Nutcracking Christmas - RAM

 Hello Crafty Friends! I’m here with a brand new Digi Stamp release from Rachelle Anne Miller, “The Nutcracker Scene Creator”! 

I started with copic coloring the main images. I am sharing the colors I used for each of them. The accessories are using the same combos as well. 

For the background I started with some green cardstock from my stash that matched well with Pine Needles distress oxide. This saves me a bunch of time from having to ink blend a whole panel from scratch. I took that pine needle distress oxide and went around the edges leaving a good portion in the middle untouched. Then I used black soot distress oxide very sparingly around the edges on top. This nicely draws the eye into the middle where our focal point will be. Lastly for the background I added some splatter in Blue Gold Gansai Tambi starry water colors.

As a kid I grew up watching the theater and ballet and my absolute favorite was definitely The Nutcracker. My mom and I still try and go every few years to a performance and it’s always magical. I even have a Mouse King ornament we bought at one of the performances years and years ago. That’s what inspired the color palette for me today. 

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Wicked - RAM

 Hello Crafty Friends and happy Saturday to you! I’m here today with a newly released digi stamp from Rachelle Anne Miller ‘Cute Witch’! 

For me I’ve always struggled with coloring things purple, there isn’t a wide variety when it comes to Copics especially. So I thought I’d do my best to find a purple I really liked and this is what I came up with! 

I really like how it turned out! I hope this maybe helps some of you who may also been struggling like me! 

For the card I started with inking the background using a cloudy stencil from Lawn Fawn and some Shaded lilac distress oxide. I darkened the edge very sparingly with Villainous Potion distress oxide. Then I went around the whole panel with lilac as well. Lastly I splattered using white and gold starry watercolors. For the moon I added Scattered Straw distress oxide to the edges to make it pop against the background. Lastly I added diamond stickles to her hat brim and the edges of her sleeves and dress. 

Additional Copics: E47, E44, E43, E41 was used on broom, owl and her hair and then I added a wash of YR24 over top to give it a red cast. E53, E51, E50 & R20.

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