What's your poison?

 

Hello, this week I'm Using the Potion Bottles digi set for my card.

I prepped the images in Photoshop, printed them on Copic Safe paper and colored it with Copic Markers. I tried to use the same colors on all bottles for a coherent look.

I cut a full A4 sheet of cardstock to 21 cm and folded it in half to make ti a slimline cardbase. Masked off the top and bottom and applied Black soot and Hickory Smoke Distress inks. Splattered with water and metallic watercolors. kind of looks like the night sky now i my opinion.

Made the sentiments on the pc too and  printed them, then cut them out, mounted them with foam tape. I also mounted some bottles with foamtape and adhered them to the cardbase in as random fashion.

I took inspiration from one liners I hear in movies sometimes, like it's 5 o'Clock somewhere or a bartender asking "what's your poison"when asking a  customer what they'd like. I thought that went well with potion bottles, who knows what's in there ;-)

Find the Potion Bottles digi set in the Whimsy Stores : 

https://whimsystamps.com/collections/dustin-pike-digital-images/products/potion-bottles-digital-stamp

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Trick or Treat

 

The new Dustin Pike Digis (monsters series from the September 2022 release) are just so cute.

This one's called: Monster Surprise and I;ve combined it with a sentment from a Whimsy Stamps Clear set called Spooky Kitties.

I printed the digi on Coipic Safe paper, had the Scan N Cut do the fussy cutting and Colored it with Copic Markers, mounted it with foamtape.

The sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps Clear set, (Spooky Kitties, also Dustin Pike) and the background is Distress inks on the cardbase (Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet and Mustard Seed and a handmade mask in the shape of a blob).

Adhered the Monster on top, Stamped the sentiment, just so it looks like he's shining his/her flashlight on it

Find the  Digi in the Whimsy Shop: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/september-2022-digital 

Or the sentiment in the Spooky Kitties clear set:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/spooky-kitties-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=e66f8885f&_ss=r

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Dudley with Pumpkin

 Hi, today I made a card with the Whimsy Stamps digi: Dudley with Pumpkin.

At first I thought I would make him into a Fall/Harvest card, but now it's up in the air I think... 

The sentiment is from a clear set: Spooky Kitties and I thought it went well.

Prepped  the digi on the PC, printed it, cut it out and colored it. Went with reds, just for a fun change and mounted the image with foam tape.

On the cardbase I applied a round mask and through I I applied Distress inks: Speckled egg and Hickory Smoke  to ground my image.

Find the digi in the Whimsy Store: https://whimsystamps.com/products/dudleys-pumpkin-digital-stamp?_pos=11&_sid=a59842c36&_ss=r

Or the sentiment in the Spooky Kitties clear set:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/spooky-kitties-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=e66f8885f&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #Halloweencard #Dustinpike #Dustinpikedraws #humoristiccard #punnycard #Halloweencard 

Always Watching

The new Dustin Pike Digis (monsters series from the September 2022 release) are just so cute.

Even a Vulture  is just adorable as a rendition from  Dustin Pike.

I printed the digi on Coipic Safe paper, had the Scan N Cut do the fussy cutting and Colored it with Copic Markers, mounted it with foamtape.

The sentiment is from a Whimsy Stamps Clear set, (Spooky Kitties, also Dustin Pike) and the background is Distress inks on the cardbase (Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocan, Villainous Poison).

Adhered the Vulture on top, thought the sentiment with well as the bird is looking kinda funny at the pumpkin....or am I seeing things ;-) But there's a sentiment included in the digi set, and you can pick either or none if you prefer.

Find the  Digi in the Whimsy Shop: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/september-2022-digital 

Or the sentiment in the Spooky Kitties clear set:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/spooky-kitties-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=e66f8885f&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #Halloweencard #Dustinpike #Dustinpikedraws #humoristiccard #punnycard #Halloweencard 

AAA Cards Challenge #224 Colour Scheme + Dots or Spots

 

This fortnight we have a colour scheme, meaning use what you see in the badge, for me that was the minty background, pink gloves and yellow spray bottle, quite challenging too, this is my third card attempt, I trashed the first two.

The optional twist of Dots and or spots was chosen by Neil.

For my card I stamped the butterflies and sentiment from Technique Tuesday (Butterflies silhouettes) with Distress inks : Cracked pistachio, Mustard seeds and Picked Raspberry. the spots are from Nellie Snellen (txcs007).

For more information or to play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

I made the butterfly card a  long time ago, but as time passed I started disliking it more and more, not sure why as it's a great card, but I thought about it for a while and came up with another couple of ideas: 

One with the Katzelkraft's Les Monstres des Carpates (Carpathian Monsters) But I saw bugs. I made a similar card before but I stamped the monsters with Versafine ink, masked them where needed, then dried it with the heat gun and stamped the dots from and Sentiment from Happy Little Stampers (Mix Mash) with the colors from the Challenge.

My third card used the Nellie Snellen Textures stamp (TXCS011) I stamped it repeadly across the cardbase on the side masked to get a straightline.

I've used the same dots  and Sentiment from Happy Little Stampers (Mix Mash) with the colors from the Challenge.

Have a Beary Spooky Halloween

 Hiya, today I am using the Last Minute Manda Digital stamp : Marshmallow loves Halloween for the Bear image.

the Sentiment/Moon is from Franklin Loves Halloween, also Last Minute Manda.

I combined the two on a  Copic Safe cardpanel and colored them with all my brands of alcohol markers I think ;-) 

I meant to cut the images out, and  or make the sky dark and spooky, but as I finished coloring I loved the white, there's a lot of colors as is, so I left it as it would save me a headached trying to fussy cut them ;-)

Part of it I colored on a video if you're interested.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1264725282/marshmallow-loves-halloween-digital?click_key=65186ed3b03fce5a35227bce53a2640d5db55962%3A1264725282&click_sum=4706bab4&ga_search_query=marshmallow&ref=shop_items_search_4

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1278758395/franklin-halloween-night-digital-stamp?click_key=9bc3f76b3017496d16a3644a40a6d4f47ba66028%3A1278758395&click_sum=3b6ecd24&ga_search_query=franklin&ref=shop_items_search_1

#LastMinuteManda #Estystore #Digistamps #Digis #Cliparts #fall #cardmaker #Designteam #Autumnalcard #Handmadecard #Distressinks #Copicmarkers #GraphitBrushmarkers #DecotimeMarkers #SpectrumNoirmarkers #alcoholmarkers

Whimsy Stamps Trick or Treat Gnome

 

Hi, today I have a digi from the Crissy Armstrong series: Gnome Trick or Treat.

I think he's so cute that even Boo...I love you would be cool, or Boo happy Birthday to you..it's cuter if it rhymes ;-)

I prepped the image on the pc, printed it, cut it out, colored it with a range of alcohol markers, as I have some at work like Triblend markers from Spectrum Noir, a few others and not all the colors, so I finish it at home where I have even ore choices. Doesn't matter really, use what you have. I like the Triblends  to take them along as you have three shades in the one markers, but I only have 12 so not a big range.

I thought purple was a  fitting color for Halloween, orange pumpkin and  Distress inked background with Twisted Citron also gives it a nice contrast. I applied the ink through a homemade mask, I want the wonky circles, but I don't have them yet.

Mounted the Gnome with Foam tape and adhered him on the cardbase.

The sentiment is from a clear set, also Whimsy Stamps called: Spooky Kitties.

Find the gnome in the store: https://whimsystamps.com/products/gnome-trick-or-treat-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=f109bb51c&_ss=r

 And the Spooky Kitties: https://whimsystamps.com/products/spooky-kitties-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=e66f8885f&_ss=r

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #Halloweencard 

Fill her up please

 Fill her up please...I thought that would be funny to say instead of Trick or Treat.

the new Dustin Pike Digis (monsters series from the September 2022 release) are just so cute. I thought they could be Cookie Monsters and the examples in the shop are blue so I went with that. I colored all 4, but ruined one, not sure I'll show it this month, but they all use the same colors of Copic Markers and Graphit Brush Markers.

Usually I print or stamp, then  let the Scan n Cut do it's thing, but NOOOOO  thought it hadn't happened for a while so I'll color during a movie and....you know....urgh, tried to fix it, it's only noticeable if you look really hard at the image, but for now one of the others...

I thought the monster is holding up his/her pumpkin bucket and the saying just came to me, so I printed that along with the digis. I made a background with different sized circles in  orange yellow and red, like it's candy falling into said pumpkin bucket ;-)

See it all made sense i my head...haha

Mounted the sentiment strip and monster with foam tape and adhered them on top.

You can find the September release here: https://whimsystamps.com/collections/september-2022-digital

#Whimsystamps #Digistamps #Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam #CASCard #Halloweencard #DustinpikeDraws #Monsters #Halloween #Trickortreat #punnycard #Funnycard #Cutemonsters 

Is it a squirrel or a skunk?

 Is it a squirrel or a skunk? I don't think it matters and actually went for Skunk as it went best with all my other colors. Let me know what you see...

I've used a Last Minute Manda Digi, from Etsy. Printed it on Copic Friendly paper, cut him out and colored it with alcohol markers.

The Scene was made by diecutting a circle into a panel, 1cm smaller than the cardbase. I traced the opening onto the cardbase and masked off the edges. Applied Distress inks (Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard seed) for my autumnal sky.

I have this Fall Borders die from Craftin Desert Divas and I cut it from really dark (Chocolate) cardstock and adhered it behind the window. I think it's corn. Matched the window in the card with the colors of my sky and then mounted the card with foamtape and adhered everything to the cardbase.

I didn't add a sentiment as I didn't know what to say, the license plate says Fall already, so that seems to say it all ;-)

Find the digi on etsy, this is only one in a set of 9 images for only 2.25 euro, that';s such a good deal, like all the digis in the Last Minute Manda Shop!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1287670981/autumn-friends-digital-stamp-set?click_key=262b8aba95ef5580a4f4b1369f179049c8fed11a%3A1287670981&click_sum=5f543575&ref=shop_home_active_9&crt=1

#LastMinuteManda #Estystore #Digistamps #Digis #Cliparts #fall #cardmaker #Designteam #Autumnalcard #Handmadecard #Distressinks #Copicmarkers #GraphitBrushmarkers #DecotimeMarkers #SpectrumNoirmarkers #alcoholmarkers

Whimsy Stamps Caramel Cupcake

 

Hi, I have another Whimsy Stamps Caramel card for you.

Today I've used Caramel Cupcake from the new Dustin Pike series.

The sentiment is included in the set and I've put them together on the computer, printed it out and colored him/her, not sure with happy bright pastels. Matted the panel, stuk in on the cardbase, crooked, so Cut it oud, used liquid glue now and it's still slanted..I think I cut it on a slant as three sides are straight and I couldn't cut through 2 layers of thick cardbase, let alone 3, so I deemed it OK.

Find the digi in the Whimsy Store: https://whimsystamps.com/search?q=caramel

#WhimsyStamps #Digistamps #DustinPike #Caramel-cupcake #Birthdaycard #CAScard #humor #punnycard 

AAA Birthday Card Chalenge #41: photo inspiration

The AAA Birthday Cards Challenge of September is a mood board of sorts, we call it photo inspiration. I see flowers and lots of pink and it must be a birthday card of course.

For my card I used a layering stamp from Nellie Snellen, not a layering as we know, more a details stamped image divided in three so you can ink them up easier in different colours. It's an outline stamp. (Nellie's Choice LCS003- Flower border).

I stamped them with Memento, thinking maybe I'd like to colour up the flowers, but I stamped on the cardbase, so

Alcohol makers would show on the inside and I kind of like the different look to a solid coloured flower if that makes sense.

The Hoera je bent jarig is from Carlijn Design and means Hooray it's your birthday,  ;-) (Carlijn Design Grote Teksten) ,I also stamped it with Memento inks in an ombre effect by applying the ink with ink blending tools. I used different pinks as I forgot which I used last night for the border hehe, It's ok, I usually do black sentiments, so this is quite different. Few iridescent gemstones from Avec (Action).

For more information or to play along the AAA BirthdayCards, see this.

AAA Cards Challenge #223: NO Layers + Sympathy

 This fortnight we are back on the NO Layers Challenge with the option to make it a Sympathy card. Not the most fun ones to make, but always good to have a few made when you don't need them. as when you do, you probably don't feel like making them, does that make sense? I always have a few on hand and hope to not need them.

The optional twist of Sympathy was chosen by Sue.

For my card I masked off a strip applied Distress inks

(Speckled Egg and Stormy Sky, then stamped the Katzelkraft Crows (Les Corbeaux Silhouettes) and Clearly Besotted  sentiment (Tiny Type) with Versafine ink.

For more information or to play along the AAA Cards Challenge,see this.

I am entering it into the Addicted to CAS Challenge: Birds

And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is  : Anything Goes, so go check it out.

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is: Make your own Background, I feel my background is smaller than full cover, but still made by me with Distress inks. :-D