Thursday, October 17, 2024

Too Cute To Spook! A Trifecta of Halloween Fun!!

 Just in time for Halloween, Gerda has done it again, creating some sweet little digital stamp ghosts that are perfect for Halloween or any time.  

This particular little ghost fore sure is perfect for Halloween.  I resized and fussy cut him out to pair him with a spooky withered tree against a wavy circle background.  With minimal coloring involved, you can make up a quick Halloween card to give to someone to "spook" up their day!!

I colored the boo ghost with copics:

Ghost:  B000, BV, and colorless blender

BOO:  G07, YG09, and YG13



Then who says love and Halloween don't mix.  Not me!!  Of all the pumpkins in the whole wide world, you're the only pumpkin for me.  Here's another sweet little digital ghost already for fall, picking his favorite pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch.  I resized and fussy cut this little ghost out and paired him with the pumpkins from Gerda's Pumpkin Mouse stamp set.  They were made for each other!!

I used copics to color the images:

Ghost:  B000, BV10, and colorless blender

Pumpkins:  YR09, YR04, Y19, and Y15

Pear:  YR24, YR23, and YR21

Apple:  R29, R35, and R24

Mushroom:  R29, R35, E31, and E30


Then be sure to look up in the sky, so you don't miss this next little ghost flying high!!  Woohoo!!  I resized and fussy cut this little witchy friend out and placed him in a cobweb frame, for his ride past the moon.

I used copics to color him up, and a blender brush with white ink to give a spooky feel to the frame.  The sentiment is from Gerda's Halloween Ghosts stamp set.

Ghost:  B000, BV10 and colorless blender

Hat & broom:  your choice, but I am partial to purples for the witch's hat


Happy early Halloween!!  And as always, happy crafting!!

Debbie



Sunday, October 6, 2024

Woodland Holiday Friends New Release in Pastels

 Greetings everyone! It's me again, Jessie Scott (@chevy.scott on IG) here to share a fun mostly just coloring card! I'm using the large focal image from the newly released "Woodland Holiday Friends" stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs! 


Isn't this large stamp adorable?!?! I wanted a soft pastel Christmas vibe, and I love how it came out!


I had fun masking off this image and splattering with my favorite Kuretake watercolors. To match my card base, I ink blended some distress oxide on the edges. 


Sentiment is the same distress oxide embossed with clear embossing powder to seal it in. 
COST SAVING TIP ALERT!!!

I love getting whatever color embossed sentiment this way! Pigment inks with clear embossing powder is a great way to get more colors than what you have in your embossing powder stash. Now I really only need to have a giant jar of clear, then some white, and other glitter embossing powders and some metallic. No need to buy any plain colored ones! 

Here's a coloring video in case you want to see all the colors I used. 


 

 Hope you enjoy this new set! 

See you again soon!

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Merry Christmas by Noga Shefer

Hi crafty friends, Noga  here and I am so happy to share with you another project for Gerda Steiner Designs today.


My card featuring brand new the adorable Beary Merry Christmas.

To make this card I took an A2 panel of green cardstock. 

For the background, I die cut the decklrd frame die out of white cardstock. 
Behind it, I ink blended a background using Distress Oxide in shaded lilac, splashed it with water and  and glued it behind this frame.

Next I colored the sweet image using copic markers and stamped a greeting from this set using black ink.

For a final touch, I added some snowflakes sequins.

I hope you enjoy the card I created and feel inspired to create!

Thanks for stopping by,