Rainbow Brite fun

It's time for another Theme Week!

Time for a smile.. its all about RAINBOWS... Simply use rainbow colors and themes!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK and it's quite easy to do so!  Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month. Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)! You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.  A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

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So here we go for July'sTheme Week!

Make ANY project using rainbows (papers, colors,, patterns, etc!)

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Hi! Today I'm popping in to show you my rainbow themed card.

I had a blast coloring this image. I did ask for permission from the owner Annie to alter the bangs and

the clothes.... just an F.Y.I. Keep in mind that the owner has the right to say no.... This time Annie was okay with it and I had so much fun coloring her like Rainbow Brite. Did you gals or guys

have any of Rainbow Brite dolls or toys? The Color Kids or maybe even a Sprite?

I only had a Rainbow Brite and I remember she had yarn hair.... to be honest that is all I remember of of the doll of yeah and she had a purple star on her cheek. I did watch the cartoons in Spanish growing up but and I found some of the English videos on YouTube that I watch with my youngest daughter when trying to soothe her and distract her from her severe Eczema itching.

I used Memento Desert Sand ink dye pad to be able to do the "no-lines-coloring" technique

and to be able to alter the bangs and clothes without any masking but if you look 

closely you can sort of see the original lines.

Of course I used Copic markers, Copic multi-liner and a Uni-ball Signo White Broad

(I love Sakura but I wish the white pen was a little more opaque

because I so much prefer how it looks in the end)

For the image I used 

Trudy- Happy Day!

Copic makers I used

E0000, E000, E01, E04, E21, R21 and R30

E33, E35, Y35, Y08 and Y26

V06, R24, B24, G05, YR04 and Y08

(sorry forgot the blues in her eyes) 

the colors look a little brighter in person the blues in her clothing look a little too dark here.

Here you can see here up close.

Here you can see the shimmer on the stars. 

The sentiment I use hand-wrote myself

(I was a bit lazy to see if I even had a color themed stamp. LOL)

and I just colored the rainbow background in carefully

and I only gave it two passes since I was scared they would

bleed into each other. The little stars from some

My Creative Time dies as well as the rectangle to cut out the layer.
4x4 Journal Die + More
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More
The for the stars I chose colors from the rainbow that I colored then I 

added Wink of Stella clear and letting them dry before I glued them 

on to the card. 

I hope you all really liked all of the cards for the theme week,

rainbows are one of my favorite things to see and color. 

I also hope that you get a chance to work on some rainbow themed cards

using Stamp AnnieThing stamps. 

This is how Trudy - Happy Day! looks before the no-lines-coloring technique.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a colorful day!

Katya Bess

entering card at:

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/07/challenge-209-anything-goes.html

Challenge #209 - Anything Goes

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/challenge-113-winners-111.html

Anything Goes 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/07/challenge-143.html

Anything Goes

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/challenge-157-anything-goes.html

Anything Goes (Primary item used available in the store: Copic markers)

http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/AG-NO-96.html

Always Anything Goes

Back to School series

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I am showing you a card with sort of a school theme. I used the fun papers from Doodlebug Design called: Back to School. The stamp I used is James - Happy Birthday to You. This stamp comes with a sentiment but I did not use it this time. 

James - Happy Birthday to You

 I colored him with Copic markers, 

the eyelights were done with a Uni-ball Signo White pen

and the card sketch is very simple to recreate.

I used a sketch from Kraftin' Kimmy Stamps

I hope you liked the card.

Thank you for visiting.

Have a nice day. 

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

Cupcake Time

Hello Crafty Friends!

I have a little card to show you with 

Megan - Hey Cupcake.

I always like to play around with different skin tones but I also like to 

try out different hairstyles. With Megan I wanted to try and give her some 

braids. I have tried doing braids on another stamp Megan (Winter Wishes) before but with 

Prismacolor pencils and you can see my process here. 

I think it was a little easier for me to do it with markers

but I also tried a slightly different technique that was a little faster too.

I think in the future I will have to show you my braid process with 

the markers but probably when the kids are in school.... 

like I said before I colored Megan - Hey Cupcake

with Copic markers.

W5 and W7

E11, B34, E37, E34, R22 and R30

E50, (I forgot which yellow I used for the frosting)

but eh barrette, the collar, sprinkles

 and the cherry were done in RV29

The uniform was paper pieced

and all of the design paper was all from 

Echo Park: Birthday Wishes

The card base was with Recollections

Oh yea and I added Wink of Stella

Clear that I finally opened up to add some

shiny sugar to the yellow frosting. :P 

Also I used this sketch for my card I just placed the sentiment 

in a different spot... and I hope that is okay.

Sketch by Kaylin

I Hope you liked my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Have a great weekend. 

Katya Bess

Will enter card at

http://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/2016/07/challenge-279.html

use card sketch provided

Stamp AnnieThing July Release Day 3 Abigail

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's July release!  

I love the carefree days of Summer and hope you find this release to reflect on that.

Sweet Abigail is ready to Hula Hoop into your heart!

Abigail is available in the store NOW along with the other 2 stamps we showed  you  this week!!

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Here is the project I made with the new stamp Abigail!

I colored my image with Copic markers

I decided to play with a different blend for 

African skinned tone.

The darker browns are a bit harder for me to blend out

but I will continue to play with them.

For skin B34, E31, E34, E39, R32, and R30 

for her dress V04, V06, V09 and V17

Hoola hoop YG09 and V09

grass G94 and G85

and ground W7 then blend out with E34

The eyesights with Uni-ball Signo Angelic

the dies are from Desert Divas and

My Creative Time.

Close up of my card. 

Thank you for joining us for our July Release.

Have a great day!

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing July Release Day 2 Kelly

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's July release!  

I love the carefree days of Summer and hope you find this release to reflect on that.

Summer is the perfect time to catch up with your favorite books!

Kelly will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we showed  you  this week!!

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Good morning! Here is the project I made with the new stamp Kelly!

I colored the image with Copic markers

then I fussy cut so I can glue her

on a piece of cardstock that I distress inked

with different colors to create a galaxy full of stars.

The words from her book I stamped that part 

of the image onto a section of a Doodlebug

paper that says Meow Meow Meow... 

but you can only see that in person or

a super close-up picture. LOL  

I found the sentiment online and I just hand-wrote it

with my Uni-ball Signo Broad pen... I noticed that

the ink would separate from the middle so when it

was almost dry I went in with my Uni-ball Sign Angelic to fill it in.

Before gluing Kelly on I made sure to die cut the galaxy with

a die from Desert Divas. The white layered paper is cut

with a Rectangle die from My Creative Time. 

I hope you liked my card. 

I love things with bright colors

and things that encourage kids to read...

My first intension was to make a bookmark

but it's on my long list of projects to make. LOL  

Thank you for joining us for our July Release

 and have a great day!

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing July Release Day 1 - Tony

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's July release!  

I love the carefree days of Summer and hope you find this release to reflect on that.

Meet totally rad and gnarly Tony!

Tony will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show  you  this week!!

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Here is the project I made with the new stamp Tony!

Before we moved to our current house

we lived in a tiny 2 bedroom house

and we met one of the coolest persons ever- his name is Karl Watson.

Not only he was very nice and easy going,  he was always 

very happy and positive about life and he loved people especially kids.

I would say he was pretty famous but my husband and I 

just saw him as a very nice neighbor and friend. 

Kids and grown ups would often come 

to skate or see him do a trick or two. 

As  you know already this stamp does not come

with dreads I just decided to make his hair that way.

I colored with Copic markers. 

For skin I used colors E11, E13, E21, R30, R20

For hair: E23, E35, E59 and E79 

the hat and clothing I colored a different day and I didn't write

anything down and me having my kids home all day for the summer... sorry. 

Here is a close-up of Tony! (aka Karl Watson) LOL    

If you search for him online or even Instagram you can see

pictures and videos of him in action but I didn't take any photos... I know...

bummer! LOL Okay I took one... but only because we were near our

old house and we were showing our kids where we used to live...

then what do you know? We catch Karl outside on the front yard

playing with his kids.

Here is the picture I have with my husband DeAndre Bess and with Karl Watson

I hope you liked my card. 

Also, in case you didn't know 

there is a BIG sale going on 

from July 4th-July 8th 2016

"Some stamps discounted DEEPLY... and EVERYTHING is on sale !!  

 Since our July release begins Wednesday, it will NOT be included in the sale.. however if you plan to buy it, we can HOLD your order and ship everything at once to you on Friday.. just leave a note in the box at checkout!   " - Annie

We got a sale for July 4th going on.. some stamps discounted DEEPLY... and EVERYTHING is on sale !! 

Since our July release begins Wednesday, it will NOT be included in the sale.. however if you plan to buy it, we can HOLD your order and ship evverything at once to you on Friday.. just leave a note in the comment box at checkout!  

Thank you for joining us for our July Release

 and have a great day!

PEACE!

Katya Bess

Happy 4th of July 2016

It's time for another Theme Week!
Let's get crazy with Stars & Stripes!

We would love for you to participate with us in our THEME WEEK and it's quite easy to do so!  Simply create a project using ANY Stamp Anniething product (as your main focal point) in the set "theme" for that month. Post your project to the corresponding album over at our Face Book Group page (Stamp Anniething Stampers)! You may enter as many projects as you wish, but you will only be counted as ONE entry person.  A minimum of 5 people (not including DT Members) is needed in order for a prize to be given.

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So here we go for June'sTheme Week!

Make ANY project using stars and stripes!!!

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Here is what I made for the June Challenge:

When stars and stripes were mentioned of course all I could think of

was of Fourth of July or an American theme.

My stars and stripes are subtle but you can clearly see where they are. 

For this card I used

Chloe and Sam - Love You

First stamped the image

then I stamped it on a piece of masking paper

so I could use distress ink all over and not 

"ruin" the image I intend to color. 

After getting all inky with the distress inks:

Mermaid Lagoon (a tiny bit around Chloe and Sam)

Black Soot (which covers most of the background)

and Mowed Lawn (for a grassy area)

Then I drew up some fireworks

with my Uniball white pen and my Prismacolor Pencils to add some color

Prismacolors Premier and Prismacolor Berol used:

PC903, PC906, PC924, PC926, PC942, PC935 and Berol 915

When I was done with my background I carefully removed the 

masking paper to save for another project

The I colored my image as normal with Copic markers

Copics:

BV11, E21, E53, E01, E50, R30

E0000. E000, R21, R39, R27, R46

B24, B28, B37, B000, B34, B95, B97

W5, W7, W9

C5, C7, C9

When all of the coloring is done I had

to look around the edges of the stamped image

because sometimes a few bits here and there

weren't covered by the distress inks 

so I just for over it with the closest

colored pencil that matched.

Here is a close up of the Copic coloring, a tad bit of the background

and you can even see some of the firework colors reflecting 

on their shiny hair.

 Here is a tad bit of the process

before I started coloring the image

and check out those coupons and spicy wings

LOL  I just use junk mail to protect my table from the ink.

As you can see it's a pretty clean cover/masking I just had to 

fill in a few little white spaces but nothing major. 

Then I proceeded with my Copic coloring. :) 

Those are the colors for Chloe's face but not Sam's.

I hope you liked my card. 

Make sure to join us on the Facebook page with 

a project with the theme above. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great weekend to everyone

and Happy 4th of July to those that celebrate :)

Katya Bess