Thank You to Firefighters Everywhere

This post is to salute the firefighters around the world who battle all types of fire.  Living in the beautiful Kootenay's of British Columbia, every summer we seem to be surrounded by forest fires, and this year is proving a little too close to home.  Just a short 15 kilometres away we have the Talbot Creek fire raging - close to 300 hectares have been lost and the fight continues.  Some days we have smoke and the smell of the fires, others are not too bad.  

My card today features another gnome from KLM Digital Designs - Fireman #2 Gnome!!  I printed the image onto Copic Xpress It cardstock, colored with Copics, and then fussy cut the image out.  The card front was created on watercolor paper with the use of Color Bursts and Liquid Metals from Ken Oliver.  The sentiment was one I created on my computer.

Card Recipe 

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Beard - W1, W3, W5

Axe Head - C0, C2, C5

Badge on Helmet - Y26

Outfit - E31, E34, E35

Axe Handle - E43, E47

Red - R24, R27, R39\

Black - N4, N7, N10

Color Bursts - Yellow Ochre, Orange, Alizarin Crimson

Liquid Metal - Iron Oxide

Cupcakes Anyone?

We are headed into another heat wave - it was 29C at 11 am today, so we know its gonna be a scorcher.  They are predicating a few more days of this beautiful sunny weather, so I'll be inside coloring to get away from the heat!

Today's card features another adorable gnome from KLM Digital Designs - this is Cupcake Gnome!!  I colored the image with Copics, added some sparkle to the cupcake with clear Wink of Stella, then fussy cut it.  I created the background by carefully sprinkling a few dots of six different colors of Color Burst to a sheet of watercolor paper, then I used a water brush to spread the color out.  The sentiment die is from My Favorite Things.

Color map for the Gnome

Yellow - Y13, Y19

Red - R24, R29

Orange - YR04, YR09

Green - G02, G05, G09

Blue - B21, B23, B26

Violet - V06, V09

Brown - E74, E77, E79

Cupcake Liner - Y23, Y26, Y28

Have a great day, and take time to enjoy any cupcakes that come your way!!!

Fond Memories

2020 has been a difficult year, with Covid 19 encompassing the world, so many things had to be canceled or postponed.  Here in Canada, one of things that we are all missing is our annual carnivals and amusement parks.  This card says it all, Don't Worry, Be Happy next year will be better!! 

This is Balloon Gnome from KLM Digital Designs.  I printed the image onto Copic Xpress It cardstock, colored it with Copic markers, and then fussy cut it out.  To create the card background I used the following Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Black Soot, Carved Pumpkin, Abandoned Coral, Seedless Perserves - and finished it off with a Carnival die cut from Kindred Stamps.

Card Recipe 

Pants - B21, B45, B34

Red - R24, R29, R39

Shoes - E74, E77, E79

Beard - E70, E71, E74

Hat - E13, E15, E17

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Delivery!!!

When the delivery truck pulls into our driveway, it's always a guessing game as it whose home he is going to pull up to - will it be my daughter's mother-in-law place, or our house!!  And if it's our house, is the package for myself or my daughter!!  I think we all take turns ordering, just to keep the delivery people in business!!!

This is a slider card I designed using the Delivery Gnome from KLM Digital Designs.  I used the Lawn Fawn Large Slimline with Sliders die to cut the card front, and the slider.  For the background I dug through my older stamps, and found a couple of Hero Arts sets that included the houses and trees, that formed my city street.  The entire card is colored with Copic markers., and the sentiment is included with the gnome image.

  

Card Recipe

Skin - E00, E11, E13

Uniform - E39, E59, E79

Boots - T7, T9, 100

Beard - C2

Parcel - E40, E41, E43

Background - B01, B66, G09, G14, G24, N4, N5, N8, Y38, R27, E09, E13, E15, E47

Whipping Up a Birthday Hello

I adore the gnome images from KLM Digital Designs, and if you haven't checked them out you really should.  Not only do they have digital images, but now they are also making Photopolymer stamps, and for the month of July they are having a sale.  

One of the newest images available in both digital and Photopolymer is this adorable Chef Gnome!! I printed in onto Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored it with Copic markers. I found the clip art online, and printed it out to make the background, on which I placed the fussy cut colored image. The sentiment is one from my stash.

Card Recipe

Red - R24, R27, R39

White - C2, C00

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Cake - E55, E23, E57

Icing - E39, E59

Whisk Handle - C4, C7

Beard - W2, W3

Some New Cards

Just a few cards I have recently finished!  These are all colored with just Copic Sketch Markers!

 A little Stamping Bella Christmas Gnome enjoying a home brew!

 Who could resist this cutie driving his favortie vehicle!

Fairy sweet image from Penny Black stamps - image was drawn by Mo Manning!

An another adorable animal from Stamping Bella!

My Favorite Things animal selfies are so funny!

Wouldn't be a post without including at least one Whipper Snapper Designs image!

And last but not least the ever adorable penguin from Whimsy Stamp artist Crissy Armstrong!  This card was selected to be one of three cards featured in Whimsy Stamps Sunday Spotlight on August 4, 2019!!