Xmasified Morty

Since I have scattered all of my Xmas supplies around the craft room,

I went ahead and made a few more Christmas cards.

I still refuse to put the Halloween schtuff aside yet.

It never really gets put away, but I just can't bring myself to move it

out of sight yet.

  

This guy is Morty, from the Vera Lane Studio 

Backyard Monsters digi set.

I love this guy!!!

Morty received a hat and sweater via Gimp, for a festive holiday look.

I actually chose my papers first for a change. This helped greatly

in cutting down my color selection time. I spend far too much time 

choosing colors for images. 

I love this version of Morty the best.

Very traditional, yet fun with the pop of lime green. 

And that Liquid Applique is perfect for Santa hat trim.

I popped on some acrylic snowflakes and some Stickles,
in my favorite color, Platinum/Mercury Glass. I'm pretty sure they're
the same color, just with different names.

I have another Morty card to share, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet.
Stay tuned...

Vera Lane Xmas Snark

I am still not done trying to make Halloween schtuff,

but I'm coming to the dreaded realization that Christmas is eminent.

Gah!

I decided to have a go at transforming some Vera Lane digi images 

from their everyday quirkiness to Holiday Cheer Quirkiness.

I am always in need of last minute Christmas cards, and this little lady seemed

like the perfect focal point for a fun and simple holiday card. 

I used the Wednesday image and added a hat from the 

Boutique Hats set. I also gave her a cool sweater that was

offered as a freebie on the Vera Lane Studio facebook page.  

I went completely non-traditional with a purple and black color scheme,

and a snarky sentiment for this card. I used some TH snowflake border

and a MS skull border punch to mimic  a sweater design.

I am having a blast transforming these deliciously fun and quirky images

for Christmas cards. I may have forgotten to mention that I am using Gimp

to manipulate the images. I think I need to look for an update as my version is pretty

dated, but it still works for what I need.

I'll be back soon with a couple more cards using Vera Lane images and Gimp.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - V is for Violet 

Whimsie Doodles - Naughty or Nice? 

Glitter N' Sparkle - #164 purple and black 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

Splatters for Wicked Wednesday

Seems like forever since I played along with the talented

gals at Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge.

As soon as I saw that Vera Lane Studio was the sponsor this week,

I was instantly inspired to play along. I love Janet's stuff.

Janet Klein is an artist and designer for Stampotique stamps,
as well as having her own line of digis available in her etsy shop.

The theme for this week's challenge is Splatters or Sprays.

I opted for splatters using a fun technique I learned last year.

Basically, you just unscrew your spray inks and use the nozzle tube to 

drip color in a circle. That's it. Looks pretty cool, though.

I colored this kitteh named, Meow from the Vera's Zombies set, with Copics.

I gave him some white highlights using a white Posca pen.

I grounded him a bit with some Halloween washi tape.

I'd like to enter this ATC in the following challenges:

Wicked Wednesday ATC - splatters and sprays

Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Make it Colorful

Left of Center - LOC (blue just isn't my color)

This little gal is for the Very Vera Halloween ATC swap 

at the Vera Lane Studio face book page.

I packed all kinds of mediums and textures and images onto 

this little 2.5" x 3.5" card. I used three Vera Lane images

(the crow and the witch are from the Little Whimsical witch set,

and the skull is from the Mad Hatter set.) I used crackle on the 

ticket and a gem for the spider body. I used glossy accents on the skulls

and the crow's eyes. Added a bunch of glittered bat die cuts and a corner

die cut for good measure. And let's not forget the distress ink on the 

edges of the entire card. Done!

I'd like to enter this ATC in the following challenges:

Digi Galore - Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Mythical and Magical

     

What an exquisitely creepy little girl!

I am almost unable to contain my sinister bubblings over the

new images from Vera Lane Studio Digi Stamps. I am always thrilled when

another artist (unwittingly, or not) caters to those of us who are

"less than normal crafters". And I mean that in the best way

possible.

This little zombified booger is named, "Rachael".

And she only resembles a booger because that is how I have

colored her. I usually like my zombies to be green and have 

varying spots of decay and discoloration. And then they 

should be wearing a pretty dress to show that they are still

a girl, after all. 

As a side note, the set this image is from also comes with a little

zombie boy named "Gage", and a kitty named "Meow". Anyone care to

connect the undead dots? What if the cat was named, "Church"?

Anyone?

  

The sentiment is from my favorite word artist, Ginger's House.

Not only are her sentiments funny, sweet, and even kinda naughty sometimes,

but they're FREE!! Yeah, I know. Cool, right?

I have a bunch more Vera Lane images to color and show off, 

so stay tuned...

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June 2015 challenge
Crafty Time Challenges - Girls, Girls, Girls
Sugar and Betty - Anything Goes - June
The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
Left of Center - Left of Center

I miss those Wicked Wednesdays.....

I used to be on the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge DT

a while back. I miss those days. So fun to create mini art

like that. I've been meaning to play along lately, but can never

find the time. Until today.

The current theme is Girly Stuff, and the sponsor is

Vera Lane Studio. 

I have been meaning to pick up a digi or two from

Vera Lane, and figured now was as good a time as any,

plus she offered a 10% discount to WW challenge players.

How could I say, "No!"? She has a fun and quirky feel to her 

art, and most of the girls look kinda snarky, and I really like that. 

I colored her up with Copics, highlighted her using a 

white Gelly Roll pen and Stickles. I matched her with

a fun saying from the Smeared Ink Love Lil' Grumpies set.

I think it's supposed to sound weird and stalker-ish, but 

I used it to sound like she is not happy with your attire.

That works, right?

Thanks for stopping by today.

Be sure to check out Wicked Wednesday ATC, Vera Lane,

and Smeared Ink for more inspiration, and fabulous stamps and digis.