I had the great pleasure to be able to attend the first annual
Kit & Clowder Retreat over the weekend. It was held at Cedar Creek Lodge at Mount Tambourine in sunny Queensland (but that didn't stop it from raining every day!!!) The rain didn't dull the Retreat either with the bubbly & effervescent Alyce Keegan (the brains & talent behind
Kit & Clowder) in full swing. I had my seat at the head of the table next to the Colouring Queen herself & had the most wonderful fun time learning first hand from Alyce.
If you want to learn more about colouring (either Copics, Watercolours or Pencils) please check out all of the amazing on-line classes run by Alyce at
Kit & Clowder (Skin & Hair, Clothing, Animals etc). She provides amazing one-on-one support & feedback for all of her techniques classes & you can only improve with her teachings!
Here are the projects that we coloured and assembled during the retreat. First up was Marci with the bangs & the flicks. I'm happy to say that I got the hang of flicks by the end of the weekend :)
Card ingredients include:
Stamps: Lala Land 'Heart Cupcake Marci'
Copics: Skin: E000 E00 E21 E11 E04 R20
Hair: W3 W5 W7 W9
Outfit & Cupcake: R00 R11 E95 R20 W3 YG11 G21 G94 G99
Papers: Kaiser Craft Enchantment, Amity & Peace paper, paper doily, cardstock
Dies: Spellbinders Lacey Circle
Other: Shabby White Frantage, lace, pearls, flowers
Another card project was this gorgeous 'Octavia Rose' by Polkadoodles.
Card ingredients include:
Stamps: Polkadoodles 'Octavia Rose'
Copics: Skin: E000 E00 E21 E11 E04 R20
Hair: E43 E44 E47 E49
Outfit: R00 R11 E95 R20 W3 YG11 G21 G94 G99
Wings: BV20 BV23 BV25 BV29
Flowers: R00 R11 E95 R20 W3
Leaves & Grass: YG03 YG11 G21 G94 G99
Ladybugs: R35 W9
Papers: Kaiser Craft Inspired & Unity paper, paper doily, cardstock.
Other: Vintage Photo Distress ink, Antique Ivory Frantage, lace, flowers, pearls.
And our final project was this amazing Saturated Canary Dew Drop Fairy. Alyce had done this image previously and I was amazed & stunned by her
work. When I first realised that I would be attempting the same image I wanted to hide under the desk. I'm thoroughly pleased I stuck with it & with how she turned out (even though it took me a few solid hours of colouring!) This was also my first attempt at a mixed media project. I really enjoyed getting dirty with the texture past & the sprays. I love the metal paints too!
Card ingredients include:
Stamps: Saturated Canary 'Dew Drop Fairy'
Copics: Skin: E000 E00 E21 E11 E04 R20
Hair & Bag: BV00 Y11 BV13 BV04 V04 BV08 100
Outfit: BG10 BG53 BG57 BG75 BG78 100
Leaf: YG03 G05 G17 G29 BG99
Wings: Y11 BV11 BV13 BV75 BV78 W9
Watercolour Background: black, blue, green, yellow.
Kaiser Craft Wood Elements: Frame, Butterfly, Cogs, Clock, Flourish
Other: Shabby White Frantage, Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays, Viva Decor Metal Paints, Gesso, texture paste, Kaiser Craft Chevron & Dot stencils, mini flowers, glass domes, Glossy Accents.
