Busy Guy

Created for my hubby's boss (he's an architect) we debated about man stuff and what to create.  I showed him this image from Stamping Bella called Calvin Loves his Computer.  My hubby said this was his boss down to a t!

So off I went colouring it up using ProMarkers.  I've also used a black polychromos pencil for extra depth in the shading

The design paper is Man Made from First Edition.  I used this one as I found some buildings on one of the papers :D (very appropriate for an architect!)

I've also used some black card stock to create some borders.

Very few embellishments with this, just some black gems and a wood chip birthday sentiment from Scrapiniec coloured with Black ProMarkers

Thanks for taking a look today

Andrea x

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

Come and Get It - It's in the Male

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes or Birthday Cards

Creative Moments - Anything Goes twist keep it masculine

Inky Chics - Happy Birthday

Moving Along with the Times - For a Man

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Scrapping for Fun - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Selfie

There seems to be an obsession at the moment with younger generation females to take selfies.  You know you've seen them do it or the resulting pictures - they're everywhere.

So I though ok lets create an image of a your lady doing just that.  I can image this image Selfie Obsession will have a limited shelf life?  Well we'll see.....

You can find this Selfie Obsession in my Etsy shop and get it and any of my other images with 10% off by quoting code SKIANDREA10

I've coloured this image with ProMarkers, Copics and polychromos pencils.  Cleating a CAS card I've mounted it onto some back card stock.  I've used a different method to distress the edges of this image by using my craft knife and flicking it up the edge of my card when it was mounted onto the backing card.

Finishing touches are a selfie tag wood chip element and a camera both coloured with block Copic.

The edges of the card I've added some doodled borders :D

Andrea x

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

CRAFT - Mother's Day / Female

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Favourite Embellishment (wood chip elements)

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Scrapping4fun - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

A Little Birdie Told Me

Its my turn for some new release inspiration from All Dressed Up.

This image is called Little Birdie and you can find it on Etsy

I was a lucky girl and got some more Copics from my hubby for my birthday.  So this is a very unusual colour for me seen as I was testing my pens out.  I've also added some polychromos pencils for the extra depth in the shading.

I've doodled a border in biro round the edges of the image.  My design paper is from Santoro.  Embellishments are a few black gems and some Scrapiniec wood chip elements colours with Copics.

Hope you like my inspiration for today.

All I've got left is to reminder you that the new challenge has started on the blog and we've a Facebook challenge themed Red and / or Romance

Andrea x

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

Tuesday Throwndown - Favourite Embellishment(wood chip elements)

Sweet Stampin - Flowers

The Crafters Cafe - No Red or Pink

World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 19

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Simply Love

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Use Any Image

Heart Angel

This is my final make of the month suing Sandra Caldwell's images.  She very kindly sponsored us at Outlawz Sketch this month.

This image is Angel Heart.  I've colured her with ProMarkers then hand cut the oval shape.  Behind this you can see some back card stock cut with a Spellbinders die.

Here's our sketch for this week.

I've used design papers from First Edition and Lili of the Valley as well as a little more black card stock.

The only embellishment I've used are some clay hearts coloured with Copics.

Hope to see you at the challenge.  The last chance to try win some images from Sandra :D

Andrea x

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

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - February 2017

Lets Craft & Create - Love is In the Air

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love is in the Air

Simply Create Too - Love

Paper Creator - Love is in the Air

Fabrika Fantasy - Add a Heart

Love to Scrap - Who Loves You Baby

Die Cut Divas - A Month for Using Pink or Red

Love Life

Drawn for a for a young girl / teenager and coloured in pink, here's Lolly Liz.  you can find her in my Etsy shop and get her with 10'5 off by quoting code SKIANDREA10

I've used her for my inspiration for the new Facebook Challenge over at SheepSki Designs which starts today.  They're anything goes as long as you use one of my images.

I have a DT call for my Facebook group in the photo folders and there's one for my new challenge blog - SheepSki Designs challenges, the closing date is 28 February.

Anyway enough rambling onto my card and what I've done

Liz has been coloured with ProMarkers, Copics and polychromos pencils.  I've then cut her, some back card stock and design papers with some Spellbinders die cuts, to created a nest of layered circles.

The design papers I've used are all from Lemoncraft.

The sentiment is a wood chip one from Scrapiniec that has been coloured with black Copic.

My final embellishment, a few pink sequins to add some bling and complete the pink look :D

Andrea x

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

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes optional add a sentiment

Die Cut Divas - Use Red or Pink

Sweet Stampers - Add a Sentiment

World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 19

In the Pink - Dies and/or Punches

QKR Stampede - Anything goes or Add Bling / Sparkle

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Shabby roses in monochrome

I coloured this image Wild Roses in monochrome as an inspiration piece.  I only used one black polychromos pencil to create it with.  Finally I've had chance to make it into a card!

You can find this image in my Etsy shop and get 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

You can enter an of your card created with my images into my Facebook challenges.  I have a DT call in this group at the moment and I've also a DT call for my new challenge blog.  Both of these close on 28 February.

I debated for a while whether to add a splash of colour.  BUT as you can see below I kept with the monochrome theme.  It's kind of ended up looking like a black and while photo of a coloured image :D but I can assure you its not!

I've distressed the image and the black card stock behind it to give it a shabby feel.

My only embellishment three silver dragonfly charms to keep with the monochrome theme.

Hope you like the card I ended up making :D

Andrea x

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

Morgan's ArtWorld - Add Flowers

Crafty Girlz - Black and White

The Crafters Cafe - No Red or Pink

Sweet Stampin - Flowers

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Amore

Here's a little extra inspiration for the current All Dressed Up Facebook challenge - the them is Red and / or Romance

I've used Amore, you can find her in Wendy's Etsy shop

This image was coloured using ProMarkers and a little black polychromos pencil for extra shading.

I've distressed the edges of the image with Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz.

Papers used are from UHK Gallery an Maja Design.  I've also used some black card stock.

To finish off I've used a wood chip heart element from Scrapienic coloured with black ProMaker and some black gems and rhine stones to add a little bling.

Andrea x

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

Digi Stamps for Joy - Anything Goes twist Red for Valentines

Fabrika Fantasty - Add a Heart

Noor Design - Have a Heart

Paradise of Stamps - Valentines Day

Sasayaki Glitter - Red

Deep Ocean - Hearts

Creative Moments - Anything Goes twist Love is in the Air

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Sparkle - Love

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes optional Valentines

Sandra's Cupid

Here's another of Sandra's creations for us for Outlawz Sketch.  This one is called Cupid Angel, you can find him in Sandra's shop Baby Cakes Digis and Designs

I've coloured him with ProMakers, then mounted him onto some red card stock.

Here's our sketch for this week

I've flipped mine on its side and left off the part for the sentiment.

Papers used are from UHK Gallery and Santoro.  I've also used some black card stock.

The love sentiment is wooden, I found these in Hobbycraft in the wedding section.  I'v coloured this one with ProMarker.

My only other embellishment are a couple of black gems.

Hope you like my inspirations for this week and you'll join us at the challenge

Andrea x

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

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - February

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes twist of Red for Valentines

Creative Ladybirds - Anything Goes

Scrapping4Fun - Friends / Love / Wedding / Valentines 

Paper Creator - Love is in the Air

Simply Create Too - Love

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Perfect together

Yay the day is here when I can share what I've created for my hubby's Valentines card :D

He loves whiskey, partly my fault, when we first started dating he used to drink Jack Daniels and Coke all the time.  So I had this idea why not draw it, so I've created my own digi with it on!

Behind the image I've drawn a heart with a sentiment Perfect Together created at the time of printing.

I've used ProMarkers and polychromos pencils to colour the image.

Mounted onto some red card stock to create a border I've then doodled a border onto the image with biros.

Happy Valentines Day hubby!

Andrea x

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

Glitter n Sparkle - Love is in the Air

Come and Get It - Love is in the Air

Sweet Stampin - Masculine

Paradise of Stamps - Valentines Day

Love to Scrap - Who Loves You Baby

Aud Sentiments - Valentines or Love

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional use Love Hearts

Crafting by Designs - Love & Romance

Addicted to Stamps - Love

Creative Moments - Anything goes twist Love is in the Air

Sleep Tight Little One

This is the latest image I used for my guessing game in my SheepSki Designs Facebook Group to win the image.  It's called Sleep Tight and features Fuzzy :D

You can find Sleep Tight in my Etsy Shop and get it with 10% off by quoting code SKIANDREA10.

I've used Copics, ProMarkers and polychromos pencils to colour the image.  

I wanted to keep the image as the main focus so have made a CAS card.

The sentiment was done at the time of printing.  It's mounted onto some Kraft card and I've used a biro to edge the image with.

Hope you like my inspiration with my new image

Andrea x

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

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Clean and Simple

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Addicts - Add a Sentiment

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Lolly Liz

Sam at Crafting Circle reminded me the other day about the artists challenge she has running monthly.  I confess - I'd forgotten all about it.

The title of February's challenge "You Suck!"

Check out the blog to see who else has entered.

Sam gave us a few clues to go on Vampires, Vacuum Cleaners, Lottery Machine, Hummingbird, Lollipop etc. etc.

Well the it was the lollipop that gave me inspiration for this one.

Introducing Lolly Liz - yay!  First time I've entered this challenge - thank you Sam :D

You can find Lolly Liz in my shop on Etsy - here

Oh and I've coloured her so you can get an idea of what she'll look like for your cards etc....

Andrea x

Entering this creation into the Crafting Circle February Artist Challenge

Cupcake Kisses

We're so lucky to have Sandra Caldwell sponsoring us this month at Outlawz Sketch.

She's drawn some images especially for us to play with :D

I've used Kisses Cupcake for my inspiration for you today.

The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and the edges distressed with Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for this week

With the sketch being for a rectangular card I've used some artistic licence ;)

I've moved my image to one side and put the bottom embellishment next to it.

The papers I've used are from Lili of the Valley and Santoro, heart trim from Joy Crafts and two wooden embellishments from Scapiniec coloured with ProMarkers

Hope yo like my inspiration for today and you join us at the challenge.

Andrea x

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

World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 18

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Creatalicious - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Heart String

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Card Challenge (Feb)

Freebie in monochromatic & tutorial news

Happy Weekend - don't forget this is the weekend when you can grab this exclusive freebie.

The image is called Wild Roses and I'm offering it as an exclusive freebie at Through The Craft Room Door Facebook Group the weekend of 4 - 5 February only, click here to join the group.

I created this look by using just one black polychromos pencil.  I was hoping to achieve a black and white photo effect.  I would have done more on the background last night but ended up with claw hand after doing this and a card for my dad  :D

I've run out of time to do any more on it for showing it off for today so just thought I'd post it as it is.

A copy of the watermarked image is below.

Also remember this?

I've made up a photo tutorial to go into the next Through The Craft Room Door magazine so you can find out exactly what I used to create it and how I got the background effect :D

From this......

...... to this

Don't forget to grab your freebie

Andrea x

Love Is

1st of the month and we've a new Facebook Challenge for you at All Dressed Up.

The theme for this month is Romance and / or Red.

I've used both in this card :D

The image is called Love Is.  I've used a mainly monochromatic colour scheme using ProMarkers.   there's just the heart that adds a pop of red.  I've also added a little black polychromos pencil to add depth and a white gel pen for some highlights.

The image has been cut out with a Spellbinders die, distressed with Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz and I've doodled some stitching around the edge.

The design papers are from Lemoncraft and Maja Design.  These have been cut curved with a Spellbinders die then layered.

Around the edges I've doodles a border with biro.

My embellishments are a love sentiment found in the wedding section at Hobby Craft.  Some brown gems and some tiny wooden hearts that Darija recommended to me in the Facebook Group.

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

A Gem of a Challenge - Hearts and / or Flowers

Dream Valley - All About Love

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

Di's Digi Design - All About Love

Kaartjes Inspiratie - Love

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - In Stitches

Valentine Bears

I'm honoured today to be a guest designer for Paradise of Stamps.  Their theme for this month is Valentine's Day

What better way to celebrate with one of my new cute images Fuzzy Friends.  I've added a Valentine sentiment at the time of printing so I could make a CAS card to focus on the image.

You can find Fuzzy Friends at my Etsy shop and buy them with 10% off by quoting code SKIANDREA10

The bears have been coloured with Copics.  Keeping it simple they've been mounted on some red card stock appropriate for Valentines.

I've not used any embellishments on this one.  The border was doodled with a biro to finish it off

Andrea x

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

Winter Wonderland - Spring Fever Sunshine, Flowers, Romance

Dream Valley - All About Love

Creative Inspirations - Cute Critters

Di's Digi Design - All About Love

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Simply Made

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Love Love Love

Hearts4U

A new month and a new sponsor at Outlawz Sketch.  This is the first time I've used Sandra Caldwell's images :D

This one is a little cutie called Bearly in Love and has been created especially for us.  I've coloured him using Copics and polychromos pencils.

The image and red background have been cut out with Spellbinders dies.  I've also distressed the edges of the image with Vintage Photo ink from Tim Holtz.

Here's our sketch for today

As you can see with my design below I've kept to the sketch this week, but just missed off a little of the trim aiming for tis to be a card that could be sent to a guy.

I've used design papers from UHK Gallery and some black card stock.

Hope to see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

A Gem of a Challenge - Hearts and / or Flowers

Come and Get It - 3 or More Layers

Kaartjes Inspiratie - Love

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmarkers - Love Love Love

Winter Fairy

Little Breena & Bear can be versatile I've used her for my inspiration for the new challenge I'm sponsoring at Do-Al(l) Keatives.

She's been coloured with ProMarkers and cut out with a Spellbinders die.  I've used two more circular Spellbinders dies to mount her onto to create a frame.

You can find Breena in my Etsy shop anf get her with 10% discount by quoting code SKIANDREA10

The design papers are fairly plain ones from Maja Design and First Edition.  All these have been distressed.

On top and between the layers you can see icicle and tree die cuts from Marianne Design.

I've applied some loose glitter from DecoArt to the icicles and some snowtex to the trees and along where the ground would be.  My final embellishment are some tiny silver snowflakes charms.

Andrea x

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

Julie Spiri - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie challenge - Winter Warmers

Sweet Stampers - Winter / Snow

Addicted to Stamps - Baby It's Cold Outside

Deep Ocean - Winter Wonderland

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes (Snow)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Oddball Art - A Winters Tale

Art by Miran - Anything Goes