inktober witch dress

For this project, I took the dress pattern from my witch paper doll, turned it into an .svg file, and cut it out in watercolor  paper with my scan n cut machine.

I then took my watercolor brush and black ink pen and began to doodle patterns and lines over the watercolor on to the pieces.

I removed some of the smaller pieces I knew I would not use in this project.

I put the pieces together by punching holes and attaching the parts with copper mini brads, some black ribbon and some shrink plastic charms I made a while back.

I'll show the finished project when I process/crop the pictures.

A printer/scanner for Linux

One of my biggest obstacles of late has been trying to find a replacement for my old HP scanner.

I had this scanner for a long time, and it made excellent scans. It worked right out of the box with Ubuntu and Sane, and I feel I got my money's worth. I even considered replacing it with another.

This scanner was cheap when I purchased it, and I found that between the price gouging, buying it used and other issues, I would try to find a different scanner.

After several false leads, different brands and misleading information, I decided on this model, and purchased this softwear. It works beautifully, wireless and all the features.

Now I can get back to inktober.

SVG files for cutting machines

These are from my .svg files for cutting machines. 

These are banner and antique cabinet collections.

The bowl butterfly and hand are available in different collections.

The pieces are cut from my scan n cut, but you could use the .png files and cut them from silhouette cameo.

I made the banners larger.
I cut the shapes from 145lb watercolor paper.
I did a background wash of color and when it dried I embellished with simple hand painted doodles.

The cabinet is great put together as a small journal, or to embellish an existing journal page.

inktober

My first project is doodling white gel pen over painted 

watercolor doodles. Taking a few scrap ends of 145lb 

watercolor paper I created some watercolor shapes.

 Then I took a gel pen and made some marks

Before long I had a few of these

I also did some with a brush and paint

I am going to revisit this

Inktober

These are the supplies I am using for inktober.

brushes, some glue watercolor ink markers,black ink marker white gel pen

tube watercolor, most water color, palettes

more watercolor mixtures

I will be adding more pens and paper substrates.
My goal is to play with contrast and pattern.

Inktober Links to all posts here

What is Inktober? A 31 day inking art challenge. My goal is to improve/play with patterns and doodles I create.

I want to get used to doing 30 day or other time limited challenges.

I will be placing the links here.

Supplies

Gel-pen Lines

Witch dress 

Paper-doll dress doodle

Witch dress printable 

Witch color Page  

Antique Cabinet again

Faces and Flourishes

I was thinking today about what it means to have good fortune. I believe it is aligned with your circumstances, what you are willing to allow, gratitude, and a lot more than I am aware of.

HOW i USE MY SVG FILES

I start with the file. I use Inkscape. A simple way of turning anything I draw, into vectors, then I can use these components to create my design.

These were cut using a brother scan n cut machine.

These are from random kits that I will have in my Etsy shop. The circle is a test cut. I used 140 lb water color paper 9" inches x12 " inches.

I removed them from the cutting mat, and painted them with water color.

After painted them I added doodles and calligraphy. 

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.

I love this cutting machine.I have created some SVG designs from my sketches.

I cut them from water color paper.

Wow! So much fun!

Here is a purse example:

 I cut the purse SVG file from watercolor paper.

Then I painted the pieces with watercolor, then doodle in some patterns.

Then I put the pieces together by punching holes and adding  brads.

Then I created more cuts from some paper doll files, and clothing files.

I cut out the paper-doll pieces, on watercolor paper. Painted them with watercolor paints, then punched the holes, using a pencil to line up attaching pieces.

Finished paper-doll.

Then I played with cutting out paper doll clothes and embellishments.

I used a sepia graphic pen to create the doodles over the water color.

close up

The cut files (.SVG and .PNG ) will be available here:

birdandflower

i am grateful

A gratefulness journal with a twist. Pages for :

Affirmations
Gratefulness practice
Prayers for loved ones
Manifestation practice

And lots of lined areas for old fashioned journal writing.

Available at Amazon here.

I love a large format journal. This one is 8.5 x 11 inches. It feels so good to have a versatile journal you can keep near the bed, your favorite chair, or that spot where you have your morning coffee or tea.

I included spot drawings if you feel inclined to color, with lots of open space if you like to doodle or zentangle.

Here are some examples of my thought process:

It still looks great if you want to leave them uncolored and fill it with your writing. I find I have multiple topics to journal about, yet am helped/inspired by a few gentile prompts.

Take advantage of  look inside feature. I will be showing demos on getting the most from this journal as well as featuring stickers and pockets to inspire your creativity.