7 Kids Crafts: Fauna Meadowdancer Artist Trading Coin

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to share some of the details for the Artist Trading Coin I created on Facebook live at
7 Kids Customers Create! Facebook page you can check out this video here: Facebook Live Fauna Meadowdancer ATCoin This was my very first Facebook live but I wanted to do something to help celebrate 7 Kids Crafts' anniversary.

To start, I used is digital stamp Fauna Meadodancer by Sweet November Stamps. I reduced the size and cropped her so I can fit her into an Artist Trading Coin size which is a 2 and half inch circle. In this case for the 2 and half inch circle I used a punch from Recollections. The wings I used were from a clear stamp set called Fairy Mouse by Pink Ink Designs - that set is no longer available in the shop but there are other sets from the same company available that have wings you can use, such as this one: BEE-utiful.

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Fauna Meadodancer by Sweet November Stamps 

Fairy Mouse by Pink Ink Designs

Polychromos:

Skin: White, Cold Grey VI, Warm Grey IV, Black, Dark Flesh or Rose Carmine

Eyes: White, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Ochre, Burn Umber, 

(Copic mulitliner Black or Polychromos color pencil Black for the pupil)

Cadmium Yellow, Sakura Gelly Roll - White for catch lights or eyelights.

Lips: Madder and White 

Flower/Leaf: Permanent Green, Cadmium Yellow, Dark Cadmium Yellow and White

Wings: White, Dark Flesh, Light Cobalt Turquoise, DecoArt Galaxy Glitter (glue)

Hair: (I didn't keep track of my Spectrum Noir marker colors but I used a Red and a Dark Grey) 

White, Madder, Cadmium Yellow

Background: Cadmium Yellow, (Spectrum Noir marker a mid to dark green)

Hookers Green

Here is the full set of Artist Trading Coins.

Don't forget to join us at:

7 KIDS Customers Create! Facebook page

for exclusive stamps, freebies, games, live tutorials, 
Artist Trading Card/Coin Swaps,

and lots more fun! 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Sparkle Moondrifter

Hello again Crafty Friends!

Welcome back to my blog to showcase another fabulous stamp from the newest Sweet November release over at 7 Kids Crafts. Here is my second card using Sparkle Moondrifter + Ocean Background Builder #1 + Ocean Background Builder #2 I used Copics to color her up as well as the background. To soften up edges and emphasize on the light in the water I used PFS - Life Changing Brushes and Distress Oxide - Broken China. The sentiment is from a retired Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set and I used Versafine Clair - Shady Lane that I had purchased from 7 Kids Crafts.

Sparkle Moondrifter 

Ocean Background Builder #1 

Ocean Background Builder #2 

Here's a slightly moving the photo so you can see some of the shine and
so you can see the Nuvo drops. 

I had lots of markers on my desk and had to put a lot of them away so I 
could keep working which is why I didn't get to write them down.
I used many of the colors from my previous post plus a few more
if you'd like to reference it here.
 I did use a very light touch of Polychromos Rose Carmine on the
cheeks for blush. 

To add shine to the tail I added 
Sakura Gelly Roll- Clear Star and Sakura Gelly Roll Sky Star
For the Bubbles I added Nuvo Jewel Drops - Sea Breeze
and for the pearls I added Nuvo Dream Drops- Fairy Wings
The Nuvo drops are available at 7 Kids Crafts.

Sparkle Moondrifter, Skater and Ray

Ocean Background Builder #1


Ocean Background Builder #2

I hope you liked my first card for this release. 
Don't forget to check out all of the games and a couple 
of free digis in the group today and tomorrow.

7 Kids Crafts Facebook Group

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Jewel Eboncave

Hello Everyone! Happy June!

I hope you are as excited as we are for this new Sweet November release over at 7KidsCrafts.com For this card I did a little mix and match using Sweet November - Jewel Eboncave and only Elektra from Siren Seafoam and Elektra. I almost forgot, I also used the seaweed from Sweet November - Ocean Background Builder #1 I just flipped to the mirror image on some and on other I enlarged them. The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm which I stamped with Versafine Claire - Shady Lane.

I used lots and lots of colors for this card and I really did try to write the colors

down and after a while I lost track but I think I have most of them. 

 Copic:

BG32

BV00, E00, E11, E00, E000, R20, R30

R81, RV04, RV69

B32, B12, B000, W3, W1

BV17, V15, V09, V06

V06, V04, V01

BV34, B23, B12, B000, V06, V04

for the bubbles I used Nuvo Drops
I also used Sakura Gelly Rolls for glittery details

Jewel Eboncave and Bobber

Siren Seafoam and Elektra

Ocean Background Builder #1

I hope you liked my first card for this release. 
Don't forget to check out all of the games and a couple 
of free digis in the group today and tomorrow.

7 Kids Crafts Facebook Group

Thank you for stopping by,

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Fearless Pursuit

Hello Everyone!

I hope you had a nice weekend! We've had a 3 Day weekend, Memorial Day, in honor of the men and women who have died while serving in the U.S.A Military. My Husband's Grandfather Celsus Yopp enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951 and continued to served for over fifty years but passed away last year.

I didn't get to do very much crafting as I hoped but I did get work on a little ink blending. I used this pretty cool set called Catherine Pooler - Fearless Pursuit along with some Distress Oxide and some blender brushes, you can find some here: Picket Fence Life Changing Blender Brushes. With some good tools it doesn't have to have to be complicated to create a very colorful card.

I wanted to create a sunset with the colors and I wanted to be a beach scene so I used a marker to block in a section to make it look like a silhouette of an island. Then I used the Palm leaves and used the same marker that I created the island for the palm tree trunks. The Catherine Pooler - Fearless Pursuit comes with the palm tree trunks separated but I wanted to be a different angle so I drew the trunks myself. When I finished I added a few water ripples with a White Gelly roll and it was dry I added a little bit of clear star right above or under the white lines.

Distress Oxide:

Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, 

Broken China, Chipped Sapphire

Versafine Clair:

Nocturne

Sakura Gelly:

White and Clear Star

Thank you very much for visiting.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Thank You So Much

Hello Everyone!

Happy Sunday! at https://www.7kidscrafts.com/ there is free shipping with any order over 25 this weekend only. Also the vendor of the month is Mama Elephant and Nuvo Drops (this excludes new arrivals.)

Today I wanted to share another card using the Mama Elephant Big Thank You So Much die (only I used the negative portion this time.) I also used a little bear from the Mama Elephant - Big News stamp set. There are so lots and lots of sentiments to choose from this set but I used the Little Bear holding a wooden sign and used "You're the beary best!" sentiment to go on his little wooden sign. To get the sunset gradient I used Picket Fence Studios - Life Changing Brushes

Distress Oxide:

Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire

Copic Markers:

E30, E33, E35, E35, E37 and E47

Polychromos:

Rose Carmine (very lightly for the bear's cheeks)

Here's part of the process. After I colored in the background with
Distress Oxides, I placed the Thank You So Much die where I wanted
to die cut it. After that make sure to save all of the pieces from the
negative. I placed the part that most people save like a puzzle
so I can see where the little cut-outs fit and glue those on.
Then save the die cut for another card or project.

Thank you so much for stoping by.

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Sweet November - Nixie Surfacing

Hello Everyone!

Today is the big day! It's release day for brand spankin' new images from Sweet November called Surfacing at 7kidscrafts.com

You can choose to get the entire Limited Time Surfacing Bundle Pack or you can buy your favorite ones separately:

Sweet November- Loire
Sweet November - Nerida
Sweet November - Nixie
Sweet November - Talise
Sweet November - Gully
or you can chose a background that includes a fish, frog, two lily pads, post reed and water lily.
Sweet November - Surfacing Background Builder Set which is completely customizable.

Amy Young, will be on live at 7 Kids Customers Create Facebook Page
at 11AM PST and then at 3:00PM PST, today May 1st. Throughout the day there will be games and prizes.

Okay on to my card.... I colored her with Polychromos coloring pencils and one Prismacolor. Around the edges of the water and sky I used Distress Oxide. For the Glowing fireflies I used a Sakura Gelly roll and smeared it with my finger, then added yellow Polychromos on top. The sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. I've been very excited since I fist saw these stamps. I need that I wanted to color them with color pencils to be able to work on blending skin more. I love my Copic markers but sometimes I can't get them to blend the way I want compared to the way I can with color pencils. Yes, color pencils are much slower... it's like a miniature painting but I love it either way and it's so much more relaxing.

 Sweet November - Nixie

I used Polychromos (+1 Prismacolor):
Ivory, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Caput Mortuum, Rose Carmine, (Beige), Cinnamon
White, Black, Cold Grey VI, Ultramarine,
Permanent Green, Hooker's Green, Chrome Oxide Green
Earth Green

Distress Oxide:
Black Soot, Pumise Stone and Broken China.

It's usually a little difficult for me to capture color pencil on photograph 

but here's a pretty good close-up of Nixie

Also for May over at 7kidscrafts.com 

Make sure to use code: Mama to save 20%

(please note that this does not include new arrivals*)

Thank you so much for stopping by

Katya Bess

7 Kids Crafts: Mermaid Tot sisters

Hello Everyone!

I had so much fun creating this card for 7KidsCrafts.com. If you don't know,  7KidsCrafts.com has a Vendor of the Month every month and it's usually always 20% discount. This  month the Vendor of the Month is Picket Fence Studios and Cardstock. For the Discount on the endor of the Month items make sure to use code: PAPERHOARDING at checkout.

I hope you were able to grab these super sweet Sweet November Vault images because they were only available for one week.
The three vault images were:

Sweet November - Nami 
Sweet November - Nalu 
Sweet November - Hanalei

Today I used Sweet November - Hanalei and Sweet November - Nalu. I tried to follow along with Amy's video and I did follow many of the colors but because I'm using a different brand of paper I noticed there were was a variation of the way the colors showed up on my paper. I either had to add another color or use a different color altogether. I hadn't tried the skin colors Amy used so I wanted to follow along with that I did have to add R35 to the cheeks because mine weren't as bright as hers. I also had a little challenge following along for the underwater cove so I kind of improvised. heehee Amy colors a lot faster than I do. I still love how these two cuties came out. I went ahead and used my own colors for the hair and for the tails, then next thing you know Amy used some of my blue hair colors on the water so I also had to change the water color in the background. It was really fun following some of Amy's techniques because I really admire her work but but I do love to put my own twist on things as well. For the hair and mermaid tails I used some of my Husband's fish as inspiration for the colors, these little 1 inch fish are called Neon Tetras. Imagine Hanalei and Nalu being that tiny and playing hide and seek. heehee Unfortunately these pretty mermaids went back to the vault today but there are more lovely mermaids to come 1st of the month and on the 20th there will be another set of vault images that you'll want to be sure to grab as soon as they come out.       

   You can check out Amy Young's tutorial on  7 Kids Crafts FB video tutorial of Hanalei

                       

Sweet November - Hanalei and Sweet November - Nalu.

   

some of the Copic Colors used:
skin: E31, E55, E57, E04, E35

Eyes:YG03, YG63, YG67

Neon Tetra tail/fins: C1, T2, B04, B12, B01, R17, R14, R22, R30
hair on Hanalei : B01, B12, and a tiny bit of B04
hair on  Nalu: R17, R14, R22, R30
(Gelly Roll Stardust: 725, 719 and 700)

Towards the end of my card making I decided that I didn't want to trim down
the background scene to fit on a A2 sized card so I left it alone and just glued down
on at 6x6 card. I then added little embellishing dies.
Some of the dies are from My Creative Time and the smaller ones are from Craftin Desert Divas.

For the seashells I used a tiny bit of copic and some Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen

Here you can see the Sakura Gelly Roll 

pen details, I used 3 different colors for the effect I wanted.

For the little pearl I first added Sakura Gelly Roll 

Clear Stardust pent and then I used a Nuvo Drops Jewel Drops

for the jewel on her chest cover. I really need to buy some pearlescent 

Nuvo Drops from 7kidscrafts.com so I can give her a pearl next time.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Katya Bess

                                                                 

Kraftin' Kimmie Guest: Glitter Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Krafty Challenge!

Are you ready for some krafty fun??

We've got a super easy theme for you this week and we hope you can play along!

This week's challenge is all about GLITTER!!!

Submit your glittery design for your chance to WIN! You have until Friday, April 6th to enter this challenge! Keep in mind, all entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win.

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you like!!! And each submission during the month will enter you into the monthly prize which will be....

a $40 gift voucher to spend in the krafty shop!!! 

What do you think? Worth playin' for? ;)

We've also got a fun sketch for your inspiration for March! You don't have to use it but if you need a little extra kickstart in your mojo, feel free to use it any time!

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Shop this weekend because our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with FOUR of our amazing stamp sets on 40% OFF! Some of these sets will NOT be restocked in the future so it may be your last chance to snap them up!

Can't wait to see your krafty kreations!! Happy stampin'!

Here is what I created with Glitter!

I wanted to create a fun bookmark for my 10 year old daughter 

Jade Bess she also has a crafty blog http://writteninjade.blogspot.com/ :)

I used Rosie Fair as well as the sentiment that came with it. 

The little magical stars are actually from one of the new releases

Kick Ass Birthday  I used Distress Ink Broken China for the background sky

then I also stamped the stars with Distress Inks Broken China 

to give the background a magical look.

I used Copic Markers to color my image

Check out those glittery wings and stars!I love it! :D

For Glitter I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush pens for the

wings and skirt. For the Stars I used Sakura Gellyroll Stardust Clear Pen. 
For the gold necklace, wraps on her wrists and waist I used a new
pen I recently found at Michael's and it's called Uni-Ball Impact Gold.
The gold pen pools a little so I used it sparingly and I manipulated it a
corner of a tiny scratch paper . 

Since it this is a book mart I wanted to make sure the glitter didn't rub off

so I used some Stampendous! Stampin' Stuff Embossing Powder: 

Star Dust Transparent and hit that with an embossing/heat gun I found at

Michael's. Oh yea, even the ribbon looks glittery because of it's iridescence.  

Here is how I embossed it since I didn't have yellow glitter paper. 

It's a cheater method... LOL 

Here's the link for the 

Glitter Challenge

at the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog

Thank you so much for visiting.

Katya Bess

LMMS: Kaari butterfly

Hello there!

I'm back with another Inspiration Thursday card for Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Today I had a little fun working with Polka Dot Pals Kaari digi stamp plus a Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces clear stamp and The Corner Park Background. The I had started coloring some of the Polka Dot Pals Kaari image for Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Marker challenge and I finally finished coloring it. When Barbara, artist and owner of Little Miss Muffet Stamps posted the The Corner Park Background, I was inspired to color and add PDP Kaari to create a scene. I was undecided on the sentiment so for now.

I used Copic markers to color her up.

For the eyes and wing details I used a

Uni-ball Signo Angelic White pen as well as a Yellow Sakura Gelly Roll.

and I was inspired by the colors of a Monarch butterfly.

Another reason I was inspired is because someone I know

is moving; not very far away but she rented the same home for 

close to 30 years... sometimes even though we may not want to 

change is necessary. The situation is very sad and frustrating at the same time.

She will have to downsize immensely, travel further for work

 and leave or give away most of her precious plants. 

For that and many other reasons I wanted to make her a card to cheer her up 

during this difficult transition. 

I specifically chose these images: because of the butterfly and the outdoor scene .

Close-Up

Please make sure to link up at: 

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com

as always the challenges are ANYTHING GOES

Thank you very  much for visiting. 

Katya Bess

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

Witching you the Best

Hey there Crafty Friends,

Today I'm posting a card I was inspired to finish for a Crafty Friend. I started working on this image a while back but only colored the eyes and skin. Last night I colored the hair, clothing and background and I didn't stop until I finished the coloring. Yay!

I used Prismacolor pencils on Kraft Paper to color Witch Willa from http://www.kraftinkimmiestamps.com For the background I used distress inks and I drew in some details like the spider and spiderweb also added golden shimmer to the clothing and jewelry with some gel pens. The dies are from Craftin Desert Divas Fancy Frame Dies
Inside scalloped rectangle dies  and My Creative Time Stitched Rectangular Frames Dies and More

Witch Willa

Distress Inks: Black Soot, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves and Mustard Seed. 

 Here is a close-up.

Don't you love the little toad's expression?! Haha

I hope you like my card. 

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

I will be entering this card at:
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/2017/09/wonderful-wednesday_20.html
Anything Goes

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/challenge-31.html
Anything Goes

http://starstampz.blogspot.com/2017/09/colors-of-fallautumn-challenge.html
Colors of Fall / Autumn

http://cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2017/09/ching-chou-kuik-digital-stamps.html
Fall /  Fall Colors and or Pumpkins

December Theme Week Day#6 Happy New Year

                                                       It's theme week over at Stamp AnnieThing 

                                                      This week's theme is all about GLITTER!

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 this 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 December's Theme Week!

Make ANY project that is inspired by GLITTER!

Hi there! Happy New Year!!! It's Katya Bess from Kattyxotica's Kreations. This is my last DT card at Stamp AnnieThing, it's a little sad but happy I had a chance to be here. I will still stalk everyone on Facebook or the blogs as usual... heehee maybe Anne will let me be a Guest DT sometime... Thank you Anne for giving a chance to color up your cute little images and being part of a nice DT. The DT gals are all so talented and always very inspiring.

So, for my inspiration card I used glitter pens. 

I colored Anne- Happy New Year separately with

Copic markers and used W3 and W5 to make light

shading on her headband and the blouse because

I wanted it to look silvery/glittery/white so

for that I used the remained of my Wink of Stella

and then went over with my Clear Star Gellyroll.

The Clear Star Gellyroll is my most favorite glitter pen. 

For the background I used Distress Ink

and then drew some fireworks and topped that

with my handy dandy Clear Star Gellyroll. 

The person I intend to give this card came to visit

for Christmas and went back to Florida

so that is how I imagine New Years to be like...

no jacket and probably a short dress, skirt or shorts. haha

Here is a close-up of my coloring.

Here is another close-up but with the lights dimmed... 

it really shows off the glitter but the coloring looks darker 

so I wanted to show you both.

I hope you enjoyed the card. 

I really hope you have an awesome 2017.

Good luck to the current DT and 

and good luck to the new DT.

Thank you for visiting.

Katya Bess

 

SAT May Release Day 3 Holly Dreams

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's May release!  

This month is all about being a girl and hanging with the girls, its also about pampering yourself a bit too!

Meet our newest stamp,

Holly, Sweet Dreams

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

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Here is the project I made!

I first colored my image with Copic markers on 

100 lb Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.

The hair is W9, W7 and W5

I experimented with the skin this time

I used E53, E11, E13, R21 and R30

I wanted to give her a light African American skin tone.

Next I stamped another Holly on 

Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper -fussy cut it

and place on top of my colored Holly

Then pretty much rub on some mini distress ink pads at random

but I chose sort of bright colors and try to blend at the edges.

After that I blended some black distress ink on the edges 

and very little in between the bright colors.

When I was satisfied with the night sky background

I removed the masking paper and colored up the edges

by coloring with W9 Copic marker

not too much clean up to do but there were

a few very white spots.

I then added the sentiment that comes with this stamp

which I die cut with one of 

My Creative Time dies

and added finishing touch by adding stars

with a white Sakura Gellyroll.

That's pretty much it. 

I kept this card simple like my previous cards

just adding some color to the background

with either a patterned paper or 

adding distress ink. 

Thanks for joining us for our May Release

 and have a great day!

Remember today is release day. Woot Woot!

Thank you for visiting,

Katya Bess