The hurrier I go the behinder I get!

Hello Everyone!

Today I'm showing a card that I started working on yesterday. I had colored the Alice image but for months I hadn't done anything with it. I was watching one of Kim Reid's live video's where she said there was a new challenge with "grass" and that alone gave me an idea of the scene to create with this image. I have created a video of my process of the background but I'm not sure if anyone would really want to watch it... it might be like watching paint dry for some. Plus I have a hard time figuring out what to say. haha.

I used two stamp sets for this plus my own art for the background. 

The stamps are both from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

and both are from artist Annie Rodrigue

Alice in Wonderland (Retiring soon)

Fabulous Frames 2! (retired rubber stamp set)

Also the small pocket watch is of a set from Vera Stamps

I found the free printable deck of playing cards at: http://www.dictionup.com/printable-mini-playing-cards/ I just distress them a little and curbed them with a pencil.

I hope you liked my card. 

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

I will be entering this card at:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/2018/02/challenge-419-grass.html

Grass

Make a Splash - Audrina with MiC

      Hello Crafty friends,

Katya Bess, here and I'm showing you a card I made with

Audrina - Make a Splash.

As I sat here and thought to myself,

 "Hmmm what colors should I use today?"

I have some "go-to" colors but I try not color the same 

all of the time since I like to challenge myself

the only problem is, this method 

takes longer than usual to finish- although very fun

and relaxing it's still time consuming.

So some strategies I have for myself is to choose one

of these: chose realistic colors, go monochromatic, pick

analogous colors (which means colors that are next to each other in the color wheel)

or I go with complimentary colors (colors opposite to each other) 

and sometimes not exactly the opposite but still complimentary

(colors that are analogous to the complimentary color.)

I hope I didn't confuse you. :P

So, since I chose this lime green hair I chose a purpley 

mermaid tail with various pinks... I don't know

I think it goes together okay...  

I was going to go with a bluish or greenish hue

for the skin and then thought we have been 

having blackouts because of the storm here in the Bay Area. LOL  

This is how I also chose my coloring... the weather and upcoming events. 

(haha yea don't laugh)

Alright... too much rambling on my behalf

here is my card...

Audrina - Make a Splash  was so much fun to color! 

Since it was raining so much all I could think about was 

WATER and I chose to color a little mermaid for you all. :)

The ocean floor is a rubber stamp called 

Sandy Seafloor Rubber Stamp from Make It Crafty

but I actually got it from The Stamp Room, one of my

favorite small business crafty shops but

it's closing down :( Make sure you stop by Kina's shop

to give her some support- her customer service is AMAZING!

The scalloped die is Fancy Frame Dies from Craftin Desert Divas

The white rectangle die is  Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

From My Creative Time.

I chose Copic BG01 for the water making sure

that I gave it at least 3 coats- that is very important so it doesn't look

too streaky and doesn't really matter if it doesn't look

completely the same color since some areas will touch and 

it will have more that 3 coats, it is under water after all and 

water is constantly in motion and reflects lights and shadows in different directions.

Now for the bubbles you wants to use a much lighter color

I chose Copic B000, this sort of bleaches some of the color out

but not completely... just draw some random circles and fill them in

and they don't have to be perfect

in fact, making them a little more wonky will make them somewhat realistic.

Lastly where ever your light source is coming from you want to use

the Copic Blender (Copic 0) and highlight and finalize that water bubble look - 

I chose my light to come from the left and 

I don't always follow light source since light is tricky but I try.

I hope you get to try it out some day with this cutie. 

Here is a closer look at her and the subtle water bubbles too. :)

I used one of my favorite pens - Sakura Clear Star Gellyroll

to give her some sparkle on her star and the pearls on her hair.

I used Copic Opaque White to highlight her eyes

I don't know why I keep using the brush it comes with 

I made a big glob on her eye and had to make the eye-lights

different than I normally do. LOL   

I usually don't talk this much in person... 

(just in my crazy head. LOL) 

I hope you have a lovely weekend

enjoy it to the max!!! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katya Bess

SBS DT: Color Combo

Hey Everyone,

Simply Betty Stamps is bringing back the Teen Scene Steampunks! These cuties will be making their way onto the site something this month.  There was a contest going on at Simply Betty Stamps Fan Page and you just have to use your favorile color or favorite color combo.

I love all of the colors... rainbows... iridescent anything.... but for this card I chose a color that pops for me that I enjoy buying and that is HOT PINK and black.

I used My Funky Valentine Betty (will add the link when it's back in the shop) in the meanwhile you can look around in the teens section if you like this style of digis.   Here is the link http://simplybstamps.net/category_331/Teen-Scene-Digis.htm

Okay here's my card.

I colored her with Copics. I printed her pretty small 

and took me a lot longer to color but it came out alright in the end. 

I used Bazzill Basic cardstock for the base and The Sweet Lace cardstock from DCWV

the steampunk gear dies are from Prickley Pear and I bought them here  http://www.thestamproom.com/search.aspx?manufacturer=24

The big heart box is actually the one she's holding 

I just flipped it, enlarged, fussy cut it and then I covered the hand 

with some of the design paper I used as the back ground. 

Here is a close up of the digi.

Took me a while to color it only because it's much much smaller than what I'm used to coloring. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

I will enter my card at:
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/01/challenge-23-anything-goes.html
Anything Goes

http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/2015/01/get-your-steam-punk-on.html

Steampunk 

http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge
Your favorite color

http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/january-colour-challenge.html
Color Challenge- Pink?

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/challenge-2.html
Anything Goes

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-challenge-lovevalentine.html
Love/Valentine

SBS DT: Favorite SBS image

Hey Crafty Peeps!

Happy New Year!!! I hope you all had a beautiful holiday season. Today I'm sharing my little card... I colored the image a looong time ago. LOL So the challenge over at Simply Betty's Fan page is to use your favorite SBS image and it's an anything goes challenge.... Woohoo! Crafty Freedom! LOL
The crazy part is that I have sooooo many that I would call favorites it's hard to choose just one but I chose this one since it was already colored  up and all...

The Challenge details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1022940871056634&type=1 
You have until  Thurday January 7th 11:59PM PST- it has to be uploaded to that specific album.

Her name is Doctor Brittany and you can find her here http://simplybstamps.net/item_1381/Doctor-Brittany-Digi.htm

The hair looks crazy to color but it's the fun part for me. :)
Whenever I get a chance (aka time) I try to challenge myself with something
a little more difficult to color. I perhaps may be easy for someone else though...
you just have to give it a try. 

I colored her up with Copic markers and I tried to match it with 

the little ribbon Corinne sent it to me in a Simply Betty Swap,

You can check out that blog post here:  

http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring-basket-swap-blog-hop.html

My mom found me those pretty papers from a either a yard sale :) 

The papers were still new and wrapped and the recollections cardstock I have

matched it perfectly. 

The little butterfly dies are from Prickley Pear and I bought 

that little die set from one of my favorite online shops

http://www.thestamproom.com/minibutterflydie.aspx 

Thank you for stopping by.

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-2015-challenge.html

Anything Goes

TSC DT: Not stars in the sky

Good morning Everyone!

How all is well. Taking a tiny tiny of a break from Halloween cards, Halloween candy and Halloween costumes or costume talk..... well I guess this could be a costume too but.... yea.

A couple of people came to mind when I created this card. The fairy named Alyce (which you can buy by clicking the link provided)
http://thestampingchef.com/Shop/downloads/alyce-special-celebration-image/ I colored a while ago but had not thought of anything to put her on. Sometimes when I color something just for just and I digging it I just want to look at it and not disturb it by sticking it on paper.... but I had an idea for it this time and hoped for the best.

I created my own background by using Time Holtz Distress Ink pads: Broken China and Dusty Concord, Stampendous Frantage, Clear glitter embossing powder on white pigment ink for the sentiment. I'm thinking I should have used a different embossing powder because the white font seems to sort of disappear when I added the clear powder. This rubber stamp by Impression Obsession # E5094 I bought that from http://www.thestamproom.com/search.aspx?manufacturer=88. (I love that shop too)


Here is my Alyce - it was so much fun coloring her.

 I colored her up with Copic and pencils.

A tiny big of Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen.

 I love love looking at things, objects or animals in nature with iridescent colors. 

From pearls, to hummingbirs and even car oil or grease along the sidewalk after it has 

rained or the car has been washed... oh yea and bubbles they have an irridescence

and lets not forget dragonflies and house flies. LOL 

From a young girl as far as I could remember I was always mesmerized by all of these colors and I and I still am.... so I was trying to think of a way to make her wings and hair 

look iridescent without adding glitter because I so can't photograph glitter. 

So there you have it I was inspired by bugs and stuff. LOL

Here is a close up sort of and sorry these photos are taken with artificial lighting in the house...

Mommy crafting in the middle of the night again....

Thank you for stoping by. I hope you create with something that 

truly inspires you in life... could be anything... even a dead house fly. Ha!

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog http://thestampingchef.com/Challenges/

As always ~ Anything Goes.

Thank you for looking,

Katya Bess

Will be entering my card at:

TSC DT: Sirena Wall Decor

Hello Everyone,


Stopping by with a project that I have been working on for a while and finally I was able to finish it and I have it all done to show off now. I've been working on it bits and pieces here and there to give it the attention it deserves. I think my coloring has even improved since I colored the mermaid a Whiiiiiile back lol.

Anyway, this was a mixed media project and I used Sirena as the main focus/image.
(click on link and it'll take you right to the shop.

I mostly have some old paintings, calendars random pictures of my family 

but nothing really scrapbook/crafty style on my walls so I created this wall hanging

for may crafting spot.
Have I ever said how much I love mermaids?
I sure hope Tamara can draw up some more for me to color.... yea!!!
So the colored area measures 9"x6"
not too big but not tiny that it will be swallowed by everything else on the wall. LOL 

 I used all sorts of mediums to create this scene.

mermaid digi stamp: The Stamping Chef's Sirena

Chocolate Baroque rubber stamps: Something Fishy

Sentiment Rubber Stamp: Live In The Sun

I used a Color Catcher  my online crafty buddy Tanja sent me in swap

Stampendous! Frantage embossing enamel

Caran D'Ache Supracolor II watersoluable pencils

Copic Markers

Like 3 different Glimmer Mist Sprays from The Stamp Room

Copic Multi-Liner

Watercolor paper

Eyelets

 The photos do not show very well but it's actually very shimmery.

Thanks for stopping by.

Check out the TSC Recipes on FB
The FB group is loads of fun and every now and then Tamara throws in a freebie, 
random digi naming, random drawings, contests or giveaways and much more. :P

I hope you can join in some fun and enter your linky at

The Stamping Chef Challenges

Everyone is welcome and 

Every week is always Anything Goes! 

Again thanks for visiting,

Katya Bess

I'll be entering my project at:

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/2014/09/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-53.html

It's rectangle and it has at least two shades of blue

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/challenge-38-anything-goes-and.html

Anything Goes

http://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.nl/p/challenge_16.html
Use color pencils. I used prismacolor pencils and Caran D'ache watersoluble pencils

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-36.html
Anything Goes

http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-5-and-dt-call.html
Anything Goes

JIC DT Spring Challenge and Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Friends,


Welcome to our first Just Inspirational Challenges DT Anything Goes Blog Hop. 

If you're just paying me a visit- thank you very kindly but if you'd like to win some prizes you can hop along and start at Caroline's page. I've included a list of the hop at the bottom of the post for reference. 

There will be more details about the special prizes and all of the sponsors at http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

If you'd like to participate in the challenge:
You must be a follower at "Just Inspirational Challenges" Blog.
Leave a comment on the blog of every member of the DT participating in the blog hop. 

This is the card I created with the image provided by: http://www.encinostamps.com/ 

The image is called Annie as a Baker (if you'd like to buy it, just click the link.)

            

I had to retake the photo in the daylight... although the other photo (below) wasn't so bad 

just that I wanted to show the truer colors.

I love this 6x6 paper stack it's from Prima and it's called The Optimist 

I bought it from Kina at the http://www.thestamproom.com/, she is just awesome seller

and has some very good deals every month. Check out her store sometime. 

Here is the inside. I fussy cut part of a paper and added it to the top. 

I thought it would be neat to write a note inside with an opaque jelly roll, 

so I went with the black chalkboard paper. 

I used the sketch on the right to help me complete my card. :)

I hope you like it. Next in line for the hop is Pam

Caroline: http://www.carolineshideout.blogspot.com

Sonia W: http://www.soniawcraft.blogspot.com

Tracey: http://www.mowbraydesigns.blogspot.com

Sonia I : http://www.sonia-craft.blogspot.com

Aurore: http://www.blueboreale-creations.blogspot.com

Anne Lise: http://www.minenyekort.blogspot.com

Sian: http://www.serendipity-cards.blogspot.com

Sheena: http://www.sheenamckee.blogspot.com

Sylvie: http://www.scrapdream.canalblog.com

Melissa http://www.craftymeerkat.blogspot.com

Katelyn: http://www.artsy-arts.blogspot.com

Holly: http://dbcraftgirls.blogspot.com

Teresa http://www.ceesascardcreations.blogspot.com

Lisbeth : http://www.skaperlyst.blogspot.com

Katya: http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com

Pam: http://www.littleturrettcrafts.blogspot.com

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks for stopping by,

Katya Bess

Entering my card at:

http://memascrafts.blogspot.ca/2012/03/march-2014-challenge.html

Use the sketch provided