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Thursday, July 19, 2012

An Angry Ballerina...


Well hello again crafty peeps. I know I don’t usually post back to back, but there is a special reason for this one.

If you are a lover of Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps like I am, then you probably already know that they have a call out for crafty peeps just like you and I for a guest design team spot coming this September.

A while back I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the 2nd Annual Kraftin’ Kimmie Krafty Day where I had the opportunity to meet Kraftin’ Kimmie (Reid) herself and some of her design team members. I was also fortunate to meet and chat with the extremely talented Annie Rodrique.  

At that time I was really new at using my Copic markers so I took total advantage of picking the brains of several of these very talented women. 

So for this reason alone I highly recommend attending these types of events. You're afforded one on one time to ask questions and I even managed to steal the “queen of pleats”, my idol, Melanie Holtz away so I could have my very own “pleat” lesson. Yeah, she did that for me and I’ve been practicing ever since, but of course I still have a long way to go and that’s OK. 
I love using my Copics any chance I get. 

So you see where I’m going with this….yes I feel confident enough to put myself out there and actually apply for this spot using this as my entry…




Speaking of pleats, go figure I would choose to use “Angry Ballerina” in all her pleat glory, LOL.
I’ll show you that I am not afraid to step out of my comfort zone… I can do this cuz I’m a big girl now and I'm not afraid of pleats any more!!


A closer look ...




Since that day I have taken online lessons from Suzanne Dean’s Color Me Creative Classroom, five in fact. 
I've learned a great deal from her classes, but make no mistake that it’s very important that you watch other talent out there too. Look at yourself as a sponge and soak up everything and then apply your own style to it. That’s what I am doing and I think I have come a long way from my humble beginnings where I was actually afraid to use them, the markers that is.


Angry Ballerina was coloured with my Copics of course on Neenah card-stock.  



Tutu/Hat: RV 17, 14, 11, C05, 00

Apron/Shirt: YG67, 63, C00

Hair: E49, 47, 44, E53, 51

Skin: E11, 00, 000, R20





I used my Memory Box Macarena corner die and Sizzix 3D die to make the flowers.
The DP are from MME Dolled Up collection.


So I won’t take much more of your time, so please wish me luck. I’ll let you know how I make out either way. 
Thanks for stopping by JS


3 comments:

  1. She is wonderful Sandra!!!! And you ARE a big girl. Your pleats looks awesome. I wish you good luck, you deserve it!!! I tried before to apply for a spot but wasn't successful:( Hugs, Brigitte

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  2. Wow! Fantastic card, Sandra! The iamge is so cute and your coloring is fabulous! Good luck with the GDT call!

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  3. Awwww Sandra, you're so sweet! Thanks so much for the shout-out. :)

    And look at you go girlie!! Your colouring is beautiful, and I love the pretty green eyes you gave her. Gorgeous colour scheme and details...what a great card. :)

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