christmas teddy

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This little cutie is from My Besties range of digistamps

He was coloured with Tim Holtz distress pens over Faber Castell watercolour pencils 

He was then cut out and mounted on the oval of red and white paper from my stash.   The little holly and Ivy embellishments were also cut from my stash of christmas papers The sentiment was die cut with my cuttle bug.

The green card front was outlined with a silver pen and the oval was outlined with a gold pen.

once all was adhered to the card base Kindy glitz was used to bling it up. Im happy with the result

challenges he is entered in:  

meetatthescrapperscorner.blogspot challenge #19 anything goes

 mybestiesaussiechallenge.blogspot Challenge #12 - Christmas
http://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com.au challenge #33

little blue mermaids

 

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I made this pair of cards for my granddaughters' joint birthday card.  I posted them together because they are a pair.
the mermaids were stamped onto water colour paper with ranger archival waterproof ink
they were coloured with watercolour pencils and Tim Holtz distress pens. both the blue doilies were diecut with my cuttlebug
the paper was from an old collection in my stash.  they were both embellished with foil stickers.
they were both kept purposely simple for this occasion as their main cards and presents were given to them on their individual birthdays

challenges they are entered in: 

http://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com.au/  cookie challenge #32

Chrismas gift

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This card was created around this lovely Maris digistamp

she was coloured with a selection of pencils and fussy cut befor adhering to foam squares

The Christmas tree was embossed with my cuttlebug

the edge of the green cardstock was cut with a serrated blade that was then outlined with a silver pen the embossed image was sanded to highlight the tree the star and baubles were coloured with gold and silver pens 

red cardstock was trimmed to size and adhered to a card blank then the gold foil sticker was used to outline the card and the foil sentiment was added both green and red

next the green cardstock was added on an angle and the digi on her foam squares was added offset so you coud still see the star then the whole lot was enhanced with kindy glitz 

a simple card but I thik quite effective

challenges I have entered her in 

  maridigischallenge.blogspot.com.br/ #009 christmas and mari digi

swimming granny

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This Melonheadz image was the inspiration for this page base card stock is Kraft card the second layer was simply a pale blue patterned paper out of my stash.
The image was coloured using spectrum noir pens and fussy cut to adhere at the bottom corner of this page
The blue paper was trimmed smaller than the Kraft card then the edges were inked in a contrasting purple paper. 
 The three tiles are simply some clear stamps out of my stash stamped in the same purple and enhanced with white gel pen before being cut into tiles and given the black drop shadow to geive them an illusion of dimension.
The title was done in the same way the alpha was stamped and fussy cut and enhanced with white gel pen the journalling was was created using my dymo label maker a very simple page hope you like it

challenge she is entered in 

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/  November 23 use a digi challenge

christmas beauty

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this gorgeous stamp from my besties is coloured with Spectrum noir pens. the white fleece was done with TB1&2 and then I used the blender pen to get the paper nice and wet. I then added Pitt Big brush pen in white to cover the areas.  Gives an effect of textured white (you have to see it in real to appreciate this)

The white card was trimmed with a scallop blade and the edges inked with lipstick.  there is a chalked background of snowflakes but hard to see in a photo

the green card was embossed with my cuttlebug both green and white cards are adhered in opposite angles to the red cardstock on my card blank,  the sentiment is also from a die run through my cuttlebug.  hope you like her

challenges I have entered her in:

craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/  Challenge #115 Brrr It's Cold Outside  http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com.au/ November challenge anything goes
  mybestiesaussiechallenge.blogspot November challenge Layers

White Ribbon Week

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The stamp used is Hugs Lucy from C. C. Designs

she was stamped onto white card and coloured with spectrum Noir pens. Her background was coloured using a white water colour pencil with Ivory Pitt artist pen from Faber Castell.

Next  the white card was cut using Creative Memories Cutting System as were the next two ovals.  she was adhered to these ovals and they were glued to the purple card adhered to a white card blank.  The inner and outer ovals were outlined with a gold pen and then kindy glitz was added over the gold pen

she was finished with a white bow and the foil corner stickers were added as was the sentiment

Challenges she is entered in:

http://juliaspirichallengeblog.blogspot. Challenge #60 add a sentiment

sepia lady

This vintage lady was coloured over a grey scale image with brown and yellow tones from the Faber Castell Pitt artist pen range and I used my new ivory pen for her hands and face.
the stamping was done after colouring with again sepia ink.  the background was then chalked to give it an aged paper feel. this was then mounted on a sepia toned patterned paper and adhered to a card blank
I enjoy doing sepia toned vintage images they are so effective

Paris

My tribute to the people of Paris those who have died those who survived the horrors of the attacks those who were seriously injured and those who mourn

this is not an entry it is solely a tribute

meetatthescrapperscorner
 francaislesbesties

woodland Nymphs

woodland nymphs

This is a double page from the adult colouring book Enchanted Forest usually I wouldnt enter a colouring page but this really fit this competitions theme.

It is coloured with Faber castell polychromos pencilss with a little help from Rembrandt Lyra polycolour pencils.

the background was done with crayons Texta twistables and Fabercastll erasables.

I then burnished the crayon by scraping excess off the top

not sure what I will use this colouring for but I really like it so even if it doesnt get used for anything it was worth the time taken to colour it

challenges I have entered it in:

  http://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com.au/ cookie challenge #30

all dressed up

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 This lovely image was coloured with spectrum noir pens
The coloured image was cut out using a nesting die with my cuttle bug
I coloured the white background with flesh coloured crayon and inked the edge with a mauve stamp pad
the doily was also a die cut run through the cuttlebug
the purple cardstock base was first embossed with an embossing folder and cuttlebug
the embossed areas were then sanded and mauve chalk added for interest.
all from my existing stash

challenges I have entered her in:

craftingforallseasons All Dressed Up/Girly

Little Beauty

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 This little lady from My Besties was coloured with Spectrum noir pens some sharpie ultrafines and Faber Castell pitt artist pens were used for fine detail
Two Fiskars cutting plates were used for the two oval shapes.  the smaller one with the image on was first inked around the edge and then bsponged with the same ink.
the second larger oval was also inked around the edges using the same ink then was stamped with a floral background stamp in the same colour then both pieces were attached with glue
the purple cardstock was attached to the card blank and then the ovals to that . finished off with the gold corner stickers

challenges she has been entered in:

 my besties meet at scrappers corner challenge #18 anything goes

craftingforallseasons All Dressed Up/Girly

lacy sunshine

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This card was made using a Julia Spiri design.
My card blank was covered with a deep green card
The lace (my something old) has been in my stash for seven years It was quite wide so I doubled it over itself and attached with double sided tape
The ribbon was attached over the top of this with double sided tape
Next I cut three squares of different colour greens and different sizes from nesting dies in my cuttlebug
After the edges were inked I attached them in a random arrangement on the front of the card
They were next stamped with green ink with a stamp of gum leaves
After the image was coloured with Spectrum Noir I close cropped and inked the edges with green ink and added the grass stamp and the bicycle stamps
The image was  chalked with blue and green chalk (eye shadow) before attaching it to the card and the diamantes and clear pebbles were attached to the corners
I then trimmed the whole lot to size

  challenges she is entered in

juliaspirichallengeblog   #05 use something old

blue for autism

My little blue boy was created from an image from My Besties he was coloured on white card with Faber-Castells new aquarelle pencils and Faber-Castell pitt artist pens 

1. the dark blue card was first adhered to a card blank with double sided tape I then layered with some distressed wood look pattern paper leaving a border of the blue cardstock
2. the octagonal doily was diecut from a patterned paper all about boys from Kaisercraft that has sat in my stash for years
3. the arrow was stamped with blue ink the sentiment added then it was mounted on the original blue cardstock the stamping was enhanced with Staedtler Triplus pens
an ink blot stamp was used with the same kaisercraft blue ink as the arrow and randomly stamped to add interest

challenges he is entered in:

my besties meet at scrappers corner

my besties pink ribbon girl

this image fro my besties has been used on the card for a few challenges one being a sketch challenge another a layering challenge and a third one a pink challenge she ticks all the boxes

1. pink paper adhered to card blank with double sided tape
2. pink diamond patterned paper was adhered with again double sided tape leaving a small bright pink border
3. ribbons left hand side pink card embossed in cuttlebug, then pink spotted ribbon then pink floral ribbon in the center. right hand side pink spotted ribbon on existing patterned paper then pink floral ribbon down the center of that all done with double sided tape
4.next layer pink card bright and pastel embossed and die cut from nesting dies layer in keeping with sketch
5. image coloured with Spectrum noir, Sharpie ultrafines and Faber-castell pitt artist pens and adhered to layers with glue
 6. sentiment at left bottom in keeping with the sketch
7. added some bling

challenges she is entered in: 

mybestiesaussiechallenge
cheerfulsketcheschallenge
give a crafter a cookie

cutie patootie

   debs cards nice and simple cutie patootie

Runner up Amelia's  Halloween Competition 

Ipswich and surrounds colouring