digital fun

I took this drawing and played with it in Inkscape.

 Played with colors and muted background.

I used bridges and isolated features with transparent and gradient fill

More witchery

I finished the witch ornaments and decided to make them into a printable.
Here is the finished witch dress project:

I cut the witch dress pieces from my witch dress svg file. I painted the pieces with watercolor.  Then I used a black inking felt pen to doodle a pattern on the pieces.


I glued the cuff to the sleeves, then punched holes in the shoulders and attached the ribbon and the sleeves to the dress. The ragged hem was attached with copper mini brads.

I liked the effect so much I wanted to share. I made it into a printable for you.

The witch ornament printable is available here at Etsy.

Dollhouse

More fun with my cutting machine.

A few years ago I started playing with Ink scape. I began to make my own colored SVG files. Now I am using them with my cutting machine.

Here is a house design I have been playing with:

These were cut from two of my cutting file collections.

I painted them pink with water color. I had flowers, bird and other elements.

It's fun to lay the pieces out.  Brads and foam tape are my favorites when it comes to attaching the pieces together. I will show you in the next part How I use these to put the house together.

Spring blossoms a dress to wear in spring

Light green is one of my favorite colors. Have I ever met a color I didn't like?
I like the fit and flare dress silhouette. Very flattering and hides and enhances at the same time.

Social Creatures

One of the things I am having fun with in Inkscape, is using lines and shapes to create interesting faces. I really wanted to see how many different faces i could create by using a limited palette and mixing drawing elements.

My favorite kind of dress

Just another reason I can't wait for summer, or at least a warm spring: I love summer dresses.

Learning inkscape

I have been working, playing with the open source software Inkscape. So much fun! I started for weeks with my tablet scribbling trying to get used to the pressure, timing and co-ordinate the tablet with the monitor.



After 20-30 of these I began to get control of the tablet, in a way that is comfortable for me. The icons above began as a doodle/scribble file like this: