Feed The Soul

I have a card to share today using a stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil called Feed The Soul.

I just love this fabulous lady with her beautiful bunch of tulips :)

She comes with a wonderful sentiment but I used a different one that I had in my stash.  I thought it worked perfectly with her and would make a great Thankyou or Birthday card.

I loved colouring her but I especially loved colouring the tulips!

I cut her out and placed it on an oval cut from Spellbinders Opulent Oval die set.  It's one of of my oldest dies and I haven't used it for a very long time but I just thought it suited this stamp so well.

The sentiment is from an old Stampin Up set.

Copics used :

B 95, 97

YG 03, 13

RV 02, 63

V 05, 06

R 20, 22

C 1, 3

Y 23

E 000, 00, 21, 33, 35, 37, 42, 43

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

Word Art Wednesday -  sentiment

Paper Funday Challenges - anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Merry and Bright Penguin Chicks

I really can't believe that it's July already, this year is going by so fast!  I decided that I really needed to make a start on my Christmas cards this week with this cute stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil called 2 Penguin Chicks.

These penguins are fun to colour and are great when you want to create a quick clean and simple card :)

Copics used :

W 1, 3, 5

R 24, 27, 29, 59

Y 15

YR 14, 18

YG 03, 06

G 24, 28

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

Allsorts Challenge : animals

Aud sentiments - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Journey

I have made another page for my art journal this week.  It features a gorgeous stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil called Journey. 

I had fun colouring the image with Copics and then got crafty making the background.

I used kraft card for the base and used ripped tape around the edge to create a blended panel with Distress Oxide inks. I used Speckled eggs, Peacock feather and Mermaid lagoon and then blended Squeezed lemonade over the top using a sunburst stencil.  I then stamped a couple of stamps on top of this.

For the waves I used a wave die with some patterned paper and some paper I created myself with the Distress Oxides and splashed a little water on top.

The sentiment is an old one from Stampin Up, I thought it worked so well with this image. I used a ticket die to cut it out and made a sketchy white border with a gel pen.

Copics used -

W 1, 3, 5, 7

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 33, 35, 37, 43, 44, 47, 53

BG 10, 11, 15, 72

B 95, 97

Y 23, 26, 28

R 20, 22, 30, 56, 85

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

Dragonfly Dreams - Outdoors

We love to Create - anything mixed media

Allsorts Challenge - so girly

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

I loved creating this page!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Kathy

Mae

I got the chance to play with one of the brand new images from Mo's Digital Pencil this week :)

This is Mae. She's super cute and cheeky too.

I decided to make a page with her for my art journal and I had a lot of fun doing it :)

I want to make pages for my art journal which use quotes or sentiments that speak to me and this quote jumped into my mind as soon as I saw Mae.  I was debating whether to also write where the quote was from on my page but I decided against it.  I'm not going to tell because I'd love to see how many people actually know who said it. Please leave me a message if you do :)

So I coloured her with copics and fussy cut her out. Then I had to find some butterfly wings. I spent sooo long searching through stamps, dies, papers, etc and I thought I had so many butterfly things but nothing seemed right until I found this one in an old calendar I had saved. I think it works perfectly with her :)

I cut some black card to fit my journal page and used tape around the sides to create a black border.  Then I blended different blue and green distress oxide inks onto the card and used the same inks with a butterfly stencil over the top.  I added some circular stamps, flicked on some white gesso, added some washi tape and stickers the sentiment and of course Mae.  I used a white pen to draw a border and glued it onto the journal page.

I loved creating this page! It was a lot of fun :)

Copics used :

E 000, 00, 21

W 1, 3, 5, 7

R 22, 30

RV 52, 53, 63

B 93, 95

BG 72

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

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Dragonfly dreams challenge - outdoors

We love to create - mixed media

We love Stamping - anything goes

Allsorts challenge - anything stamped

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Amanita

 I have a card to share today using one of my favourite stamps from Mo's Digital Pencil.  

This is Amanita, isn't she gorgeous?!

I had a lovely relaxing time colouring her with copics :)

I used a woodgrain embossing folder and enhanced the grain by applying white and brown inks.

I also used a scrap of paper by Simple Stories and a vine die from Whimsy Stamps.

Copics used :

YR 14, 16, 18

R 20, 22, 27, 29, 30, 59

YG 03, 91, 93, 95

BG 10

Y 000, 23, 26

W 00, 1

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 42, 43, 44, 47

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

Colour Crazy Challenge - anything coloured goes

We love to create - anything mixed media

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

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