Poe Appreciation Day #5

I'm posting twice today for the Poe Appreciation Day blog hop over at Leigh SB Designs since it is the last day. What fun this has been seeing some, new to me, talented creators! I am using the Tangled Dark Raven image on a tag for this final post.

The black tag is from Graphic 45, the tiny heat embossed images are from Little Acres Creations Spooky, sentiments are by Tim Holtz, and the ribbon, charm, and Washi tape are from my stash. The background for the raven was done with Copic markers. Since "real" tangling is not done in color, I thought I'd see what the raven would look like left in the black and white. I do like it this way.

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Poe Appreciation Day #4

Since I got a late start for this challenge, I will post two times today for the Poe Appreciation Day blog hop over at Leigh SB Designs. I am using the Tangled Dark Raven image twice today, as I really like the tangled bits.

I started with a partial journal page, added some Distress Oxides and some stenciling using a Jane Davenport stencil. The image was colored with the Jane Davenport watercolor brushes and colored pencils. I added some white splashes and some Washi tape from my stash. I finished with white gel pen and a final blending with the Oxides. 

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Poe Appreciation Day Three

Today I have used one of my Stampers Anonymous to use the ravens from a Tim Holtz set for the Poe Appreciation Day blog hop over at Leigh SB Designs.

I have three different blogs going, so if you want to see yesterday's, I did a card. You can find it on my cardmaking blog. TangleStreetColorway. Today, my Poe work was done in a small journal so it gets to be on my journaling blog.

I used a print out of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, covered it with watercolor brushes from Jane Davenport, did some splatters and random text stamping. Then, edged with Distress Inks in black. The flower is a paper flower from a spray that I cut apart, and I distressed the quote.

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Poe Appreciation Day January 20, 2019

A friend suggested I join in on the Poe Appreciation Day blog hop over at Leigh SB Designs. I thought I'd take a look and was just smitten with this image, The Winter Raven.

Copics Used

So, here she is colored with Copics in my journal. The background was done with Distress Oxides. I added a bit of Stabilo black pencil along the left.






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Razzle my Dazzle with Oddball Art and a bit of Pixie Dust

Another challenge over at Oddball Art. The theme is Razzle my Dazzle! I used the Whimsical Big Eye Fairy Nixie the Pixie #217.

First I printed this off and colored with watercolors. Then, I added some colored pencils and silver gel pen. I added more sparkle with a glitter pen. After ripping the edges, I pasted it into my journal. I did color and cut/paste a couple of extra images just for fun! The finished page is about 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 ".

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Happy Halloween

The theme for October over at the Oddball Art Challenge is Happy Horrors. Perfect for this time of year! The sweet girl, fussy cut after coloring with Prismacolor colored pencils, came from Oddball Art. (Big Eye Girl Eve Has Something To Say) The rest of the images came from a set by Hampton Art. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, Tomb Sweet Tomb. (Out of stock.)

I did a journal page in my Paper Blanks book with lots of Distress Oxide inks, some splatters, stamping, and gel pen. The dark shadows were created with a Stabillo pencil. I popped the sentiment up for some dimension and added a few heart embellishments.

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Happy Horrors

The theme for October over at the Oddball Art Challenge is Happy Horrors. Perfect for this time of year! All of the images came from Oddball Art.

I love using the PNG images as it is easy to combine several images to create a pleasing layout. I lightened the background image and set the others on top in the right sizes. Then I created a sentiment and added it to the word bubble. I colored with Copics and edged with Distress Inks. Then, I distressed the edges and added just a bit of clear gel pen to the eyes and blood.

Copic Colors

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