Cuddly Buddly Liliyboo Designs Giraffe Scene

I have a fun project to share with you today!

I've wanted to get back to my Rolodex Art file for some time now and had the perfect opportunity with a couple of digital images from Cuddly Buddly Lilyboo Designs.  When I first saw the giraffe I thought it was adorable but wasn't sure how I wanted to use it.  I had seen the Safari scene but the idea of coloring it intimidated me.  I finally picked them up at Cuddly Buddly and had a great time creating the scene in my Photoshop Elements & Microsoft Publisher programs.

To make the scene I used the Safari Scene once, then flipped it to make a mirror image so I could maybe merge them together to fit my 4" X 6" Rolodex file card size, it worked!  I then added the cute giraffe to the scene.  As you can see I did have to cut some of the scene off to fit the size I needed.  I have a practice page I printed on copy paper below.  I don't always do this but it's fun to see the image before it comes to life.

 

In this photo I don't have everything centered, I was hoping I could fit everything in the 6 inch width I had but as you can see it didn't work out.

Here's a view of the Rolodex V file for you.  I've seen a few of these on E Bay recently for sale and was outbid on a really big one by about fifty cents...

Top View

Up close and personal in my photo box.  I had a hard time with the giraffe spots, my marker ink started to pool on top of the paper because I had it over saturated.  I tried scanning this and you could really see it so I scrapped the scanned version.  

I have the Copic color numbers for you but not in the order I used them, there were so many green markers on the table half way into this that I can't tell you what I combined with what.  I just tried to remember that objects closest to me are brighter and more vibrant and things farther away were darker and become more muted in color.  So, do you think it worked?  Do the hills seem separated and farther away from each other?

Copic Markers:

YG01, YG03, YG05, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG23, YG25, YG61, YG63, YG67, YG97,

E31, E33, E37, E47, E53, E50, E51, 

G20, G21, G24, G28

W1, W3, W5

YR14, YR21, YR24

BG32, BG34

BV23, BV02

B0000, B00

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Challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner - Anything Goes
Truly Madly Crafty - Animals
Great Impressions - Show Us Your Best Stay In The Lines Coloring

Penny Black Wish You Were Near

I decided to make a second card for my Rolodex Art File using the Penny Black stamped image we used in the Copic shading class I went to with my friend Dagmar earlier this month.

I have no supply list because I was in a class and the papers are from the class too.  I think the name of this Slapstick cling stamp is "Wish You Were Near".  

Here's a look at my file before I started filling it.

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Stampendous Jumbo Pine

I have a fun card/project to share with you today!

I haven't had a lot of time to play with my new Rolodex V546 as I'd like but I do have a new project to show you.

I used the Stampendous Jumbo Pine cling stamp to make a card for my Rolodex art file.  I colored the pine tree with Copic markers and put the "recipe" on the back of the card.  I did forget to take a picture of it so here's the list:

G29, G28, G24, G82, G20, R59, R46, R32

Here's a picture of my progress so far...

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Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge - No Designer Papers
Crafting When We Can - Christmas
Bearly Mine - Anything But A Card
Crafty Sentiments - No Designer Papers

Heart Song Designs Owl

We have a new challenge starting today at Stamps R Us, our theme is "Nature's Gifts" and our sponsor is Heart Song Designs.  For my project I used Heart Song Designs Owl on Branch digital image and colored it with Copic markers.  

I've been playing with my new Vintage Rolodex and added my sample project to it.  You can read more about it in Saturday's blog post.  I have a photo of my supply list below.  I've been adding it to back side of my file card when I think of it.

I have a couple more photos of my on going Rolodex project too.

It's starting to grow and expand little by little -

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Challenges:

Stamps R Us - Nature's Gifts
Cuddly Buddly - Anything But A Card
Daring Cardmakers - A Little Birdie Told Us
Bug A Boo Stamps - Animal Antics

Rolodex V546

Look what I found on E Bay!!!

I can almost imagine what you're thinking.  You're thinking I've lost my mind what the heck is that ugly old thing?

You're looking at a Rolodex V File Model #546.

I'd love to know what year it was made...  Any ideas?

One more photo of it right out of the box.

Recently I was browsing on Pinterest and came across an art journal that totally inspired me.  Patty Van Dorin calls hers a "Scrapodex", you can see it on her blog.  She uses a smaller version of the Rolodex made to hold 2" X 4" address or business cards and makes paper collages to go in hers, it's really neat.  

From Patty's inspiration I went looking for a Rolodex file to play with and found several on E Bay.  The one I ended up buying is a Zephyr American Rolodex V546 which holds 4"x6" index cards - perfect for those mini art journal projects!  After winning the auction and looking around a bit more I found there appear to be three sizes, 2"X4", 3"X5" & 4"X6".  I haven't found any actual 4"X6" Rolodex cards to put in mine but that's ok I can make my own as you'll see below.

Every once in awhile I make a project I'd really like to keep so I thought this Rolodex would be a perfect place to keep those and enjoy them.  I'm very happy I found one of these that was made to hold bigger index cards!

I've just barely gotten started on this project and will be adding to it as often as I can & I'll share it with you as I go along. 

Patty has the Scrapodex for her creations now I need to come up with a name for mine.  What do you think?  Is it an "Artodex" a "Cardodex", "Craftodex"?  

Your comments with ideas for a name would be fun and very much appreciated!

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Challenges:
Stamp Insanity - Anything But A Card