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Hi everyone! It’s Giada here and today I’m sharing more Holidays projects with you. I’m getting ready for Christmas because I’m mass-producing cards as a busy bee, but it seems that all the effort is worth it!

In this blog post I’m showcasing a couple of cards with Tobie dressed up like Santa’s helper (and colored with different color palettes). In the first card I used mint, grey, white and silver colors and I put the image on a coordinated patterned paper.

At the same time, I wanted to color Tobie with traditional Christmas shades. In this case I chose red, green, white and gold and I picked two patterned paper with the same colors. I used alcohol markers as my coloring medium.

I really like both versions, especially thanks to Tobie‘s face: his tongue makes me think of me and my brother – we did the same when we were children and focused on a job!

And what about you: what are your favorite subjects and shades for Holidays cards? Tell us and share your project in our Facebook Community – if you’re not in, let’s join us!

Giada

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Hi Oddies! Are you working on Halloween or Christmas projects? Well, there’s no reason why we can’t have one foot in both worlds!

Today’s project is all about Christmas and deers.

When I see an image that I really like, I try to combine it with different colors of paper. It happened with this sweet deer, that I printed in two different sizes, colored with alcohol markers and then fussy cut.

Since the deer was too small to fit the oval, I extended the line of the body and drew some more white dots.

In order to achieve a unique effect, I tied a string with a jingle bell.

I put the deers in an oval using foam tape, then I decided to use patterned papers as my card bases. For the smaller deer I chose a traditional color palette: red, gold and white.

For the other one I picked up a light blue paper, on which I drew some white dots as if they were snowflakes. The sentiment on both cards is an italian one that says “Merry Christmas“.

Which card do you prefer? Share your opinion in our Facebook Community. Plus, don’t forget that it’s ODDtober! You can find more information here.

Giada

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Hello everyone! It’s Giada here today with a sort of “snarky” card. Well, my first idea was to create an Halloween card with the mini clown digi and inspired by horror movies (which I don’t like at all).

While I was coloring it, a different idea came out and I kept on drawing and coloring without any plan.

As you can see, while I was coloring the clown with promarker pens, I decided to trace some lines and draw different stars all around the stamp. At this point the atmosphere shifted from “Halloween” to “Circus” and I ended up using mainly a color palette made of red, yellow and blue.

In any case, I love the final result: the sentiment says “smile, cheese” in Italian, a funny one if you consider the face of the clown! I also found helpful using the image on the site as a reference while a was coloring, especially for lights and shadows.

As final touches, I added some highlights with a white gel pen.

Look at this face, it makes me laugh!

What are you working on? Do you have a plan while crafting or do you follow your instinct? Share with us your crafting habits and your project on our Facebook community!

Have a beautiful day,

Giada