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Hello!

I knew I wanted this Vampire stamp the minute I laid my eyes on him, I just had
to add him to my collection of stamps! I never send Halloween cards myself, but I guess
that will change this year!

Mr. Dracula is from the stamp set "Dracula I compel You", from Whimsy Stamps, this set also comes with lots of different sentiments and some bats as well!

The flowers are made of "Foamiran", a 0.6 mm thick foam, easy to craft with and shapeable. These flowers weren´t shaped in any way, I just cut them out using a punch and attached them to the card with some brads! The Foamiran comes in so many colors and is also purhased from Whimsy Stamps. Anyone have some tips on how to sharpen punches, please let me know!

  Not a lot of coloring required on Mr. Dracula, just his cape, eyes and his bat. And some grey markers for the face! I tried some different techniques on the blood shut eyes, all cool in their own ways but this is my favorite that I will stick to! The background is colored with Copic markers, the darkest is C5, down to C1 and I used the colorless blender to get that dirty grey splotchy look and feel.

You can´t tell from the photos but I added some Glossy Accents to his eyes,
to make them pop and shine!

I love that the bat is tied to a string like a balloon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

For this birthday card I have once again been playing with some of the tiny cats and dogs
from the "Little cat agenda" and the "Little dog agenda" sets from Mama Elephant,
by mixing them! Often I think to make only cat cards or only dog cards, as I think
that people are cat persons or dog persons, but for
this card I just wanted to have some of each and mixed them up! 

I have colored the furry friends with Copic markers. The paw print stamp is from
the "Puppy" set from Paperie Ink.

As I wanted this card to be neutral and not too girly, I skipped the glitter on this!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Tina

Hi!

I have seen so many cute mermaid cards on Instagram lately, I was so inspired I had to bring out
my own mermaid stamp "Arianna" by Annie Rodrigue and Kraftin´ Kimmie Stamps
and make one too!

I colored her and the sea horses with Copic markers, the background is made using
Distress Inks and droplets of water.

I also added a few drops of Glossy Accents to make some shiny bubbles!
It is a bit hard to see but her tail is really shimmery as I added a few
layers of Wink of Stella!

Thank you for stopping by!

Tina

Hello!

After uploading my pictures of the images I colored from the pipe folds lesson for feedback from Alyce, (the sweetest and most talented coloring instructor ever!), I have taken her advice to experiment and color two dresses with the same blend, but change up how big the shadows vs. highlight ratio is in each one.

I actually have a lot of C markers, here I have used C7-C5-C4-C3-C2 and C1 and it really
is easier when you have more markers then three when it comes to blending.

I think I was stressing when coloring the one to the left (a few days ago),  coloring today on the dress on the right I went back over and over and over with my markers to really blend and I wasn´t afraid to use my darkest marker much more.

The same goes for these grey dresses, the left one was colored a few days ago and the one on the right was colored today and I really let it take time.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Tina

Hello!

For today´s card I have been playing with some of the kittens from the
"Little cat agenda" set from Mama Elephant. 

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the "Big Greetings" set from Avery Elle.

I chose some kittens who seemed like they were going to a birthday party! Of course I
couldn´t help but adding some glitter to them as well! 

I also added som wooden stars from I think Studio Calico (no package left as I put them in a plastic container right after purchase), what I like about them is that they are easy to color with Copic markers in the color you prefer and they look pretty with sparkly glitter glue too!

Thanks for popping in today! Have a great week!

Tina

Hi!

Coloring pipe folds!

I am not going fast with the Clothing class I am taking with Kit and Clowder, as there are so many things to do when taking vacation. This years vacation has been a staycation (vacation staying at home!) so I have had time to do a little of everything, and one thing has been
coloring pipe folds!

I only have tree markers in most of my color familys, (except when it comes to the E´s, maybe I will try to color brown tones some day!) compared to Alyce´s five, so it is a little harder to blend perfectly and smooth sometimes, but I am happy with the result anyway!

Trying out different color combinations...

...I have only been practicing coloring the images from the class so far.

This is so much fun, but a bit scary at the same time!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Tina