Ike's World Challenges #131

Hey!  Paper Piecing/Anything Goes is underway at Ike's World Challenges!  Come play with us this month!  Check out all of the fun at Ike's World Challenges and find the linky party HERE!

I must confess to playing almost nonstop "Animal Crossing New Horizons" on my birthday Switch!  It keeps my mind from wandering off into thoughts of things that are happening right now.  I find the koi on the game so pretty!   I was going through my Ike's Art images and found this adorable little fish...I call him a koi.  He is from the set "Tropical Fish" and I love him!  Paper piecing is not one of my strong points so I used a background paper that reminded me of cherry blossoms on water to hide any of my cutting and piecing mistakes 😇!  
We can't wait to visit your blogs and see your projects this month!   Remember, you can choose to paper piece or go with Anything Goes.....we are not picky at all!  Stay safe and let's send love to all those affected during these troubling times!  Hugs to you all!

Challenge #130 O is for OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE/ANYTHING GOES.

Hi all!  It's time for a midway posting at Ike's World Challenges for March!   Our challenge #130 is Out of Your Comfort Zone and/or Anything Goes!  Come play with us HERE!

I have wanted to watercolor forever but the lack of "control" with watercolors always made me hesitant.  Painting with acrylics is much more controlled for me and easier to fix a happy mistake! 😊  So for my out of my comfort zone I decided to use Koi Watercolors on two of the fabulous images from the Japan World Tour Series by the fabtastic Ike's Art!  You can also get the Japanese Lady without the word Japan in black and white or precolored separately from the collection.  Knowing this was for my design team make made me a little less cautious (since it was out of my comfort zone!) and I added my fabric texture/design into the kimono.  I was so pleased when it turned out as I wanted it to!  And a whole lot surprised I might add!   For the Japanese garden sculpture I took some artistic license and gave it some pagoda gorgeous red roofing!   You see this basic shape in almost all of the shrine gardens and most private gardens.   I had fun with it and was really glad the challenge theme kinda forced my hand to try it!
Ike has given us, as always!, has given us a freebie this month!  I find myself in a rush when visiting sites and getting excited about an awesome freebie downloading the image and dashing off without leaving a comment :(   Life is so hurried we all have to pack in our computer time and it is something we can overlook doing.  So let's all leave lots of love and comments for our designers who make our lives a whole lot brighter with their art :)
Of course you may follow the theme or just go with Anything Goes!  Ike makes it easey peasey for you to play along!  So come on and get out of your comfort zone or stay right where you feel comfortable....just make sure you play along!  We want to see your fabulous makes for March!
P.S.   I know my world has gotten scary since January and just this last several days have left us with empty shelves in our markets.  My prayers are for everyone's safety and well-being.

Naughty or Nice At Ike's World Challenges This Month

February is here and we are being  Naughty or Nice and as always Anything Goes at Ike's World Challenges!  Fun to be had for one and all!  I took the Naughty or Nice route and went a little bit off track!  Ike's Art, of course, has some wicked cool slightly naughty images but when I saw these darlings I was smitten!

 Mousie Munch Set  had me smiling at first sight and how naughty are these little ones being?  I colored them up after catching up on one of my Kit and Clowder coloring classes getting so much inspiration for Alyce's background and mice.  I totally lost my perspective on the background and have about six different light sources on the toaster but I am learning and that's what counts!  The mice are colored using Prisma colored pencils and the background is a free for all with Koi Watercolors, markers, Inktense Color Blocks, paint pen and probably the kitchen sink!  This is my first page of my art journal book for 2020.  My goal is to work towards a page a day but we know me......a page a week will be ample for me!

Now it's your turn to decide Naughty or Nice or Anything Goes and get yourself to Ike's World Challenges and enter this month!  Plenty of time so no excuses!  We want to see your take on the theme or your own theme!  See you over there!

Day 3 of My Dark Valentine Blog Hop

    My Dark Valentine Blog Hop

presented by        

LeighSBDesigns!             

Day 3 and it's a quick one!  Check out the linky party and the details of the hop HERE!

Today, little Miss Oddleigh Cherished Heart by our hostess, LeighSBDesigns, teams up a sentiment from the Dark Sentiments 2 set!

Hope you are hopping to your heart's content and playing along so we can visit you!  I will be catching up on all of your lovely blogs tomorrow as a surprise trip out of town has me at a disadvantage at the moment!  Till then, hugs and dark Valentine's love to you all!

Day 2 of My Dark Valentine Blog Hop

Presented by

LeighSBDesigns

No dilly dallying around it's off to the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop hosted by our fabulous Leigh!  You can join in the fun as much or as little as you like just hop HERE for the details on this easy peasey blog hop!

Some strange love is on the books for today!  I used the following images:  Skull Trio by Ike's Art (grab this freebie when you browse!) and Skull Roses Collage and Dark Sentiments 2 by LeighSBDesigns (now on sale!) 😊  I used my Koi watercolors for the background and skull trio.  Using tape around the image gave me a nice white line when I removed the tape after drying.  I popped a second sentiment and skulls on some pop dots and layered on black cardstock.  A little black ribbon bow and all done!

We have some fantastic projects already linked up for you to hop off to see!  And the linky to add your make is HERE!

Day 1 of the My Dark Valentine Blog Hop

My Dark Valentine Blog Hop 2020
presented by
LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps

Yay!  Day one of My Dark Valentine Blog Hop presented by LeighSBDesigns!  To play, find the linky, and all the deets for this no stress blog hop just click HERE!

I took a sentiment that we usually think of as being a lovely expression of, wait for it.....Love! and put the other, darker side of it to use.  You stole my heart...stealing a heart and let's say breaking it is bad and pretty dark!😈

I used the following images by our fabulous host and sponsor LeighSBDesigns!

Sage and Hazel Silhouette from the Enchanted Garden Collection

Scratch Heart Background

Dark Sentiment Set 1

Remember, check out Leigh's Etsy boutique for wonderful sales on her Valentine's digital art stamps!

I roughly colored in the heart background with practically every shade of blue in my Prisma colored pencils!  I sprayed Bahama Blue Fireworks on the wings of a copy of the fairies and the Scratched Heart Background then fussy cut and used pop dot leftovers to make them hover over the background.  Some cardstock layered up and they are ready to spread some magic....dark or happy? we will have to wait and see!

I am so excited to visit the other blogs and see the awesome projects! 

Hey Love Blog Hop and Linky Party at Stamplorations

Stamplorations  Blog is having a Hey Love Blog Hop and Linky Party!  There a two really cool digital images to download for free!  You can use them to enter the hop or use any stamp company!  Look HERE for all the details for the blog and to link up your projects :)

I used one of the free images and colored with colored pencils.  I used a Hampton Art rubber stamp for the sentiment.  I was only going to color only a few spots on the image but the colors got the best of me and I used one from each color!  Fun, fun 😊!  Remember to check out all the details HERE!