Last Christmas Card of the Year

Hey there guys. This is the last Christmas Card I will be posting for the 2012 season. Yeah, I know... Christmas is over, Blah Blah Blah. But, I didn't get this one posted, and so I will just do so now! HA!

This is a gift card holder I made for my cousin for the Christmas gift exchange. I used Stamps by Judith, and different shades of blue. The snowman itself has shades of B0000, 000, 00 and a little sparkly stuff thrown in. The scarf and mittens are the B2x family, and 24, 27, 29. The boots and hat are C1 - 7. Once I was done, I cut out the image, and then I left it in the hodler and used my airbrush to place B24 (I think) as the sky. I tried to make it darker at the edges. If you look at the image up close, you can see the overspray on some of the snowman and hat of the B24. I actually really like this effect. To me it softens it a bit, and makes it seem as if it is snowing maybe. In the end I added some Gelly Roll Clear Star to it to give it some sparkle (the snowflakes and the lights and a little on the snow.

The inside was done with the same colors, although the from panel ended up being REALLY dark compared to the other. Need to practice a little better control. LOL. Actually looking back at the pictures I think it is the little image inside that is the off color. Hmmmmm.

Anyway, hope to see you back soon. I have a spring card I have made and will post soon using Flourishes stamps, and I have been having a blast coloring up some of the new Kraftin Kimmie Alice in Wonderland series - although I am thinking I need more practice on Alice. And as always, January brings a month full of Bombshell goodness with it.

Talk to you soon.

A little Buggy

I had so much fun coloring this one up. Really... And for some reason it is one of my faves in a LONG time.

The image stamps are Stamps by Judith and the sentiment is Paper Pretties.  I colored up the bug using YG11, 13, 17 and the wings are the same cool greys as the cap. I went around the bug with a little Y0000, and then used BG0000 and BG000 for the glass.

The paper is DCWV, and for the ribbons I actually used two different ribbons and layered them  solid Yellow and then a sheer lime green with white dots.

OK... It has been a long day, and I need to go get ready for my work t-con with China, so... I will let you all go now. Please make sure to stop back by on Wednesday for the Sketch Challenge card for Bombshell stamps for October. I had a blast with this sketch.

Polka Dotted Ho Ho Ho

I HAD to color Santa today. This jolly fellow is from Stamps by Judith. The H and O are from Technique Tuesday.

 

I have no clue where I saw this challenge for Polka Dots and Spots. I just know that I did, and thought of this really neat ribbon that was red and had black and white polka dots on it. So I colored up Santa, and then cut him out with a Nestie. I edged the outside of the cut with black. Then I cut one bigger size up with the red, and embossed it so it had an edge. I took my enamel accents and polka dotted around the outside edge with alternating colors. I have been wanting to use them for a while, especially after watching several people use them on different sites, and this provided the perfect time. Although, I need more practice getting them just the right size. 

Once I was done, and I had stamped the Ho Ho Ho  in Versamark and white embossed it, I realized... I didn't have that ribbon. DANGIT!!!!!! ARGGGGHHHHHH.  So I substituted some white ribbon with black dots and black ribbon with white dots. I think it worked ok, although I am still frustrated because I so wanted to use that other ribbon. I must have imagined I had it, or saw it somewhere and didn't buy it. ARGH!!!

Santa is shades of red R22, 24, 27, 29, Skin E000, E00, R20, Boots and belt - C3,5,7 and buckles Y23, 26. The fur is Flower Soft - polar white, and his beard and hair and gloves are B0000, B000.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have had a great Thanksgiving weekend. See you again soon!

~~Alaine

it's a COLOR THROWDOWN

The Color Throwdown Challenge Blog is celebrating their 100th challenge, and have really great prizes. My entry is below. The challenge was to use the following colors:

I think these are Stampin Up colors, but I do not have any Stampin Up paper, so I just picked as close as I could to the colors. The DP is Basic Grey. The Ribbon American Crafts.  All the rest of the paper is Bazzill.

I stamped the Stamps by Judith image with Memento and colored with Copics. The blues are B21, 23, 24, the greens G21, 24, 28 and the pinks were RV21, 23. The red is R22, 24, 27.  Her hair is C1 and C3 and her skin is E000, E00 and R20.  The ground is E31, 33. After blending the two together, I went back with the colorless blender and dotted all over the brown to give it a bit of textured look.

Once the image was colored, I cur it out with a Nestie, and then sponged the edge with Memento Summer Sky. I used the next size Nestie to cut out the green and while it was still in the Nestie, I sponged it with Aloe Vera VersaMagic. The sentiment is also Stamps by Judith, and was stamped with Versafine and then clear embossed. I used Paper tearing to edge the Design Paper, and then I added the bow and the Jolees Hotfix crystals to the top, to add a bit more red to the design.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come back again soon.

~Alaine