It's just a girl thing....

I LOVE shoes - I may not be able to wear anything like this for more than ten minutes now but I still love shoes.  That's what comes from having knee reconstruction surgery, you tend to get used to wearing flatties - LOL!!  Such a shame when you're a tango dancer you can't wear the real deal with the shoes...

Anyway back to the image - I've seen one or two shoes around and used them on my cards but I wanted a strappy sandal.  I couldn't find one anywhere so I decided to draw one :D

Finally I've managed to gel with some digital software and start sketching - yay!!  And the result is not too shabby to say it's (mumbling under my breath) year since I've actually done any real sketching.

So here's the digi I've produced and in the picture above you can see it coloured with Copics

i wanted a clean simple design for my shoe card so I've just used some black card stock and a piece of design paper from Lili of the Valley.

The sentiment was computer generated whilst I was sizing my image for printing.

Above the word girl is a tiny rhine stone heart and I've finished the card off with a few more gems.

Hope you like my creation

Andrea x

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

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafty Time - Anything Goes

Yours Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Crafting with An Attitude - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

The girl with antlers

I've been dying to make something with this image since Lizzy first brought it out but have only just found time - BUT - in time for Christmas :D

She's from Oddball Art, image no 257, you can get her and any of Lizzy's other images with a 10% discount if you use my discount code at checkout DTANDREA10

I've used ProMarkers to colour this one as I can achieve very soft pastel colours with them.  Once coloured I then went blank - LOL!

On one of my drives home from work I started to get an idea so when I got home I fussy cut her out ready to mount onto the card.

I wanted to make a very girly pink Christmas card so I picked some papers from Maja Designs.  The gems are from Scrap Berry's and are actually a pale brown.

The sleigh and reindeers are dress it up buttons that she's gazing up at.  This reminds me of when I was a little girl I swore I'd seen Santa's sleigh in the sky above me :D  Ahh...  the imagination of a child!

The sentiment the image is mounted over is from a Lili of the Valley Art pad and is coloured with ProMarkers.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is a chip board one from Hobby Craft that I've left in its original state as I thought i blended in but also stood out from the background.

The pink and white flowers were a final additional - another idea I had driving home from work :D

These are hortensias from Live and Love Crafts which is where you can also get the paper.

We're nearly there folks - it's beginning to look a lit like Christmas

Andrea x

PS don't forget our challenges

Oddball Art blog - Christmas or Winter

Oddball Art Facebook Group - Anything Goes

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

Creative Inspirations - Merry Christmas

Inky Chics - Merry Christmas

Crafting Musketeers - Use a Sentiment

Crafts n Me - Winter or Christmas

Come and Get It - Anything Goes Christmas

The Corrosive Challenge - Merry Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Holiday Season

ABC Christmas - Y is for Youngsters

Passion for ProMarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge

In the Pink - Pink Christmas

Christmas sparkle

All Dressed Up are sponsoring Kit & Clowder for day 16 of their Christmas Advent Calendar. There's a competition to win 3 All Dressed Up images and a massive 20% Discount Code to the whole store!

Find all the details on the All Dressed Up Blog here! But you have to be quick or you'll miss out!

Check out the main All Dressed Up blog page for a 20% discount code off Etsy until 19 December :D

This image is All Dressed Up for Christmas which I've coloured with ProMarkers.  I've added some white gel pen and some sparkle in the form of DecoArt glitter to the tree and the fairy wings.  I've also used the glitter on the die cut icicles (Marianne Design).

I've cut the image out and distressed the edges then mounted it onto the white card to give the whole card a clean crisp look.

The star charm with the bit of bling in it is from Live and Love Crafts and the pearl string from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The tiny purple glittery hearts are stickers I've added to compliment the colour scheme are from Paperchase.

Hurry and don't miss out on the discount :D

Andrea x

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

Bunny Zoe - Sparkle

Live and Love Crafts - Sparkle

Butterfly Challenge - All Kind of Fairies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Christmas

The Corrosive Challenge - Merry Christmas

Dream Valley - Die Cuts & Punches

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Passion For ProMarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge

Sweet Stampin - Christmas Presents

3 Little Christmas girls in the snow

Soooo.... if you haven't seen the posts yet All Dressed Up are sponsoring Kit & Clowder for day 16 of their Christmas Advent Calendar. There's a competition to win 3 All Dressed Up images and a massive 20% Discount Code to the whole store!

Find all the details on the All Dressed Up Blog here!  But you have to be quick or you'll miss out!

The image I've used is Three Little Christmas Girls.  They've been coloured with ProMarkers and I've made them into a CAS style card.  I've done some doodling around the edge of the image.

The design paper you can see behind the image is from Maja Design.

Added to this is a little snowtex and an icicle die cut from Marianne Design with some DecoArt glitter added.

Enjoy the promotion

Andrea x

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

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Keep It Simple

Polkadoodles - Traditional Christmas

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Christmas

Without Words - Feeling Festive

The Crazy Challenge - Christmas

{PIN}spirational (155) - Photo Inspiration

Robyn's Fetish - Add A Christmas Die Cut

Christmas Card Challenges - Traditional Christmas Colours

Country Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

This little cutie is OrnamentsBW from Bugaboo our sponsors at The Outlawz Sketch Team for December.

I've coloured her with Copics and ProMarkers, cut her out with a Spellbinders die and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz antique linen.

This is the fantastic sketch Sandra has prepared for you this week

I've used papers from Lili of the Valley and even managed to use some scraps up this week - thank you Sandra :D

Instead of snowflakes I've used some poinsettias and some red and white Tim Holtz paper string to create a garland effect. The golden holly leaves are glitter wooden ones from Hobby Craft and I've used some gold gems from my stash.

We'd love to see you over at the challenge

Andrea x

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

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Christmas

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Glitter n Sparkle - Traditional or Non-Traditional Colours

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

There's something going on.....

..... shhhh!!  Us Dressy Girls at All Dressed Up are up to something again - watch out for the postings tomorrow :D

Andrea x

Game On!!

As well as being the new blog challenge day it's also new release day at Oddball Art.  This is image no 278.  Now you get a lot for you money with this one not only has Lizzy made a background scene she also has three little Oddball cuties - there's 8 files in total.

If you love this image or just love Lizzy's images you can get yourself 10% off at check out on Etsy by quoting my discount code DTANDREA10

I've used two on the girls and the background in my card.  The girls I've used are the PNG files so you can layer them over the background.

The images have been coloured with Copics and ProMarkers.

I've used bright colours to make the images stand out.

The card is one layer mounted onto some black card stock to frame it.

Here it is completed.

The only things I've added are some black gems and a sentiment made out of black glitter letters.  A perfect set of images for those little tom boys, basketball lovers and sports lovers.

There are a few more examples of this new set of images - check out what my teamies have made on the main blog

Andrea x

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

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes