Colorful Ghosties

Has hell completely frozen over?!
Is it raining frogs?!

Something is definitely in the air, since this is my second post

in a week, for the first time in what seems like years.

I am thrilled to be working with another Oddball Art Stamp image today.

I started off by printing the ghosties from the 

Dots and Doodles paper pack

onto some watercolor card stock.

Since it's been so long since I've colored anything, some of my Copics are

trying to dry out. I thought I'd check my even more neglected Zig watercolor markers,

and lo' and behold, they're still just as juicy as the day I bought them!

So, water color the ghosties, I did!

After my rudimentary attempt at water coloring, I decided to color

in the background using a black Copic marker. No way was I going to risk

ruining everything at this point by trying to watercolor in between the ghosties. 

These little guys really pop against the black background! 

I love it!!

Since this image is actually background paper, I decided to keep the entire

panel as my focal point. Too pretty and cute to cover it up.

I popped the image onto some linen textured lime green card stock, and

mounted it onto a simple black card.

I found the perfect sentiment from a retired Kraftin' Kimmie 

rubber stamp set, and stamped it onto vellum to keep the ghostly feel.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Happy Halloween!!!  

Watercolor Seahorse

I'm kind of on a creative roll lately, and want to share my latest

creative project using Unity Stamps.

This is the Cuddlebug Seahorse by Tierra Jackson.

I really like her artwork, and have five of her Cuddlebug critters stamps.

This guy is gorgeous and super fun to bring to life with color. 

I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers to color him.

I love the saturation of color that can be achieved with these markers.    

I had a pre-made Color Burst background all ready to go, and I liked

the contrast of the unconventional colors. I mounted the background 

onto black cardstock and tried to keep the rest of the card fairly simple.     

I added some sparkly, iridescent sequins to act as bubbles, and I was done.

Love how this turned out.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything Goes  

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Dream in Darkness - Let's Go to the Beach 

Happy Little Stampers - CAS/Animals 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Add a Little Sparkle