It’s a release day at Whimsy Stamps and you’ll want to head on over there to grab your newest Polka Dot Pals clear set! This is Polka Dot Pals Vera and I can’t wait to see how everyone colors her up or color up the houses in the background too. For my card, I stuck within the set and created this scene…
Old fans may recognize this character from Little Miss Muffet Stamps – she was one of my favorites so I fixed a few things and also added a face to this set. Now she’s even better and I know will be one that I use over and over again.
I first colored the background and took inspiration from the first card I made last autumn when the Polka Dot Pals were newly released at Whimsy Stamps. That particular card has been hanging on my wall and … displayed proudly kinda like the first dollar earned at a small shop. LOL And it’s a quick but detailed background to do as well
For this project, I’ve mashed up a Polka Dot Pal with a DoveArt stamp and created this scene. These combination is always fun to work on and they make great scenes. This one features The Mailbox in the background and Polka Dot Pals Mason as the character. I’d swoon too if someone put a friendly note in my mailbox with flowers. Sigh
The red and yellow flowers are colored like Indian Blankets which are pentifiul this season around Texas. I think the yellow tips are stunning and pulls this flower over from the weed category into the desirable category. I’m so glad there are fields and fields of these to enjoy.
The character is Polka Dot Pals Mason and I’ve added elements from the Polka Dot Pals Fern set – her glasses and the sentiment. On the glasses, and the center of the flowers, I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops to give it a little more texture and shine. It’s a subtle effect but looks great when see in real life.
The background was stamped in green and brown ink. To do this, I inked up the entire stamp in green then dabbed the brown in sections such as the mailbox and the house. I didn’t worry about getting some on the green trees/grassy area and thought that would add extra dimension when I colored it. The character was stamped in black.
Sometimes not knowing what to color next, I look to my desk for inspiration. Or rather, I’m too lazy to look elsewhere and grab the closest thing… in this case, it was my second printing of the digital scene Polka Dot Pals Jayden Farm Break. I thought, sure why not! And this time I was going to do it different.
Update: This event is over but you still have time to enter the challenges with your creativity and coloring. Good luck! If you haven’t already heard, Whimsy Stamps is having their Virtual Weekend Retreat and this is one of the talk about images – there is a video, inspiration by others, and more. So come on over and play along in the games, challenges, chit-chat and prizes.
Whenever I think of farms, I gravitate towards animals and food crops – so I often forget about all the gorgeous and colorful flower farms out there. So this farm is dedicated to tulips and lavender. I can only imagine what it would be like to visit here. Blissful and aromatic for sure.
I really enjoyed how the mouth turned out on this gal. They don’t always turn out to be my favorites so it’s a happy result when it does. I also like the vine that I added to the silo. I do wish, however, I made the back row of trees into clouds instead. But that’ll just be something I can do next time.
While traveling, I enjoying spotting the barn quilt squares so I decided to add one to this barn. I went with a flying geese pattern. The fields I tried to color are orange tulips and lush lavender. I added dimension to these crops with Liquid Pearls.
This is the image I’ve colored during the Whimsy Stamp’s Virtual Weekend Event – if you haven’t popped on over to join the festivities then now is the time. I showed how I colored this card from start to almost finish in a speed coloring that was 28 minutes long. Yes that seems long and being on the editing side then I defiantly agree with you. However, this was a special event and there are videos, tutorials, games, freebies, prizes and more so we have all been putting extra effort into have a great weekend.
The image is Polka Dot Pals Jayden Farm Break. Update: The event is over but you still have time to add your creative projects and coloring into the challenges this week. Good luck!
I had created this scene a few weeks ago on another image and thought it was cute enough that I paired her with a Polka Dot Pal to create this digital coloring scene.
Today I’ll be coloring this image again and will choose a different color scheme. Instead of hay, perhaps I’ll choose corn or sunflowers. Instead of a sunset, maybe I’ll go for a light blue sky. It’ll be fun to see how different it turns out.
Remember that fun party image from two days ago? I couldn’t wait to color her again. This time I went with a fancy fiesta theme. This is Polka Dot Pals Gemma Let’s Party and is a digital coloring scene that is ready to go.
I have a video of this one showing the floor, check it out on YouTube or below: Coloring Wood Flooring
You may recognize her pose from the COVID-19 freebie (still available HERE) so this is when the restrictions are lifted and we get to party again. I can image some sort of interactive card with the COVID-19 quarantine image on the front then pull it up to reveal our true desires and the party image. You see it, right? Maybe someone will and if you do then make sure to tag me.
This image has so much potential and I know it will be one that I color again and again. Aside from the colors I can use, the balloons themselves will make sure of that. This time I went with opaque but next time I might go with a full transparent.
Yesterday was a release day at Whimsy Stamps and there are some adorably fun images to play with… including two new Polka Dot Pals digital coloring scenes! For my post today, I’ve featured the second image, Polka Dot Pals Imogen in Mason Jar. These digital coloring scene are da’bomb! (If I may say so. LOL)
This scene is ready to color so there is no merging or cropping involved – they all come complete with adorable characters and faces too. I like to think of them as quick and easy to down to business – the coloring – which is the fun part. They’re even large enough that simply making a one-layer card looks stunning. So when you’re at a loss for what to color, browse the digital coloring scenes and pick out your favorite!
I wasn’t sure what colors I wanted to use on this so I started out with the obvious ones… green for grass, then I choose green for bushes and went on to a blue sky. This is where my creativity jumped in and I added some purple. I mirrored that purple at the bottom with Liquid Pearl drops. Next I chose red/orange/yellow and then tried to stick with those colors for the rest of the image. Once coloring was done, I added Crystal Drops and Liquid Pearls for some dimension.
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