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Dare 2B Artzy Papa Bear

Good Morning, Good Morning, Sun Beams will soon smile through, good morning good morning to you and you and you and you!

Yes I am perky this am probably due to a little lack of sleep! BUT I am here with the early birds to bring you a little Dare 2B Artzy inspiration!

I am in a quick and easy mode these days. (I know I am a lot of the time in particular in my card making.) I am just enjoying creating, not agonizing over the little stuff. I am even doing some art just for creating sake which I have not done in WAY TOO LONG and it feels amazing. MY plate is full at the moment, but taking even an hour or two a week to just create with friends on-line has done amazing good for my soul!

So the card I am sharing today is in that venue in that I just wanted easy, simple and peaceful. I know Copics are known for their brilliant, vibrant color, but they can be soft and subtle as well. I chose a very simple color palette to work with on this new D2BA image and did several areas with just one color instead of layering and blending.

Here is what the image looks like:

I love the sweet image of papa bear and cub. Then I added one of the new D2BA patterned papers. Now my colors on the image do not match the paper perfectly, but the tones were close. To have them sitting well together I found a cardstock that matches the sky color I used on the image and then separated that with a very thin edge of black cardstock  that creates a beautiful outline.

I am pretty pleased with the end result and it came together uber quick since I kept it light and airy.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you will take a little time to drop by both the D2BA shop to see all the fun products, but also scroll through the blog. Look for the latest challenge and play along! Hey take a little time to “get Artzy” today!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

Thanks for stopping by today! And make sure to check out some of the products I’ve used here in the D2BA store!

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Hoppy Day with Kraftin’ Kimmie April Release!

Woot!  Woot!

Today we are celebrating all the wonderful new things in our springtime April Release that are NOW AVAILABLE
in the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Shop!

All three new stamp sets along with two new stencils, our stunning new hybrid ink colour, Gorgeous Grape and sweet new krafty dots were released yesterday and we’re
excited to share everything with you in a fabulous blog hop!

So let’s check everything out in action as we hop around the Krafty Design Team’s blogs today!  Grab a nice hot (or cold) beverage, sit back and relax while we take you on this krafty tour!

And if you HAVE to have it all be sure to grab our GIMME KIMMIES KIT for this month!  You’ll get one of each product in the bundle and at a discount but for a limited time!

I am super excited to be sharing 4 cards today using the new A Slothsome Day stamp set from artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen! I created two of them and my beautiful, artistic daughter Lori created the other two!

I will start with the real super star, here are Lori’s cards. She used Copic Markers to color two of the images, then created a shaker card for one and a clean and simple layered cad for the second.

Then I created two cards as well 😁. I also colored my Sloths with Copics. I then created some fun background papers with ink drips and smooshes.

Here is a close up of the Copic coloring.

I also adored this mama and baby sloth pair and stole the shaker card idea from Lori to put my card together!

Extreme Close Up you two!

Thank you so much for stopping by today make sure to check out the rest of the hop (link below) and then hurry right over to Kraftin’ Kimmie to scoop up all your new favorites!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

Happy hoppin’ and happy shoppin’!

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Here Comes The Sun!

Sunny days are on the way!!! The April Release at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
begins NOW! Welcome to Day ONE of our April Krafty Peeks!
We are ready to celebrate and inspire you with
THREE new stamp sets, TWO new stencils, a brand new INK colour and some new Krafty DOTS!
Who’s ready to celebrate SPRING?

We’re kicking off the fun with a sweet new SPRING set from artist Neda Sadreddin and it’s called…..HERE COMES THE SUN!What a fabulous and uplifting set of sweet images and sentiments to send to special people to let them know you’re thinking of them, especially right now!It’s a 4×6 stamp set featuring several main images, some accessory stamps and some awesome sunshiney sentiments!As you hop around the Krafty Team’s blogs today you will see the HERE COMES THE SUN stamp set in action in combination with our all of our other awesome new APRIL Kraftin’ Kimmie products!

You will spot our newest addition to the Krafty Kolours Hybrid Ink rainbow! It’s an amazing dark royal purple named
GORGEOUS GRAPE!
As always it will be available in full sized ink pads, mini cubes and ink refills!We’ve got TWO brand new Krafty Stencils for this month’s release to help accessorize your creations! They are called RAINY DAY and
BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES! And of course, we are adding the perfect new coordinating Krafty Dots for this release! The package includes 66 enamel dots in varying sizes in 6 different colours! These ones are called RAINY DAY DOTS! You’ll get to see all of our brand new goodies in action over the next few days of April Krafty Peeks and everything will be released at our LIVE Online Release Party in the Krafty Friends facebook group on Saturday, April 18th at 2 pm EST! For now, hop around and check out some incredible designs from our Krafty Team!! Be sure to leave some love on EACH stop on the hop because I’m going to be giving away some krafty $$ to the shop!! PLUS our designers are AMAZING and you should tell them so!

😉 Did you KNOW…we are having a Spring Krafty Krop this weekend in the Krafty Friends facebook group! Join us for two days of challenges, live videos, tutorials and lots of krafty fun! Come on back tomorrow for more SPRINGTIME goodness! See you then!

I’ll be coloring Live Saturday the 18th at 5pm EST doing a little focus on coloring hair with Copic! I will be using Kraftin Kimmie’s You Are Mer-Mazing.

Back to today’s inspiration! I decided to color today’s image in a no-line coloring style with my Copics.

I kept the background simple expanding the puddles under their feet and having the clouds clearing for blue skies above.

To finish the card I added some super bright and cheery patterned papers and a few bright and cheery acrylic dots. Did you know you can color acrylic dots with Copics? Opaque white and clear dots (or sparkly ones) can be colored to match your project perfectly!

Next Wednesday I have a video recorded to share with all the coloring. I will link it up directly to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Fan Club Facebook page so you can check there or go straight to the Copic In The Craft Room YouTube channel.

Thank you so much for stopping here today! To continue on the hop I included the link below.

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

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Manatees!

Hello friends! I have a little Dare 2B Artzy inspiration as you twiddle creative fingers safely at home. I have a fun new thing for you to try to!

I colored up two manatees friends and then had some fun creating my own bubbles to match.

First here is a closer look at the coloring:

I used my Copics of course and if you would like to see this portion in action I recorded it and will have it up on the D2BA YouTube channel tomorrow! I matched them up with some perfect Dare 2B Artzy papers then decided they needed bubbles. Problem! I have packed all my acrylic dots for my move to Alaska and now I am wanting them. Instead of digging through a few dozen moving boxes marked “craft supplies” you know the ones I thought I could do without for a few months I decided to make my own!

It actually is pretty easy and I did have this out of my boxes 😉

I used Nuvo drops in white and created drops on parchment paper. They pop right off when they are dry and I can attach them anywhere with a small glue dot or a favorite adhesive. The best part…drumroll please.

I can turn them into any color I like, matching them to any project by coloring them with my Copics. Now on the larger drops you can see some inconsistency or streaking in the color. If I really was bothered by this I can air brush the drops and the color will be nice and even. But small things like this just don’t get to me and so I just happily colored away!

My new “acrylic dots” tucked onto my card for bubbles and I added a sentiment banner and my two manatees friends are ready to shellabrate.

Tomorrow I will have the video of the coloring portion of the crad if you would like to see the process. I am showing coloring both dark to light and light to dark on the manatees so if you are curious about the difference and the process it might give you a little insight!

Thank you for stopping by today. Check in at the D2BA blog for more inspiration and new monthly challenges! Remember someone wins some D2BA goodness every month!

Stay Safe and Healthy!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

Thanks for stopping by today! And make sure to check out some of the products I’ve used here in the D2BA store!

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Take a Breath

It is a little crazy out there in the world at the moment. Let’s all take a deep breath…exhale…keep doing that. I am here just plugging along and although I am up to my eyeballs in work, move and the craziness of the world around me I am taking a few moments to share with you the craftiness I created just this morning. There is something soothing about taking a few minutes to color. It is good for the should to sit and create, and to just be.

I decided to color up a one bear from one of the new stamp sets from Dare 2B Artzy this moorning and get it onto a super simple card. (With me there is not other kind.)

The E53 and E55 are the bear fur, with a little E93 on the cheeks and inn the ears. The B41 and B45 are the overalls, the E41, E42 with the Y21 and Y28 are the honey and the pot. I used the BG70 and the BG72 for the background to match the wonderful D2BA papers.

I also added a little doodling to the border of the pattered paper. Always fun to add a little doodle, doodle, doodle!

That is really it for today! As many of us are finding ourselves at home for a few days find a few images to make you smile and release a little creative juices! Send a card to a friend, participate in a challenge (I hear the Dare 2B Artzy team has one every month!😉) And while you are at it,

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

Thanks for stopping by today! And make sure to check out some of the products I’ve used here in the D2BA store!