Ghosts, they're not just for Halloween!!

Just when you think you can only pull out your ghosts in October and then only for Halloween cards, SURPRISE!!

First up. . .Gerda has created a sweet little coffee lover ghost digital stamp, who may or may not want to share his coffee with you!!  I resized and fussy cut him out, pairing him with a cup of coffee, because you can never have too much caffeine, right?!?

I colored with copic markers:

Ghost:  B000, BV10, and colorless blender

Coffee cup:  your choice of browns and grays, any light ones will do

Enjoy this little caffeine buzzed ghost!!

Next up. . .This little digital popcorn loving ghost had me at popcorn, buttered of course!!  I resized and fussy cut him out and paired him with an explosion of popcorn (actually little clouds from another stamp set, but they sure look like popcorn to me).  I don't think he's ready for a scary movie, but certainly there has to be a Halloween movie on the lighter side that he could watch and enjoy his popcorn!!

Again, I used copic markers:

Ghost:  B000, BV10 and colorless blender

Popcorn:  Y11

Popcorn container:  R29 and R35

Enjoy!!

Debbie

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

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. 

https://youtu.be/qZvUSwUEBYs

 

 Hope you enjoy this new set! 

See you again soon!