We're all goin' on a......

well it is that time of year, the kidz are breaking up from school.  

Someone said holidays to me a few weeks back, well that was it my mind went wandering off on seaside resorts and old style traditional British holidays.  Have you ever seen the beach huts that line some of our shores?

Any way, enough rambling, I've used Copics, a black polychromos pencil and a white gel pen to colour this image called Beach Hut Holiday.  You can find it in my Etsy shop here.  Quote SKIANDREA10 at checkout if you want 10% off ;)

Showcasing the image for you today, I've just framed it with some black card.

Happy holidays <3

Andrea x

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

Frabrika Fantasy - Summer

Dragonfly Dreams - Summer

Craft Rocket - Summer

Simply Create Too - No Patterned Paper

Creative Craft Cottage - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Summer) 

Creatalicious - Anything Goes optional no patterned paper

The Dream Factory - The Beach

Crafty Cardmakers - Holidays / Vacations

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Framed Flower

We're already three weeks into the challenge at Outlawz Sketch, wow time flies.  We're sponsored by DigiStamps4Joy this month.

Today I'm using Daffodil for my inspiration.  The image has been coloured with Copics.  I've had cut the oval to fit in the centre of the black card cut with a fancy oval Spellbinders die.

Here's our sketch for this week

Apart from using black card my design papers are from Joy Crafts.

The black mini heart banners you can see are cut from black card using a La La Land die.  Once the die was cut I split the banner into sections to add to my card.

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

Stamping Sensations - In My Garden

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Flowers All Over

Morgan's Artworld - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

GDT for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

Today I have the honour of being a GDT for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge.  The theme for Challenge 476 is Shabby Chic which happens to be one of my favourites :)

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge are being sponsored by All Dressed Up this time where the prize on offer it two of Wendy's awesome images.  If you want a quick the shop link is here.

For my inspiration I'm using Full of Grace and Ballet Shoes.  I've coloured them with Copics in my favourite colour PINK!  The ballet shoes have been fussy cut and added into the corner of the card.  

The image has been distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage photo and Milled Lavender ink.  All the design papers and Full of Grace have been distressed with a Tonic Solutions Tool.

Around the edges of the image I've scattered some embossing enamel.

The design papers are from Maja Design.  I've added some lace and organza rose trim, which I got from The Ribbon Girl, the pearl string was also from them.  I've added a few more pearl gems and finished off with a selection of pink paper flowers.

Hope you like my GDT inspiration for today, thanks for taking a look.

Andrea x

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

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Pearlie Sparkles - Girly

AUD Sentiments - Flowers

Brown Sugar - Include Two Patterned Papers

Cardz for Galz - For a Little Girl

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Cute new image

I'm releasing some new images in my shop today.  This one is Panda you can find him here.  Or if you want both Panda & Bear I've got them on sale together for a reduced price here :) 

You can also get 10% off my images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout

I've coloured Panda with Copics a black polychromos and a white gel pen.  I'm showcasing the image today so have done a CAS style card for my inspiration.

The sentiment is a Make It Crafty one which I added at the time of printing.

Panda is framed with black card, design paper from First Edition.  Then I've added some bright green and yellow enamel dots to finish him off.

Hope you like my new addition <3

Andrea x

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

Sunny Day Crafting - Any Animal on a Project

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 16

The Crafter's Cafe - Keep It Simple

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations- Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team - Challenge 27

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Lots of Love

I'm going with some of my favourites today for the Outlawz Sketch Challenge sponsored by DigiStamps4Joy.

Pink and hearts ;)

This beautiful little image is called Victoria you can find her here.  I've coloured her with Copics, cut her out with a Spellbinders die and distressed the edges.  Behind her you can see a paper doily to break up the background a bit,

Here's our sketch for this week

My design papers are from Santoro and Joy Crafts. All have been distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.  The ribbon has been in my stash for ages.

The banner is a Fantasy die which I got from Crafteezee.

Pearl gems and and wood love sentiment complete the card.  You might spot some tiny pink hearts around the image.  These are the off cuts from the heart banner :)

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 & Makes - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Pearlie Sparkles - Girly

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - At Least Two Dies

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Beautiful Summer Bird

Today is new release day al All Dressed Up, it's been a little while since I've created for new release day because I've been a little busy lately.  I had to do this card last minute so decided to showcase it with firey summer colours.

The image is called Summer Bird - you can find it in Wendy's shop here

I've coloured the image with Copics, black polychromos pencil and a white gel pen.  The back ground was created with BG000 Copic then I sponged a little of B000 then Y38 (I'd used on the bird) onto the background.

Embossing enamel is sprinkled around the edges of the image.

Just some simple framing with black card and design paper from Joy Crafts.

Hope you like my inspiration for today.  You can check out the rest of the Dressy Girl inspiration here on Facebook  or on the challenge blog here

Andrea x

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

Creative Sketchy Girls - Summer Cards

Create and Makes - Anything Goes

Try It on Tuesdays - Things with Wings

Sunny Day Crafting - Any Animal on a Project

Stamping Sensations - In My Garden

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 16

Allsorts - In My Garden

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Freebie - Birthday Balloons

Today is the day I get to help Alyce at Kit and Clowder celebrate having 20,000 members over in her Facebook group.

This image is called Birthday Balloons - at the moment it's an exclusive image for Kit and Clowder so make sure you follow Alyce's instructions to grab her.

I'm also offering a discount code for 20% off my images which you can find here on Etsy - make sure you check the Kit and Clowder Facebook post for that!

This image was coloured with Copics, I've also used a white gel pen.

Designs papers are framed with black card to make the layers pop out.

The design papers are a recent addition to my paper addiction - they're from First Edition.

The heart ribbon and purple ribbon have been in my ribbon box for ages, I though they went perfectly.

I'v also used a heart which if a left over from a die cut from La La Land.

The for you are tiny word stickers from Tim Holtz.

Hope you mange to grab her if you do you can colour her up and enter her into my challenges on Facebook and on the Challenge blog

Andrea x

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

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Girly

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 6

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes