WIP Wednesday – Coloring catchup

April 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A coloring page I started on Saturday.

Hello, I hope you are all well. I thought I would share some WIPs I am working on since the sun decided to hide from us today. It’s cool and rainy today and I took the day off to mellow out with some coloring and reading. The first image I started this past weekend was when I was on my weekly zoom craft session with friends. I chose it because it reminded me of spring.

My first attempt at coloring the Mandalorian.

Creating a metallic effect is not something I have a lot of experience with so I did some snooping online to find out what I could do to create the look. This one I started weeks ago and I think because it only required blacks and grays I lost interest. But I think I will see it through and maybe add some color to the background.

I love this illustration.

This is an old WIP that I believe I started last year so it’s time to complete the coloring. I love this image. I am not as good as I would like with coloring animal fur with colored pencils but I can only get better with practice. I am not a big fan of coloring owls and I think that is why I stopped but I think it’s time to finish this one.

These are the three books that the WIPs I am currently working on.

These are the three books I am coloring the WIPs in today.

Have a lovely day!

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WIP Wednesday – March 23

March 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A peek at my desk today.

The title of this post was inspired by a colorist that I watch on YouTube where she works on her unfinished coloring projects – her works in progress (WIP). So I thought I would borrow it since as a small business owner I am constantly surrounded by WIPs.  It’s also a fun peek inside of what’s happening here in my craft room. I will also share WIPs of projects I do for fun like my coloring book pages.

Last week, I showed you these butterflies that I had intended on completing to hang up in my studio. Well, I never got around to gluing them so today I will finish the gluing process and hang them up.

I also started working on the backgrounds for these cards that I mentioned to you on Monday.  I hadn’t completed them so today I will assemble the cards. This is actually one of my favorite parts of cardmaking. Once I have all the components made, I can work on the layout and other aspects of the design.  When I make cards for the shop I tend to make the components in batches and then during another work session, I can put them together. This part I can play around with more options. Sometimes, it’s using other tools to enhance the layout and design of the cards. Sometimes it’s choosing embellishments or adding dimension to the layout. It’s very satisfying because I typically complete the project and have a finished product in my hand.

I hope you had a wonderful day!

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Christmas Sentiments for Cardmaking

November 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Hello and Happy Monday! I’ve been away for the holidays and didn’t schedule any posts so I apologize for the silence. I had a lovely time with my family and ate more than my fair share of food. But then again, that holiday pretty much endorses overconsumption. 😉

The winter holidays are fast approaching and I have managed to miss the deadline for creating products geared specifically for the holidays for my shop. Since re-opening my Etsy shop in April, I had thought about the timeline I would need to keep to meet the winter holiday selling opportunities. However, as a one-person enterprise, I wear many hats while having a family that always keeps me happy and preoccupied so I missed that window. I would have had to have my holiday merch up by end of October at the latest. So some hard truths had to be told and I had to pivot. I will spend the winter months making products but this time, I will include batches of holiday products for next year. Because I have to tell you, I don’t like to work on winter products in the warm months. It’s just me, I like to work the season. But the retail schedule says otherwise and so I find myself in this predicament.

All that said, I will be including some of the winter products I will be working on for next year in my updates as well as the less seasonal products. Today I did some mass production work stamping Christmas sentiments and then die cutting them. So they are ready to go for any cards I make. I love doing this because it helps to streamline the cardmaking process and that is something I am constantly seeking. Plus I love seeing them all laid out on my table. It makes me happy!

I absolutely adore the mix of fonts used for these sentiments. I look forward to creating the cards that can accompany these beauties.

Have a lovely Monday!

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Inky Play Friday – Distress Oxide and Stencils

November 12, 2021 by Leave a Comment

It’s Friday and it’s time to get my fingers dirty! I have these new stencils I wanted to try. The idea is that they can speed up the coloring time for those who don’t want to go the Copic coloring with stamps option. The first thing I realized is that I needed to figure out what order the colors should lay down since it’s a three-stencil process to produce a multi-colored ornament.

I also needed to figure out which colors go well together. So it was a lot of trial and error. On this first one I laid the green down first and then purple and then I put the green on top. Because the green is sort of neon and bright, it managed to show up on the final layer. I will need to play around more to get different results.

I still liked the results but was anxious to try the other ornaments. I have been loving this purple and I like how it almost look like it was glowing on the edges because the color was lighter on the edges. Unfortunately, you don’t get to see that much because the next two layers cover the edges.

I stopped after filling the page with ornaments so I can see how they look when they are diecut. The result is the first picture you saw at the start of this post. I like how they feel in my hands and the die also debosses areas on the ornament. I really like how they look once I cut them out.

After doing this batch, I think the next time, I will do a batch of all the same base colors and then assembly line add color two and then the final stencil. I think that will make it faster. I will also need to look closely at the Distress Oxide colors that I own to come up with more color combinations.

We are having torrential downpours today and I think my coloring books are calling me. So I am going to say goodbye for now!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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