bloom on Desert Storm...

Hello my fabulous friends!

Welcome to Day 2 of the LDRS CREATIVE BLOG hop!

Thank you for joining us on our LDRS Creative inspiration week blog hop! We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from our new releases. Simply use the list at the end of the post to keep hopping! 

Each day we are giving away a $50 LDRS Creative gift card to one lucky hopper!  To enter leave a comment on each blog in the hop, plus follow us on Facebook.

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Here's my inspiration for today...

Paper: Neena Desert Storm

Stamps: LDRS Creative Let Love Grow

Ink: LDRS Creative Raven, Coffee Bean;

Copics: skin-E00, E11, E13, RV42, E04, R20 hair-YR14, E37, E29, E49 shirt-BG11, BG13, BG05, BG09 flowers- YG97, YG99, YG93, RV13, RV14, RV12 necklace- C8, C5, C3, 100 feathers- C1, C3 eyes- C1, C3, BG93, BG96, YG93

Other: Prisma Colored Pencils: Mahogany Red, Warm Grey, Black, White, Sky Blue Light, Pale Sage, Pink Rose, Ginger Root, Tuscan Red, Perriwinkle

I love the look of Copics and colored pencils on kraft, but I've always been afraid to try it... So I decided to be brave and give it a go. 

I am LOVING the new Andrea Gomoll stamps! I decided to go with this SWEET girl from Let Love Grow set. Isn't she beautiful?!? And SO much fun to color!

I used Neenah Desert Storm paper because it works well with Copics.

I stamped my image LDRS Creative Coffee Bean ink using a second generation impression (stamped once on a scrap paper, then stamped on my project). This gives a faint line that you can see well enough to color, but disappears when you color so you have a beautiful no line look!

I started by coloring with my Copics as I normally would (though I went with slightly darker colors then normal because the paper is darker).

 After, I added in highlights and shadows using Prismacolor pencils... the added detail with the pencils make it come to life!!  The eyes looked flat until I added a little crescent of Ginger Root colored pencil to the under the pupils....  

What technique have you admired, but been too afraid to tackle? 

I challenge you to go for it! Try it! I'm glad I did! 

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win! 

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

STEPHANIE BEAUCHEMIN

KIRSTEN  HYDE

MARTHA TUCKER

MEG RUSSELL

LAURIE CASE

ANDREA SHELL

KASSI HULET {you are here}

RALUCA VEZETEU

JANE SAVAGE

 ANDREA GOMOLL

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

See you soon!

~Kassi

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