Color Challenge- Day 21

Today's post will be the last for a while.  I'm headed out of town and will be "unplugged" for the next week.  I plan to finish the last week of the color challenge when I return.  Until then, here is the latest.

Color Challenge - Day 20

Here is my little springtime bear - like the way the grass and sky turned out.  The rest is OK, I guess.  Keep telling myself it is practice!

Baby Gift Basket

We have friends who are expecting a little boy, so I made this baby basket for them.  HUGE baseball Cardinal fans, so I figured the little guy will pick up the Fan-tashia!  Hope they like it :0)  First pic is the hand made blanket, second all the items I included in the basket, and third, basket is ready to give.

Cards I Created

Here are a couple cards I created.  One is my first Spinner card using the Ai stamp and the second is done with Heartfelt Creations Peacock Paisley collection of papers, stamps and flower dies.

Color Challenge - Day 19

Been a little busy the past couple of days, but took some time out today for crafting.  Here is the coloring I did for our challenge.

Color Challenge - Day 18

Trying out my first "spinner" card so I colored the front and back of this cute little mouse.

Color Challenge - Day 17

Today's post is in celebration of the return of baseball season.  The St Louis Cardinal's home opener is Monday.  The roses are in honor of my Mom, Peace Roses were her very favorite!

Color Challenge - Day 16

Still need some practice on how to identify a light source, and blending the shading correctly, but still think this guy is cute.  Added some Wink A Stella to the ears, belly and bow to help "jazz it up".

Latest Crochet Project - Cardinal Blanket

Made this blanket for my hubby, but he may have to fight our grandson for it - LOL!!  I guess I will be making another in the near future.  Purchased Pattern from AngelsCrochetedGifts ETSY Shop  (https://www.etsy.com/transaction/221435945)

Color Challenge - Day 15

Really messed up today's project - first I cut the paper crooked, then I really messed up the shading, but - what I really wanted to do was practice how to get scales on this little dragon - not sure if I will use or throw away the thing, what do you think?  I do like the way the scales turned out though.

Color Challenge - Day 14

Last day of posting my floral creations.  Next week I'm going to focus on animals (and maybe some birds).  have so many cute stamps that I haven't used yet.  Anyway, for today I did a some red poppies and a remake of the pansies I did earlier - this time in all purple, for Christie.  They actually look a lot like African Violets when done in this color, don't you think?

Color Challenge - Day 13

Two images today --  nothing but storms all day, so I needed a little "Spring" --  the birdies could have been better, but cheered me up looking at them while I colored :0)

Color Challenge - Day 12

Today I tackled one of the most difficult images so far - the detail made shading rather difficult.  Hopefully, it looks OK - What do you think?

Color Challenge - Day 11

Today I worked on an image I had printed on some old photo paper.  I didn't think it would make much different, but to my dismay, the markers did not blend well at all!  I was trying out using a digital stamp that already had areas shaded.  On the one leaf I used different markers and tried to blend together.  All the others, I just used a green alcohol marker and colored over the already shaded areas.  For the flowers, I used a couple different markers, but was not too happy with the blending effect --  so I pulled out some of my Spectrum Noir blending pencils and I really like the result I got, despite the paper I used.

Color Challenge - Day 10

Busy day yesterday, so I decided to finish a project started in a "light source" workshop I attended at the Scrapbook Expo.  This card was created using outline stickers (which I simply love!).  I did the skirt with Copic markers, and experimented for the first time with Copic White highlights.  The baked goods were finished with my Spectrum Noir.  Overall, I like the result, but the white highlights are a bit edgy and thick - next time I will use a thinner brush to apply.

Color Challenge Day 9 - 2 versions

Today I decided to experiment with adding some additional color to my flowers by using the Spectrum Noir blending pencils.  The first photo is with only the markers (the same colors I used on the pansies yesterday).  The second, I added some "pop" with the blending pencils - got a little carried away with the one petal at the top, but what a remarkable difference!

Color Challenge - Day 8 (first Floral)

Today is the first day I'm experimenting with floral coloring - I did one like this in a class last year and had an extra copy of the image printed out so I started with it, but this time, I added some lavender petals to it - what do you think??

Link for purchase of LED lights and batteries

Below is the link for purchase of LED lights and the batteries I used in the light up card.  Amazon was the cheapest I found with reasonable delivery times.

Batteries --
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N1A47XM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Lights --  Various colors  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0060FGA8A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 You can also order only a specific color.  I used yellow and got them here  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UZB9WO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Color Challenge - Day 7

Final day of "faces and people".  Next week I will switch and work on florals and nature - Not too sure I've got perfected the face coloring yet, but I will return to it when I've finished the challenge and hope I can get better --