Gamer Guy

Happy Friday, guys! 

I'm popping in to share one of my latest commissions for a young lad who turned 16 earlier in the month. He is mad into his xBox, so this image from Kenny K was perfect.

I coloured him up to match my papers from My Minds Eye. I roughed the edges of the papers and layered them onto some black and then yellow cardstock.

I added some large ric rac which I attached with mini staples which I also used to keep my curled paper in place. I added some die cut yellow stars which I added some black sparkle embossing paste to through a star stencil.

I cut a large 16 on my cameo, hand stamped and embossed the sentiment and die cut with a speech bubble die and added all of the elements to the card. As finishing touches I added my usual buttons, brads and liquid pearls.

Job done. :) 

Ellie Says Hi

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Before I get to the main project in this post I just wanted to share this SUGAR & SPICE goodness with ya. **Coming Soon!!** Be sure to keep your eyes peeled over at That Craft Place!!

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So, today I have another Tiddly Inks creation to share with you. This time it's using Ellie Says Hi clear stamp. I stamped her in Memento Angel Pink ink to colour her with 'no lines'. 

Earlier last week I had commented on a gorgeous card Amanda had created which you can check out HERE. It was using a combo of red and purple - not something you see very often, but I thought it worked so well.. and I let her know. :) So.. she then challenged me to use red and purple on my next creation. Let me tell ya.. I am not one to say no to a challenge. So I set to working finding a purple ProMarker combo that worked for me and started colouring up Ellie. 

I got a confession to make.. I totally messed up her shoes. She was originally meant to cover the entire front of this little notebook.. that didn't happen. I laid down FAR too much colour and the darkest purple started bleeding out ALL OVER.. something which has never happened to me before. I guess I gotta get some more practice in with these FlexMarkers.

I chopped off those messed up feet, layered her onto a thick red mat, added some purple buttons and other froo froo, like Doodlebug brads, sequins and liquid pearls and added her to the card using dimensionals. 

As for the cover for the notebook, I cut down some textured American Crafts purple cardstock and stencilled some Memento Elderberry ink through a cross patterned stencil to add a little more interest.

Job done. Cute little notebook, right at ya! xo

Football Mad!

Hey, hey!!

Who doesn't love a male card?! I always get questions like.. "How do you do it?" and "How do you make them look so full?"

The key.. is just going with it. Forget that you're making a card for a male.. expect when you start eyeing up your paper flowers.. then you gotta take a step back and try and remember what you're tryna achieve.

Football is always a winner, no? Blues, blacks and kraft was the colour combo for this card.

I used a new brick stencil and some white embossing paste coloured with Desert Sand Memento ink to create a wall pattern on the base, and I layered my design up from there. :) xo

A Little Something..

Morning guys! Seven months into 2014.. how do you feel about that? LOL! I know how I feel.. exhaused - it's zoomed by super fast! When I look back and think about everything that has happened so far this year, it's scary - it feels like everything has blurred into one! 

It won't be long until I force myself to start on some Christmas designs. To be honest, I don't know why I keep putting it off. I think it's mainly because I don't want to admit that it's actually going to be happening.. sooner than we think.

ONWARDS! Today marks the first of the month, which means we have a brand new challenge for ya over at My Mum's Craft Shop. This month we wanna see..

BRIGHT COLOURS

Stamping Bella - Paisley Has A Prezzie

My Mind's Eye - Record It; Here Is Happy

My Favorite Things - Wonky Scallop Border

- Rolled Daisy

- Pierced Traditional Tag STAX

My Favorite Things - Spring Flowers Stencil

Small Flower Buttons

Basic Round Buttons

Doodlebug Designs - Assorted Sequins

All of the supplies listed above can be found over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

This is the first Stamping Bella stamp I have bought and coloured up.. why did I wait for so long?! I love this girl! ..and it's unusual to find stamps that are from the back - saves colouring up a face for a change, right? 

I stamped and embossed the sentiment that comes with the Stamping Bella image and added it to a die cut tag from MTF. I added a tonne of froo froo, including buttons from the £1 embellishment packs, Doodlebug sequins and a bunch of liquid pearls.

I tried something a little different with my bow. I used some waaay old ribbon that I've had since I started crafting (the colour matched perfectly, and it certainly is bright) and layered some bows up. I first created a bow with four loops and then a smaller bow with two loops, squidged them together and adhered them to the card with a ribbon across the knot. :) I kinda like how it looks, but I think I need some more practice on layering them.

That's all I got for ya today. Be sure to stop by the My Mum's Craft Shop blog to see what my awesome teamies have whipped up for the BRIGHT COLOURS challenge this month. xo

Create a Scene

Yoohoo!! New Tuesday, new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers. I'm host this week, so I've gone all out in creating both a card and a little tutorial for you all. I'm good to you, I know.

So the challenge this week is to..

CREATE A SCENE

I wanna see your image grounded, whether it be on grass, concrete, wood flooring, patio.. with 'stuff' around them, whether it be clouds, buildings, walls, fences. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST GUYS!!

Here's what I created using the cutie pie Sweet Treat Wryn from Tiddly Inks. I coloured her up to match my papers from Carta Bella. Such fun, summery, beachy papers. Can't wait to use these some more. I've layered up an Amy R sentiment and a Whimsy Postmark circle. Loads of buttons, liquid pearls, brads and some vellum swirls.

As part of the grounding for the image I used some stamps from Some Odd Girl. Some waves stamped in Island Indigo and some little shells which I've coloured to match the rest of the card. If I'd had my head screwed on that day (which is a rarity in its self) I'd have thought on to use the cute little Beach Accessories from Tiddly Inks to create the grounding. Never mind, plenty more summer makes in the pipeline, I'm sure.

.. and now for my most asked for CLOUD TUTORIAL that I've been using for well over a year now. There are about TWO steps to this.. well three if you're just starting out and need to cut your template.

First. Create yourself a little template. Draw out a bumpy, scalloped.. cloudy looking line, and cut it out. Try to make the cuts as smooth as possible.

Second, gather your supplies. You'll need your image, your stencil, a dye based ink, like Memnto Summer Sky, or SU! Bashful Blue, and a sponge with which to apply it.

Starting at the top of your image panel, lay your stencil down how you like it.. and start a-sponging.

I'd add here that.. if at times of the year when you want more dark, moody sky with more depth.. like Halloween, you could lay down a light purple like Perfect Plum from SU! closest to the stencil and blend it out with more of the blue ontop. Very cool look. I'm yet to try out a sunset/ sunrise looking combo. I'll keep you updated.

Continue moving the stencil down the page until you reach the horizon point. Move your stencil to the left and right and tilt it slightly to get a little more variation within the cloud shapes.

Dah- daaaaaah!

I hope that helps you out a bit. It really is that simple!! You can make your cloud shapes more cartoony or more realistic and large. It's entirely up to you and what kinda look you're going for.

Head over to the Passion for ProMarkers blog now, check out the prize and the other inspiration to help you CREATE A SCENE. Can't wait to see what you come up with. xo

Gardening Mae

Some of you who follow me on FB will have already seen this card, but I thought I'd share it here on my blog too.

This card was part of an order for a lady who was saying goodbye to some of her work colleagues. She wanted something super personalised - so after finding out a bunch of what each of the ladies was about, I come up with this card for.. Judith.

I used the adorable Gardening Mae from Some Odd Girl and coloured her up with ProMarkers to match my papers from My Minds Eye. Judith liked earthy green colours, so that's the palette I tried my best to stick to.

I created the sentiment using an alpha set from Lawn Fawn, I spelled the name out using some Cosmo Cricket alpha stickers and the circle sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

Some delicious trim and ribbon from the Ribbon Girl, and a mixture of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Petal Lu finish off the embellishments.

I'm trying to keep these blog posts relatively short and sweet this week so I can cram more in! :)

Thanks for stopping by. xo

Summer Fun at Tiddly Inks

*waves* It's that time of the week again.. we've got a brand new challenge for ya over at Tiddly Inks!! It's also August 14th, which for you hardcore Tiddly fans will know is RELEASE DAY!! We got a heap load of goodness for you all today, let me tell ya! ;)

So first things first. New challenge.

SUMMER FUN!!

This could be just about anything to do with sunshine-y weather! Swimming, BBQs, sweet treats, whatever you'd like to show us!! I've gone with a beach theme and used Wryn - Beach Babe. Naturally ;) Living by the coast, there is nothing better than a trip to the beach on a warm day to feel the sea breeze on your face!

I've used loads of little layers in the form of tickets and patterned paper scraps from My Minds Eye Howdy Doody collection. I've coloured Wryn up with my ProMarkers and FlexMarkers to match. I've stamoed a sentiment from an Amy R set in Melon Mambo ink.

Aside from Wryn, the star of the show on this card has gotta be that handmade pinwheel. I have wanted to have a go at one of these for ages, and this seemed like the perfect kinda project. I guess you gotta use double sided paper for this, so some yummy MME paper was perfect. I've added a little coral button which I've threaded with yellow bakers twine across the section where the four corners meet. They're so quick and easy to make, but the really pack a punch. A few smaller ones in different sizes would looked cute in that corner too! Can you feel the sea breeze blowing that pinwheel around? Heehee.

Okay.. so I've waffled enough about this card me thinks. Any questions, just shout! :)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- The Crafty Pad - Summer Vacation

- Just Some Lines - Layer it Up

The Ribbon Girl Blog - Bingo

Image, Buttons, Twine

- Simon Says - Let's Play Bingo

Buttons, FREE, Punches

Thank you for stopping by, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with for your summery creation! Please be sure to stop back at my blog and the Tiddly Inks blog to see the new images in the BRAND NEW RELEASE! 

xo

Flowers, Flowers, Everywhere at TInks

Morning Tiddly Inkers! :) We've got a sweet new challenge for ya to join in with this fortnight..

FLOWERS, FLOWERS, EVERYWHERE!!

Easy, peasy, right? There's a million and one ways you could incorporate flowers onto your project - I've gone all out and tried to cram them in in.. four ways? Heehee. First up.. Wryn - Spring Bling was the natural choice, wasn't she? With the pretty bunch of flowers she's holding. So I've coloured her up to match my papers from First Edition - Bird Song. I then added a little field of flowers all around her using light strokes with my PMs and FMs to create blades of grass, then touching the very tip of my pen to the top of random blades to create pretty little flowers. This has gotta be my fave technique right now - I do it on almost all of my images! LOL.

So my two patterned papers I've used both have floral patterns, then to finish off the card and to add a little extra interest and dimension I used some delicious Wild Orchid Craft flowers in aqua, mint and 2 tone ivory and pink to match the other colours on the card. I've looped a few little lengths of baby pinks grosgrain ribbon and layered some lace behind the image too. I always like to add texture through fibres on my projects. Just a fancy way of saying I've got an addiction to ribbon! LMBO!

So what are you waiting for?! Get your flowery projects uploaded to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog NOW so we can pop by and have a mooch!!

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Pretty in Pink

Pile it On - Patterns; Mix your Scales

Card Caravan - Flowers

You'll wanna come back later and see the exciting first post I've got as a Passion for ProMarkers DT member! ;) All I'ma say is.. PRIZES GALORE! 

Over and Out. 

Spots and Stripes at LLLC

*waves good morning*

So by the time this post goes lives.. me and the boyfriend should *hopefully* be well on our way to Edinburgh Zoo!! Excited much!! Naturally I'll have this post scheduled as I'm host this week, so it should all go according to plan. Here's the deal..

We've some new inspiration for ya over at La-La Land Crafts in the form of..

SPOTS AND STRIPES 

Probably my most fave criteria of all time. Give me spots or stripes.. or even better.. BOTH.. ANY day! :) Love them. So versatile, and I love that.

So I decided to merge two images for my card today..

Watercan Marci

Fence

Skin - Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Burnt Orange, Lavender, Baby Pink
Hair - Mare Hare, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cocoa
Orange - Peach, Mango, Bright Orange, Orange, Spice
Blue - Turquoise, Island Lagoon, Marine, Petrol Blue
Fence - Terracotta, Cocoa, Saddle Brown
Path - Sandstone, Nutmeg, Tan, Umber, Warm Grey 3-5
Grass - Aniseed, Chartreuse, Emerald

I stamped my Kraft cardbase using Hero Arts Polka Dots cling stamp using some Pumpkin Pie ink from SU! I then wrapped some orange bakers twine and tied it in a tiny bow off to the right. I tried to keep this card pretty flat, as I was going to be mailing it - so having the image centre stage makes doing that pretty easy. :) I punched some butterflies with a Martha Stewart punch and adhered them to the image panel. I then wrapped some washi tape on each side of the image to balance the weight of the sentiment and largest butterfly. Job done.

Be sure to stop by the inspiration blog to see what everyone else has for ya today! ;) 

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:
I <3 ProMarkers - Anything Goes 
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes 
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp - Clean and Simple

Saying Thanks from Tiddly Inks

Good morning! :) So pleased you could stop by today.. we've got a BRAND NEW challenge for ya over at Tiddly Inks, and I've got a little inspiration to get you thinking.

First of all, I wanna start by showing you a mistake. A mistake that had me gritting my teeth for AGES afterwards. Wasn't a good situation.

Basically, I was too busy concentrating on getting the friggin' sentiment straight.. that I forgot to actually fit the whole thing in the space. Ridiculous. I know. Took me about 20 minutes to salvage the bloody thing. *rolls eyes* That aside. Here's my finished card for this challenge.

SAY THANKS 

You know you've always gotta be thankful for your friends, right? So what better way of saying thanks than a little card. :) I've used the adorable Wryn and Emmy - BFF. LOVE these two cuties! I've coloured them up with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers to match some scraps from MME Mabel collection.

I decided to try a little masking and sponging with my neglected DI's that didn't involve clouds on this card.. so I die cut the letters to spell 'FRIENDS' from a TH die and temporarily adhered them to the card. I then took some Scattered Straw and Tea Dye DI and sponged around them.. nicely! :) Really subtle, but I kinda like it. I stamped the card base with some HA Polka Dots in Chestnut Roan Chalk ink just to add something extra! :)

The panel behind the image is made entirely from scraps. I've got a thing about diagonal stripes, so I adhered little strips.. diagonally.. to a piece of printer paper, trimmed it, and adhered it to the card. :) The sentiment has been stamped on two more pieces of scrap paper, boy I'm good ;) and adhered over the afore mentioned MISTAKE! Gahh!! I'm still annoyed about it. LMAO! Some little white liquid pearl sqwodges here and there, and that's about it! :)

Head on over to the TIDDLY INKS CHALLENGE BLOG NOW!! and see what the AH-mazing DT have got to inspire you to create a THANK YOU project!!

Supplies. Cardstock - Bazzil; Paper - My Minds Eye; Image - Tiddly Inks; Sentiment - Studio G, Hero Arts; Stamps - Hero Arts Polka Dots; Ink - Colourbox Chestnut Roan, DI - Scattered Straw, Tea Dye; Embellishments - Doodlebug Twine, white Liquid Pearls; TH Vintage Market Alphabet Die; brown fineliner

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:
Wags 'n Whiskers - Anything Goes
Our Craft Lounge - Buttons
Totally Papercrafts - All Buttoned Up

Lots of love.

Fairy Friends Wryn at Tiddly Inks

Our Wryn image today is a matching fairy to the earlier Wryn. Fairies come together. :) This image comes with a whole set of goodies, including butterflies, a snail and some sentiments. Sadly, today is the final day of Wryns, but be sure to comment to be in with a chance of winning!!
 

Fairy on Mushroom. Gahhh, look at this girl! :) Love the whole fairies thing right now! 

 I've used some of my (not so) favourite papers from First Editon. Despite the fact these papers have been lying at the bottom of my paper drawer for the last couple of months.. I surprisingly quite like this card. I guess it's all about the papers you choose to put together from the pack. Trouble is.. most of them are really busy! But.. this works. :)

The smallest bow in the world, some Star Dust Stickles and a little coral button finish this up nicely. Summery colours. Really hard for me to do as I like more earthy neutral colours.. but I'm trying.. considering summer is on the way. I think.

Today's freebie frame has been created by the lovely Hannah. Head over to her blog to pick yours up now!!

TOMORROW!! We have some oldies but goodies and one more set of freebie frames from Marlena.

Hanging Around at Tiddly Inks

Day Three of this fun filled week, and I ain't gonna lie.. I think this is one of my fave images from this release.. so fun loving. Don't let me influence your thinking though, you are going to want to keep checking back in for new images and commenting to get qualified for our random daily winner. *wink-wink*

If you're not 100% sure what this is all about, you may wanna check THIS post here, and get in on the action. :) Although if you don't know what is going on, I'd like to ask ya.. have you been living under a rock?! LOL!!

Our new image for today is Wryn - Hanging Out

The freebie frames available today have been designed by our very own Melissa and her husband. Su-wheet, right? So be sure to stop by her blog to pick yours up!!

 So off you go, run. Comment, absorb the awesomeness created by the amazing DT and pick up your freebies!! Hope you guys are enjoying this week as much as we are!!

I Spy a newbie at Tiddly Inks

Afternoon guys! :) Here I am, checking in while I can. Somebody donate me a laptop battery - please!! LOL!! This post is gonna be a little jam packed as I'ma try and cram in as much as I can!! 
First things first.. 
The end of April/ beginning of May marks the 2 year anniversary of Tiddly Inks digital stamps. More information will be revealed as we go, but for now.. Christy has created a cute little badge (using delightful colouring on Wryn by MelissaMade) - just grab the code and share it on your blog if you'd like. :)  <a border="0" href="http://tiddlyinks.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff116/tiddlyinks/frame-the-momentbage.gif"border="0" width="" height=""/>
Whether you choose to share this cutie or not.. come on back and play with us when it is time. :) Our celebration will begin on Tuesday, April 3. So while I have your attention..  1. Did ya know Wryn is getting a little rubber sister? See a sneak over at Stamping Bella's Blog!!2. Wanna see a new Wryn?! Course ya do!! Meet.. Super Spy Wryn   

 I don't know about you, but I can't get enough of this little girl, she's just too cute!! Just wait til you see what we've got for ya next month. Oops - I've already said too much!! 
I've coloured this cutie using ProMarkers - as usual. :) Skin - Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Baby PinkHair - March Hare, Cappuccino, Nutmeg, Cinnamon Dress and Belt - Red, Poppy, Crimson, Cool Grey 4Coat, Hat and Boots - Black, Cool Grey 5, Cool Grey 4Briefcase - Cool Grey 2, Cool Grey 1, Blender
I created a little 'night time sky' behind Wryn using a stencil and some light blue and lilac ink and die cut her out using a labels 14 nestie. I've used a few scraps of paper from My Minds Eye - Rosy collection, nearly another paper pack that is near it's end. Hope you guys are proud of me, I haven't bought any new papers for ages! :) The base of my design is upon some red cardstock which has been embossed using a Square Lattice folder from SU! 
Finishing touches, some polka dot ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a few red roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. My sentiment is a stamp from Whimsy which has been stamped in Real Red ink from SU! and die cut using another nestie.
Pop over to Tiddly Inks and see what the other awesome teamies have come up with using this BRAND NEW Wryn! :)