Good afternoon, I've been neglecting my blog a bit recently but I have had so much happening that life got in the way a little.
I have been crafting (except for a little break while I recovered from surgery) I just have been sharing to social media instead of here. I do feel that crafty blogs aren't viewed as much as they used to be because social media has taken over but I am trying again to see if I can draw more attention back to blogging!
My design today is using a stunning grey scale image from Radiant Artistry Designs. They design digital coloring books that are available via Ko-Fi.
Kathleen is someone whose artwork I have loved from afar but have been blessed to be chosen to design for her. I posted my first card using her designs last week. check out my Instagram to see my blueberry pie!
The coloring book I am using today is Delightful Treasures and has some stunning images of babies, young children and cute animals.
Any one that knows me know I have a love for all animals (except spiders!) and I find raccoons adorable so when I saw this cutie I had to use her.
I colored the face using the W collection of Copic markers. Then adding colors for her headband and flower.
While coloring with markers I lost a lot of the fine hair detail and my image looked a little flat. To recreate this I used similar shades in Prismacolor Pencils and a white colored pencil to add highlights to eyes and nose I also drew back in her whiskers.
When she was all colored I die cut her into a circle and cut a second scalloped circle to frame her.
I matted a 6X6in cardbase with some coordinating digital design paper and made flowers from some Diamond Press layering flowers.
It's not often I make 6x6in cards but feel that this size showcases the stunning image perfectly
If you want to explore Kathleen's other coloring books you can join her
Ko-Fi for as little as $5 a month and for context the coloring book I used today has 50 pages - That is 50 individual images that you can print and color or color digitally if that is your preferred medium.
Thank you for stopping by, please if you love what you see let me know in the comments. This will help me decide whether to keep my blog up and running!
