It's that time of year!

If you've been following my Facebook or Instagram accounts, you've seen that lettering has lead me to card making.  And why not? I mean..all those fancy letters and sparkly glitters and embossed sentiments... Need I go on?

Yes, yes, I need. To go on, that is.

I got this adorable stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called "Treat Yours-ELF" and couldn't help but paint some up with my Tombow Dual Brush pens. Since I painted them all the same, the challenge has been to come up with a different card for each elf...each time I made a card.  You've seen the swinging elf already (if not, read about him here), but he's got a little friend who just can't wait to give you her gift.

So, without further ado, I bring you elves on cards ..(which are also available in my shop ;))

This little girl is hoping you'll love her little gift, standing on a glittery tag, on a background of plaid stripes and stencilled, hand blended ink dots. She's sure to brighten anyone's holiday!

And this guy is swinging into the holidays on a golden Christmas ball, hanging from a hand painted watercolour Christmas tree background.  His greetings for the season are all polished up for you in gold embossed hand lettering.

If either of these cards strike your fancy, get them before someone else snags them up.  You can find my shop on my Facebook page, or above, in the Shop tab!

Swinging Elves??!!??! Oh my...

Tee hee!!

You didn't really think that you'd see swinging elves here, did you?!?! Get your mind outta the gutter! LOL!!

This little elf swings on a Christmas ornament from his modern day "tree" of alcohol ink splatters.  He's also shining up the holidays with his gold star, the gold on his ornament and the hot pink sparkly paper that frames him. A little glitter on the sentiment, and he's on his way to making someone's holiday a shiny, happy one.

This card is hand painted, hand stamped and totally hand made in non-traditional colours of hot pink and teal. It's also available for purchase from my shop.

Get him before his disappears!

So, what did I use to colour my elf? Here's a list...

Tombow Dual Brush Pens #847, 703, 743, 451, 533, 443, 476, 993, 992, 977, 458, 177, 098

Artists Loft Watercolour Pencil: Pink, white

Jacquard Lumiere paints: 562 Metallic Olive

Artists Loft Liquid Watercolour: Metallic Gold

Folk Art Extreme Glitter acrylic paint

MomentoLUXE: Tuxedo Black

The papers are what I have on hand, from past paper realeases, found at WalMart and local dollar stores.

And We're Off!

..to a new blog...

Here's to hoping I can keep this one updated more frequently..

I'll be posting what I do, how I do it, photos and demos.

If you have any questions for me, leave them in the comments and I'll get back to you!

Thanks for stopping by!