What a Day!

Do you ever have one of those days where you just feel like everything is going wrong and your life is like a country song?

This Clothesline Cow (Sku#U1485) has had a day like that. I colored her with markers.  I used a white jel pen for the polka dots on the shorts.

For the background, I Googled cow patterns and found some free clip art, which I printed out onto card stock.

On the inside, I added the sentiment Country Song (Sku#G2626)  layered on top of the cow pattern.

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Opposites Attract

This week I'm working on Valentines Cards.  I picked out this cute friendship pair to feature. 

I started with the background.  I scribbled a few marker colors on a nonstick craft sheet, spritzed with water, and also spritzed a little water on my paper (90 lb hot press water color). I dragged the paper through the color. Next, I scribbled markers on a pallet, spritzed with water and dripped at the top of the paper and let it run down. I also picked up color with a water brush and made streaks.  I just played with color until I was happy with it.

I stamped the Fur-Ever Set (Sku#4220) cat and dog on a piece of water color paper, sprinkled with emboss powder and heat set.  I picked up color from the palette with a water brush to paint the image.

Please check out the Ai Blog Thursday Challenge this week. It's going to be a fun one!

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Is it Summer Yet?

Hello Ai Fans!  These two are ready for ready for 90 degrees and the beach.

I colored the Lounging Penguins (Sku#P3158) with Copic Markers and then masked them with masking fluid. Using fluid to mask is great when you have small areas you want to mask. I used an old craft brush to apply it.  This brush is dedicated to masking fluid.

After it dried, I placed masking tape down for the horizon line. I colored the sky by pulling color from the outside in using a blending tool and ink pad, leaving some areas light. A cloud template, cut from a die cut, is great for making clouds. Next, the ocean. I placed masking tape at the horizon line, and also to show where the sand will end. I used the same technique to pull color into the scene, using a darker shade blue.

For the sand, I laid down color with the same method and came back in using masking tape in the shape of small hills for texture.

Before I removed the masking fluid, I dabbed over it with a tissue to remove any wet ink and also made sure my fingers were clean.   I used a combination of an adhesive remover and my fingers to gently rub it all away. After all the fluid is removed, you can see any spots that need a cleaning up or changing.  I noticed that my blue chairs blending into the ocean, so I darkened the chairs.  I also did not cover masking fluid completely over my male penguin, so I got some ocean blue on him. To clean it up, I went in with a blue marker for shading.  As with cooking, it's not how well it comes out the first time, but how well you can recover from any mistakes. :o)

Please come back tomorrow to see what cool design Crystal has for you!!

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