February Freebie in The East Wind newsletter

Hi everyone, I am so excited to show you the February Newsletter Freebie from The East Wind.  She is called Aurora "Hart Flower".

If you have signed up for The East Wind monthly newsletter, you will get her automatically on February 1st :)  If you haven't signed up, you really should!!!!  Unky's images are so much fun to colour, I just can't stop.  I am now on her InstaDT!  So exciting!  Not only that, Unky has been giving me pointers and ideas to help me with my blogging and colouring.  She is so talented!

Aurora "Hart Flower" by The East Wind

I have coloured her up using my Prismacolour pencils, and used many dies from Joycrafts, Cheery Lynn, Lala Land Crafts, CC Designs and Wild Rose Studio.

Aurora "Hart Flower" by The East Wind

Unky also has challenges on her blog, as well as contests on her Facebook page :)  You really should check out these gorgeous images :)  Until next time...I'm off to color and craft!

One more thing before I forget, lol...I am on Instagram! (Hence the InstaDT...lol)  My username is ode_to_paper, hope to see you there!

New Release Day at The East Wind!

Hello everyone, it's new release day at The East Wind!  This is a new Unkytoon image called All Bundled Up and you can find her here at the Etsy shop :)

I colored this super-cute witchy girl with my Prismacolor pencils in the following colors:

Hat - PC935
Skin - PC927, 939, 1029
Hair - PC1001, 925, 935
Clothes - PC989, 1097, 935
Broom - PC1084, 1082, 1099
Cat - PC918, 944, 1051

All Bundled Up by The East Wind

I distressed the edges of the image with Black Soot Distress Ink by Tim Holtz, as well as all the edges of the patterned paper.  The Paper is a Halloween 12 x 12 pad from recollections (Michael's brand) called Midnight magic Halloween, and I used ribbon from my stash.

I added black adhesive rhinestones, and hand lettered the sentiments on small black tags (clearly I  need to work on that :))

If you are looking for some awesome images...some a little quirky, some a little dark, but all are gorgeous, visit The East Wind Etsy shop which you can find here.

There are challenges on The East Wind Facebook page as well as on the challenge blog, come and join us for some fun and prizes!

Write down those crafty ideas with Inky Impressions!

Wow, another inspirational piece for Inky Impressions today, and I am really excited about this one :)
I have done a couple of altered composition books before, but this one really speaks right to me :P

I used the Angelica Crafting digital image to create a Crafty Ideas Book.  I know, whowouldathunkit right?

Here she is:

Angelica Crafting by Inky Impressions

I colored this super fun image with my Prismacolor Premiere pencils, then added her to a 5 x 7 notebook.  I covered the notebook covers with patterned paper and added pockets to the inside for design templates and receipts!  On the covers I added the computer generated title (and had to color it of course), paper flowers, a bow, some ribbons, sequins and twine and lastly some crafty charms :)

Angelica Crafting by Inky Impressions

If you would like to purchase this image or any other of the sweet images from Inky Impressions, please visit their online store.  And don't forget to join in on the bi-weekly challenges, and use an Inky Impressions image to be eligible to win a prize pack from Nicole!

Let your hair down!

I love these new fairytale images from The Paper Nest Dolls!  I decided to use "Let Your Hair Down" this week, and I also used some new color!  Not my usual combination, but I'm really happy with it :)

Let Your Hair Down by The Paper Nest Dolls

This is the first time I use yellow as a major part of the color combination in my project, and I am so loving it!  This turned out so bright and cheery :)  Also new for me, is this step-easel card.  They are fun to make, but make sure you have your measurements right, I goofed and had to do some fancy re-working to make it work :P

Let Your Hair Down by The Paper Nest Dolls

 I colored this fun image with my Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin - PC927, 939, 1029
Hair - PC414, 1012, 1034, 947
Dress - PC992, 905, 901, 938
Flowers - PC992, 901, 916

I learned a lesson this week...take a chance...step out of your comfort zone...you might be surprised!  I know I was.

Don't forget to join usover at The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge blog, to see loads of inspiration and also to maybe win some prizes?  Come on...you know you want to!

Sweet Wonderful You with Inky Impressions

Hi everyone, I have a sweet sentiment card for you today, using a sentiment from Inky Impressions that says it all :)  Sweet Wonderful You!

"Sweet Wonderful You" by Inky Impressions

 I created this card by printing the sentiment on vellum paper.  I colored the background with alcohol inks and doodled on top with a white gel pen.  I added paper flowers, white flat-back pearls and a paper butterfly.  This was a really fun card to make, and allowed my creativity to flow!

"Sweet Wonderful You" by Inky Impressions

Don't forget to visit the challenge blog, where you can win 4 digital images from Inky Impressions if you use an Inky image!

"Sweet Wonderful You" by Inky Impressions

To purchase this digital sentiment or any of the other gorgeous character images or rubber stamps, please visit the Inky Impressions website.  These images are so realistic and fun.  And just wait till you see what Nicole has in store for this year :)  You will fall totally in love with them!

Dollie Daydream - Rainy Day, Polkadoodles

Hi!  I am having a fabulous week, and I hope you all are too!  I have chosen to Case Anita's sweet card from the Tic Tac Toe challenge for this weeks CASE It inspiration.  I love the effect of the black and white back ground and the pop of color in the finished image :)

Dollie Daydream - Rainy Day by Polkadoodles

I used the Dollie Daydream - Rainy Day digital image, along with a computer generated sentiment and digital paper from the Dollie Daydream - Girl Talk digital collection.  These collections are so chalk full of gorgeous images, element, and papers.  It's really hard to choose between them all!

Dollie Daydream - Rainy Day by Polkadoodles

I colored this image with my Prismacolor Premiere colored pencils in the following colors:

Umbrella - PC1030, 937, 935
Hair - PC935
Skin - PC927, 939, 1029
T-shirt - PC1030, 937, 1060, 935
Jeans - PC1022, 1027, 901
Shoes - PC1060, 935

Dollie Daydream - Rainy Day by Polkadoodles

I had a blast turning this image into a fun twisted easel card.  If you would like to purchase this image or any other of the absolutely humungous collections of digital images by Polkadoodles, you can visit their online store :)  Don't forget to join in on their bi-weekly challenges!

Recently I have been learning a few new things, like Kanzashi - the art of making ribbon flowers, and using watercolors to color images...but I would like to venture even further out of my comfort zone and attempt some darker skin tones with my pencils. Stay tuned for that!

New Releases from Inky Impressions

Hi gang!  Inky Impressions has some gorgeous  new releases out!  All of the DT were given a new release image to make something with.  I got this sweet image called Angelica's Snowman, available in rubber stamp.

I made it into an easel card, and had a blast adding embellishments and dies :)

Angelica's Snowman by Inky Impressions

I colored this image using my Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Hair - PC914, 1032, 1003
Mitts, earmuffs, scarf - PC1005, 1090, 908
Jacket - PC993, 930, 996
Pants - PC1102, 1101, 901
Boots - PC1085, 946
Skin - PC927, 939, 1018, 1029
Snowman's hat - PC1008, 932, 996
Nose - PC918, 921, 944
Scarf - PC1102, 1101, 901
Mouth, arm - PC1085, 946
Buttons - PC994, 1095
Snow - PC1063, 1052

Angelica's Snowman by Inky Impressions

I also used paper from the BoBunny Woodland Winter 6 x 6 Collection, and the Stitched Snowflake dies from Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment is computer generated and and stuck with dimensional adhesives to provide the stopper for the easel :)

Angelica's Snowman by Inky Impressions

There are a total of  4 new release images and 2 new sentiments to choose from over on the Inky Impressions website.  They are so much fun!

Don't forget to join in the Inky Impressions bi-weekly challenges to be eligible to win a prize!