Clearly Delightful

Togetherness and a Coloring Tutorial

Hello!  Thanks for coming back on the second day of January stamp previews for CDS!

First up is a set by Trudy called WE GO TOGETHER LIKE... it is SO cute and has fun food images for valentines or love related cards or projects.

To see the full stamp sheet and Candy's preview, visit Lori's blog.

Other CDS DT who previewed this set:

Trudy Sjolander,  Katie Renz, Tricia Traxler,  Nancy Grant, Cassie Trask,   Lisa Lara,  Gloria Dojlido,  Barb Gmitro Best,  Christi Bryant,  Michelle Sampson, Linda Anderson

MY CARD:

SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: We go together like from Clear Dollar Stamps
• CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS strawberry jam, CDS tropical mist, Basic grey lemonade DP
• INK: Brilliance black, Tombow markers
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, Spellbinders tag die, Offray aqua satin from walmart, linen thread, basic grey button, pearls, sewing machine, EK border punch, pop dots
• COLORING: Watercolor using Tombow markers and a waterbrush

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Here I am previewing the January Stamp of the Month, A Friend in Need, and if you keep scrolling I have included a step by step coloring tutorial on how I did the under water scene.

To see the full stamp sheet and Candy's preview, visit Lori's blog.

Other CDS DT who previewed this set:

Trudy Sjolander,  Katie Renz, Tricia Traxler,  Nancy Grant, Cassie Trask,   Lisa Lara,  Gloria Dojlido,  Barb Gmitro Best,  Christi Bryant,  Michelle Sampson, Linda Anderson,  Sarah Taylor

 MY CARD:

COLORING STEPS:

These are the markers I used.

I added the lightest blue color as below. This is the step where you choose where your water line is going to be.

Next add a little of the darker blue... a if they are the waves in the water around the shell. You want it to look like he is halfway under water, so just add color right over the image.

Blend those two colors together loosley. Allow to dry completely.

Color the duck and the head/neck.  I added a spot of pink for the cheek.

You must blend the green out first and work your way toward the pink spot from all directions. Then blend the pink last. Add some more pink before the paper dries and blend again, if you blended it too light the first time.

Add color to the shell parts. I added the lime color to the  perimeters of each section and then blended starting from the center of each section and moving toward the color. The areas in between the sections don't need blending since it is so small.

Notice how I kept the coloring of the shell above the "water line" I created in the first step.

Add color and blend the sky out.

Start adding color to the underside of shell and legs.

Since these parts are under water, I added some darker color to the legs before blending all together.

Add color to lower sides of shell, and since this part of the shell is under water, I used darker muted colors. Blend using waterbrush andd then allow to completely dry.

Using 1 or 2 of the blue colors, add strokes over where the water is around the shell.... try to make "waves" or "wakes" like you might see as the turtle swims.

LIghtly and quickly, with low water flow, blend with the waterbrush quickly around the water parts... be sure not to touch any areas "above" the water.  Allow to completely dry.

Finished coloring.

Once the panels were put together for the card, I added white gel pen to add shine the shell and dot his cheeks.

Last step to do AFTER sewing the panel together, is to add the clear lacquer over the water.

I basically used the tip of the clear lacquer spout to spread the clear lacquer in the same direction as I used to draw "waves". This just helps make it look more realistic.

Allow to completely dry before assembling your main panel onto the card.

SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: January SOM - A friend in need by CDS
• CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, SU not quite navy, SU retired kiwi kiss, spring moss card base, Basic grey Marjolaine DP
• INK: Brilliance black, Tombow markers 312, 526, 491, 126, 098, 177, 985, 990, 703, SU early esppresso, white gel pen
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: Waterbrush, spellbinders octagons, SU oval punches, CTMH bitty brads, clear lacquer, sewing machine, CDS deep sea mosaic tiles, foam pop dots
• COLORING: watercolor with Tombows and waterbrush on watercolor paper

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Thank you for visiting!  I hope you were inspired to create and hope you'll check in tomorrow for the last previews of CDS January stamps!

Laurie

A birthday Blog Hop for someone special!

Good morning!   This post is just a little fun thing the CDS Design Team decided to do to honor Lori McCroskey, the owner of CDS on her birthday!  Today is her birthday!  It's a BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP, and it was done under the radar so she didn't know we were doing it!  Aren't surprises fun!?

Katie snuck in the back end of the Clearly iStamp blog to start it all off, and each participating DT member has created a special birthday card for Lori and is posting that creation today in their blog hop post.  I bet you will get a lot of eye candy and stamping inspiration by clicking through the CDS DT blogs in the hop today!

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Want to join us?  If you clicked in first on my blog, why not start at the beginning on Lori's blog?

If you are following in order, you should have come from Tricia's blog, and when you are done reading my post, you will want to visit Katlyn's blog next.

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I hope you can click through, but if you don't have time to visit all 15 blogs, you can wish Lori a happy birthday by going to Clearly iStamp blog!

THE BIRTHDAY CARD I MADE FOR LORI:

Lori had told me that one of her current favorite stamp sets is the Loving Lambs, so I decided to use that set for her birthday card.

I created a computer generated sentiment.

Easle cards are my newest fun thing to make!  I know they are "old", but I simply didn't get on the craze when they first started showing up, but now I am all over them.

 

I made my own "button" for the bow center.  I used a single flower punched in coordinating CS, from an older SU 3 flower punch, and then used the 1/16" hole punch to make 2 holes.  i tied it over the bow center like I would do with a button.
 

I computer generated the sentiment in the circle pattern.  I actually used Adobe Illustrator to create it and then saved it as a JPG digital image in order to print it.

SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: Loving Lambs by CDS
• CS/PAPER: Canson 90 lb. watercolor paper, CDS billowing clouds, CDS melon spice, white, bashful blue for caard base, K&Co classic K bailey DP
• INK: tombow markers 850, 912, 491, 942, 947, 899
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders circles and pinking  and scallop circles and scallop rectangles, MS frond punch, scallop border punch, sewing machine, basic grey pearls, satin from walmart, linen thread, retired SU 3 flower punch, mini scallop photo corner punch, glue dots, foam hex dots
• COLORING: watercolor on watercolor paper using waterbrush and tombow markers
• OTHER: computer generated sentiment

Thank you for visiting today!  I hope you got a little fun inspiration, or at least enjoyed clicking through as part of the special birthday blog hop! 

If you are following in order, remember to click into Katlyn's blog next!

Many happy stamping wishes for you on this glorious day!

It's a birthday celebration!

Starting today over at Lori's blog, there are 5 chances to win for the next 5 days!  25 total prizes being given away!  She is celebrating being in business for 5 years, so you won't want to miss your chance to get a free stamp set, check it out!

On my card below, I used this special stamp set released TODAY at Clear Dollar Stamps called Birthday Celebration.   There is a Design Team sample gallery HERE for the Birthday Celebration stamp set.

So versatile with feminine images as well as "anybody" images, it has everything one would need for making birthday cards.   It is regularly priced at $14.99, but from November 1 through November 5, the price has been reduced to $11.99!  And that amount counts toward your qualifying purchase amount to receive the November stamp of the month, Mouse Dreams.  The Design Team sample gallery for the Mouse Dreams set is HERE.  So cute!

 

On my card, I stamped the large "eat more cake, celebrate" sentiment on a platter and then just cut out the platter part and glued that under my cupcake cup, which was stamped in guava and then colored in with a blush marker.

Next, I stamped and cut out the cupcake top andd popped that one up.  Sponged around both white panels and over the embossed dots with blush ink and a sponge.  Sewed around the whole card and panel, added ribbon and button accent.

So fast, so easy!

INGREDIENTS:

• CDS STAMPS: Birthday Celebration
• CS/PAPER: white, perfect plum, My minds eye DP
• INK: Brocade blue, blush, guava, sage, plum
• ACCENTS/TOOLS: scallop border punch, sewing machine, snips, pop dots, glue dots, sponge, PTI ribbon and button, stickles, swiss dots folder

ONE LAST NOTE:

The CDS Weekend Color Challenge over at Papercraft Planet is moving to Lori's blog starting this Friday!   It will be twice a month and include prizes, as well as, it will be different kinds of challenges each time, not just color challenges.  Sounds like a nice fresh change, -a-?  Check out the details HERE.

Thanks for stopping in this fine Lord's day, will be back on Thursday with a KLM post!  Have a sweet and blessed day!

Laurie