February Outlawz Sketch Challenge

Its the first Wednesday of the month which means its time for our Outlawz Sketch challenge.

We've no sponsor this month so its a free for all on what we create with :)

I've chosen to use Kraftin Kimmie's Nerds - Robot Boy.

He's been coloured with Copics, then cut with a Spellbinders die.  The edges of the image have been distressed with Vintage Photo distress ink from Tin Holtz.  I've then matted it onto some black card cut with another Spellbinders card.

These are our sketch hints for February.

My design paper is some scrapbooking paper I've had in my stash forever, so long I can't even remember who it's by.  It came as a Steampunk set.

The sentiment is made up from Tim Holtz stickers and wooden chipboard.

Thanks for popping by for a look today, we hope to see you at the challenge

Andrea x

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

My Time to Craft - Make It Male

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

Creartalicious - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

 

Playing with stars

A few weeks ago I bought some stamps from QuixoticPaperie, this is one of them Kraftin Kimmie's Angels - Celastina.  I decided to do,her in yellow shades of ProMarkers so she would have a golden glow.  Added to her wings in some glitter which I added by painting glue into her wings.  The image is backed with some gold card stock before mounting it onto the card.

The shaped card was bought in Lili of the Valley ages ago.  The design papers are from First Edition Gilded Winter.  The striped paper had to be hand cut to fit the card shape which is a little fiddly.

To finish the card off I've used some organza ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, some cream Merry Christmas ribbon from Lili of the Valley's Christmas little bags of ribbon, some gold and pearl self adhesive gems and some yellow self adhesive stars.

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

Crafty Card Markers - Christmas

Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything but a Square or Rectangle

Passion for ProMarkers - Hark the Herald Angles Sing

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday Challenge

Paradise of Stamps - Christmas

Andrea x

Thanks......

This is also a thanks to all the ladies who have supported me, given me advice and put some lovely comments on my blog :)

I sometimes get asked by the girls at work for thank you cards.  I haven't had any stamps I can produce them with but now I have two.  This is one if them Kraftin Kimmie's Every Day Girls - Angie.  I wanted her to look girly so I've done her in pink ProMarkers.  The image is hand cut and them mounted onto some white card and I've added some shadow with a grey Copic.

I've kept this one every simple and only used one pink paper from Solids - Bonnets and Bowties and some black card stock.

The stamped sentiment is slightly distressed to add a bit more character to the card.

The only other embellishments I've used are some self adhesive pink and black gems.

Thank you ladies

Andrea x

I'm entering this card into the following challenges 

In the Pink - Keep it Simple and Sweet

Kraftin Kimmie - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - So Girly

Me 'n' my friends

Yay another snowman stamp, I love snowmen :) ok I love lots of things.  Got this stamp (Kraftin Kimmie's Chillin with my Friends) last week.  So excited I went a bit mad and bought all sorts! 

I used ProMarkers to colour the image with a few biro highlights.  There's some Flower Soft to give it a lightly dusted snow look.

I wanted to keep this card clean and simple to make the image stand out so I've only used some green and black card stock, snowflake embossed white 'card and Lili of the Valley Festive Trimmings.

Embellishments are three green wooden snowflakes and a sentiment from Hobby Craft and sone self adhesive black gems.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges

CRAFT - Winter

Squirrels World - It's Snow-Vember

Winter Wonderland - Frosty the Snowman

Creative Romance - Winter Warmers

Kraftin Kimmie - Clean and Simple

Without Words - Preparing for Christmas

Happy Monday, I'm off work tomorrow so it is for me :)

Andrea x

PomPom overload

I've only just got this stamp from QuixoticPaperie this week but I just had to get get coloured!  This fairy just loves Pompom's to keep her warm they're all round the bottom of her dress and on her hat - so I just had to add some trim to compliment.  The stamp if  you don't know her is Kraftim Kimmie's PomPom Fairy.  I had a bit of trouble deciding how exactly to stamp and cut her out but this is what I ended up with.  I used ProMarkers to colour her in subtle pinks and yellows and used lots of stick on snow flakes from Hobby Craft to make the background up.  I also added a bit of glitter to a few sections of her wings by painting glue on before sprinkling glitter.

Probably a bit of an unusual combination for a Christmas card but the papers are Lili of the Valley Country Meadow, Lili of the Valley Solids Always and Forever and First Edition Gilded Winter.

I've used some PomPom trim (can't remember if I got it in Lili of the Valley or from Wild Orchid Crafts - been buying too much recently :)). I did get the pearl trim from Wild Orchid Crafts though.  Final bit of embellishment are some pink self adhesive gems to compliment the pink in her wings.

As with quite a lot of my cards I've not got any sentiments on.  Most of the people who buy from me want a card they can personalise if they want.

Challenges I'm going to enter are

Addicted to Stamps - Princesses or Fairies

Kraftin Kimmie - Anything Goes

I Love ProMarkers - Cute Christmas

CRAFT - Winter

Creative Romance - Winter Warmers

Soon be Christmas :)

Andrea x

Boyz n their toyz

Most of the guys I know are big kids, hubby included :) they love to play computer games or games on their iPads.  Most of them like gadgets and fiddling with stuff.  This card I'd for all you boys out there.  The stamp I've used is Kraftin Kimmie's Nerds - Robot Boy.  The image is coloured and edged with ProMarkers and cut using a spellbinders die.

Papers are all from Lili of the Valley Father Knows Best.

Additional embellishments

Black pearl self adhesive gems

Tim Holtz Ideology mini gears and adage ticket

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges

Cardz 4 Guys - Toys for the Boys

Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday Anything goes

Have a fun filled weekend

Andrea x

Red Queen

After doing Cassie this image in purple I decided the see what she'd look like in red.  The image is Kraftin Kimmie's Vampire Queen.  I've used my polychromos pencils again so I could have a play with them (I discovered them during a recent colouring challenge and love them).

The background is coloured with grey copics.

Apart from black and red card stock I used only one design paper from Lili of the Valley & Raspberry Road Designs - Heartfelt.

Apart from some black and white leafy patterned ribbon from DoCrafts Midnight Blush collection the only other embellishments are some red and black flowers and leaves from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I'm entering my red queen into the following challenges

Creative Inspirations - Happy Halloween

Fantasy Stampers - Something Spooky

Happy Crafting

Andrea x

Cassie's Vampire Queen

I decided to play around a bit and do some Halloween cards just for a bit of fun.  I bought this stamp this week Kraftin' Kimmie's Vampire Queen.  I love reading horror (not the Dark Fantasy stuff but the real gruesome horror stuff) so I didn't want her to look girly.  I started colouring her at lunchtime at work using polychromos pencils.  Cassie saw her and said how much one of her friends liked Halloween and if I had time to finish her before the day she would buy her from me.  I used copic markers for the grey background and then finished her off today by stamping some bats from a PaperArtsy Collections.  I used a biro to fill in the "bite me!" and a few of the bats to make them stand out.

I've used black card stock for the background on the card and also used this to mount the vampire image.  The other papers are Lili of the Valley & NitWit Collections - Solids Promises and Lili of the Valley & Raspberry Road Designs - Father Knows Best.

The purple ribbon is a piece of satin and is from Lili of the Valley - Little Bags of Ribbon Purple.  Here's the freaky bit as I was preparing to mount the image over the top of the ribbon I managed to slice my thumb open with my craft knife - the lady obviously demands BLOOD!!

Anyway, once mounted, I gave her some purple and black roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and finished the card off with some black self adhesive gems.

She came out much better than I'd hoped and I know Cassie will love her.

I'm going to enter her into the following challenges

Creative Card Crew - Black Card Stock

Without Words - Boo

A Little Bit Crafty - Halloween

Crafty Cats - Black Plus One Other Colour

Paradise of Stamps - Halloween

Papertake Weekly - Superfly

Bite me :)

Andrea x