Merry Christmas!

Wishing all my friends a warm and peaceful Christmas!
All coloring with Copic markers.
Nativity image by Stampin' UP! Greeting by I Brake for Stamps.

Kimm

Technique Junkies November Treasure Hunt

Welcome to the next step along the TJ Treasure Hunt! Friends and blog readers may be exhausted from all the Black Friday treasure hunts this past weekend but I hope you have found this treasure hunt to be fun and relaxing! If you just arrived here you will want to begin at the Technique Junkies Blog so that you can collect all the clues! At the end of the treasure hunt your CLUES will spell a word... leave Pat Huntoon a comment with the correct word for a chance to win a fabulous prize!

First up, I'd like to share this fairy card featuring 'Color Outside the Lines' technique from the Dec. 09 issue of Technique Junkies Newsletter. I'm finding this technique to be especially helpful when I have large detailed images and I do not want to color the whole thing but want to work with a portion of the image or when I have a smaller image that I want to appear larger yet still highlight the beauty of the image itself.

Next I'd like to share this winter scene by Stampin' UP using the same Color Outside the Lines technique. With this scene I stamped the image with Rich Cocoa by Memento (rather than the usual black) and used frosty blue tones (BG000 and BG01 copic markers) for coloring. A tiny touch of yellow in the church window becomes very inviting in this chilly winter scene.

Your treasue hunt clue is the letter N.

This technique is great to use with a variety of coloring mediums... give it a try!!

The next stop is at  Lisa Somerville's website! Good Luck everyone!

Kimm

Foolin around an inch or two

Hello Friends
I am trying out something different today using a bunch of scrap pieces. The scrap pieces are 6 different techniques: wax paper resist, terrazone tones, painted pigments, angels breath, floating pearls and brayered bands. I distressed edges and on some squares brushed some crackle paint here and there. The inchies are 'plus size' inchies since the underlayer was punched with a 1 1/8" square punch. I like the mix of metallic embellishments.... I didn't want everything to match.
Stamp credits: Inkadinkado, I Brake for Stamps
Enjoy your day
Kimm

On My Mind...

I think just about everyone out there has made a New Year's resolution... and possibly broken them by now lol... except me. A good resolution or two has been on my mind but I've been taking my time making a commitment to one.

In my stamping world... there are areas I want to improve and/or grow. I want to 'upgrade' my style without straying too much from natural style. I think all stampers have a style that is comfortable to them... colors and hues they gravitate to... images they prefer... textures or embellishments that make them happy:) This is simply my observation, but I think stampers create their best pieces of artwork when they stay close to their natural style. I guess you could call that stamping from the heart. That doesn't mean we can't grow, try new things or spread those creative wings!
This next year I want to work more with 3-D items and multimedia art. I'm not sure where that will lead me, but I want to go there and find out because I feel it calling my name. I want to see my art put in a frame and hung on my walls. I want curves and lines and things that are out of my box. I want to collage... I love stamped collage work! I want a little sparkle and a little distress. Ok, I'm a woman and I want it all! Forgive my babbling along here... but I'll try to share my journey as I go.
One challenge I've noticed I need to work with this upcoming year is making my cards mailable! As in regular envelopes... without needing to buy padded postal envelopes! I had 3 Christmas cards returned to sender (me!) because they needed extra postage or hand cancelled. Sigh. Most of the cards I need to use personally have to mailed long distance and I want them to get there... and I hate waiting in line at the post office. So I will work on that too.

Stamp credits: Inkadinkado (birds), I Brake for Stamps (background), Stampin' UP (words)
Technique: TJ Dec. 06 Gesso Chic
Colors: Riding Hood Red, Baja Blue, Marigold, Black

Kimm