Maritime Abode

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It’s my day at Make it Crafty Blog to share a project and I wanted to try out a new technique today however I’m not sure how it turned out.  None the less I wanted to share what I did and hopefully give you some idea.  I saw a drawing the other day in a magazine that was colored etching, I think.  At least it reminded me of those black papers that you can scratch off and draw in reverse – so instead of adding black to the canvas you’d be taking black away.  I started with the image Maritime Abode from Make it Crafty which I had previously colored…

Then using a black art pen (use size 0.1 or something fine tipped) I started with the darker areas and add scratches into the shadows.  I also went over all the lines with a medium art pen (use size 2.5 or similar) to darken them up. As you can see the lines are sketchy and not precise so I was able to go over the image quickly.  I wasn’t sure if it was going to work but I was attempting to get it to look like the edges weren’t completely scratched off.  I think I could have used the same technique around the outside of the abode but for that area I only added a darker line.

Here’s what the complete image looks like below.  I added streaks of blue and green for water as if this submarine had sank into the deep ocean.  I should have done the background first before using the art pens because as you can see in some areas the pen smeared when I dragged a Copic marker over it.  It was an interesting experiment and I think it looks better from afar than close up.  Does it looks like etching?  I’m not sure but it certainly changes the image a bit and gives it more of an edge.Thanks for dropping by and maybe you’ll be brave enough to give this a whirl!!

Make it Crafty – Maritime Abode
Copic Markers (E41, E42, E43, E44, YG91, YG93, T4, T6, T8, C1, C3, C5,YG61, G40, Y32, Y35, R32, R37, R39, E50, B91, B93, B95, B97, YG91, YB93, B60, B12, B00)
Graphic Art Pens (0.1 and 2.5)

Under the Sea Mae

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‘Tis the season for mermaids and summer fun… well, at least in the northern hemisphere it is!  😀  So here’s another card featuring Under the Sea Mae from Some Odd Girl which was released earlier this month.  I also used the coordinating sentiment that comes with it and created this card…”Make a Splash!”

I can’t find my brain today!!  I’m taking a summer class that is just killing my brain cells every moment and when I’m not in class I worry about the homework I *should* be doing.  LOL  But I really want to color and relax… maybe even take a little nap.  😀  So this is a card I’ve had saved up that was created a while ago and is perfect for these summer days.  I always think mermaid hair is always so fun to color because it isn’t weighed down by gravity.

The movie I’m watching right now is called “Best is Show” and is one of the funniest, most awark, satire movies I’ve seen in a while.  It might not be for everyone but it’s one I totally understand from both sides of the fence and I still adore it.  😀  I think I’ll put in “A Mighty Wind” next and call it a marathon.  LOL

Celeste Amberglow Farmin’ Apples

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Monday posts are always the hardest to write – don’t you think?! Right now I’ve got my littlest yelling “ame oy! ame oy!” wanting to play another 14 hours with the GameBoy which I’ve secretly hidden away. He he he. I’ve been told she’ll survive. LOL

Today’s post is all about Little Miss Muffet Stamps and you’ll want to be sure to visit the LMM Blog for all the other inspiration from the Project Team! They’ve pooled together some projects using the rubber stamps and I love each one of them. 😀

For my project I used Celeste Amberglow Farmin’ Apples which is actually a Little Miss Muffet Stamps digi and was drawn by Paula from Pollycraft! When these cuties were released I ended up colored every one of them and made cards so now I have practically a whole month of inspiration just waiting to share! I made each of them generic cards but I plan to use them as birthday cards – which is what I use my cards for the most. Speaking of which, I really, really need to get June and July cards out before it gets any more embarrassing. (o.o)

That’s about all I have to write at the moment… I’ve got to find some other toy to occupy my toddler’s mind or I’m going to go crazy with “ame oy!” LOL Have a wonderful Monday!

Lydia

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Today opens up another challenge at Simply Challenged Challenges and our these today is “Light and Dark!”   This is a fun theme and you can interpret it as light colors versus dark colors or also evil versus good.  😀  For my project I chose to go for Gothic versus sweet.  Be sure to visit the SCC Blog and check out all the details and samples from the other DT too!

For my project I used the Burton Chibi Lydia from Simply B Stamps and reversed her so they could be looking at each other.  I was going to do an elaborate mirror and flip door but I couldn’t wrap my brain around the mechanics so had to settle for this.  Both girls use the same blacks and purples for their clothes and the face colors are the same too except I added blush to the sweet side.

Mice are Nice

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O’ it’s Friday and that means the weekend is just around the corner!  It would be great to have nothing on my schedule but I get to start the weekend off with the kiddos at Home Depot!  Yeah!  😀  Once a month they have a kid’s project day and I’ve been duly informed (by my own kiddos) that we *are* going!  I don’t know what we’re making – but apparently we’ll be making three of them!  LOL

 

The main image on this card is from Lili of the Valley and is the last of the set of pre-colored images I got called Mice are Nice.  It was fun to use these images and they made really quick cards too – this one will hopefully be used as a nice wedding card.  Thanks for coming by today!

Cheeky Monkey

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Hope everyone is having a great week!  We have a little bit of inspiration for you today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and did a bit of relaxing and created anything we wanted. 😀 So be sure to head on over there and check out the awesome projects from the design team!

For my project, I used Cheeky Monkey which is a Pollycraft image for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and created this colorful boy’s card.  I had colored all of Paula’s images at the same time using this paper as the color coordination so I tried to pick out the boyish colors and patterns.  The pink is actually a coral so it doesn’t really count as pink, right?  LOL

I used the green gems around the card and hoped they were reminiscent of fireflies so I also added one inside the jar.  After all, that’s what boys do!  My girls on the other hand have the typical phobia of all things crawling that even the mention of a bug would send them squealing into the other room!  LOL  Ok, so that might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much.  😀