PPC&F - Lee Holland Dragon and Peony

 

Lee Holland is sponsoring the Passionate Paper Creations & Friends FB group.  This image,  Dragon and Peony is available in the Etsy shop. There's a sale on- so don't delay visiting the shop! Check out their FB Group, Fuzzy Feelings Crafts Inspirations for more inspiration and ideas.

Copics:  Flower- R81, 83, RV000, 02; Dragon B91, 95, 60, R20, E21, 00; leaves G24, 28, 29 YG 11

Thanks for stopping by!

In kindness, Cathy

PPC&F - KLM Digital Designs

 KLM Digital Designs is a December sponsor for Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB Group.  I had a chance to color two of their gnomes - what a treat (and a challenge to figure out the facial hair)!  Gnomes are the rage right now; even though it's Christmas and Christmas music is playing as I color, I resisted making them seasonal and gray-bearded.  Having said that, I think I had most of my E markers out to get the right amount of contrast by the time I got done!!

This first guy is called Valentine Gnome.  The digital image comes with three sentiments. 

The oval behind him uses blended Distress Oxide inks, some Distress sprays, watered acrylic paint spatters, and  Seth Apter's Pattern Play stamp with PTI's Scarlet Jewel ink for a little multi-media look.  The image is fussy cut and mounted on foam tape.  I cut apart Tim Holtz Label Stickers for the sentiment and added some sequins and enamel dots to finish it off.

Copics:  Hat - hearts-RV29,25, R81; stripes- B99,97,95, 91; E50, 41, 41, 33; fluffy border - BG0000, 70.

Snoozing Gnome comes with the sentiment you see and a second one that says "Just Breath" - "Pause and reset" all are so perfect with the image and after the past couple of years we have had!  

Again, the image is fussy cut and glued on a die cut panel from from Memory Box's Wrapped Scalloped Rectangle dies. I sponged some Speckled Egg Distress ink behind the gnome and used my W0 Copic for a little shading.  An oldie from my stash - Elizabeth Crafts Ribbons and Jewels Die is used as the embellishment down the side.  The background wood-look EF from Darice is another oldie from my stash.

Copics: Mushroom- E 30, 41, 50, 42, 70, 74; boots- E44, 47, 49, 41; hat- BG 57, 18, 72 (socks are the same with some G16 in the heel area); shirt-YR 18, 04, 65; pants E 33, 35, 37.

KLM Designs sells polymer stamps. Their Etsy shop sells both colored and black and white digital images.  Check out their FB Group for inspiration, too!  The PPC&F DT have been sharing KLM makes all month!  Hope you will check us out!

In kindness, Cathy

PPC&F - Sweet Sentiment Stamps

Back with another post for the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends FB group.  Sweet Sentiment Stamps is sponsoring the PPC&F group from December 15th-18th.  This Sweet Sentiment image is called "Cake is Life".  It comes with a variety of sentiments, including the one you see on my card.

You can find more inspiration on the Sweet Sentiment Stamps & Friends FB group and purchase a variety of products from the Sweet Sentiment website.

Copics used: body- BG75, 72, 70, 11; mouth/ears- R02, 20, 11 N4, 2; tongue- YG17, 03, 21; cake- Y15, R24, 22, 20,11,

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

In kindness, Cathy

PPC&F - Conie Fong and a Shaker Santa Card

 

Back with another post for the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends DT.  You can get Conie Fong's sweet Santa with a candy cane  from her Etsy shop and find inspiration from  FB group.

My slimline card is a shaker using some cute ornament sequins I found in the dollar spot at Target; the same sequins are used as leaves with clear dots as embellishments. The background is SU's Concord Grape, Rich Razzleberry, and Rose Pink blended over MFT's Lined By Hand stamp.  Santa is fussy cut and glued on another blended and heat embossed background from Hero Arts, called Tiny Star.  It's old and harder to find, but still out there.  MFT's (retired) Stitched Oval is the frame around Santa.  The foiled sentiment is called Hanging Script Bauble from Kaiser Craft.  I bought it from a scrapbook store near me this fall.  I haven't invested in a hot foil machine, so I die cut it from some Stick It paper and then placed the foil over the top, rub it well with my finger and peel it off.  Learned about this technique a couple of months ago from Heather Nichols on the TE FB group.  

Copics used:  Santa's skin- E11, 00, R20; suit B32, R29, 24, RV69 & 19 (added it after I colored the ribbon to tie them together).  The candy cane has the same reds and extra lines with my colored pencils.  Ribbon - RV69, 19, 17.  

You can check out the other Conie Fong makes from the DT on the PPC&F FB page.  Conie's Etsy Shop is having a big sale through the rest of December.  Check it out!

In kindness, Cathy

NEW DT - Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch #536

 
I am thrilled to have been invited to join the Try Stampin' on Tuesdays DT, a weekly sketch challenge blog.  This week's sketch:

Optional theme:  Let it shine

Playing with sketches is one of my great joys because it gives my mojo a  boost, I love to be creative with the sketch, and I use stamps in my collection!!   I had so much fun with this sketch - it checked all three boxes . . . mojo, creativity, and  NEW products!  My "Something New" is the Mini Snowflake Oddball from Stamping Bella's November release.  LOVE her!!  I know she will be colored again!!  The card base color is mushroom from Taylored Expressions Premium Cardstock.  The other elements are oldies from my stash including the snowflake die and a discontinued EF from Taylored Expressions, called Burlap. The snowflakes are cut from white glitter cardstock and clear sequins embellish the image.

Copics used:  Hair- E 51, 53, 555, 37; skin- E11, 000, 00, R 20; jacket- RV69, 19, 17, R81; ruffles BG75, 72, 70, B60

The sketch challenge will run for the rest of the month with winners posted January 1, 2022!  Hope you join us!

In kindness,  Cathy

A "Bear-y" Productive Day!

I signed up for a "Convincing Shadows" class offered by Sandy Allnock on her Art Classes site.  Buyer, beware - it's a Give a Mouse A Cookie thing - take one class and you will be looking for more!  Sandy has a great way of breaking skills down into manageable steps and make folks like me (never trained in art) feel successful.  The shadows class was done in pencil, but the skills apply to Copics so I thought I would try applying what I learned in a couple of lessons to this bear.  The first idea involved creating a muzzle on the bear and the second was to give it fur.  I feel like the fur needs some practice, but the result was good enough to make into a card.  I think I had almost every E Copic marker out on my desktop for this guy!  In case you don't recognize him, it's Taylored Expression's Big Grumpy Bear (stamp & die combo), plus Big Grumpy Birthday for the sentiment and present. The ballon is from If Balloons Could Talk (stamp and die combo), and the sentiment is from Simple Strips in Reverse. Aside from TE products, the background stamp is Shiplap, from Hobby Lobby, and the splot behind Grumpy is MFT's Watercolor Wash Free Form stencil.  

I always stamp an image more than once to play with coloring, so for this bear, I focused on the muzzle and shading.  Some of my E Copics were gunky, so the ink built up on the paper and is a little splotchy, but it's good enough for a card!!  Grumpy is paired with his Christmas supplemental stamps, and TE's Snowfall embossing folder.  A little paper from my stash, some twine, enamel dots, and another sentiment from the Simple Strips in Reverse collection (worth every penny of the $4.50 cost!!). 

Big Grumpy is perfect to have in my collection - he's a bit snarky, but it makes me smile! Hope you are smiling, too!

In kindness, Cathy