Camping Edwin + Italy Traveling Tilda

So, I'm continuing my theme of drawing what is missing. I think I've come to realize two things in this... 1) I don't need to buy word stamps (my handwriting is pretty good) and 2) I can draw basic landscapes pretty well. My Copics Multi-liner pen (.35mm) is the key to my drawing.


For my Camping Edwin card, I envisioned this boy and his dog as camping troopers. Then I made an ink mistake on his forehead which led to the bandaids. I tried to smudge him up a bit, but think he needs a dash more. His yellow scarf was to attempt (underline attempt) to make a Cub Scout scarf to cover his tie. (He’s the only Edwin I have.) I had no model for the scarf, so my apologies to the Cub Scout organization for my artistic interpretation. I made the "Enjoy the Moment" banner wrinkled by using 3 pop up dots. Looks cooler IRL (in real life). The tent is from Stampin’ Up, Edwin and the dog are Magnolia, the fire and marshmallows came to me unmounted and are unknown, I forget where the "Enjoy the Moment" stamp came from, and the rock he sits on and the grass and background bramble were drawn by me!

For my Traveling Tilda card, I wanted to have a Venice cityscape and the little Italian bridge with the Gondolier. But my drawing hasn’t advanced there yet, and I think I need to see some more pics of Venice before I’ll attempt that. I used Stampin’ Up pens to color most of her clothing. I love the warmth of Real Rust, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Almost Artichoke, etc. The bridge, gondolier, and lampposts are A Muse, Tilda is Magnolia, and the bridge extension, stone walls, grass, water lines, and suitcase were again, drawn by me! So I toast to myself and say, in my best Italian, "molto ben fatto!"

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So.... keep on creating! It’s cheaper than therapy and has an end result! ~Makani

Well, I decided to start a blog... Christmas is over.... but I'm considering leaving the LED colorful lights up as my permanent porch light.

My favorite thing to do EVERY day (and no, I don't get sick of it) is to create something or organize my stamping supplies. (I think I'm part librarian and part artist.)

I thought I'd start with a post of my masterpiece from last night. (Click on the photo to see a much bigger and detailed view). The house, tree, lamp and Santa sleigh are all A Muse stamps. The saying is from The Cat's Pajamas. I used green, gold, red, and purple Stickles glitter glue to make the Christmas lights shiny and bright. And I used white Liquid Applique for all the snow (including the snowman that I added eyes, buttons and even stick arms with my new and very loved Copics .35mm pen. The moon is made by punching out a circle from a post it note and then sponging in the yellow.

I have lots of my older works posted in my SplitCoastStampers gallery... check it out (and leave a comment if you like, it makes a stamper happy). http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=91627

Lastly, you can get these stamps at my favorite local store: Stamp on Over. It is located in the Cranberry Hill Mercantile in Sunnyvale, CA. Here is the website: http://www.stamponover.com/index.html

So to finish, thanks to all those fantastic ideas out there... don't we just LOVE stamping!? ~Makani