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Here’s a cutie from Whimsie Doodles digi stamps for their Back To School challenge (WWC45) this week. Hopefully it counts since often parents give their kids a “pearl of wisdom” before attending school for the year.

Supplies:
Whimsie Doodles digi stamps
Copic markers
Michael’s ribbon
Spellbinders
Mojo Monday sketch #136

and getting ready for Halloween! I used one of Michelle Perkett’s faeries offered at Faerie Song Artstamps to make this Halloween-ish card. It’s Glenda the Good Witch!

The card layout was inspired by Shimelle’s weekend crop, thanks Shimelle!

Supplies:
Faerie Song Art Stamps, Michelle Perkett Designs
Copic markers
Glitter pen
My Mind’s Eye patterned paper
Shimelle’s sketch

Whimsie Doodles has a weekly Wednesday Challenge that I had the pleasure of coming across recently! This is the first time that I’m playing along and the challenge is to use your school colors on a card.

My school mascot was a “Saint” as I went to a Catholic High School and our colors were gold and green, well really yellow and green but gold sounds so much more regal!

I used “Jelly Present” from the Shell-abration set at Whimsie Doodles and colored him/her with Copics. I had fun blending the greens and yellow-greens with some of the yellows. A touch of glitter for the party atmosphere and it’s done! Click on the picture for a larger view.

Supplies:
Jelly Present from Shell-abration set at Whimsie Doodles
Copic Markers
Sakura Gellyroll Pen
Ranger Glossy Accents
CPS sketch #179
Fiber and brads

Not only have I been having fun recently with digital stamps, but I’ve found Artists whose work is both in digital stamps and rubber stamps! Isn’t that the best of both worlds??

I’ve been making projects for Heather at Faerie Song Art Stamps for 3 yrs this month (wow) using many of the stamps she offers from different Designers. Michelle Perkett is one of those Designers. I’ve seen a glimpse of other images from her here and there on Paper Craft Planet and wondered where they were offered. Well, she has her own Etsy store and blog with a ton of images!

How exciting! More than just faerie creatures and all in that great artist stroke! She recently gave away this neat cake image AND is having a DT call! I thought this image would look GREAT printed on acetate and colored in with glitter – well, cakes with candles are for celebrating right? I kept the card design on the simple side because the image is so nice on a larger card. I hope you like it!

Supplies:
Michelle Perkett Studio cake digi stamp
P K Glitz glitter
Crystal Lacquer
Office Depot acetate
Spellbinders Impressabilities circle texture
Corner punch
Clearsnap ink

Click on the card for a bigger version to view. I printed the image on acetate, colored in the different portions of the cake with Crystal Lacquer one at a time and added the color glitter that I wanted. This is all done on the back of the image so that the detail is nice and clear when you flip it over. The letters were traced with Crystal Lacquer and sprinkled with all of the glitter colors for a rainbow effect. The ink on the embossed background design was done using a DTP technique.

Enjoy your afternoon!

Yes, I have been working on my holiday cards throughout the year doing a little at a time each month. Here’s a pretty simple heat embossed image card with rather unconventional colors. I love this Italian paper from Marco’s Paper!

Supplies:
P K Glitz embossing powder
Border punch
Ranger embossing ink
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Reindeer stamp (Denami I think?)
Vellum, patterned paper and cardstock