I Love My Dog

I found this stamp recently and just new I had to have it.  Finally taking some time today to color the image.  

The entire Stamplistic line of dog stamps have these fun wacky colors. 

Looking at the plain stamped black and white image I thought, where do I start.
I decided to just try and duplicate the best I could.

This is my version and hope to color again in real colors to match my dog.

My Jessa

Thanks for stopping by today.



Nancy

Taylored Expressions Botanical Beauty

I just received my new Taylored Expressions Botanical Beauty stamp and die, so I had to break it out and play.

I stamped the image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  Using the edger die I trimmed the image to attach to the card front.

Using a stencil I created a background for the image.

A simple sentiment finishes off this card.

For my second card I decided to color the image in a monochromatic color-way.

This card is a single layer and simple color.  

(I will admit it looks much better in person than it photographed)

Thanks for stopping by today

Nancy

Trying New Colors

The other day I featured a card with my new favorite Copic Marker color combination.  Well today I decided to try the same concept using my Altenew Artist Markers.  The stamp set I have chosen is Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Poppy

As I mentioned before, it's my opinion that not every image lends to this type of coloring but this Poppy stamp work great.  This coloring style is not meant to have an even blend between colors. 

I love the pop of color and artist look.

The markers I used: Ocean Wave, Sea Glass, Warm Sunshine, Crimson, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Moss.

I fussy cut a mask for flower and then sprayed Altenew Ink Spray in Jet Black and Antique Silver.

The sentiment if from the Altenew Poppy stamp set.

After coloring this image I decided to try my hand with another color combo.

The markers I used: Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Sea Glass, Buttercream, Ocean Wave, Deep Iris, Rouge, and Grapevine.

 I covered a panel with Altenew Gradient Lines Washi Tape, fussy cut the image and used dimensional tape to attach.

Layering a turquoise panel on the A2 card base, I added a few white pearls to finish thing off.

The sentiment if from the Altenew Poppy stamp set. I stamped and cut a small tag shape to attach with green twine.

Thanks for stopping by today

Nancy

More Purple!!!

Working on some more purple today, I decided to play with my Altenew Build-A-Flower Crocus stamp and Die set.  

I stamped the Crocus with Altenew Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultra Violet, Fresh Lemon, Honey Drizzle, Firefly and Grass Fields.  Dotted Washi Tape from Altenew is one of my favorite backgrounds to use and it works great for this card.  The sentiment is also from the Build-A-Flower Crocus set and stamped with Jet Black ink.

Thanks for stopping by today

Nancy

Playing with a little Gina K today

Today I had a chance to play with the new Gina K January Kit.

Starting with the Friendship Hearts stamp set, I created a background with the stitched heart.

I love the "Galentine's Day" sentiment and just had to use it on the card. I sprayed a little glimmer mist and placed a few sequins to complete the design.

For my next 2 projects I used the 'A Big Hello' stamp set.

I typically don't select purple for my projects but it's 2020 and I need to step out of my comfort zone.  Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac and Plum Punch inks from Gina K were used to stamp the images. By layering the inks I achieved the tone-on-tone effect. Clear Wink of Stella was added to accent the flowers.  

I stamped the hello sentiment and sub-sentiment in black ink.  

Three tiny silver gems finish off the card.

The last card started by using a water spray over the inked stamp from the card before this.  There was plenty of ink left on the stamp to achieve a watercolor look for this image.  You can see that the light color of Lovely Lavender is more prominent this time.  I needed a soft lilac Glitz Glitter Gel so I mixed a small amount of Lovely Lavender ink with White Glitz Gel. The stencil I used is Gina K Mandala Burst.  The sentiment and sub-sentiment was stamped with Plum Punch.  Again a few sequins complete this card.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Nancy

My New Favorite Copic Color Combo

I recently discovered a Copic Marker color combo that I wanted to try and can 

I say, I LOVE this combo.

I feel that you need to have a floral image that has a design that lends to this type of combo though.  For my project I selected Memory Box Rose Bouquet (CL5241).

My favorite new color combo is BG11, BG15, Y15 and R05.  

Learning after years of coloring that not everything has to be blended perfectly, 

 YG greens were selected for my leaves along with a few other colors for the remaining flowers.

The finishing touches are a some Lucy's Gems, Cantaloupe Mix.

Thanks for stopping by, now off to find some more floral images to color.

Nancy

Altenew - A Year In Review

WOW!  Can you believe that 2019 is almost over. 
 You should have landed here from the blog of Zinia Redo, if not please go back and see the fabulous inspiration she has to offer.

It's been a very busy and memorable year for me with having 2 scheduled eye surgeries, plus an unexpected move about 6 months ago.

The month of October was special for me because I was asked to film a series for the Altenew Academy, 'Modern Holiday Cardmaking'.  I must admit this was a little out of my comfort zone, but I enjoyed the process and was able to feature processes and designs that I love.

The first card I want to share, features the Build-A-Flower Camellia with the sentiment coming from the Build-A-Flower Anemone set.  I used the large flower for the focal point and then used it to make a subtle background print.  I love to use black in my projects so once again that makes the images 'pop'.

This second card is another favorite that features a monochromatic scheme.  This tone-on-tone uses the following Dies:

Watercolor Stripes Cover Die 

Leaf Canopy Die

Miss You Word Die

I stamped the floral images with Morning Frost, Evening Gray and Lava Rock Altenew Crisp Inks.

Can't forget those fabulous aqua enamel dots from Altenew.

The image for this bright card is from the Wallpaper Art stamp set.

Using my Altenew Artist Markers to color the image I selected those reds and warm yellow tones.

Once again I wanted to incorporate black in the card, so I mounted the image to a black card base and also chose a simple sentiment stamped in black.

This last card was featured in my Modern Holiday Cardmaking video series for Altenew.  I used black as my focus in my projects and this card received so many positive comments.

The stamp is Modern Poinsettia from Altenew and I used the Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers to color the fabulous blue-gray image.  The flower was mounted on a black base covered with the Altenew Circle Quilt Cover Die.

This basic design could be used for almost any large floral image and you could used so many colors for the focal image.

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners!  Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 01/03/2020 for a chance to win.  Random winners will also be chosen to win a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each stop on the hop so don't forget to leave me a comment.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 01/06/2020.

I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration cards from 2019 and have followed along with all of the other Guest Designers.  Now on to your next stop, Kymona Tracey. If you started with my blog please go to the beginning Altenew Blog 

Thanks for joining today and Happy New Year!