Hellllooooo Friends!! How are you? Happy Weekend to you. I think it’s safe to say fall is upon us and that means it’s finally STAMPtember® !!!!! Besides coloring stamping is one of my passions and that’s why STAMPtember® rocks my boat. It’s a month long of major inspiration and temptation with awesome releases from Simon Says Stamp!
Heidi from Simon Says Stamp is so passionate about stamping and crafting. Here is how Heidi defines STAMPtember® in her own words.
“STAMPtember® (stmp-tmbr) is defined by Simon Says Stamp… an event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate our community of stampers.
Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an obsession for rubber stamps. However, it didn’t take long until we became a One Stop Shop. Now Simon Says Stamp and STAMPtember® is so much more than stamps! This year you’ll also see a focus on many other exciting products like dies, notecards, and some very special surprises. Our intention is to be your one stop shop in this awesome community! Rubber stamps still remain at the heart of our business, and we are celebrating by releasing exclusive products with many of the industry’s finest brands. Be sure to visit our Blog as the home base for the festivities!
Trust me when I tell you that the activities this year are exceptional, and we have fun surprises to keep you on your toes ALL month long! We hope you find a product or two from our special exclusive collection releasing today that you LOVE!”
When I saw this stamp set called, “Naughty and Nice Elves” I fell in love. (Let me preface that I fell in love with the entire release lol but, I chose this baby for today’s post) This stamp called for some “no line coloring” and my go to ink for that is the fade out ink. When I do this kind of coloring I always add a base layer of marker first.
Aren’t these the cutest little elves? Gah love them. We are away for the long weekend so I wasn’t able to turn this into a card PLUS I was up until 2 am coloring her. I was prepared to show you part of it colored but, I just had to finish.
This is where I was going to stop and then just couldn’t ha ha ha. I feel like elves should be fanciful and that’s why you see eyeshadow and rosy cheeks. By the way I used my prisma pencils and I always say the best pencil is a sharp one!
Tomorrow I have two art pieces to share with you that I now have hanging on my wall and a VIDEO. This is a little sneaky peak … adding black to those nooks and crannies.
See to tomorrow! Hugs, Kathy
Day 26. No Line Coloring
Day 16. Another Giveaway
Stamptember Hero Arts
So sweet Kathy, no wonder you wanted to colour this and you did an amazing job of it too!
Love your sneak peek…
Have a wonderful weekend away!
I am grateful that you liked her and the sneak peek, Teresa! I appreciate your well wishes for our trip. You are so thoughtful 🙂
Your elf is beautiful! Love her!
Awwww, thank you, Dot! Coloring is so much easier when you have a terrific image to start with 🙂
OMG.Your.Coloring.
Your succinct comment has me grinning ear to ear ! Thank you so much 🙂
HOW CUTE, Kathy!!! He looks SO CUTE done in the no-line coloring, (LOVE the Fade Out Ink too! 😉 ) He looks like he could just fly off the page! BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!! I’ve been waiting for Stamptember to come around! LOL TOO FUN!!!! AND CAN’T WAIT to see your post tomorrow too!!!! Have a BLESSED WEEKEND & SAFE TRAVELS HOME TOO!!! 😉
Becky, you are the sweetest! It makes me so happy to know that you enjoy Stamptember as much as I do. Thank you for the well wishes for the weekend and my travels. I appreciate it so much 🙂
Your no line coloring is beautiful!
You are so kind, Lori! I wish I didn’t need sleep, because I definitely want to color more of these sweet elves; so much fun 🙂
OMG the elf is too cute! Love the coloring!
I am so glad you like her, Laurie! I am completely smitten with the images in this stamp set 🙂
What a glamour girl of an elf complete with vibrant colors and make up. I’m always so happy when I see your name pop up so I can see what fabulous stuff you’ve found for us and are doing.
You are so sweet, Lee! She is a little glamorous, isn’t she? I am warning you, these adorable images are addicting to color 🙂
Those elves are adorable!
Thank you, Pam! I agree…so much cuteness in one fun-tastic stamp set 🙂
Oh soooo SWEET!
Thank you, so much, Jan! I am realizing more and more how important great images are to creating a sweet card 🙂
Happy Stamptember Kathy! I’ve been “saving” up my crafting budget just for this month, I just love all the new stamps, but how to choose? I love your gorgeous little girl elf, so adorable and her “make up” is impeccable!
Happy Stamptember to you too, Sheri! I’m not sure how you will choose among the super sweet images in the upcoming releases. I appreciate your thoughtful comment; I am so happy you like her and her “makeup” 🙂
This looks like a beautifulillustration from a fairy tale book. Love your no lone coloring with the fade out ink. Getting one of those ink pads soon. Can’t wait!
Oh, Kristina, thank you so much! I still love the illustrations in those children’s Golden books from the 1960s (I’m dating myself ;)) What a lovely compliment 🙂
Yehh, it is STAMPtember, what a great month for us crafters. I love it and it is always such an inspiration for me to see what everyone creates. What you made today is also gorgeous as ever, your colouring is great! I love how you coloured the deer, it’s looks like real fur and I think it is great that you gave the ellf eyeshadow and rosy cheeks, love it!
Thank you for showing Kathy and have a great weekend.
It means so much to me that you notice the little things, like the elf’s eye shadow and rosy cheeks. Those little details are so much fun for me, Henriette. I appreciate your thoughtful comments. You make me smile 🙂
Really Beautiful card!!!
I am glad you liked it, Maureen! I am smitten with the elves in this set; so cute 🙂
I thought this stamp set was pretty amazing when I say it in the release. You have added a whole other dimension with your sweet style. Can’t wait to see your video, hope you have an awesome long weekend.
What a lovely thing to say, Anne! I hope you enjoy the video. Adding black to the nooks and crannies adds even more dimension, though perhaps I get a little carried away with it 🙂 I hope you had an awesome weekend full of crafty fun!
I love the beautiful colors you chose. Very pretty.
You are so kind, Bunny. I am so happy you liked it 🙂
Oh this is just so so cute!!!
Thanks, Gab! I am amazed at the terrific images in this Simon Says Stamp release.
Wow, just wow… Your coloring skills are amazing!
Love this stamp.
Thank you so much, Tona! I really love this stamp too. Another great release from Simon Says Stamp 🙂
Your coloring is so over the top, Kathy! This is a cutie stamp, that’s for sure and you did a beautiful job blending with the those lovely colors. How long did it take you to color this???? You are a night owl! I just admire your talent and all your creative road trips and coloring challenges so very much!!! Thanks a hundred times over for all your incentive.
You are so sweet, Judy! I lost all track of time, I was having so much fun with her and her reindeer. I am so happy that the coloring challenges inspire you. I’m just here to enable 🙂
Hooray for STAMPTEMBER!! The coloring and no line technique for this Elf image is amazing!! ! Beautifully done! Fun stamp set!
I love Stamptember too, Ann. I am so happy you liked my coloring! I agree, this stamp set is so fun, it should come with a warning label that you will lose sleep because you want to stay up late coloring because it is so adorable 🙂
Beautiful. Your coloring always makes me smile.
Billie, you are so kind. Thank you so much! Your sweet comment made my day 🙂
Simply darling!!
Thank you, Jean! Super cute images in this set; it was difficult to choose which one to use first 🙂
Your coloring is, as always, just stunning!! And so beautiful!
Awwww, thank you, Carol! I had so much fun coloring this; I just had to forego sleep in order to finish 🙂
Stunning and loved this newer elf set from SSS!!! So fun with riding on the reindeer!!
I am so in love with these elves, Beverly! I agree, riding on the reindeer is super fun 🙂
Gorgeous elf!!
Thank you, Tara! It is made easier when the image you are working with is so stinkin’ cute 🙂