It is time for the Power Poppy Challenge again and this month the challenge is to CASE one of the design team members. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything. But this challenge was to copy only some things and to change some things too. So I visited the various blogs and where do you even
I have always been fascinated by photos that are in grayscale, but show off a spot of color. So I decided that I needed to try it out with my pencils. I used this cute image done by Conie Fong called Bouquet Benny for this technique. I used French Gray to do the grayscale part of
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I love Calla Lilies, known as Arum Lilies in some parts of the world. Their beautiful elegance is timeless. The class chosen for the June Kit and Clowder Elements of Nature challenge is the Calla Lily class. Since I had already done that class in the original white, I decided to ask Google for some
One of the lessons in the Kit and Clowder Elements of Nature class is the coloring of a succulent. This is really a practice of transitioning two very different colors into each other and applying depth to the fleshy leaves with shading. I had printed this image out a while ago while I was still
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I had so enjoyed coloring in my new Twilight Garden book, but doing a double page spread did take some time and so I decided it was time to get back into the classroom. This time I opted to complete the Berries lesson in my Elements of Nature course that I am doing with Kit
It has been a while since I have been able to share a creation with you. Life interfers with crafting at times as all you crafters out there know. But it was good. I got a special visitor from across the seas and I designed Peter Bear. I have discovered PowerPoppy as I have told
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Do you know the feeling of just making something by the skin of your teeth? Well that is what happened with this coloring project. I participated in the Kit and Clowder Facebook group coloring challenge with the cute image of a girl on her unicorn kindly given by Craftin Desert Divas and started the coloring
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I have seen many people do the resist technique with clear or white embossing powder and I really wanted to try it out with a flower image. So the other day when I received PowerPoppy’s “In Praise of Sunflowers” stampset, I decided that the single sunflower was the perfect image for this experiment. I used
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So how do berries and feathers go together? When they are in the same image and one ends up practicing the light and shade of each to create a dimensional look. Not only did I try new techniques here with this image, but also new paper. If you have read my previous posts, you will
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Today I have another coloring post to share with you. Again, this one participates in two challenges – the Kit and Clowder Elements of Nature class challenge and the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I colored lilies. These flowers are done with my Prismacolor pencils and I again used Watercolor paper. I had previously