Crab-tastic!

Hello again!  Did I mention I really love the crabs from my post two weeks ago?  Well, I do.  So much so that I had to have another go at them!  The good news is you too can play with them too. AND there is still plenty of time to enter them in the July Digi Challenge on the Facebook Craftin Desert Divas group.  A free digi stamp just for entering!  I highly encourage you to give it a try.

This time I reached for my Copic markers.  I admit that I have a hard time creating "scene" cards but I just adore how this turned out!  I don't think I've ever colored absolutely everything on the card with Copics before!  After I colored all the images, I went back with my colorless blender and added dots, dots and more dots to the sand.   I wanted to give the appearance of sand texture.  I added it onto a very thin green layer and then the white card base.  No extra embellishments needed on this one.

I appreciate you stopping in to take a look!

Supplies used:

Beach Crab

Summer Days

Yummy for your tummy!

Hi gang!  I'm back with another Design Team project for Craftin Desert Divas Digi team!  Sometimes it's so very hard to choose which image I want to use.  My wishlist is huge!  I thank Tara at CDD for offering such a wide variety of digi stamps to choose from and they keep on coming!

Today I wanted to give a go at watercoloring using my Zig Real Brush markers and a water brush.  I chose this awesome hippo holding one of my favorite things...ice cream!  Especially on these hot summer days.

I printed out my image using my laser printer.  I simply cut down the watercolor paper to 8 1/2 x 11 and used the bypass tray.  Worked like a charm!  I picked out several bright colors because summer just seems to need bright colors!  I find for me, I have better luck using a water brush with the Zigs on watercolor paper.  I feel like I have better control than when using a regular brush.  You just have to be careful that you don't reactive another color if you are working right next to it!

I stamped the sentiment on one of the tag stamps using watercolor paper.  I then hand trimmed it and sponged it with Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron.  I flicked some water on and blotted off with a paper towel to add some more texture.  I cut the main panel out using the largest die from Fancy Frames (love this set!).  I adhered it to a pink layer then used foam adhesive to attach it to the printed background.  Then all of that onto a white card base.  And since I have a total addiction to Doodlebug Sprinkles, I added a few from the Summer Glitter set.  I also snuck in some small, clear sequins from the Fairy Dust sequins.

Hope you give watercoloring a try!

Supplies used:

Hippo Ice Cream

Short & Sweet Tags

Take Note paper pad

Summer Glitter Sprinkles

Fairy Dust sequins

Fancy Frames dies

Beach party!

Hello again!  I'm sorry for my long abscence.  We just returned from my very first vacation to Mexico!  We had planned way back in February.  It was certainly much needed!  Now I'm back and catching up at home and work.  So without further ado, here's my Craftin Desert Digi DT card!

I simply adore these crabs!  They look like they are ready for a fun time at the beach!   I colored everything with Prismacolor pencils.  The crabs I used odorless mineral spirits on to make the colors blend together more.  I intentionally made the back ground lighter as I wanted the crabs to take the spotlight!  I added a very narrow red border to make them pop out and attached to a white card base.  I even found ther perfect sequins to add a little more pizzaz!

This month's digi challenge is "Beach".  It's certainly a perfect theme for this time of the year.  Not to mention everyone gets a free digi stamp just for playing along.  Give it a go!  Craftin Desert Diva's  has some great summer and beach digi's to choose from.  

Here are the supplies I used:

Beach Crab

Comet Sequins

Freedom Sequins

Ladybug bear

Good Evening my crafty friends!

Today I've got another DT project for Crafting Desert Diva's Digi design team.  Did I mention how much fun I am having??  I'm so thankful to Tara for giving me a chance!

Here's my card for today.

Isn't she super adorable???  I wanted to try a different coloring medium this time so I got out my Polychromos pencils.  I'm still learning proper tecniques and her head was a lot of space to cover! The blending is the hardest I think but I'm getting there.  After I finished coloring, I fussy cut her out. Along with two of the little flowers and the other ladybug.  Also colored with Polychromos.  I adhered her to the background with foam tape so she would stand out.  One of the flowers I glued on her dress and the other I tucked under.  I also scattered a few of the yellow sequins from the Citrus Bliss sequins.  

Now for the background I wanted something nice and bright.  So I reached for my Zig Clean color markers and made a simple plaid pattern.  I did my best to match the colors I used on the bear.  Pretty darn close!  The background is cut out with the largest die from Fancy Frames.  Of course I also wanted a turquoise layer that matched everything else so I used the same Zigs to color the edges of white cardstock.  Ta Da!  This layer was hand cut and all were adhered to the white card base.

Once again I used my computer to print my own sentiment.  I used the largest 3D flag banner die.  I wanted it to have a little something extra.  I got my Copics out and used some of the very pale blues to give it a bit more dimension.  I then cut some teeny tiny pieces of foam tape and adhered the ladybug to the banner.  Whew!  I love how she turned out!!

As always, thank you for stopping by!

Kristina

Supplies used:

Flag Banner Dies

Fancy Frames

Bear with Ladybugs

Hello again my craftin friends!

I'm back again with another coffee themed card for the current Craftin Desert Diva's digi challenge on the CDD Gallery FB group!  I just simply can't get enough coffee.  The stamp I used is just too cute!

I started with a white card base and next I cut a simple rectangle layer out of the kraft.  The rainbow colored coffee cup layer was cut using the largest of the dies from the Fancy Frames set.  I created the background by resizing and rotating the images.  Then I colored them up.  Did I mention they are pretty small?  So the coloring took quite a while.

I then used the second largest die from Fancy Frames to cut out the heavy vellum layer.  I used some Versamark ink around the edges, tossed on some black embossing powder and heated it up.  I didn't want my colored layer to get lost after all that work!

I chose to use the girl image because I just love her little bow!  I even got to use my Brother Scan & Cut to cut her out.  Totally worked like a charm.  I had so much fun that I cut out a whole sheet of coffee cups. I see more coffee cards in my future.

I came up with my own sentiment and printed it out.  I then used the curvy die from the Flag Banner dies set.  I need to work on my Adobe Illustrator skills a bit.  I tried to curve the sentiment to match the flag banner.  Whew!

Here's a close up.

Isn't she super cute????

Be sure to check out the June Digi Stamp challenge on the Craftin Desert Divas Gallery FB page! Everyone who participates gets a free digi stamp.  That's awesome!!  Digital stamps have so many options for creating!!!  I'm learning more and more each day.

Supplies I used:

Coffee Couple Digital stamp

Fancy Frames dies

Flag Banner dies

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristina

Craftin Desert Divas June Digi Challenge

Hello fellow crafty friends!  I am so excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Craftin Desert Divas Digi stamp Design Team!  I am over the moon!  So for my very first DT post I am participating in their June Monthly challenge.  The theme is coffee.  One of my favorite things!

This adorable little kitty looks so happy.  I think it's because she's about to drink a rather large cup of coffee!

I hand cut all of the layers.  The pink paper and floral print are from Doodlebugs Hello Sunshine paper pad.  The sentiment I created and printed from my computer.  I added details with white gel pen to give it a little something extra.  You can see it better in the close up.

I encourage everyone to check out their challenge because they have recently revamped the prize. Everyone who participates in the Digi stamp Monthly Challenge will get a voucher for a free Digi Stamp.  F R E E!!!!  Run, don't walk, to the Craftin Desert Diva's Gallery group on Facebook for further details!

Supplies used:

Coffee Time Kitty

Hello Sunshine Paper Pad

White Gelly Roll pen

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll check out the Craftin Desert Divas Digi Stamp Monthly Challenge!

Kristina

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