Wicked In Mist!

Hi there.

I would like to show you my latest creation for the current challenge over at Ching Chou Kuik's Facebook group.

This fantastic image is called Wicked In Mist and you can purchase it at Ching Chou's Etsy store here.

I usually colour with my Polychromo pencils but decided to use my Copics for this one.

Some time back I coloured another of Ching Chou's witch images with the colouring classes at Kit and Clowder so I used that as my inspiration.

Now as I was colouring this image, I just knew that my colours were too bright for the look I was after.  Grrrr, what to do?

💡 - black pencil!!!

So, I went over all my colours with a black pencil and then rubbed over it with my finger.

Tadaaa!  Just what I wanted.

Then for the background I decided to use my Pan Pastels.

So I used five different colours and the colourless blender.

Then using the black pan pastel, I "drew" the trees into the background.

These are already on the image I just went over what was already there.

Lastly I matted the image onto some Kraft card and then added that to the background paper which is from a Lili of the Valley with Raspberry Road Designs pad called Father Knows Best, sadly now unavailable.

So there you go, my little piece of inspiration for the current challenge which is of course Fall/Fall Colours.

Remember also, if you enter the challenge this month, because we are celebrating our 5th Anniversary you will receive the image Dark Moon for free at the end of the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by, please let me know what you think.

I always read all my comments, (good or bad) and they do mean the world to me.

See you soon.

Challenges:

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes, option of Fall/Autumn

Crafty Calendar - autumn colours/halloween

Di's Digi Designs - Halloween/Harvest

My time to craft - Halloween or Cats

The Fairy and the Unicorn - Anything Fantasy Goes

Blue Pumpkins for Halloween

Hello again

Here I am with my second inspiration project for our Halloween theme over at Ching Chou Kuik.

This image is called Blue Pumpkin and you can find it in Ching Chou Kuik's Etsy store here.

Because Pumpkins is one of the elements of the theme this month I thought I would be brave and use a pumpkin on my card this week. 

Now obviously the image is called Blue Pumpkin so I thought I would go with a more blue theme than my previous two cards.  

Now I have to be totally honest here and say this isn't how I wanted the pumpkin to turn out.  There are so many layers of colour on this pumpkin you just wouldn't believe. Lol

Still, I don't think it looks too bad does it?  Let me know what you would have done differently to make it more of a blue without the blue hitting you in the face, which was the problem I had.

In the end I just kept changing the shades of blue, yellow and green and then decided enough was enough and had to step away before my card disintegrated before my very eyes. Lol.

I guess that's the good thing about using Markers, you can keep going over colours until you are happy with the results. (well almost happy). 

The background on this image was again done by blending Pan Pastels.  I decided I wanted her to look like she was in an area with lots of leaves/reeds so just used the edge of my Sofft tool in the black pan pastel and "drew" the "leaves".  Do you know what, I kinda like the effect.  What do you think?

The two border strips were done with a Crafter's Companion embossing folder, brushed over with black ink and then I added Inka Gold to add a bit of grungy shine.

I brushed the gold roses with black ink to dull them down a bit and sponged ink on to the die cut and then rubbed some gold perfect pearls over it to match the borders. (well sort of match).

Remember, if you enter the challenge this month you will receive the fabulous image "Dark Moon" for free at the end of the challenge.

As always, I welcome all your lovely comments so please, don't go without leaving me a few words of advice/encouragement/criticism (only nice criticism though!) Lol

See you again soon with some more CCK inspiration.

TTFN

XXX

Challenges:

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Patties Creations - Autumn/Halloween

Scrapper's Delight - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes, option spooky/scary

Crafting with an attitude - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Halloween

Creative Playground - Anything Goes

All things Halloween at Ching Chou Kuik and an anniversary gift!!

Hello all

So, have you managed to join in with our new challenge over on the Facebook page or the blog yet?

No?  Well, if you love Ching Chou Kuik's images you really ought to get an entry in.

If you read to the end there is a special surprise further down!

I would like to show you my latest project which is, as the blog header suggests, very much about Halloween.

This is my inspiration post for the current Facebook challenge over at Ching Chou Kuik.  The challenge this month is centered very much around Halloween.

So, Halloween/Pumpkins/Halloween Colours

(i.e. black, orange, purple and green)

So, I am sure you can all find something that fits the bill can't you?

Although I am not a huge lover of Halloween, I have to say that Purple is my FAVOURITE colour ever.  So this challenge was right up my street.

The image I have used here is called Misty Reflections and you can find it at Ching Chou's Etsy store here.

I chose those backing papers from a pad of Claritystamp papers which you can find here.

These papers are double sided and all mix and match perfectly.

I added the flowers because I think they just finish the card off perfectly and the little gems just give the card that bit of bling.

I decided to go with my markers for this project and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.

See the moon?  That was a technique I picked up at Alyce's colouring classes over at Kit and Clowder on Facebook, I think it gives the moon that cool textured look, don't you?

I love how this came together and the only think I would do differently if I made it again would be to change the colour on the cats.  I'm not sure whether the black really works.  Please let me know what you think.

Now, just before I go, I have some fabulous information for you all.

This challenge will be celebrating five years of Ching Chou Kuik's challenges - how fantastic is that?  Quite an achievement in today's crafting world I think, don't you?

Well, to celebrate, everyone who enters the challenge this month, both on the blog challenge and the Facebook challenge, will each receive a copy of this fabulous image, called Dark Moon.

Isn't she fabulous?

So, because this is such a special occasion, I have made a card using this image too.

For this project I decided to use my Polychromo pencils.  I really do love using pencils for my colouring but the only downside is that they do tend to take a little longer, but hey I can live with that. Lol.  Now strangely enough I went for purple on her dress - which was not planned but as I said, it is my favourite colour so tends to be my go to Halloween choice. Lol

The stencil behind the image is a Claritystamp stencil which you can find here.

The background is done with pan pastels which I blended to give a more ghostish finish, if you know what I mean?

The little die cut leaf branch is one I have had in my die cut box for simply ages, I just coloured it green and then added the roses.  These were bright red so I brushed them over with some black ink to give them a darker look.  I finished off with a piece of ribbon and black bow and three little purple gems. 

These free images will all be sent out at the end of the challenge.  Doing it this way means our lovely Kym isn't on and off the computer like a jack in a box!! Lol

So there you go then.

What did you think of them?  What colours would you have used for these images?

Please leave me a comment and let me know, I do love to read your comments as they may just change the way I do something on a future project.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

TTFN

xxx

Challenges:

Crafter's Castle #22 - Anything Goes, Option Fall/Autumn

Crafty Calendar - Autumn Colours/Halloween

Daisy Chain Challenge - Pink or Halloween

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with an animal

2 Sisters on the Blog - Autumn Card

A bit more time to craft - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Papercraft Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a handmade bow

The Fairy and The Unicorn Challenge - Anything Fantasy Goes

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes, Twist of Halloween