7 Kids Crafts: You're TuTu Sweet

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having a nice day. I know it's not Christmas but Nutcracker performances are still going strong. In anticipation for the Penny Black stamps and dies to arrive from 7 Kids Crafts, I decided to use one of the Penny Black stamp sets drawn by Mo Manning that I already had. Isn't this stamp tutu cute? heehee I definitely need to make more cards with her and the other cute stamps from the same set. I decided to pair it with some Graphic 45 8x8 clippings from the Nutcracker Sweet Collection.

Penny Black - tutu sweet

Graphic 45 -Nutcracker Sweet Collection

I colored this sweet little ballerina with Copic markers

but added a little shading with pencils.

The oval die is from Spellbinders which I used a little bit of distress ink 

to the background. The tutu sweet sentiment comes with the set

and I used VersaFine CLAIR: Rain Forest so that 

it compliments some of the green in the background details. 

I hope you liked the card and I 

hope that you can grab some 

Graphic 45 papers and Penny Black stamps and dies

Don't forget to participate all month long with this new release.
Everyone who participates this month will get an exclusive Tot 
next month or you could possibly win all of next month's release as well.

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Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Steampunk Debutante

Hello Everyone!

I purchased another Graphic 45 - Steampunk Debutante (Deluxe Collector's Edition) and felt like yes, I can cut the one I already have. haha I love things Steampunk or Victorian Era but always feel intimidated to cut my paper or really I don't feel that I know how to ensemble a great project with such fancy papers.

When I think about the Victorian era I also think about Steampunk. Fancy people of society roaming the sidewalks, many political gatherings, dinners or parties and lots of inventions. Even the houses and gardens that I imagine are beautiful to sit and admire. If I had lots of money for my wedding, I would have chosen a Victorian theme especially after watching a Novela called Alondra.  I was fascinated with their wardrobe in that Novela.

I had so much fun creating this card and with pretty much everything from the Graphic 45 - Steampunk Debutante (Deluxe Collector's Edition) except for the flowers some are from 7 Kids Craft Store and some are from Not2SshabbyShop. The Sprocket Gears are by Tin Holtz idea-ology that I got from Michael's many moons ago and same from the clocks which are a Michael's brand.

Lots of fussy cutting went down to make this project. Some days I look at it and it looks like a fancy feminine card and other days I look at it like: Oh man did I pile it on too much? But nah, you can't have too many roses or butterflies right?

Graphic 45 - Steampunk Debutante (Deluxe Collector's Edition)

Here is how the original lady with the corset looks and I added some
color with Copic markers. I forgot to write them down but I did
take note of the Copic Refills I used to tint the flowers to try
to match to the fun Steampunk Papers.

Copic Refills:

R11, YR21, YR12

BG10, BG34

Y21, YR21

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Thank you so much for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Big Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope everyone is doing well. We are trying to keep warm, It's funny I look outside and it looks nice and sunny but it's freezing cold. I know we need the winter but my skin and bones would like a little more warmth from sun. LOL

This Sweet November digital stamp Big Hugs sure warms my heart. The original image has the full bodies but I cropped them this time. I just love how Amy Young draws these super sweet faces that I wanted to focus on their facial expressions. Can you see and feel the love and warmth this image gives? It just makes me smile.

Sweet November Stamp - Big Hugs

The original image did not have the back arm nor the hand 

holding the flower bouquet I just drew that in there.

The flowers, I carefully fussy cut them to create a bouquet.

The sentiment is from Dilo en Español clear stamp set called:

Dilo en Español - Set #3 Supspirando con Tinta

The sentiment says:

Te adoro con todo mi corazon

which translates to:

I adore you with all of my heart

This image is meant to be a Valentine's Day card 

but when I cropped it I thought about my sons

Xzavier and Tiberius. So to me it's a Mother hugging

her son after he gave her some flowers. I think you can

totally create a different feel of the card just by the way you color

and set up the image. 

 I added some shimmer to all of the butterflies.

Here's a close-up.

To color up my the image I used Copic markers.

sky:

B0000

Her skin:

E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30 

lipstick:

 E04, E83, R21

Dress/Blouse:

BG07, B16, B18

her hair:

C5, W9, W7, W5, E79

his skin:

E50, E51, E53, R30,

eye:

E37, E13, C1, C3

lips:

E04, R20

his hair:

C5, C7, C9

shirt:

Y08, Y26, Y28

stem and leaves:

YG17, YG67, YG99

The super pretty paper is from

Graphic 45, 8x8 pad from the Flutter Collection

Thank you so much for visiting. 
I hope you liked my card. 
I had a lovely time coloring the image that even when I was ready to go sleep I dozed off on my desk for a few minutes, woke up and continued to color her hair. LOL 

For more inspiration check out the super talented Facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/7kidscreate/
We have fun games, chances to win digital stamps
and amazing coloring tutorials by Amy Young.

Thank you,

Katya Bess

SBS DT: Steampunk & TV Inspiration

Hi Everyone!

I created a card that I hadn't shown in the blog world. This character was drawn by Abigail Larson for Simply Betty Stamps. Abigail is an amazing artist but I must admit I have been intimidated to color her images sometimes.... Once I get going with the coloring it turns out okay but always afraid of what the artist may think of how the characters are portrayed...

In this case I used Lavinia Outing and you can find her here http://simplybstamps.net/item_1481/Lavinia-Outing-Limited-Digi.htm

I know... it may be scary for some people or not... but I was intrigued by the show Sleepy Hollow and one of the characters sticks out with her bright red hair, her very delicate and feminine ways... most of the time LOL her real name is Katia Winter but her characters name is Katrina Crane and she's a witch. ha!

I tried to color her dress with a sheer lacy top to show the chest. heehee

I used Copic markers to color her

Then I remembered I had The Olde Curiosity Shoppe 8x8 pad from Graphic 45 

and the crazy part is that it all seems to match with the image I colored. :D 

Isn't that cool when you color something and you find papers to match from your stash??? LOL

Yes I'm one of those crazy people that colors first and then goes nuts trying to find 

something to match later...

Okay... well i made her eyes brown instead of green because there was another person

who inspirited me for this coloring. 

Hope you like her. I took my sweet time on this image because I wanted to do her justice.... 

Thank you for visiting. 

Katya Bess

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Piecing or piercing