Lady in Yellow

Shades of purple and yellow.  This week, I'm experimenting more with Smooch inks and spritz.   The image is from Dog Gone Stamps and I colored her in with Copic markers (my favorite).  After coloring, I made a mask of the image and used Smooch Spritz (grape) to create the background.  I love Smooch Spritz' because of the glimmer you get without lots of splotchiness and you can always make it darker by spraying more layers.  The jewel toned brads match the shades in the dress perfectly (almost like I bought them specifically for this image).  Enjoy.

Window flower box

This card has lots of layers!  The flower box stamp is from Dog Gone Stamps and is lots of fun to color.  I used Flower Soft to fill in the flower box after coloring everything with Copic markers.  The paper is glossy paper, so the colors are very vibrant.  I also wrapped fiber around the next layer to bring out the yellow from the shutters.  The pink and purple layers are used to coordinate with the flowers.  Enjoy.

birthday dog

Most of the birthdays in my family are all within a month of each other (except two in the summer), and this is one for my brother-in-law.  The stamp is from Doggone Stamps and I colored him in using watercolor pencils and an aqua brush.  He is a very light golden, but is as bit darker in the actual card. The card base is from a Sizzix die cut.

Lady in Red

This is the second in the series of blending practice.  I wanted to see what different Copic marker color combos would look like and also see how other mediums would enhance the image.  I used four shades of red in her dress, plus I added colored pencils on top to highlight/shade certain areas.  She is also cut out with Spellbinders.  I used the larger die from the set to cut a frame for her and a Sizzix texture plate to emboss the frame.  The crystals on the bottom were originally clear and I didn't like the way they looked, so I colored them with Copics (to match the lace better).

Lady in Blue

I am continually practicing my blending techniques with Copic markers.  This is the first of three of the same design.  In addition to Copics, I also used Twinking H20's to highlight her skirt (the pic doesn't show it though).  There are four different shades of blue in her dress, plus the H20's.  She takes a while, but she's lots of fun to color.  For her background, I used Spellbinders to cut out her outline and then airbrushed a couple shades of yellow to make her pop a bit more.  Hope you like her.