Halloween Card Giveaway and Offer Code for Everyone!

Hi All! Time for a Giveaway! And new Halloween Offer Code!!  If you would like to win a hand-coloured Halloween Card please leave a comment saying which one you would like to win in one of these three places -

• Dr.Digi's House of Stamps Facebook Page on the Giveaway Post 
• DigiMojo Facebook Page on the Giveaway Post 
• Or if you use instagram please head to my Cartway_Cards  Instagram page, join, like and tag under the giveaway post. (Easier to do on your phone!)

Also if you fancy a look at all the awesome Halloween Stamps Dr.Digi has on offer, why not also use digiween20 offer code for 20% off everything in the Halloween section! (Valid til the end of the month.)

The card choices are - Cheeky Devil, Mr. Bitey, Werekitty or Vlad! All hand coloured by me.

Please note -This giveaway is not affiliated with any other companies. It is open internationally. I may need an address to send a card to but this will not be retained anywhere after initial use. Open to everyone, please try and share and tag so we can grow our crafty community. Thank you!

If you don't use facebook or instagram and would like to take part, leave me a message on this post and I will add you into entries at the end. :)

 

And here is Colton (Part 2)

 And I am back with my second post! (Post 1 is here.) Here is Colton, also a newly released Polka Dot Pal from Barbara Sproatmeyer one of the Artist/Illustrators at Whimsy Stamps! 

So this is Beau's brother Colton who in honour of her decorating his Studio has decided to do a portrait of her! His currently creative influence is mainly Van Gogh, lol.

He is coloured with polychromos with a few spots of white posca pen. It's not essential to use a white pen for highlights but it really makes them pop!

Here is what the stamp set looks like in he shop:

And here is a close up of my version:

Everything but the sentiment and the room are parts of the stamp set! There are so many cool items to build up a scene or even a background paper to match him! I was tempted but went with a sploshy 1980s colour themed paper as I had for Beau. (Using distress inks and HA AC026 Brush Strokes Stamp Set.)

I added a sentiment (in Courier New Font) on afterwards because I couldn't make up my mind what occasion I wanted to use him for! So this sentiment is removable at the moment! Thought this would be a cute birthday or Valentines sentiment. Do you know what song it's from?

Loved the challenge of making up a pair of cards, feel really honoured that Barbara let me play with her new stamp sets! The scale of real stamps is often much smaller than I print digital stamps so I had to think carefully how to cram in as much detail as possible, luckily Barbara's stamps are drawn beautifully and are a pleasure to use.

Thanks for joining me on this release day! Make sure to check out all of Barbara's super stamps in the Whimsy shop and why not check out her blog where there is often inspo and a giveaway to take part in! Win win!

Beau and more later....(Part 1)

Sharing a pair of cards today featuring two of the newly released stamp sets from Barbara Sproatmeyer! She is one of the artists/illustrators at Whimsy Stamps and Beau (and later Colton) are two new Polka Dot Pals released today! Both with an artsy vibe!

Here is Beau, she has spent all day decorating her brother's (Colton!) art studio. I like to invent a little narrative as I colour. I know, it's bonkers. There is a clue to the geographical location of this studio within the picture!

Apart from the sentiment, masking tape and room background all of these stamps are part of the set! Just tonnes of options for creating a decorating or painting scene with them. I was spoilt for choice.

Here is the full stamp set:

And here is my creation close up:

She is on kraft card and I coloured her with polychromo pencils. I added a few touches of white posca paint and white gel pen. Sentiment made on the computer and is Mister Sirloin font.

I didn't have a background paper that I liked so I made one! I used distress oxides also on kraft paper and then cut down to size. This is one of my most used Hero Arts Sets, Brush Strokes AC026.

Bling was from the stash, and I am really happy with how she came out - adding a smear of paint on her face really made me happy with her!

Thanks for joining me for this post, in a couple of hours I will post part 2, Beau's brother Colton! Why not check out Barbara's blog to see her makes with the new releases next?

Going to the vets....

Happy Dr.Digi Friday! I have only recently spotted this digi in the shop, and that's pretty amazing, cos I spend a lot of time deciding which furry creature would be fun to colour next, lol! This is "Vera, Vince and Viki - Visit the Vets!" 

Here they are in the shop:

And here is my version:

I also used for this card two more Dr.Digi's Products! The Tartan Backing Paper Set and the Pet Sentiment Sheet 01.

Backing Paper:

I used the yellowy orange colour-way but reduced the green element a little and softened the colours. I then printed it straight out onto my 300gsm card stock to turn into my card blank.

Sentiments:

I added the sentiment directly to my topper when I printed it out ready to colour -this makes it all super easy to just 3D foam attach to my card blank, no additional hassles!

As normal it's polychromos on smooth kraft card with some highlights thanks to posca pen. 

New bling was from "B and M bargain" when I ventured into one last weekend at my own peril! But yay! bling! 

Thanks for joining me today, loved colouring this stamp up, I hope you can tell? I don't envy her though, taking two pets to the vets will be mighty expensive, lol!

Merman-Momoa

It's a very dangerous thing suggesting to an enabler craft friend (Amy at Sweet November Stamps!) that you like her digistamp (Fluke Swiftfin!) and really want to do a crazy version of it. Then they send you the stamp and say "do it!". 

So, Jason Momoa Merman happened. lol!

This is the digistamp, I used it as a guide and stayed pretty much to the layout, just added in a few details on his face and a few tattoos on his body! (He also comes with a M.C. Hammerhead shark that I did not include, sorry!)

If you follow the link to look at it in the shop you can see Amy's version of him, much easier to see the original stamp on that.

And here is my version (lol):

I kind of based this on his Aquaman outfit, though he doesn't have a tail in that, but if he did I hope it would look like this one! I tried cross-hatch scales on his tail too this time, its MUCH easier than doing individual scallops

I REALLY enjoyed doing this, and I am so pleased that Amy let me do it!  I know it's not a perfect Momoa, but it's almost there??? lol.

Thanks for joining me today, hope you had a little lol at Fluke Momoa and enjoyed my barmy ideas :)

More great mermaids in the Sweet November Stamp Shop! Check them out?

Lady Elusia

Sharing a gorgeous newly released digi from Sweet November Stamps. She is part of the new Ladies of All Hallow's Eve Collection and she is called Lady Elusia!

Isn't she fabulous??? I was so excited to get to have a go at colouring tattoos, plus there was the added bonus of a dragon! Because I like a challenge I also opted to do a gathered seam on the dress and a tatami mat floor!

Loved these colours, working with deep rich jewel shades is my favourite colour combo. I also have more Asian influenced background paper than you can shake a stick at, so it was nice to use some of that too. 

She is coloured with polychromo pencils on kraft card. For a change I didn't use "no lines colouring" technique, I needed some extra help to make sure I got the tattoos in the right places, lol!

I have used this quote on a card before and it's a bit of a favourite. I think it's a nice supportive message when friends might need a bit of a pick me up and reminding that you believe they're awesome!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you've got time to pop into the Sweet November Stamp Shop and look at all the other amazing images there are to chose from!