Amy's blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, and Nancy's blog, Creative Palette to see their ghoulish creations!  Amy has candy, and if you leave a comment with all three of us, you increase your chances of winning!  Thanks for stopping by!  

  

Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge - Warm Winter Wishes 2

Happy Friday!  Can you believe it's already the last Friday in July?!  Summer is flying by so quickly!  As it is the last Friday in July, our theme today at the Outlawz Fridays Alcohol Markers Challenge is Anything Goes with an optional Christmas twist.  Do you remember that adorable mitten paper I used last month?  Well, here it is again!  This time I used a Lili of the Valley stamp, Twinkling Star.  Her striped mittens made her the perfect choice to use with the mitten paper.

Please join Carla, Dawn, Jen, Linda and me over at the Outlawz for this week's challenge!  Enjoy your weekend!

Sweet November July Review

It's Sweet November July Review day at C.C. Designs blog!  My card features all three little mermaids (Hanalei, Nalu, and Nami) that were released as a set.  I used a digital scene "Under the Sea" (sorry I do not recall the artist or company), and digitally layered the mermaids over the top.  To add a bit of dimension, I re-printed portions of the two large seaweed plants, colored them, fussy cut them, and glued them on top of the image.  Prior to printing, the under water scene, I digitally added base color to the seafloor and the water.  The shading was done with Copics.  All the other items in the scene were colored with Copics.  Crystal Stickles gives the mermaid tails some glitz.  (Note:  do not waste time dotting on your color if you use glitter over the top.  Your hard work will not show through!!!  Lesson learned the hard way.)  The bubbles shine with a layer of Paper Glaze.

  

This card was fun to color and create!  Amy's images have such a joy to them, and these little mermaids are no exception!

Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day!