Tag: Art Impressions

Possum Set from Art Impressions

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I found these cute animals and thought they would make a great male birthday card so I stamped almost all of them on a card and colored this scene. These from the Possum Set from Art Impressions and I used three of them to create this scene. I add extra branches and leaves and then completed the background with a little pond and some tall grass. My favorite part is the party possum tossing the confetti out in the air.

List of Common Supplies

Stamps:
Possum Set from Art Impressions

Valentine Stripes

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I jumped… into videos and I have no clue on what I’m doing. I’m sure I’ll be making all the same mistakes that any noob does so bare with me. For this project, I’m coloring Valentine Stripes by Art Impressions and the video is of the hillside background. This background technique can be used for any stamp that you want to have an outdoor scene.

For the YouTube video of the background, click HERE.

The video goes over the hill, far shrubs and the sky. At that point,m you can stop but I decided to go back in and add some grass. I also added some white dots to make it look like tiny flowers. The huggable sentiment is from Polka Dot Pals Atlas and fit just right.
Don’t forget to check out the video. There was a lot of work that went into it – obviously since it was my first with many failed attempts to get there. But I’ve saved templates for everything and hope the next time will be a breeze. For the YouTube video of the background, click HERE.

Supplies Used:
Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100lb
Tsukineko Memento Ink Tuxedo Black
Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen
My Favorite Things Subtle Plaids 6×6 Paper

Stamps:
Valentine Stripes by Art Impressions
Polka Dot Pals Atlas by Whimsy Stamps (sentiment)

Copic Markers:
Y15, 11, 26
T1, 3, 5
BV23, R11
YG01, 23, 17, 67
YG11, 61, 63
BG10, 11, 32

Duck Stackers

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I really enjoy the stackers from Art Impressions and was happy to be able to get this Duck Stackers or ordered from Amazon last week. So I set off to use it right away and paired it with the fence from Polka Dot Pals Fern in the background. I originally was going to do a rainbow scheme but then decided I would do a rainbow of actual duck colors. After some Google research, this is what I ended up with.

The fence from Polka Dot Pals Fern made it easy to add a scene and I finished it up with a few hills in the background and some trees. I thought about adding clouds but decided I like the look of a solid sky which made me think the ducks were reaching for the sky. I think these ducks could easily be colored up as birds so that would look cool. If you try it, I’d love to see it.
I like how this turned out. I’d make a few adjustments next time such as ensuring the color placement of each duck – in this example, the brown duckling kinda gets lost with the fence. Swapping the white duck above with the brown duck would have been a better choice. Oh well, just forget what I said and you’ll never notice.

These are the supplies used on this card:
Gina K Designs Amalgam Ink – Whisper

Stamps:
Duck Stackers by Art Impressions
Polka Dot Pals Fern (fence) by Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers:
C1, 2 3, 5
T1, 2, 4, 6, 8
E40, 42, 43, 44
E31, Y00, 21, 32, YR30, 31, 12, 15, 19, 24, 27
R02, 24, 27
0, BV23
E21, 23, 25, 27, 29
YG21, 23, 25, 67

Girlfriends Quilt

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I created this card using the fun stamp Girlfriends Quilt from Art Impressions. My Mum is a quilter so naturally this one fell into her cart when we saw it on sale at Hobby Lobby.  We then colored it together and this is my version.  Now we’re thinking about getting another girlfriend stamp… hmmm, which one?

The Copic markers I used on this are:
E18, 19, 07, YR15
E30, 31, 21, 35, R12
E74, 77, 79
E21, 23, 25, 27
Y00, E30, Y26
E0000, 01, 02, 31
T9, 7, 5
E30, 31, 50, 53, R01, BV20
E04, BG10, BV20, 23, 25, C1, 3
Y32, YR31, 23
G43, YG25
BG45, B93
YR16, 18

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Stackers Reindeer

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Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!  For this project, I’ve used Stackers Reindeer by Art Impressions and in the background is Little Village by Make it Crafty (with some Chipboard Embellishments too). I stamped the reindeer and then used a mask to stamp the background. While the mask was still there, I used Distress Inks to do the background, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. The sentiment was covered with Liquid Pearls.

The Copic Markers I used on this are:
R05, 29, 46
E40, 41, 42, 43, 44, R11
G94, YG63, 23, 61
YR24, Y18, 04
BV23, 20, B52, C1
E71, 74, 77

Mason Jar Snow Globe

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Many of you have seen this already but now here’s all the details plus a ton of pictures. This image was inspired by the coloring challenge with Zoe and Jennifer to color a snow globe. Other than using markers, pencils and white, the challenge was open but the idea was to study the way items reflect in the globe. I decided to go with a mason jar instead of a traditional globe but the challenge was still there.  Here’s the end result…

For this project, I used the following rubber stamps – and how I used them you’ll find below:
Art Impressions Stackers Penguins
And newly created direct from this challenge, and special request by a fan, you’ll find the Mason Jar Snow Globe digital from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
 
The coloring medium was Prismacolor Pencils on Balsa Wood. The Balsa wood is soft and has a lot of texture which makes it smooth to color on. When you start coloring the first couple of layers, make sure they are light and don’t press hard.  Because the wood is soft, it’s easy to make a valley which will be difficult color around. With each layer of color, you can press a little harder – by time you’re to the end, you can easily press and create smooth blending.
 
STEP 1: My first step was to stamp the Mason Jar twice so that I could create it upside down. The original jar’s lid has the perspective of being on top so I couldn’t just flip the jar around. I first stamped the bottom then inked part of the top and stamped it under the jar.
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STEP 2: Next, I inked part of the Stackers Penguins to include just the top four penguins. Then I used the Spring Fence and stamped a portion of it on either side. I didn’t bother with masking and about how messy it was going to look because I knew the pencils would cover any lines I didn’t want.
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STEP 3: If just the jar wasn’t enough, I sketched in some elements too!  The words Ball Mason on the partially on the jar and the twine and jingle bells around the lid. This will help me bring in some color from outside of the snow globe.  This will be the challenging part to figure out how those colors will reflect in the jar.
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STEP 4: I started with the bells because they were calling to me and often red it one of the colors that can be daunting. And it helped me set the tone for the rest of the image.  I then used white to help fill in where I wanted the highlighted ares to be on the surface of the jar.
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STEP 5: And then… crazy enough, if the challenge wasn’t hard enough, I threw in a background. These are suppose to be pine needles like a wreath or something back in the distance and sort of blurry.
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STEP 6: I then brought in some of the green to reflect on the jar and around the edges. Plus in the background I added light green. I didn’t add any details showing through the jar because it would be distorted from the liquid.
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STEP 7: Sorry about jumping on this step – sometimes I get carried away and forget to take a photo! Here I added yellow to the star plus the highlights on the penguin. I colored the fence and added snow around the base and tops of the fence. I then colored the penguins’ feet and noses.  Lastly I started on the scarves and hats.  Each color, I added a little of it to the jar edges and to the jar’s lettering.  I know I really jumped – because I did the blue background portion as well.
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STEP 8: Below I finished the hats with white trim and then the penguins in black and white. I thought I had too much color in the jar’s wording so I tried to add some more white back in.
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STEP 9: On this step, I colored the twine and the jar’s lid. At this point, I feel it starting to come together but I’m still struggling with the jar’s reflections. I’m not sure how all these colors are going to reflect but I kept going.
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STEP 10: I added ground and shadows to the ground. Then I started to blend the white in the jar. I also blended around the edges of the jar and add some more white and color in areas. I also added more gray shadows around the base.  This is the last of the pencils.
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STEP 11: For the snow I used, Liquitex Gesso paint. This was to create the snow flakes and also give my white areas the extra highlights.  The Gesso white was much brighter than the pencils so it helped. I added it to the jar’s wording plus the streaks of white reflecting on the jar.
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STEP 12:  After the Gesso dried, I used the Copic T4 and T2 to add some shadows. It’s a bit risky to get the markers dirty but it was just what I needed. This is where shaded some of the snow flakes around the bottom, just on the outer sides. I also added a little shadow behind the bells, twine and lid.
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The last step is to make a card, of course. I kept it simple since the Balsa wood canvas was already very large and I didn’t want the card to be gigantic. Hope you like it and feel free to ask me any questions. 

You can also color this Mason Jar Snow Globe and join the challenge!