Lolitta

I have been having a bit of a play with my promarkers, trying to create more of a distressed ink look, but in half the time it takes to colour using my distress inks!!

I used Lolitta from Sugar Nellie and coloured her using my promarkers and flexmarkers..  The dp is a mix from NitWits, and I added some flowers from my stash, some ribbon,a bow and a charm, which I stuck down using glossy accents, hiding the finding under the ribbon.  I angled the imag and sentiment so it all fitted - the image is a bit on the tall side!!

Challenges:
The Sugar Bowl - sketch and flower power
Stampavie and More - lots of flowers
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
I love Promarkers - anything goes
Crafts and Me - birthday
Moving along with the times - happy birthday
Allsorts - in bloom
Bearly Mine - flowers
Bunny Zoe - girls, girls, girls
Lollipop - flowers in bloom

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is stars and stripes.

 I used Baseball Rubarb Bear, and coloured him with my promarkers before cutting him out and matting him onto navy blue cardstock.  The dp is from Raspberry road, and I added a punched, scalloped border and some stars created using my star nesties.  Very simple really!!

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - sketch
I love promarkers - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Paper Pretties - red, white and blue
Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Simon Says Stamp - sporty &/ patriotic

Crafty Boots - Sports

Cute card Thursday - patriotic

 

Totally Papercraft Challenge

Anne has chosen a fab challenge this week, use a digi  image on your creation, and we are sponsored by

DIGI STAMP BOUTIQUE
and the lucky winner will receive 6 single digi stamps.......

Digi Stamp Boutique offers a range of quirky and digital stamps for all your card making projects.  There is something for every occassion and new images are added regularly so there is always something new.

 I used Rosie Sat from the Rosie Collection, and coloured her in using my promarkers and flexmarkers, before cutting her out using my circle nesties.  The dp is from Nitwits (a bit of mixing and matching of collections!) and I added some gingham ribbon and a bow. I layered up a lower and added a pearl for its centre, before adding the Craftwork Cards sentiment and some flat backed pearls.

Challenges:
I love promarkers - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Crafty Creations - embellish it
Crafts and Me - birthday
Fab n Funky - cute and girly
Joanna Sheen - Summer Daze
Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Party Hardy

I am slowly getting back into the swing of things and am beginning to enjoy crafting again after having had a serious loss of mojo over the last 4 months. 

 I have a bit of a soft spot for Krista's Saturated Canarry images, she has a way of capturing personality in fab images.  I love Party Hardy - she looks so ready to eat that cupcake!!  I coloured her in using my promarkers and flexmarkers, and the dp is from Raspberry Road.  I used a Heartfelt Creations daisy die set to make the flowers, and added some ribbon and flat backed pearls.

 Challenges:
I love promarkers - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
 Crafty Creations - embellish it
Crafts and Me - birthday
Fab n Funky - cute and girly
Passion for Promarkers - icecream/cupcake
Paper Pretties - red, white and blue
Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Simon Says Stamp - sporty / patriotic
Cute card Thursday - patriotic
Moving Along with the Times - Happy Birthday
Saturated Canary - red, white and blue
PaperPlay - flags, pennants, banners

Rosie and a cake - a big cake!

Beth has another ear infection and was feeling a little sad last night whille Ellie was at Beavers - so we had a colouring session and I let her use my spare copics, and the odd promarker - the promarkers are MINE!!!!

I coloured up one of my neglected LOTV stamps for one of Ellie's friend's birthdays ...

I used Rosie with cake and coloured her using my promarkers and cut her out using my circle nesties.  The dp is from Nitwits (a bit of a mixing of collections!!), and I used my SU punch to create the scalloped border.  Finally some flat backed pearls, gingham ribbon, a bow and a layered flower.


 Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - sketch
I love promarkers - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Crafty Creations - embellish it
Crafts and Me - birthday
Fab n Funky - cute and girly
Passion for Promarkers - icecream/cupcake


 

Rosie

I have had a little play with my very neglected copics tonight while the girls' tidied their bedroom - it took them a VERY long time to tidy their bedroom!!  I cannot believe how messy girls can be!!

I used this little cutie, Rosie, from Sugar Nellie and coloured her with my copics, before adding glamour dust to her wings, dress and flower.  The dp is my latest favourite ... Basic Grey Pumeria - its is LUSH!!!  I added some organza ribbon, a bow and charm flower, and some rolled flowers, made using my Marianne Creatible rose die.  Finally I added the sentiment.


Challenges:
Dream Valley - things with wings
Crafty Calendar - flowers in bloom
Paperplay - use a die
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - to die for
Bearly Mine - flowers
Bunny Zoe - girls, girls, girls
Lollipop - happy birthday
2 Sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - any die will do
Craft your passion - things with wings
Oh la la creations - mystical Magic
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Sweet Stampin' - bows and ribbon
Moving along with the times - Happy Birthday
Make it Monday
Stamp with Fun - Angel
Creative Card Crew - 3,2,1 recipe (3 flowers, 2 papers, 1 ribbon)

Alcohol inks and metallic promarkers galore!

I love playing around and messing, and I am trying to combine more of my inks with each other - so I had a play with alcohol inks and metallic promarkers (I confess to loving my metallic markers!) whilst making up my samples for Crafting Time.

 I needed to make a box to put a friend's birthday present in, but confess to be rubbish at making boxes so I used a naked secret book I had waiting to be altered. Crafting Time have a fab range of binderie, naked and altered art products.  I used my alcohol inks - eggplant, stonewashed and silver.  I used my blending tool, and worked up the colour and mottling over 4 layers of ink.  With patience you can get the ink into all the nooks and crannies!!  For the inside I laid down a vase using my amythest promarker and then used my metallic promarkers and airbrush to build up the mottling, as the blending tool was too big to fit inside easily!

Finally I made the rolled flower using the Spellbinders bitty blossoms die, securing the base with glossy accents, before layering it up onto paper flowers. Finally I added a pearl to the centre of the flower.

The earrings and drop pendant were made by my cousin, who did glass blowing as part of her Art Degree.

And for something else - very different for me ...!!!

I bought this  mask ages ago to do for a party, and have never got round to doing it!! I used my alcohol inks - eggplant, stonewashed and silver.  I used my blending tool, and worked up the colour and mottling up the colour using different combinations of the inks on my blending tool.  I used  the fancy swirl stamp from IndigoBlu's Wild Meadow stamp set, and stamped it over the mask using silver, blue and purple metallic promarkers. Finally I added some little pearls for decoration.

The side ...

 And the other side ...

 And Ellie wearing it - but only for the photo - its MINE!!!

 Challenges:
Make it Monday
Simon Says Stamp - anything but  card
Simon Says Stamp n Show - depth of distress

Basic Grey Challenge

 This week's challenge is a really easy one - your favourite colour combination, and as usual we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from

 I used this cutie from Sugar Nellie's Simply Sassy range and coloured her up in my promarkers and flex pens, before cuting her out.  The dp is Lily Kate from Basic Grey (if you can't find the paper pads and 12x12, Basic Grey.com have it in their digi range!!).  I added a doilly, some cheesecloth and gingham ribbon.  The butterflies are from Prima, and I used distress inks to colour them up.

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz - Summer
Dutchdare  - summer
Stampin' for the Weekend - show us your style
Sweet Stampin - ribbons and bows 

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

It is time for another Sweet `n Sassy Digi Challenge, but today we are very excited to add something more!

The Sweet `n Sassy Digi Challenge ladies are bringing you a Fun Blog Hop for our June Digi Release!!

 

While you're hopping, be sure to leave some love on each of the blog hop posts…One of the ladies below is a mystery blogger and she will be picking a random winner from the comments on her blog post!!

The winning prize will be the whole June Digi Release!! 

And now for today's challenge: 

Bling it On!

Add Bling (rhinestones, pearls, Jewels and etc.) for your creation!

 I used this gorgeous image, Goldfinch collage, and printed it off onto watercolour paper.  Its coloured using my distress markers (fired brick, crushed olive, weathered wood), and I distressed the background using distress inks (aged maghogany, crushed olive,vintage photo and walnut stain), before misting it all with some water to create a mottled effect.  A little tip for you if you want to watercolour digis - if you are finding you ink is running, sliuce the image under running water first, and let it dry.  This way any excess ink will be removed and the image should be fixed.  I used papers from Basic Grey's Pyrus pack and added some chocolate coloured ribbon and pearls.

Now, here is the blog hop list for to see June Digi Release creations...

• Cathy Wallington
• Ceal Pritchett
• Cyndi Bundy
• Makiko Jones
• Melinda Gleissner
• Patricia Hays
• Stephanie Serrano
• Stephanie Wright
• Wendy Jordan

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp n Show - a little brown

Hotshot crafts - distress inks

Totally Papercrafts challenge

 It's my turn to set this week's Totally Papercrafts challenge and I have chosen an inspiration photo from Design Seeds

You can use the colours, images or both on your project (food and drink images are acceptable)

I coloured this fab Sugar Nellie Manga boy in using my promarkers and metallic markers.  The dp is Basic Grey Wander, and I dies cut the tag, before adding some bakers twine.

Challenges:
PaperPlay - use a die
My Mum's Craft Shop - all about the boys

A bit of bunting ...

I had a bit of a colouring fest at the weekend - about time too!!!  So now I just need to get them all onto cards!

This is Bella Bunting from Sugar Nellie, coloured with my promarkers and flexmarkers before distressing the edges.  The dp is from Nitwits, and is distressed before matting onto kraft cardstock.  I coloured the organza and satin ribbon in using my promarker (pink carnation) and added a little spun sugar distress marker to the layered flower. I diecut the pennant banner, trimming the inner to fit.  Finally some frosted lace stickles round the image and on the flower, and a sparkly pink brad to finish.

Challenges:
Oldie but a Goodie - bunting/banners
Simon Says Stamp - inspiration picture
I love Promarkers - tutti frutti
Passion for Promarkers - glitter and pastels
Moving Along with the times - lets get krafty
Papertake weekly - bingo
Saturated Canary - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - summer fun

Crafting Time DT post

 Its sketch week at Its Crafting Time this week, and the DT had a fab sketch to work with ...

 I used a digital image from Darcy's Diaries, and coloured it using my promarkers (baby pink, rose pink, cerise and magenta, umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon and tan).  The design paper is from Basic Grey's Kissing Booth range, and I added seam binding stained with my rose pink promarker and pearls coloured with my walnut promarker.

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

 This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Back to naturClean and Simple - a maximum of 2 layers is allowed.

Here is my card - I do love White on white!!  Shame the exposure setting has broke on my camera so it looks more bluey lilac than white!

I used one of the butterflies from the Everyday Miracles digi set and coloured it in using my promarkers and flexmarkers, before cutting it out.  I embossed the white cardstock using a couple of embossing folders, added some white ribbon and a bow, and popped the butterfly on.  The sentiment is from the Many Thanks digi set, and I split it up.

 Divas by Design - summer theme
Crafty Catz - embossing
Stamping for the Weekend - bugs and butterflies

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

 Its Friday at last, and the last day of the school holidays!!  I am so looking forward to getting back to a 'normal' routine next week and having time to craft!  Having had 9 children through the house on a daily basis for the last 2 weeks has sapped all my creative mojo!!!

The theme for this week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is 'raining cats and dogs' - so a cat or dog must feature on your card.  Here is my card - my camera has broke - even fiddling with the photos in Picassa can't get them to look good!!  Time for a new camera methinks!

 I used this cute stamp from LOTV, and coloured it using my promarkers and flexmarkers.  The dp is from Cuddly Buddly, which has been distressed, and I added some card candi to finish. 

This is the card the girls are going to give their Daddy for Father's Day -  they have been away at my parents so not much chance to make a gorgeous creation of their own - although there might be time tomorrow!!!  Its really fitting as we are going to play Pirates on Sunday!

 Challenges:
Simply Create - Father's Day
One Stop Craft - Father's day
Secret Craft Saturday challenge - father's day
Dream Valley - for that Special guy
Pink elephant - masculine
Fab n Funky - father's day
CRAFT - father's day
Charisma Cardz- male
Do you stack up - boys/men

Basic Grey challenge

better late than never!!!  I haven't been online all weekend and have noticed my BG challenge post didn't schedule!!  So here it is!!

This week's challenge is clean and simple, and as usual we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from

 

 A very simple CAS card!!  I used Piccadilly paper matted onto red cardstock and a layered up mkullberry flower with a brad at its centre - really easy!!

Challenges -
Make it Monday
Craft your Passion - anything goes (sponsored by Heidi!!)
Cupcake Craft - red white nad blue
Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Back to nature.

 I created the background using my distress inks and then stamped the silohuette flowers from Sweet n Sassy's Wildflowers clear stamp set. I printed out the butterflies and sentiment from the Everyday Miracles digi set onto watercolour cardstock, and then coloured them using my distress markers.  I cut the butterflies out and popped them onto the card, and added the sentiment.

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Its my turn to choose the theme this week for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge, and its Doodle on it.

This weeks fabulous sponsor is

Delicious Doodles 

PRIZE  - FOUR DIGI'S OF WINNER'S CHOICE

 I used Princess Kate from Sweet n Sassy's digi range, and coloured her using my promarkers.  The dp is Papermania's Portobello road, and I added some gems and some doodling.   Sorry for the very short post - school holidays mean I am working much longer hours!

Challenges:
Stamp with Fun - sketch
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Stamps + Fun = creativity - bling bling
Passion for Promarkers - red, white and blue
Simon Says Stamp - Diamond Jubillee (crowns, gems)
I love Promarkers - for a little girl
Stampavie and More - for a girl