Coloring Fun

Hi friends! Happy Friday! It's the beginning of the last weekend of summer break for us. I can't believe how fast/slow/fast/endless this summer has been! LOL We're starting virtually on Monday, and with the current case count it will most likely be quite some time (if at all) before in person learning is available here. We did get to meet our teacher in person (all masked up) and pick up materials yesterday and are excited for our very small class (only 11 kids, including our 2 boys)!

It's kind of surreal seeing my once Verve shipping office turned into a school room. Who would have thought we'd end up here? But we're as ready as we're going to get. LOL

With back to school on my mind, fall isn't far behind. I was so excited when I saw this super cute Autumn Gnome Digi from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (it releases today). I pulled out my Copics and got right to work coloring him up. I've never really been a fan of my coloring, but I have been putting in lots of effort and practice these past few months and I think it's paying off. I'm super proud of how this little gnome turned out.

After coloring, I die cut with a circle die, then sponged around the edges with antique linen and vintage photo distress inks.  I did the same with the sentiment, which is from the Happy Scarecrow Digi (it's also available in the Happy Scarecrow stamp set, I just don't have that set). These are matted with crumb cake cardstock, sponged with the same inks.  I grabbed a few autumn papers to complete the layout, then decided it needed some leaves.

I found some Impression Obsession leaf dies in my stash and cut them from white cardstock and then colored with Copics. All in all, a super fun card to create!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic start to your weekend!

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