Just a small bouquet

Hello lovely people, today being Friday is the new challenge at Fussy & Fancy Fridays.  It's my teams turn this time with a theme of Flowers.

I suppose I could have used one of my images for this BUT it gave me a perfect excuse for playing with al my beautiful flower embellies :D

This is a close up of the bouquet, you can see a combination of paper and fabric flowers making up this floral display.  The flowers were bought from the Ribbon Girl, Noor Design and Wild Orchid Crafts.

The teal ribbon I've had in my stash for ages and is from Santoro.  I tied a very messy double bow (hee hee) you can't see how bad it was because its disguised by the flowers.  I really need to get something to help me with these or learn how to do them properly by hand!

You can also see by the picture above I've used some pearl gems an doodled a border.

This is a shot from the side so you can see the 3D effect of the flowers.

Behind the flowers you can see some laser cut woodchip frames.  I got these from Scrap and Craft, they have some beautiful ones in stock at the moment.

And finally my distressed design papers are from Lemoncraft.

Hope you like my inspiration for today and we see you at the challenge

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional add some flowers

World Wide Open Designs Team - Challenge 22

Double D - Flowers Galore

Crafty Cardmakers - Floral Profusion

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Duplicity - skulls roses and butterflies

Yes I know it's not the normal glam / cutie / flowers etc. but if you look in my shop there are a couple of skulls around.  This image is called Duplicity and you can find it in my shop on Etsy.

As always you can get 10% off all my images by quoting SKIANDREA10

Today is my hubby's birthday.  It's been a while since I've drawn a skull for him.  I don't want to get too predictable and every time we (him and me) have an event to celebrate I do it with skulls.  That's why there's been JD & Coke and then Otters :D

So I thought he was overdue.  I'd seen some artwork where people had drawn skulls which were made up of other objects, hidden by objects or they form part of it - so...... I decided to see if I could draw something along those lines.  Drawing this I obviously HAD to be sneaky.  I'm not sure if he's caught glimpses of it but hopefully he's been too busy with work and his playstation LOL!!

I've coloured it mainly monochrom with only the rose in colour to add maximum impact.  A rose for my love on his birthday.  I've used Copics and polychromos pencils to do this with.

There are no sentiments with this I just wanted the art work to have maximum impact.  I've distressed the edges and mounted it onto some black card.

He is definitely going to love this one :D

Happy Birthday Allen!

Andrea xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Dream In Darkness - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional add flowers

Just for You

This beautiful little image called For You is available from All Dressed Up.  They're our sponsors at the Outlawz Sketch Team for May.

I've used ProMarkers and a little black polychormos pencil for this one.  The edges of the image have been distressed with peeled paint ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for this week

I decided to keep with a general green theme using design papers from Maya Design and Joy Crafts.  Instead of using a die cut for the square shape I decided to go with some flat back pearl trim.

The butterfly I left off (mainly because I forgot it was on the sketch LOL!! Don't tell Sandra :)

My ribbon is a double layer of flowered organza from Crafty Ribbons.

Hope you love my inspiration for the sketch challenge for this week.  See you at the challenge

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Creative Ladybirds - Anything Goes

Paradise of Stamps - For Someone Special

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Must Use a Digi Stamp

The Ribbon Girl - Use Any Image May

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Travel

Today is the second part of the new release inspiration by the Dressy Girls from All Dressed Up.

I'm playing with Bon Voyage today.  I've coloured the image with ProMarkers and polychoromos pencils.

Originally I was going to do a CAS card then I was then playing around with my die cuts for another card and I had this idea to do a luggage label with the car on.  Not satisfied with the strength of the card for a label I changed my mind and incorporated it onto a card.

The die cut I used was Marianne Designs Craftables one.  I also used some Sizzix letters to cut the TRAVEL out.  I backed Travel with black card so it would stand out.  the edges of the label were distressed with vintage photo and black soot ink to give it a grungy feel.  I've used some vintage seam binding and string to tie some tiny Steampunk goggles to the top (they made me thing of sunglasses) appropriate for the travel theme.

I then built the backing layers up using blue card, design papers from Prima Marketing Engraver pack.  I cut out one of the maps as a circle.

Final toppings were some more metal elements a clock face a Tim Holtz Destiny badge and a wooden chip board adventure bottle from Scrapienic.

Hope you love my inspiration for this fantastic new image by Wendy

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Your Scrap Book Place - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Use Die Cuts

Sweet Stampin - Things that Go Round

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes twist more than two layers

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes & Sentiment

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Scribbles Designs - Big Wheels Keep On Turning

World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 22

Lady in Red

I didn't intend to do this image in red originally I was going to do pale wispy pinks or purples. I was colouring something else red and I got to wondering how she's look red.

The image in question - My Fair Lady.  You can find her in my shop on Etsy where you can get 10% off all my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've had her coloured for a while and decided I'd use her to create some inspiration for today's new Facebook challenge in my group SheepSki Designs.

She's been coloured with Copics.  the streaky background was also created with Copics.  I've added two different colour embossing enamels to her before distressing the edges and mounting it onto some red card to frame.

Using a shaped card which I've backed with red card I've drawn, cut and distressed the same shape in a smaller version to create a border.  The design paper is from Lemoncraft.

Behind the image you can see some some lace which I got from Noor Design.  The wood chipboard cherry blossom spray I've overlaid the image with is from Mismasz.

To finish a few pearl gems.

Hope to see you at my Facebook Challenge OR my blog challenge.  The theme there is Anything Goes his month AND you don't have to use my images to join in :D

Happy crafting

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

The East Wind - Celebrate the Women

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - One for the Ladies / Mothers

Classic Design Team - Challenge 14

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes twist more than 2 layers

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Bee-ing Vintage

So I finally got my Bee n Blossom coloured image onto a card :D

You can find this image in my Etsy shop and get 10% off all my images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at chek out.

I coloured the image with Copics and polychromos pencils.  I even had a go at doing see-through wings and I'm very happy with how they came out.

Once I'd coloured the image I then set about dotting grey Copic around the image.  After that - I'm still not quite sure where I got the idea from I grabbed my word stencil that I'd used recently on my Pink Flutterby canvas.

I used some walnut stain from Tim Holtz and proceeded to  dab it through using a sponge pad (I couldn't ind my tool so I got extremely inky!!)

The edges were then distressed with a combination of vintage photo and black soot ink from Tim Holtz.

I then stalled.  I loved what I done so much I didn't want to ruin it by cutting it up.

Finally I made a decision.  I kept the whole of the image, added some Kraft for a border and a couple of tiny brass antique corners.

It's turned out a beautiful vintage looking card - one of my favourites so far I think :D

Happy crafting everyone.

Don't forget I now have a blog challenge (the theme this time is Anything Goes) you can enter with anyone's images they don't have to be mine.  I also have a Facebook challenges but for these you do have to use my images.

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Creative Ladybirds - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Things with Wings

Sasayaki Glitter - Use Pink

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional Add Some Flowers

Creatalicious - Anything Goes with optional Stencils

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 22

Dream Valley - Things with Wings

QKR Stampede - Things with Wings

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Cool Kid

If you love All Dressed Up come along and join us at Outlawz Sketch this month.  Wendy is kindly sponsoring us this time.

You can find this image Just So Cool in her shop on Etsy.  I've coloured her in pastels using ProMarkers

The edges of the image have been distressed with milled lavender ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for this week

My design papers are from Lili of the Valley and Lemoncraft.

My embellishments are very simple, a sentiment from Scrapienic and a few green and pink gems.

Hope to see you at the challenge

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Crafthazelnut's Patterned Paper - May

Morgan's Artworld - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Add a Sentiment

Frilly & Funky - The Sound of Music

Classic Design Team - Challenge 14

Crafts & Me - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes