It's Spring, Baby...

...no, it's really not, but it sure feels like it outside! Since yesterday, our temperatures were in the +6 (C) area...sorry, I don't know what the faranheit conversion of that would be, but let's just say it's very warm! It continued like that today and I hear it'll feel like this for the next couple of days! It would be cruel of Mother Nature to tease me so and let me feel such nice balmy weather and then take it all back and give me snow...just cruel, I tell you...

I've been looking at my latests posts and can I tell you that I'm seeing a lot of PINK. WOW! Blame it all on Marti for giving me such DELICIOUS, YUMMALICIOUS Bo Bunny paper for my birthday! I hadn't actually ever used Bo Bunny until now, but it's so nice and I *LOVE* how they're double-sided! Double the options, double the fun!

I was recently on SCS the other day and you know how easily enabled I am. They were talking about cheaper alternatives to COPICs (so this would be at the time when I hadn't gone crazy and ordered them yet)...actually, on a COMPLETELY different track, I just realized that I was sitting here typing in complete DARKNESS. It wasn't dark when I started, but now I can barely see anything but this screen! *giggles*

Okay, where was I? Oh right, the enableness of me. They were talking about using watercolor pencils and from the tips and techniques they were sharing and from the examples they were showing, it was like a complete mind-takeover. I NEEDED them. I think I actually zipped on over to Michaels with my wrinkled 40% coupon right after work that same day.

So even though my COPICs are coming (hopefully tomorrow - keep your fingers crossed...and your toes too, for added luck!) I have found that I am loving using watercolours! It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's so much fun and having a paintbrush in hand definitely makes me feel more artsy fartsy. The card I did for today was coloured using watercolor pencils and my brush pen!

Please excuse the picture...I know my photography leaves something to be desired, but hopefully that will change soon - one money-consuming hobby at a time, my friends...

So I didn't upload a very large picture, but if you looked closely, you can kind of see the sparkly-ness of my little hedgy baby and her hammock. Again, being pre-COPIC-era, I also don't have Spica pens, so I used my Sakura glitter gel pens and they seemed to work pretty great too! They were a bit strong, but I took my aqua pen and blended them into the colouring and it turned out fabulous! A little extra shading and SHIMMER! I tried really hard not to go overboard on the shimmer...I stopped myself before I shimmered the baby itself.

MATERIALS
All products and materials are from Pez-a-Doodle Designs (hyperlinked) unless otherwise stated

Stamp: Penny Black (Scribe's Nook)
DP: Bo Bunny
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink
Embellishments/Tools: Reeves Watercolor Pencil set (Michaels), Aquapen (Michael), Sakura Glitter Gel Pen (Scribe's Nook), Scor-Pal, CM Oval Cutter (CM), pink flat-backed pearls (Dollarama), ribbon (Dollarama), Sticker (Dollarama), dimensional foam (Dollarama)
Techniques: Coloring with watercolor pencils, painting with Sakura glitter gel pen and aquapen

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A new nook for me...

...over at Scribe's Nook!

I don't remember if I mentioned it yesterday, but I was driving home and I happened to glance at a shop called Scribe's Nook and my eyes zeroed in on the fact that it was a decorative stamp store. The irritating thing (besides finding out it was JUST right there, not more than 5 minutes away from my own house) was the fact that I'd been in this store before! Before I found out how fabulous stamping and colouring and cardmaking was!

So, it was closed yesterday and I said that I would go in today on my lunch hour as they're always just about to close every time I get off of work.

Can I tell you that I stood around with my head tilted up staring at the walls full of stamps with my mouth hanging open? There's so many stamps! And NICE stamps, not those weird-looking ones at M's for like, $29.99! I found these two cute little babies and made them MINE, ALL MINE:

I've loved these stamps ever since I first laid eyes on SusieB's cards. Since the shop was so close to the house, I ran home really quickly and stamped a couple onto some nice white cardstock! I loves them!

So to celebrate my wonderful little find, I'm offering a RAK for the next four commenters, if they wanted to play with some image stamps. I will message you or get in contact with you for your addresses. This'll also be the first time I'm sending out image stamps, so if anyone can also give me a heads-up on the standard way of doing it (what size paper do I stamp them on to send..etc.)

The other thing I was able to pick-up before I got ahold of my self-restraint:

Oh YAY! I was looking all over for these at M's and I can't believe I found it so close to my house! Perfect timing for Easter - my bunnies are going to be all nice and fluffy!

I can't wait to get home to play. Happy day-before-the-long weekend all!

CURRENT MOOD: CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: Say It - Voices of Theory