Trick or Treat

I'm easing into a new position at work and even though I've been on days since April trying to balance my work time, family time and crafting time is still an issue for me. I have very little time to craft, so I definitely need to try and adjust my evening schedule at home so I can enjoy more time in my craft room!

Today's card came together very quickly, it uses an image that I colored last month during the 30 Day Marker Coloring Challenge. The witch is a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil, I just love her witch images! Shes added several new ones this season so I definitely need to print those out and play.

For this image I used the usual colors I grab for Halloween cards, green, purple and a hint of black on this one. The image is colored with copic markers and the paper is from a pad I got at JoAnn 's last year I believe. I die cut all of the pieces on the front of the card and then layered them for a nice simple layout (layout is from MFT Bluepriints 20 sketch guide).

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Happy Halloween

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sunday Stamps blog and this week we have a fun sketch from Heidi! I recently colored this fun Halloween witch from Mo's Digital Pencil and it's been sitting on my desk just waiting to be made into a card and Heidi's sketch was the perfect layout.

Purple and green with a splash of orange are my favorite colors to use for Halloween, I'm not sure why but that's what I always gravitate too. It's funny because I can't stand the color purple except for Halloween images and some flower ones. Go figure!

Make sure and head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created. We have a brand new DT member, Stef Perry, so come on by to give her a big welcome and then play along with us, we'd love to see how YOU interpret the sketch!

Let It Snow

I've been wanting to play along with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge all week and finally got a chance to give it a go this evening. Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

I haven't had much time to create these last few months so I've had a lot of previously colored images piling up on my desk. Today I grabbed a Mo's Digital Pencil image that I had colored in the last 30 Day Coloring Challenge and decided it was time to make a card with it.

After going through my paper I decided to use some Granny Apple Green from SU as my background paper. I embossed it with snowflakes and then I used a MFT die to cut out a piece of Flirty Flamingo DSP. I then added my image panel on top of that, stamped my sentiment and then secured it all to a Flirty Flamingo base. They are definitely not Christmas/winter colors that I would normally use but I really liked how it all came together to match the colors I had used on the image.

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Hoppy Easter

A new The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge has started up and so I'm joining in the fun once again. I take part in it on Instagram and really love seeing all of the different projects people post and getting to meet so many kind folks!

Yesterday was Day 1 and I created these cards using a digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil. Nice and easy, which was perfect since I spent most of the weekend outside enjoying the new foot of snow we got!

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Bushels of Love

This sweet image is available to the Patreon subscribers of Mo Manning @ Mo's Digital Pencil.. How adorable are the barrels filled with hearts and the big curly ponytails on the little girl? This was a lot of fun to color!

Christmas Door

I'm still in a Christmas card making mood (well, when am I not lol) and so I decided to make another card for Mo's Digital Pencil. It's an Anything Goes challenge with an optional theme of Christmas.

For my card I used the image Door with Wreath. I love how simple and rustic it is, you can really do whatever you want to this image to make it your own. I grabbed my copics and did some quick coloring, using a pop of red for my shovel and doormat. On the wreath I used a red gel pen to add some berries and then I used a white gel pen to create some snow on various parts of the image.

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Stamps: Door With Wreath (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Early Espresso (SU), Neenah Solar White, Christmas Cabin Paper Pad by Recollections

Ink: Printer Ink, Crumb Cake (SU)

Copics: R24, R27, R29

G24, G94, G99

E81, E84, E87, E89

N3, N5

C00, C1, C3

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 20 and 23, Red Gel Pen, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals

Dachshund Through the Snow

Today is a bit better heat wise, we are in the 80's, which next to the 90's is more tolerable, but the wildfire smoke is really heavy today. My craft room isn't too hot and the smoke doesn't hit the rooms in the back of the house as much so I headed in to create a card for the latest challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil.

This months challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of Christmas. That's my favorite type of card to make so I saw that and was like wooohooo! For my card I used brand new images that just went into Mo's shop the other day, this is called the Dachshund Sleigh Set. I have 2 mini dachshunds named Anna and Elsa so of course I had to get this set!

My Anna girl is a chocolate dachshund so I colored the dogs with her as inspiration. I tried my hand at my first night sky and added snow falling with a white gel pen. I also used a gold gel pen on the sleigh and a silver one for the bells around the necks of the dogs. There are also white and silver accents on the trees in the landscape.

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Stamps: Dachshund Sleigh Set (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Soft Suede (SU), Nennah Solar White

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: YG03, YG67, E55

R35, R37, R39

R14, R17

B000, C00

E23, E25, E27, E97

BV20, BV23, BV25

V000, V04

Y28

C1, C2, C4

Acessories: Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Dies, White, Silver and Gold Gel Pens

Love You Bunches

Today's card features an image from Mo's Digital Pencil that is only available to her Patreon subscribers right now. Have you checked out her Patreon page? If not, head on over! There are 3 different tiers you can sign up for and for each tier you get special offers, discounts and access to free or pre-release images, all while supporting a talented artist. It's a win-win situation for everyone!

I just think this image is too cute! It's called 'Dandelions' and it's a little girl holding a big bouquet of dandelions. I have to admit, I'm one of those people that will leave the dandelions in my yard long enough for the bees to do their thing and then I pull them out and they go into my burn pit.

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Stamps: Dandelions (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Paper: Calypso Coral (SU), Neenah Solar White, Wildflower Fields DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink, Hello Honey (SU)

Copics: Y11, Y19

YG03, YG17, YG23, YG25, G07, G14

E000, E00, E50

YR04, YR09

YR21, YR24

T2, T4

C1, C3

B0000, B000, B00

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 2, MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Circle, Pinkfresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, Dimensionals 

Baseball Birthday

After a bit of a hiatus Mo's Digital Pencil is back with a challenge blog and for the first challenge back it's Anything Goes with an optional theme of 'spring'. 

I'm a baseball fan so for me spring means the start of baseball season, and after the season my football team had I was really looking forward to my baseball team bringing some joy back into my life ROFL The image is called Johnny Baseball and I had him sitting on my desk already colored in blue and gray, otherwise I would have colored him in my teams colors of red and white.

I grabbed some striped DSP because with baseball I always think of pin stripes. I then added a strip of Smoky Slate across the middle of the card to divide the top and bottom. The sentiment was stamped in blue to match the theme and the image is popped up over the middle of the card.

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Stamps: Johnny Baseball (Mo's Digital Pencil), All Occasion Sentiments (MFT retired)

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110#, Smoky Slate (SU), Pacific Point DSP (SU)

Ink: Printer Ink, Pacific Point (SU)

Copics: B91, B93, B95

T0, T1, T3

E31, E33, E35

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 2, dimensionals