SBC - Recycle! Reuse!

This week could not end fast enough! Too many things

to get accomplished and not enough time or energy to 

get most of it done!

I have managed to put a reeeeaaaallllyyy cool card

together for the challenge over at Simply Betty Challenges.

I guess the week wasn't a complete wash. 

I am in zombie hawg heaven this week 'cause I got

to play with the new, unreleased line at Simply Betty Stamps!! 

This is "Zombie Lola".

Is she not the sweetest little thing you have ever seen? 

I LURVE her!!!!

This line is not set for release until May 23rd, but there is rubber

as well as digis in the "Zombie Teens" future. 

They will all be worth the wait!!

So, I colored her with Copics and used a mottled technique to

get kind of a bruised and rotted effect.

It looks better IRL, but you get the gist. 

As for the challenge, I reused a sentiment I used earlier

this year (works way better on this card too!), I recycled

some diet Dr. Pepper can tabs and colored them with Copics,

and used them as leaves for my rolled fleur.

The larger Nestie is cut from a roll of vintage wallpaper that

I scored at a yard sale a few years back,

so that covers my destash as well.

Now for a quick question:

When using Copic markers to color small, detailed areas,

have you ever experienced massive ink drops?!

Right in the midst of your marvelously colored image?

It happened on this image while I was coloring her boot on the right.

I was adding the darker shadow color and then, BAM!

Huge plop of ink! This happened once before a long time

ago, but I thought it may have been that the pen was too juicy, too new.

Anyhoo, I am becoming a master at the art of image salvaging.

I tried to use the blender pen to remove the color, but the paper 

was too saturated, so I just fussy cut the image which removed

most of the offending color. Luckily, it dropped on her boot

which was going to be that color anyway.

Drop by Simply Betty Challenges and check out what the other

ladies have recycled and reused for their projects this week.