Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Crafty Sentiments February releases - flowers



Here is something a little different from Crafty Sentiments for the February release - some beautiful flowers.
I coloured the flowers in using my pes and then cut the image out.  I scored the cardstock using my score board and then added some layered ribbon, before popping the image on this gorgeous diecut doily from Crafty Sentiments.  I added sa bow and some flat backed pearls to finish. 

Supplies
Sentiment: 
Colouring medium: promarkers and flex pens
Antique pink, dusky rose, tea rose, muted pink 
forest green, bright green, lime green
burnt sienna, umber
 Papers: 
Embellishments: flat backed pearls

Challenges:

 

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

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
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
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
 

Passion for Promarkers challenge

The theme for this week's Passion for Promarkers is Boys and their toys ... I enjoy making boy's cards, just don't seem to do that many of them.

I used this fab LOTV image, and coloured him with my pens. Having cut him out using my nesties I matted him onto this fab MME paper, and added a littel banner.  Finally i added some card candi coloured using my walnut promarker, and the sentiment.

Supplies:
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards
Colouring medium: promarkers
Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink
Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan
Clothes: walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan, petrol blue, marine turquiose
Embellishments: card candi

Challenges:
Creative Inspiration- one for the boys
Divas by design - brown, blue and cream

 

Crafty Sentiments February Stamp release - Bucket of Fun

 Today I am showing you Bucket of Fun from February's Crafty Sentiments stamp release.
I coloured her with my pens, and hen matted her onto purple cardstock.  I love this summery image and she goes so well on this dp.  I added some diecut clouds, that I inked round, a banner and some layered flowers.  I used the raffia lace to add a bit of texture (I was thinking beach!) and a satin ribbon.  Finally I added pearls to the flower centres.

Supplies: 
Image: Crafty Sentiments Bucket of Fun
Sentiment: 
Colouring medium: copics
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E50, YR31, E31,E33
Clothes: B91,B93,B95,B97, BV00,BV01,BV02,BV04
C0,C1,C2,C3,C4
Papers: Basic Grey Whats Up
Embellishments: raffia lace, ribbon, pearls

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Moving along with the times- punch it out
Allsorts - Let's Get Cute
Whoospi Daisy - ribbon and/lace  
Cutie Pie - use 3 textures 
Love to create - celebrate (holidays)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Forever Friends - use ribbon or lace 
Bearly Mine - anything goes 
Craft room - make your own embellishments 
 

Monday, 4 February 2013

Crafty Sentiments February Release - Breezy

Its time for Crafty Sentiment's February release - and we have got some absolutely fabulous stamps to showcase you.  I couldn't choose a favourite one, even if I had too!!  

Today I am showing you Breezy ...
I coloured Jasmin in using my pens and then cut her out.  I wanted to do something quite bold, so I teamed her up with these bright digi papers.  I used the fab doily from Crafty Sentimetns and added some digi paper ti its centre, and some wide ribbon, before putting Jasmin on top.  I die cut some flowers and clouds, and added the sentiment.


Supplies: 
Image: Crafty Sentments Breezy
Sentiment: Crafty Sentiments
Colouring medium: promarkers
Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 
Hair: raw sienna, gold, mustard, pastel yellow, primrose 
Clothes: sunflower yellow, lemon, primrose, poppy, red, lipstick red
Papers: Bearly mine Designs, Funky Hand
Embellishments: die cut doily, diecut flowers, ribbon, pearls, diecut clouds

 Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Diecutting divas - anything goes
ABC Challenge - G for Going Dotty
Whoospi Daisy - ribbon and/lace 
Make it Monday
 

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
 

Sunday, 3 February 2013

That Craft Place Challenge

 The challenge theme this fornight for That Craft Place is White on White - and I LOVE a bit of WOW!!

I embossed the white cardstock for the background, leaving a gap just below half way down.  I scored the cardstock and added thin white satin ribbon.  I cut the fancy frame and matching ordinary labe; frame and popped the ordinary one onto 3d pads to add a bit of dimension.  I added the music and butterfly dies, and then some pearls to finish.
Supplies: 
Image:
 Sentiment: 
Colouring medium: 
 Papers: 

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Moving along with the times- punch it out
Diecutting divas - anything goes
 

Crafty Sentiments February release

 Crafty Sentiments have got a fab stamp release - 8 gorgeous spring and summer themed stamps.  I will be showcasing all of them over the next few days


 ... but today am starting with this cutie ...
So this is Boy and his dog - don't you just love that happy faced dog!!  I coloured the image with my pens,, before cutting it out using my nestie circles.  I have kept the layout very simple - boys don't like fuss!!!  Simply adding some twill ribbon, twine and a button.  It needs a sentiment, but I am going to wait until I know what I want to use it for.


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Supplies:
Sentiment: 
Colouring medium: copics
Skin: EOOO,EOO,E11,R20
Hair: E51,E53,E55,E57,E59
Clothes: B91,B93,B95,97,B99, R22,R24,R27,R29
Dog: E70,E71,E74,E77,E40
Papers: Pink Petticoat Gingham, Funky hand polkadots
Embellishments: twill, twine and button
Tools: Spellbinders circle nestibilities

Challenges:
Make my Monday - one for the boys
Allsorts - Let's Get Cute

ABC Challenge - G for Going Dotty  
Whoopsi Daisy - For A Child
 Fuss n Fancy - circles
Cards Galore - one for the men
Color Me Creative - colour with texture (fur)
Stamping Sensations - fur and feather

 

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Stepper card tutorial

 I love making different shaped cards, and this stepper card is a fun one to make.  You don't need to buy or download a template, sa they are really easy to make, and you can adjust the sizings to suit the card you are making.

Here is my template - I use a 26cm x 18cm rectangle as my card base.

 I measure 6cm in from the long side, and 3cm in from the short sides and create my cut and fold lines.  The long line is cute, the others are scored and folded.

So when it is cut and folded it should look like this.  I score my cardstock using a score board (Lisa stocks Hougie boards) and I score on both sides, as it seems to make a neater crease and fold.

So now all you need to do is fold the card to make the stepper shape ...

You will need to firmly score over the folds to make the 'peaks' crisp so they do slide back.  Once theis is done, you will need to decide which side the tall part of your step is gonig to be.

I coloured this fab  Saturated Canary stamp, Valentine Petals, using my promarkers.

 I matted the design papers, My Minds Eye Lost and Found and First Edition Summer Breeze, up onto kraft cardstock.
 Finally I added some ribbon, Memory box hearts and flowers, and some pearls.  The sentiment was stamped onto the deisgn paper, and it is from the same stamp set as the iamge.

Supplies: 
Image: Saturated Canary Valentine Petals
Sentiment: Saturated Canary Valentine Petals
Colouring medium: promarkers
Skin: coral,sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 
Hair: sunkissed pink, blush, r00
Clothes: cocoa, caramel, sandstone, 
salmon pink, pale pink, cocktail pink, 
mint green, soft green, pastel green
Embellishments:  ribbon, pearls

Challenges:
Saturated Canary - photo inspiration
I love promarkers - love is all around
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - hearts and flowers
Stampavie and more - love
Allsorts - Lets get cute
My Time to Craft - Love is in the air
One Stop Craft - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - love is all around
 

Friday, 1 February 2013

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:
Sentiment:
Colouring medium: promarkers
Papers: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Embellishments:layered diecut flower, pearls, ribbon, stickles

 Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - pick a sketch (68)
Stamptacular Sunday - spots and stripes
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