Ching Chou Kuik - Four Legged Friends - Week 2

Hello again

Well, here is my second inspiration post for the current challenge at Ching Chou Kuik's Facebook and Blog challenge.

The theme is the same for both venues so that makes life easy doesn't it?

As the post title says, the theme for this month is:

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS

So, as long as your creation has a four legged friend on it somewhere your entry will qualify.

So for my second project I have used:

Sweet Bunny

I just adore this image.

So for ages now I have been using either my Polychromo pencils or my Prismacolour pencils.  So I thought it was about time I gave my Copics an airing. 

Now I haven't used them in a while but the colouring methods still remain the same as when using pencils so here goes - now be nice to me! Lol

As I say, the image is coloured with my Copics.

I am especially pleased with the way the skin and hair turned out on this one.

In fact considering I haven't used them in umpteen months I am quite pleased with how this turned out, full stop.

The sentiment is done using a Claritystamp sentiment stamp and I just thought it finished the card off perfectly.

The lace is from my stash and the layout is based on an old Sketch and Stash sketch.

I printed them all out ages ago so I would always have a "go to" sketch to use if I needed it.

I finished off with three flowers from my stash and there you have it.

So, please try and find the time to join in with our Four Legged Friends challenge if you can, you know what they say - Gotta be in it to win it!! Lol

 Challenges:

Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes, Any occasion

Crafty Friends Challenge #116 - Lace/Ribbon

Brown Sugar Challenge August - Anything Goes

Colourific Challenge Corner #3- Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #169 - Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft #98 - Anything Goes

A perfect time to craft #8 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals #29 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday #30 - Anything Goes

Hello all,

Hope you are keeping well in your respective parts of the world?

Well, it is time for another new challenge over at Digi Choosday once again and remember that means a new discount code valid on selected digital items for today.

Just choose your item and then add the code at checkout - if there is no discount shown it means your product does not qualify for the discount on this occasion.  Still, with so many fabulous items to choose from I am sure you will find something you like eh? 

So what have I made for you this week?

Well, the DT were challenged to only use the colours Pink and Orange - a Summer Cocktail if you like, and also to make a kinetic card - so I chose a Twisted Easel card.  Well to me that instantly said "Mermaid" and who better than Winnie Mermaid to showcase those fabulous colours.

The gorgeous image I have used is called Winnie Mermaid Mermazing Octopus Kisses - isn't it fabulous?

So out with my trusty Prismacolour pencils for this one - just because there are two fabulous neon colours in the set and they were just perfect for this challenge.

The stopper I used for this Easel card is one of the fabulous sentiments from the Winnie Special Moments Quotes.  I just printed it out on card, made the background pink to match the theme and then added to the base with some silicone to make it stand proud.  There really is a sentiment for each and every occasion in that set - I love them. I also added a little wooden seashell which I painted with acrylic paint.

I backed the image onto some orange card from my stash and the backing papers on the two main parts of the card are from the Winnie Starfish Sandcastle Papers 9 set.  These papers are really lovely colours and, for me at least, they print off pretty true to colour.

I added a couple of sparkly gem strips and then finished off with some little wooden fishes and a seahorse from my stash which I painted with Distress Markers and then added some Cosmic Shimmer to them to match the colour scheme.

So there you have it folks, my pink and orange cocktail of summer.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Have fun.

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar, August - Anything Goes

Crafter's Castle, August - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges 496 - Sandcastles or beach related.

Just us Girls #499 - Summer

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #140 - Sea

ccc digi creations challenge #106 - Summer

Brown Sugar Challenge #292 - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #161 - Beach/Under the Sea

QKR Stampede #359 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenges #62 August - Anything Goes

Hoppy Birthday

Hello all,

Time once again for another challenge over at Colour Crazy.

As you all know, our challenges are always 

ANYTHING GOES

Our only proviso really is that there must be some hand colouring on your project.

Unfortunately, we do not accept digitally coloured images.

So, let's get on and show you my little bit of inspiration for this week's challenge shall we?

I do love the animal digis over at Dr Digi and so I chose to use this fabulous digi - Cuddly Critters - Rabbit.

He is coloured with my Polychromo pencils.

I then layered him up on to some Clarity Designer Paper.  This is from the pad called Shenandoah.

Then I used a backing paper from a Lili of the Valley with Raspberry Road Designs called Pressed in Time.  No longer available sadly.

The gorgeous rabbit ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and there are several colours to choose from.  They also do other Animal silhouette ribbons, in fact they do just about anything you can think of, why not just nip over and have a quick look around?

The sentiment is computer generated and the little carrots are cut from some clip art also printed on the computer.

So there you have it.

Looking forward to seeing all your entries this week.  

Have fun.

Challenges:

Love to craft challenge blog #37 - Anything Goes

Crafting with an attitude #54 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore #66 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft #97 - Anything Goes (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29 - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals #29 - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs August - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #395 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments #173 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Summer Break challenge - Anything Goes

OMG! OMG! OMG! - Sooooo excited.

Hello everyone,

Well, as my blog post title may suggest, I am just a tad excited!!

I entered a card into the Ching Chou Kuik Facebook challenge in June and it only went and won the Artist's Choice Aware didn't it?? So delighted with that.

Well, ok so that's good but why is she so excited about that I hear you ask!!

Weeeellll, not only that, but a few days later I was contacted by the lovely Kym Upshaw who leads the Design Team to ask me if I wanted to be part of the Facebook DT!!!!!

Well, obviously I had to think about it.................

for like a NANO SECOND!!

I cannot begin to tell you how chuffed and overwhelmed I was to be asked.  Let me tell you there is some awesome talent on that team and now I am a part of it too! Whoop Whoop!!

Look, I even have my own blog badge with one of my coloured images - how cool is that? 

Okay okay, so you get that I am excited, sorry I will get on with the job in hand.

This is my first creation for the Facebook design team and I hope to be with them for as long as they will have me.

The theme for the Facebook challenge, and that of the blog challenge too actually, for the month of August is

FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS.

So, your entry must feature a four legged animal on it somewhere please.

You can enter it at both places if you want to as well.

So the image I chose to use for this first Inspiration post is:

FUREVER LOVE

As soon as I saw this image I just knew it was the one I wanted to use.

The image is coloured with my Polychromo pencils.

I really love using my pencils but boy does it take a looong time to finish an image. Lol

The little cat at the front is modelled on my own cat Smudge and I am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out.

I did take a little bit of inspiration from the artwork on the Etsy page where the image is partly coloured and then just went with the flow. (click on the Title of the image above and you will see what I mean).

There was a time when each of those animals would have been coloured with just one colour but having used the colouring classes at Kit and Clowder I am now happy to say my animals actually look like animals. Hahahaha

The backing papers are from Claritystamp and Lili of the Valley and the little stamp is a Claritystamp too.  The flowers are from my stash.

Hope you like my first Ching Chou Kuik DT card and that it might just have inspired you to have a go and enter the challenges.

Challenges:

Arty Divas Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread #99 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #437 - Furry Friends

Crafting Happiness Challenge #7 - Animals

Cute n Crafty #30 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #110 - Anything Goes

Love to craft challenge blog #37 - Anything Goes

Crafting with an attitude #54 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft #97 - Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #29 - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals #29 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Hi all

Well, the weeks are whizzing by arent' they?

Before you know it ................ the Summer will be over!!

Ha ha - got you there didn't I? Lol

You thought I was going to mention the C word didn't you? 

Oh no, no siree, not me!! (Well not just yet anyway)

So, time for a new challenge over at Digi Choosday.

Remember all our challenges are always 

ANYTHING GOES

So the world, as they say, is your oyster!!

Now the DT were given the task of making something for someone starting a new job!

I instantly knew what I was going to do for that.

Out with my trusty Cameo to cut out the base and here it is:

A lovely new post it note holder for a new desk.

Well, I don't know about you but I am a note taker when it comes to something new.

Ok, it might not look pretty but my computer is covered in post it notes with little snippets of information that will make life easier.

But who wants a boring post it note pad?  Why not make it look pretty too?

So that's what I did.

The papers used on the main piece are printed from a download called Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Paper Heaven 1 and I just loved the soft colours.

Then I printed out some lovely flowers from the Horace & Boo Foliage collection.

I painstakingly cut out three of them and made three gorgeous flowers which I secured with a glittery green brad and then added them to the Post It Note holder.  I also added a leaf from the same downloadable foliage collection.  I can see me using these quite a lot!!

I added a bit of contrasting twine and two little banner pieces to which I added a couple of little pearl bows.

Just add a pad of post it notes, pens and pencils etc and there you have it.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Don't forget there is always a discount coupon on the day the new challenge starts which will save you a huge 25% on selected digi images.

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #110 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft #96 - Anything Goes

A perfect time to craft #7 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge July - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge July - Anything Goes

Daisy Chain Challenges #32 - Flowers

Happy Craft Challenge July - Anything Goes

Not just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Papercraft challenge #20 - Anything Goes

Creative Crafters Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - A Happy Birthday Card

Hello everyone

Time once again for another fabulous challenge over at Digi Choosday.

Remember, very Tuesday when we launch a new challenge, you also get the opportunity to use a fabulous discount code on selected downloadable products. How cool is that?

So on to our new challenge.  

As usual our challenge is:

ANYTHING GOES

So, the world, as they say, is your oyster!

For my project this week I have made an envelope card.

I have used Ruby Gift which I have coloured with my Polychromo pencils.

I made the envelope card on my Silhouette Cameo.  It saves so much time with the cutting out.

I printed off one of the fabulous Distress Ink Papers (plain) to add to the card.

I love these papers because they are made to match up with the Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  Obviously the colours will vary depending on your printer but in essence, they won't be too far out and I love them.

I printed out a sentiment from the Winnie Celebrations Sentiment pack 1 on to the same Distress Ink Paper and added it to the inside of the card.

I then printed one of the other sentiments from the same pack to add to the main picture on the card.

I think I may have to get the other two Sentiment packs because there are sooooo many fabulous sentiments in them which probably cover virtually every occasion - even the ones we don't really want to think about.

I added a couple of small embellishments to the front of the envelope card too, I have had these in my stash for ages - I mean, don't we all?  Lol

I used some Pan Pastel to add some interest so that it didn't look too stark.

So I added some funky ribbon as a fastener for the card - neat eh?

It will actually stand up but it is a bit wobbly, lol.

I will add a Gift Token or £20 note to the inside as I really don't know what to buy the recipient for their birthday.

To be honest, as a kid, I always wanted money so I could buy what I wanted but it never seemed to work out that way! Lol.

Challenges:

Angie's Digital Stamps #33 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #109- Anything Goes

A place to start - July- Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #469 - Anything Goes

2 Sisters on the Blog #29 - Card for a lady

A bit more time to craft - July - Anything Goes

A perfect time to Craft - July - Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge July - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge July - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Week 26

Hi all

Here I am again with my project for Team Ds week to host.

This week our sponsor is the wonderful,

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS

Now we were given two images to choose from this week and once I saw them I knew I was going to use them both.

So I have used:

Perfect Pointe

together with:

Tulip Border Image

I printed out a background image and added the two digital images to the background.

The tulip border image is replicated three times to fill the bottom border of the picture.

I also reduced it in size so that the dancer looked like she was dancing through the tulips.

Then I added the sentiment, again done in Craft Artist,  which I think sums it up perfectly.

Once again all the colouring is done with my Polychromo Pencils.

I backed the image on to a Distress Oxide background that I made myself. (Get me eh!! Lol).

I will add a fitting sentiment to the inside once I know when I am going to use it.

So, there you have my little bit of inspiration for this week.

Don't be afraid to merge images this way as it can produce some fabulous results.

Remember please that we must see some hand colouring on your creation.  We do not accept digitally coloured images I'm afraid.

Have fun peeps.

Challenges:

Crafting by Designs July - Anything goes

Crafty Creations #393 - Anything Goes

Creative Moments #171 - Anything goes

Little Red Wagon #504 - Repeat Something (Tulip Border)

Sisterhood of Crafters - Any Occasion

Crafty Sentiments - Bright Colours Challenge

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #435 - Anything Goes

A bit more time to Craft #95 - Anything Goes