Happy New Year

This card was made for a friend celebrating the Chinese New Year. The image came from http://www.childbook.com/Chinese-Coloring-Pages-Pictures-and-Graphics-s/70.htm and was coloured using copic markers. I used the feathering technique again from Copic Creations challenge # 21 to blend the colours.

This blog candy has some lovely images just right for using this technique

Kellie Winnell Blog Candy

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It includes 9 Sugarplum kids stamps, 2 accessory stamps and 1 set of Spring sentiments.

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Copic challenge 21

I decided to take part in some of the Copic Challenges here The latest one is feathering where you change from one colour to another colour. The butterfly used colours V12, BG02 and BG04 I can't remember the other colours that I used for the woman.

Back to blogging

It has been nearly a year since I last put up a post but life seems to have been busy.
Today's image is a page I made for an Asian book swap on the Oriental Stamp Art group. The stamps are by Art Neko and My Stamps. The background is coloured with Distress Inks and the cranes are stamped on cream metallic paper and coloured with copic markers. Tiny spots of glitter were added for snow. I was really pleased how it all turned out.

OSA Card Layout Challenge #4

As part of its 10 year anniversary celebrations OSA (Oriental stamp Art) is having a weekly card layout challenge. The layouts and cards can be found at http://osadesignchallenges.wordpress.com/
This is my attempt. I used a stamp by Stonehouse Stamps and then have used my new Copic markers to colour it. I am really enjoying using these markers!

Poppies

These red poppies always cheer me up. For some reason it is tricky to get this to stamp well but when it works, it is a lovely stamp. I am not sure who makes it - I have had it for about 10 years now and it is unmounted so there is no brand name on it. I have stamped it in black and then used the Twinkling H2Os to colour it. I embossed the red card with my Cuttlebug. I am not convinced that it is the right texture for this stamp but I wasn't sure which one to use instead. Next time I will try a different embossing plate.

A bird in the bush

This card was created with one of the new Cuttlebug folders for the background. The stamp is a new one from Memory Box. Birds seem to be really popular at the moment and I love the style of this one. I have stamped onto an oval (cut with my nestabilites) and then restamped it and layered on top. This has been layered onto a darker scalloped oval. The background has been embossed onto a gorgeous leaf green metallic paper and layered onto a dark purple piece. This makes another 'quick' card that can be used for any occasion.

Irises blooming

This springtime card was created for a friend. The irises (Hero Arts) were stamped onto white card with copper Brilliance Ink. This was then coloured using Twinkling H2Os.
The background flourishes were stamped on the green card with Versamark. The long purple triangle is torn from a piece of embossed paper. Isn't it a great pattern. I would love to have an embossing folder with a similar design. Unfortunately it is a piece of commercially embossed paper. The card was finished with a scalloped oval cut with my Nestabilites. Another Hero arts stamp completes the card with the saying.
As you can tell, I enjoy using the Twinkling H2Os as I find they are easy to use and very convenient. I have all mine stored in a storage box that is all divided up into compartments. I have them sorted by colour groups and I can store them there without having to put their lids on.