Too long between cards ....

Good evening folks .... I hope this finds you all well and fighting fit.  I've not posted anything for a while but it's not because I haven't made anything, I just haven't got around to entering them into challenges or posting them. Isn't it always the way though ... life gets in the way and you manage to sit down and colour and sometimes even make a card but to take that next step and get it uploaded is another thing completely lol.

Just a close up of the colouring - Prisma pencils and solvent on Copic paper

So I'm feeling pretty happy with myself because I coloured this image in about a week or so ago but didn't get around to making a card with it even though I had papers picked and plenty of ideas .... So, today I was blog/challenge hopping and found some really interesting and cool challenges and found myself getting my mojo on he he ...

I've coloured a digi stamp called Summer Dreams from Make It Crafty .... Isn't she just the most divine little thing?   I've coloured her with prisma pencils and solvent using one of my new favourite things - nifty little cut n dry brush tip pen nibs from ranger.  I also accidentally coloured her using Copic paper instead of my usual Gina K Luxury Paper or Stampin' Up! Whisper White and I must say that I think the pencils have come up really nice on it ... harder to spread but still fun to do.  The PP is from Basic Grey and the flowers are of course from Wild Orchid Craft ... one of my most favourite things eva lol.

Well that's where I'll leave it tonight ... I hope you like the card and I will try and get my posts done more frequently .... I did say try lol ...

Just one other quick thing though ... My friend Vicki has convinced me to give Copics a go and I have bought a few and have a few more on order ... I also bought a couple of brands of Copic paper to start practicing on so will let you know how all that pans out lol.

Have a great rest of the week .... Ciao

Julie

USED:

Paper:  SU! Black and pear pizazz cs, Basic Grey Curio pp

Stamps:  Make It Crafty "Summer Dreams", Kaisercraft Friendship Sentiments, pink paisley Butterfly

Other:  Wild Orchid flowers, Pins coloured with my Prisma markers, round punch, scallop punch, MS border punch, bling from stash, SU orange ribbon, Stickles, SU! Tempting Turquoise ink and Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress ink. Coloured with prisma pencils and solvent.

CHALLENGES I'D LIKE TO ENTER

*Desert Islands Crafters Challenge No 13 - Kate's Itinerary

(Use 3 of 10 items/techniques/colours listed)

(Colour your image - prismas, something with wings - butterflies, use 3 different shapes - square card, rectangle image, round sentiment)

*4 Crafty Chicks - Get your bling on

(Kaiser rhinestones, stickles)

*Craft Your Days Away - Challenge No Summertime

*Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy
*My Mum's Craft Shop - Challenge No 16 Fab n Funky

*Do It With Digis - Challenge No 15 Summer Fun, What does it mean to you?

(Summer = sunshine, sun dresses, slip on shoes and hair blowing in the breeze)

*Pile It On - Challenge No 31 Stay Cool 
Bunny Zoe's- Challenge No 14 Fun in the Sun

*Cute Card Thursday - Sketch by Lynn Challenge No 175

Ethan's Birthday Card

Good evening from a chilly Maryland .....  Just a quick post tonight .....

I wanted to get this card on my blog and into the My Mum's Craft Shop Stars and Stripes Challenge before it closes.

The card has been made for my good friend Vicki's son Ethan who turned 9 last Friday.  We'll finally get a chance to see him tomorrow when Vicki heads on over for our weekly 'play' (ie colouring in session lol).  I've been so sick with this flu that I've been MIA for the last week or so .... not such a great thing in school holidays!!  Needless to say, Isabella is really looking forward to Ethan and Charlotte coming for the day ... not to mention Jensen the pupy lol.

Anyway, back to the card .... I've coloured "Hip Kody" from Some Odd Girl with my Prismacolor pencils and solvent and I must admit that I like the way that he pops right off the card ... even Gray and Isabella gave great reviews when they saw him on the finished card.  Lets just hope that Ethan likes it too ....

I hope everyone is enjoying the school holidays and the somewhat nice sunny days we've been having and until next time ........

Ciao

Julie

Used:

Paper:  SU! Kiwi Kiss CS, DCWV Retro Prints PP, other PP from stash

Stamp:  "Hip Kody" from Some Odd Girl

Other:  Handmade stars, rubon, coloured with Prisma and solvent

Sweet Blossom

Hi there on this glorious Saturday afternoon .....

I have discovered this absolutely brilliant UK website, Cuddly Buddly, that sells a variety of scrapbooking and card making products, including stamps, both rubber/clear and digi and they are absolutely gorgeous!!!  I have absolutely fallen in love with the "Wee Stamps" range and this is "Sweet Blossom" .... isn't she just soooo cute?  You really need to jump on over and have a look at their website .... you won't be disappointed.

Well, I was just blog hopping and found that Cuddly Buddly have just launched their very 1st challenge at "Let's Keep Creating" and the theme is from Katie - "A Brand New ......." (Baby, New Year, Wedding, stamp/product etc).  I was sooooo excited because I had just finished colouring this image and then the card just came together .....

My "Brand New ...." is this gorgeous digi (that I just bought a few days ago) and the copics that I used to colour her.  I bought a few digi images and there are still quite a few more that I would like to get.

I am now off to find some other challenges I may be able to enter this sweet girl into.

Hope you like the card and I hope you have a great weekend.

Ciao for now

Julie

Challenges:

Cuddly Buddly Let's Keep Creating - "A Brand New ...."

(my Sweet Blossom digi, copics)

Pile It On - Going round in circles

(Scallop dies, Circle die)

Scrapbook Sisters - Summer Fun

Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - Flowers

Bee Crafty - Summer's Here

Bearly Mine - Summer is Here

Craft Us Crazy - Red, White & Blue and/or Summer

Deep Ocean - Flowers

Southern Girls - Bring out your inner child
Divas by Design - Die cuts and punches
(Quick Cutz scallop, SU! large scallop, CM circle)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - Something Old, Something New
(Old - DSP & CS, dies / New - Digi Stamp)
Stampavie and more - More than 3 layers

Used:

Paper:  SU! Pear Pizzazz & Regal Rose CS, Grace Taylor PP.

Stamps:  Wee Stamps Sweet Blossom

Other:  Wild Orchid flowers, SU! ribbon, SU! Large Scallop die, Quick Cutz Scallop die, CM circle cutter, Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  Coloured with a mix of copics, prisma markers and prisma pencils.

Kitchen Tilda

So .... I told you I'd be back ....

This seems to be my MO - get nothing done and then all of a sudden I can't get enough finished and posted lol.

I am sooo in love with Magnolia stamps and have done much practicing with them but could never get the effect that I see on so many beautiful creations in blog land, but last night it all seemed to just come together.  Maybe because I picked the stamp and then the papers to match the stamp and then coloured rather than colour and then try to find paper to match!!  It also helped that there were some great challenges I found to fit the colour/theme I was wanting to use, like the ones at Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge - "My Favourite Things, The Shabby Tea Room "Classic Patterns & Photo Inspiration" , A Spoonfull Of Sugar - "Ribbon & Bows" and I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday (that I flipped to suit my design).

So, I used the Yummy For Your Tummy Kitchen Tilda stamp and matched it with Websters Pages & Basic Grey PP which reflected that homely cooking feeling I was tring to create and then just created with (some of) "My Favourite Things" - Cooking, Magnolia, PP, green/cream/red colour combo, lace, buttons, anything scalloped and colouring with Prisma and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out .... My only issue is that I didn't use any flowers (which is soooo unlike me lol) because it didn't fit in with what I was trying to create.

I hope you like it .... My hubby told me that he "thinks the card's great but now it's up to the people that matter" lol.

So that's it from me for now .... I'm off to Officeworks to replace a wheel on my new office chair coz it keeps coming off .....

Ciao & see you soon

Julie

Challenges I would like to enter this card into:

The Shabby Tea Room - "Classic Patterns" & Photo Inspiration (below)

A Spoon Full Of Sugar - "Ribbons and Bows"

Stampin' For The Weekend - "My Favourite Things"

Sketch Saturday Week #161

Used:

Paper:  Websters Paper & Basic Grey PP, SU! Kraft, Mellow Moss CS

Stamps:  Kitchen Tilda, SU! So Many Sayings Sentiment

Colouring:  Prismas and solvent

Other:  Buttons, string, SU! Lace, SU! Oval & Scallop Oval punches, SU! Mellow Moss Ribbon, Nestabilities Rectangle Scallop

Finally Back .... Tatty Teddy

Hello all and it's sooo good to be finally back with a finished card .... I've been colouring lots but just can't seem to get it all together into a finished card ... Until now that is lol ...

 

So, I was one of the local Scrapbook Shops, Scrap Needs, last week and the lady told me about a magazine called (docrafts) Creativity that was offering a freebie stamp and small embossing folder with it's purchase and of course me being me I couldn't resist!!  Am I sooo glad that I got it .... this little bear called "Tatty Teddy" is absolutely gorgeous and I couldn't wait to colour him in.  I haven't coloured animals as yet and thought he might be a good place to start because there's not really much you can do except add some highlights and shadowing ..... So I stamped him up in pink, brown and green and I was inspired by the pink image to do a girly girl card and this was the end result.

I've left the card relatively simple because he's so dainty and pink .... I had an easel card that I had made and never used and I've coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and solvent and then added some flowers from Wild Orchid and a few other bits and pieces.

Anyway, I hope you like my lateset effort and I hope that I manage to get a few more cards done and posted ...

Ciao for now,

Julie

Here are the challenges I'd like to enter this card into:

Alphabet Challenge - "H for Half a Dozen" 

(I've used half a dozen roses)

Delicious Doodles - "Cute and Cuddly" 

(Tatty Teddy image - need I say more)

Used:
Paper:  SU! Regal Rose & Pear Pizzazz CS, PPfrom stash
Stamps:  "Tatty Teddy" stamped on whisper white with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, SU! Heard from the Heart sentiment stamped in Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Other:  Faber Castell Polychromos & solvent, button, pearls, SU! Regal Rose ribbon, Wild Orchid Flowers.