Santa Gnome

Today I'm sharing another awesome image from KLM Digital Designs - this is Santa Gnome!  I have colored the image with Copics, then fussy cut it and mounted it on to a background I created with a Polkadoodle stencil and Distress inks.

Card Recipe

Skin - E01, E11

Red - R39, R59, RV69, RV99

Black - T6, T10

Beard - C1, C3

Fur, Trim - B0000, C1

White flock on suit trim

Polar White Flower Soft on hat trim and ball

Sky - Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch - Distress Inks

Trees - Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles - Distress Inks

Trunks - Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Liquid Applique for snow on ground

Clear Glitter Glue on trees

Polkadoodles Winter Tree Stencil

Mistletoe Gnome Greetings

Well Christmas is fast approaching which means I need to get the Christmas cards done, so today I colored up the adorable Mistletoe Gnome from KLM Digital Designs.  I colored him with Copics, then fussy cut him out, placing him on the background I created with the Paper Rose stencil Stephanie, and the Distress inks Peacock Feathers and Speckled Egg.  The sentiment is an oldie from my stash that I stamped and then cut apart.

Card Recipe

Blue - B34, B37, B39

Cream trim - Y000, Y11, E30

Skin - E01, E11

Beard - C1, C3

Pinecone - E31, E37

Green - G43, G46

Red - R35, R37, R39

Silver pen for stitching detail

Thanksgiving Greetings

Here in Canada we celebrated Thanksgiving on October 12, where we celebrate the harvest, and being thankful for everyone in our lives.  In the United States Thanksgiving is celebrated in late November, and while it is also about being thankful for the harvest and people in their lives, they also celebrate the history of the pilgrams that settled in their country.  This card that I designed uses the Pilgram Girl image from KLM Digital Designs.  I printed the image on to Copic Xpress It cardstock, then colored it with Copics, with a touch of gold ink on the sentiment that is also from this image.

Card Recipe

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Whites - C2, C00

Black - N3, N6, N9

Brown - E44, E47, E49

Pie - Y21, Y26, YR24

Hair - E13, E15, E35

Gold Metallic Gel pen for lettering

Bats About You

 A friend recently shared this on Facebook and I absolutely love it, so I just had to share as today's card features Vampire Gnome from KLM Digital Designs. 

Card Recipe 

Yellow - Y32, Y38

Purple - BV04, BV08, V09

Nose - E02, E11, E13

Green - YG03, YG25, YG17

Black - T5, T8, 100

Beard - W2, W4

Teeth - C2

Three Witches Brewing

This is the year for me to make Halloween cards, usually something I don't do, but the images from KLM Digital Designs are just to cute to not color them up!  This is Three Witches that I have colored the entire card front with Copic markers. Just love these little witches!!  

Card Recipe 

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Orange - YR04, YR07, YR09

Yellow - Y11, Y15, Y17

Green - YG01, YG03, YG23

Purple - V12, V15, V17

Black - N3, N5, N6, N10

Sky - B32, B34, B37

Broom - E35, E39, E79

Boo letters - Silver Pearl pen by Viva Decor

Welcome Fall

Fall is in the air here in British Columbia!  We have brought in all of the tomatoes, and I am slowly cutting down the perennials in preparation of winter slumber.  Yesterday I planted about 80 bulbs of various spring bulbs, and still have about 80 to go in the ground!  Yes I went a little crazy buying bulbs!!

To celebrate the season I have colored up the Pumpkin Girl digital image from KLM Digital Designs. I printed the image on to Copic Xpress It cardstock and colored it with Copics.  Some older Kaisercraft paper finished off the card.

Card Recipe

Sweater - YR12, YR16, YR18, E19

Turtleneck - G94, G99

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Hair, shoes - E35, E37, E39

Socks - E31

Pants - B45, B97, B99

Pumpkin - YR02, YR94, YR09

Gnomes Love Pets

Good afternoon!  It's a perfect day to stay inside to avoid the smoke that has descended on us here in southern British Columbia.  It is so bad that Canada Post has halted all deliveries of mail!!  I feel so bad for everyone dealing with the fires in western states!!  Stay safe everyone!!

Today's card is another adorable image from KLM Digital Designs - Gnomes and Pets!  I printed the image on Copic Xpress It cardstock, colored with Copics, and then fussy cut it out.  The background was created with a paw print stencil from my stash, and the following Distress Oxide inks - Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo, and Rusty Hinge.  

Card Recipe

Pants - B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Skin - E01, E11, E13

Shirt - G40, G43, G46

Cat - W4, W7, W10, inside of ears E04, eyes G46

Dog - E33, E35, E37, eyes B24,  nose E49

Hat - E50,  E51, E53

Beard - C1, C3

Shoes - E39, E29

Ground - C3

Hey Dad!!!

Today is going to be a scorching 37 degrees here in the Kootenays, and we always hit higher then what they predict where we are located.  Yesterday we were 40 C!!!!  Another few days of hot, hot, hot!!

So to stay cool I have colored up some wonderful images from KLM Digital Designs- they are all included in the Dad and Kids digital stamp available here.

Card Recipe

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Cheeks - R20

Green - E84, E87, E89

Brown - E23, E27, E29

Red Brown - E04, E07, E09

Tan - E30, E33, E35

A Relaxing Card

Over the last few days I have been coloring this beautiful Mandala from KLM Digital Designs.  It was so relaxing to just color and not worry about the shading, although I did do a little bit of shading on a couple of layers.  KLM Digital Designs has a wide variety of images available to color, including the adorable gnomes.  Check out the store here.

Card Recipe

KLM Digital Designs Mandala #1

Copics - BG10, BG11, BG13, BG18, V05, V09, RV06, B18

Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz - Sparkle

Thinking of You

Today I'm sharing a card that I made using the beautiful Lily from KLM Digital Designs.  Both the image and sentiment are part of the digital set that I printed on Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored with Copic markers.  I added some Nuvo Jewel Drops in Sea Breeze to replicate raindrops, and used a thin black marker to make stitching lines around the entire design.

Card Recipe

Leaves - YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97

Flower - Y0000, RV11, R83, RV34, Y000, Y00

Stamens - E15, E18

June Wedding

June traditionally is the month for weddings, so today I used two digital images from KLM Digital Designs to make a card to celebrate the event.  I have merged the Bride Gnome , Hometown Church  and a sentiment from the church image to make a one layer card, that I colored with Copic markers.

Card Recipe

Trim on Church - N10 or N4

Roof - N4, N7, N10

Shrubs, stems, leaves, grass - G21, G24, G28

Road - E30, E33

Church itself - C1, C2

Windows - B00

Stained Glass - G14, Y18, R17, B07

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Cheeks - R20

Hat, veil, dress - B0000, B00, 0 Colorless Blender

Flowers - BV13, BV17, centers - Y19

Hair - E21, E23, E25

Sky - BG0000, BG000

A Little Thank You to Our Doctors

Finally had the time to finish these cute cards that I will be sharing with our family doctors!  The image is Medical Gnome available here.  I colored the image up with Copics, then fussy cut it and placed it on the card front that uses free clip art from the net!  The inspiration for the background was not mine, I have seen several people use the same thing on their cards.  

I did color up a few of them......

Shine a Light

Today I am sharing a little encouragement card featuring one of the newest releases from KLM Digital Designs!  This is Lantern Gnome, that I colored with Copics including the entire background!!

Card Recipe  

Boots - E15, E17, E17

Pants - E44, E47, E49

Glow of Lantern - Y13, Y19, Y38, YR68

Road - E51, E53, F55

Grass - BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99

Skin - E00, E01, E11

Lantern - T3, T6, T9

Beard - C0, C1, C3

Hat - B34, B37, B39

Shirt - BG93, BG96, BG99

Trees - C7, C9

A New Chapter Begins

Good morning from snowy British Columbia, Canada, and welcome back to my blog!!!  Yes we still have lots of snow here, it has been the snowiest year in recent history - 374 cm of snow fell on the Kootenay Pass in January alone!!!  It will take awhile for it all to melt!

I have exciting news to share!!  I am joining the KLM Designs Emporium Design Team in April and am so thrilled to be part of their team.  I found there digital images just a short time ago, and just had to color up one of the adorable gnomes - and this card is what started it all!!!

Isn't he just the cutest thing!  This is Handyman Gnome that is printed on Copic Xpress It cardstock and colored with Copics, with just a hint of white Prismacolor pencil for the highlights.  The awesome sentiment is from an older Technique Tuesday set, and the Tools Frame die is from Find It.  

I can't wait to showcase more of KLM's wonderful images, so stayed tuned!

Overflowing Wishes

A card with a twist today.  The image is meant to represent a cup of coffee with a gnome in it, but I made his hat into a Santa hat by adding Polar White Flower Soft to the brim and added a pompom, as well as adding red berries to the mug design.  Double duty for this stamp!!!  The image is colored with Copics, and I finished off the card with a sentiment from Stampendous.

Llama tell you.....

Who doesn't think that llama's are adorable?!!!  I love all of the new images that feature these adorable animals, and I just had to color one up.

The image is Oddball Llama from Stamping Bella, and the sentiment is from Gerda Steiner Designs.  This was a nice simple card to color - just seven colors of Copics and a touch of white Prismacolor pencil on the fur.  Simple but so darn cute!!

Baby Fairy Wishes

What could be cuter than a little fairy holding a ladybug!  This adorable image is from Mo;s Digital Pencil and is part of a set of three baby fairies.  I have colored the image with Copic markers,  highlighted the details of the wings with a silver gel pen, and then added clear Wink of Stella to the wings.  A older sentiment from Whimsy Stamps, and a few green Viva Decor pearls finish the card front.

Animal Antics

It's been a long time since I have posted anything on this blog, and hopefully I will be able to post more often now.  I just had to share the adorable My Favorite Things BB Picture Perfect images that I colored up with my Copic sketch markers.

I have followed this week's sketch challenge #443 for MFT Wednesday Sketch and combined it with one of the images from the stamp set.  I also used a retired MFT star die, and the Polariod Shaker Frame die from MFT.

Top 10 High Hopes Cards from 2018

Merry Christmas everyone!!  I hope your Christmas celebration was wonderful and that you all had a great time with family and friends.  We spent the day surrounded by family and it was a wonderful day! 

Today I am sharing with you all my 2018 favorite top 10 cards featuring High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

They are in no particular order, as it was hard to choose just 10!!

Three Pane Christmas

Little Sleuth and Watson

Jumping Party Robot

Three Pane Santa

Cocoa Gnome

Mountie Marc

Harley

Peg Leg Pete

Three Little Garden Gnomes

Flop Eared Rabbit

Thanks for looking at my favorite High Hopes Stamps cards from 2018.  Be sure to check the blog for the rest of the ladies top 10!!!

Snowflake Season

For my One Crazy Stamper card today I have combined a couple of different images.  This card includes the adorable Winter Moose image as well as the Forest image.

The entire card was colored with Copic markers including the sky, which is a technique I am working hard on getting right.  The snowflakes were made with a Sakura white glaze pen.

Card Recipe - E31, E33, E35, E37, E57, G21, G24, G28, B23, B24, B26, V08, B32, B41, B45, B52, R24, YR02, YR04, YR09, C1