Chimps!

Happy to be back today with another Dr.Digi Friday! This is Chaz the Chimp! Great fun to colour up and super handy for a "Go Bananas" birthday card!

(Was torn between my normal pencil CAS card, and shaker card filled with bananas! It'd be cool wouldn't it?)

So wanted to get a bit of a painted tire/tyre effect, rather than a completely black solid ring, was a bit worried the image would be a bit black on black on black, and a bit dreary. This is all done with polychromo pencils on kraft card. (If you are interested in how I create the fur texture there is a link to my guide here.)

Here is the blank digi image, so you can see what it looked like before and after! :)

I did go and do a bit of research to see how chimps were put together in real life. Noticing details from the real thing can give you some things to add to the digi if you like putting in extra texture and details. Hence he gained some fingernails! :D

I backed the image with some wood grain paper from the stash. Font is Mister Sirloin. Bling from the stash too. White posca pen highlights in his eyes.

Thanks for joining me on the blog today! This chap was great fun to make up into a card (for my brother's 50th!) and he's already been sent! If you would like to join us on the Dr.Digi's House of Stamps Facebook page, we would love to see you there!

Not long to catnap....

Hi again! Got lots of Knitty Kitty things to share with you today, thought I would write up a blog post covering as much as possible in synopsis, including the new Knitty Kitty Digi Catnap digistamp (that was a Facebook Group freebie before Xmas).

So to start with, three sponsoring news stories! 

I am very happy to be the featured digi artist in the current edition of Through the Craft Room Door.  The TTCRD DT and the KKD DT have done some amazing projects for it! If you subscribe to the mag you get the full inspo collection but some of the DT members have posted their cards in the KKD Facebook Group too!

If you subscribe to the magazine you will get two free Knitty Kitty Digis! They are only free to subscribers.

Through the Craft Room Door is a bi-monthly publication dedicated to bringing you exciting projects to inspire your card making and scrap book endeavors! In addition to articles, product reviews and kid friendly crafts, each issue introduces new or well known digi artists and their works. If you are interested in a subscription, details can be found on the website.

This issue's front cover:

Website link: http://craftrmdoor.ning.com/

Blog Link: http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/948207695269478/

Second sponsoring news! 

Knitty Kitty Digis is also sponsoring at The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog this month. Their DT have made some super projects using KKD stamps! If you would like to take part, just attach one of you projects to the Challenge Post! There is a prize of 3 KKD images!

Third sponsoring news!

Knitty Kitties are also sponsoring The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge!  Very happy that their DT will be posting lots of super projects in the Knitty Kitty facebook group this month. Have you ever been and explored the Outlawz challenges? So much going on there and a really active and supportive crafty social group! 

And Finally the Card!

Right, and finally today I want to share with you the card I have made using the "Catnap" digistamp from Knitty Kitty Digis

As normal this is polychromo pencils on kraft card. I print the image and greeting directly onto a smooth kraft card. I make the digi image pale so I can go over the lines when I colour the fur. (Link to my fur colouring step by step photos -->  here.)

I added a tiny spot of white posca pen to the eyes and nose. Background papers from the stash and bling stars are from Paperchase. Font is Angelina.

Thanks very for making it to the bottom of this very long post! Nice to have so much Knitty Kitty related content to share with you today! I have some new stamps to share soon too! 

Mycroft goes Siamese.

Hi Everyone! I come to you from the land of the plague. I've pretty much been in bed since the start of 2019! No... not an epic hangover, the mother of all colds (possibly the man flu!) attacked me and I was truly knobbled! Anyway, germs can't reach you through the tinterweb, so you are safe to read on.

Mycroft is back on Dr.Digi's House of Stamps Friday! My favourite Dr.Digi cat (yes, there is more than one) is this time, a long haired Siamese! (Tho I realise I'm not sure if that's super different from a Persian? )

You know I like to set myself a bit of a colouring challenge, so this time I decided to tackle wet fur, underwater fur and floating fur. It really was a challenge. I think I might be trying again, I wasn't happy with all of it, but it seemed a good point to finish up and think about it more for next time! (Crafty colourist friends, I really do want to tempt you into having a go!? He's only £1.50/$1.99 in the shop!)

Here is the stamp -

And here is my version -

So I used polychromo pencils as normal, and actually didn't change much (for me). Dr. Digi has kindly included lots of detail to help on this one, even the shine of the bowl!

I was going to go without white posca pen, but decided in the end that the white highlights and damp spot really needed something extra, so it was either posca pen or glossy accents, and I went with the pen. Font is A.C.M.E. Special Agent. Background paper and corner gems from the stash.

Thanks for joining me today and sharing in my colouring adventure! I shall aim for more impressive bedraggled cat results next time I tackle him, lol! Click the badge below to check out the busy Dr.Digi's facebook group!