Trying Something New . . .

It's the first day of the new year and I'm beginning the year by trying something new, or new to me at least. I used my very first digi stamps today. I got them from The Greeting Farm, formerly Pink Poison. TGF had a new release today and when I stopped by to order some new goodies, I also wanted to include some Anya images with my order. Unfortunately, the ones I wanted were sold out. So, I decided to try some of the brand new digi Anyas that are available for instant download and use.

Here's my first one. It's not exactly my first since I tried out my coloring on another Anya or two before finishing this one to figure out how the printer ink and Copic markers would work together. I found that the markers smeared the inks just a bit if I colored over the lines. It was more evident with the light markers. I also noticed that the light colored marker tips sometimes picked up the black ink and needed to be scribbled on a scrap paper to be cleaned.

I added some plaid October Afternoon paper to coordinate with Anya's plaid dress, then matted her on coordinating cardstock. I put a blue flower, painted with some sparkly Angel Wings Shimmerz, in her hair using a dimensional. I tied a piece of light blue satin ribbon around the patterned panel and added a little scalloped edge, too. Everything is arranged on a Pacific Point card base. The sentiment is from the Home Sweet Home set. I just inked up the word "friends" from one of the longer phrases. I think I'm going to like using these digi images!

Materials Used:

Dorothy Anya digi stamp, Home Sweet Home stamp set (The Greeting Farm); white cardstock (Xerox); markers (Copic Ciao); Pacific Point Classic ink, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White cardstock, scallop edge punch, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); designer paper (October Afternoon-Picnic Basket); blue satin ribbon, blue flower (Target); green dots (Stamping Bella); Angel Wings Shimmerz (i {heart} papers)