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)

 

One sprinkle, or two??

 I coloured this cutie up using my pens and then cut her out, and added glamour dust to the wings and sprinkles.  I also did the spotty dotty background. The dp are from Bearly Mine - my latest love (apart from GINGHAM!!) is spots - love spots!  I added some layered flowers with brads at their centre and the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Sprinkle some love

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: copics and promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair:  gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 

Clothes: B21,23,24,26,28,29, G20,21,24,28,29

Y21, E11,13,17

Papers: BMC simply Dots, Mini dots

Embellishments: Layered rose die cut flowers, brads

Tools: Die-namic Layered Rose, Fishtail Stax dies

Challenges:

 Bearly Mine - sketch

Stamp with Fun - tea

The Sugar Bowl - anything goes

Paper Pretties - brads

Creative Inspirations - colour inspiration

The Paper Shelter - flower extravaganza
Fuss n Fancy - coffee, tea or cocoa

 

Crafty Sentiments New Release

Its Release Day Three 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
Jan
Pinky
Dora
Audrey
Anne
Manderly
Suzette
Olivia
Caz
Jac
Rachel
Inspirational Blog

I am not taking part in the hop today ... but have 3 of the stamps to show you...

Cool Tobey

I love this Tobey, he's all grown up, and would be great for those teenage boy cards.  Having coloured him in using my pens I layered him on to more SU papers that i am trying to use up.  I added a photo corner cut out of cardstock, and some buttons with twine knots in them.  The sentiment is from the release.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Cool Tobey

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Stampin Up Well Worn

Embellishments: buttons and twine from stash

Tools: Dienamics photo corner die

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz - happy birthday
PaperPlay- celebration
Happy Campers Collective - buttons, beads or bows
 

Primrose Catwalk

Another very retro looking image, I love this 50s look!  Primrose is coloured  in using my pens and I went for a spotty background.  I added some diecut flowers and some red gems, and black flat backed pearls.  The sentiment is from this month's release.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Primrose Catwalk

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny Enchanted, Pink Petticoat polkadots

Embellishments: flat backed pearls and gems

Tools: Memory box flower die

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Black & White and a splash of colour

Annabel Sweet 16

And finally a bit of a hippy chick!!!  Very 70s hippy chick!!!  I coloured her using my pens, in 70s cream and brown!  The dp is Su and I added a sentiment from this month's release.  I added some pretty lace, flowers and pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Annabel Sweet 16

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Stampin Up Elegant Soiree

Embellishments: pearls and lace from stash

Tools: Spellbinders labels 8

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Happy New (stash)
The Paper Shelter - flower extravanganza

Baby it's cold outside

Another CAS card from me - and i am loving simply stamping on the cardstock, colouring and then adding  simple mat.  I stamped this cutie from LOTV and coloured her using my pens.  I embossed the MArianne Creatible tree onto the cardstock and simply doodled some extra lines to match those on the stamp.  I added liberal amounts of pearl pen, glamour dust and stickles, before stamping the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: LOTV Snow Queen

Sentiment: Wood stamp from stash

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: warm greys 1-5

Clothes: sky blue, artic blue, glacier blue

Papers: 

Embellishments: glamour dust, stickles, viva decor pearl pen

Tools: Marianne Creatible tree, tan embossing mat

Challenges:

 Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

Without Words - baby its cold outside

Lexi's Creations - anything goes

Love to Create - winter wonderland

Crazy Challenge - no designer paper

Partytime Tuesday - sparkle, glitter and shine

Creative Card Crew - snow and ice

Hotshot - CAS
ABC challenges - CAS 

Allsorts - CAS
Fab n Funky - winter
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Cute Card Thursday - beat the blues
Little Miss Muffet - Winter Birthday
Simply Create - Let it Snow

 

A bit more Clean and Simple

I am practising CAS again - I really struggle positioning, if you know what i mean.  I stamped the branch and then stamped and die cut the butterflies out.  I curled their wings and added some stamped flowers, and then added the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes, Leafy Accents,

SU bitty flowers

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Flutterby dreams

Colouring medium: SU and Versamark inks

Papers: 

Embellishments: 

Tools:  Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes die

Challenges:

Everybody-Art-  pastel colours

Colour Throwdown - amythesyt, certainly celery, rose pink, saffron

Addicted to Stamps - nature

Flutterby Wednesday - open

Cards and More - use a die

Love this cute penguin couple, and as I have so many Christmas cards to make I thought I better crack on!!! I coloured the image with my pens and then added stickles, glamour dust and pearl pen.  I embossed some white cardstock, and I love this polkadot paper - you will be seeing more of it!!  Finally a sentiment and that's it.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Warm Winter Wishes

Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps Winter letter seals

Colouring medium: copics

C4-9, C1, R20, Y38,Y35, BG05, BG07, BG09, BG18, BG13, BG11

Papers:Bearly Mine Mini Dots

Embellishments: 

Tools: CB swiss dots embossing folder

Challenges:

 Christmas Sweet Stampin - cold and frosty

ABC Christmas - A for animal

The Sugar Bowl - sketch + let it snow

Without Words - baby its cold outside

Love to Create - winter wonderland

Partytime Tuesday - sparkle, glitter and shine

Creative Card Crew - snow and ice

Hotshot - CAS
ABC challenges - CAS 

Allsorts - CAS
Fab n Funky - winter
Crafts and Me - winter wonderland
Simply Create - let it Snow

 

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

 

Amber

I am loving the latest release of Sugar Nellie digis - they are trully adorable, and Amber is no exception.  She is colured in using my pens and I simply embossed the circle, and stamped the greeting.  I added a few flat backed pearls and that was that!

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Amber

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Flutterby Dreams

Colouring medium: promarkers 

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

 Hair: umber, burgundy, burnt umber, terracotta, oatmeal

 Clothes and flowers: antique pink, dusky rose, tea rose, sunflower, lemon

Papers: 

Embellishments: flat backed pearls

Tools: 

Challenges:

Hotshot - CAS

Dream Valley - anything goes    

Crafty Catz - anything goes
ABC challenge - CAS
Papertake Weekly - Happy New (stash)

 

Sophia

This is another of Sugar Nellie's latest digis - Sophia.  I coloured her with my pens and then cut her out.  I di cut a flourish and added some pearls and a doilly.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie VA Sophia

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

 Hair:umber, burgundy, burnt umber, terracotta, oatmeal

Clothes: Agean, cyan, pastel blue

Papers: SU Blueberry, Nitwits Promises

Embellishments: diolly and perals from stash

Tools: Dienamics flourish, Spellbinders nestibilities

Challenges:

 Stampavie and more - blue and white

Dream Valley - anything goes  

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cupcake Craft - January Blues
Digi Galore - Something new

Incy Wincy - Something new


 

 

Crafty Sentiments release and blog hop

Please scroll down for my Passion for Promarkers DT card

Its Release Day One 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 order is:

Inspirational Blog 

Cathy

Jackie

Caz

Lisa 

Jac

Inspirational Blog Finish

And I am showcasing 2 of the fab new stamps for you ...

Biker Girl

Isn't she just fab, all rebellious and funky! I coloured her with my pens and added some flat backed black gems.  I used a selection of Basic Grey papers and added this fab black ribbon webbing.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkado, but we have some fab sentiments as part of this release.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Biker Girl

 Sentiment: Inkadinkado Thoughts for the day

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Basic Grey Granola and Kissing Booth

Embellishments: black webbing , flat backed gems from stash

Tools:

Fashion Party

She looks very retro with that patterned tunic and heart shaped sunglasses.  Again she is coloured with my pens and I added a sppotty background - liking this look again so be prepared to see more of it!!  I love this dp and when SU discontinued it I had to buy a couple of extra packs!!  I added a layered ribbon and bow, and finally a sentiment from this release.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Fashion Party

 Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Stampin Up Elegant Soiree

Embellishments: doily, ribbons and pearls from stash

Tools:

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Shiny and new (new release stamps)

Simon Says Stamp - something new(stash)
Cute Card Thursday - Something New(Stash)

Crafty Calendar - Whats New (Stash)
Creative Creations - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Something new

 

Passion for Promarkers - my first DT card

I was so honoured to be invited to join the Passion for Promarkers challenge Design Team - I love the challenge and have played along pretty much every week since the challenge started.
This week is my first challenge and the theme is peach and blue - not really my colour combination, so a real challenge to start off with!!

I coloured this gorgeous (new for me!) SBS digi image in using my promarkers, and I also coloured in the satin ribbon to match using my peach promarker.  I stitched the dp using my sewing machine and simply added some flat backed pearls and a double bow. The sentiment is from a new Kraftin' Kimmie stamp I have - just need to colour the matching image in!

Supplies: 

Image: Simply Betty Stamps Lady  Lola

Sentiment: Kraftin' Kimmie Katherine

Colouring medium: promarkers

skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink

hair: raw siena, gold, pastel yellow, primrose

Clothes: soft peach, peach, mango, duck egg, cool aqua, soft aqua

Papers: First Edition blank canvas

Embellishments: flat backed pearls, satin ribbon

Tools: sewing machine

Challenges:

Dream Valley - anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp - something new(stash)
Cute Card Thursday - Something New(Stash)

Crafty Calendar - Whats New (Stash)
Creative Creations - Anything Goes
Digi Galore - Something new
Crafty Calendar - Whats New (Stash)
Incy Wincy - Something new