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lately + a freebie

I got a bright surprise from DerRick. Like...really? So sweet ^_^...

Put pen so lampshade and went to town lol...It was for my sister Chelsea. She asked if I would jazz up her lampshade for her dorm room. I covered the whole shade with randome doodles. Pic is kind of hazy so here are some close ups

Fun stuff.

I had my coffee and cream this morning. I have some creating to do. It's about freakin' time! And speaking of design. I have some

YAY! It's been a while. (about to get off here and make some more lol!) Here are a couple new ones

 

 

To see the rest of the designs available you can visit my shop. I hope you enjoy :) 

Soooo....tonight is Halloween night! Here are some free brushes for your upcoming halloweeeeeeeeen pages ^_^

 

I hope you all could use them somehow ^_^ There is a set of four brushes in this set. You can download them Download here 

Be safe tonight and stay warm. Be right back!

 

 

a painting mood

 

 

I figured I would go back to her after a while. She was fully drawn - head to toe but I took a break and never finished. I decided to cut her to a third of her former self and make her pretty ^_^ This characters name is Rose. (PSCS5)

Back in a bit

every woman...

...should feel this way.

 

Just a friendly doodly reminder to all my blog sistas ^_^ Later!

pink with a little bamboo on the side

Pink is my sick color. I'm SO flippin' sick like not even kidding. I won't go into details. For once in my blog life I will spare you that much ^_^ But yes, anytime I'm sick I go strait for my handy dandy pink body blanket (thanks Matt :) and my pink snowflake pants. It never fails. oh man.....

You want to know the worst part? I'm feeling creative. Can you imagine that? I actually want to DO a kit. I'm so bummed right now. It's so unfair. :( I did take out my sketch book for a doodle

That's about all the creating that I can do for now.

I also wanted to tell you of a great deal and an awesome opportunity! DHD is have a Super Bowl Celebration!

You read it right folks; a Wacom Bamboo Craft Tablet is going to be given away to a random gallery poster! You can find out all the details here. And of course, everything in my shop is 25% off! Yeee haaaaaa! That's always a good thing ^_^

.............oh and the Silhouette can now cut fabric................(you can scream if you want. I did ^_^)

Catch you all as soon as I can. Have a great day and stay well!,

Happy New Year!

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've posted. I hope you all are doing well during the start of the New Year! Oh man...so many things to say...^_^

Well, I suppose I'll start off with my word for the year and my hopes for 2011. Last year my word was Grace and let me tell ya, so much junk went on sometimes I thought I would implode. That and throw my computer out the window. But I handled each challenge. May not have been as graceful as a swan but I feel I did the word justice ^_^ I've been thinking about my designs and how much lovecreating all kids of stuff. Really, I just want to do more of what's in my head. Get out as many of my ideas as possible. And so...my word for this year evolve. I want to continue doing what I do and try new things in the process. Get better and have a good ol' time ^_^ On top of that I would like to take more pictures! The second half of last year was pretty much photo-less. I don't ever want that to happen again. So this year I want to focus on capturing those moments and having fun with photography. Oh...and make at least one creation with every kit I make. I mean hello?

Speaking of design. It's DHD's 1st Birthday!

Yep, there is a big celebration going on so that means sales, sales, sales! My whole shop is on sale and I even have a free paper kit for you all!

Sunkissed

Enjoy! I will be hosting my chat on January 8 @ 9pm EST. I will have freebies and lots of wacko things to say lol! Hopeto see you there!

Aaaaand if you can't quite wait that long, I will be having a chat over at Owl Tree Studios tonight! Same time, 9pm E. So stop on by and mingle!

Lately I've been away from my computer enjoying the family. (feels kind of odd typing so much again actually) But yeah, I got Epic Mickey for Christmas

and have already played through it twice. And not because the game was short or easy. On the contrary. This game is the best game I've come across since Kingdom Hearts. I even made a KH siggie back in Feb. of '08.

Now let me say, I don't play the same type of games my husband does. I'm more of a Mario, Donkey Kong kind of gal. But at any rate... the game is gorgeous, challenging, it gives you that feeling of nostalgia and is well thought out + put together. It's a great game. The only gripe I have is the camera. It is pretty bad but honestly, you get used to it ^_^ It's really not a problem to me anymore. The music is fantastic. Got it on itunes now ^_^ I even started a new kit listening to it lol!

Not sure about this one but it was fun playing around either way ^_^

I'm thinking about playing Epic Mickey for a third time. I just love it that much! I really hope they make another one! Perhaps use the worlds of Disney. That would be suweet! For now I huess I'll just have to make a Epic Mickey signature lol!

My kiddos had a good holiday season. They are occupied to say the least ^_^ aw...the holidays! I better be off. I have much to do I'll leave of with a pic.

Be back in a flash!,

 

 

 

 

 

 

a little breather

Taking a small break. Be back later on this week! And thanks, friends, for the wishes and love lately. ^_^  We really appreciate it...

And a little reminder: I'm hosting a chat on Tuesday the 16th over at Digi Shop Talk at 8pm EST! There will be goodies, of course ^_^ Hope to see you there!

-Karla

fin

well, it official. My store at The Digichick is now closed. I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Nicole and the girls for everything ^_^

It's now onward and forward. My new store will open up on the 7th so look out for a newsletter between now and then :) And before I dive back into kits I got to finishing up 'Rachel' (thanks Nina for the name ^_^)

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All in all she took three days to finish. With everyday life stuff mixed in there of course. Like today; I didn't touch the painting until 8:30. So it varies. I can say that a couple years ago this same painting would have took me ages. And the crazy thing is that I haven't painted all that much. Not as much as I would like to. But I find myself improving in each piece. So yeah, it was fun. Although I do think I could have stretched it another day nitpicking if DerRick hadn't given me some plum wine ^_^ ... Sketched and painted inside Photoshop.

Enjoy the weekend!,

-out

 

inbetween time...

Just something I'm working on when I get the chance. I scrapped the previous sketch I did. Too ambitious with all that arm junk going on. I'll stick with faces and torsos for now ^_^

Started and will end in Photoshop.

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late night sketches

I don't know. After a day of designing I was starting to get a bit loopy lol! Or maybe I was feeling that was because it was, in fact, 1:20 in the morning. I really should have been in sleepy land. I know that because I decided to try and clean out my gmail emails and deleted my inbox by mistake. Your question is, how? right? Heck if I know. I thought I was being productive lol! So I just laughed at myself. Emailed some folks telling them of my goof and to "please send the information to me again"....with sprinkles on top of course and got to doodling. I really wanted to paint and draw and all that jazz. I started the chic above in Photoshoo without refrence. First time just starting in PS. It took me a little under 30 mins ^_^ Yeah, so then I wanted to draw a bit.

 

I drew a little snow-birdy-bee type thinga-ma-jiggy. He's suuuu cuuuuute! lol...anyhoo. Off to go back to bed. My turn to sleep in ^_^

-out

 

painting, strawberries + a peek?

Hello everyone! I have been MIA again, but what else is new right lol! I have been working on a couple of things and it's going pretty smoothly. Although I am once again pretty much forced to create after hours ^_^ Summer time + Kids? Yeah, you know the deal. The girls started off this summer pretty sweet. With strawberries.

   

   

Oh yeah man. The girls were dipping them in Leisa's "Chocolate Fluff" a.k.a "Angle Poop." They were on cloud nine on this day for sure lol!!!

I also wanted to pop in and show you the finished painting of the girl I did in the previous post.

 

I honestly couldn't figure out a name that really suited her. Only a name for the "story" Which would have been "waiting" But as with all my other painting I give them a name so I decided on Laila. Kind of curling my lip at that one but it's just going to have to do lol! She is waiting for her soul mate. The flowers are a symbol of her desires to get married and find love. I did manage to use one brush for the entire painting minus the bling on her skirt. I also managed to stay within three layers so I'm thanking my trusty stars that it could actually be done. (like seriously stoked about that) so yeah, I hope you like :) The crazy thing is that this painting is actually a preview to tomorrow's kit release. go figure ^_^

I also wanted to say thank you for those of you who commented on this post and told me your favorite drawing of mine. I had my husband pick a number from1-6 and he chose 4

"Samantha said...

Wow, you are so talented (in a lot of different ways!) I wish I could paint/draw like you... your work is beautiful! I love the Merry Christmas one... I would love to have one like that of me and my husband for our Christmas Card! heehee. :-D"

Thank you S! I will be emailing you in like two secs. with your prize ^_^

I will be back in a flash!,

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