Spooky greetings, crafters! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Halloween – if you celebrate it – and otherwise I hope you have a great day with your family. Today is my last little bit for my mini Halloween coloring series and the last day to make use of the Kit and Clowder discount coupon, so hurry to not miss out on this great opportunity!
Hello crafters! Today I have a fun video tutorial for you, and additionally a freebie digi stamp! Actually, I’ve got two. My crafty friend Jessa, also known as Useless Trinkets, has released two new digi stamps for free and we are celebrating with a hop! Please join us, and have fun!
Hoppy greetings, crafty friends! Today I am celebrating the new digi stamp release (free digi stamps!) by Useless Trinkets with a hop! I love the quirky characters and black humor that Jessa brings to her creations and I had a blast creating with the new images. You should have come here from Gloria – and if not, no worries. I have the entire list at the end of this blog post!
I had to keep my cards rather simple since all of my crafty stuff is packed away already – when you’re reading this today (Sunday) I am actually in a moving van, driving across the country. So, for that reason, I focused on coloring instead of fancy die-cutting or other extravaganzas. As you can see, you can still create great cards with minimal supplies. For my first card, I used the chisel tip of my Copic Sketch marker to create a wonky background pattern on my card base before mounting my panel on top. A few mini iridescent stars and gold star sequins also helped to spice up the project.
My second card was also kept very simple; I even used the same colors with the only difference being that I applied them the hair of the unicorn instead of the egg. I mounted the piece on some gold paper, trimmed it so it would only show a thin border, and mounted in on a card base.
My last project also focused mainly on the Copic coloring which I kept simple – you can see a version of this monster colored in this video here. I used my foam roll of tape to trace the rounded bottom shape of this panel and fussy cut it with my scissors before mounting it on a blue card base to which I added a few white dots and some Stardust sparkle.
I hope you enjoyed the projects! If you’d like the new images, please grab them on this page. They are completely free to use. And don’t forget to hop on to the rest of the talented ladies participating in this hop – they have some awesome inspiration for you!
This card goes off to Simon Says Stamp “Cute and Cuddly”!
I’ve listed the products used for this project below. If possible, I link to Seven Hills Crafts for all European Crafters. Alternative shopping outlets linked to are Amazon US and Simon Says Stamp. Click here to learn more about which companies I am affiliated with.
Hi crafty friends! Today I have the pleasure to be part of the Useless Trinkets blog hop and you should have arrived here from Gloria. If not, no worries: I have the complete hop order at the end of the article.
This hop is celebrating the release of new free digi stamps by Useless Trinkets, a.k.a Jessa Feig, a German artist who draws amazing images to color. You have seen me use her free digis in the past here. For this release, please meet Gustav, the flurry monster, and Harriet.
I have a new video for you with focus on techniques: it’s quite a bit longer than my usual videos, but I was cramming three different cards into it and I hope you like it. In the video, you will learn how to color fur (again) – I am showing you two different color schemes, just to emphasize that this technique is the same no matter which color or medium you use, and then I am showing for the first time how to color with a medium new to me, chalk pastels.
I intentionally kept the monster cards clean and simple because I wanted to keep the focus on Gustav. For the technique I showed you, it’s good to have Copic Markers (or any other coloring markers or pencils) in multiple shades of the same color. As you could see, I went from very dark to very light in both color schemes and this difference allowed me to create the “layered fur” effect.
Interestingly, the technique I am using for fur is one I learned originally to add folds to a dress. No kidding! Check out the coloring classes by Kit and Clowder, it’s where I get all my skills from.
On Instagram, I had seen quite a few coloring artists use a ton of white dots and scribbled stars for a “glitter” effect and I thought I’d try that myself. On my blue Gustav, I kept it simple with just the dots, but on the red monster, I added the faux stars and it really looks like he’s sparkling like crazy.
The sentiments are from the German store “Dani Peuss” and I have just bought a whole ton of them. I had been struggling to find great German sentiment, but they have a (growing) fantastic collection that really suits any purpose.
My third card is still clean and simple, but I used a new-to-me coloring medium: chalk pastels named Carbothello by Stabilo, which have kindly been sent to me by Stabilo to try out. I wish I would have done it sooner, I really like them. They are very different from my other color mediums, and I am just beginning to use them, so I am learning as I go but I hope the few tips I shared in the video will help you in case you want to give this medium a try.
What I like especially is how they become quite opaque on kraft if you just add enough layers. That makes coloring on kraft a lot of fun. In parts, it’s easier than Polychromos or Prismacolor pencils because you don’t have to work so hard in getting the color on the paper, but since these pencils are basically chalk, they pose their own challenge.
As is the property of chalk, the lead always crumbles (crumbles, not breaks!) a bit, so you have to be super careful not to smear the medium around if you accidentally wipe your hand over it. Since the medium is also super soft, the pencils don’t stay very sharp long, so coloring super small areas might end up being a challenge.
What I absolutely love, though, is how nice I can blend the colors, especially once I have a few layers down. In addition, adding a highlight after the fact is super easy as these pencils are opaque and adding white on top of something will lighten that color. It’s just real fun, and I have enjoyed using this medium tremendously.
I hope you liked my projects, and that I could give you some helpful tips in the video. Don’t forget: these adorable digi stamps are free to download here. To get even more inspiration, please hop along to Katrin and Lisa and the rest of the team!
Have fun! Cheers!
Also sending some of these projects off to the following challenges: MarkerPop “Anything Goes”; Simon Says Stamp “Anything Goes”; and CAS(e) this Sketch #157.
Spooky greetings, crafters! Today I want to delight you with a clean and simple Halloween card which features a free digi stamp by my crafty friend Jessa from Useless Trinkets.
Digi Image by UselessTrinkets. Colored with Copic Markers. Dress: BV29,BV25,BV23,BV20. Hair: YG97,YG95,YG93,YG91. Book/Reds: YR09,YR07,R29.
I started out by printing the image on Copic friendly card stock with my Epson printer and coloring it. I went with typical Halloween colors and even added some green to the face of this zombie librarian to give her the proper spooky look. I kept the rest of the coloring rather simple and did just some basic blending.
Once I was done I grabbed a piece of purple card stock and added some double sided adhesive to it so I could pour some glitter by Elizabeth Craft Designs on top of it. After you rub it, this glitter stays in place and doesn’t come off. With my new Scalloped Rectangle Dies by Lawn Fawn I die cut a shape that now had a glittery border. The white piece with my coloring was trimmed down to size and I added a stitched border with the Stitched Borders 2 dies by Pretty Pink Posh.
Taking inspiration from Paulina of Pretty Pink Posh I grabbed my Tiny Star Stamp from DeNami Designs and deep black Versafine ink to create this stark and clean background which I think looks absolutely wonderful.
I created this card with a specific person in mind and I hope that she’ll find it in her mailbox just in time for Halloween. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you had fun and check out the amazing free digi stamps that Jessa offers on her website.
I’m entering this card into the following challenges: Creative Knockout “Halloween”; Simon Says Stamp “Anything Goes”; Addicted to Stamps and More “Holidays”; and lastly colorQ #314 who have a halloween themed color scheme this week.
