Isabella

Lisa is going to be stocking these fabulous Visible Image stamps soon - this one is called Isabella, and she was a dream to colour. Having coloured her with my pens, I stitched the MME dp and added a doily, some lace and organza ribbon and a bow.  The mdf swirl has been glamour dusted, and I added a layered flower and pearls.  Finally I added a button with twine tied through it to the bow centre.

Supplies: 

Image: Visible Image Isabella

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: Warm grey 1-5

Clothes: midnight blue, twilight sky, grey green, cool aqua

gold, mustard, pastel yellow,buttercup

Papers: MME Oliver

Embellishments: phlox diecut flower, lace, organza ribbon, lace, 
pearls, button, glamour dust, stickles,Swirl

Tools: Memory Box Phlox flower die

Challenges:

ABC - all stitched up
Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlala Creations - sparkle and shine
Kreative Stamp friends - pearls, lace and swirls
Cupcake craft - doilies, lace and swirls
Stamps + fun-=creativity - lace
Bearly Mine - lace, ribbon, twine
Papertake Weekly - buttons and bling
Make My Monday - buttons and ribbon
Crafting by Designs - anything goes
Stampavie and More - lots of layers

 

Altered Suitcase

 Lisa has a fabulous range of alterable items in the shop, and the little suitcases are gorgeous!
Here is what i did with mine ...

 And this is how I did it ...

I am a cheapskate and won't pay for patterned  tissue paper so I make my own.  So all you need is white tissue paper, your alterable, stamps, inks and embellishments.

 Before I started I carefully peeled the straps back using a craft knife - this just makes it easier to cover the case.

 I used archival black and sepia inks and stamped all over the tissue paper with stamps.  I used Stampers Anonymous Air Travel set.  You need to be patient at this point and let the ink dry thoroughly.

 Once the ink was dry I covered the suitcas with PVA glue and then eased the tissue paper over.  It doesn't need to be very smooth, a few creased helps with the aged look!  You need to cut into the sides to allow the paper to fold .

Once you have covered it and the tissue is dry, glue the straps back down.

 

Now to age it up - I used vintage photo distress ink and rubbed it all over the suitcase, but not over the straps.

 The straps were covered in walnut stain distress ink to add a bit of a contrast.

And finally I decorated it with more stamps and tickets. 

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

 This week's Passion for Promarkers theme is prince/ss and a crown ...

 I used this gorgeous DigiStamp Boutique image, and coloured her in using my pens, before liberally glamour dusting her wings.  Its not really a colour scheme I use but I need to use these First Edition papers as they are very strokeable!!  I added diecut flowers and banners, some pearls and some ribbon and a bow.

Supplies: 

Image: DSB Fairy Hattie Collection

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan 

Clothes: soft green, pastel green, honeydew

cocktail pink, pale pink

Papers:  First Edition Summer Breeze

 Embellishments: die cut flowers, banners, pearls, ribbon

Tools: Dienamic banner, Dienamic layered rose, Spellbinders nestibilities

Challenges:

Craft your passion - all that glitters
Love to Create - all that glitters
Ohlal Creations - sparkle and shine

 

Creating your own paper using acrylic paints

I saw an article on gelli plates and thought I could create the same effect on my craft mat, and make my own papers ...

You need a craft sheet, brayer, and acrylic paints, I used dabbers and took the lids off, squeezing the paint onto the mat.
So first you nee to squeezre some paint onto your mat - don't put too much on or you will have a really thick layer of paint, and it will take longer to dry.

 Using your brayer smooth the paint out - roll in different directions to mix the paint and create the effect you want.

Now you need stensils, sequin waste, stamps,  bubble wrap - anything that will make an impression in the paint.  Stamp into the paint, and brayer over masks so you get the pattern impressed into the paint.

 It should look something like this ...

Once you are happy with it get your paper (I used A3 copier paper) and place it over the top.  Firmly pat and press the paper down - do not rub or you will rub the patterns out.  Carefully life the paper up and let it dry.

You should end up with papers like this ...

Now to use it!
I love these alterable files and thought I would se the paper to create a decopatch effect for my file.

 Simply tear your papers into peices ...

And then randomly cover the file with them.  I like the edges to be neat so I make sure there is enough to fold over the edges.

I use PVA glue and am very generous with it!!  Once I have covered the file I mix up a wash of PVA and water and cover the file with it - this makes sure all the ton edges are stuck down, nd gives the paper a nice sheen.

Finally I decorated it ...

I cut the Weathered clock, butterflies and tattered flower out of grungepaper and stained it using dylusions crushed grape and fresh lime sprays.  While it was drying, I spritzed the inks over the file to add another layer of colour.  I also added some frantage to it.  Once everything was dry I put the diecuts on using glossy accents and added pearls to the butterflies and a big button to the flower.

 

That Craft Place challenge

 This fortnight's challenge over at That Craft Place is Valentine/love.

 I thought I would something a little less traditional - and not use red at all!!  I lightly drew out the grid and then peirced it using my sewing machine, untreaded - faster than using a pokey tool!!  I added some pink and blue buttons and cut out a couple of hearts from the felt.  Finally I added the sentiment and matted up onto blue cardstock and a kraft card blank.
Now I could use this as an engagement or wedding card, as well as a Valentine's card.

Supplies: 

Image: 

Sentiment: LOTV everyday grungy sentiments

Colouring medium: 

Papers: 

 Embellishments: buttons, felt

Tools: sewing machine

Challenges:

Ladybugs Craft ink - pink + 1 
Papertake Weekly - hearts and flowers 
Crafty Creations - love/hearts 
Divas by Design - love and romance
Crafters Cafe - love/friendship
Crafty Ribbons - button up 
2 Sisters - love/romance

 

Pippi Longsocks

I am always a little intimaded by Pippi - her skirt frightens me!!  Having coloured her in using my pens I cut her out and popped her onto 3d foam pads and onto the oval mat.  I love MME papers at the moment, and this is fab with its blues, lilacs and greys.  I added some ribbon, a double bow, charm and pearls.  I die cut the flowers and added buttons with twine tied through to their centres.  Finally I diecut the ickle tags and stamped the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Pippi Longsocks

Sentiment:Penny Black

Colouring medium: promarkers and copics

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

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

Clothes: BV02,01,000,0000, BG13,11,10

Bright green, lime green, lime zest

Papers: MME Fiddlesticks

Embellishments: pearls, diecut flowers, buttons, charm, ribbon

Tools: Dienamics flower die, TH tiny tags

Challenges:

Bearly Mine - sketch

Whoopsi Daisy - add a tag

Crafty Ribbons - button up

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - hearts or flowers
The Sugar Bowl - anything goes 

Everybody Art - metal

Party time Tuesday - 3 +3
ABC Challenge - anything with wings
Crafty Catz - bingo (buttons, dies, glitter)
Allsorts - things with wings

 

Ellie's Valentine card

Ellie made this card for valentine's day ...

She coloured the gorgeous Crafty Sentiments image, Two Hearts, using her proarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey and she embossed some cardstock using a TH folder.  She added the ribbon and lots of pearls.

Ellie wants to enter these challenges:

Cupcake - sketch

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Valentines
Creative Stamp friends - With hearts/valentines
My Mum's Craft Shop - valentines
Dream Valley- valentines
Crafty Calendar - love and marriage
Songbird - Hopelessly Devoted to you
OhlalaCreations - Love story

Cutie Pie - Valentine

Creative Craft - hugs and kisses

Allsorts - Valentines
Totally Gorguss - love
One Stop - love is in the air
Craft your passion - my Valentine
Creative Creations - it must be love
Love to Create - feeling the love  

Basic Grey - favourite (colour pink!!)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

 Its my turn to choose the theme for the Totally Papercrafts challegne and I have chosen Pets - not animals but pets ...

I clhose the theme before we lost our beloved pussy cat Miffy, so I have struggled a bit with this - I went for this cute mermaid and her ickle sea horse pets in the end.  The image is coloured using my pens and then I cut her out and added pearl pen drops. I matted the iamge onto a doilly.  I love this dp, might be my current favourite!!  I added some flowers with spacers and brads at the centre, the ickle starfish charm, raffia and some pearls.

Supplies: 

Image: LOTV Little Mermaid 2

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

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

Clothes:petrol blue, marine, turquiose, aquamarine

gold, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup

dusky rose, tea rose, pale pink

Papers: MME Bluebell

Embellishments: raffia/jute, flowers, charm, spacers, pearls

Tools: Spellbinders circles nestibilities

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations - sketch

Crafts and Me - use a doilly

Lili's little fairies - pearls

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - hearts or flowers

I love promarkers - 1 for the girls

Everybody Art - metal

Party time Tuesday - 3 +3

 

 

I was having a bit of a play round with some diecuts and scraps of white embossed cardstock, and came up with this - I am not sure if I really like it or not, is that butterfly too big!!!  Anyway I am going it into this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge as the theme is a WoW inspiration picture.

 

 

Grey and Yellow Angelica

 I love this cute fairy from Sugar Nellie, I have in rubber but it looks like she is only available in digi at the moment.  I coloured her in using my pens and then glamour dusted her wings.  I went for a colour combination I very rarely use, but I loved these PP papers when i saw them.  I added some ribbon, a charm and diecut flowers with pearls.  the sentiment will go on when I decide who it is gonig to be for!

Supplies: 

Image: Sugar Nellie Angelica

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: Ice Grey 1-5

Clothes: ice grey 1-5, summer sun, tulip yellow, buttercup

 Papers: Pink Petticoat Isabellina

Embellishments: ribbon, pearls, diecut flowers, charm

Tools: Dienamics layered rose

Challenges:

Stamp and Create - spring is coming
Forever Friends - animals, butterflies or birds

I love promarkers - 1 for the girls

Everybody Art - metal

Party time Tuesday - 3 +3

Cupcake - sketch

Tuesday throwdown - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - hearts or flowers
The Sugar Bowl - 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