7 Kids Crafts: Don't doubt yourself

Hello Crafty Friends!

It feels like it's been a while since I've been here.... that's what one week of vacation will do to ya. heehee. I went to the French Quarter, New Orleans- what an interesting place! I was inspired by many things and you'll probably see it in today's card but also in future cards. Not only did I go to the French Quarter but I also went to the Bayou. At first it may seem like a hot wild jungley place with lots of humongous bees but when you sit still and pay attention... you'll discover the beauty in all of your surrounds. There were several species of birds with their lovely songs- some that I don't know the names but also this beautiful bird called the egret, snakes, alligators, pretty dragonflies, Spanish moss decorating the trees light Christmas garlands, varying types of lavender iris and lilies. One flower in particular was a yellow lily and lily pads for this card I didn't color my flower all yellow but it seemed that my eye caught it's beauty a lot better than I did with my camera. Now that I'm not on vacation I'm left with many of the sounds and visions of what I saw, felt and heard. I did get some photos though... don't get me wrong just not very many of the yellow lily pads. heehee.


Kelly has already introduced Luisiana, the artist and designer for Red Hibiscus Designs along with a couple of freebies for us to play with but today is the big release day with 4 new stamps. The stamps will be exclusively sold at  7 Kids Crafts. For this card I used Red Hibiscus Designs: Water Lily but I added the lily pads. When I was out in the bayou the water was quite dirty and in some spots in looked very dark but the beauty of these flowers and plants all around remained. There were little seeds and pollen floating in the air making it look like a scene of a fairyland. I found this beautiful quote/poem from Suzy Kassem and I decided to handwrite it. The quote/poem reads:

Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, 

remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to

 life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that 

surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty. 

Red Hibiscus Designs: Water Lily

Copic colors used: 

RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV02, RV13, Y00, Y02, Y35, T0, T1

YG17, YG67

C8

Distress Oxide:

Black Soot

(water) and Scattered Straw

Nuvo Jewel Drops: 

Pale Periwinkle

This was in the middle of working on my card. 

As you can see I only colored a little more than half way 

with the C8. I then, printed another lily with just basic

printer paper to create a mask- the paper is still good

where the Distress Oxide doesn't seep through to my colored image.

I used Distress Ink: Black Soot and then with a brush I 

damped it in a small amount of water. I didn't want it to drip but just

enough to react with the Distress Oxide and then I added

a little bit of Distress Oxide: Scattered Straw to add a tad bit of color 

to those spots. When the Distress Oxide was dry, I hand-wrote the

quote/poem with a uni-ball Signo angelic white pen.

I noticed that the white pen mixed a little with the Distress Oxide

so I waited a little and wrote over it again. when I finished

I added some Nuvo Jewel Drops: Pale Periwinkle  

 I hope you grab some of the new line of stamps

from Red Hibiscus Designs. 

Also, Sweet November vault images will be release on April 20th and will be available only for a limited time.

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Thank you for visiting,

Katya Bess

Twinkle, Twinkle, little bat

Hello Everyone,

This digi stamp is called Alicia Bel: Pretty Ritty. I was inspired by the Alice in Wonderland, Dormouse so I colored her up in the way the cartoon Disney movie portrays him.  I hand wrote the little song he sings:

"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat. 

How I wonder what you're at, 

Up above the world you fly, 

Like a a teatray in the sky."

I used Copic markers to color her up 

and Distress Oxides for the background.

Most of the Copic makers used:

R21, R30

R30, E04, E23, E27, E29

W1, W00, YG03, YG17, YG67

RV06, RV09, RV19, RV66

V04, V05, V06, V09, V15

Y08, Y26, Y28

Thanks for stopping by,

Katya Bess

LMMS: Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Hello Everyone! Happy New Year!

This image is a rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, she's called Polka Dot Pals Yang and I used a clear face from the Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces. I wanted to color her in an African skin tone since it's for one of my Hubby's relatives that has a January birthday. I chose the color red because it's her favorite color and her birth stone is the Garnet.

It took a while for me to finish my card... besides being the holidays, everyone in our household was sick with flu symptoms and all of us had this bad cough. I had no time for crafting which puts me in a really grouchy mood. I wanted to make sure to add lots of little details to the card and I am happy that it's finished.

Some of the colors I used on this image are:

E31, E33, E74, E27, E23, E04, E07, E79, E00, C1 N2

W9, W7, W5

E97, E27, E99, E77, Sepia Copic Multiliner

N2, N0, 0

R24, R29, R46, R56

B21, B95, B97 and B45
I drew in the stool myself.
(Must find a chair or stool or some stamp of that nature for her to sit on...  I saw some of the inspiration photos from the LMMS store. LMMS store here I come... heehee jk. I need a nap actually.)
The scalloped die is from CC Design,
The oval dies are from My Creative Time,
The Happy Birthday dies are from Elizabeth Craft Design called 947 - Happy Birthday Pop-Up
The Recollections paper pad is called Valentine
The blue paper it's also a recollections paper but I stamped it
with a grid mesh using Distress Inks to give it a worn jean look and to
break up a lot of that beige in the background.
I found the January birthday poem online.

Here is a close-up.

Thank you for stopping by.

I hope you got a little bit of inspiration from this card.

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca/2018/01/happy-new-year-and-some-news.html

Has to be a birthday project

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/62-flowers.html
Flowers

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.co.id/2018/01/challenge-58-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com.br/2018/01/141-ag-kinda-cute-by-patricia.html

Anything Goes

La Catrina

Hey Everyone!

Hopefully all have been having a great time using the new Polka Dot Pals Add-On Faces clear stamps. There are 4 Polka Dot Pal Add-On Faces that are actually available in digital form as well which is what I used for this stamp because I had ordered the clear Polka Dot Pals Add-On Faces and I just got them in the mail today- Woohoo!

Okay, on to my card... I was inspired by La Catrina which is a fancy or elegant female skeleton and is the image of "death" and one of the main images for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead in English.) La Catrina is usually dressed in fancy European (usually French) hats and dresses from the early 1900's or in Traditional Mexican Folkloric dresses. On Halloween, November 1st and November 2nd some people dress as La Catrina or get skull candy facepaint. People sometimes tell jokes and act out humorous skits about death as well as perform traditional folkloric dances. I don't celebrate this holiday but I always have fun watching the performances or have painted a few faces myself.
For the dress I was inspired by the beautiful stitch work of the Traditional Mexican dresses from the State of Nayarit. I was also Inspired by one of the quotes Frida Kahlo said and I hand wrote it in Spanish. Frida Kahlo endured so much pain both physically and emotionally throughout her life but transferred and expressed all of her love and sorrow into her words and her paintings. To me she always represents a very inspirational and strong woman. For my rendering of this Remata I chose this quote of Frida Kahlo which she said on her final days:

"Espero que la salida sea alegre,

y espero no volver nunca mas."

translation:

(I hope the exit is joyful,

and I hope to never return.")

Polka Dot Pals Renata

Polka Dot Faces Add-On Digital

I colored the entire image with Prismacolor Pencils on 

Kraft Cardstock and hand wrote the words with a 

Uni-Ball Signo Angelic White pen

I tried to make the background a little creepy.

That is it for now sorry I'm a bit behind on the Day of the Dead image. 

There are workers outside of my house and I excavating to install

fiber optics on my street but in the mean time there 

was no internet and I couldn't update any of my software.

I hope that you still find the card a little bit inspiring.

For more inspiration make sure to go check out 

the rest of the DT work

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by

Katya Bess

Fluffy Bunny - Conejito Pelucita

Hello and happy weekend!

Today I'm showing a card I created for my mother. My mother grew up taking care of many animals  she has always had chickens, parrots, pigs, cows and horses among other critters. When I was a young child I remember having rabbits and turtles too. To this day my mom still has lots of chickens and a bunny. She had a very soft white bunny named Capullo (pronounced Kah-poo-yo)
but it went under the fence and she never found it again... now she has one that my baby named Henrietta. Henrietta is sort of grayish brown color and my kids love being around her especially my youngest daughter Daenerys. 

I created this card using the stamp Melanie - Need a Hug. I felt this was the perfect image to make a card my mom and color Melanie as my daughter and no she doesn't have purple hair but I'm sure she wouldn't mind that. LOL   

I used Copic markers to color her. 

I came up with this purple hair combo which is one of my favorites to use

V04, V06, V09 and V17

For the bunny I used E70, W0, W1, W3, and a very tiny bit amount of W5.

The paper is from Wild Rose Studio and it's called Blackberry Lane

and I printed the poem on top. 

The poem/song is from a Spanish Gatorade commercial called "Conejito Pelucita" which translates to Fluffy Bunny but I'm not sure who wrote the poem.... It's a really cute though!

Here is a close-up of my coloring and paper piecing.

Thank you for looking.

Have a wonderful day.

Katya Bess

Slinky Tart DT: I'm back

Hey Everyone I'm baaaaaack!

How's everyone doing? I had to take the longest break ever from crafting... I absolutely didn't touch my markers... okay well I did but only to rearrange them.... life was getting a little bit too crazy for me and had to put crafting aside to reorganize my life some. With classes, meetings, trying to stay fit... I've been doing Zumba more and I've also been doing some weight lifting... okay not that much but I can definitely life more weight. Just different things it was just wearing me out. Of course I hated not doing anything creative but it was essential to get a routine going... it is now the end of the school year and some of these meetings are dying down for the time being and my last Parent Academy class was last night the celebration will be next week but no homework or projects due... woohoo lol

This past month had lots of up and downs... Hubby took me to Las Vegas to unwind during the kid's Spring Break... that was fun! Hubby and I both have birthdays in April so we both had nice dinners with the family, got some good news and some bad news... I can't say the good news yet... I think... (no it's not about a DT spot lol) the sad news is that my remaining grandmother died and I didn't get to visit her once more. :( I will always love and cherish her; always. I am so happy that I got to meet such a beautiful soul.


Okay on to my card...

I used Dayna of the Dead (clink on the link)  If you'd love to see more images to purchase, check them out here https://payhip.com/SlinkyTart 

 I used Copic markers to color her of course. 

the doily is from Michaels (Recollections brand)

I typed up that sentiment, cut it and used distress ink for the edges

The hand I bought in a set from ebay years ago

The orange rose was a little gift from shopping at 

http://www.not2shabbyshop.com/ 

(I love her store for physical stamps, dies and embellishments)

the flower under that, my crafty friend Carmen Shannon sent to me in a R.A.K. :D

the die is from My Creative Time.

 Here is a close-up of the face

please excuse the shaddows at the bottom I think I had my big head blocking the lamp light

This was a Spanish poem I found on the internet; 

translated it and added it as a sentiment to my card. 

Well ladies and gentlemen it's time for me to go back to bed. 

As always thanking God for another day and for the gift of creativity.

I hope you all liked my card. 

Hugs,

Katya Bess

Will be entering my card at:

JIC DT: Monochromatic SSD

Hello Crafty Peeps :)

Here with another Design Team A card for Just Inspirational Challenges. This week I'm very happy that we got to have Sassy Studio Designs as our sponsor. Thank you very kindly SSD (even my hubby likes the image- I think it's the hair... what do you think? [giggles])

Her name is Sexy Cupid Sassy and you can purchase her at http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ on blog date Feb. 15, 2014.

When I got my image I was too excited about the image and realized that I hadn't colored her as a monochrome (ooops!) LOL So I'll have to post that one another day, plus it's not a card yet. Ha! Okay, I colored this one in Sepia sort of tones with Copic markers - mostly E30's.

The Paper is from Prima Marketing: Julie Nutting "Buff A4 paper pad"

I bought from one of my favorite small business online shops:

http://www.thestamproom.com/

http://www.thestamproom.com/a4paperpad-buff.aspx

ah she (Kina) still has it on sale 40% off. I also bought the tiny clouds from her shop

but couldn't find them anymore to give you the link. 

The sepia was a little challenging for me... 

I was almost getting used to coloring with the same

color combo for skin/hair/eyes

In the end even with some marker and paper booboos I had fun... just don't look too close. 

 Have to give credit to the poet. I found this Haiku online. I read it and I instantly loved it :)

Beautiful angel 

With dark brown eyes staring with 
A heart filled with love 

Haiku poem by India Wilridge

I felt like it matched this image wonderfully. 

Here's an extra picture- it shows the colors a little truer than the first picture 

and shows the tiny dies a little better.

Don't forget to visit

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/team-with-sassy-studio-designs.html

and enter the challenge and of course the sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.

Thank you so much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

Entering my card at:

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/h-is-for-hair.html

H is for Hair (#112)

http://oddballstamps.blogspot.com/2014/03/first-challenge-use-digi.html
Use a digi (#72)

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/march-challenge-monochrome.html
Monochrome (#149)

Thank You Card - Tiger Lily

Good Morning Everyone!

Before I pick up my baby girl from pre-school I will post a card that I finished last week. I don't know if you're tired of these flower cards but I fell in love with making 3D flowers. I got this idea from 

http://www.youtube.com/user/mcgillcrafts?feature=watch#p/u/1/SdK69UZKtlA

So I can't take credit for the idea or how the flower is assembled- the only thing is that instead of the punches she is using I used my cricut and and Gypsy to make my pedals and stamens. 

I shaped the petals and stamens with the McGill styluses she uses in the video- much better then using the end-caps of my pens or markers. 

I did come up with an idea for Lily buds because I've gotten lilies and I've sent lilies for a cousin and all of the lilies weren't blossomed. To make the buds I cut two green pieces of paper sort of in an elongated oval shapes and shaped each one individually. Then paste them together on one edge only and shape it in a cup again in case it flatten out a little.  After that I used some pearlescents paint (orange) since buds usually show the color of the lily. I also used pearlescent orange paint to paint only the centers of each peatal before I added the little specks with my marker (let it dry of course so I made lots of petals to use another time) This doesn't have to be pearlescent paint but that's the only type of paint I had a the time... but it did turn out okay it gave it a light and pretty shimmer.

Please excuse my dingy lighting it was night time and my lamp is not that bright for picture taking.

Most of the time I add water to my card stock when I shape the petals or leaves to make flowers but normally I make them much smaller so this time the first Lily I made looks a bit wrinkled and the second one I didn't use water at all and it has the smoother look. I guess it just depends on the size of the flower. 

Hope you liked them. Thank you so much for stopping by.

Have a fun, crafty and blessed day!

Thank You Cards

Good evening everyone,

Just wanted to share a card I did a little while ago and haven't had a chance to post it. Hope you like it.

My brother Francisco wanted a thank you card for a counselor/mentor. I used Spellbinders Rose Creations to make the rose. I used a quote and poem by Leo F. Buscaglia.

Front of the card

you can see some of the dimension here from my Spellbinders Roses 

and foliage. The butterfly is from one of my Martha Stewart Cricut Cartridges. so is the lattice fence which I used two to weld together and then had to cut a few little pieces with an x-acto knife.

The front again slightly different lighting

That's a stamp I had which is what you can see through the lattice fence 

from the front.

Added more paper to the back to add more weight 

since the front of the card is so heavy from the roses I made. 

Thanks for visiting. Hope you enjoyed looking around. 

-Katya