Rain Rain Go Away

Hello!

Here is spring rain color palette!!!  I didn't post it last week due to posting the color palette for all the mice.  But never fear....I will always get them to you. 

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We are here with a Mid Week Reminder

For our ongoing challenge: #443

ANYTHING GOES

with the option of 

Water

 

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Do you like water?

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We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme or 

Show or use some water

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

We Welcome back Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R) 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

House-Mouse Designs(R) 

To enter to win click HERE

This Challenge I chose to add additional rain to the image as well as,  clouds.  I ordered it and it must be sold out.   

Instead of doing a color palette, I am sharing a House Mouse color chart I made years ago.

 

I'm back! With the House Mouse and Friends Team! New Color Palette, too!

Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

Before we move on to the challenge I have some very exciting news! I have joined the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge Team. 

Now for the challenge!

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of 

Celebrate 🎉🥂🍾

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  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

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Ok, ready to see what I created?  I just love this birthday card.  If felt wonderful coloring and designing again.....Pssst....COLOR PALETTE BELOW!!!!!!  OH YEAH, I WILL BE PROVING A COLOR PALETTE WITH EACH DESIGN I DO FOR THIS TEAM. 

The color pallets are also Back!

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Welcome back to another day of All Dress-Up at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook fan group!

I just love all dressed-up images!

 

I'm Cute and I know it.

Dustin Pike has done it again! 

Panda Peekerd are here

These adorable Panda Peekers are available at Whimsy Stamps!

 Now, do you think this looks like a Panda Bear to you?  Oh good, I thought you may be losing it or something.  

Just because something is drawn for one thing doesn't mean you have to color it that way.  I didn't feel like coloring Panda Bears...OK, OK, so I forgot they were panda bears and I thought they were bears so I colored them odd colors just to mess with everyone.  Especially my husband who is very black and white.

oh, wait! that was funny and I didn't even mean it to be....get it Panda Bears and Jeff is black and white.  hahahahaha.  It's ok. I crack myself up all the time.

Onto the good news! Starting on Thursday Whimsy is up for a promotion!  I have all these Whimsy stamps so I am really trying to get them color, blogs, Instagrammed, and posted as many as I can this week. 

Products use are

Panda bears - Whimsy Stamps

Baby Bear 6x6 Paper - Whimsy

Catherine Pooler Sequin Mix Glacier Bay

Border Sweet Dies by Catherine Pooler

Thanks for stopping by!  I will catch you on the flip side!

I'm Goin' Fishin'! Why? Because I can.

Hello everyone, Dr. Digi is in da house thru Sunday over at the group Passionate Paper Creations and Friends!  I will tell you there is a sale on everything in his store so jump over join and grab some of the funniest images!

Here we have Anglin Andy! Andy is enjoying his retirement by fishing.  It's a small pond with big fish because that is how Andy rolls man. 

I have to say his face, I just love it!  He use to be a CEO, can't you tell! 

I gave him a reflection simply by duplicating the image and rotating it.  Then I made the lines almost invisible.  I barely colored them.  Then I colored the water over.

Here are the colors I used and where the colors are in order.  Sometimes starting with the lightest and sometimes starting with the darkest. It depends on what object I am coloring as to the method I color it.

you may pin this share it on Facebook, Instagram as long as my watermark stays intact. 

Hey, thanks for visiting today and I hope I inspired at least one person.

Don't forget to grab your sale code at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends! For Anglin Andy

Ice Skating Santa - Joy Clair

Joy Clair is having a big sale over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group!  Click here to check it out.  Not a member yet? Join in on all the fun!

Here I used Love Santa Digital Stamp.  His suite is colored with R59, 46, 17.  The snow and  pond is colored with B0000, B000, B00 and B91.  His face is E50, 51, 11 and beard in C1 and 3.

I made the pond first adding a few drifts here and there.  Not much coloring at all.

The snowflakes were outlined in Nuvo white Blizzard and they are from Catherine Pooler.

The trees in the back ground are Whimsy Dies and are inked with Sruce from Catherine Pooler ink Pad. then with White Nuvo Drops added the snow and use White blizzed to add some interest.

Here are my affiliate links...please use them as proceeds go to the united way.

Love Santa Digital Stamp

Whimsy Tree Dies

Snowflake Dies

Spruce Ink Pad

Thank you for the visit today!  I hope I was able to give a little inspiration to at least one person.

looking forward to seeing you over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group! Very few rules and a lot of friendships and inspiration and sales from sponsors. 

I am new to Catherine Pooler! My first card!

Welcome to my very first Catherine Pooler design.  Oh my gosh was this fun!  You all know I am a colorist, right.  Well, I want to branch out into faster and easier cards. So I found CP and thought that is the company I can get behind.

 Easier, yes!  Faster?  Ummmm no way!  That's because it was my first card, I know that.  And the more I do the easier it will be.  It is a different mindset.  This was really relaxing too.

I started with the background.  Their inks are blendable.  I actually like them better than the ink that is made to blend.  I won't mention names.  Do I remember the colors? Sorry no...I was playing and it was my very first CP card.  LOL. 

Here are the products from Catherine Pooler I used.  Please use my affiliate links below.  All proceeds to the United Way.

I know I used snowflake dies!

snowflake stencil

Hello Friend Floral and matching dies

NOSTALGIC SEASON STAMP SET

BORDERING SWEET BORDER DIES

CP Inks

Thank you for the visit today!  I hope I was able to give a little inspiration to at least one person.

looking forward to seeing you over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group! Very few rules and a lot of friendships and inspiration and sales from sponsors. 

Christmas Dreaming...

Whimsy is our sponsor over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends on October 28,29,30th and I can't tell you what it is, because it is a secret.  But I can give you a hint.  It's a sale!  Oops did I just spill the beans? Don't worry about this post jump over to the group, join and take advantage of it.  LOL

We all know Whimsy has amazing stamps but did you know they have amazing digitals as well?  after a stamp has been on the market for a while it will eventually end up in the digital land of Whimsy.  Don't get me wrong they add brand new digi's every release!  There are so many!

This one Christmas Dreaming is one of my all-time favorites! It's one of the few images I've colored more than once!!  That is rare for me!

Now if you are new to my blog I  tend to give you all my colors, I call this my color palette.  Sometimes I color from light, dark, medium, light.  Then sometimes I color from dark to light.  Most times I repeat the shadow areas for more depth.

Christmas Dreaming 

by Crissy Armstrong

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Thank you for visiting my blog today!

 

Today, I come in you email with a really fun project!  It's by Krista Smith Designs.  You can find here > https://www.etsy.com/search?q=krista+smith+shop&ref=pagination&page=7 

she also has a Patreon Page you can find her > https://www.patreon.com/kristaleighsmith  with Patreon you can choose different levels to subscribe to and you get to see the images before they hit the store.  Usually about a month later.  If you are a true Krista lover please join Patreon!

 

Here is a special color Palette with instrucions!

I would love for you to join my FB Group, Passionate Paper Creations and Friends.  Very few rules, I threw them out the window! Lots of inspirations and a very kind group with lots of sales from sponsors.

Once we hit 1,000 Members we are having a party!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Now onto Vintage from Bling

 

2nd Edition:

Gnome for the Holidays

Today is the 2nd edition with me as a guest designer for Whimsy Stamps again this month.  On Monday was my 1st Edition. With the same stamp set in Glam.

So, here we go!!  As y'all are making your Halloween Cards and Fall Cards, I decided to switch it up and go for Christmas.  And Crissy Armstong has not let us down with her fabulous gnomes celebrating the holidays.

No printed paper was used in either of these cards.  OH, grab a cup of coffee, this is a long post...lol

Again, No pattern paper!  This card is a 3.5 x 6.  My first one. lol.  On this card, I used the Gingham Background Stamp, the other two Gnomes, another line stamp from Bendy Borders, I'm telling you it's a must-have.

And you know what?  I used the slimline die, connected rectangles.  If you look there are three sections to this die.  But in order to make my 3.5 x 6" Card, I only needed 2 sections and it was a perfect fit.  I just had to use my noodle.  I cut out the die.  Dissected the 3rd section I didn't need and cut away the piece I did need to add to my now 2 pieces die.  You can't even tell.  I pieced it back together and you can see where I stamped the stars and the sentiment.  Then I did the old fashion vintage ink up with distressed vintage photo and Twig something.  I used the new mini ink brushes from The Rabbit Hole.

Coloring the images...what fun!  Oh my, I use a deep teal which was BG 72, 75, 78, and that big bad scary color BV29. That color has teeth for sure.  Then the reds were R24, 29, 59.  The reds were easy and only needed one coat.  The teals went just like the Pink above.  The BV 29 was added after it dried. And a second coat starting with BG75, not 78 then 72.  When Dry they were distressed with vintage photo.

Now it has been so many years since I've done a vintage card I think I forgot how.  The little dudes are not grounded because we did not care about that 10 years ago.

What I like best about both cards is I made the matching backgrounds.  I didn't have to look for paper.  I actually do not have very much pattern paper at all.  Maybe 7 paper pads and 15 sheets of 12x12.  I was able to create both cards straight from Whimsy.  

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Gnome for the Holidays Stamp Set

Gnome for the Holidays Dies

Gingham Background

Bendy Borders

Slimline Connected Rectangles Die

 

Are we Ready to get some color on? Day Three - Hot and sexy pink

Hello and welcome to a series of three of the cutest monsters EVER!  These 3 cuties are from Gerda Steiner Designs' digital collection.  The image is below from the site with the link.  The picture is exactly how I printed and colored it.  I actually had not a clue what I was going to do with it.  And it hit me.  A card set.  Then as they lay on my desk I kept putting off posting them and it hit me. What a great way to kick off a live series on PPCF!  So today I will be going live around noonish EST with Hot and Sexy Pink. Because it has blue mixed in with purples...hello, Hot and Sexy Pink.  So go to FB to my group Passionate Paper Creations and Friends and let's start learning how to pick color combos,  But most important let's get advanced with 5-6 or 4-6 marker combos that you wouldn't think of. Here is a link to where I will have the live video

Three Monsters

 

Are we Ready to get some color on? Day Two- TealGlow

Hello and welcome to a series of three of the cutest monsters EVER!  These 3 cuties are from Gerda Steiner Designs' digital collection.  The image is below from the site with the link.  The picture is exactly how I printed and colored it.  I actually had not a clue what I was going to do with it.  And it hit me.  A card set.  Then as they lay on my desk I kept putting off posting them and it hit me. What a great way to kick off a live series on PPCF!  So today I will be going live around noonish EST with "Teal Glow". Because it has blue mixed in with purples...hello, Teal Glow.  So go to FB to my group Passionate Paper Creations and Friends and let's start learning how to pick color combos,  But most important let's get advanced with 5-6 or 4-6 marker combos that you wouldn't think of. Here is a link to where I will have the live video

Three Monsters