Lost Birthday Card!

So, a few weeks ago I made a card for my Sister in Law for her birthday. SIGH.... and mailed it. Only it never made  it to its destination. I have held off posting it hoping and praying it would get there... cuz I still wanted it to be a surprise. I have given up any faith in the USPS getting it to her since it has been 3 weeks. So  I have made her a second card (different) and UPS'd it overnight to her, and hope I will have much better luck this time. So here is my old lost card that I LOVED.

The design paper is Graphic 45. The background paper is some that I made from plain brown paper to look like metal. There is a tutorial on the paper over at the Bombshell Stamps Blog that I put together. The flowers are Recollections and the little doo-dads are Tim Holtz.

The image is from Sweet Pea Stamps. I colored her up using all sorts of Brown Copic markers. I would list them all, but I think it would be quicker to list the ones I did not use - E9x series and E4x series. Other than that, I think I used some of all the rest of them. The greens are YG 63, 67 and the yellows are Y2x series.  I cut her out after coloring her, and added her to a cut out Steampunk paper that I edged with brown ink.

So there is my lovely lady. I hope you all enjoyed her. And Michelle - I hope you like your new card. It should be there Thursday or Friday!!! I have a tracking number this time.

Thank you for stopping by. I should have another card to post soon.

I'm So Blue! - But in a Good Way!

Hey all... I had a blast with this next Sweet Pea stamp. I love her design and coloring her was so much fun. 

The stamp is Light of Beautitude. I colored her with the following Copics:

V12, 15, 17 for the purple portion of the gown.
B12, 14, 16, 18. was used for the blue portions of her gown
BG11, 13, 15, 18, B12, YG11 for the Scales and flowers.
E0000, E000, E00, R20 for the Skin
E13,15,17,18 for her hair - On the left side near the candle, I added Y000 in the light areas.
V0000, V000, V12, B0000, 000, 12 for the wings.
G12, 14, 16, 17 for the leaves at the base of the candles.
Y11, 13 for the flame, and Y0000 for the glow of the candle

Once I had her colored up, I started adding the stickles. For the dots on the hair and gown, I used Mermaid Stickles. For the wings and the hair, I lightly added a bit of crystal Stickles - to get a nice thin layer of  shimmer - it gives a bit more than the clear spica, but still lets the Copic Colors come through. I did the same to the edging on the blue gown. The flames and the belt are gold stickles.

The paper is from KaiserCraft Utopia Collection and the blue is Coredinations. The sentiment is a Flourishes stamp and I LOVE their fonts. It is stamped on AC white cardstock with Versafine and Clear embossed.

I am entering this as a second entry in the Copic Creations Challenge for Sparkle. I think I achieved that! I am also entering it into the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Anything Goes. I thought about entering it into the Technique Challenge on SCS - which was painting with Stickles... but Since I relied on Copics for the colors, I didn't think it quite qualified. :-(

Thanks for Stopping by. Hope to see you again soon.

Alaine

Is it a Mermaid or a Rose Bush?

I ordered several new stamps from Sweet Pea Stamps over the holidays including this one called Blue Rose Tattoo. I think these are so beautiful.. I was thinking gorgeous girl, wonderful flowers... then I started coloring her.  I realized that the leaves and flowers were growing out of her fingers and hair.. WOW... didn't get that before I ordered her. Now, I thought it was WAY cool, but it kinda threw me a bit in the coloring department, because is her hand skin colored or stem colored?

I attempted to make it a transition.. but it was after I caught the change... so it was a little more difficult.  The Tail Scales were colored with BG10, 11, 13, 15 Once they were done I went back over them with YG11, to give them a subtle change of colors.I did the same thing with her eyes. The leaves and tail fin are G20, 21, 24, 28. He skin is E000, 00, 01 and a bit of R20 in places (cheeks, etc). Her hair is E11, 13, 15, 17, 18. At the end of some of it I transitioned into the green. I tried to feather it out to make it seem as if it was a natural extension. The roses are YR21, 23 and touched up with R22 to give it a variegated look.  Once I was done coloring her, I edged her with BG0000 and BG000 behind her and feathered out to make it fade.

The DP is Origins from Basic Grey. The ribbon is a white ribbon that I colored with E15 Copic to match her hair. I used a Bow Easy to make the triple bow.

I hope you enjoyed her. Like I said, I didn't get all the subtleties of the image when I bought it, but now I think it is even cooler - need to go check out all the other images! I am entering this into the "In A Sweet Pea Dream" Challenge this week which is Ribbons and Bows.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again soon.

Alaine