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I've used her before and did her with fab red hair - this time I thought I'd have a go at pink hair.  I wanted it to REALLY pop so I chose to do her with black clothes.  Officially I think this has just become my new favourite colour combination!

If you don't know her this image is Lucy Loo Style I Love You from The East Wind.

Coloured with Copics I've just cut her out and mounted her onto papers from Lili of the Valley, Santoro and Joy Crafts.

I've just added a fuchsia sequin, some black and grey gems.

Andrea x

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

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - Dots and / or Stripes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Outlawz April Progressive Challenge

It's been strange to see people using my image, wonderful and so amazing - thank you everyone for your kind words about the image I created for you at Outlawz for your Progressive Challenge.

I drew this image (For Mum / Mom now available in my shop SheepSki Designs) a couple of months ago.  I made my first card with it for my mother in law for Mothers Day here in the UK and knew it would also be perfect timing for anyone that wanted to make a Mothers Day card in America.

This is the one I did for my mother in law.

She loves vintage so I did a clean simple design with some distressing.

This is what I've just made with it today to show a different style.

The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and cut out with a Spellbinders die.

To the left of the image I've an arrangements of craft gauze and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and The Ribbon Girl.  Your can also see some tiny silver dragonfly charms in this picture.

The design papers I've used are from Joy Crafts and they've been distressed.

Apart from some pink pearl gems I've used a white paper butterfly and a clay heart from Live and Love Crafts to finish the design.

Andrea x

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

Craft Rocket - Pink and Pearlie

Penny's Challenge - Sew Charming (dragonfly charms)

PinSpirational - Challenge 164

Addicted to Stamps - Paper Embellishments / Chipboard (paper flowers and butterfly)

Digi Choosday - Tic Tac Toe (Charms / Nature / Flowers)

The Ribbon Girl - Any Image April Challenge

Creative Crafts Cottage - Feminine

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Passion for ProMarkers - Make it Digital

QKR Stampede - April Showers bring May Flowers

Book Worm

A great book lover I knew I'd have to colour this recently released image from Oddball Art. As this is blog reminder time I get to chose an anything goes image for my inspiration - but I've still kept with the birthday theme.

Just a reminder before I got on - you can get yourselves 10% discount on Etsy by quoting my code DTANDREA10 at checkout.

Image 297 has been coloured with ProMarkers in pastel blues and yellows..  I've added some sparkle with some DecoArt glitter around the fairy and the sentiment.

The papers and sentiment are from Lili of the Valley and the blue pearl gems are from Scrap Berry.

The tiny stars you can see are leftovers from a Spellbinders die which I've saved and found a use for  :D

Andrea x

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

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays

Digi Choosday - Things with Wings

Crafts & Me - Fairies and Magic

Come and Get It - Glitter n Bling

Passion for ProMarkers - Make It Digital

I Love ProMarkers - Pastel Colours

Card for a Gent

I was lucky enough to win an image from Art by Miran recently.  I loved the new guy images she's done recently and I picked Gentleman George.

He's been coloured with Copics and I've used a black polychromos pencil for some extras.

I've kept the design very simple for a guy using some paper from Docrafts as my background.

The sentiment is part of a Spellbinders Happy Birthday die.  Apart from the I've dotted around some gems of black, brown and grey.

Hope you like him as much as I do :D

Andrea x

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

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays

Crafty Creations - Black and White with a Pop of Colour

Crafting by Designs - Lets Here it for the Boy and Men

Creative Inspirations  - For the Boys

Cardz for Guyz - Wood in the Design (walking stick)

Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Surprise for you

This is my last inspiration card for the month using Art by Miran images.  She's sponsoring us over at the Outlawz Sketch team for April.

This lovely image is Celebrating Your Day.  I've gone for a colour pallet of blue and brown for this one using ProMarkers

She's been cut out with a Spellbinders die and distressed with antique linen ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's out sketch for this week

This was a real good one for using up scraps of design paper :D

I've used papers from Lili of the Valley and Santoro.

The flower banner down the left is a die cut shape from Bazzill Basics - Cardstock Strips.

My finishing touches for today are some blue and brown gems and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley coloured with ProMarker.

Hope to see you over at Outlawz

Andrea x

Inky chicks - It's Birthday Time

Julia Spiri - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Any Image Challenge

Deep Ocean - Dots and  / or Stripes

Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Craft your Passion - Anything Goes

Passion For ProMarkers - Make It Digital

A Hairy Happy Birthday

Hee hee I love this little guy from Saturated Canary called Sloth Advice.  The sentiment out can see on the sign he's holding is from Make It Crafty.

I had so much fun colouring him up, which I've done using Copics

I wanted a CAS style card as I was giving this to my brother for his birthday.

The design papers are from Lili of the Valley.  One piece has been cut with a Spellbinders die.

And the only embellishment is some brown gems.

Andrea x

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

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes

Cardz For Guyz - Wood in the Design

Inky Chicks - It's Birthday Time

Dream Valley - All Creatures Great and Small

A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Anything Goes

Bubble Dreams

Originally when I drew this dig I had imaged her with bubbles containing all sort of girly fantasy things such as dragons, butterflies, bunnies, flowers etc.

It didn't turn out quite as planned.  It was so hard to draw an image and have it print off so you could colour it I decided to scrap that idea and just go with the bubbles.

I decided to keep the name of the image the same though.  Bubble Dreams is available from my Etsy shop SheepSki Designs.

I do like to give myself a challenge, both hair and bubbles on this one.  I've used a combination of ProMarkers, Copics, polychromos pencils, a white gel pen and a biro to achieve this look.

To showcase the image I've created a CAS card just framing the image with black card.

The sentiment has been cut out of clack card with a Spellbinders die.  The only other embellishment are some rhine stones scattered around the card and some black gems

Andrea x

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

Crafty Time - For the Kids

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Feminine

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Scary CAS Card

How can this be a scary CAS card the image is surely beautiful - and yes I agree coz I've used Flower Maiden from A Day for Daisies.  It's scary because this is the first time I've done a single layer card with no borders, or doodling - there's so much white!!!  I'm sooooo tempted to add something to it, so I've put it out of the way so I can't.  Better still, I'd better find someone to give it to quick.

I've given her an ombre dress fading the colour to white at the bottom.  I've used ProMarkers and a  polychromos pencil for this.  The background was done using Copics and to make the bottom part of the dress stand out.

At the time I printed it I added a digital sentiment from Make it Crafty.

The only other ting I've used for my monochromatic card are some rhinestone gems

Andrea x

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

Stamping Sensations - One for the Girls

The Corrosive Challenge - Girls, Ladies, Women

Crafty Boots - Use a Sentiment

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes (Girlie)

Morgan's Art World - Monochrome

Sparkles - Thinking of You

Tuesday Throwdown - Monochromatic

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Flump n Tic

So I've finally had chance to colour up Flump n Tic available on Etsy from SheepSki Designs and coloured up she's even more of a cutie!  She's also turned out a bit Dumbo with the large ears :D

I've used ProMarkers, Copics and polychromos pencils, she's then be cut out with a Spellbinders die and edged with pink ProMarkers.

The distressed design papers are from First Edition and Joy Crafts.  Behind the image you can see a Little Darlings die cut using some white card stock.  There's also a section of white card stock cut with a Matha Stewart punch.

The lace and lave flowers are from The Ribbon Girl and the silver LOVE charm used here as a sentiment is from Live and Love Crafts.

There are two different types of white flowers from Hobby Craft sprinkled down the left side and to finish off some pearl gems

Andrea x

PS if you've not already spotted it I've now got a Facebook page SheepSki Designs where I'm posting inspiration, images, sneak peaks and anyones makes using my images that are willing to share them for inspiration in my shop.  I might think about posting some freebies on there if I get enough likes

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

Artistic Stamper - All Things Distress

Crafty Time - For the Kids

Crafty Friends - For a Child

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Your Favourite Things (Pink, Flowers and Lace)

Crafting for All Seasons - TIC TAC TOE (Girly/Digi/Flowers)

In the Pink - Pearls

Petal Lu - Anything Goes

Hiding In My Craft Room - LOL!

Digi Choosday - TIC TAC TOE (Sentiment/Lace/Flowers)

bLue

Today is Sketch day - come along to Outlawz and see what lovely creations the rest of the DT have made

Our sponsor for this month is Art by Miran and I've used her gorgeous image Sophia for my inspiration for today.  She's been coloured with ProMarkers, cut out with a Spellbinders die and edges with Antique Linen distress ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for today

The design papers are from Lili of the Valley, Lemoncraft and Joy Crafts

My embellishments are some pink pearl gems, two ribbons and some wooden butterflies from Scrapiniec.

Hope to see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

Digittamps4Joy - Anything Goes  / twist add a butterfly

Card Mania - Spring

Eclectic Ellapu - Spring Flowers / April Showers

Paper Creator - Polkadots or Gingham

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - Spring is Here

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Paradise of Stamps - Pastel Colours

Come and Get It - Things with Wings

Nothing cute so cute

as tiny little baby feet.

I've coloured this new image Baby Feet available from SheepSki Designs with ProMarkers.  I wanted a very simple layout so the image remained the focus so I went with a CAS card. 

The image was printed in the bottom corner of my card stock with the sentiment being produced on my lap top at the same time.

There's also a little pink ProMarker around the sentiment.

The design paper is from Lili of the Valley and all I've used are some silver and fuchsia sequins and some rhine stones.

Andrea x

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

C.R.A.F.T.  - Clean and Simple

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks  - Baby Cards

Addicted to Stamps - Pastel Colours

Crafty Boots - Use a Sentiment

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Crafting for All Seasons - TIC TAC TOE (Sparkle/Digi/Backing Paper)

AUD Sentiments - Anything Goes

Paradise of Stamps - Pastel Colours

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

New images in my shop today

Baby Feet

Flump n Tic

Bubble Dreams

Adorable creepy cute

Lizzy has done it again.  She's created some fantastic images for her new release today.

This is image 300 - you can find her on Etsy and if you want some discount to buy her or any of Lizzy's images you can quote DTANDREA10 to get yourselves 10% off on Etsy.

Check out the Oddball Art main blog page for the other images released today

I've coloured her with ProMarkers, fussy cut her then mounted her onto an oval hand cut design paper from Studio Light.  I've then mounted this onto a piece of Joy Crafts paper cut with a Spellbinders die.

This next picture is a close up of the flowers I've arranged at the left side on the card.  These were from The Ribbon Girl and Live and Love Crafts.

I've used a shaped card for this creation.  I have to cut the papers by hand because I've not got a cutting machine large enough.  The papers are from Joy Crafts, newly acquired.

My final embellishments are some cream organza rose trim, a resin miniature picture frame and some pearl gems.

Have a great day

Andrea x

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

House of Cards - Scripts and / or Colours (Script)

Crafty Cardmakers - Shaped Card

Creative Card Crew - Die Cut

I Love ProMarkers - Two Colours Only (Pink and Cream)

The Corrosive Challenge - Girls, Ladies, Women

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Crafthazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - April

1st Prize

Hello Dressy fans :D

We've a new challenge starling today on the blog.  I've decided to use one of Wendy's older images for my inspiration.  We don't see to have used this one very much - the image is First Prize.  I've made this card with the girls at work in mind - I work for a company that help animals with allergies and we've a few horse lovers.

The image has been coloured with Copics.  I've then used two different papers to cut out scalloped circles to frame it (Lemoncraft and Lili of the Valley).  These are nested ones from Spellbinders.

The other papers you can see in the background are from Maya Designs and Studio Light.

I've also used another piece of Studio Light design paper to cut out the mushroom die from Joy Craft.  This has been edged with milled lavender distress ink from Tim Holtz.

The other embellishments are a heart banner cut out of Santoro design paper using a La La Land Die.  A wooden star banner from Scrapiniec. A piece of lace from The Ribbon Girl.  Some pink pearl gems,  Some tiny silver dragon fly charms which I found on Amazon.

We hope to see you at the challenge - but - we also have a Facebook challenge themed Animal and Insects :D

Andrea x

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

Pile It On - Animal Prints and / or Paw Prints

Creative Card Crew - Die Cut

The Ribbon Girl - April Card Challenge

The Pencil Case - Q=Quad (4 die cuts)

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chics - Showcase 9

Someone has a birthday

We've a new theme starting today at Oddball Art on the blog - BIRTHDAY

This should be a really easy one for you to join in.  If you want to use Lizzy's images you can get new ones cheaper by quoting my code DTANDREA10 at check out in Etsy.  This will get you 10% off :D

I've made a clean and simple card for you today using image number 12

She's been coloured with Copics and I've given her fiery red hair :D

The single piece of design paper that I've used for the border is from DCWV.  Around the edges of the image I've done some doodling with a biro.

The sentiment was cut out of black card stock using a Spellbinders die.

To finish off I've used a few sequins and gems

Don't forget we've also got a Facebook challenge which is themed anything goes

Looking forward to seeing your birthday makes

Andrea x

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

Robyn's Fetish - Add a Sentiment

Crafty by Designs - Anything Goes

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chics - Showcase 9

Stamping Sensations - One for the Girls

Crafty Boots - Use a Sentiment

More inspiration for the PPCF event

There's a special event going on this weekend with All Dressed Up and Passionate Paper Creations and Friends.  Check out their Facebook page for more information and see the All Dressed Up blog for all our Dressy Girl inspiration.

Here's my DT inspiration for a card I made with A Star is Born

You'll also need the discount code SPRING16 if you want to get 20% off :D

Andrea x

Spring Garden Geisha

It's the 15th mid month and time for another ABC Challenge. Our Challenge this month is F for Fancy Folds.  We're sponsored by the amazing Aurora Wings.

For my inspiration for you today I've created a easel card using two of Mitzi images Miyabi and Pansy Corner

The images have been coloured using a combination of Copics, ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  All three images have been fussy cut to mount onto the card.

I've used a similar shape card and cut it down in size by hand before distressing the edges and them using some milled lavender ink for Tim Holtz.  You can see this better below.

Here's a close up of the flower arrangement on the bottom of the easel.  The flower are all from Wild Orchid Crafts. You can also see a close up of the tiny silver dragonfly charms I've used.

You can also see the pale purple gems I've used at various point to embellish.

These are pictures of the full card at a couple of angles so you can see the easel better.

From the final two photos you can see I've cut a rectangle for the bottom section and also distressed it before adding the flower arrangement.

Looking forward to seeing your fancy fold cards

Andrea x

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

The Artistic Stamper - All Things Distress

Crafty Cardmakers - Shaped Card

Butterfly Challenge - Fancy Folds and / or Fuchsia

The Ribbon Girl - April Card Challenge

Polkadoodles - Floral Frenzie

Allsorts - Purple Passion

Classic Design Team - Open Challenge 1

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - Spring is in the Air

Crafting Musketeers - Spring is in the Air

Discount with 'Passionate Paper Creations & All Dressed Up

There's a special event going on this weekend with All Dressed Up and Passionate Paper Creations and Friends.  Check out their Facebook page for more information and see the All Dressed Up blog for all our Dressy Girl inspiration.

Here's my DT inspiration for a card I made with Flower Fairy

You'll also need the discount code SPRING16 if you want to get 20% off :D

Andrea x

Hey good looking

Today it's my turn to share with you some inspiration for one of Wendy's newly released images from All Dressed Up.

The one I've used here is Looking Good.  She's been coloured with Copics and when I cut the image out to mount it I also used some pink Copic on the edges.

These are the new images to check out on Etsy

You can see the rest of the Dressy Girls inspiration on the main blog - also where you'll find the current challenge which is anything goes - as long as you use an All Dressed Up image.

So here's what I did with my image.  I've cut out a sentiment from some Holmes in Love design paper, added a couple of pink heart stickers from Paperchase and some black gems.

Apart from using some black card stock, The design paper are from Santoro and Docrafts.

If you fancy joining in with our Facebook challenge the current theme is Animals or Insects.

Andrea x

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

Paper Creator - Polkadots or Gingham

The Corrosive Challenge - Girls, Ladies Women

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - One for the Girls

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - April