Tiddly Ink Challenge #53 Going Goth & Tue. Morning Sketches #97

This card was a perfect card for me to do this week for Tiddly Inks Challenge #53 Going Goth.

I say it was perfect because I made it a "Missing You!" card and I certainly have missed you all.

Like everyone life has gotten a little crazy and I haven’t had the time to work on a card until late Monday and then it was just too late.

The font I used was called Bleeding Cowboy – odd name but it good name for how you would feel if you are missing someone Goth.





I used Tiddly Inks Gothic Lady I will say I did adjust it a little just to make it easier on me and this beautiful image has a wonderful frame on it that I did cut out.  I was drawn to this image for some time and had bought it a while ago.  You don’t often think of making someone crying, but she sure does make being sad beautiful.

I colored her with Copic markers, mostly in the red and black with the C grey family.  I did however use the colorless blender on the outside to give it that faded out color on the edge.  To give the red in her dress a deeper blood red I then went over it with W grey 02 which made a big difference.

I used paper that looked weathered to just finish that Goth and sad feeling.  And cut out 2 frames with my Spellbinders.  The design was to complete the Tuesday Morning Challenge # 97

I hope you enjoy my Goth Lady and I look forward to getting back into doing these challenges.

Tiddly Inks Challenge Puzzle Birthday Hop

This week instead of Tiddly Inks regular challenge they are doing a special final birthday hop, but one part of this challenge was to post a card, any card that used Tiddly Ink digital stamp by 9pm.  Fortunately I had already colored one of the Bunny Boo Adventures for a card I was making for my niece who just had a little boy.  Nothing will make you feel old more than your niece having a baby……lol!  Boy they sure do grow up fast!

Anyhow, I used Copic markers to color the bunny in and also the blue background.  I then used Spellbinders to cut out the circle and layered lace circle and Sizzix to cut out my swirls.  Adding a little bling by adding gems and a couple of stars to add a little saying!

I hope you enjoy my quick creation for this week!

Tiddly Inks Challenge #48 Mother's Day & Tuesday Morning Sketches!

This week’s challenge was a Mother’s Day challenge, which is perfect, because I needed a card for my mother!  I also figured I would do 2 challenges at once, so I followed the pattern challenge on Tuesday Morning Sketch.

I picked 2 different digital stamps this week from Tiddly Inks.   The first one I did was the background flowers called Flower Garden – it is not just a digital stamp, but paper also.  Although a good portion of the stamp got cut up, it still worked for a background great!  I then used digital stamp FlutterBy which was part of the birthday release.  I did cut it out and again didn’t use all portions of the stamp as I cut out the butterflies.  I decided instead of cutting out each butterfly I would just use butterfly gems.

I used my Spellbinders to cut out the shapes and the Cuttlebug to give some texture to the sky.  Coloring it with Copic markers.  I was unfortunately at a hotel trying to do this so sometimes you have to cut stuff up before you go and hope it works.  Although as I started to put it together I may have done a couple things different if I was at home, I can’t complain, and my mom liked it, which was who it was for, so I guess that is all that matters……  I hope you enjoy my project this week.

Tiddly Ink Challenge # 45 - Bunny Hop With Us to Refer a Friend & Tuesday Morning Sketches #88

This week’s challenge was to get friends to Hop on over to Tiddly Inks and check out their challenge. Well, this week I knew that a bunny was of course the right pick but I think this one may have retired, which makes it ever better. The Tiddly Ink image I used this week was called, Hoppy Dance. I decided as an alternative for Easter, I would make it a spring card. After I picked my image, I wanted to give it the feel of a real bunny. You know how they have grey tips that blend into the white fur, so I thought I would go back to my old basics this week by using my water color pencils instead of my Copic’s.

I took a card stock that had flowers on them and picked a different cardstock to change the bottom. Using my Spellbinders I cut the bunny out in a circle and then the layer as a scalloped circle. I then used my Martha Steward Grass punch to make the border, and then over laid that with a cute jelly bean ribbon that my mom sent me. After I finished all these steps I thought it was still missing something and so I made my Hoppy Springs, where I just used punches, one oval and one scalloped oval. Then I still felt like it was missing that extra something, so I went to my gems and found a rainbow of small gems that truly made this card that I liked to a card I loved. It is always amazing how adding a little bling can make all the difference.

Tiddly Inks has so many great digitals and they have they even have freebies! Check out their challenge and tell them Judi sent you, after all you might win some extra freebies!

I HOP you enjoy!

Tiddly Inks Challenge # 44 - Celebrate with us! Red, Black & White (also Tue Morning #87)

This week’s Tiddly Inks challenge was a birthday celebration to Christy.  It had to be Red, White & Black.
I decided that I would  try this a 2 challenges and go with Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I was very happy with how this card turned out, but I still have a long way to go to master black hair.  I am also still learning a lot about Copic markers.  I did get new paper delivered today after doing this that might make it easier to blend.  Sometimes I notice on the paper I use right now that it separates and leaves it a little blotchy.

I started like I do every week trying to figure out what Tiddly Inks digital art to use.  Then I realized I needed to make my daughter a birthday card for a friend.  So when I saw Take A Bow I knew this was the one.  The little girl that this card was for is Asian and so I knew that the black, white and red would work awesome.  I used Copic markers to color in and on the skin tone I used YR family so that it gave a little more yellowish skin.  It worked perfect.  I cut out my shapes with my spell binders, which are also new to me and boy do I really like them.  Always have to add a little bling, so some clear/white gems were needed and a black ribbon with white dashes completed the bottom.  Adding just a few gems on top of it.  I asked my daughter what she wanted me to use below the picture, flowers or buttons.  She decided she liked the buttons, but unfortunately I only had 1 of the flower buttons and so I had pulled out 2 other white buttons and 2 red buttons.  As you see my daughter decided on the red.  I ended my card with a few white highlights. 

I do hope that this card brings you the joy that it brought me working on it.

Tiddly Inks Challenge #43 - Picture me

This week’s Tiddly Inks Challenge was called Color Me.  Sound somewhat simple right.  Well here's the catch.  It first could not be a square type card and it was suppose to be inspired by this picture.........

Although I often feel like I make my cards too simple and am always so impressed by what everyone does.  I am really proud of this challenge.  First of all because it must be a struggle for many as here it is Thursday night and I don't see any post.  It may be simple but I think I nailed this challenge! 

I started by coloring the background of my image.  I took chalks and started out with pink, then I put finger smudges in a light purple and then a few in dark purple.  I picked the image Always the Flower Girl.  Perfect name for this challenge also.  I colored it in using copic markers.  I did use a little more E11 to give her skin just a little more peach to it.  As you see by the picture it had a very soft feel so that was what I was going for, using pinks and purples.

After I colored it in it was time to figure out what shape I was going to cut this out as.  Round was where I was thinking for the image, but did I want to do 2 simple circles?  I decided to make the card as a lace circle.  Early on I was thinking I would make little tissue paper balls and put around the circle, but after I cut the lace circle I realized that it would cover too much of the lace look, so I went back to something my folks did in the 70's.  They use to make piñata’s all the time for events we were in (i.e. school stuff, scouts, etc.)   Not like the cheap ones they make today.  But they would take news paper and rap a balloon and then when that had all dried they would take little square tissues twisted on the tip of a pencil then push it onto the piñata.  So I tried that and then I put another one on top of that and another on top of that and the next thing I new I made a cute little tissue paper flower.  So I made one in pink, purple and silver gray, and decided I needed a little some in the middles so I pulled out my gems.  I put one in the middle of each flower and then put 3 on the other side, but I knew you can never go wrong with adding a little bling.  I then decided I should make it look like some sort of leaf type of thing so I cut a swirl and put that on top of the card over lapping the picture and put my flowers on top.

I hope you enjoyed my attempt this week.  I am very happy with how well it turned out.

Tiddly Inks Challenge #42 - Lucky Me!

For this weeks Tiddly Ink Challenge with being all about green, I desided to go with the feel of St Patties Day!  When I first saw this challenge I was going to go a different direction and then when looking at all my Tiddly Ink Digital Stamps saw this one called "Toasting Properly"  so I then thought I would look for a good irish toast.  Here's what I found..... 

Here's to lying, stealing, and cheating!
May you lie to save a friend;
May you steal the heart of the one you love;
and may you cheat death.

I colored Toasting Properly using my copic markers and although the colors are not a bold as in real life they worked out perfect. Shades of green, and Auburn/Red hair.  I was very happy with how the hair color turned out.  Being a blonde myself I find it more challanging to do go away from my natural hair color and when I started to color the dress green I had planned on going with blond but how rich the green looked I desided I need to make this a real irish girl, and so I went with the red.  I used E13, E17, E18, E19.

I was also planning on using only the center of the green dotted paper, but the shamrock swirles in a brushed effect made me deside to go with that also.  only added the gems because I needed a little extra something on both sides. 

So that is my creation for this week. Again somewhat simple but it works for me.....  I wish you all a very happy St. Patrick's Day!