Published! First time!

This is currently one of my favorite digi's from Whimsy.  She is called Birdie Friend.  Is she beautiful?  The background flowers are from Mel Stampz and I merged them using the software Inkscape.  It's a free software and works well for merging and layering multiple digi's.  I popped up one of the flowers, birdie and the ribbon in her hair for additional texture.  I added some clouds in the background, but they seem a little faint in this picture.  Also, spellbinders was used for the hearts circle background and a martha stewart fence punch too.  I also snuck in a flourish die I have and some awesome red flowers from my stash.

She was published in Whimsy's Inspiration Magazine!!

Here is a bit of a close up.  The fence has white crackle on it and was sponged with Linen Antique ink, but it doesn't seem to show the crackles much. 

Stamps: Whimsy Birdie Friend and Mel Stampz Flowers Digi

Coloring medium/ink: Copics and Tim Holtz inks

Papers: Stampin Up

Embellishments: Red Flowers from stash, white crackle paint (fence)

Tools/Other: Spellbinders dies, Tim Holtz Flourishes Die, Fence Die and Flourishes and Swirls embossing folder

Whimsy's Monochromatic Challenge July 11

This week's card was inspired from Whimsy's Challenge-monocromatic.  I won't lie, the first time I heard I was to participate in this challenge I was deeply worried, but it turns out I had nothing to worry about.  Actually, once I picked my paper and color the coloring came along pretty well.  The image is called Hoody by Whimsy.  The brown-ish flower was a white flower that I airbrushed.  The yellow prima flower I also airbrushed to tone down the brightness of it.  The flourishes are Tim Holtz flourishes dies.  I used a couple of nestabilities on this card.  The cute little clothes pins were also airbrushed.  The printed digital paper background was embossed (digi background by Mel Stampz).  There is a small touch of hand stitching on this card as well. The framed piece that hoody is on was deeply distressed first by airbrushing, then by misting perfect pearls for some sparkle.

Challenges I will be entered in:
Bunny Zoes: Swirls or lace
Tammy's Scrapin Challenge: Anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge: Bling
Mema's Crafts: Anything goes
Use it Tuesdays: Embossing
Always Crafting: For men
Lexi's Creations: For a friend

Crafts and Me: Faux or real stitching
Paper Make Up Stamps: Monochromatic