Thrifty Thursday at Scrappers Delights!

So excited!  It's Thrifty Thursday at Scrappers Delights.  In honor of Scrappers Delights birthday, go to the Scrappers Delights store to get these three fabulous images for $1.

You can go to the Scrappers Delights blog post for more information!

So happy to color up this sweet girl, Anna Mae Party Bunny Girl!  I love the pinks and how they pop with the green background.  What are your favorite birthday colors?

Copic colors used:

Skin E04, E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair E57, E55, E53, E50

Dress and Bunny Ears RV23, RV21, RV00

Socks and Ribbon YG63, YG61, G43, G20

Shoes C7, C5, C3, C1

White shading C1, C0

Dies

Cupcake Set from Impression Obsession

Numbers Die and Celebrate You Die from La-La Land Crafts May 2015 Project Kit

Shapes framing Anna Mae Bunny Party Girl from Spellbinders Labels Three S4-189

Dots on Clothes and Hair with Molotow White

xoxo,

Jo

Alyce and Lila Bear

I had fun coloring this cute image commissioned by Linda L. Shannon-Miller with YamPuff at DeviantArt as a gift to Alyce Keegan.  You can see all kinds of creations used with this image as well as download the digital art at the Kit and Clowder Facebook group.

For this one, I used the May 2015 Create and Learn marker class for the background.  You can still get the instructions on the ice wall as a bundle at Kit and Clowder.  I added a crown to the girl and antlers to Lila Bear to create the scene.

As a side note, I have to say, the ice wall was a real challenge for me.  But I'm proud of how this turned out!

Copics Used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Ice Wall:  B97, B95, B93, B91

Lila:  C3, C1, BG02, R02, E43, E41

Snow: C3, C1, C0, B91

Dress:  BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01 BG000

Crown:  Y28, BR21

Hair:  E43, E42, E41, Y000

 This is a second coloring.  She is sitting on a background of flowers.  I thought it matched her dress quite nicely.  I wish I could tell you the color for her, but I forgot to take a picture of the colors!  I hope you'll enjoy her just the same.

Here is a close up.

xoxo,
Jo

Comic Book Fun

So excited to finally show my Comic Strip with Time-4-A-Cuppa bundle from Scrappers Delights!  You can get the comic book template for free by following the instructions in the February 2016 Comic Book Challenge at the Scrappers Delights Facebook page.

I used Photoshop Elements to create the scene.  The comic template is the main layer.  I then added images in .png format into different layers to build up the scene.  If the layers overlapped, I picked the layer of that image and erased the part that I didn't want to show!

Then I used masking to color the background with distress inks!

Check out the Scrappers Delights Facebook page for more comic book inspiration!

Colors:
Skin:  E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20
Hair:  E57, E55, E43, E53, E50, E19
Blues:  B97, B95, B93, B91
Greens:  YG17, YG13, YG11
Yellows:  Y19, Y15, Y11, Y00
Reds:  R37, R35, R32, R30
Turquoise:  BG78, BG75, BG57, BG53, BG10, Y11
Black:  C7, C5, C3, C2

Background with Distress Inks:
Stormy Sky
Barn Door
Mowed Lawn
Fossilized Amber

xoxo,
Jo

Scrappers Delights Cupid

I am so excited that I have been asked to be a Design Team Member at Scrappers Delights.  As my introductory project, I colored Cupid Digi 1 with Copics.  You can find her here in the Scrappers Delights store.  Just in time for a sweet Valentines card for my daughter!

Colors Used:

Hair, Skirt and Shoes W9 W7 W5 W3 W1

Skin  E04 E13 E11 E21 E00 E000 R20

Eyes  G28 G24 G20 R21

Bodice  R29 R24 R22 R20

xoxo,

Johanna

Nutcracker Suite Tags

We took our tree down today and pulled these cute tags off the Christmas tree.  I made these tags with images from Scrappers Delights.  Since, I haven't posted them yet, I wanted to make sure to get them on the blog. I love how they turned out, and I'm really sad that we had to pull them off.  I'm going to put them in my crafty room so I can still see them!

If you want to buy these cute images, Scrappers Delights has a 40% sale right now.  Go here to get the coupon code and see the conditions!

xoxo,

Jo

Aurora Wings Candy Cane Fairy

Boy time just gets away from me.  I haven't colored for almost a week.  How did that happen?

I had hoped to get this cutie done in time for the Kit and Clowder Advent Calendar day for Aurora Wings. But so busy with the holiday!  If you haven't yet, go to the Kit and Clowder page and click "Like" so you don't miss out on all the goodies Alyce is always posting.

This is one of the new stamps for Aurora Wings called Candy Cane Fairy.  She's so cute.  And gosh, I love Alyce's clothing class at Kit and Clowder which shows me how to put in pleats and folds in the fabric.  You can grab Candy Cane Fairy at the Aurora Wings shop on Etsy.  Click like on Mitzi's page too.

I do wish the picture could capture the glitter on her wings and stockings.  It is definitely way cuter in your hands!!!

My daughter's boyfriend's parents will receive this card tomorrow as we spend Christmas Eve with them.

Colors Used

xoxo,
Jo

Stamps by Julia Spiri

I love the cute images over at Julia's Etsy shop.  Kit and Clowder is running a promotional right now for 50% off until December 21.  Here's one I colored up called Nia and Owl.  She's available for free from Julia's blog.

xoxo,

Jo

All Dressed Up Three Little Christmas Girls

Yay!  Head over to Kit and Clowder's Facebook page where they are doing an Advent Calendar.  Today's sponsor is All Dressed Up.  There are some great prizes over there!  Here is Three Little Christmas Girls.  Make sure you head to the store to pick this cute image up!

She's so cute...I don't want to give her away.

Colors Used

xoxo,

Jo

Kit and Clowder Create and Learn Classes

Have you seen the December 2015 Create and Learn classes from Kit and Clowder?  They are so cute, and I can't wait to work on them.

I want to tell you how much it is worth the money to purchase these classes.  Alyce walks you through the whole process with step-by-step written instructions and a video.  And she is always available to help if you have questions.

Markers - December Create and Learn

Pencils - December Create and Learn

Below are the ones I've completed.

May 2015 Create and Learn - Markers

The image is Sea Fairy from Saturated Canary.

Techniques learned:  Water effects, glowing globe, mermaid scales, texture on the clam, sand grains!

You also get a few bits of information that is available in the Hair and Skin class.

July 2015 Create and Learn - Pencils

This image is called Hydrangea from Yam Puff on Deviant Art.

Techniques learned:  pencil blending, transparent wings, water ripples, rain.  There is a full technique class called Perfecting Pencils at Kit and Clowder.

October 2015 Create and Learn - Markers

Eeeeee...this image Gabbie Halloween Witchfire from Faery Ink is so cute.  I would have never tackled coloring it, but Alyce makes it so easy.

Techniques learned:  glow from a beaker, cat fur, bushes, wood grain, mirror reflection. concrete steps.  The skin and hair and clothing are all detailed in this Create and Learn but there are lots more techniques and information in the Skin and Hair Technique Class and Clothing Technique Class which are available at Kit and Clowder.

October 2015 Create and Learn - Pencils

Another image from Faery Ink called Destiny Graveyard Vampire Kit. 

Techniques learned:  stone with cracks, bronzing on the gate, ombre effect with colored pencils, moonlight, fog, and ground cover.

Alyce releases past editions on a quarterly basis, so these projects should still be available.  You will learn so much from them.

xoxo,

Jo

Craft Hoarder

I try not to use the word "hoarder", but who am I kidding.  When it comes to craft supplies, I may fall into that category.  I mean when I walk into a store..."look at those stamps, OMG all the paper and oh wowee, distress inks, markers and dies..oh my".  Yes I guess when you walk into my scrap book room, some people would call me a hoarder.  BUT, at least I'm an OCD hoarder.  Almost all my stuff is neatly organized.  I'm one of those people that spend as much time organizing as I do creating.  Which causes things like posting to a blog to go a little on the way side.  So sorry!

And since my last post, I've had a wedding, a couple of trips out of town, and the holidays!  Whew!

So I am now posting things I've done in the last few months but just haven't gotten to putting on here yet.

This one is a card I made for the ladies at my local crafting store.  They are dabbling in Copics, so I thought I would make a card so they can see what their Copic markers can do.

Stamping Bella's Uptown Girl Callista Loves to Craft

Colors Used

Below is a birthday card for my father.  I used a digital stamp called Man at Work by Just Ink Lined. Colors are by Pan Pastels and Distress Inks.

I made this card for him too but I felt like I ruined it with the brown distress ink.  So I put it away. Now he's kind of growing on me.  It is a digital image from Polka Doodles called Ranger from the Work N' Play Country Life collection.

In June, a group of wonderful women attended the Kit and Clowder Retreat in Anaheim.  We got to meet the lovely Alyce Keegan and work on some really great projects.  We also were able to spend some time together at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.  We all took some really great pictures. I tried to commemorate our time together with a few of them.  So I spent some time putting together a quilt for Alyce.  

Sewing isn't really my ball of yarn...but I think it turned out nicely.

Here is the Bone Queen from Aurora Wings!  I love Halloween and I've been wanting to color her up for quite some time.

Colors Used

Another Halloween image that I've been dying to color.  This one is from Ching-Chou Kuik called Wicked Musing.  I was a little nervous to try out the stone wall, but really like how she turned out!

Colors Used

And thanks to Alyce at Kit and Clowder, I've been working on some colored pencil images.  All the images below are from Ching-Chou Kuik.  Still have some practice to do!

Thanks for letting me go back in time for a few months!  It's nice to finally see these on the blog.

xoxo,

Jo