Sugar Nellie - Summer Ice Cream

SCS Sketch Challenge #243

I was nervous about this one. Even though it took awhile, it was easier than I thought. Glad I gave it a try.

Stamps: Summer Ice Cream (Sugar Nellie) - Wish RAK
Paper: white, regal rose, dsp - SU, DCWV, & one unknown
Ink: black, bashful blue, certainly celery, Copic markers (too many to keep track)
Accessories:eyelet, American Crafts ribbon, brads, paper piercer , template (SU mat stack), SU scallop edge punch
Techniques: sponging, faux stitching

Get Sketchy Challenge #1

I don't know what's gotten into me, but I've been making some elaborate and embellished cards lately. But I'll always love CAS, too!

I discovered a new challenge blog. They have prizes! Who doesn't love that!?! I found the link in Stampin' Annie's gallery.

Get Sketchy

Stamps: Pickin' Apples (Sugar Nellie)
Paper: real red, white, pumpkin pie, ballet blue, barely banana, apricot appeal (from scraps... I think it has SU Paisley stamped on it.) and CM patterned paper
Ink: black, SU markers: pumpkin & burgundy, Copic markers: R27 Cadium red, B32 pale blue, B23 Phthalo blue, G24 Willow, Y38 honey, Y21 buttercup yellow, E37 sepia, E35 chamois, (Shading: YG11migonette, C0 cool gray)
Accessories: buttons & thread, SU 5 petal punch, EK Success small flower punch, ribbon, white gel pen, paper piercer & mat stack template
Techniques: faux stitching, waves cut freehand

This card measures just under 5x5.


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She is so cute!

SHADOWS: For the grass shadow, I used YG11 (Mignonette). For the shadow around everything else, I used B60 (pale blue gray). You notice it if you're looking for it (in real life). It's subtle... like light make-up. I find it very effective. These are both new colors for me. It's possible I'll find different colors I like better as I grow my collection even more. For a close up view of the coloring, right click on the photo and open up another window or tab.

I'm so excited about my new Copic colors. The more I collect, the more possibilities there are. I couldn't afford them all at once, but the benefits of growing my collection slowly has been so worth it. However... I still can't color the "right" way. I have my own shading techniques. These are the colors I used to color this adorable Sugar Nellie image I just received from stampzy through Wish RAK:
V12, V17, G24, YG11, E31, E51, B24, B32, C-1, RV29, & B60

Stamps: Sweet & Sassy (Sugar Nellie), Heard from the Heart (Stampin' Up)
Paper: white, pale plum
Ink: black, pale plum, Copic markers
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, stick-on pearls, paper piercer & mat stack, dimensionals



I had so much fun coloring the first one that I quickly colored the other Sugar Nellie image that stamzy sent to me as well as a Sarah Kay image that Stamp Muse sent to me. SCS stampers are so generous!

Sugar Nellie: Pickin' Apples
white gel pen
Copics: B24, B32, B60, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, G24, R27, R29, Y21, Y38, YG11, YG23

Sarah Kay: Picnic of Daisies
white gel pen, SU creamy caramel marker
Copics: B24, B32, B60, E31, E33, E35, E51, G24, R27, Y35, Y38


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