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

Gnomey Sunshine to You!!

Time to share another adorable Gnome from KLM Designs!!  This cutie is Painter Gnome is available to purchase here!!!

I printed this image onto watercolor paper and then used Inktense pencils to color him!  The card base was designed with a MFT rainbow die and sentiment.  After fussy cutting the gnome out, I placed him onto the card front.  I hope this little gnome brings sunshine into your life today!!

Birthday Greetings

It's a cool snowy day in the Kootenay's, so I needed to color something pretty and springy!  This beautiful digital image Floral Banner 1 from KLM Digital Designs fit perfectly!

I printed the image onto watercolor paper, colored it with Inktense Pencils, and then fussy cut it out.  The sentiment was stamped with an oldie from my stash - Paper Inspirations - then double matted, before attaching the floral banner to one side.  I then popped up the entire card front onto my card base, which was also double matted.  A beautiful birthday card for my stash!!!

Happy April Fool's Day

A new month, a new card to share with everyone, featuring a wonderful digital image from KLM Designs!!  This is a new image and is part of the newest release - Woman Farmer Gnome!  Even the sentiment is from KLM Designs!

I colored the image with Inktense pencils, then fussy cut it out and popped it up on the card base.  I printed out the sentiment on smooth white cardstock, then used Distress inks and My Favorite Things stencils to create the clouds and hill.  The cows are cut with the First Edition Farmyard dies!  

Card Recipe 

Distress Inks - Blueprint Sketch, Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn

MFT Stencils - Clouds and Hills

Inktense pencils 

Overalls - Sienna Gold 0240, Willow 1900

Skin - Baked Earth 1800

Shovel, Clip on overalls - Payne's Grey 2110

Shovel handle - Tan 1720

Boots - Fern 1560, Light Olive 1540

Hair - Bark - 2000

Shirt, hair band - Deep Indigo 1100

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!

Our Love is Written in the Stars

Good morning everyone!  It's been awhile since I last posted, and today is an extra special day - I am the guest designer at SheepSki Designs Digital Stamps on Facebook.  This is for challenge #42 Anything Goes with a optional twist of "I Love.....".  Anyone you knows me knows I adore penguin images, so how could I not color up the adorable "Cool Couple" which can be purchased here.

I printed the image onto Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored it with Copic markers and Prismacolor Pencils.  After the coloring was done I fussy cut the image.  For the background I used the following Ranger Distress Oxides to blend the perfect sky - Spun Sugar, Pickled Raspberry, and Festive Berries.  The constellations in the sky, which are embossed in white,  and the sentiment are from the Lawn Fawn stamp set - Upon a Star.

Card Recipe

Black - N5, N8, N10       PC935 Black

White of faces - N0, N2, 0 Colorless Blender

Beaks, feet - Y32, YR23

Green for scarf - BG23, BG15, BG49     PC105 Cobalt Turquoise

Pink for scarf - RV04, RV17, RV19      PC995 Mulberry

Blue earmuffs - B12, B14, B16      PC906 Copenhagen Blue

Snow - YR0000, V000, B0000, 0 Colorless Blender

PC938 White for highlights

 Please visit the SheepSki Designs Digital Stamps Facebook page and join in the fun of participating in the challenges!