Take My Hand, Friend

 CHA has come and gone.
With it's absence, we've been blessed with such gorgeous releases from LDRS Creative.
There's Embossing Folders, Dies and Images.
 Rhea Weigand has Released her New Dies called Creative Basics.
And Jennifer Dove has added her always amazing talent to LDRS Creative as well.

This adorable image is called "Take my Hand" from Candi Bean

The background is embossed using "Gilded Embossing Folder"
Flagged with Creative Basics "Basic Stitched Flag"
Sentiment is "Just Because"
and framed using "Gilded Oval Labels Die Set"

Copics used:

Skin: E04, 11, 00, 000, 00, BV25, RV10

Hair: YR27, Y38, 35, 32

Overalls/Flower: V09, 06 ,04, 01

Top/Hat Band: YR09, 07, 02

Hat/swing seat/shoes: E18, 15, 13, 11, 30

Swing rope: E47, 44, 43, 40

Kitty: W6, 3, 1, 0 RV10

2016 Dove Art Studios Release

It's time for our NEW RELEASE from CCDesigns and DoveArt Studios.

Featuring 9 NEW stamps from

DoveArt Studios Collection

We are very excited about each of these new stamps and 
we know you will want them all!!!

We want to give you a chance to win several of these new stamps
so let's get ready to HOP!

Each of our Design Team members will be sharing their inspiration with gorgeous projects that feature every one of these new stamps!

 

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Here is what I have created:
Using Young Fawn

 

 

I absolutely adore how precious deer are.

We see them often in the field by our house.

 

Fawns are just like all babies; so delicate, new, excited, and curious.

I'd have a zoo if I could.

 

Copics Used:

Fawn: E59, 29, 23,21, 41plus pencil

Grass: YG99, 95, 63

Leaves: G29 YG03

Flowers: Y38, 36, 00, RV06

Log: E57, 55,5, 50

Purple Moss: RV66,V15, BV34 V01

Rock: C7,6,3,1

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I hope you enjoyed this hop and seeing all the inspiration along the way.
We appreciate your love for the DoveArt Studios line and
hope you continue to enjoy them for all times.

You can find all these stamps at CCDesigns

 Young Fawn
 

Here is how you play:

1.  Visit each design team member's blog (Blog roll below).  If you are starting  on my blog be sure and hop back to the beginning so you can see all the new stamps and have a better chance of winning. 

2.  Leave a comment on each blog.

3. When you reach the end of the hop, you will be at DoveArt Studios blog.  There you will leave the name, or names of your favorite stamps in the release.  Come back on Sunday morning to see if you won a stamp or two from CCDesigns on the DoveArt Studios blog.

We hope you enjoy!!  

Let's Hop!

Jennifer Dove
Andrea
Zoe
Faye
Dorinda
Cassandra
Delphine
DoveArt Studios

Be sure and leave some love!

 

Australian Flora

Australian Flora - New Release & Hop!

Hello and welcome to our first blog hop for 2016.

Today we are excited to be sharing a new release of beautifully illustrated Australian flora digital images from Make it Crafty. They are intricate and delicate with lots of detail and are the perfect choice for many occasions. 

You can find these stunning floral images HERE

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Today is Australia Day.

Zoe's decided to have images made of flowers native to Australia.

They are all so beautiful and hard to chose which one to color.

I decided to go with the Wattle Flower.

When I first saw the lineart, I anticipated it being like cotton puffs.

It's not like that at all.

The Wattle flower has the softest, pale yellow puffs.

It's so delicate, it almost looks like yellow cotton candy.
LOVE it!!!



copics used:

Flower:  Y19, 15, 00, 0000

Leaves:  YG67,63,91

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Now of course with all Blog Hops there is a PRIZE!!! 

 

For your chance to win a whopping $25 Make it Crafty voucher make sure you leave some love on all the girls blogs.

The Hop will concluded on Saturday 31st January @ 8pm Brisbane Australia time.
Winners will be notified so start Hopping! 

Hop List - 

 1. Andrea 2. Corinne 3.Dorinda

      4. Jennifer 5. Kelly   6. Lucy 

       7. Marika 7. Nicoletta                

 8. Zoe  

If you happen to get lost along the way please come back Here and try again :)

Have Fun!

Aussie!! Aussie!! Aussie!!

Dorinda xx

Winter Goddess

Wow,it's really cold here the last few day.

So, while we are celebrating winter over at SRTC

I've chosen to use a precolored image from The Paper Shelter

called Winter Goddess

I've printed the whole image with background, then printed only the image;

a bit smaller than the other to create a nice 3D.

 

 

 

 

For my gorgeous Winter chipboard pieces; I've chosen

 

Snowflakes 713

and

small snowflake wreath

 

one of the snowflakes is covered in blue embossing glitter. The other

is done is holographic powder.

The wreath is covered in pearl acrlyic paint with just a little subtle extra on a few areas.

I hope you're staying warm where you are.

 

 

Sweet Friend

I love this image.

Makes me want some duckies too.

 

Yep, this LDRS Creative Saturated Canary image is called Duckie

 

 

colored in copics

skin: E04, 11, 00, 000, BV23

Hair: C8, 6, 4, B

clothes:

greens:

blues:

ducky: Y38, 35, 32, YR

 

Using LDRS Creative Tag alongs

I fussy cut the tags out; framed and inked the edges.

I the edges of the image were distressed then inked. Frantage was added after

 

added a few WOC blooms and we are ready for some Spring :D



Rock Star Baby

We got a little Karaoke machine for Christmas.

My house totally looks like.

 

Tinkled Pink 80's Sookie

from CC Designs

 

Hey, the 80's were awesome :D.
And she was super fun to color.

 

 

copics used:

skin: E04, 11, 21, 00,0000

Hair and yellows: YR27, Y38,35, 35

Blacks: C9, 7, 6, 4, 3

Reds: R29, 27, 24, 22

eyes: BG09, 07, 02

Peacocks all a glow

Have you ever noticed how much the feathers of a peacocks shimmer?

I'm sure you have. I know I have.
I just love how nature produces such wonders

I set myself a challenge to "try" and replicate the shimmer of the Peacock.

 

 

 

I'm quite thrilled with it.

Sadly, this is one of those instances that the picture doesn't capture the effect.

 

 
 

I used Derwent Inktense pencils to get both; the nice blended look and the controlled paint stroke.

The colors used:

Bird: Deep Indigo, Sea Blue, Dark Aquamarine

Felt Green, Apple Green, Sherbert Lemon

Prisma Verithin Black

Leaves: Vivid Green, Iron Green

Branch: Bark, Madder Brown, Willow, Amber, Tan

Flowers: Fuchsia,

Twinkling H2Os in Blue Zircon, Mustard Green, Sweet Alfalfa

Beautiful Birds in Winter

Yes, Macaws can thrive in winter if they are acclimated to it.
How amazing would it be to see with the snow all around?

I love coloring birds.

Although I don't believe I've ever combined a DT Challenge, this one went perfect together.

 MiC challenge is "Feathers"

 

Using one of the gorgeous new Beautiful Birds

Majestic Macaw

 

Colored up with Copics

R39, 17, 14

Y38

YR07

YG09

B18, 16, 14

C10

Edges were distressed and Inked then frantage added.

 

Adding some "Winter" Pine Cones with frantage to keep in theme of our challenge at SRTC.

 

I also added some Maple Branch.

 

I know, leaves in Winter?

Well, we've just returned from AZ and I promise they have full leaved trees.

 

On the leave, I've drawn in some veining then inked the edges for shadow.

Finally adding some gesso with a brush to add some snow.

 

I also added a bit of MiC flourish called Floral Swirls.