Its Monday....Stampingbella Week!

Happy Monday!

Last week I did Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs and this week it's Stampingbella!!

I love Girl Power and this Goddess embodies it all in her Stampingbellas.  You must check Em out at www.Stampingbella.com.

Today was all about the weekend.  The weekend is when you let your hair down...and as I am typing this I should have saved Edna for Friday, but I have been wanting to color her ever since I saw her online, in fact, all the bellas you will see this week are bellas from the new line that I have been drooling over and wanting to color ever since they were released. Gigi is on Summer break WE have taken a break from our Creative Chemistry and Copic Jumpstart programs, so I am taking the opportunity to color the new stamps from my favorite lines. Stampingbella is new to my favorites but I LOVE the entire line.

So today I colored Edna in my favorite colors (I know they are all my favorites!)

When I saw Edna I thought she had to have a dirty martini.  She looks like that is what she would drink.  She is adorable...what do you think?  I also think you need to get your own and post your Edna's on Instagram with the tag #Edna4TWS so I can see your vision of this sexy angel.

Now for the coloring...

On Edna dress and shoes I used Copics V12, V14, RV66 and Wink of Stella Clear 999;

On the wings I used Wink of Stella Violet 080;

On Edna's hair I used Copics RV17, RV23 and RV66 with Wink of Stella Dark Pink 027;

The rose in Edna's hair was colored with Copics R27, YG17 and R39;

On her lips I used Wink of Stella Pink 025;

Edna's skin color is Copics E31, E33 and E34; and

For that fabulous Dirty Martini I used YG23 and for the olive I used YG03.

Until next session...

Ready to Walk

Happy Friday,

I wanted to start my weekend with Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs.   I am naming it Ready to Walk.  When I look at all of the dogs in the stamp set, they are so adorable, funny and extremely cute.  I just look at the set and whoever jumps out is who wants to go on a project.  Today, it was Oscar and Sammy (Yes I name them... and please note that the names may change to protect the innocent! LOL)

I see Sammy as a very happy dog that jumps up and down when he gets excited, and then I see Oscar as a very no nonsense dog with very little patience.  I can see Oscar saying, "Please Sammy its just a walk...geesh." These two are a perfect pair.

I used Copics to color these puppies and I used GlossyAccents on their eyes and the leash which was colored in Copics G24 and C6.

Oscar is in Copics E09, E39, and R39.  His collar is colored with Ranger Enamel Accents Lemon Twist with NUVO Crystal Drops in black for his medallion.

Sammy is in Copics E21, E33 and E34.  His collar is in Ranger Enamel Accents in Electric Lime and Pink Gumball.  Both dogs have Crystal Drops in black as their noses.

The fence is an Art Impressions Stamp called Fence and is colored in Copics E33, E34 and E39.  The tree is from a Lawn Fawn set called Critters Down Under and is colored in Copics E47, G17, YG17 and YG23. The grass is in Copics G29, G05, G17 and G24.  The background is in Distress Inks Broken China, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon.

Oscar, Sammy and I hope you find time to do something that you love as much as Sammy loves walks.

Until next time,

SaveSave

Hump Day Hump Day Hump Day...

All I can hear in my head is What Day is it? Hump Day.  I hear it every Wednesday to be honest.  I also have never told anyone this, but when I hear someone say it's Wednesday I hear "What Day is it?"  In the voices from the commercial!!!  It makes me laugh out loud sometimes how and what our brains recall.

Isn't it just funny how our brain works...take my post for today #TimHoltz #CrazyDogs.  I told my friend, Caridad, that I was doing a junk yard dog and her first brain recall was Cujo.  I got too tickled and told her that Cujo was not a junk yard dog, her response was even funnier..."but he lived in a junky yard."  That was the icing on the cake.  So Cujo was a junk yard dog!  A rabid St Barnard, but he did reign terror and that is the true definition of the junk yard dog to me.

Here is my post for Hump day... the bull dog that to me is a junk yard dog! He may be cute as a button, but if you touch any of his things, I think you will see more than three teeth.

I colored Spike with #CopicsSketchMarkers C0, C3 and C5.  His collar is #Copics R39 and I used Gold #NuvoCrystalDrops for his spikes and Cherry Red #NuvoCrystalDrops for his medallion.  The food bowl is colored with #Copics R39 and R89 with E32, E34 and E37 for the food.  The dog house, a #CTMH stamp set (name unknown), which I refer to as Spike's Digs... was stamped using embossing ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder and I used candied apple distress inks for the color.

I used foil paper as the background (to convey the chain linked fence...#timholtz needs to design one!), and adding the words MINE which are so appropriate for that face!

I hope Spike and I brought a smile on your Wednesday, and your day was filled with love and laughter.

Until next time,