May your birthday be LIT!

 

Good morning inky friends!  It's Kerry here and today I'm sharing a sneaky peek for the brand new stamp release at Miss Ink Stamps.  Today we're sharing projects using the fun collection of GNOMES!  Yep, these little gnomes are up to awesome adventures!  I can't wait to share all of them with you but today, I'm revealing my "Perfect Match" card. The Perfect Match stamp set is so fun and whimsical.  It reminds me of the antics of the House Mouse stamps that I love so much.  These gnomes are definitely just as full of mischief as the little House Mouse, don't you think?  

There are THREE new Gnome sets being released this week:  

Birthday Gnomes (prize on IG), 

Thank You Very Much (a twist on Elvis) 

Perfect Match!

If you're interested in joining the fun giveaway, please check out Miss Ink IG HERE.  Today, they're offering a fun giveaway of the Birthday Gnomes set.  Once the sets release, I will provide links to them on my blog post here.  You can also keep an eye out for them on the Miss Ink Stamps website HERE.

If you're interested in checking out how I created the gorgeous background for this card, check out the little videos I created for my TikTok.  If you follow the TOK, please follow me.  I would love to be able to do some lives over there...but I'm at just a few followers and I need at least 1000 to make lives...So until I reach that milestone, I'll share fun little video snips like this!  You can find me over there @stampingbugKerry.  :)

Items used:  Red, orange, yellow, black acrylic ink, Gel press, sparkle fluid, Miss Ink stencil:  Rainbow Sky (the sunburst) 

Copics:  TONS!  PanPastel:  Black and Silver, gloss medium, microfine glitter, gold thread, mini bling

Thanks for hopping over to check out my card!  I hope it inspires you to get creative today!  See you tomorrow for another sneak peek!

TCP January Sneaky Peek Week DAY 1: Hello Gnomie!

Hey there inky friends! Today is the first day of The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek Week and we've got some adorable stamps and dies to share with you this week.  Are you excited to see some. cute stand alone stamp sets and dies?  Get ready!  You're going to flip!  

Day 1 means we're sneaking a peek of the cute little gnome set called WELCOME GNOME!  It's a collection of great gnome images and sentiments for ALL seasons.  I decided to jump right in to all the LURRRVE and dressed up my gnomes for Valentine's Day!  The little heart elements are so fun and make these little gnomes a perfect fit for the lovey-dovey day on Feb. 14.  I paired the stamp set with the fun new GRASSY PATCHES die that is perfect to add that little patch of green to your cards.  I fussy cut my gnome images but you can purchase the CUT FILE HERE.  

I love that you can create your own cute little sentiment by combining a few of the words in the set.  I also love that you can arrange them just so to create a whimsical or formal look...Whimsy for me!  I colored my tag with some Pan Pastels and a blending brush before coloring the stamped images with Copic Markers.  I blended quite a few purples blues and pinks to get just the color I was looking for.  

After stamping and coloring the heart confetti, I stamped the heart banner on the gnomes hands and the heart dangling from the string on that tall hat gnome before fussy cutting all the gnomes and mounting them on the tag.  I added some ribbon and then mounted it on a white panel before mounting on fuschia and aqua paper.  Adding the grass allowed me to add one more tiny little gnome to the center of the card.  

I so love these little guys!  Don't you?  I hope my card inspires you to create something adorable!  Please hop over to my teamie's blogs to check out their fun projects too!  Remember, leave a comment on each blog to have a chance to win a TCP prize!  

 

Apple Pie and Pumpkin Spice...Nom Nom Nom!

Hey there inky friends!  Have you seen all the yummy fall stamp sets at Miss Ink Stamps yet?  If not, hop over to their website and check 'em all out.  This release is so fun and gnome-tastic! Today I'm sharing this fun fall card featuring the new Pumpkin Spice Gnomes set from Miss Ink Stamps.  I just love this set and the scenery as well as the assortment of Gnomes.  For this card, I picked the little pie totin' gnome so that I could get in the mooood for the fall season.  While creating this card, I also had some apple pie spice hot wax melting in my hot pot...SO perfect for this aromatic scene.  

I'm loving the "spotlighting" effect of coloring a single image with vibrant colors and then stamping/coloring the background in darker colors to create depth and detail.  I really wanted the background paper to be deep and rich so I selected this cranberry colored cardstock from my stash.  I think it worked perfectly for this scene.  I used Copics to color the gnome and then stamped/embossed and colore the background images using some watercolor pencils (without water).  I also added some white ink along the edges to really make the scene etherial.  Next, I mounted the scene onto a piece of pale yellow cardstock and then onto a cinnamon spice cardstock base.  

Thanks so much for hopping over to check out my card!  I hope it gets you in the mood for fall!  

See you again soon!  

National Coffee Day: SPOOOOOOKY Concoctions...

 

Hello there Coffee Loving Crafty peeps!  Today is OUR DAY!  I'm excited to be joining my fellow Coffee Loving Cardmaking designers AND the Miss Ink Stamps team in sharing some Coffee inspiration!  This is not your traditional hop (we'll save that for the Fall/Winter Hop) but is a Sponsor featured hop.  That means each one of our fabulous sponsors listed on the hop page.  Since Miss Ink Stamps is one of the super sponsors and is offering up a fab prize, I thought I'd join the fun!!!

I created this spooooooky Halloween coffee card with some of the newest stamp sets released this month.  I stamped and colored the image from the Coffee Gnomes set and then stamped/masked/ colored the images from the Pumpkin Spice Gnome set.  I also doodled a spider web for the background and added a little color/splatter before attaching the images.  To finish things off, I attached some enamel dots and mounted the panel onto a purple panel before attaching to a white card base.

I am in such a Halloween kick lately so I'm having fun making my sets "halloween-ie"!  Hope you enjoy!

Thanks so much for hopping over to my blog and I hope you hop over to the Miss Ink Blog and the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to check out all the fab info on this hop!  You just may win a coffee loving prize!!!

Sunday Sip...Jump right in!

Hello there coffee loving friends!  I'm back with another Sunday Sip and Share over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.  This week, I'm feeling much better (my back is healing nicely) and I can now get back to that big pile of crafty goodness on my stamping table.  A while back, I purchased a some coffee-related stamp sets at my favorite little stamp shop Butterfly Reflections Ink and  I'm slowly working through inking up everything in my order.  This week, I decided to get this adorable little gnome-y coffee set by Stamping Bella.  It's called Swimmer Gnomes.  I just love gnomes and they are having such a good time in this image, don't you think?  

To create my card, I started out by stamping the gnome cup onto Neenah Solar White cardstock with RG Avenue Black Taffy Ink.  I fussy cut the image and started working on watercoloring it with watercolor pencils.  After that was done, I took those same pencils and splattered some ink on the cup to give it more depth and then added some splatters on a background page.  After that, I used some RG Avenue Dazzling Pat to splatter some shimmery spatters on the page.  When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment over it with VersaColor Black ink.  

To finish the card off, I mounted the cup onto the splattered panel with foam squares and then mounted it onto a blue card base.

I hope you enjoyed this card and I'll see you again soon!  

SNOW DAY! Gnome for the Holidays

Hello there inky friends!  I'm excited to be sharing my first SNOW DAY CARD today!  WAHOO!!!  While it sleets and rains outside (and ice piles up all over), I'm toasty warm inside sipping my coffee, cleaning, making soup and...creating a few crafty cards.  Yes, I'm also still in my jammies! WAHOO!  I love days like this!  

I created this card that features the most adorable gnome set from TCP called Gnome For the Holidays.  I inked up the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored them with Copics.  I also did a little dotty-doo on the base panel and spritzed it with some Snow Shimmerz Spray to give it some shimmery shine.  I added some Pearl Nuvo Drops and some no-hole sequins to add to the layering.  

Taking a little liberty with the images,  I doodled up a string of lights on the tree as well as a nice pile of snow for them to play on finished off this fun and playful card.  I used a Staedtler .01 Black pigment ink for my doodle marks.  

A few dots of the white Gelli Roll Pen helped give their snowy outfits just the adorable vibe it needed. 

Fussy cutting these images is quite relaxing and I love to pop them up to let the lighting and shadows just play off of the page.  :)

Happy Snow Day! 

TCP Gnome for the Holidays...

Hello there inky friends!  I'm back with another cute card featuring the playful Gnome For the Holidays set by The Cat's Pajamas.  I just love these cute images and have been having such a ball imagining all the mischief they can get into!  I think this little fella was out on a snowflake hunt with his friends late one blustery night.  He collected a few snowflakes by candlelight and was lucky to bring them back home unmelted.  :)

To create my card, I stamped the gnome with the lantern onto white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Next, I colored the image with a handful of Copic Markers.  I thought pairing some lavenders, aqua and grays would work perfectly!  After coloring, I fussy cut the image and started working on the background panel.  

I diecut the background panel from the Framed Up 2 Die from Kraft Cardstock and then stamped the stars from this stamp set using Catherine Pooler Neutral Twilight ink.  I also cut the circle die several times to create a shaker element:  Ring:  Light Blue cardstock, snowflake patterned paper (Here Comes Santa 6x6 printed paper pack by PhotoPlay).  After stamping the kraft diecut, I cut it in half so that I could stretch the shape to fit the full size of the card.  I added some splatters of acrylic paint and some white Jelly Roll pen to give a little flurry action to this card.  Inside the shaker, I included some iridescent no-hole sequins and some tiny white hole punches.

Once complete, I layered all of my panels, attached some aqua ribbon and some black twine and attached the cute gnome atop the bow.

I love the colors and patterns in this card!  Since I don't often use printed paper, I'm making it a goal this coming year to USE it, not hoard it!  Please help nudge me into this direction!  LOL

TCP New Release: GNOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Hey there inky friends!  It's another fun week of new release excitement for me and this week I'm featuring the TCP stamp set called GNOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.  Make sure to visit every day this week for a new and fun creation featuring this most adorable Christmas set!  

To create today's card, I started out by machine stitching my background paper.  I wanted it to look a little shabby and tattered so the edges are a bit fussy.  I think this helps add to the character of this little playful gnome.  I used the Framed Up die to create a red framed element to mount onto my card.  It helped frame the sentiment quite nicely.  

If you take a close look at the center of the card, you'll notice I used the heart Liners CutUps Die and inserted a little red Rinea Foil heart on the inside.  I used my black Staedtler fineliner marker to "stitch" across this diecut.  

I colored my Gnome with Copics and colored pencils and added a bit of gloss to the tea tag, the tea inside the pot and the little heart on his chest.  Isn't he the cutest?!  

Make sure to stop by tomorrow to see another fun project featuring these adorable gnomes.  They're full of mischief!