Vintage Wedding

The wedding season will be here before we know it!  More details on how I've created this card in Through the Craft Room Door's Magazine Jan - Feb 2015 Edition

Andrea x

GDT - Paradise of Stamps

When I won the challenge at Paradise of Stamps a few weeks ago the prize was to be Guest Designer for them.  The challenge for my GDT spot was to make a New Year card.  I had to really think about this for a while because the ideas just didn't come to me straight away.  This is where my journey to work becomes beneficial I seem to have a lot of inspiration whilst travelling up and down the motorway - I think it's a boredom releasing mechanism :)

I decided to do a celebration card with fire works.  The image I chose to use is Stamping Bella Victoria and Juliette's Night Out.   They're coloured with ProMarkers then fussy cut to mount onto the card.

As Paradise of Stamps is owned by Laurigami who is French, I wanted to do something appropriate to her blog and found, would you believe the Eiffel Tower on Make It Crafty!  I coloured the parts in between all the frame work in black and added a touch of colour to match the fireworks.  This image is also fussy cut to mount on the card.

Papers I've used a black card stock, and because I didn't want it to be just plain black I've also used some blue and purple papers from Lili of the Valley/NitWits Solids - Promises.

I created the fire works with a combination of purple and blue self adhesive gems and a white gel pen.  I also created a reflection in some water below the Eiffel Tower and some ripples on the water with a white gel pen and pencil to create some interest.

The final touch are some pink number adhesive stickers from Hobby Craft for the 2015.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope this year is a good one for you all :)

Andrea x

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

Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year

Just Inspirational - New Year

Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday Anything Goes

A is for Anything Goes

There's a new challenge over at The ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes sponsored by All Dressed Up. I'm honoured that I've been asked to join the very talented team of ladies as a Design Team member.

When I found out what the challenge was I was going to use Little Skater, but I couldn't wait that long to blog her as I wanted to give her away to someone.  So I decided to use one of the images our sponsor kindly let us use.  I chose this adorable image I Love My Puppy.

I wanted the card to look very girly.  Being a pink fan :) I decided to colour the image - yes you've seen it PINK and used ProMarkers to do this.  I've also used a white gel pen for the centre of the flowers and to highlight her dress. And here's a close up......

She was cut out with a Spellbinders die.  The papers used are from Lili of the Valley/NitWits Country Meadow, Lili of the Valley/Raspberry Road Designs Mr & Mrs and First Edition Rose Garden.  The lace is from The Ribbon Girl.  The organza rose trim, pearl trim and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I've also done you a close up of them.

The final touches to the card are a sentiment from a Lili of the Valley art pad coloured with pink ProMarker and some self adhesive gems.

Hope the ladies at ABC like my first design card for them!

Andrea x

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

Sparkles - 4th Anniversary Anything Goes

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Design Team Showcase

Blue roses

It's nice to have a bit of time off work to colour and distress (or should that be de-stress) :)

This beautiful mermaid digi image Scarlet Lips from Ching-Chou Kuik was my choice to colour today.  I used my favourite ProMarkers to colour her with and used some biro to highlight her hair.  I've also added some Deco Art glitter to her hair and jewellery.

She's mounted onto distressed papers from Lili of the Valley/NitWits Solids - Snow Princess, Lili of the Valley Frosty Christmas and Craft Creations Pastel Chic.

The ribbon is vintage ivory fluted sheer edged from The Ribbon Girl.  I've hand tied a bow in the same ribbon.

The crystal bead spray to the left of the image was bought from Hobby Craft ages ago.  The self adhesive pearlised gems also came from Hobby Craft.

The final embellishments are a silver anchor and a silver fish from The Ribbon Girl.

Finally managed to get this blogged now I've done my socialising bit :)

Hope you're all having a good break

Andrea x

I've entered this card into the Facebook challenge on Ching-Chou Kuik's December challenge.

I've also like to enter this card into the following challenges

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Fussy and Fancy

Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Glitter n a Sparkle - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Pick a Fav (Anything Goes)

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

  

Penguin in a tree!

There's a new challenge over at Through The Craft Room Door starting 30 December 2014.  The theme as usual is Anything Goes this time we're sponsored by Stamping Boutique.  We have some changes to the challenge for 2015 so be sure to check it out.

The image I chose to use for my card is just so cute - Peek a Boo Penguin Christmas Ornament.  This is only my second card as a DT member for them so hope you like it :)

I wasn't quite sure what to do with him at first apart from I wanted to do him on a white glittery bauble to make his image stand out.  The penguin and bauble are both coloured with ProMarkers.  The image is cut out using two Spellbinders dies.  Once I got this far I set the image aside and mulled things over for a bit.  Finally I decided I wanted him to look like he was in a Christmas tree.  The pine needles are all hand drawn with polychromos pencils.  I then painted glue all over the bauble and sprinkled some DecoArt glitter on to make the bauble shine.

The papers I've used are from Lili of the Valley/NitWit - Festive Trimmings and Simple Joys and are all mounted on red card stock before layering them onto the card.

The ribbon is cream with a silvered edging (bought from Lili of the Valley a while ago). There are some silver glittery holly leaves from Hobby Craft and to finish the card off some clear rhine stones and some red pearlised self adhesive gems.

Final Christmas card of the year - perhaps seen as tomorrow is the 31 Dec ;)

Happy crafting

Andrea x

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

Passion For ProMarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge - Bingo where I've used die cuts/free/glitter

Wags n Whiskers - Merry Christmas

Graph It Colouring Crazy Challenge - Festive Wishes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes @ Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

Fairy garden

During my Christmas chill out I decided to colour this beautiful Orchid Fairy digi from Aurora Wings.  I decided to colour the flowers pink and the fairy in shades of yellow to give her a golden glow.  I used ProMarkers to do this.  I wanted her wings to shine and sparkle so I painted some glue onto her wings then sprinkled DecoArt glitter onto them and some of the surrounding flowers.  I've done a close up so you can see the effect on her wings.

Once I had the image finished I decided to use papers from Lili of the Valley/Raspberry Road Designs - Timeless Victorian, Antebellum and Lili of the Valley/NitWit Solids - Bonnets and Bowties and Solids - Always and Forever.  To give the card a more old fashioned vintage feel I distressed the papers.  The lace underneath the image is from Ribbon Girl.

I've added in this close up image of the flowers and leaves I've used.  They're a selection from Wild Orchid Crafts and Ribbon Girl.  The only other embellishments I've used are a pearl swirl and some self adhesive clear rhinestones.

I don't usually show so many pictures of my cards but thought you might appreciate a closer look at some of the detail.

Hope you've all had a fantastic Christmas

Andrea x

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

Butterfly Challenge - All Kinds of Fairy

Sparkles - 4th Anniversary Anything Goes

Aurora Wings - All That Glitters

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Fussy and Fancy

Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Art by Miran - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - Favourite Card of 2014

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Little skater

 I coloured this beautiful little stamp from All Dressed Up before Christmas and have just made her into a card.  The image is Little Skater and I've sketched a skate reflection into the ice underneath her foot.  She's coloured with ProMarkers, cut out with a Spellbinders die and some glitter added to enhance the ice effect.  I've also used a white gel pen to hightlight her skates, earmuffs and bow.

The papers are from Lili of the Valley Frosty Christmas and Lili of the Valley/NitWits Petal Fresh.  The strip of ribbon, white with silver edging was purchased from Lili of the Valley a while ago.  The sentiment is also from Lili of the Valley one from a Sentiments Art Pad which I've coloured with a blue ProMarker.

To make it look like she was skating in a winter wonderland I've added some embellishments to look like tree branches.  These are some clear beaded crystal leaves and some pearl & crystal branches from the Ribbon Girl.

Final touches to the card are some tiny silver star beads and some blue and white pearlised self adhesive gems.

Here's hoping the snow stays away and we don't end up with a winter wonderland ourselves

Happy Boxing Day :)

Andrea x

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

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Winter Wonderland

Stamping Sensations - Winter Wonderland

Digi Choosday - Last Minute Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Fussy and Fancy

Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes Christmas