Lantern Light

Lately, I have been really drawn to Oriental or Asian designs, especially lantern, so I was thrilled to find this stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers. I coupled the stamped lanterns with two die cut lanterns by Spellbinders. I paired the colors orange and turquoise in the lanterns, my favorite combination. Because I wanted the overall look to be elegant, I added a floral corner border from Spellbinders in black to match the black of the sentiments. 

Out of This World

I have fallen in love with the stamp set Out of this World by My Favorite things. There are several rockets, aliens, and sentiments to choose from. I started my card with a blue base (sort of like the night sky) and embossed it with a Darice Clouds folder. Next, I stamped the rocket and colored it with Copics. I added a few orange stars to the back ground, and then I added a sentiment. This sentiment comes from Scrappy Mom's set also titled Out of this Wold. The sentiment says, Shooting By to Say Hi. 

Prince of the Ocean

Hello Crafters,
For my gallery post today at CardzTV, I'm using the CardzTV set, Fun in the Sun. This is the perfect set of sentiments for all of your summer activities. 

My previous gallery post was a mermaid, so I decided to do a mer-man this time (or in this case, a mer-boy). I used two sentiments, "Splash" and "Keep on Swimming".

I played with various combinations of greens and blues on the body, hair, tail, and fins (all Copic markers). A few pop up fish stickers surround him, mat on a swirly blue patterned paper.


This is also project 32 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. It's amazing how much inspiration I get from her images. I'm super excited about all of the encouragement and feedback from my followers. 

Catch Some Sun

ScrapbookerPhD

Challenge #24: Summer Fun

Our new challenge at ScrapbookerPhD is to focus on Summer Fun. This is going to be a fun challenge because June has just started. There are waterparks opening, lakes are getting warmer, and pools opening up. 

I took a hiatus from crafting, and goodness it feels great to be back, especially with Project 31 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. It's amazing how much inspiration I get from her images. I'm super excited about all of the encouragement and feedback from my followers. 

For my Summer Fun project, I chose this adorable surfer girl from the Betty collection. I added a die cut sun, a chip board beach ball, and ceramic flip flops. All of the coloring was done with my Copics. 

Happy Place

I took a hiatus from crafting, and goodness it feels great to be back, especially with Project 30 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. It's amazing how much inspiration I get from her images. I'm super excited about all of the encouragement and feedback from my followers. 

Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

I made this project specifically for the Cardz TV Stamps Gallery. I'm using the CardzTV set, It's All Good. This is the perfect set of sentiments for any occasion, even just to say hello.

I used the sentiment "Go to Your Happy Place" because I wanted to color an enchanted ocean with mermaids and beautiful coral. Haven't we all wanted to be a mermaid at some point in our lives.

I used random colors from my Copic marker collection to color my mermaid. She is a digital stamp from Simply Betty Stamps. Betty has several mermaids to color. I happen to love the purple shiny octopus in the corner. It's actually a sticker, and so is the starfish on the bottom. The die cut corner border is from Memory Box and called Oceana Corner. I love it.

Enjoy!
Gallery Designer - Faith The Crafting Professor

Awesomeness

How much fun is this image by Stamping Bella, called the right shoes?

As soon as I saw her, I knew I wanted to try to color those shoes with real depth and dimension in the shadows of the bow and the heel of the shoe. I deviated from a traditional red or black shoe, and went with sassy turquoise. 

The sentiment is from a funky set from C.C. Designs, the Teen Scene set. 

Steampunk Bubbly

Here it is... Project 29 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. My how time flies... I can't believe that I'm about to hit 30 projects featuring Betty's stamps. I'm super excited about all of the encouragement and feedback from my followers. 

Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

For today's project, I wanted to make a special card for a very good friend of mine, and she asked for something a little steampunk. Simply Betty Stamps came out with a line of Steampunk Cuties, and I thought this Steampunk Bubbly was the perfect image for her. 

I colored her using my Copics, and decided to go for an overall look of pink and gray. I did add in some blue for the bubbles. The gear is a Spellbinders die cut, and I added a handmade bow. 

Challenges Entered

Penny's Paper Challenge: For the Girls

Craft-Dee Bowz: AG + Bow

Monday Morning Challenge: 2+ Colors (pink and black/gray with a tiny hint of blue)

Sentimental Sundays: No Sentiment

Wedding Card

Two friends of mine, young friends, recently got married. They are just the cutest couple, and I know Jenna since she was a teenager. I wanted to make her something cute for her card, and went with Cupid Marci from La La Land Crafts. 

Funny story about this card, I made it in the middle of the night. Ever happen to you when you can't sleep? But I made her in stages... I would try to sleep, and maybe get an hour, and then get up and color. Hence, some mistakes (oops). It was actually quite soothing and stopped me from tossing and turning and general frustration.

Challenges Entered

Deep Ocean Challenge: Things with Wings

Crafty Cardmakers: Things with Wings

Mema's Crafts: AG + Dies

Pile it On: Fancy Frames

Sister Act Card Challenge: AG

Emily's Kimono

I simply love the combination of yellow/orange with turquoise. 
That is the color palette I decided to use to color this gorgeous Lacy Sunshine image, Emily's Kimono. 

I have to admit, this was a fun image to color now that I have taken skin, hair, and clothing classes from Kit and Clowder with Alyce Keegan. I'm starting to understand light source and shading. For example, how to create depth with skin, how to highlight hair, and how to blend colors in clothing. If you have any interest in learning more about coloring, I highly suggest you go to Kit and Clowder and look over their classes.

I've colored this image with my Copics.
Hair: C1, C3, C4, C5
Dress: Yellow Y11, Y13, Y15, Y18, Blue, B02, Orange YR 09
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E04, R20, R22
Umbrella: B01, B04

To finish the card, I added a turquoise and white die cut butterfly and orange and yellow flowers - seriously how many flowers do you have in your stash. I just organized mine by color so they are easier to find.

The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Stamps (the Lanterns set) and cut out on a decorative die cut.

Challenges Entered
Clear it Out Challenge: Yellow
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday: 3 of Something (flowers)
Marker POP: Anything Goes (Copic)
Card Mania: Flowers

Dragon Luka

I have to admit, sometimes I find it hard to find the right image for a masculine card. But this image from La La Land Crafts was so super cute and begged to be colored. I kept this image of Dragon Luka clean and simple. I colored him with my Copics, added some brown camouflage patterned paper, and green ribbon over a green leaf. 

Copics:
Green - G99, G94, G24, G21
Red - R59, R46, R37, R29, R22
Gray - N6, N4, N3, N2
Skin - E000, E00, E11, E04

Challenges Entered
Crafty Cardmakers: Wings
Cutie Pie Challenge: All About Boys

Dark Fairy

Here it is! Project 28 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I am just two away from hitting a milestone for myself... 30 images! Maybe I can fit that in over the weekend. I'm super excited about all of the encouragement and feedback from my followers. 

Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

I'm coloring this devilish-ghoulhish-goblin dark fairy. 
I chose her specifically for a friend of mine, Barbara, who is super fun in a sweet way or but also in a sassy way, and I just love that about her. 

The last time I made her a card, it was with a sweet Simply Betty Mermaid, so this time, she gets the dark fairy!

I colored her with my Copics:

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21, E04, R20
Hair - N6, N4, N2
Wings and Horns - R59, R46, R37, R29, R22
Dress - G99, G94, G24

I kept the rest of the card clean and simple in black and white with decorative black photo corner die cuts and a sentiment stamp from Cardz TV, from the More Spooky Sayings set. 

Challenges Entered

Haunted House Macabre Mondays: Going Green

Kimono Marci

I'm so excited to find these Kimono images at La La Land. This on is Kimono Umbrella Marci. I love the orange and turquoise coloring based on the Challenge over at Color Q. 

I'm learning to color pleating at Kit and Clowder in the Coloring class, so this one was a simple pleat shading. The lantern is a 3D lantern with fringe, and the lantern is a die cut from Spellbinders with some orange gems in the corner. 

Challenges Entered

Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Mermaid Octavia

Here it is! Project 26 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I just know I will get to 30 this week... I am super motivated thanks to you and all of your positive feedback, but I have a long way to go. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

I am so excited about this project because I am addicted to coloring mermaids!
I especially love this mermaid because of the octopus in the scene.
I got to use my new In Design application where I was able to add the sentiment and image to the correctly sized canvas, print and cut! Perfect. 

Coloring hair is my biggest challenge right now. 
While I try to "flick" different shades of color through the strands of hair, it seems the colors blend together into blobs of color. That is certainly not my intent, so I'm working on that as I color future Betty images. 

The bubble are a mixture of printed bubbles, gems, and pearls. The crab is a 3D glittered sticker, and the sea shell is from my stash. I keep a big stash of "sea" related embellishments for my mermaid cards.

Challenges Entered

Doodle Pantry: AG
Craft Your Passion: AG
Clear it Out: Stash
Loves Rubber Stamps: AG

Fairy Blue

Project 24 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I'm over the 20 project mark, but I'm disappointed I didn't make it through 25 over the weekend. I am super motivated thanks to you and all of your positive feedback, but I have a long way to go, especially since Betty seems to release new images all of the time - like this special edition fairy image called Cordelia. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

Now that I am doing so much coloring, I really have to learn to keep track of the Copic colors that I use! Right now, I typically sit in front of my Copic case, and choose markers that  "look" right to me. I knew I wanted this amazing fairy to really stand out, so I used this stair step card to give her more space. I cut her and her mat from a Sizzix die cut. The silver metal flowers are from my stash. The red background paper is from my stash, and the blue sentiment is chipboard from my stash. On the sides of the stair step are heart die cuts from La La Land Crafts. 

Challenges Entered

Crafty Cardmakers: Wings

Fairytale Stampers: Wings

The Paper Players: Die Cut

Gem of a Challenge: Anything But a Square Card

Rosey Hearts Show Girl

What I love about the crafty environment online world is finding new products and inspiration. Someone posted this image last week, and I loved it. I remembered the name of the stamp company, Rosey Hearts, and I found this Show Girl right on the front page! She reminded me of those 1920s Burlesque Shows with the big feathers and outrageous  costumes. I wish I was up on the stage like that. Maybe some karaoke with friends instead! 

She is colored with Copics and cut from a Spellbinders die cut. Paper is from my "vintage" stash. 

Challenges Entered

Polkadoodles: Use a Die Cut
Simply Create Too: AG
Simply Papercraft: AG

That Stinks

I am a stamp horder. 
I have stamps sets everywhere. Some organized by theme and some organized by brand. CardzTV and The Alley Way Stamps have their own drawer. Why? Because at the time that I write this, I have about 40 sets of stamps from The Alley Way Stamps. 

It's a good thing that The Alley Way Stamps have a monthly challenge, so that I have a reason to use all of my sets. 

For this project, I wanted to make a get well card that was really different, so the image of the skunk and the sentiment really grabbed me. These are from the set called Stumped. To make it more of a scene, I added the tree stump (same stamp set) and the bird from the set Give Thanks. 

I colored everything with my Copics.

Challenges Entered:
The Alley Ways Stamps: AG
Sisters of Craft: AG
Aud Sentiments: AG + Sentiment
CCEE Stamps: Humor
Crafty Gals Corner: Humor
Little Red Wagon: Call the Vet

Spring Flowers

Project 23 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I'm over the 20 project mark, and I can see 25 projects being complete by the end of the weekend. I am super motivated thanks to you and all of your positive feedback, but I have a long way to go, especially since Betty seems to release new images all of the time. This image is an oldie but a goodie. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

For this project, I wanted to accentuate the flowers and make them pop off the page, leave everything else clean and simple.... The background, mat on brown, is embossed with a floral folder, and she is cropped down and mat on brown as well. I used a wide variety of Copics for the flowers, and kept the hair and skin neutral. The "spring" sentiment is stamped from Docerela Stamps, the Mix and Match III set. 

Challenges Entered
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Spring Color
Card Mania Challenge - Flowers
Cards in Envy - Spring Colors
Crafty Card Marker - Spring Has Sprung
Make My Monday Challenge - Flowers

Lotus Geisha

Project 22 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I'm doing the happy dance because I am past 20 images. I'm still very motivated, but I have a long way to go, especially with a brand new line of images and some re-releasing of retired images. I have been looking forward to coloring the new geishas, especially this exclusive Lotus Geisha for the Simply Betty Stamp challenge. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

I really wanted to use more of a coral color for the hair, but I didn't have the right color combinations, so I went with a brighter orange, which I think looks fantastic with the purple. (I was heavy handed with the pens on the hair - something I have to work on). I used a variation of orange and purple throughout the coloring: YR09, YR07,YR04,YR01, YR00 and V09, V06, V04, V01, V000. For her skin, I wanted a very light tone, and used E000, E00, E01. 

The frame and butterflies are cut from Spellbinders die cuts. The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers, the Be Virtuous set. 

Challenges
Come and Get it Challenges - One for the Girls
Suzy Bee's - AG with a Sentiment
Fussy and Fancy - Girly
Simply Papercraft - AG
Aud Sentiments - AG with a Sentiment

Movie Time

Project 21 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I'm doing the happy dance because I am past 20 images. I'm still very motivated, but I have a long way to go, especially with a brand new line of images and some re-releasing of retired images. I can't wait to color the new Geishas. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog.

I was 100% motivated by Kit and Clowder's Movie themed challenge. This Movie Time Betty is perfect for this challenge. I colored her using my Copics. When putting her together, I wanted to keep with the movie "theme" but I also wanted to make the card as a congratulations card, so I added the "you're a star" sentiment (or a play on a movie star), so I used the star patterned paper in the background, four glitter stars, and a movie production sign (3D sticker). 

I was also excited about this because I love movies, and I have a few movie buddies not including my husband who LOVES movies. This weekend, I'm going to see both Cinderella and The Lazarus Effect. Can't wait!!!

Copics:
Skin E00, E11, E13, E15, R20
Skull & Shoes C1, C3, C5, C7
Pants BG72, BG78, BG11
Random colors for the popcorn, soda, chocolate, etc. 
*Forgot to write down hair colors.


Challenges Entered
Kit and Clowder: Movie
CCC Digi Creations: One for the Girls
Crafting When We Can: Favorite Activity

Queen of Dreams

Project 19 of my Simply Betty Stamps Challenge: Color every image in the Simply Betty Collection. That's over 500 images not including the new releases this year. I can't believe how close I am to 20 images. I'm really motivated, but I have a long way to go, especially with a brand new line of images and some re-releasing of retired images. Come join my blog and cheer me on while I work my way through the Simply Betty Catalog. 

This time, my inspiration came from Simply Betty's Challenge: Color this Goblin Queen image (new image). I absolutely love this image and wanted it to be the focal point of the project in a CAS style. I just love the sentiment here, and I plan to send this to a wonderful friend who just had her dream come true with an incredible job offer. 

To color her, I used my Copics:

Hair
BV08, BV04, BV02
Skin
BV00, E50, E02, E00, R22 (N2 for eyeshadow) 
Dress
E15, Y17, Y15, Y11
Goblin 
YG07
Wings
BV02, BV00, BV000

The wings have a layer of Wink of Stella for some shimmer, but it is hard to tell in the photo. 
The sentiment came with the Simply Betty image, and I added just a touch of flourish from my stash. 

Challenges Entered
Addicted to Stamps: AG
Creative Moments: AG + For a Special Woman
Fantastic Tuesday: AG + Square
Crafting From the Heart: AG
Craft Your Passion: AG
Crafty Card Makers: For a Special Woman