This was a fun project for me that I’ve been working on this week which uses electronics. The scene was created using Polka Dot Pals Raden and Tree Swings from Whimsy Stamps. I then used an EZ Light kit to make this an interactive card.
The character in this scene is Polka Dot Pals Raden and instead of using the elements in the same set, I decided to pair it with a DoveArt stamp, Tree Swing. I used creative color placement technique and colored in the face of Polka Dot Pals Raden myself. The faces I color in are always different as I get inspiration from my fellow colorists. On this one the nose and mouth was inspired by Faye and her awesome coloring of Polka Dot Pals Atlas and Polka Dot Pals Syeda.
I usually color the face and character first before the background but I was so excited about the idea of light up fireflies that I reversed my process and started with the background first. Once it was complete then I used my small hole punch for the lights to poke through and taped the light kit on the back. After testing it, I realized those little LEDs are b-r-i-g-h-t! Too bright! So I had to get a larger punch tool out to create yellow dots to cover the lights. Next time, I’ll need to test out the lights before punching holes to see the effect. Lesson learned.
The PUSH HERE button is a small set from Lawn Fawn set and I colored it with Copic markers then attached it to the card with foam dots. Between the two layers of cardstock there are also two layers of foam tape to give space between the layers for the light kit. With all those layers this is a sturdy card to hold.
This is a blast from the past as my daughter and I color up Rosa the Rattlesnake from a retired set named Forest Friends Stuart & Rosa from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. We colored this one in Prismacolor Pencils and decided to color on dark blue paper to create a night sky scene. She also decided we should color a Scarlet Kingsnake instead of a rattler.
This was great time together and little did she know how much she was going to learn. We broke it up into three coloring sessions – the snake and snake texture, the ground and grass and finally the moon, stars and highlights.
This is Cassandra’s project – you can even see some scales texture added to the snake. I would show her the basic technique then she would color her own. She did a great job and I love how they both turned out!
Not every day can be sunshine and rainbows – but for those blue days, sometimes it helps to have a bottle of sunshine nearby. And Polka Dot Pals Atlas here has a large jar to share!
I’m excited to announce today is a new release at Whimsy Stamps and there are two new sets that I’m using today – Polka Dot Pals Atlas and the Atlas Jar. To create this scene, I used the sun and character from Polka Dot Pals Atlas set then the jar, tag and twine from the Atlas Jar set. This was a challenge for me to color sunshine in a jar but I think it worked out alright.
On the face, I took inspiration from Amy Young on her recent projects using Polka Dot Pals Raden and Polka Dot Pals Harley and the cute way she colored their faces. Thanks Amy! This shape also worked well with the light source coming from a lower source too.
When working out the planning for this project, I colored the sun first then mapped out the where the sunshine would shine on the rest of the image. This helps me to remember the light source and to also keep a bit of yellow on that area.
This is Toilet Paper Dudley by Dustin Pike which is a freebie at Whimsy Stamps and was one that I had to join in coloring him. I think the hardest part was to decide what color scheme. I’ve been inspired to use yellow so that seemed to be the natural choice.
I used an Action Wobble on the head to make this an action card. It’s fun to make his head wobble with the toilet paper on his head too. In addition to that, I used three images to make this a multi-dimensional image – all the toilet paper areas are popped up on foam dots as well as his head and feet. This turned out to be a really fun card.
Just playing around with some scraps and some how came up with this pipe works bookmark. Lydia started with a pipe spilling out a rainbow of colors which reminded me of the Water Works card game I used to play as a kid. That idea blossomed and I ended up with this sketch filled with leaky pipes and red valves. It’ll be a great bookmark to use.
Here are some of my latest crochet patterns that I’ve been working on. They were all from Amigurumi Today – Raspberry Bear, Blackberry Bear and Pineapple Panda. I made a few alterations including a cat instead of a panda and a few things on the clothing to make it fit better. There’s not much else to say but here are a bunch of picture. Enjoy!
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