Sweater Weather Doggie with TCP

 

Oh it’s sweater weather, and I love it!  Welcome to the October release at The Cat’s Pajamas!   You’ll find all sorts of Autumn and Winter goodies this month.  Today I picked up the new Gnome for the Holidays.  It’s the cutest set full of Christmas gnomies, but the little weiner dog caught my eye and I knew he’d be perfect for a slimline design, and I knew he could pull of Autumn in his snazzy sweater!

He’s coloured up with Copics, with fine line sweater details done with coloured pencil.  Between his rubber boots, and toque, he’s a true Canadian ready for the season.  The sentiment is from a retired TCP polymer set, and I’ve added in the little leaves from a retired TCP Cut Ups die.  

The background dies give you all that sweater texture and the striping that coordinates with the image.  He’s sure a cutie!  

 

Here’s a peek at the set where you can see the cutie gnomes!   Thanks for dropping by!  

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Sweater Weather Doggie with TCP

The Perfect Sunflower with Power Poppy

I do love the beauty of Sunflowers, and there are so many beautiful illustrations of them in stamping, but I don’t think there is any better one that this design from Marcy’s skilled hand at Power Poppy.  It’s called simply called Sunflower Power.  I haven’t coloured it in so long, and it was just the right season to pull it out.  

I started colouring the design with Copics, and finished up the detail work with Coloured Pencils.  This way you get the saturated colour start, with the fin lines of a sunflower petal and leaves.  After colouring I trimmed it carefully and placed it on some rich rust cardstock using an MFT framed die.  The background is created with a gorgeous pierced plate that I’m so taken with from The Greetery called Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate.  I’ve added deeper ink around the edges for more texture.  

I added in ink splashed die cut leaves from The Greetery using their Big Branches: Ruscus Die.  The sentiment is stamped with the polymer version of this sunflower stamp set, and I’ve splattered some gold paint over the design to make it shine.  

The perfect Sunflower, am I right?  :)   

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The Perfect Sunflower with Power Poppy

Mush-room for Gratitude with The Greetery

 

Hello and Happy Tuesday evening!  I don’t know where you are but we are getting a few extra days of Summery weather this Autumn and it’s a delight to enjoy.  However, my creative hands are much more interested in all the Fall colours and textures.  Today I have a card created with The Greetery’s Botanicuts Toadstool Garden dies.   I began by cutting out the toadstools in a variety of warm colours along with some grass with a retired die from The Cat’s Pajamas.  

After assembling the toadstools, I added some Copic marker accets to increase the dimension on the fungi, and placed it all on a Lemongrass background which I ran through The Greetery’s Pierced Plaid Pierce Plate.  My goodness, does that ever give you beautiful texture!  I created an “interior frame” with a stencil and white ink, and also incorporated a cross-stitch frame with The Greetery’s Hoopla Oval Die, outlining some of the woodgrain details in the frame with a Copic marker.  

The sentiment is from The Greetery’s Thankful Heart Stamp and Stencil set.  And just to balance the design I added in a wood veneer butterfly which I added some colour to with ink, Copics and a white gel pen.  It’s definitely feeling Fall!  

Thanks for joining me today! 

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Mush-room for Gratitude with The Greetery

Welcome Autumn Door with Concord & 9th

 

A festive Hi!  I just love a creative products that can go beyond one season!  When I saw this new door set from Concord & 9th, with dies that can be used for multiple occasions and seasons, I knew it would be a great one.  Its called Door Decor Dies, and it’s fabulous!  

First off I played with a colour palette that would work for a cheerful autumn scene that also had a bit of unique colour, and came up with this one with Stardust, Spiced Cider, Creamsickle, Briar Rose, Eucalyptus and Juniper.  Then I cut out all the little pieces to form the door, leave bough, wreath and accents.  I did a litte ink blending on all the elements to give them a bit of depth too.  

Then its just putting the tiny pieces together!  I love Concord & 9th for their attention to details....things like the little door pulls and the tops to the pumpkins.  All done with such care.  

A really fun set to create with, and I look forward to lots of other versions in the future!  

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Welcome Autumn Door with Concord & 9th

Fall Forest Whimsy with The Cat’s Pajamas

 

Well Hi!  Today I’m bringing you the most charming whimsical little Autumn scene!  It’s created with The Cat’s Pajamas stamps and digital images, and lots of Copic colouring.  I started with creating a Fall themed background with TCP’s Fall Foliage digital stamp set, arranging the leaves, acorns and toadstools in a fun layout.  

Next I also took some of those same leaves and shrunk them down really tiny so that I could add them to this retired stamp set scene, giving it the feel of a windy Autumn day where the leaves are swirling (its very west-coast with gigantic leaves!).  These little leaves are trimmed out after colouring and added to the Copic coloured scene.  Aren’t these little woodland animals darling dressed in their cozy sweaters and scarves?  

The main image is popped up and I’ve added texture to the background with a plaid style die, as well as a few enamel dots to accent.  It’s the perfect all occasion card for Fall!  

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Fall Forest Whimsy with The Cat’s Pajamas

Autumn Mums with The Greetery

 

We’ve just come home from an evening walk that was glorious.  I love Autumn walks.  The leaves have just started to turn colour, the air is still warm but not humid, the sunsets are truly beautiful.  It’s lovely to move into Fall.  Today I have a cozy arrangement of Mums from The Greetery called Mum’s the Word. It is a fun combination of stamp and stencil, where you begin by stencilling in background colour and finish with stamping the details.  

I used a rich palette of deep rosey shades and deep greens, cutting the framed flowers out with the Coordinating Die. I also added in a few extra stencilled and stamped blooms to fill out the framing and give a greater sense of dimension.  

The sentiment is stacked up in a few layers, and I’ve added in a few enamel dots for a perfect Autumn Birthday card!  

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Autumn Mums with The Greetery