Chubby Love Feathers

I always love an "anything goes" for Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz. This gave me the opportunity to use this bird digital stamp, Chubby Love Feathers, from Sami Stamps. Isn't he just fun? I colored him with Copic markers, used my Copic air brush to make a matching flower, and added some Distress Inks to the edges of the die cut image.

Let it Pour!

Let's have a "water theme" this week for the optional twist for Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz. I love this little kitty, from Sami Stamps, using a flower for a hat. I thought it made for a nice rain bonnet! Stamps for rain and clouds are from Penny Black.

Spectrum Noir Colors Used

I Love Books

This week's optional twist for Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz, is to make a step card. I really like step cards and, since our sponsor is Sami Stamps, I used their sweet little boy (I love books) with loads of books stacked on the steps just waiting for him to read.

  I used a free digital image from Tiddly Inks of a book that I resized several times and colored with different markers for interest. 

Spectrum Noir Colors Used

Tulip Shaker Card

The optional twist this week for Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz is to "use dies". I used a die to cut out the shape of my opening for a shaker card. The pretty little image is from Sami Stamps and is called Tulip Easter Egg. It works nicely for a summery card as well.

Summer Roses

Summer Time is the optional twist on Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz this week. Our sponsor is Sami Stamps, and what a fun collection of digi stamps to choose from. I have been playing with different coloring mediums lately and so I chose the image called beauty roses and used pan pastels. The background is cardstock run through an embossing folder with some Distress Inks. I also added a paper bow from a tutorial that I found on YouTube. Great way to use up those scraps!

Watercolored Poppies from Sami Stamps

Water Color Flowers and Background

This week, over at The Outlawz' Twisted Thursday, our optional twist is to add a charm. Out sponsor is Sami Stamps and I just love this poppy stamp. I played with many different types of coloring and finally settled on this watercolored one for the "final" card.

I used watercolor paper and stamped the image. Then I covered the image with a mask, wet the paper, added water colors randomly, and wet to spread. Then I removed the mask.

The charm is a tiny resin heart and I topped the "hello" with glossy accents.

Markers and Watercolor background

This was a close runner-up. I used marker with a watercolor background.

Spectrum Noirs Used

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.