25 Days of Christmas Tags- Day 11

Tracey featured Studio Katia on Day 11 of her 25 Days of Christmas Tags. I loved Laura Volpes sweet bear peeking over the pile of presents and her amazing coloring!

I thought of an idea to match using Avery Elle's "Peek-a-Boo Pets" and a basket and sentiment I had from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

I colored my images with Zig Clean Color Markers and a paint brush. I love how Avery Elle's little pets come with paws that you can stamp separately and place wherever you like!

Adding this to Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge at the Daily Marker. I have been working on using a more cohesive color scheme, with less color choices, when watercoloring little scenes...and it really does make a difference!  🙂

Down on the Farm

The theme for this week's Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge was "Down on the Farm," which gave me the perfect opportunity to use Avery Elle's Market Stand and Peek-a-Boo Pets stamp sets again!

This time, I practiced watercoloring with my Zig Clean Color Markers and a waterbrush, stamping the images first with VersaFine black on Arches watercolor paper.

Added a sentiment from PTI's Blooming Button Bits, and some Nuvo Drops and white gel pen accents. Made a light watercolor wash of blue and green for the background.

I still cannot get over the cuteness of these sets! Makes me so happy...and excited for the start of farmer's market stands popping up in our town this summer! Thanks for stopping by!

Eggs for Sale Sketch

Some fun with the sketch by Jen Timko at Freshly Made Sketches this weekend!

My end result turned out a little different than I intended, but you can't go wrong with Avery Elle's sweet chicken from Peek-a-boo Pets at work at the Farm Market Stand!

 Added a sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps' L'il Buddies and eggs from Spring Baskets. The "Thank You" is from the Peek-a-boo Pets set. The inside says "I'd be cracking up without you!" 🤗

Added some woodgrain stamping on the stand using a Heidi Swapp background, and some paper-piecing with Pebbles "Lake House" papers. The side banners were made with PTI's Double-Ended Banner dies.

Lots of Glossy Accents on those special eggs for sale! So much fun creating this little scene, thanks for "chicken in!" 😉😆

Lemonade Fusion

Playing along with the Fusion Card Challenge this week, and was inspired by the woodgrain, neutral colors, letters, and stripes in the inspiration photo!

I used the adorable "Peek-a-boo Pets" and "Market Stand" from Avery Elle!

This combination of sets is SO much fun to create with, and has adorable teeny elements! I kept my pets neutral and fancied up the stand with some paper-piecing.

I heat embossed the sentiment on woodgrain paper and added some Glossy Accents to the glasses, pitchers, and cubes. The coloring was done with Copic markers.

Fun patterned papers from Pebbles "Spring Fling" collection cut with stitched frame dies. On the inside, I stamped an encouraging sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio, "Find the sweet in the sour."

If you're searching for some fun and versatile sets, these sweet Avery Elle stamps and dies are for you! 💕 Thanks for stopping by!

Great Pig Paper Hugs Throwdown

Today is my last post as the guest designer at the Color Throwdown, and what a fun month it has been! Thank you so much to all who have visited, and to the lovely DT members for asking me to play along!

This week's lovely color combination is by Lisa Henke...mauve, moss green, and cream...

I went in a bit of a different direction than this beautiful floral inspiration...! 

Created an encouragement card featuring sweet products from Avery Elle and The Stamp Market...

Oops! 😁...I saw a pink pig and green polka dots! The sweet Paper Hug layered die is from The Stamp Market. I brushed it with A Muse Studio's Spruce ink then stamped it with PTI's Polka Dot Basics in Peeled Paint Distress ink.

Added a little pig and flowers (and teeny hooves!) from Avery Elle's Peek-a-Boo Pets. This set is filled with adorable animals (and feet!) which could hang out on just about any card. Also stamped a sentiment from PTI's Ways to Say: Get Well Soon, and a little grass detail from Petite Pots.

Sending great "pig" paper hugs to the Color Throwdown team...I've had a blast this month! XOOO