Blog Hop Dec 3 and 4th - Addicted-to-Stamps

Next Weekend!!!!  Our most Holidayrific Blog Hop! Please join the Addicted-to-Stamps Design Team when we feature the most beautiful Holiday stamps!


~Robi

New Digi Image - Steampunk theme for Addicted to Stamps

If it's Wednesday, it must be STAMP RELEASE DAY at Addicted-to-Stamps.  I loved working with my image this week; it is called Hunting Time by Heather Kilgore. If you are interested in purchasing this image, you may find the details HERE. 

I like to print out my image using my laser printer, onto card stock.  To be honest, I often print out several and experiment with the first and usually complete the second, but just in case, I have a backup readily available.

Using markers and pencils I coloured in the image. I used chalk for her face.

SPECIAL TIP - When I use watercolour pencils (like Inktense or Staedtler Aquarells) and if I am working in a 'small space', instead of water, I use a fine blending marker.(Martha Stewart has one).  It gives the same effect, without water,  and I maintain total control. 

Once my colouring was complete I sprayed my image with a fixative (Grumbacher matte).  This gives me the added confidence to proceed enhancing my image without fear of destroying it! lol

To prepare the card stock I was gluing the image to, I decoupaged some ephemera and distressed with inks. Taking a small piece of cooper sheeting, I used my Cuttlebug to emboss it with gears and used Mod Podge to attach it..  The image was then decoupaged onto the card stock. 

To enhance the belt , which had a spiral look, I grabbed a spiral brad and stuck it through her stomach!

I think the little 'gears' in the bottom right corner nicely balanced the picture. The gears are washers from Harbor Freight, which I enhanced with copper ink. A few extra brass hardware stickers were also used.

My final touch was the clear stone I placed over her eye.  I wanted to really emphasize her eye while also giving the appearance of a monocle. --- I know: I'm strange.

There are 2 different scrapbook pages used for matting, and the final touch: attaching the whole thing to a brilliant pumpkin spice coloured gift bag. which will be the front cover of a new paper bag book!

Thank you for stopping by!

~Robi

Decorables

Decorables is now on ColourLovers!

Designs, Colours, Oh My!

Thanks to Twitter, I have discovered a wonderful site called COLOURLovers. I am able to design my own templates, colours, and colour palettes.  Here are a few of my new, original designs.  

Ball and Chain

Raspberry Gears

Moguls Christmas

Hitchcock in Time

Lady Cynthia Eggplant

One of the greatest features is that I can take a photo and create a colour palette from that photo.  I took a photo of one of my recent card creations, and because I love the colours I used, I 'pulled a palette' from the picture.

Color by COLOURlovers

 

You can browse the works of other COLOURLovers members: if you choose to use one of their designs they automatically get credit.  You can then colour it any way you wish and save it for yourself. 


SOMETHING EXTRA FUN: If you happen to create a new colour you are given the chance to NAME it! This is a lot of fun.


You can then take your creations one step further, because not all can you print out your images or use them, for example, as a custom blog background, you can actually have your pattern made into fabric, amongst other things!


To visit me on COLOURLovers, here is the link CLICK HERE

Thank you for stopping by!
~Robi

DECORABLES