Freshly Made Sketches #112

It's Jen Brum's turn to design the sketch for Freshly Made Sketches this week, and I decided to join in on the fun:

I couldn't wait to use my new Season's Tweetings stamp set from CTMH.  I thought the sentiment was adorable and so had fun with its theme and stamped the two 'love birds' Christmas kissing - only problem was the smaller bird was too short - so the solution was either an ornament or a present as a makeshift stepping stool, as they were the only two Christmas-themed stamps I had that were suitable in size. As you can see in the photo, I went with the present :)

I added some glitter to the wreath, present, and mistletoe, 

and complimented that with a silvery-glittered background.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day :)

Supplies Used:
Paper: CTMH White Daisy, black; Recollections Silver Foil
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps: CTMH Season's Tweetings, Holiday Trinkets
Other:  Copics; Stickles Xmas Red & Crystal; 3d foam tape

'Going Ape' Over The Paper Players 168

I was curious to see what The Paper Players had in mind for this week's challenge, and when I saw that it was a CAS challenge (with a masculine birthday theme), I was quickly discouraged because CAS cards don't come easily for me!  But....I took on the challenge anyway and glad I did :o)  

I don't have many masculine stamps to choose from, but I did have 'Camilla the Gorilla' (and for the purpose of this challenge, let's pretend that she's a he) that I thought would be fun to use. Here's my card:

I coloured the gorilla in using Copics, fussy cut him out, and glued him onto a pile of leaves that I cut out with my Lorelai Leaf die using various green papers and then layered.  I then stamped and coloured a banana image, cut around it leaving only the skin so that it looks half eaten, and glued it onto the pile as well.  For the tree, I simply cut out the trunk from a piece of patterned paper.  The grass was cut out free-hand and touched up with a Copic marker. The branch is also cut from the same die that I used for the leaves, and the vine is made with a strip of kraft paper that I twirled using my quilling tool. Speaking of vines, excuse my ignorance, but I just wasn't sure if gorillas actually swung on them!? My son insisted that they don't and so I should remove it.  Well, there was no way I was going to get rid of it - after all, it's my favourite part of the card! - so of course I Googled it, and lo and behold, they do! Well, mostly the little ones.  
And so, the vine stays (yay) and please do consider the gorilla a baby :o)

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used:

Paper: CTMH Kraft, Colonial White, Black; Graphic 45; Recollection Autumn Designer Paper & Green Faux Canvas

Stamps: High Hopes 'Camilla Gorilla', 'Go Bananas'

Ink: Memento Black

Other: Poppystamps Lorelai Leaf die; Cuttlebug; Copics; Quilling tool; 3-d foam tape

First Time For Everything

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for my niece's birthday, with a digistamp coloured with Copics - my first attempt at colouring an image that I wasn't half embarrassed to display (to the world, I might add!):

Hope you have a great day :)

Supplies Used:

Paper: CTMH Kraft, Colonial White; Recollections pink & 'patterned' purple

Ink: CTMH Black

Stamps: Digistamp from Tiddly Inks; Verve 'Birthday Surprise'

Other: Copics; Spellbinders Classic Scallopped Circles; Cuttlebug; Stickles; Black Sharpie