Showing posts with label My Favorite Things Bionic Bots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Favorite Things Bionic Bots. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 October 2015

How to Zombie-fy your Stamps

Is it getting spooky yet, crafty friends? Halloween is just a week away, so I thought for those of you who don't want to buy stamps specifically for this occasion, but still have a card to scare someone, what can  you do?

I am happy to report that you can rather easily turn almost any critter or character stamp into a scary zombie or mummy with some really easy "additions" – no special drawing skills required!


As you can see, my otherwise cute robot turned into a rather menacing terminator – come to think of it, I should have given him a glowing red eye to complete the effect :D All that was needed was a Copic multiliner (since I was coloring with my Copics) and some patience. And yes, I did practice on a scrap piece of paper before I did this on the card. I'm not good enough get this done properly on the first attempt.


I also always wanted to create a window card where the actual image is on the inside, and I was so happy to finally make a card like this. But the outside seemed a bit empty, so I drew in a cracked surface – no scientific method to it, I simply looked at images from the web how a cracked surface could look like and then drew squiggles. Really. And I also added some depth by sponging the inner die cut border to have more contrast to the terminator robot inside (you really want to remember to place something protective over the inside of the card, though!). And the sentiment I added – it made me laugh out loud, it seemed so fitting!



Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed the process of zombie-fying your stamps and will look at your own stamps in a ... darker and scarier way ;)

Cheers!

Saturday, 29 August 2015

Happy Robots

Hello there, crafters! I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the new stamp sets by My Favorite Things called "Bionic Robots". I love gadgets and technology and these robots are so cute, they immediately found a place in my heart.


Even though robots are most often associated with high technology, I wanted to create a playful and happy card. That's why my coloring doesn't have any of the grays or maybe blues that you would usually associate with a robot.

As a coloring medium I used my Stabilo pens. I know that you have seen me use these pens so far to achieve a very intense coloring, but you can use them perfectly as a watercolor medium.

I simply scribbled the color onto an acrylic block (you can use any piece of plastic or acetate as well) and then picked it up with a damp watercolor brush. I worked in multiple layers to slowly build up the color because I wanted to be sure to have proper highlights on my robot. I also found that the Stabilo pens, when used as a watercolor, can give very smooth and perfect blending.


The balloons are from a Wplus9  stamp set and I stem them repeatedly, with some masking. I started coloring them with the lightest color and then it dropped in the darker colors to achieve some shading. As with all watercolors, remember to not work in adjacent areas when the first area is still wet. You risk one color bleeding into the other one.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a very happy day!