Floral story

I have a new favorite stamp! I love this Floral Story from Penny Black! When I was younger my Mom would grow Amaryllis inside and have them blooming for the holidays. I have tried several times and just can't seem to get mine to grow well inside. I stamped the image in black ink and colored with copics, R24,27 &29, and YG25, 23 & 21. I tore the image and inked the edges with walnut stain, the PP is from PTI which I also inked with walnut stain. Any big plans for the Holiday? We probably grill some food outside and hopefully get to the pool. Owen was invited to his first official "playdate" (it's probably already not cool to call it that not at the age of 8). He is so excited, it would be nice for him to have some friends to spend time with. We live out in the country and all girls live around us. He doesn' t mind hanging with them, but they aren't into fishing, playing swamp loggers or talking about go karts. Hope everyone has a fun, safe Holiday.

Coloring Green with copics

I have been spending some time working thru the class as Color Me Creative. I used the above image from Mo's digital Pencil and used copics to color the clothing. It really takes practice and time to learn to shade and color in order to make images look life like. I still have tons of work to do, but I feel like I am heading in the right direction and definitley understand light and shading much better now. If you are intrested in taking an online class check out Color me Creative. I am hoping to have more time to work on some more later this week.
Summer is in full swing here, it is hot so we try to spend as much time as possible at the pool. Otherwise it is quite miserable to be outside. Yesterday I took the boys to the beach and DH watch baby girl for the morning. We haven't been this summer yet, and I miss going so much. They had a blast, tomorrow I will post some updated pictures of the kids. Have a great monday!

Stamp Camp Week 4

  

I hope wherever you are you are staying cool, it is suppose to be 105 heat index today and tomorrow Yuck! I love this stamp from Penny Black, I colored it with copics, BG45, 49, and B0000, then the leaves are colored with YG03 & YG05. I was practicing my feathering and blending techniques and love how it turned out.  The Background is a Hero arts cling, that I stamped with broken china and then distressed with the same color. The sentiment and script are from PTI, and PP Is from Bo Bunny. I was going for the look of the Penny Black stamp Poppy Poem, that I "need" LOL! Stay cool and enjoy your day!

Artsy blooms

The flower stamp on this card is from Cornish Heritage Farms, the Shady Tree Studio collection. I received an email last week saying they were closing the company. They have really pretty stamps, but the flower ones I love. I stamped the rustic background from Studio 490 in shabby shutter. Then I stamped the flowers in black and colored with copics, R24, 27 & 27, YG93 and 95. The butterflies from PTI, are stamped in ripe avocado as well as the sentiment from Hero Arts. Have a great Tuesday!