Rainy day shopping

Inspired by the girls shopping in my home town of Leeds, sitting in a cafe looking out of the window.  This is typical of current fashion and some girls ability to wear mega high heels when they shop.  Yorkshire being as it is, we have a tendency for bad weather in Autumn!  We're just used to it :)

You can find this new image of mine called Shopping in Yorkshire in my Etsy shop where you can get this and any of my other images with 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10

I decided to colour this image in one of my favourites, black and white with a pop of colour.  I've coloured it with Copics and created a little texture in the background.  On the seams of the umbrella and at the left edge of the image I've used a black polychromos for a little extra definition.

The sentiment was created at the time of printing.  All I've done to showcase the image is to frame it with some red and black card.  A very simple but classy result.

Hope you like my inspiration for today

Andrea x

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

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 26

Double D - Sentiments / Quotes

Deep Ocean - Goodbye Summer

Dream Valley - One for the Girls

Outlawz Colour - Monochromatic with a Pop of Colour (for inspiration for their challenge)

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Shy Giraffe

Here I am sharing my final inspiration of the month for Outlawz Sketch team.  We're sponsored this month by Sami Stamps.

The image I'm sharing with you today is Shy Flower Giraffe it just such an adorable drawing!

It's been coloured with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.

Here's our sketch for this week, this one was Cindy's favourite from 2016

My design papers are from First Edition and Studio Lite.

The satin ribbon was from Crafty Ribbons and I've hand tied a mini bow in the middle of it.  My other embellishment are a couple of pearl gems

Hope you like my inspiration for today, thank you for visiting

Andrea x

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

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 6

The Crazy Challenge - Add an Animal

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Come and Get It - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Use Ribbon and / or Lace

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Bubbles in the dark

This is something that's been bugging me for a while.  I was researching some inspiration of what bubbles look like and I found some pictures of them in the dark.

I tried this back in April / May when I was on holiday but I got it sooooo wrong and hadn't had chance to have anther go until now.

The image you can see below is Bubble Dreams, you can find it here in my Etsy shop and get 10% off ll my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured the background and hair with Copics then everything else with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.

It took me ages to find the design paper to go behind to frame the image, it's from Joy Crafts.  I've also used some black card and a few golden gems.

Its not perfect but I do love how it came out :)

Andrea x

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

Lets Craft and Create - Child's Play

Classic Design Team Open Challenge - Challenge 17

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes optional Back to School

When something looks better in real life

For some reason this looks so much better in real life that in these pictures!  Maybe its something to do with the lighting.  Anyway..... I'm sharing it even though it looks a bit pants in the photos.

Today we're at Outlawz Sketch again sharing our favourite sketches from 2016.  We're sponsored by Sami stamps this month how has some fantastic cute images.  Check the shop out here.

This is actually one of my own images that was just hanging around all coloured up.  It was the perfect share for this sketch.  The image is called Fuchsias and you can find it here

I've coloured it using ProMarkers and polychromos pencils, the edges have been distressed with black soot ink from Tim Holtz and a distressing tool.  I've also scattered a little embossing enamel to add some interest.  The backing paper (also distressed) from First Edition and has been cut with a Spellbinders die.

Here's one of my favourite sketches from last year.

I've used two more distressed design papers from First Edition and 13 Arts.  The top right instead of a gem I've curled the paper and added the gem higher on the paper behind.

To the bottom right instead of a swirl and flowers I've used and swirly wood chip embellishment from Scrapienic.

Two gems and a wood chip butterfly finish off the card.

Andrea x

Hope

The normal for lab techs appears to be with glasses and  / or looking geeky.  As I know working at a company with labs and as Rijacki (one of my DT ladies who requested this image) is certainly not the case.

So off I went with inspiration from the ladies I work with here is Hope.  She was named at a game in my Facebook Group.  Hope as in hope for a cure from cancer.

Anyway you can find here here in my shop where you can also get 10% off my images if you quote SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured Hope with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  I've done a CAS card showcasing the image and in case anyone wants me to tailor it to their requirements.

She's been framed with back card and I've not even doodled this time I must be getting braver at the white space thing ;)

Andrea x

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

Pile It On - Feather / Scales and / or No Patterned Paper

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Poppies

I'm not sure if drawing flowers are my favourite images to do.  I know Remembrance Sunday is coming up.  So this is part of the reason I've drawn there but also I've had a thing about drawing them since I saw a large variety growing in my parents garden earlier this year.

You can find my Poppies image in my shop here, here you can get 10% off my images by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

The poppies were coloured with Copcs and then I added a little black polychromos for depth.  The buds and stems were done with ProMarkers and black polychromos.

I then ventured into doing a abstract background using Copics and a blender pen painting watercolours like distress inks (a trick learned from Alyce in her Markers 101 class).  Love the effect and I shall certainly try this again.

I didn't want to do a completely CAS card this time.  For some reason the poppies seemed to work really well with this design paper from Lemoncraft.

Mounted onto some black card, I've added some tiny strips of navy blue ribbon, a few black gems and then a woodchip love sentiment from Scrapienic.

Hope you love my inspiration

Andrea x

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

Scrapping4Fun - Techniques

Making Memories - Anything Goes or Use Colour Board

Paradise of Stamps - Your Favourite Things

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafting with An Attitude - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket - Something Beginning with F (Flowers)

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

A little autumn

Here we are again at Fussy and Fancy Fridays, for the next two weeks our challenge is Autumn Colours

I won this Hannah Lynn image a while ago from Crafts and Me and decided it would be perfect to do some red hair.  Mixed with green clothes and eyes she make a perfect autumn colour combination.

I achieved this look by using ProMarkers, Copics and polychromos pencils.

Here's a close up of some of the flowers I've used.  This is a combination from Noor Design  and Wild Orchid Crafts.

The top right arrangement I added some of the leaves I cut off the brown roses form the bottom left arrangement.

The design papers are all different green shades from Maja Design.  All the design paper and the black card the image was mounted onto to frame it were distressed.

My final embellishments were two wooden hearts from the wedding section in Hobby Craft, table confetti :)

Hope you like my inspiration for today.  Thanks for taking the time to visit

Andrea x

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

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - Autumn Equinox

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes optional Warm Colours

Emerald City Crafts - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Fall into Fall

Scrap and Craft - Autumnal Colours

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional Distress It

Get Creative - Autumn / Fall

Dream Valley - Autumn Colours

The Crazy Challenge - Autumn

Enjoy

This month at Outlawz Sketch we're using our favourite sketches from the 2016.  This weeks was picked by Pat :D

We're sponsored this month by Sami Stamps who have some gorgeous images.  The one I've used for my inspiration this week is Sunny Spot.

The image was coloured with ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  It,s been cut out with a Spellbinders die and then mounted onto some black card to frame it, this was also cut with a Spellbinders die.

Here's Pat favourite sketch

I've used some more black card and design papers from Studio Lite and 13 Arts.

I've designed this card for my dad for his birthday this week :)  The black ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and I've added a simple woodchip sentiment from Scrapienic to finish it off

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

Andrea x

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

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes optional Warm Colours

Pearly Sparkles - Fur and Paws

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 6

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket - Something Beginning with F (Fox)

QKR Stampede - Use Fall Colours or Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Use Dies and / or Punches

Try It On Tuesday - My Friend

Got a pink thing goin on

Originally when I made this digi I was using black sandals as my idea.  Obviously my head thinks pink a lot (favourite colour)

So here is Strappy Sandal in pink - you can fin it in my shop where you can get 10% off  all my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10

The image was coloured with ProMarkers and plychromos pencils.  I've cut it with a Spellbinders die, distressed the edges with vintage photo ink from Tim Holtz and then sprinkled two types of Stampendous embossing enamel onto it before heating.  There's some back card behind cut with a Spellbinders die to frame it.

I've just recently stocked up my pink flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts - here a close up of the arrangement on my card.  here are also a few twigs (laser cut wood chip from Scrapienic).  The white you can see to give it a shabby look is actually snowtex (an experiment hee hee).

Below is the finished shaped card.  The base was covered with black card (hand cut to fit).  The papers used are from Maya Designs and Studio Lite.  There are also some left over off cuts.  The the design papers were distressed.

My final embellishments to the card are a birthday sentiment from Scrapiniec, a tiny wooden heart which I got off eBay, some pearl gems and a wooden heart (table confetti from the wedding section in Hobby Craft).

Hope you like my inspiration for today

Andrea x

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

In the Pink - 5th Birthday So Anything Goes

Scrapping4Fun - Techniques (die cutting, embossing, distressing)

Tuesday Throwdown - Punches and / or Dies

Card Mania - Shabby Chic / Rustic

Paradise of Stamps - Favourite Things (pink, flowers, shoes, hearts)

Noor Design - Layers

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Distress It

The Ribbon Girl - September Card Challenge

Crafty Carmakers - Monochrome

Allsorts - Use at Least Two DP's

Pastel pink

This month at Outlawz Sketch we're using our favourite sketches from the 2016.  This weeks was picked by Darcy :D

We're sponsored this month by Sami Stamps who have some gorgeous images.  The one I've used for my inspiration this week is Floral Girl.

This image was coloured in soft pastel shades using ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.  Once I'd cut the image down to size I sprinkled two lots of embossing enamel onto it to add some interest.

Here's Darcy's favourite sketch

I've used design papers from Maja Designs and Lemoncraft.

The For You sentiment is a wood chip one from Scrapienic.  I've also used some Lilies which I got from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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

Andrea x

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

In The Pink - 5th Birthday Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Heat Embossing

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - September Card Challenge

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Use a Stamps or a Digi

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Create & Makes - Anything Goes

Ice Queen Freebie

Christmas is sneaking up and I got pondering about what I could create with a wintery theme.  I decided to do an Ice Queen.  You can find her in my Etsy shop.  BUT if you're lucky enough you'll be able to grab her as a FREEBIE if you follow Alyce's instructions over at Kit and Clowder :D

She's part of the 15,000 member celebration for the group.  I'm also offering a discount code (larger than my usual) CLICK HERE

I've created a card with lots of my favourite elements for your inspiration.

The image was coloured with ProMarers and polychromos pencils to get the extra detail.

After colouring her I cut her out with a Spellbinders die. The edges were distressed with Vintage photo ink from Tim Holtz.  I then scattered two colours of embossing enamel onto the background around the image and applied my heat gun.

I've used a shaped card as my base and cut some Maja Design paper to overlay it.

On top of this are design papers from First Edition.  All the design papers were distressed.

There's a mixture of white flowers to add to the wintery feel and some pearl embellishments which are actually from the wedding section in Hobby Craft.

I've added a love sentiment from Scrapiniec simply because I love hearts.

You may be able to see some tiny stars scattered all over the card / image.  These are left overs from a Spellbinders label die.

And my final embellishment a few pearl gems.

Hope you like my inspiration and thanks for visiting, hope you manage to grab her as a freebie

Andrea x

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

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes / Ladies Day

Paradise of Stamps - Your Favourite Things - Distressing / Woodchip Embellisments / Flowers

Emerald City Crafts - Challenge 3

Card Mania - Shabby Chic or Rustic

Fabrika Fantasy - Add Pearls / Gems

Dream Valley - Use a Stamp or Digi

Inky Chics - Stars

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team - Challenge 17

Dear Little One

I've just released this image she's called Carina.  This could be either the fawn or the fairy as the meaning of the name is Dear Little One.

You can get her with 10% off by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout on Etsy

I've created this card for an inspiration piece for the new challenge over on the SheepSki Designs challenge blog.  the theme for this month is FEATURE A CREATURE.  You don't have to use my images to enter but if you do and you're a winner or top three you'll bag yourself an extra image for your prize.  And yes the top three get prizes too.  Check out the blog here

Carina has been coloured with Copics, ProMarkers and polychromos pencils.

To showcase the image for you I've mounted her onto some black card to frame it.  Both the image and the card have been gently distressed.  I've also doodled a border to add to the framing.

Added to the card are some tiny hearts which I've made into butterflies and three hearts to the bottom right (laser cut wood chip from Scrapienic)

The fairy also has some DecoArt glitter on her wings.  She can't be a fairy without a bit of magic dust  and sparkle ;)

Andrea x

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

The Unicorn Challenge - Mythical & Magical

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional Summer Days

Creative Craft Cottage - Lets Get Sparkly

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs  Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Birthday Celbration

This gorgeous image is one of Wendy's recent additions.  I'd not had change to have a play with her so I thought I'd use her for the new Facebook challenge over at All Dressed Up.

The theme for this month is a nice easy one for you - SQUARE CARDZ!

The image is called Feeling Spoilt - you can find her in Wendy's shop on Etsy.

I've coloured her with ProMarkers.

I've cut her out and left plenty of room to add a sentiment from wood chip elements form Scrapienic, which have been coloured with black ProMarker,

The design paper if from Lemoncraft.  I've also used some black card.

My final touch are a few pink sequins

Hope you love my inspiration and we see you at the challenge.  Don't forget we also have the challenge blog :D

Andrea x

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

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 25

Sparkles - Birthday

In the Pink - 5th Birthday So Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Lets Get Sparkly

Deep Ocean - Fave Colour Combo (Pink & Black)

Di's Digi Designs - Bright Colours

Crafty Friends - Birthdays

Dream Valley - Use a Stamp or Digi Image

Passion For ProMarkers - Make It Digital