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 

Rudy makes an appearance

I just can't get enough of the Stampotique seahorses

from Daniel Torrente.

Today I am showing off Rudy.

He's awesome in a totally wonky way.

I love Daniel Torrente stamps from Stampotique for this very reason.

All of his drawings and characters are superbly WONKY.   

I made this ATC for the current challenge of Sea Creatures

at Wicked Wednesday ATC challenges.

I used a water colored background, and added Rudy hanging 

onto some plant die cut like he would be in the wild.

I sparkled it up a bit using some Lime Green Stickles and some

opalescent sequins to serve as bubbles.

He goes great with the ATC I made the other day using Reggie here.

WW Sea Creatures

I have been inspired yet again by

Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge 

to create an ATC featuring a Sea Creature this week.

I kind of adore Reggie the seahorse from Stampotique.

He has friend named Rudy who will make an appearance tomorrow.
I colored Reggie using my go-to coloring medium of Copics.

I colored the background using Distress Inks in Peacock Feather,

Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass on TH watercolor paper, hoping

for a underwater feel. I spritzed it with water and dabbed off the excess for those cool 

water drops everyone likes so much. I stamped some Seaweed onto the background

and colored in the dots with a white Posca paint pen, and then added Waterfall 

Stickles for some sparkle. I popped Reggie up with some foam tape, and then

glued some sequins on to emulate bubbles.

I am loving how this one turned out. I had so much fun I made another ATC,

but I'm saving it for tomorrow's post.

Thanks for stopping by!  

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

Wicked Wednesday ATC challege - Sea Creatures

Left of Center - Stripes and/or Dots  

Snarky Stampers - N is for Not a Card

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anything Goes

Star Stampz Challenge - Hand Colored Image

Through the Purple Haze - Under Water

No lines seahorse art journal page

Greetings!

I am trying to get my depleted mojo back, and have found

that random art journaling and coloring tend to get the old

creative juices flowing again. 

I started off by coloring this adorable seahorse (from Dilly Beans)

using the "no-lines" coloring technique.

Even though this technique looks intimidating, it really isn't

any harder than coloring with full black lines. You just have to be

very careful not to go overboard, and respect your ghost lines.

I added the seahorse to my art journal background,

and used some old Distress technique samples as seaweed. 

I have tons of this paper and I always forget to use it.

Nice way to destash.

Here is my journal spread. I used various paints and sprays to 

 create the background. I actually covered up some heinous writing mistakes

using gesso and sprays. I thought these pages were going in the trash,

but happily, I managed to salvage them.  

"Sometimes in the waves of change we find our true direction."

Great quote I found online. No known author.

Here's a little close-up of the background.

I used layers of metallic acrylic paint, Dylusions and Perfect Pearls sprays,

gesso, stencils, and even some Distress Stickles on the seaweed.

Doesn't everything in the ocean sparkle? Well in my ocean, everything sparkles!

   

Would you like to see more inspiring projects using Dilly Bean images?

How about even playing along in our "Anything but a card" challenge this week?

Drop by and check out what we've been up to at 

Dilly Beans Friday challenges.

Ribbons at Dilly Beans

It's Friday! Which means it's a new challenge at

Dilly Beans Challenge blog.

This week's challenge is to use

ribbons!

Yay! Girly schtuff!!

Some of my fellow DT sistahs think it's funny to see me

create girly and pretty and cute schtuff. 

Someone has to show these chicks how to do it!!

LOL! That's gonna get me on some one's hex list.

I used the fabulous Seahorse #423.

Isn't she gorgeous?! I just adore Megan's style of seahorses.

I think it's the eye that really draws me in, but that mane is just fabulous! 

I received some art grab bags from Megan a week or so ago,

and I was so inspired by her tags that I had to make one!

This thing kind of got away from me a few times, but I managed to

wrangle it in and add a ribbon or two.

I used sequins, rhinestones, white gel pen, tiny die cut scallop shells,

 MS branches for seaweed, and some fibers.

I have a hard time with the whole "less is more" concept.

Drop by the challenge blog and take in the eye candy for this week.

Play along, and maybe win some free images of your very own!