Long summer nights

This cheeky little fairy is using her wand to roast marshmallows..
....be careful that the smoke spites don’t t get in your hair!

     Hi everyone! Happy Friday and all that!  This week at Oddballartstamps issue 116 our theme is long summer nights.  One of my favorite things to do is hang out around a fire, roast marshmallows and visit with friends.  What is your favorite part of summer?
     This card is cram packed with images so let’s get started.  The premium images for this week include the fire, marshmallows and cute little smoke fellas.  The background (look closely) is Dots and doodles digital paper that I reduced the opacity on (made them lighter). Then I blended Tim Holtz distress ink (seedless preserves, salty ocean and peacock feathers) to create a night sky.  The moon fairy, Creepy Clair #64 and Delhia #70 were colored with Prisma colored pencils and Blackwidow skin tone pencils.  Last but not least the fairy jar is from this month’s premium digital images.

Do you think about your light source when you color?
I don’t always, but it can produce a dramatic effect at times.
In this situation you know the light came from the fire  ( arrows show direct of the light source )
So the side closest to the flame will be lighter.  I also added yellow as an undertone for her
skin to give the feeling of a warm glow.

Life isn’t perfect

Wynnie shopping bliss

     Chris here with a Clever Dexter mid month inspiration card for you.  We are at the mid point in our newest challenge All that sparkles but there is still time for you to join the
Clever Dexter challenge.  Stop by the blog for all the details.
      For this card I used Wynnie Shopping Bliss from our fabulous sponsor Polka Doodles ,  paper from Recollections.
      Show us how your creativity ✨Sparkles ✨ enter the Clever Dexter challenge today!

Be a mermaid 🧜‍♀️

Nixie spirit of the sea # 320

Happy Friday everyone!  The Oddballartstamps newsletter “Creepy Cute Chronicles” comes out this weekend!  There are some fun changes happening with the newsletter so keep your eyes 👀 peeled for that!  This week’s theme is lazy days of summer and Nixie sure looks like she is pretty chill this summer!  Nixie was colored with Blackwidow pencils, Gelly Roll gel pens, and finished with Wink of Stella.