Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We had a blast and I think my kids were sufficiently overwhelmed with emotions… at least, that’s how bedtime is panning out. LOL So in between putting them into bed for the umpteenth time… I’ll get this post schedule and share another Christmas card from my stash…

This little elf is Zippy from Make it Crafty and I chose to do him in more blues and browns with a few red accents… which turned out to be quite a lot! LOL I don’t like how his hat turned out but it was good to practice adding the folds in the hat none the less. Next time I’ll go with something a little more straight and from the sides to see how that looks.

So how many does that make now… four? That means I have two more elves and two little angels to show. However, tomorrow I have something different planned so stay tuned. 😀

Merry Christmas!! Today is the big day and one that the kids have been waiting for! I should head to bed but wanted to get this schedule for some holiday inspiration. ;D I know, that’s terrible, but I also want to finish my movie too. LOL

This elf is Tinkles, an elf in the Christmas Elves Collection, from Make it Crafty and a super cutie too! The layout is and card elements are the same but this time I was excited to find wide red and white ribbon. Hope everyone is having a wonderful time today and be sure to get out for some fresh air too. ;D

This is Socks… isn’t he cute!! 😀 It’s another one of the Make it Crafty elves that I colored long ago and finally got on a card. This fun set of elf cards are going to be saved and sent out next year. I even had a few holiday cards left over from this year so I’m almost set for the next season. ;D

I love his playful look. ;D The card was decorated with the “simple formula” that I picked up from Elaine… ribbon, chippies, and even a few gems. Hope you enjoy this guy and have a wonderful holiday!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful pre-Christmas week! I have another Andy Warhol style project, this one featuring Aussie Santa from Make it Crafty. I thought it was perfect for the monthly challenge at Make it Colourful which is to use colors that you rarely use and hate… for me, that would be to “rarely use colors that you hate.”

I’d have to admit that even though these aren’t my favorite colors – there is a certain apeal to them all together. ;D On this project, I used a digi so I took advantage of those benefits and made all the squares identical then printed it out. I think it makes for a different look from my last project where I made all the images in the square offset from each other. So what colors do you rarely use or hate? Get them out and come show us in the Make it Colourful challenge. ;D

Happy Holidays! I went crazy the other night and assembled about a dozen quick cards using precolored images I had piled up on my desk. It was nice to get them done and since all of them are of a Christmas/Winter theme, I thought I’d start showing them off randomly throughout the week. Of course, I’ll save some for after Christmas too… after all, the snow will stay in the northern hemisphere for a couple more months!

This card uses Floppy which is one of the Christmas Elves from Make it Crafty (available in rubber and digi). He was also the first one I colored out of the collection so I thought it was fitting to have him lead the way. ;D I also used some snowflake chippies from Make it Crafty and couldn’t resist tossing in some gems too.

All of the elves were colored with the same color scheme which were taken from this winter paper, I think it’s Wintertime by Echo Park. I loved the mixture of Christmas colors with winter colors – the splash of red really made it fun to use. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Holidays!

Update: Here are the Copic colors I used:

Whites – C3, C1, 0
Silver – C7, C5, C3, C1
Browns – E29, E27, E25, E23 and (E21 or E11)
Reds – R59, R37, R27, R24, R14, R12
Blues – B99, B97, B95, B93, B91
Turquoise – BG02, BG01, BG001
Skin Tones – E53, E21, E00, E000