Zoe Hatter

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I have some very exciting news to share (starting now, September 27th at 12:00 am Australian time) … it’s a birthday celebration!!  Whoop whoop!  Who’s you might ask?  Well… Zoe from Make it Crafty!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE!!  

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After all, a special day like this only comes around once a year so why not celebrate in style!  I went all out and had fun creating this card to send her (close your eyes Zoe until it arrives in your mailbox.  LOL).  Now I know that pink isn’t her favorite color but with the amount of estrogen waiving around my little house sometimes it becomes overpowering and as a result this is what happens… lots and lots of pink to share!   He he he

 
We thought it would be fun to share the excitement of today and as a fun way to get everyone involved we have a surprise for you!!  Check out this image especially drawn for Zoe by me (Little Miss Muffet Stamps) which features a Sweetheart dress for any occasion with a festive Gumnut flower sun hat that is reminiscent of Australia.   

 
This Zoe Hatter image will be available as a freebie for today only in celebration for Zoe’s Birthday!!  How cool is that?!  If you want to play along, just email me at ForgottenScraps@gmail.com and as long as it’s September 27th anywhere in the world then the offer is still open!!  Share you’re creations in the MiC FB Group and LMMS FB Group too – we’d love to see what you make!

I’m currently leaving the NEWS Blog Candy open while this is going on so you can still get your name included in the drawing pool for that too!  And thank you to all my new Followers and I hope to continue to inspire you with projects and coloring. If you get a chance, make sure to head on over to wish Zoe a Happy Birthday and thanks so much for dropping by today!!  *Hugs

The Paper Project – Experiment X

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these tests but in reality I’ve had two of them finished for quite some time now.  Even though I finished the other one first, I was more excited to show off this one.  So without further adieu here is the next experiment.

Experiment X – Paper Comparisons

The purpose of this experiment was to basically color the same way on several different types of papers.  I wanted to show that great results can be achieved on any paper however the difficulties you might have would be different on each of the papers.  This is similar to Experiment IV but with different papers.

For this test I used images from The Greeting Farm and they colored using the same colors and as close to the same techniques as possible.

The papers are identified in the Introduction and here are the results:
(Click on the picture for a zoomed look.)

I used the same technique for the most part on each of the papers but there might be a few adjustments here and there depending on how the paper worked.

Here are the three papers used along with their assigned letter:

The papers I thought were the easiest to work with were J, U and X, and thus received my recommendation based on this test.  Then the close runner-ups would be G and M and I could consider these to be good backups.  However, the papers I didn’t prefer to work with are B, N and V which were difficult to get smooth blending and/or blotches would appear after a couple layers of ink.

Enchanted & Exquisit

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Does that title sound a little familiar?  He he he.  Well it should as I haven’t done any coloring this round but have taken a few of my previous projects and made them into cards.  Today is my day to feature a project at the Make it Crafty Store blog and and I wanted to show you what I’ve done with the Exquisite Princess, Exquisite Unicorn, Enchanted Princess & Enchanted Unicorn merges I had colored a while ago.

As a refresher, I had colored the Enchanted merged images with Copic markers and the Exquisite merged images with Prismacolored Pencils.  You can click HERE to see the previous post I’m referring to.  This first project merges Exquisite Princess and Exquisite Unicorn image from Make it Crafty.

Each of the projects takes the image and pairs it with coordinating colors of decorative paper then I assembled them with a basic layout, featuring the image in the center.  Because the images were larger than I wanted for the center portion, I had cut around the image where it would be extending outside of my shape.

In the first one above, I used a diecut circle so I had to be careful to layer the image just so before putting it through the dicutter.  However, the one below I’m just using my paper cutter so I just lifted the bade when it was over the image part then cut around that portion with scissors.  It adds a little interest to the project, I think, and allows for more of the decorative paper to show.

This second project uses Enchanted Princess & Enchanted Unicorn images merged together from Make it Crafty.  Now that’s two colored images created into something, and who knows how many more to go!  Maybe 20? 30 more?  I’ve lost count and I too embarrassed to count again.  LOL  Anyway, hope you like these two and thanks for coming by today.  😀

Winter Friends

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I’m so excited – it’s the first day of Autumn here in northern hemisphere and I’m so ready for some cool refreshing breezes come it.  Here in Texas it always feels like a second Spring and some of the best times to be outdoors after the long beating heat of the Summer.  Ahh… yes, sounds like I have some Spring Fever coming on and time to get out and weed the flower beds!!

The image I have today is from Some Odd Girl called Winter Friends and the sketch I used is from I Scrap My Way.  I wanted to go with a non-traditional color tone and selected some browns, blacks and a cool blue to offset the creams in this young cutie!  He has some friends that come in the same stamp set that I’ll feature later on.  😀

The sentiment is also part of the Winter Friends set and was the perfect size to add near the bottom.  Then I fished it off with some metallic Dew Drops on the corners and a little bit of lace.  😀  That’s about it.  I hope ya’ll have a great weekend with lots planned and thanks for dropping by my blog today.  😀

My Ride

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There’s a fun challenge opening up today over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges that I’m sure you’re going to want to participate in.  😀  The theme is “Anything but Square” and we want to see projects that are not the norm (such as what I have below, LOL) or if you are using a Little Miss Muffet Stamp or Diecut then you can submit “Anything Goes!”

The stamp I used is “My Ride” from Little Miss Muffet Stamps which is an image drawn by Pollycraft.  He was perfect for a boy card and I love the wood banner I added – wish I could find more of those!  😀

Make sure you get a chance to visit the LMMS Challenge Blog and check out all the wonderful creations the DT has created.  Also the previous post has Blog Candy that you don’t want to miss out on either.  😀  Thanks for coming by today!

NEWS – Blog Candy

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Welcome back and thank you to everyone who participated in the last NEWS freebie!  I’ve already seen some colored Nellie the Elephants and I’m so excited to see more too – she turned out adorable on your projects.  😀   So let’s get on to some more freebies, goodies and giveaways….

How about some Blog Candy this time around?   I have to admit that I’m a collector and hardly use all the older stuff that collects in the back corner of my desk – so in an effort to help clean up the hobby room, I have collected a whole bunch of goodies and added them to the pot.  Everything is odds ‘n ends (especially the paper being half used, or more) but one person’s forgettables is another person’s treasures!!

Here’s the regular details and how to participate in this blog candy.  As a huge thank you to my Followers, I’m going to regularly post freebies, blog candies and give-aways right here on this blog!!  I don’t know exactly when the next NEWS will be posted so your time limit will be variable and between posts.  For example, on this offer here, you will have until I randomly post the next offer.  So what do you have to do to take advantage of these offers??  All you have to do is …

Note: This offer has expired.  
You can click HERE to see the most recent News.
1. Be a Follower of this blog 
2. Leave a comment below

If you would like to post the NEWS Badge on your sidebar then that is optional, however, it is a great tool to be notified of the next freebie.  Sounds impossible?  Na, it’s simple and similar to the way I do the Little Miss Muffet NEWS Badge which has worked great!  (P.S. There’s freebie opportunities over there too so be sure to add that badge while you’re at it.)  Here is the code and details on this badge…

ForgottenScraps News
NOTE: This is important … make sure you use the code above when grabbing the blinkie as it’s the only way it will be will update automatically. Once it’s on your blog, the blinkie will change when I post another offer and you’ll get to see the latest news right from your sidebar!  It’s a great way to get alerted whenever there is another freebie, blog candy or giveaway posted!!  😀

For freebies, I’ll email out the image in a couple days and it will be in a PNG format.  For blog candies and give-aways, winners will be randomly selected and announced in the next NEWS post.  Then you can send me your mailing address and I’ll ship out your goodies as soon as possible.

I think that about sums it up and thank you for stopping by!  *Hugs
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