Splashes of Watercolor

Power Poppy Christmas Remix - Day 6

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I can't believe we're already on Day 6 of the Power Poppy Christmas Remix Holiday Blitz!  Today we're introducing the new Poinsettia LX digital stamp set.

This is what Marcy told us about this set:

The powerhouse of a Poinsettias. This digital download supplies three variations of this vivacious, velvety Christmas classic. With slightly puckered and rippling leaves, you can add lots of dimension and life to this festive plant though your coloring. Includes a large single bloom, Poinsettia with a stem and secondary leaves, the stemmed image with hand lettered "Joy to the World", AND a 5x7" supersized, full-bleed image to steal the show! Each image includes a light grey version for no-line coloring. Go XL and really dive into those petals this season.

This is REALLY extra large and I love it!

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I simply water colored my poinsettia in a traditional red...my favorite!

Here are the designers with inspiration to share with you today:

Lisa Johansen

Broni Holcombe (This is me!)

Christine Okken

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Gloria Stengel

Jenny Colacicco

Barbara Campbell

Kathy Jones

Power Poppy blog

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Don't forget to check in at the Power Poppy blog for a chance to win prizes!

 

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This is also my card for the November 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop.

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Please be sure to visit with all the wonderful designers for their beautiful creations:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

 

Thank you so much for stopping in today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

PP Poinsettia XL Shop here: PP	PP Winter Flora Shop here: PP	Distress ink pad Aged Mahogany Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Candied Apple Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Fired Brick Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Fossilized Amber Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Mustard Seed Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Peacock Feathers Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Distress ink pad Tumbled Glass Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Power Poppy Christmas Remix - Day 4

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It's now the 4th day of the Power Poppy Christmas Remix Holiday Blitz!  Have you enjoyed seeing all the beautiful creations on the blog hop so far?  I know, right?!

Today we're introducing a brand new digital stamp called Winter Flora.

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This is what Marcy has to say about this set:

Whimsical, wildly wonderful, and a total wow — Winter Flora is a botanical set that goes beyond. You'll love tackling this tangle of Poinsettia, Sweet Bay Magnolia, and Hellebores plus verdant bits of Holly, Pine, and Spruce, punctuated by berries and glass ornaments! There are so many ways you can take this. You can go classic red, white, and green. Think pink with various shades of pastel prettiness. Infuse warm glimmers of yellow, bronze, and gold. You get multiple versions of this bodacious border — with and without sentiments.

Well, I have to tell you that I really love this set!

I've colored up the small bouquet with a few bright pink ornaments, and used one of my absolute MOST FAVORITE Christmas sentiments EVER!

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Now, I'll send you along your way on the hop.  Here are the designers participating today:

Lisa Johansen

Broni Holcombe (This is me!)

Christine Okken

Leslie Miller

Stacy Morgan

Gloria Stengel

Jenny Colacicco

Barbara Campbell

Power Poppy blog

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Don't forget to check in at the Power Poppy blog for a chance to win prizes!

Thank you so much for dropping by!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

PP Winter Flora Shop here: PP	SSS Wonky Rectangles dies Shop here: SSS	Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	X-Press It Blending Card Shop here: EH | SSS
Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - October 2019

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Hi, all!

It's the 25th again and that means it's time for another Keeping Christmas blog hop.  Only 2 months until Christmas, y'all!!

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I've created a snowy little scene using a couple of Essentials by Ellen Christmas stamp sets from last year.  The only hard part about this card was waiting for the water colored background to dry!!

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I think this little penguin is just too cute!

Check out the rest of the designers on the blog hop here:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Have you built up your Christmas card stash yet?  Time's running short!  Have fun creating!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

EH Arctic Pals stamp set Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen Bokeh Dots stamp set Shop here: EH	Distress ink pad Broken China Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Shaded Lilac Shop here: EH | SSS
Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP
Ranger Distress Sprayer Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - August 2019

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I really can't believe it's the 25th of the month again!  And that 8 months of the year are almost gone!  Only 4 months until Christmas, y'all!

So that means it's time for this month's Keeping Christmas blog hop!

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This month I decided to use a color combo that is definitely not a standard Christmas combo, based on a diagonally striped/dotted patterned paper that I had in my stash.  And here is my card:

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All of the stamps and dies are from Rubbernecker Stamps and together they worked perfectly together for this holiday card.

I hope you get a little bit of inspiration from my card.  Be sure to hop along to find even more reason to build your Christmas stash!

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

RN Magic of the Season Shop here: RN	RN Watercolor Forest Shop here: RN	RN Deer Family Die Cut Shop here: RN	RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop here: RN
Distress ink pad Evergreen Bough Shop here: EH | SSS	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - July 2019

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Hello and welcome to the July 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  

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Each month we create a Christmas card, building our own stash and hopefully inspiring you to do the same.

I don't know about you, but when it comes to Christmas cards, I want to be able to produce multiples all at one time.  So each month this year I'm trying to create a simple (but hopefully great) design so when Christmas time rolls around, I'll already have my design chosen and ready to produce!

This month I pulled out my WPlus9 Winter Woodland set for my card.  I've always loved this set.

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A CAS design, easy to reproduce, with a little sparkle (silver snowflakes).

Please visit with the rest of the design team for some more great Christmas inspiration:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for visiting today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

WPlus9 Winter Woodland Shop here: SHOP	RN Nested Rectangle Stitch Dies Shop here: RN	Distress ink pad Candied Apple Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
Versafine Smokey Gray ink Shop here: EH | SSS	Versamark ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SSS Silver embossing powder Shop here: SSS
Jumbo Dauber sponge applicator Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Ranger Heat-It tool Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	TE Tumbled Glass ink Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - May 2019

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Good Saturday morning, everyone!  Today is the 25th of the month so it's time for the latest Keeping Christmas blog hop.

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Today I pulled out some of my favorite floral dies from the Essentials by Ellen line and bunches of scraps in coordinating colors.

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And this is what I came up with.

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So, I didn't get multiple cards done this month, but I sure used up a bunch of scraps!  Score!

Please be sure to continue along with the blog hop:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Essentials by Ellen Brushstroke Christmas stamp set Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen Bold Blooms matching dies Shop here: EH	Essentials by Ellen Bold Blossoms stand alone dies Shop here: EH	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Peace - Keeping Christmas April 2019

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for stopping by to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for stopping by to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

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Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop!  The stash is growing, y’all!

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As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style.

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I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath.  After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it.  I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well.  Then I just popped it all up over a couple of coordinating card scraps onto the white card base.

I hope you’ll continue along the blog hop to see all the awesome creations:

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for stopping by to check out this edition of Keeping Christmas.

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths Shop here: SHOP	Wplus9 Woodland Wreaths dies Shop here: SHOP	Distress ink pad Brushed Corduroy Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Festive Berries Shop here: EH | SSS
Distress ink pad Mowed Lawn Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Twisted Citron Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP
SU cardstock Shop here: SHOP	Scor-Tape 1/8 in tape Shop here: SSS | SB	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP
MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - March 2019

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Well, it’s the 25th of the month so how about another Keeping Christmas card…the 3rd one this year, so far!

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This year I seem to be leaning toward a CAS style; cards that are easy to make multiples of.

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I had an assembly line going for this one.  I stamped, die cut, and colored all the SSS Christmas Essentials berries with my Copic markers first.  Then I stamped the sentiment on all the white card bases, and shaded them with a Copic marker.  All that was left to do was to adhere a strip of patterned paper and pop up the berries with foam mounting tape.  And to make the process a little more interesting for me, I just used several different patterned papers with the basic red and green Christmas colors.

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Please be sure to check out all the fabulous inspiration for building your Christmas card stash at each of our designers’ blogs:

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

 Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

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Thank you so much for checking out my March 2019 edition of Keeping Christmas!

 

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

SSS Christmas Essentials stamp set Shop here: SSS	SSS Christmas Essentials dies Shop here: SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Versafine Onyx Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS
Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	PTI white cardstock Shop here: SHOP	White gel pens Shop here: SSS	Big Shot die cutting machine Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Foam mounting tape Shop here: SHOP	MISTI Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Scor-Buddy Mini Shop here: EH | SSS

Keeping Christmas - Peace & Joy

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Hi, everyone!  It’s the 25th of the month so I have a new Keeping Christmas post for you today!

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Today I’m showing a card that would work perfectly for multiples. 

The crystals, which are from a discontinued Hero Arts stamp set, were stamped on watercolor paper and very loosely water colored with a water brush and Distress inks.

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I drew on the hanging lines with a metallic silver pen, stamped the sentiment, and added a sequin.  And that was it.  So simple, but I love how it turned out.

Please be sure to visit with the entire design team to see all of their fabulous creations

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

 Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

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Thanks for dropping by today!

Keeping Christmas - version 2019

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Welcome to the first edition of Keeping Christmas – version 2019!

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This month I want to show you some ornaments I made for some of my special peeps, using pre-cut wood rounds from Hobby Lobby.

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I screwed 13/16” screw eye hooks into each round to start.  Then I painted each front with white gesso.  When that was dry, I stamped images and sentiments from several different stamp sets (listed in the supplies section below)  using a black ink that was suitable for use with Copic markers.  That’s what I used to color in each image.  When everything was dry, I added Star Dust Stickles to some part of each of the ornaments.

I also later added a loop of red yarn to each of the eye hooks.

I can’t wait for you to see what each of our design team members have created for your inspiration.

Kelly Lunceford

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe - that's me!

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nancy Guse

 Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

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If you start creating your Christmas cards, ornaments, and packaging now, there won’t be such a crunch at Christmas time!  Have fun, and thanks so much for stopping by!

SUPPLIES:

(Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you) 

 

Hero Arts Winter Time Fun stamp set Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Flora & Fauna Winter Woodland Shop here: EH | SSS	Essentials by Ellen Tis the Season stamp set Shop here: EH	Distress ink pad Black Soot Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Memento Tuxedo Black ink Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	Distress ink pad Ground Espresso Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Lucky Clover Shop here: EH | SSS	Distress ink pad Barn Door Shop here: EH | SSS | SB
Copic Sketch markers Shop here: SSS	TCW white gesso Shop here: SSS	Ranger Stickles - Star Dust Shop here: EH | SSS | SB	TE Mustard Seed ink Shop here: SHOP
TE Ranger Artist Brush Set Shop here: SHOP