Happy Hares and Glow Flowers

I have a card to share using some of my Lavinia Stamps today and I tried out a "new to me" technique too :)

I created the scene using Glow Flowers, Pipin and Whimsical Hares stamps.

I coloured the grass with Copics and used them to also colour the flowers.  Then I used distress oxides to blend around the edges of the card.

I have seen lots of Eclipse cards that I have loved but I have never tried one before.  I decided to be brave and give it a go :) 

It wasn't hard but I wasn't happy with how it looked originally. I think it was just the wrong kind of design/background to attempt it probably.  So I was really annoyed at having tried it on this piece which I had really liked.  But I saved it (in my opinion anyway) by writing on the letters with a gel pen.  

I actually love the look of it now :) 

I have seen lots of Eclipse cards that I have loved but I have never tried one before.  I decided to be brave and give it a go :) 

I used the Happy die by Whimsy Stamps.

It wasn't hard but I wasn't happy with how it looked originally. I think it was just the wrong kind of design/background to attempt this technique probably.  So I was really annoyed at having tried it on this piece which I had really liked.  But I saved it (in my opinion anyway) by writing on the letters with a gel pen.  

I actually love the look of it now :) 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps - Blossoms Blooming

Ink art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Life is like a balloon card

I have a card to share today using Life is like a balloon by Mo's Digital Pencil.

This is such a great stamp set, it actually includes a dog with balloons and a sentiment too. I've used the whole set before on an art journal page but this time I decided to make a card with just the girl.

I coloured her with my Copics and then I created the cloud background in a different way to what I generally do.  I used a light blue copic marker to colour a sky but did it in a "rough" swirly way, not bothering about trying to blend it smoothly or evenly.  Then I used a darker blue Distress Oxide ink with a cloud die.  Finally I drew along the top edge of the clouds with a white gel pen and smudged it a little.  I was really happy with how the sky looks :)

At the bottom of the card I blended some Pistachio Distress Oxide ink and also added it to the bottom of some grass I die cut.

Copics Used :

B 0000, 00, 02, 21, 23, 24

R 20, 22, 27, 29

YR 18

Y 13, 15

W 1

E 000, 00, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Colour Crazy challenge - anything coloured goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Woe Is Fay

I had some fun with my art journal this week :)  

I used a wonderful image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Woe is Fay. 

I really love her and she was a lot of fun to colour. The fabulously dramatic words in the speech bubbles come with her also :) 

For the background I applied pink, grey and white paint with a dry brush.

I added some stencilling using paint and Distress Inks with Tim Holtz Bubble and TCW Ethereal stencils.

I drew a border around the edge and added some splashes of watered down gesso.

I paired her with a sentiment from a Dina Wakley collage words set.  I thought it was a perfect sentiment to go with her.

Copics used ;

W 1, 5, 7, 9

YG 01, 03, 17

G 28

B 37

BV 00, 02, 04, 08, 13

RV 02, 21

E 000, 00

R 20

I'd like to enter my page into the following challenges :

We Love 2 Create - anything goes

We Love Stamping - favourite stamps

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Teen Fairy Pia

 I needed to make a Birthday card for my daughter and I decided to use this very sweet image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Teen Fairy Pia.  She's beautiful and I just love the expression on her face!

I coloured her with Copics, added a little sparkle to her wings and then cut her out.

For the sentiment I used a die from Pinkfresh Studio called Sending and cut out segments from an old SU stamp set to use with it.  I also die-cut some stars from the Cosmic Star Border by Memory Box.

I used some Lawn Fawn paper called watercolor and drew on some sketchy lines.

Hopefully my daughter likes it.

Copics used :

BG 0000, 000, 10, 11

RV 00, 02

YG 11, 13

R 20, 30

E 000, 00, 21, 31, 35, 53, 55

Paper Funday Challenges - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Daisy Daisy

I have a card to share for Mo's Digital Pencil today and this little cutie is called Daisy Daisy

I just had to use her for my daughter's birthday card because she LOVES pigs :)

I had fun colouring this gorgeous girl with Copics and I drew little flowers all over her top with a white gel pen.  It's a bit hard to see in the photo but it gave it a lacy look.

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 35, 37, 53, 55

YR 14

Y 11, 15

R 000, 00, 20, 30

YG 01, 03

W 00

B 0000, 93

BG 000, 09, 72

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Time Out challenges - cute

Wednesday's  Creative Inspiration challenge - spring flowers

Paper Funday Challenges - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Misty Morning Meadow Mushrooms

I had fun creating this card and things got a bit messy too :)

I had different inks, stencil, gel plate, brayer, pens, paints, embossing powder, stamps and stuff everywhere but I had a wonderful time and I ended up with this card :)

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks with a tree stencil and a gel plate.

I used Whimsical Hares, Berry Wreath, Meadow Mushroom and Mini Meadow Mushroom from Lavinia Stamps. 

I stamped the wreath with ink and also white embossed some of it. I then used glitter gel pens to colour the berries.

I used a wet paint brush with oxide ink to paint the underside of the Mushrooms and used glitter and white gel pens on those also.  

I also flicked on some white gesso and watery distress oxides.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge : misty morning

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Pussywillows

 I have a card to share today using the Pussywillows stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil.

This stamp is so beautiful and I thought it would be great to use for a Thinking of You card.

I had a lot of fun creating this card :)

Firstly I created a mask to cover the girl on the stamp.

Then I created the background by brayering some distress oxide inks onto my gel press.  I used Ripe Persimmon, Squeezed Lemonade and Speckled Egg for the sky and pressed it onto the cardstock.

It looked pretty good except that it looked a bit more like three stripes of colour than a sky.  So I just used a sponge with the same distress oxides and blended a little between the blue and yellow and the yellow to persimmon.  

This was easier for me and gave a much better result as I find blending oxides smoothly onto copic card a bit difficult.

Then I blended Twisted Citron and Pistachio Distress Oxides for the grass.

I flicked on some gesso mixed with water and also "painted" some whispy clouds with it.

I removed the mask and coloured the girl with Copics and used a white Posca pen on the pussywillows.

Copics used :

B0000

BG 000, 72

YG 93

E 00, 13, 21, 33, 35, 37, 53

I'd like to enter my card in the following card challenges :

Wednesdays Creative Inspirations Challenge : spring flowers

Paper Funday Challenge : anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy