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Friday, January 3, 2014

2014 & NEWS

Hey there, happy 2014 crafty friends!  Did everyone have a great Christmas and New Year's?  I was sick with the flu!  I'm getting better every day, but alas, the cough lingers.  Ugh!  I have some exciting news to share with you though...I was invited to be on the Stamping Bella Design Team!  Whoop!   With that said, here is my first project as a Bella Babe...




I blew the dust off the 'ol brayer to use for the background.  As you can see from the dark line at the top, I could use a little practice.  *snort*  I'm really not sure what happened, but I'm going to say dusk is turning to night and well, it is what it is!  Ha!  Anyway, after the sky was inked, I decided to use Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #200 for the layout.  It's a loose interpretation of the sketch, but if you look closely, all of the elements are there...I did scoot the banner to the right hand side to make room for the Uptown Girl.  The image, Opal the Optimist was stamped with Tuxedo Black, colored with Copic markers, fussy cut then popped up on foam.  My Favorite Things die cut elements complete the card.  I'm also entering this into Little Red Wagon's #218 New Beginnings challenge.  I'm celebrating a new beginning on the Stamping Bella DT and also used a new Uptown Girl stamp.  Love her!

COPIC COLORING: 
SKIN:  E11,  E01, E00, E000, E0000, R30, BV20  HAIR:  E43, E42, E41  DRESS:  B23, B21, RV02, RV000  SHOES:  RV02, RV000  WINE BOTTLE:  B26, B24, B23, C2, C0, 0  WINE:  RV02, RV000  WINE GLASS:  BG72, BG70, 0

Bellarific Fridays returns next week, January 10, with the first official challenge of the year!  It's all about inspiration next week...use any element or the overall "feeling" you get from the photo to create your project then email it to Em for your chance to win!  Here's your inspiration...I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!  



Thanks for stopping by! 


SUPPLIES: 
STAMPS:  SB Uptown Girl Opal the Optimist
PAPER:  Neenah Solar White; Bazzill Raven Monochromatic; Best Creation Inc Silver Glitter cardstock
INK:  Copic markers; Memento (Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Danube Blue, Paris Dusk)
ACCESSORIES:  Sizzix Big Shot; MFT Die-namics (Solid Skyline, Skyline Border, By the Numbers, Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax); 1 3/4" circle punch; sticky note mask; brayer; hobby blade; SU Dimensionals; Zig 2-Way Glue pen; adhesive
TECHNIQUE(S):  Brayer; masking
SIZE OF FINISHED PROJECT:  A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")

7 comments:

stampingbowd said...

Gorgeous color! Fun 2014 card!!! Your sky looks great...Happy New Year!

Sue from Oregon said...

Congrats!!! How exciting! Love your New Years scene...and your sky looks dandy!!!

Leslie said...

Welcome and wow what a stunning card to start off with! Love the scene you created and the gorgeous brayering skyline...you've inspired me to get my brayer out again, I used to love using it. Your shading is perfection and I LOVE that you list your copic colours - thank you for that!! 😀

Misti said...

Congrats, Tammie!!!! Awesome card!!!

Dana White said...

Tammie welcome to our team - OMG this is freaking awesome LOVE how you didn't the darker sky at the top ;) Opal is one of my favourite Uptown girls - maybe its the wine bottle?!

Jayne said...

Love this Tammie, beautifully coloured and I love the skyline. Thanks for sharing with us over at Little Red Wagon this week.

Jenny said...

Congrats!! love this image and you done a great job with the colouring and layout! love the sparkly paper, esp behind the city skyline!!!

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