March Digi Stamp Diva – Charlie's Stamps

Image copyright Charlotte Engelsen, 2021. All rights reserved.

Even if the calendar says it technically isn't yet, March's arrival to me is synonymous with spring. The days are getting longer and warmer, the snow has melted away, and little wild flowers are popping up all over the place. In this spirit of newness, March's Digi Stamp Diva showcases the youthful creative spirit  of Charlotte (Charlie) Engelsen, from Osøyro, Norway, the artist behind Charlie's Stamps. 

Image copyright Charlotte Engelsen, 2021. All rights reserved.

Charlie was originally introduced to digital stamps by her mother, an ardent card maker. Her mother was talking about digistamps one day and that got Charlie to thinking. She did some research and decided to put her love of drawing to good use. In 2017 – at the ripe ole' age of 18 – she decided to open her own digital stamp shop on Etsy. Charlie's fondness for animals (and her own treasured cat which sadly passed away in 2019) is evident in her work. I especially like her cat illustrations (this adorable sunbathing kitten digi just makes me smile).

Charlies drawing and creativity have successfully morphed from a hobby, to her Etsy shop, to professional illustration and design assignments. For the last few years, Charlie has been studying towards a degree in graphic design and was due to finish her bachelor's degree program in Australia before being sidelined by the Corona virus. She says she's not letting that stop her creativity though, she's continuing to accept professional commissions and to expand her digistamp repertoire.

In addition to her Etsy shop, you can follow Charlie on Instagram, Facebook and her blog.

Support your favorite digi artists, respect their copyright; buy/download direct from the artist!

With Easter coming up, Charlie has agreed her Adorable Bunny freebie was perfect to share with this post (click on the link there to access). She has two different versions of the digi – one with bolder outlines and one that is more softly drawn. I chose the second version and that is what you see on the card below. She's also given PNG versions of the stamps, too, so if you want to get creative and layer them up (to fit a slimline card, for example) you can. I created the sentiment with Annie BTN font.

I dug out my Easter 'go to' dies – my Xcut extra large egg dies (retired) – to use as the card's base (search the blog by Easter and you can see just how often I do go to them). 

Paper is Love to Craft Papillon (retired) and the dapper bow my bunny is wearing is from the same product line. I dressed up the bottom of the card with this no-brand greenery die that I only ever seem to use with this egg die (as this Easter Mary card would attest). I've used another of my new no-brand die strips (as seen on my recent Windsurfer Teddy card) along the bottom as well.

Supply List

Paper – cardstock, Love to Craft Papillon
Digital Stamp – Charlie's Stamps Adorable Bunny freebie
Dies – Xcut Egg dies, no-brand greenery and ribbon strip dies
Embellishments – bow

Font – Annie BTN 

Spectrum Noir Illustrator alcohol ink markers
Art-n-Fly white pen

I'm linking up with: CD Sunday Plus #55 – ATG, Crafting Happiness Challenge #86 – ATG/opt. Green, Jan's Digi Stamps March 2021 – ATG, Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2109 – ATG, Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #152 – ATG, 2 Crafty Critter Crazies March – ATG with a Critter, A Bit More Time to Craft #135 – ATG, A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #3 – ATG, Animal Friends Challenge March – Bunnies, and Classic Design Challenge March – ATG.