Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #99 ~ Picture Inspiration

This Fortnight's challenge is a summery picture inspiration...

Don't you just love the summery colours? I trimmed my cardstock to a DL size inspired by the stick of rocks in the picture.

First I created an ombre background using some yummy distress oxides.

I then stamped the girl's face and drew in her hair, I went for a sketchy look with her bunches quite low down on her head. I've coloured her in copics to add to the sugary sweet colour palette.

The sentiment was double stamped with grey ink too, to add a shadow, not sure how well this worked though? I finished off the card with a few decorative elements like the hearts and dots, just to give it a cute 'summer fun' cartoon(ish) vibe.

I thought I would also enter my project to these fabulous challenges too...
A bit more time to craft ~ Anything Goes

More mixed media challenge ~ Pastel

Creative crafters challenge ~ Anything Goes

Ally's angel ~ Anything Goes

Sweet stampers challenge ~ Summer

Qkr stampede ~ Anything Goes

Love to craft ~ Anything Goes
Craft rocket ~ Anything Goes

Daring cardmakers ~ Picture

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Thank you so much for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #98 ~ Illustrative with Stamps!!!

This Fortnight's challenge is a simple Anything Goes.

A real favourite unless you have too many ideas you want to try out lol...

I had treated myself a new copic pen colour E70, so yum, I loved the muted tone and it led me to try it on a black a white pen drawing...

Often I want to add all the many hair lines to my templates but feel it would be too busy on the mylar and it would possibly interfere with all the creative experimenting too, which totally defeats the object.

I used the Wavy central parting template and added all the hair detail, firstly I very lightly drew in a few in pencil and then bravely went in with my copic multiliner as I knew I wanted this to use my copic pens.

Her clothing was a simple design using the polka dot stencil and the stripe stencil. I coloured in one go and added another layer just in the dots to make them darker, it's like creating with limited supplies.

This could be nearly fairytale-like with her flowing hair, I used the daisy template on her top, which I drew with my multiliner through the holes, the centre dots are separate and very easy to line up.

I used my torso template to position my neck stamps so they would match up.

Then I thought I would try the same illustrative style with the profile version. I so enjoyed drawing such flowy hair. Her clothing I added a simple leaf design, which I drew freehand.

Each girl I've added rosy cheeks, and kept the skin the paper colour. They also wear a crown which I drew using just the first step to keep the drawing simple. I hope it's inspired you to try other styles with the same stamps, it was so fun to create and I could see myself creating a whole sketchbook of these.

These would be great framed for a gift, or trimmed down on a card.

I thought I would also enter my project to these fabulous challenges...
A bit more time to craft ~ Anything Goes

More mixed media challenge ~ Pastel

Crafting from the heart ~ Anything Goes

Creative crafters challenge ~ Anything Goes

Ally's angel ~ Anything Goes

Sweet stampers challenge ~ Summer

Qkr stampede ~ Anything Goes

Love to craft ~ Anything Goes

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Thank you so much for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #97 ~ Sketch!!!

This Fortnight's challenge is a simple little sketch,

I used it as the cover to my mini little journal, I use the term 'journal' very loosely as really it's twelve pieces of watercolour paper washi taped together. I wanted to have a little space that I could try out some of my many ideas without getting my larger art journal out. 

I replicated my experiment that I created on my Hochanda show, for the main cover(when you have an idea you might as well run with it lol...) and the floral edge I inked, masked, stamped and fussy cut out. 

And it's worked as I managed to keep going and have two of the pages with some arty stuff on already, yay! The left is a very illustrative graphic look using pen, and copic markers.

The right I went straight in with watercolours, painty flowy with just an impression of the hair.

I used a resist technique with some microglaze, on her top which worked out beautifully, and below you might just see a hint of sparkle that's in the metallic watercolour.

Maybe you'll get a chance to join in the fun!

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Thank you so much for visiting,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

paperbabe Stamps challenge #96 ~ Elfin Stripes Profile Portrait

I had the best fun creating this for the current challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

My mixed media circle has a very stripey background created using the stripe stencil, it's the backdrop to her profile elfin princess, complete with crown and the very useful mini easel stand