Friday 29 June 2018

Pretty In Pink

We're going on of my favourites for the new two weeks at Fussy & Fancy Fridays.  Pretty in Pink :)

Instead of using an image I've dug or pretty much everything else LOL!

I've taken some close ups so you can see sections of the card I made


Here you can see a close up of the butterfly, it's a wood chi one from Scrapiniec which I've given a hint of pink to with my Copics.  The wood chip swirl (not sure who's it is) I found at Scrap and Craft.


Before I go onto the flowers I'll mention the pearl string and pink seam binding which you can find at The Ribbon Girl. 




This one is showing a variety of pink flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The pink tipped leaves I got from Lili of the Valley years ago when they still had a shop you could go into.  You can also see here some tiny silver dragonfly charms that I got from Amazon.


I my last picture you get the whole card.  The design papers which I've distressed and torn 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
Crafter's Castle - Challenge 6
Create & Inspire - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Double D - Butterflies
Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday's - Things with Wings
Sunny Day Crafting - Any Animal on a Project
Crafteezee - Summer

Thursday 28 June 2018

CRAFT Challenge 474 - Thank You!

SheepSki Designs is sponsoring C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. I'm also guest designing for them this week.  The theme for Challenge 474 - Is Thank You!

We're also sponsoring Star of the Month :)


The image has been coloured with Copics, I'm not sure if you can see I've used gold and white gel pens to add some flower in the grass.

The image, design papers from Joy Craft, Maja Design and black card have all been distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.

The wood chip thank you sentiment and flower stem I found at Scrap and Craft.

Thanks for taking a look today
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
CCC Digi Creations - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes
A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes
Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes



Wednesday 27 June 2018

A Bit of Everything.....

We're sponsored this month by Through the Craft Room Door at Outlawz Sketch.  So this month is a bit of a free for all on images we can use.

First of all I'll share out sketch.  Ok so when I saw it I wasn't quite sure what to do with it.  I was in fussy and fancy mode so I do apologies there are lots of photos to follow.


In my first photo your can see some resin embellishments.  I put the flower heart down first and wanted to put the butterfly over the top.  I was having an issue making them "stick" so I ended up putting some tiny blossoms down first and the gluing the butterfly on top - woop hoo it worked!

Instead of a single tag I've double stacked.  The tags were cut using a die and some design paper from Lemoncraft.  In fact all my design papers today are from Lemoncraft.

The tags are tied together with some pink seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.  On top of this are a couple of resin doves.

You can just see in the next picture underneath the rose heart there's a heart shaped doily.

To fit in with the sketch I've made a circular arrangement of flowers.  There's a bit of a combination here that I've had in my stash for ages.

As well ask showing the 3-d effect of the flowers in this picture you can see the lace I've added which I got from The Ribbon Girl.  There are actually two different types I've layered up.  At the top of this are some sections of pearl string.

Here you can see the whole card and my fussy and fancy interpretation of the sketch.

The wedding day sentiment is a wood chip one from Scrapiniec.


The final photo shows an angled side shot so you can see the 3-d effect of the flowers.

Hope yo 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
Crafthazelnut's Patterned Paper - June
Love to Scrap - Marry Me
Brown Sugar - Wedding or Party
The Ribbon Girl - June Anything Goes
Double D - Butterflies
Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Tuesday 26 June 2018

Determined

Using my new image called Determination today for some inspiration for a card for a young boy or teen.  You can find him here in my Etsy shop and get 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.
The image has been coloured with Copics a while gel pen and a black liner pen.

I've layered black card with design papers from First Edition and Glitz paper.  I've offset quite a few, just to be different :)


The image has been finished off with one wood chip sentiment coloured with black Copic from Scrapiniec.

Thanks for taking a look today
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges.
Simply Create Too - For a Male
Unicorn Challenge - Masculine
The Crafter's Cafe - For a Child
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Lets Craft & Create - Anything Goes
Create & Inspire - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes


Wednesday 20 June 2018

Honey Bee

A week gone by already!  I'm here sharing my creation for Outlawz Sketch.  We're sponsored this month by Through The Craft Room Door.  For my inspiration I'm using a lovely image from Small and Round called Honey Bee 

I've coloured the image with Copcis and a white gel pen.  The edges of the image and all my design papers have been distressed using a Tonic Solutions tool.

Here's our sketch for this week


My design papers are from Joy Craft.  I've kept the colour pallet simple to two colours.  I've also used some black card.


The butterfly chip board embellishments I found at Scrap and Craft.  My final addition a large paper flower I found in Hobby Craft.

Hope you like my inspiration for this week end we see you at the challenge
Andrea x 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Classic Design Team - Challenge 26
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Crafters Castle - Challenge 6
CCC Digi Creations - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything Goes
Creative Craft cottage - Anything Goes
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Sunday 17 June 2018

One for Dad

I've used Taking Pics (you can find it here in my shop) to create my Father's Day card.  I'll be giving it to my dad later today :)


I've coloured the image with Copics.  The sentiment you can see I've created at the time of printing.  The images has been framed with some black card.  I've three tiny silver dragonfly beads which I found on Amazon and some camera strip from Tim Holtz.

The design papers are from First Edition, their new watercolour ones :)
Thanks for taking a look today

Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Simply Create Too  - For a Male
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Three of Something
Pearly Sparkles - Masculine
Unicorn Challenge - Masculine
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/optional Father's Day
Try It On Tuesdays - For the Boys
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Wednesday 13 June 2018

A little nature

We're been sponsored by Through The Craft Room Door this month at Outlawz Sketch.

That mean we get to use whatever images we like for our inspiration this time :)


I've chosen an image from Rick St Dennis called Steampunk Rose Bug.  The images has been coloured with Copics.  I've them cut it out with a Spellbinders die.  the edges has been distressed with antique linen, vintage photo and black soot inks from Tim Holtz.  I've then scattered some embossing enamel and heated it.  After this I've cut some black card with a Sepllbinders die and mounted the image onto it.

Here's our sketch for this week


My design papers are from Prima Marketing, Lili of the Valley and I've also used some more black card.  Behind the image you can see some cream lace which I got from The Ribbon Girl.



The double banners were produced using a La La Land die, some black card and paper from Prima Marketing.  Along the banner I've added a few black gems.  The sentiment is a wood chip one from Scrapiniec.

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
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - Challenge 6
Classic Design Team - Challenge 26
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 15
Love to Craft - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Tuesday 12 June 2018

Mini musical mice

I don't do much stamping these days, but with a friends son's birthday coming up where he's just passed his piano and drum exams with flying colours, I though this image was perfect.

Of course it's house mouse stamp - we all love them - this one is Musical Mice.


I've coloured the image with Copics and a black polychromos pencil.

The design papers are from Lili of the Valley, Our Daily Bread and I've also used some black card.  The tiny banners at the right of the image were cut with a Fantasy die.


The keyboard ribbon was from Crafty Ribbons (I've had it in my stash for ages).  The birthday sentiment is a wood chip one from Scrapineic.

Thanks for taking a look today.
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Fabrika Fantasy - Animals
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge 15
Simply Create Too - For a Male
Crafty Friends - Happy Birthday
Crafty Carmakers - For a Man / Boy
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes twist use a real stamp
Craft Rocket - Birthday
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes



Wednesday 6 June 2018

A new Favourite

I think I've got a new favourite colour combination, but we'll get onto that in a bit.

This month at Outlawz Sketch we're sponsored by Through The Craft Room Door.  A very special group for me this is where I began my crafty DT journey :)  Not only do they have a blog they also have an online magazine check them out here.
For my inspiration for this week, I've used an image from Hannah Lynn which is from one of the colouring classes at Kit & Clowder.  I've coloured this image using Copics and a white gel pen.

This is our sketch for this week


My papers are from My Favourite Things AND I'm loving this colour combination.  I picked it up from the image


Behind the image I've used the design paper cut with two Spellbinders dies to fit in with the sketch.

My only embellishment a few black gems.

Hope you like my inspiration fro this week and we see you at the challenge.
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday's - She's Got the Look
Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes


Friday 1 June 2018

Its the little things......

My final card for today is for the new Facebook Challenge over at All Dressed Up.

The theme for this month is As You like It - in other word anything you like as long as you use an All Dressed Up image.
I've created a very simple single layer card using Busy Shopping.  I've coloured in monochrome with my Copics and added a splash of colour with orange.

The random placed sentiment was created with some Tim Holtz stickers.


Thanks for taking a look today
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Dragonfly Dreams - Here Come the Girls
A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Black & White plus 1 other colour
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday's - She's Got the Look







Beautiful Peonies

The new challenge at SheepSki Designs for this month is Embellish It or Clean and Simple.  For this card to give you a little inspiration I've used a CAS style and also added some simple embellishments.  Just to show you you don't have to overload with embellishments to enter.


The image has been coloured with Copics, a white gel pen and a black polychromos pencil.

The sentiment was created at the time of printing.  My design paper is from Lemoncraft, I've added a few Rhine stones to add interest and bling, a think strip of bright pink satin ribbon to match the flowers and a few black gems.

Hope you like what I've created for the challenge and we see you there
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Addicted to Stamps - Ribbons Galore
Stamping Sensation - Close to Nature
Create & Inspire - Anything Goes optional Springtime
Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes
Double D - Bling It Up
PINspirational - Challenge 216
The Paper Shelter - Flower Power
World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 5




Summer time

Our theme at Fussy & Fancy Fridays for the next two weeks is Summer Fling!  I wasn't sure what to create for this at first, so I had a dig around in my images to see what summer images I had.  This one if from All Dressed Up called Summer Time.
I've coloured the images with Copics.  Instead of cutting the image out, I've cut the centre of some black card out using a Spellbinders die then used it to frame the image.

My design papers are from Lemoncraft, First Edition and Maja Design.  I've used some off cuts to create the pink and yellow banner using a La La Land die.  There are plenty of pearl gems to add some texture and detail, 

 
The film strip is from Tim Holtz and my flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

If you look to the right of the image on the black you should just be able to spot a tiny camera sticker that I got in Paperchase.

Hope you like my inspiration for the challenge and we see you there,
Andrea x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Creative Inspirations - Clean and Simple or Fussy & Fancy
Sasayaki Glitter - Flowers
Dragonfly Dreams - Here Come the Girls
The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team - Challenge 5