Birds

I created some bird cutting files, which I cut with the scan n cut, then I painted and embellished with watercolor.

They are inspired by the birds in my yard that love to eat the berries before I do. I cut them from 140 lb  9 x 12 watercolor paper. I did a light wash in the background, then took a darker color and did some patterns with a fine brush.

The cutting files are available here in my Etsy shop

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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.

Paper -doll dress doodles

More doodling on paper-doll dresses.

I cut the images with my scan n cut. Then I water colored them. I used my favorite pen, Sakura graphic pen in sepia.

 The edges are "aged" with an old brown stamp pad.

 

One of my favorite affirmations. quotes from Affirmations by Stuart Wilde. Total self acceptance.

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