My Inkspirations

Still Loving Santa....

Ok, so here is THE card that was inspired by the Great Anna Wight, very similar..just a few different details...(like her awesome watercoloring..)

 

Anna's card can be seen Here.  That was the card that totally sold me on purchasing some High Hopes images, and let me tell you that I am very happy with their stamps. I just Love them!  Anyhoo..Santa was stamped with Palette Noir onto SU's faboo watercolor paper.  I watercolored him with an Aquapainter and SU's Classic Inks...recipe to follow.  Isn't he just the cutest thing ever?! The glitter extravaganza are the Anna Wight-flakes as described in my previous post.  The banner idea came from Anna as well.

Thank You Anna for the wonderful inspiration!  I hope you all have enjoyed yet another installment from the semi dormant "My Inkspirations"....  Hugs to you all!!

I have a couple other High Hopes cards to share with you all tomorrow...think Cat & Mouse, but "cute"

And, coming soon....my Snowman ornaments that were a hit at the couple Craft Fairs I did recently!

Ingredients:

Stamps:  High Hopes

CS: PTI Cream & Ripe Avacado; SU's Bravo Burgundy , Summer Sun & their faboo watercolor paper; Patterned Paper from a K & Co. paper pack; shimmer bronze

Ink: Palette Noir, Summer Sun, Ridinghood Red, Blush Blossom, Going Grey, Bravo Burgundy, Pink Pirourette

the extra's: Marvy and MS Snowflake punches, MS branch punch; Dimensional Glaze, Glitter stuff from M's

I Love Santa!!!

Am I the worst blogger ever???  Anyway... a couple of weeks ago as I was going through the many blogs in my google reader account, I came across this  card by the incredibly talented Anna Wight.  I just loved everything about it..the super cute image by High Hopes , Anna's snowflake accent, the coloring...I could go on forever!!  I was so inpsired by her Anna Wight-flakes (that's a name I came up with) that I just had to try to replicate.  You can see Anna's post on this technique Here.  I used some cheapo fluff stuff from M's, it looks ok, but on my next trip to Mike's I'm going to look for some Diamond Dust Glitter.

So here goes                                                              

Isn't this Santa image adorable!!!  I am just in love with High Hopes rubber stamps!  I colored him in with Copic markers and just sponged the "beach" and "sky" with SU's inks.

Here is my attempt at a close-up of my Anna Wight-flakes.  I'm still trying to learn how to use my camera in manual mode, so I apologize for the blurry picture. 

I also made a second card which is pretty much the same except for the sentiment and the center snowflake accent.

 

I used a star button here.  I inked up the edges a bit either Riding Hood Red or Bravo Burgundy (can't really remember) and just threaded some copper cording through.  Here is another close up attempt, again sorry for the blurry pic.

 

Ihave been having problems lately with my black inks and coloring with Copics.  I have Palette Noi, but it has been smearing lately.  I also have Memento in Tuxedo Black, that smeared on me too.....Insert pouty face here.....Maybe I'm not letting them dry long enough before I start coloring...I dunno..do you have any suggestions?  I ended up using my Onyx Black Versafine pad and clear embossing powder, I was then able to start coloring immediately!  I'm not good on the waiting thing. 

Anyhoo....don't you think this would make a cute retirement card for someone?  You don't necesserily have to adorn the card with snowflakes...hmmmmmmmmm my wheels are turning now.....stay tuned.  Either later today or tomorrow I will post another High Hopes creation that is very similar to Anna Wight's Santa Face card.  Actually, I placed my first order with High Hopes because of Anna's card!!! 

Well, I hope you enjoyed today's post!  And I promise that I will not let time slip by me again!! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to either email me or leave a comment on this post!

Supplies:

Stamps: High Hopes, sentiments from Papertrey Ink

CS:  Cream and Ripe Avacado from PTI, Bravo Burgundy and Summer Sun from Stampin' Up!

Ink: Versafine in Onyx Black

The extra's:  Copic markers, Marvy and MS snowflake punches, Nestablilities ribbon label die, ribbon from PTI, button and snowflake doo-dad