CAS, Clean and Simple, challenge from the Outlawz was to add just a touch of bling in the form of diamonds and/or pearls. I kept mine very clean and simple with an embossed card base and cutouts with my Sizzix Dies. The flower is colored with Copics.
Let's follow the path toward colorful and playful art together, learning as we go.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Stampendous "Gifts to Tie" for the Outlawz
Over at The Outlawz' Friday Coloring Challenge we were asked to to and anything goes card with the option of a Christmas twist. Well, this was another opportunity to get some of those Christmas cards going. I had a new House Mouse, Gifts to Tie, stamp from Stampendous that I was just itching to use. Snow is Stampendous Chunky white embossing enamel. I also had another chance to some of my handmade dots.
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Copic Markers Used |
Monday, July 21, 2014
Quilling, Outlawz Challenge

More quilling, and do remember these are my first tries :)
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Copic Pallet Blending Technique
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Stampendous Cling Bowl Bouquet |
The technique worked best with the colors that usually would not blend with Copics. I used a piece of acetate and scribbled on some BG75 and BG 72 then used the Rll to swipe through them and apply the color. Put this down where you want it dark and keep circularly blending outward to get this to work. If you've never tried this method, it is a lot of fun. Do practice, as you can see on the photo below to get it down. I used this method on the roses.


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Photo courtesy of Design Seeds (http://design-seeds.com/) |
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Making Some Enamel Dots and an Outlawz CAS Challenge

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Unhappy Doubles |
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Some small, some double and some on tile. |
One of the dots, the very gold one, is made from a dot of "Pearl Pen" that I dropped on my craft sheet and let dry. Many of the yellow dots were white and I airbrushed them with my Copics. I used scissors to cut the two that end of the fold of the paper. This was so much fun to do.
Also, I am so please to see one of my cards featured on the main page of the Outlawz. If you have a chance to hop over there, it is the Stampendous House Mouse blowing bubbles.
Thanks for stopping by and I love to get comments.
Friday, July 11, 2014
At the Beach with Sami, Copics, and the Outlawz
The Outlawz Challenge for Friday' Coloring group was to do something about the Beach/Pool. I didn't have a stamp that I could think of to use for this (and, the pocketbook was empty) so I dreamed all night (I often do this, anyone else?) about different things I might be able to draw on my own. So, I thought of a crab and got to work this morning drawing this little guy (Sami) and his environment "on the beach." I used my Copics to color, added some chunky white embossing enamel for the waves and a white paint pen for the lower waves. The background paper is from "a day at the Beach" from the Paper Studio. I popped the umbrella up with a foam square. The shells are buttons.
Monday, July 7, 2014
A Little Birdie Says HI

This card is being entered in Mojo Monday and the Outlawz Friday Coloring Challenge.
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Copic Colors Used |
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Mummy Dog and My First Outlaw Challenge
Another new site and more challenges! Fun stuff. I became a member of The Outlaw Challenges and already joined a group called "Sunday's Clean and Simple." Well this certainly was a challenge for me because I am just learning to layer. So, back to the basics. I'm not sure how "simple" these have to be. I looked at the design team's work and see up to 6 items, so I should be safe :)
Since the theme is "dogs", hot or otherwise, I went on an Internet search for a digital stamp. I found a great site, Meljens Designs and found this Mummy Dog. On sale even! I used a die punch from Sizzix for the only real embellishment and airbrushed it a matching green.
I have entered this in: The Outlaws Sunday's Clean and Simple
http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/sundayscleanandsimplecas
Since the theme is "dogs", hot or otherwise, I went on an Internet search for a digital stamp. I found a great site, Meljens Designs and found this Mummy Dog. On sale even! I used a die punch from Sizzix for the only real embellishment and airbrushed it a matching green.
I have entered this in: The Outlaws Sunday's Clean and Simple
http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/sundayscleanandsimplecas
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Copic Colors Used |
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