Basic Grey Challenge

 Its time for another Basic Grey challenge and the theme this time is flowers.

I stamped the Stampendous flowers and the  butterflies from the Visible image Katie Kisses set onto the dp and cut them out.  I ran the white ardstock through a patchwork embossing folder and then stamped the flower border from the Visible Image katie Kisses set and coloured them in with my pens.  I added layered organza rufle and pink satin ribbon, a bow and butterfly charm.  Finally I added flat backed pearls.

As always, our wonderful sponsor, Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore. 

(Please note: This is a voucher code that entitles the winner to a $25 saving off their order in Simon Says Stamp, P+P charges will still apply unless the conditions are met to earn free P+P, please check here if you would like to see these conditions)

Supplies: 

 Image: Stapendous flower, Visible Image Katie Kisses

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: BAsic Grey Knee Highs

Embellishments: charm, pearls, ribbon

Tools: patchwork embossing folder

Challenges:

Craft your passion - patchwork
Oldie but a goodie - in the garden
Party time Tuesday - wing it
Totally Papercrafts - all of a flutter
Crafty ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
divas by design - charming

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

 Its time for another Passion for Promarkers challenge and we have a very special challenge for you this week as it's our 4th Anniversary.   As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes".  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go.....

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Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

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Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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Saturated Canary are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

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Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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 I coloured Molly in from Visible Image using my promarkers - its a bit brighter and more colourful than most of what I do - but the Basic Grey papers scream use lots of colours!!  I added some gingham ribbon, a bow, layered flower and pearls before adding the sentiment from the More than Words sentiment selection from Visible image.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible image Molly

Sentiment: Visible Image More than words

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: coral,sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair: black, cool grey 5,4,2, antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink

Clothes: antique pink, cocktail pink, pale pink, azur, sky blue, arctic blue.
bright green, lime gree, lime zest, orange, bright orange, tequila sunrise

Papers: Basic Grey Knee Highs

Embellishments: ribbon, paper flowers, pearls

Tools: 

Challenges: 

Fab n Funky - favourite embellishment (ribbon and pearls)
DutchDare - recipe
The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Whoopsi - May flowers
Love to Create - something for the kids
Creative Creations - for a child
Forever Friends - for a child
Joanna Sheen - girls girls girls

 

Basic Grey Challenge DT card

 Its time for another Basic Grey challenge and the theme this time is Spring is in the air.

I used this gorgeous image from Crafty Sentiments, Springtime delight, and coloured her in with my pens.  The dp is Basic Grey Plumeria, and I added a doilly.  I kept the embellishments simple, just using some die cut flowers and pearls.

As always, our wonderful sponsor, Simon Says Stamp is offering one lucky winner a fab $25 shopping spree in the Simon Says Superstore. 

(Please note: This is a voucher code that entitles the winner to a $25 saving off their order in Simon Says Stamp, P+P charges will still apply unless the conditions are met to earn free P+P, please check here if you would like to see these conditions)

Supplies: 

 Image: Crafty Sentiments Springtime Delight

 Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Papers: Basic Grey Plumeria

Embellishments:die cut flowers

Tools: Joy Craft flower die

Challenges:

My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring has Sprung
Paper playtime - anything goes
Partytime Tuesday - diecuts
Creative Stamp friends - spring colours
Everybody Art - butterfly
Craft your passion - that's odd
Addicted to Stamps - bring on Spring

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
CRAFT - Easter/Spring

Cute Card Thursday Guest spot

 This is my last week as guest designer for Cute Card Thursday, and I have had a blast.  The theme is something old ... and I went for old stash as a certain person I live with has suggested i need to use up some of my older stash!!! He didn't mention the fact that that would mean more room for new stash :)

I love the stamps from the JanuaryStamp kit, and masked Bucket of Fun and the well to create a little scene.  The dp is Basic Grey and I went a bit embellishment mad, adding lace, ribbon, pearls, flowers and a diecut banner!!

Now it might not look like a Mothering Sunday card - but according to my children this is my Mum to a tee!!  Always got a bucket in her hand - either full of gardening rubbish or sheep food!!

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments, bucket of fun, well

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: Copics

Papers: Basic Grey Whats up

Embellishments: pearls, paper flowers, lace, ribbon, die cut banner

Tools: Dienamics banner die

Challenges:

 Whoopsi daisy- add a sentiment

Creative Stamp friends - pearls, lace, swirls

Stamptacular Sunday - swirls and lace

Dream Valley - ribbons and bling

Glitter and Sparkle - bling it on

Sweet Stampin - mothers day/for a special lady
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Craft Your Passion - banners
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

 

Basic Grey Challenge

The theme for this fortnight's Basic Grey Challenge is Anything Goes.

 I used this fab Crafty Sentiments image, Biker Girl, and coloured her using my pens, before creating a stippled background.  The dp is from Granola nad life of the party and I added this fab black jute webbing.  I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.  The pearls are coloured using my pens, and added some layered flowers.
 

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Biker Girl

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: burgundy, crimson, poppy, lipstick red, pale pink

 Clothes: Cool grey 1-5, black, 

twlight sky, midnight blue, grey green, tea green

Papers: Basic Grey granola, life of the party

Embellishments: pearls, paper flowers

Tools: Dienamics banners die

Challenges:
Fab n Funky - flower power
Creative inspirations - anything goes

 

Cute Card Thursday GDT

 Its my second week guesting for Cute Card Thursday.  The theme this week is eyelets - something I confess to never using.  Having scrabbled round in my cupboard I find some big eyelets ...

I love Tobey dressed up as a pirate, with that fab parrot!  I coloued him using my pens and then did a stippled background behind him.  I kept the layout quite simple, and added the large eyelet and tied some twine through it.  I addded some jute webbing for a bit of texture, and finally the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Arr Captain

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin:  coral sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: Warm grey 3,4,5 

Clothes:

Papers: Basic Grey Archiac

Embellishments: twine, eyelet, jute webbing

Tools: 

Challenges:

Incy Wincy - add texture

 

Crafty Sentiments February release - Lets Dance

Its another peek at the fabulous Crafty Sentiments February release today ...

This is Lets Dance and isn't she gorgeous?!!  I love the garland in her hair.  She is coloured using my pens and then I did a stippled background for her.  The dp is machine stitched and I created the flowers using a die, adding pearls to their centres.  Finally some extra pearls and gingham ribbon.  

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lets Dance

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: soft mauve, lavendar, orchid, amythest, ginger, apricot, oatmeal

Papers: Basic Grey Plumeria

Embellishments: die cut flowers, pearls, ribbon from stash

Tools: Dienamics Mini hybrid heirloom rose

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Forever Friends - use ribbon or lace 
Bearly Mine - anything goes 
Craft room - make your own embellishments 
Stamp and Create - spring is coming
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

 

Lazy Days - Crafty Sentiments February Release

Today I am showing you Lazy Days from the February Crafty Sentiments stamp release ...

 Isn't she gorgeous?!  I teamed her up with one of the accessory stamps (its on pre-order at the moment) to create a spring day, lazy scene.  The iamges are coloured using my pens and then a created a cloud background using broken china distress ink.  I kept the card simple, just using 1 peice of design paper, and adding some cheesecloth and jute for textures, and a layered flower and some die cut clouds.

We lost our beloved Miffy not long ago, and Ellie was devastated as Miffy was her cat, and only 4 years old ... so I made this card for her, to try to cheer her up.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Lazy Days, Crafty Sentiments Kitty on a wall

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: copics

Skin:E000,E00,E11,R20

Hair: YR20, YR31, YR23, YR24

Clothes: R20,R21,R22,R24, BG70,BG72, BG75, 

WARM GREY 1,2,3,5

Papers: Basic Grey What's Up

Embellishments: jute webbing, cheesecloth, paper flowers, pearl brad

Tools: Memory Box puffy clouds

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes 

 

All you need is ...

 a bit of LOVE!!!

I am getting a bit loved out - this is the 4th Valentine's card I have made LOL!!!!! But how cute are these two?!!  I coloured them using my pens, the pink was a bit of  struggle!  I love the dp, one of my favourite love based ones. I simply diecut some flowers, punched the fancy border and added some ribbon and pearls.  No sentiment yet - I need to google a cute one!

Supplies: 

Image: Tiddly Inks Love Fully

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers  and flexpens

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan 

raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan 

burgundy, crimson, ruby, lipstick red

wild cranberry, vermillion, carmine

Papers: Basic Grey Ksissing Booth

Embellishments: diecut flowres, pearls, ribbon

Tools: Dienamics layered rose die, Martha Stewart lattice border punch

Challenges:

Cutie Pie - Valentine

Creative Craft - hugs and kisses

Everybody Art - hearts

Oldie but a goodie - red and pibk

Party time Tuesday - love and romance

I love promarkers - love is all around

My Time to Craft - Love is in the air
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - love is all around

Creative Stamp friends - With hearts/valentines
My Mum's Craft Shop - valentines
Dream Valley- valentines
glitter and sparkle- valentines
Crafty Calendar - love and marriage
Incy Wincy - Love is in the air
Songbird - Hopelessly Devoted to you
OhlalaCreations - Love story

Stampavie and more - love

Cards and more - love or Valentines

Inky CHicks - Valentines or anniversary

Paper playtime - border punches

Tiddly inks - love is in the air

Digital Tueday hearts

 

Priscilla

I have ben meaning to ink up and colour this image for ages, I love my books, and have a couple of friends who are avid reader - a perfect image for them!!  I coloured her with my pens, before using my labels to cut her out, and inking up the edges.  I love this chevron dp and kept everything simple, just following the elements of the sketch.  I added raffia lace for texture and ruffled up the ribbon, before adding a bow.  Finally I added the pearls and banners.

Supplies: 

Image: Kraftin Kimmie Priscilla

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: copics

 Papers: Basic Grey What's Up

Embellishments: raffia lace, satin ribbon, flat backed pearls

Tools: Dienamics Fishtail stax, Spellbinders labels

Challenges:

 Kraftin Kimmie - texture

Just Us Girls - sketch

Cute Card Thursday - a different corner

Make It Monday

 

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

This week's Totally Papercrafts theme is make your own embellishments.  We are sponsored this week by the lovely Krist from Saturated Canary.

I coloured the image in using my pens and then added some stickles to the hearts and round her feet.  I love this dp, but it is sadly discontinued.  I stitched round it using my machine.  I die cut and layered up the flower, added some ribbon, a bow and a few more pearls.

Supplies:

Image: Saturated Canary Hugs and Kisses

Sentiment:

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Bittersweet

Embellishments:layered diecut flower, pearls, ribbon, stickles

Tools: Dienamic layered rose die

 Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - pick a sketch (68)

Stamptacular Sunday - spots and stripes

Stampavie and more - love

Bearly Mine - hearts galore

Paper Pretties - square cards

I love promarkers - love is all around
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - hearts and flowers
Simply Create - valentines day/hearts
Charisma Cardz - pink and brown

 

Basic Grey Challenge

 The trheme for this fortnight's Basic Grey Challenge is Love is in the air.

I used this cute digi from Crafty Sentiments, and coloured it using my pens.  The dp is Basic Grey Kissing Booth and PB&J.  I doodled stitching round it to match the image and matted everything on to kraft - I love kraft teamed with red.  I added some jute webbing and a die cut heart, and some mulberry roses.  The diecut heart border was the final touch.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - bundle of hearts

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: BAsic Grey PJ&B and Kissing Booth

Embellishments: diecut heart and heart border, jute webbing, flowers

 Tools: Marianne Creatible heart, LalaCrafts Heart border

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - furry friends

Creative Inspirations - anything goes and flowers

Fab n Funky - favourite colour combination

The Paper Shelter - anything goes
CRAFT - Valentines/love
Charisma Cardz - hearts and flowers
Crafty ribbons - love/romance
Happy Campers Craft collective- flowers and use something digital
Little Miss Muffet - hearts and flowers
Digi Galore - teddy bear's picnic

 

Basic Grey Challenge

After a break for Christmas, it is time for another Basic Grey Challenge.  The theme for this fortnight is New Beginnings/Something new.

 I went for Something new, using my new stash.  I coloured this gorgeous Saturated Canary image in using my promarkers and then did a spotty background for her.  The dp is Basic Grey What's Up and I added gingham ribbon from my stash, and die cut flowers.  The sentiment is from my latest SC digi purchase, and I cut it using my latest die set - love these fishtail dies.

Supplies: 

Image: Saturated Canary Stroppy Beth

Sentiment: Saturated Canary Find the Silver Lining

Colouring medium: promarkers

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

Hair: walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan

clothese: amythyst, orchid, lavender, antique pink, dusky rose, pale pink

Papers: Basic Grey What's Up

Embellishments: ribbon, flated backed pearls, stickles

Tools: Memory box Cherry blossom die, Dienamics Fishtail Stax

Challenges:
Everybody Art - pastel colours
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Happy Campers Collective - buttons, beads or bows 
Saturated Canary - song inspiration (Happy Thoughts from Seasme Street)

 

Crafty Sentiments release and blog hop

Its Release Day Two for Crafty Sentiment's January release - and we have got some absolutely fabulous stamps to showcase you.

We are having a blog hop to showcase them, and there is a fab prize on offer.

In order to win a prize you must comment on all participating blogs on all three days including the Inspirational blog.

The blog hop rota is

Inspirational Blog

Diane

Suzette

Chrissy

Olivia

Cathy  (you are here)

Caz

Jackie

Inspirational Blog

So here is my sample of Jasmin Feathers ...

Doesn't she look fabulous in that little dress and fab feather boa!  I coloured her in using my pens and then added Viva decor pearl pen to the necklace and round the image.  I added glamour dust to the boa and the ground, and some flat backed pearls.  The sentiment is also from this month's release.

Jasmin Feathers

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Jasmin Feather

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny Enchanted

Embellishments: lace and flat backed pearls from stash

Tools:

Challenges:
Songbird - black +1
Papertake Weekly - Happy New (stash)
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes

 

Basic Grey Challenge

This is the last Basic Grey Challenge of 2012, 

and the theme is anything goes.  

We are sponsored by

 I coloured this gorgeous Crafty Sentiments party girl in using my pens - not brilliant with the peach shades - need more practise!!  I made an easel style card, and the dp is from Basic Grey.  I added some lace, layered flowers and pearls.


We are off to see the latest Tinkerbell movie with the girls today ... hope its ok!

Supplies:

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Annabel- party Girl

 Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Whats up

Embellishments: flowers, lace, pearls from stash

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Divas by Design - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (anything goes)

I love promarkers - anything but Square

Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Do you stack up- anything goes

 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge

 The theme this week over at Crafty Sentiments is glitter.

Another Christmas card from me - having coloured this adorable image in using my pens I added a very liberal amount of stickles to make it sparkle.  I have kept it very simple as I am liking the cleaner, less embellished style at the moment, and it goes through the post much easier lOL!! 

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments - Primrose and the Snowman

Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments Christmas circles

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Embellishments: ribbon, stickles

Tools:

 Challenges:

Joanna Sheen- with love at Christmas 

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Forever Friends - Christmas

Songbird - Merry Christmas

CRAFT - Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
Stampavie and More - Christmas
Stampactular Sunday - Christmas time

Paperplay time - Winter fun

Love to Create - winter fun

Cutie Pie- cute Christmas

Anything Goes - traditional Christmas colours

Oldie but a goodie - use a sponsor's image

 

Basic Grey Challenge

 This week's theme is Its looking alot like Christmas ... and it is in our house - tree up, presents bought and wrapped, cards wrtten ... for once I am really organised!!

I have really enjoyed making cleaner and simpler Christmas cards this year - and I love this design, going to feature alot next year LOL!!!  It is all matted onto hammered gold card, and I coloured the mistletoe in using my pens.  Some lace, the obligatory gingham and some teeny gems to finish.

We are sponsored by

Supplies: 

Image: Stempleglede Grungy Christmas

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

 Embellishments: lace, ribbon, flat backed gems

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Color Throwdown - red riding hood, crumb cake, basic black, gumball green

Paper Pretties - Christmas inspired

Crafts and Me - anything goes

Papercraft Star - include gold on a Christmas card

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
CRAFT - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - red and green

PaperPlay - Christmas is coming
I Love Promarkers - anything goes
Card Crafters Circle - December Celebration
Fussy and Fancy - I love Christmas