Baubles and stars

Lizzy has just released some new Whimsy stamps last week and we got to play with them this week to give your some inspiration.  You can find them in the Lizzy Love collection

As soon as I saw this background stamp (stars and baubles) I knew what I wanted to do.

The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and then I've sprinkled lots of glitter onto the baubles.

Here's the CAS card I produced.  The design paper is a fairly plain one from Lili of the Valley.

I've doodled around the edge of the card to give it a border.

The Merry Christmas sentiment look a bit of work.  It's a woodchip one from Hobby Crafty.  At first I just tried to colour it with ProMarkers.  The colours weren't striking enough to go with the image, so, I painted it with some gesso.  Once dried I coloured it again with ProMarkers.  I had to give it a good three layers of colour but this is the result.  Also I edged it with a black artists pen - you need a VERY steady hand for that!!

Hope my CAS card has given you a bit of inspiration today

For more inspiration on Lizzy's new stamps for the Design Team visit the Oddball Art blog today :D

Andrea x

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

Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes

The Pencil Case - F = Fierce

The Corrosive Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Creative Card Crew - Sprinkle

Digi Choosday - Christmas Sparkles

Creative Knockouts - Something to Say

Julia Spiri - Add a Sentiment

Patty's Party - Tutorial

So on first looking - she doesn't look much, she's a pretty party girl, but the pain i went through to achieve this!!  Tried it my own way for a while nothing I did worked.  So I HAD to investigate how people did it.

Once you know how it's easy - but be warned the heating the candle is bloomin hot (burnt my hand doing this video)

Apart from burning my hand, creating the video was a huge learning curve and it's the most scary thing I've done!  Also finding the software to edit, doing the acual editing, disconnecting the sound because when I was recoding it we were watching Star Trek and my hubby was asking me if I wanted a coffee etc. also finding some music that I could use was a task - you have to make sure you find some you can use with all the copyright laws.

Anyway to create this I used a stamp from the Lizzy Love collection on Whimsy.  The link's here to the store.  I used tissue paper as in stuff you can wrap presents up in and just some ordinary black stamping ink.  Oh and of course ProMarkers to colour her with.

Enjoy the show - Andrea x

I'd like to enter my creation into the following challenges

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes