Scratch & Scribble Playful Pups

May 31, 2021May 18, 2021 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

Here’s another one of the sheets from the Scratch & Scribble Playful Pups kid’s set I found at the store. These are so fun and quick to put together plus the scratching is thera-pug-ic. Ha ha ha, yea I don’t think that pun worked very well. However, it’s nice to do something different after a whole bunch of coloring.

Scratch & Scribble Playful Pups

May 11, 2021May 17, 2021 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

Remember the Mini Kit I talked about a couple weeks ago? I did another one of the scratch papers and created this fun card using the example of the kit’s cover. After scratching it, I placed it on a card front and that was that. Such a quick an fun card to make.

Scratch & Scribble Playful Pups

April 16, 2021May 17, 2021 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

It’s always fun to shop in the store personally rather than online and pick-up because of the unplanned treasures found that inevitably increase the purchase price. That was just the case for this card when I spotted a Scratch & Scribble mini kit featuring Playful Pups. It reminded me of a project Sandy Allnock did recently and I thought it would be fun to try.

This was a super easy car to put together and scratching the black reminded of doing this as a kid. The colors were already part of the layer under the black so all I had to do when finished as place it on a card front.

Annie Special Delivery

June 20, 2020June 17, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 1 Comment

I’m back using Annie Special Delivery from Stamp Anniething and today my challenge was to color the face in a non-traditional manner. This was a difficult one for me and I’ve been mulling it over for a week or two. Then with inspiration from Annabel’s My Neighbor project, I took the leap and gave it a try. I recorded it and uploaded it to my YouTube channel – you can access the video below or HERE. This is what I came up with …

While coloring this one, I sketched out a few other ideas for faces and this one seemed to fit the best. I tilted the eyes a little which allowed enough room for a nose to fit in without feeling crowded. There are some things I would change for the next time but overall I think the challenge came out well. Below you can see the original stamp with the results.

The background is from Sandy Allnock named Stay Home Stay Safe. (Currently a freebie.) I combined the two images together, flipped one and scaled them down to fit on one card. The signs were strategically hidden behind the character to make this an all purpose background. I imagine this girl lives in the metropolis and walking home from school.

The character was cut out and popped on the background with foam tape which helps her stand out as the focal point. The rest of the card was kept simple and I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops for texture on the windows, flowers on her satchel and the sun on the envelope. Subtle in the photographs but you can’t help run your fingers across it in real life.

Supplies Used:
Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100lb
Tsukineko Memento Ink Desert Sand
Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen
Nuvo Crystal Drops
Shaker Maker Foam Tape – White

Stamps:
Annie Special Delivery by Stamp Anniething
Stay Home Stay Safe by Sandy Allnock

Copic Colors – Character:
N2, 4, 5, 6, 8
R30, 32, 35, 37, 39
R01, 12, 04, C0, 2, 3
E0000, 30, 31, 35, 47
YG21, 23, 17, 67
E70, 71, 74, 77, 79
B01, 14, 16, 18
Y11, 15, 32, YR04

Copic Colors – Background:
YG21, 23, 17, 67
G02, B0000, Y21
N3, 5, C1, 3
BG01, 02, 45, 93, 96, 99
E15, 41, 42, 43
YR02, 82

Cheshire Chibi Girl

May 20, 2020May 22, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 1 Comment

The project I have to share today is a mixture of three different stamps plus some doodling on the side. The character is Cheshire Chibi Girl from Stamp Anything. She is part of the Down the Rabbit Hole kit and Ann was kind enough to share the digital version for me to color. The face was replaced with the one from Polka Dot Pals Syeda from Whimsy Stamps. Then the background is a freebie from Sandy Allnock called Stay Home Stay Safe. Lastly, I doodled some flying geese in the background to finish off the scene.

Check out the YouTube video where I show how I colored the face:
Coloring Polka Dot Pal Add-on Faces

I started this project by coloring the sky. I knew I wanted to go with something non-blue and that would help me set the color pallet for the rest of the project. Unfortunately, it sort of threw me off and so I don’t think the colors coordinate as well as I would liked them to have. But it’s all good and still fun.

After coloring the background and buildings, I jumped into coloring the beanie hat. The original character has a cat but I really wanted to add some extra coloring details and went with a knitted hat instead. Since I printed the image out in a light gray, I just used creative color placement and colored right over the cat hat.

The face and hair was colored while recording so you can watch the video for those details. In the foreground, I added a sidewalk with some grass details. Lastly, I added some flying geese silhouettes in the background to help break up the skyline.

YouTube Video:
Speed Coloring on the Face

Supplies Used:
Hammermill Premium Color Copy 100lb
Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen

Stamps:
Cheshire Chibi Girl from Stamp Anniething
Stay Home Stay Safe from Sandy Allnock
Polka Dot Pals Syeda (face) from Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers:
YG01, 17, 23
YR30, 31, 12, 07, 14
R05, 29, 39
T0, 1, 2, 3, 5
W3, 5, 7, 8
Y11, YR12, 31
Y21, 26, YR30
BG11, 13, 45, 57, 75, 78
B12, 16, 18
0, BV23, C1, 3
E000, 30, 13, R30, E27

Creative Kittens

May 7, 2020May 1, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ Leave a comment

For something slightly different, instead of coloring a stamp, I decided to color a coloring page. This is the title page from the Creative Kittens coloring book by Marjorie Sarnat. That included just the kitten so to fill out the rest of the card, I doodles the clouds and background.