Winter Thinking

Well we got a little more snow today and during my stamp reorganizing I found a set that I haven't used much... Anya Scarves.  So I was inspired!!

I stamped and colored her with some copics.  I paper pieced her hat, scarf, gloves, and sweater.  I airbrushed the aqua around her and pierced around the frame instead of matting her onto another piece of cardstock.  Layered some pattern papers on the stamped background then popped the main image on some foam tape after adding some ribbon.  To finish it off, I added some matching candy buttons.  I loooove the color combo!

Since I was using a dark card base, I wanted to make sure the inside had an easy space to write a message or stamp a sentiment once I find a use for the card, so I mocked the front layout but rotated it to go horizontal instead.

And here's a close up of the image.  I added some shading to the paper pieced pieces with my copics.  I love how that added some more dimension to her.

Since I was inspired by our cold/snowy/icy weather, I'm playing along with the Simon Wednesday Challenge - Ice Inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angie

SUPPLIES

STAMP - The Greeting Farm's Anya Scarves, Impression Obsession Swatches

INK - Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Distress Ink Walnut Stain

PAPER - Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock, Stampin' Up! Indigo Island, Basic Grey RSVP

COPICS - Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, E04; Hair E97, E15, E18; Jeans - B93, B95, B97, B99; Boots - C5, C7, C9, 100; Paper Pieced Shading - C3, C5; Airbrush background - BG32

OTHER - Blending Tool, Stampin' Up! Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Stampin' Up! Pool Party Seam Binding, Kiwi Lane Designed Sentiments Templates, Basic Grey Candy Buttons

A Greeting Farm Christmas

I've been super busy the last couple of weeks preparing to sell some things at a local craft fair.  I think I finally have it all ready so I decided to create something for a couple of challenges.  Here's my card:

I used the sketch from the Greeting Farm's Double Take Tuesdays and I colored on something other than white for MarkerPop's tenth challenge.  It was definitely a challenge coloring on the kraft cardstock!

Thanks for stopping by!

--Angie

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS - The Greeting Farm's Anya Scarves; AmyR's Handy Christmas Greetings

INK - Memento Rich Cocoa; Versamark

PAPER - Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake and Real Red; Miscellaneous Christmas patterned paper

COPICS - Skin - E000, E00, E11; Hair - E71, E74, E77; Clothes - R39, R59, R89, G16, G19, G46, Shadow - W1, W3, W5

OTHER - KaiserCraft Rhinestone, EK Success Postage Border Punch,  1 3/8" circle punch, Fancy Label Punch, White Embossing Powder, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen, Martha Stewart Glitter Marker, Corner Chomper

Chirstmas Gift TIn

Well I'm still on my Christmas card kick, but today I decided to step it up a little and make some gift packaging.  My husband recently got a new wallet that came in this tin:

I couldn't through it out so I knew it would be perfect for this project.  I ended up with this final product:

I can't wait to figure out what's getting wrapped in this one :D

I'm playing along with:

TGF Farm Fresh Fridays - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

TGF Double Take Tuesdays - Sketch

MarkerPop#8 - Oldies but Goodies: my oldest markers are some in the E family, so I colored her hair and skin using those markers.

Young Crafters Unite #14 - Learning is Fun: Copic coloring is one of my favorite techniques and I'm always trying to improve

Have a great week!

--Angie

SUPPLIES:

STAMP: The Greeting Farms Beanie Anya

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Versafine Onyx Black

PAPER: My Minds Eye Merry Christmas; Stampin' Up! Old Olive

OTHER: Recycled tin; Stampin' Up! Real Red Ribbon; Copic Markers

White Out

I decided to ink up a stamp from The Greeting Farm and play along with the Farm Fresh Friday Challenge this week.  The challenge is to only use white (except for the image which can be colored).  Since I could only use white, I dug out some embossing folders that I liked and some border punches, and then a little glitter, all to end with this little beauty:

When it came to coloring in Beanie Anya, I decided to add in MarkerPop's weekly challenge of yellow.  I didn't want ALL of her clothes to be yellow so I added in some maroon and teal.  I recently started a mini art journal which right now consists of a bunch of pages using mists, distress inks, and stencils/templates.  The very first page in my book (which was probably the last one I worked on!) is one of my favorites and is where my color combo for Anya came from.  I used Aged Mahogany, Peacock Feathers, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks for this page:

And I'll leave you with a close up of the image:

Have a great week!

--Angie

SUPPLIES:
STAMP - The Greeting Farm's Beanie Anya
PAPER - Copic Xpress it Blending CardStock and Office Max White CardStock
INK - Memento Tuxedo Black
COPICS - Hair - E35, E37, E29; Skin - E00, E01, E02, E11, R01; Clothes - Y13, Y15, Y35, Y38, R39, R56, R59, BG10, BG23, BG57, BG49
OTHER - Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folder, Fiskars Dotted Scallop Punch, Glitter Ritz Warm Highlight Microfine Glitter, Pearls from the stash, Corner Chomper

Hello Ian

Today, I'm sharing a card I made using the 14th day sketch for the CPS 5th Anniversary (#45):

I have a little stack of new supplies sitting on my desk that I've been wanting to use before I put them away and I used a few of them on this card:

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 The Ian image reminded me of a little newspaper boy (it must be the hat!) so I paired him with the Hero Arts Newspaper Background.  I stamped the newspaper on Pool Party paper with Versamark and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I inked over the background with Island Indigo so the Pool Party would come through.  I love this technique and don't use it enough!  I used the same ink colors to color in his colors.  He's such a sweet image.

I usually color brown hair but today I decided to try something new.  I need to find the right combo for blondes but I like how this one turned out.

--Angie

SUPPLIES - 
PAPER: Stampin' Up! Pool Party card stock and dsp; Neenah Solar White
STAMPS: The Greeting Farm's Hello Ian, Hero Arts' Newspaper Background, Verrsamark
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, and Early Espresso
COPICS: skin - E50, E51, E00; hair Y21, Y32, E35
OTHER: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Glue Dots, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Snail Adhesive, Glue dots, Buttons, Sponge Daubers, Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon