Getting Ready for Christmas

Uggg I was feeling so pants yesterday with a migraine headache that I didn't feel up to putting the words in here last night, so I just posted the images originally.

I'm feeling MUCH better today so here I am to tell you what I've done.

This creation is for Fussy and Fancy Fridays!  Our theme for the next two weeks is Christmas in July.

The little cutie you can see here is called Ready for Christmas.  You can find it here in my shop where you can also get 10% off everything by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout :)

The images has been coloured with Copics, a black polychromos pencil and a white gel pen.  Around the image I've scattered some embossing enamel.

My design papers from Maya Design, First Edition and Studio Light have all been distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.

To the right of the image you can see some banners cut with a La La Land die.  I've used the pink heart from this around the image and cut some more for the banner centres out of grey design paper.  Underneath the image in a piece of grey ribbon I got from Crafty Ribbons.

There's a laser cut Christmas tree which I got in Hobby Craft years ago (my last one).  I've added a few pink gems to this.  To finish off there are a few pearls and a wood chip Christmas sentiment.

Hope you like my non traditional coloured card for the theme

See you at the challenge :)

Andrea x

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

 Ike's World - Anything Goes optional twist Christmas

Sasayaki Glitter - Christmas in July

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

Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - July

Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes - Animals

PINspirational - Happy Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner - Christmas in July

Aud Sentiments - Christmas in July

Die Cuttin Divas - Christmas In July

Posing

The final challenge of the month for Outlawz Sketch (hmmm has someone speeded time up, this month seems to have gone very quickly).

We're sponsored by DigiStamp4Joy for July.  I'm using Party Shoes for my inspiration.

My image has been coloured with Copics and a black polychromos pencil.

Here's our sketch for this week.

My design papers are from First Edition and Studio Light.  I've also used some black card.  All of these were distressed with a Tonic Solutions tool.

The black and white ribbon has been in my stash for ages.  I've tied a tag onto it.  The tag was cut using a Marianne Craftables die, I've hand cut papers in the same colours as the card to get the layered effect.  The shoe is a dress it up button.  Finally to finish some black gems

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

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - July

A Perfect Time to Craft - Challenge 7

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - All Tied Up

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes optional Dies / Punches

Creative Knockouts - Tag Time

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Rough It Up

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

This is it.....

This is the slipper slope, I've started now (much to Mr Bah Humbug - aka hubby) yep this is my first Christmas card LOL!!

I've made this for the new Sketch Challenge at Outlawz sponsored by DigiStamps4Joy this month

This little guy is called Festive Snooze.  He's bee coloured with Copics, the edges distressed with Walnut Stain from Tim Holtz.  Around the top of the image I've scattered two different kinds of embossing enamel.  Underneath him he's got two kinds of glitter which are also embossing stuff.  I've cur out some black card with a Spellbinders die to frame him.

Here's our sketch for this week.

Apart from using some more black card I've used design papers from Maja Design and First Edition.  All these have been distressed.

The snowflakes are wood chip embellies from Scrapiniec.  the ribbon is red organza.  I likely got it from The Ribbon Girl.  One final tiny addition.  A tiny red button I've had in my stash forever :)

Hope you like my inspiration for this week and we see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Christmas At Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

12 Months of Christmas - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Square Cards Only

Sasayaki Glitter - Christmas in July

Ikes World - Anything Goes / Christmas in July

DigiStamps4Joy - Anything Goes optional Winter Scene

Digi Doodle Studios - Christmas in July

Waiting

I think I may have learned something along the way in my Copic lessons.... about blending and texture and adding detail.  I've tried to put some of this into practice on the image below.  Thank you so much Faye and Alyce

The image is called Waiting you can find it here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off by quoting SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

As well as using Copics I've used white, gold and orange gel pens and a black polychromos pencil

Just plain and simply mounted onto some black card to frame it.

Hope you love my inspiration today

Andrea x

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

Create & Makes - Anything Goes

Try It on Tuesday - Things with Wings

The Sisterhood of Crafters - What's that up in the sky

Crafty Friends - Fairy / Fantasy

Tuesday Throwdown - The Great Outdoors

Classic Design Team - Challenge 27

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Blue hues

I've had this image out for a little while now but have only just had time to colour it up.  It's called Tulip Border.  You can find it here in my Etsy shop where you can get 10% off any of my images by quoting code SKIANDREA10 at checkout.

I've coloured the image using Copics, a black polychromos and a white gel pen.  The image is the main feature of my card, so I've just framed it with some black card.

The design paper behind the image is from Lemoncraft.  I tried all sorts, the the green seemed to make the blue in the image really stand out.  The Birthday sentiment coloured with Black Copic is from Scrapiniec.  Finally I've added three tiny silver dragonfly beads.

Its also the image for the Progressive Challenge at Outlawz this month ;)

Hope you like my inspiration for today.

Andrea x

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

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

The Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Going Digital

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - In my Garden

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Girly birthday card

All Dressed Up's new Facebook challenge starts today.  The theme chosen for this month is Occasions.  Give you lots of room for creating :)

I'm using two of the Party Season girls for this card.

The image has been coloured with Copics, I printed the sentiment (from Make It Crafty) at the time I printed the images so the background area was a bit white :)

I don't like scary white space so I've added in some paler colours matching the girls clothes to add a bit of background interest.

Faffing about with my design papers I found some new papers I'd forgotten about.  Shhhh don't tell my hubby he thinks I have too much paper!!  I've added it as a strip down the side.  It's from First Edition in case you were wondering.

Don't forget we also have the blog challenge, the theme is always anything goes BUT you must use an All Dressed Up image to enter.

Hope you like my inspiration and we see you at the challenge.

Andrea x

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

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

Sparkles - Lets Be Pretty

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Worldwide Open Design Team - Challenge 6

Artistic Inspiration - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld - Anything Goes

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes