Believe

I had SO much fun coloring this image - a gorgeous digital stamp from 

Sami's Stamps, Wildflower Beauty.  If you couldn't tell, I love using bright colors.  =)  Hence, my blog!  I am entering this is the Spectrum Noir May Challenge, Flowers.  I love the blue and lime green colors together!  Here is a list of colors I used!

Hair: HB1, HB3, LV3, TB2, TB3, TB6, TB7, TB9, BGR5, True Black

Flowers: CY1, CG3, CG4

Skin: FS1, FS4, FS8, TN3

Mermaids Galore - for Clearwater

This beautiful image I had so much fun coloring!  You can get your own mermaid images (this is just one of three) by donating to a great cause - Clearwater Aquarium!  Here's the link:

Clearwater Aquarium

Here's my color breakdown:

Hair: GB2, TN2, CR10, DR5, DR6, DR7

Tail: LV1, LV2, HB2, HB3, TB1, TB3, TB4, BT2, BT3, LG1, LG3

Dolphin: IG1, IG2, IG3, IG5

Fish/Stars: CT1, CT4, FB6, OR1, OR2, OR3

Background: TN1, BT1, IB1

My son played along and colored this.  He had a good time and said he wanted to leave the hair white.  ;)

Roses are purple..and blue

I came upon a contest requiring roses to be used in the entry and when I looked at their images they had available - I fell in LOVE!  Head over to The Paper Shelter and check them out!  For this image, I'm using Witching Hour.

I use Spectrum Noir markers to color with and here is a breakdown of my color selections:

Skin: FS1, FS4, FS9, TN3, GB8

Hair: PL1, PL2, IG9, True Black

Potion/Rose: PL1, PL2, PL3, HB1, TB2

Cloak: TB2, TB3, TB5, TB7, TB9

Skull: IG1, IG2, IG3, IG6, BG3, BG5

Snake: LY2, LG1, LG3, LG5, JG5, JG6

I had a LOT of fun with this image and created a scrapbook page to put a photo or 2 on in the future. Enjoy!

I'm entering this in contests on:

The Paper Shelter - use roses

A Gem of a Challenge - use flowers

The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - favorite color combo