7 Kids Crafts: Beary Merry Christmas

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you're having a lovely day. Today I decided to work on a Christmas card using this 'beary' sweet stamp. You can find a wide selection of Dreamerland Crafts stamps here.
This Dreamerland Crafts stamp is called Beary Merry Christmas, the die is called Snowy Sky Scene Die by Hello Bluebird and the snowflake paper is called Winter Wonderland by Doodlebug Designs and the sentiment is by The Greeting Farm, Secret Santa stamp kit. To give the snow some depth I used Distress Oxide Speckled Egg. If you shop at 7 Kids Crafts use this code at checkout for a special discount:  GRSWYCSUFB

If you'd like to see how I colored the bear, you can watch it in real time here:
How to color Dreamerland Crafts: Beary Merry Christmas stamp

Dreamerland Crafts: Beary Merry Christmas

Hello Bluebird: Snowy Sky Scene Die

Doodlebug Designs: Winter Wonderland

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Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Midnight Snacks

Hello Sweet Crafty Friends,


Just sharing a card with these sweet little kittens by Sweet November Stamps. This little mischievous kitten is named Midnight and in the different scenes you'll see him or her up no good until nap time. There are two special bundle deals that end tonight Midnights Christmas Bundle and Angel Babies Trio The images will be open until Saturday November 23.


I made a card based on the kitties so here's a little excerpt from Sweet November:

Up at the North Pole in Santa's Christmas village, Mrs. Claus has a new furry friend to keep her company during Santa's busy day away. It may seem strange to name a snow white kitten Midnight, but being at the top of the world they see their share of midnight sunshine and Mrs. Claus has always had a sense of humor. And Midnight is quite mischievous, keeping Mrs. Claus and all those elves on their toes.

They can't forget to hang the fragile glass ornaments higher on the trees otherwise Midnight is right there to bat and swat at the entertaining baubles until they fall and break. Oh and don't' even think about leaving wrapped packages out before Christmas eve because Midnight will waste no time tearing into those pretty papers just to play with the ribbons and hide inside the boxes. When she works up an appetite, Midnight will sneak into the kitchen looking for Santa's plate of cookies and glass of milk to pilfer. She may try to be careful but you just know that that milk will be all over the table before you can bat an eye. And when she finally gets a bit sleepy, Midnight heads into the bedroom but it isn't the bed she is looking for... nope, only one of Santa's extra hats will do for her to curl up and cat nap on.

Despite all the trouble she gets into everyone in the workshop loves and adores this little Christmas kitty.

The images I used are Midnight's Cookies and Midnight's Ornaments. I created the simple background myself and I even added some cat scratches on the wall paper for some added naughtiness. The sentiment I created myself from a sentiment I saw online which I thought is something a kitten might say to it's kitten friend or sibling. heehee I made it into a long card so I can add a monetary gift to the card. My son and his best friend love cats and pretend to be cats when the are in class... those silly boys. Also, my son's best friend has been saving for a big Lego set and we hope that a little cash help him out. 

Okay on to the card.

Midnight's Cookies &Midnight's Ornaments

I colored the image with Copic markers and added just a little bit of

gold with my uni-ball Signo pen. 

I hope that you like the card and hope that you can play along for the month of November at the 

7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook page

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Bundled Buddies

Hello Crafty Friends

Happy Veterans Day! Today!

I wanted to share a card using this cute clear stamp set called Bundled Buddies by Penny Black. Many of the Penny Black are so cute but I especially love working with the images drawn by Mo Manning. This stamp can be used as a Christmas card but also as a Autumn/Fall or a Winter card.
Time I put this bundle cutie in an autumn colors setting using the Hello Bluebird - Winter Woods Overlay die and I copic colored in some lines to make them look like birch trees. The leaves are left over from my previous project and that die is also from Hello Bluebird - Oak Tree Scene Die which I colored with ColorCraft Brusho powder pigments.

I really enjoyed creating this autumn scene and I hope that you get a chance to grab these from the 7 Kids Crafts store and have some play time as well.

Bundled Buddies by Penny Black.

Hello Bluebird - Winter Woods Overlay die

ColorCraft Brusho

I created this card using the stamp I colored for 

Day#12 of The Daily Marker 30 Day coloring challenge. 

I colored this cutie up with Copic markers.

The background was created with Distress Oxides

and the front overlay I colored with Copic markers.

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Special Delivery

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you're having a wonderful Saturday and enjoying the new Sweet November Stamps release over at 7 Kids Crafts. There are several new stamps for the month of November. Today is the last day for the special bundle: Very Merrwee Christmas Bundle or you can by them singularly

Here are all of the new stamps:
Santa Bundle
Dancer and Dasher Bundle
Mrs. Claus Bundle
Ming Ming Bundle
Gingerbread House
Noe Bundle


I used Ming Ming Bundle and Noe Bundle. Here's a little excerpt about them: The Noe elf bundle includes the cheeriest little girl elf along with a festive gift bag and the handmade Christmas card that she has made for someone special. The Ming Ming elf bundle includes this happy little boy elf and two wrapped gifts that he is excited to add to Santa's sleigh.

As I was setting them up I knew I wanted them to carry a great big present that was ready to be put into Santa's big sleigh... I wonder who has a huge order of crafty goodies in that pretty present. 

Ming Bundle and Noe Bundle.

Here is a close-up of: Noe Bundle

I added little eyelashes to make Noe into a girl elf LOL guess 

I wasn't paying attention to the names when I colored them up. 

and here's a close-up of: Ming Ming Bundle

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun!

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Gingy You're So Sweet

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome the vault week release. Usually the vault images are only available for one week. The Sweet November crew decided to bring back several Gingy digis for you to enjoy. The bundle deal is available for 2 days and today is the last day to get that special price.

Here is the bundle deal: Vault Gindy Bundle Deal there are 5 images in the set, you can buy the bundle deal or  you can buy them singularly.

Gingy with Gum Drops
Gingy with Candy Canes
Gingy with Popcorn
Gingy with Icing bag
Gingy with Rolling Pin

I used Gingy with Gum Drops  and here is a little exerpt about about him by Amy Young:

"While Santa is in the workshop overseeing toy production for the upcoming holiday season, Mrs. Claus is busy baking up all sorts of sweet treats in the kitchen. And she's not alone, she's got help from Gingy, the sweet little gingerbread man brought to life by Christmas magic. Gingy has been sorting the biggest and best of the gumdrops for the special gingerbread house that he and Mrs. Claus have been putting together."

To color him up I used Polychromos pencils + 1 Prismacolor. The background I used Distress Oxides and Colorbox Frost White to create the snow. 

I hope that you like my card and are able to snag that Vault Gindy Bundle Deal by tonight. 

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Monsters Only

Hello Crafty Friends,

I had used this stamp on my previous post here: Dreaming of a White Christmas and I got so many questions about the coloring that I decided to do a facebook live with it even though I don't think I'm an expert at color pencils at all. You can check out the live here if you have time: Katya's Facebook Live at 7 Kids Customer's Create using Beaming elf. Kelly has ordered more of this cute elf from Penny Black and you'll be able to color him up too when it's restocked. During my live coloring I had a crafty friend, Sheila Fisher said she was planning to use him with Halloween colors. I thought this little elf colored in Halloween colors was a brilliant idea and after the live I had to ask her if it was okay to use that idea and she said yes. Yay! The first thing I thought was to color him up in green skin to make him into a little cute goblin and give him candy corn colored stripes. haha

The colors are listed below.

The Doodlebug papers are still in the shop and you can find them here:
Doodlebug Designs- 6x6 pad Candy Carnival

The banner and the sentiment which are all part of a 90 piece die cut set are available here:
Doodlebug Designs - Chit Chat Die Cuts - Candy Carnival
(note: I did trim the white from the banners/pennant.)

Beaming - Penny Black

Doodlebug Designs- 6x6 pad Candy Carnival

Doodlebug Designs - Chit Chat Die Cuts - Candy Carnival

Polychromos used:

Permanent Green, Deep Cobalt Green, Cadmium Yellow, White, Walnut Brown,

Cold Grey III, Rose Carmine, Burnt Ochre, Black,
Orange Glaze, Light Cadmium Red, Purple Violet, Mauve

Memento Dual Marker: Tuxedo Black

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials

and lots more fun! 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

LMMS: Christmas boy

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you are all having a beautiful day. For today's inspiration I have a card I created using Polka Dot Pals Eric and  Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces (digital) both of these are digital stamps from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

Polka Dot Pals Eric 

and  

Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces (digital)

Close-up

Polychromos color pencils I used were:

Ivory, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Medium Flesh,

Dark Flesh,Brown Ochre, Dark Cadmium Yellow, White,

Cold Grey III, Cold Grey VI, Black, Hooker's Green, 

Olive Green, Alizarin Crimson, Dark Red and Indian Red

For more inspiration from the Design Team and Guest Design Team

over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps check out the 

Little Miss Muffet Stamps & Inspiration Group.

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess 

LMMS: Chrissie Let It Snow

Hello Crafty Friends!

I hope you've been having a lovely day/evening. It's almost that time again... Christmas time and some of us (me actually) don't have enough Christmas cards created! Yikes! Every year I grab a new Christmas cardstock or paperpad because I think I'll be working on Christmas cards all year long and then I don't get to make as many as I want. Luckily it's still November and have a chance to make cards for a few family members, some teachers and some of my crafty friends- I hope!

On to my card....

I started with a rubber stamp Polka Dot Pals Chrissie from
Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I also used Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp set
I had lots of fun coloring her up on Kraft colored cardstock- to me it gives her
a slight vintage look.
I colored her up with Copic markers and then went in with a few stores of
Polychromos colored pencils.

Some of the Copic colors I used were 

B32

R17, R46, R59

Y15, Y35, Y23, Y26, Y28, 

W9, W7, W5

YG63, G94

W3, W1

then I laid a little color pencil on top for lighting

Uni-ball Signo White Angelic for the snow and eye lights. 

For the colored layered background I used a die from

My Creative Time and the die for Let It Snow sentiment

is a die from Our Daily Bread Designs.

Here's a close-up

I really enjoyed making this card. 

I think I will make more in different colors- at least to practice.

I've been playing along with 

#thedailymarker30day coloring challenge and really enjoying it

especially with this card- I finished all of the coloring in one day.

Don't forget that there are Anything Goes challenges over at

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

There's also a sale going on at the shop various stamps

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2018/11/challenge-113-christmas-is-coming.html

Christmas Is Coming (#143)

LMMS: This Little Light of Mine

Hello Crafty Friends,

I've been working on some Christmas cards... crossing my fingers that I don't run out this time. This is a simple card I created with Jr. Hatter Kit with the new Jr. Hatter Add-on Faces Set A (Digital.) I'm really loving all of the new faces to customize them all. To decorate the bottom portion of the card I used an accessory of Christmas string lights from the Holiday Truck set.

 Jr. Hatter Kit 

Jr. Hatter Add-on Faces Set A (Digital) 

Holiday Truck

I colored her up with Polychromos color pencils:
Skin: Ivory, Walnut Brown, Burnt Sienna, Indian Red and Medium Flesh
Outfit: Alizarin Crimson, Middle Cadmium Red, Dark Red, Caput Mortuum
Hair: Black, Cold Grey VI, Cold Grey III and White
For the lights:
Alizarin Crimson, Dark Cadmium Yellow, Cobalt Turquoise,
Dark Cadmium Orange, Crimson and Emerald Green +
Olive Green Yellowish for the light wire sockets.
For the lights of the eyes I used a Uni-Ball Sign Pen Angelic White.
For the background Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn
The rectangle die is from My Creative Time.
The sentiment is a clear stamp from Some Odd Girl.

I hope you liked my simple card and don't forget

to check out the 

Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

LMMS Christmas Vega

Hello,

Today I'm showcasing a card with image Polka Dot Pals Vega digi and Polka Dot Pals Add-On Faces from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I used a background from Make It Crafty called Penelope Watching Santa Digi. I cropped the Make It Crafty Image and used the version without the Santa in the background.

I had fun coloring this scene even though I  have been sick... (whaaaaaah) I would have colored much faster if I wasn't sick though and on top of that busy Mom schedule. I started coloring the image with prismacolors but some areas that needed more coverage like the curtain, the night sky and Vega's dress I colored with Copic marker first. I did not need to use markers first but I found that it was a slight cheater method to lay down some coverage. I mostly used Prismacolor pencils though.

I tried to color Polka Dot Pals Vega digi to look like the person I am giving the card to. 

Here is a close-up of the image 

To view more inspirational cards from the other talented designers

as well as entering your card for the Anything Goes Challenge

check out the link below

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

LMMS: Lamb and Star

Good Day Everyone!

I hope all is well. I've been working on a few cards behind the scenes and this one is one of my simpler cards at the moment but it has a powerful meaning to me. I got the idea to make it a card from a bible verse. Matthew 2:10 (through verse 11)

The name of the Little Miss Muffet Stamp is Lamb and Star. The image was separated because I originally meant to add a die cut in between the mountains and the pasture but I ended up liking the image centered and I will have to make another card or two to show my original idea as well as the layout in which it was intended to be used by LMMS artist Barbara. The inside of the card is a rubber stamp from Our Daily Bread Stamps and it's called "Come Let Us Adore Him" 

I colored background with mostly distress inks straight on to the paper and then blended by using the mini ink blending foam. I made sure to block the image with a removable sticker or masking paper. When my background distress inking was done I colored in the star, the lamb and added a little shading and a few lines on the grass with Prismacolor pencils. I finished off the coloring by adding stars with a Uni-ball Signo Angelic pen and tracing over the black lines on the star. See! Easy peasy! :D For the sentiment in the front I hand wrote that myself... Every time I tell myself to not put my sloppy handwriting on the front for the next card... next card comes around if I don't have a proper stamp or die for it I mess it up with my sloppy hand writing LOL I don't know why I do it! Aaaaah! 

Here is the inside of the card. I ended up not using Kraft cardstock inside and went with 

plain white since I didn't need to use color pencils.

I know the stamp inside says it differently but I liked it a lot and the meaning is the same.

 9 When they heard the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

I hope you enjoyed this card as much I enjoyed coloring and making the card while playing 

Norman Hutchins - Emmanuel song on a loop. heehee

Thank you so much for stopping and don't forget to stop by the links below for more inspiration

 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

and

https://www.pinterest.com/LMMStamps/

Katya Bess

Kraftin' Kimmie October Release Hop

Woohoo! It's finally here!!

Today we are celebrating the 

amazing CHRISTMAS release of ALL of our 

NEW October

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!!

ALL FOUR new sets are NOW available in the Krafty Shop!

So let's have a big happy hop around the design team blogs and check them all out in action! Grab a nice hot beverage, sit back and relax while you hop around and enjoy all the amazing creations!!

First up is ANGELICA ANGEL!

Next, another sweetie....EVANGELINE ANGEL!

Then our feathered friends in

MERRY & BRIGHT BIRDIES!

And lastly we shared the adorable new

REINDEER GAMES!

ALL the new sets are available now individually BUT if you HAVE to have it ALL, we also have our October Gimme Kimmies Kit which includes all FOUR of the new sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last!

Here's the card I created for the hop.

EVANGELINE ANGEL
She is so fun stamp to color! :D 

She's so adorable!

Thank you for stopping by

-Katya Bess

*** And don't forget the ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL!!

All orders of $80+ get to CHOOSE

one of FOUR FREE stamp sets!!

(You are My Sunshine, Ewe are Amazing, Book Dragon

or Christmas Blessings Sentiments!)

Happy hoppin' and happy shoppin!!

Warmest Holiday Wishes

Hello Everyone!

Today I'm sharing a card I made with Felicity - Hello. I colored her up with Copic markers and gave the card a little winter/holiday look with the Recollections: Christmas Noel paper pad called: Say Freeze. 

I colored her up with Copic colors: 

Skin: B34, E11, E37, E34, R22 and R30

hair: N8, N6 and N4

Dress: C3, C5, C7 and C9

Scarf: R56, R46, R29 and R39

The eyelights: Uni-ball Signo White Broad pen

The dies and sentiment are both from: 

My Creative Time

So here is my card with 

Felicity - Hello

Here is a close-up of the coloring although the lighting was a little different.

I hope the intended recipient likes the card

and I hope you liked it too.

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

For Someone Sweet and Deer

Hello Everyone!

I hope all is well. I've been working on some Christmas coloring and decided to share this card I made with Lucille - What a Deer, she is one of my favorite Chibi Kids to color from Stamp AnnieThing. On one of my previous posts I decided to color her as a red head with cute little freckles and this time I'm coloring her as an African-American with sort of medium tone.

Lucille - What a Deer

I used Copic markers

the colors are

B34, E11, E37, E34, R22, R30

R27, R29, R46

E42, R43, E84, E33

N2, N4, N6 and N8

The papers are from DoodleBug Design: Sugarplums line

the dies are from 

My Creative Time

CC Designs

and Craftin Desert Divas

The sentiment is from 

Brooke- For Someone Sweet

and the DEC. 25th I fussy cut from 

the DoodleBug Design: Sugarplums 6x6 paper pad. 

Here are some close-ups.

I hope you like it.

Thank you so much 

for stopping by.

Katya Bess

entering card at 

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-71-anything-goes.html

Anything Goes

Stamp AnnieThing Preview Day #3 Lucille

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's November release!  

We got some really fun new Chibi Kids to share with you today!

Lucille is available in the store Today along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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Good morning Crafty Peeps!

Today is is the release day for all of the cuties we showcased this week. 

I like them all but one of the ones I love most is the Lucille chibi

she is so adorable with her little curls. 

So this is my card:

I colored her up with Copic markers.

Doesn't seem like it but I used a bunch of colors with her. 

skin: Bv00, E0000, E000, E21, E50, R20, R30 and R33

for the eye lights I used Copic White

hair: E08, E35, E23, YR27 and Y35

for her clothing: N4, N6, N8, R46, R29, R27 and R24

for the vest hoodie I paper pieced from a 

Recollections Christmas 8.5 x11 stack called

Frosty Cabin I 

found some year or two or three years ago. [gulp]

I really don't need any more Christmas paper

unless it's from Doodlebug Design or Echo Park

those I  use up really fast. LOL 

The die is from Craftin Desert Divas.

Oh snap! I could have made the hoodie brown

just like her deer hat. I didn't even think about that 'til

now... Now I have to color up another Lucille. ha!

but that's okay I love her! :P

My mind has been every where ATM with my kids'

school meetings and events, and CCSA meetings,

church choir rehearsals and other functions for the kids. I 

love all of that stuff but now we are also house

hunting and that has been taking up most of the time

and it's actually becoming overwhelming or really a little bit

stressful since we don't really know the neighborhood.

On the flip side of that I most likely will have my own 

craft room where I can close the door and my things

will be untouched by kids- keeping my fingers crossed for that

and I love my hubby but I hope that I won't have to 

share that space with him either.... so he won't have to look

at all the scrappy things I have bought or use my scissors...Seriously!!! 

Y'all know how that is. LOL 

okay too much of my unorganized, unscripted, unplanned... or just plain crazy 

crafting mom life. ha! 

Here is a close-up of my colored up Lucille.

I hope you enjoyed our November release!

All the new stamps are available NOW in the store! 

Woot Woot!

 Have a great day!

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing Preview Day #2 Paige Holiday Magic

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's November release!  

We got some really fun new Chibi Kids to share with you today!

Paige is available in the store FRIDAY along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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Here is my card with Paige Holiday Magic- She's so cute!

I used some Copic markers

N8, N6 and N4 for the hair.

Greens are G05, G07 and G85

R24, R29 and R46

Y08, Y13, B04 and B05

I used some of the papers from my favorite paper company

Doodlebug Design it was actually two different Christmas papers

The dies are from CC Designs and from My Creative Time

The yellow in the background is 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mustard Seed.

Here is a close-up. 

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We hope you enjoyed our Novemberr release!

All the new stamps are available NOW in the store!

 Have a great day!

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess