7 Kids Crafts: Compliments of the season

Hello Crafty Friends,

I am excited to share this card. I really enjoyed coloring this beautiful Christmas Mistletoe Fairy and wanted to create a special card with her. After racking my brain for a few days I decided I wanted to do a little mixed media. I don't do too much mixed media and it looked a little different in my mind than it came out but I actually really love results. I think it has been almost a year since I have done a little mixed media but the process is very relaxing. The process takes me longer, especially drying time but most things I complete by sections anyway so it wasn't too much of an issue. For the background I wanted a certain snowy scene from the Prima marketing paper but I also fussy cut a barn and added it to the scene, then I added falling snow with gesso.

To create this card I used: Christmas Misletoe Fairy by Sweet November Stamps, Prima Marketing paper pad called Christmas in the Country, Nuvo Crystal Drops: Metallic - Soft Mint for the mistletoe berries and Nuvo Glitter Drops: Holiday Cheer for the holly berries, Hello Bluebird: Holly and Pine Die, Elizabeth Craft Designs: Garden Notes - Heart Grapevine Wreath, C.C. Designs: Mistletoe ATS028 and a little white gesso for snow on the tips of the pine needles, pine cone, snow falling and on the wreath. Oh yea on last thing I added some Spectrum Noir: Clear Sparkle pen over the wings.

Here's a little excerpt from the Sweet November Digital Stamps team about Christmas Mistletoe Fairy : And last but not least we have Mistletoe Fairy. This sweet fairy knows that it doesn't matter how a home is decorated for the holidays because as long is it is filled with love and laughter it is the most beautiful place in the world to be no matter the time of year.

Christmas Mistletoe Fairy 

Here's a little close-up of the dies I used

I Hope you can see that I added Spectrum Noir: Sparkle pen to the wings

and white gesso for the snow falling. 

Don't forget to check out the other beautifully drawn digis for this month:

Christmas Pine Fairy

Christmas Holly Fairy

Christmas Mistletoe Fairy

Christmas Poinsettia Fairy

and if you missed this month's Freebie stamp you can still purchase it here: Jingle

I hope that you like the card and hope that you can play along for the month of December at the 

7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook page

You can also share all of your creations you've done from
items Kelly carries in her store. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

Stamp AnnieThing June Release Day#3 Trudy

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's June release!  

I love animals and my furbabies.... so this release is homage to PETS!

Here is Trudy and her very tweet friend!

Trudy will be available in the store NOW along 

with the other 2 stamps we showed you this week!!

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Trudy

Trudy looks so cute with her little birdie.

Here is my completed card. 

I used Copic colors:

W5, W7, W9,

R20, R21, R22, R24,

E0000, E000, E01, E11, E40, E41 and E42

I used Copic Refills R20 and R30 to

color the smaller roses (from Wild Orchid Crafts)

that I purchased from The Not2 Shabby Shop

The paper is Prima Marketing: Lyric Collection

The dies are from Spellbinders

The banner from Spellbinders I just hand wrote 

the message myself. 

Here is a little bit of my process:

First I colored up Trudy but I outlined the leg 

since I wanted it to be visible behind the cage.

Then, I fussy cut as I normally do

but I cut off the cage. 

(My baby didn't like that I cut off the birdie. LOL)

Next, I only inked the bottom portion of the stamp

on to the Prima paper.

After that, I used a Spellbinders Oval die

and traced the outer part to make myself a bigger oval.

(Need to take care of that from my wish list....

buy bigger oval dies. LOL  )

Oh yea! I didn't throw the little bird from the original 

stamped image. I colored up the bird so I could stick 

it to the cage that was stamped on the Prima paper. 

I didn't keep beak nor the legs since it will show with the

the stamped image at the bottom.

Finally I glued her and the birdie down and added flowers all around.

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Thank you for joining us for our June Release

 and have a great day!

Katya Bess

Entering card at:

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-130-our-furry-feathered.html

Challenge #30: Our Furry / Feathered Friends

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2016/05/challenge-268-anything-goes-with-die.html

Challenge #268: Anything Goes 

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.nl/2016/05/challenge-15-winners.html

Anything Goes (no digital projects)

Friendship card with Brittney stamp

Hello Everyone!

A little late than usual... have been busier than normal... and here I thought I was going to get a little break when the kids (2/4) went bak to school. LOL   Just wanted to pop in and show you a card that I worked over the weekend. My kids' Coding teacher was the inspiration for the way I made the hair on the image. She has a different hairstyle now but before the Holiday/Christmas break she had Gucci braids. This stamp in particular has nice chunky sections of hair where it is easier for beginners to color but if you're not so much a beginner like myself... I also took the freedom to make them into braids... Gucci braids. :P

Brittney (Winter Wishes)

Here is a bit of my process:

First stamp with Memento Desert Sand

Then trace/outline with a black Copic Multiliner over the eyelash line and the eyelashes

(try to be careful to keep the artist's lines)

Now if you stamp this in black or a darker color the iris will be all black 

or whatever color you chose to stamp and it will be just a big pupil. 

It's cute either way but since I used Desert Sand I am 

able to personalize the iris color and just fill in a smaller pupil.

Don't forget the inside of the mouth will be dark as well.

Then I used a Sepia Copic Multiliner to add in braids but

I wasn't very maticulous with the braid shapes as long

as you can clearly see that they are braids and that they weren't too skinny.

Next you can color the way you want but

for me I use the main color of the skin as a light first layer.

(Here you can see the hair sections a little clearer I just outlined or traced over them.)

Just as in applying make-up you want to contour your face to give it dimension.

You can proceed on to adding more light layers until happy with your results

before you press the color onto the paper. 

Here is my completed card.

(please excuse my lighting it was night time and it was a little... meh when I took the picture)

The scalloped rectangle card is from SVG Cutting Files here is the link with those card bases

http://svgcuttingfiles.com/catalog.php?item=1517

The dies are from My Creative Time.

The paper is from Prima Marketing Lyric Collection

I hope you liked my card and teeny weeny tutorial. 

I hope you all have a great 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

I'm planning to take my kids to the Richmond Greenway

where every year there is a collaborate effort from the community

to celebrate Martin Luther King National Day of Service.

It's a little late in the day for us but we're still going.

Catch up with you all later!

Thank you for looking. 

Katya Bess

Slinky Tart DT: Be Stylish

Hey Everyone!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!  (Happy New Year!) I'm back with a shaped card today for Slinky Tart Design Team. I was inspired by the corset this digi stamp is wearing and by my mom who used to sew and had all of these different sewing machines; mostly the Singer brand and I would love to feel on that black metal and how the pieces moved. They would often have gold or metallic designs. Very Steampunky if you think about it. Also, thinking about the amount of manual work and hours it would take to make such a beautiful and interesting creation. 

I used The Big Teese digi stamp that I purchased last year, click on the link and you'll find her or you can explore the site and find some personal favorites here http://payhip.com/SlinkyTart.

 I colored her up with some of my favorite colors to wear: Red and Black

I cut it with my Silhouette Cameo but I created a card with simple welding in the program.

The paper is from Recollections.

The pearl swirls are from Prima Marketing.

I used Faber-Castell Pit pens Silver and Gold to doodle around

Then some layering with colored Sakura Gelly Rolls

The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and then used Copic refills to color them up.

 Here is a close-up of The Big Teese

I used Glossy Accents to add a glass effect or add a lens to her eye piece.

Here you can see that it is an actual card and not just a flat piece. 

The backdrop is my prom dress... of course I can not fit into it anymore

but I love the design and I love the colors. My hubby didn't want to go to the prom and in the end

I convinced him and we found it the night before our prom in San Francisco's Chinatown. 

If I remember correctly I only paid $38... maybe a few pennies less... 

The price was right and it fit perfectly... well a little tight on my hips but it was okay

I was happy I didn't pay like $300 to $500 like some other classmates. LOL   

May 2002 with my High School Sweetheart (and now husband + 4 kids together :D ) 

Thank you for visiting. 

Crafty hugs,

Katya Bess

entering my card at

http://www.lunagirlmoonbeams.com/2015/02/creative-challenge-theme-vintage-sewing.html

Vintage Sewing

Slinky Tart DT: Finger Lickin' Good

Hey Everyone!

Back today with a saucy little card....Tamara has done it again and came up with something super sweet and sexy image for us to color and play with.

Today I'm using Culinary Claire 2.0  you can find her here https://payhip.com/b/ezvk or you can browse through her shop https://payhip.com/SlinkyTart

 I colored her with Copic Markers and the garter belt I tried to make it sheer as well as her stockings

Found the recipe for love online just typed it up and added a couple of ingredients.

The paper is one of my favorites just wish I had some plain cardstock to match it

it's from Prima Markerting: 6x6 paper pad called The Optimist

The brad on the recipe card as well as the sticky  tag is also from the same collection.

I found the paper pad at http://www.thestamproom.com/

The circle and heart doilies I found those at Michael's and the flowers are from

http://www.wildorchidcrafts.com/ that I got a long time but they match with the paper I 

Just inked them with the Copic Refills. 

Here you can see a little more detail in the coloring

I wanted to make her frosting dimensional with my pearl pen 

but my Krafty Korner is a horrible mess... .... yea...

Anyway, I hope you liked the card.

I had a lot of fun coloring her up and trying to think of something saucy but clean ;)

Thanks for looking. 

Katya Bess

Entering my card at:

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2014/02/february-challenge-2015.html
Celebrate Valentine's Day 

SBS DT: Day of the Dead Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!

It's November 1st and it's The Day of Dead. It's celebrated differently in many countries but it all comes down to remembering your deceased loved ones and honoring their lives. In this part of the country the most known and widely celebrated are the Mexican traditions of The Day of the Dead.
They create altars with photos of their loved one, bake bread or other pastries, make sugar skulls, candles with saints and lots and lots of flowers. Everything looks very colorful and beautiful to honor their loved one.  In my native country I don't remember much but I do remember my mother always lit a candle for my grandmother and I do remember the graves and tombs are always cleaned and decorated with colorful (either handmade or real) flower crowns and everything is made to look fresh. Music is celebrated and people dance and dance to celebrate life. In my country there are actually two days to celebrate. One day is to celebrate All of the dead and then the second day is to celebrate the ones that died as children or virgins....

It's a hop and I'm the last on the list so make sure to start http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/ and hop along to see everyone's creations! The hop list is posted below the cards.

Well too much chit chat... let me show you these beauties Betty came up with.
This one is called Dia De Los Muertos Betty and it can be found here:
http://simplybstamps.net/item_2991/Dia-De-Los-Muertos-Betty-Digi.htm

This one was actually my favorite one to color but I felt I ruined her face a little 

by making it a no lines coloring. 

Here are a few details and to see how dimensional the card really is. 

This one is Lenore Forevermore and you can find it here:

http://simplybstamps.net/item_2990/Lenore-Forevermore.htm

I took flowers from a flower garland (Petaloo) I got in a Halloween Swap last year. I thought
I had some serape paper but I'm not sure if I bought it or not... LOL maybe I just looked at it so
many times... so I ended up changing my mental card design.

Here is the close up of the sugar skull face I drew on her.

We were to create our own face Sugar Skull face paint, use a lace trim and use bright colors. LOL If you click on the Lenore Forevermore then you'll see the difference.

For this last image Sugar Skull Betty

http://simplybstamps.net/item_2883/Sugar-Skull-Betty-Digi.htm
The challenge was... Anything Goes :)

Here is a close up of the face.

Thank you for hopping along
and

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

HOP LIST

Betty

http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/

Jackie

http://papermoments.blogspot.com/

Corinne

http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com

Tina

http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

Irene

http://irenescardcreations.blogspot.com/

Ruza

http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Tanja

http://twistedteecrafts.blogspot.com

Mei

http://Meiaudesigns.wordpress.com

 Emily

http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/

 Lisa N.

http://distinctivelmnts.blogspot.com/

 Chris

http://cattsscratchingpost.blogspot.com/

 Lisa H.

http://www.mindovermattercreations.com/

 Louise

http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/

 Kitty

http://intruderlady.blogspot.com

 Kay

http://kaym74.blogspot.com

 Katya Bess

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

I will enter card #1 at:
http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-56-luscious-lace.html
Luscious Lace (I used a DooHickey Die - Lace Coaster) I hope it counts.

http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/2013/11/november-challenge.html

Anything Goes

http://www.onesweetchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/11/novembers-challenge.html

All Saint's Day or Day of the day theme

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Entering card # 2 at:

http://www.onesweetchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/11/novembers-challenge.html

All Saint's Day or Day of the day theme

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Entering card # 3 at:

http://www.onesweetchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/11/novembers-challenge.html

All Saint's Day or Day of the day theme

JIC DT: Monthly Challenge theme: Summer

Hello Everyone!

It's been so long since I've posted. Been having this weird cough for a couple of months. Turns out it was some variant asthma and bronchitis. Yucky stuff! Spent most of the time either catching up on things because I was sleeping a lot more or trying to sleep from not feeling well on top of that my kids have been sick tool. Now I'm feeling much better but still have to finish up my meds... according to doctor... booo I hate medicine.

Sorry about that! Let's talk about the fun stuff now. LOL So here again with another Just Inspirational Challenges Design Team Challenge... The theme is SUMMER. Our sponsor this month is Time for Tea Designs and I used Butterfly Fairy. There is another digi but with a toadstool and I kind of wish I used that one. lol Next time... next time.

Although it's hard to believe I used loads of Copic Markers for this little image. I sort of put together my card before I colored my image. I just needed some color inspiration and I grabbed some papers from BoBunny Country Garden 6x6 paper pad.

Materials used:

Copic Markers

Bo Bunny: Country Garden 6x6 Pad

Prima Marketing: Say It Crystals

La La Land Crafts: Butterflies Set Die

Magnolia DooHickey Dies: Lace Coaster

Wild Orchid Crafts: White Open Roses

Copic Various Ink & Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

Don't forget to join in on the fun

Just Inspirational Challenges June's Monthly Challenge

Theme: SUMMER

Special Thanks to  
Bunny Zoe's Crafts and Time for Tea Designs 
who are this month's sponsors at J.I.C.

Thank you for visiting. 

Hugs,

Katya Bess

I'll be entering my card at:
http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/2014/06/make-your-own-background-44.html
Make your own background

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe253.html
Use the color ORANGE

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2014/05/cch-172-bingo.html
Use their BINGO card. I sed PEARLS, FLOWERS and DIE CUT