Christmas Trio

Good morning all!! I've had time to schedule my post this week so it's going up early! ;) I know, I know.

So here's the deal.. you know when you sit down to colour and it just ain't happening? No? Okay, just me then.. Well I had planned on making a card using a gorgeous Elisabeth Bell stamp and the new Quixotic Sketch, but I just couldn't get my colouring to work. :( Stoopid. So instead I aimed for something I've been making a lot of lately - Christmas cards.

I've been making SO many the past few weeks that I've even started turning to non Christmas themed products to make my projects. So I thought I'd show you all how to use a none Christmas related paper pack. My Minds Eye - Portobello Road. Gorgeous colours and designs, but so far from Christmas - so how did I go about it all?! It's simple.. I kept my cards.. well.. simple. :)

Here is a picture of all three cards together. I used some cream linen cardstock for each card base as it went so well with the patterned paper.

This is my fave card of the set. I think. I've used some striped patterned paper which I have cut at a diagonal - I find diagonal stripes so much more fun. For embellishment I added two teeny tiny chipboard baubles from MiC!

I hope you've enjoyed looking at this little Christmas set. I had real fun making it, and it was great to take a break from colouring. Enjoy your Wednesday whatever you're up to! :)

Spread Sunshine :)

Hello everyone! :) Thanks for stopping by today, I've got a card to share with you that I posted over on the Saturated Canary FB page a few days ago. I'm just getting around to blogging it now.. because I'm lazy. :) It's late on Monday night when I'm typing this and I'm SO ready for bed. I've been like a dead girl walking today - or more like hobbling. I need some new shoes for work, my ankles feels like they're about to SNAP. I currently wear black Converse All Stars and they do NOT support your ankles/ heels/ feet/ ANYTHING at all. Especially not on a 9 hour shift. Ouch! :( It feels so good to sit down and not feel the pain, but then when I go to stand up to do something I almost fall over because I forget! :( Anywho, enough of the whinging.. I seem to be doing that a lot lately on here, don't I?! *Slaps wrists*

Onto the card. I've been totally ODing on Christmas creations lately, hell, I've even reverted to using some none Christmas-y products to make Christmas cards because I'm that drained with it all. In reality I should be focusing on wedding/ Halloween stuff (obviously not combined) - but I've had a lot of Christmas card orders, so I ain't complaining!!

So.. because of the whole Christmas deal I thought I'd take a break and get one of my new Saturated Canary images coloured up. Because I am actually in LOVE with them.

Meet Peace and Love Hipster. Look at that HAIR!! I wish! <3 You can find this amazing girl HERE over at Krista's Etsy Shop! :) I used some papers from my raffle prize kit from Sarahs Cards LTD - American Crafts - Hello Sunshine. So perfect when I want a break from Christmas stuff.

How many times have I said 'Christmas' in this post?!

I've coloured this gorgeous girl using Copics and Promarkers and added my own little stencilled sky background. I got cocky and tried to add some grass. EPIC fail, but hey. At least she ain't floating now. The layout is really simple, not a lot of room left on a 5.5"x4.25" card when you use the largest Labels Fourteen die.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Saturated Canary - #2 Stitching

× Make it Monday - Anything Goes

 

Enjoy your day, whatever you're up to. I'll be none stop from the moment I get up today. Card orders, then work, then darts, then BED. Oh, and I gotta get my ass into gear and get my SOG creation finished up. It's been sitting at the side of my desk for about a week going all unloved. I've been waiting for my next order of Copics but they're taking TOO LONG!! Keep your eyes peeled for that on Thursday! <3

Girls, Girls, GIRLS!

Hey guys. I don't know why, but it feels so weird posting on here, it feels like ages and it's only been two days. Crazy. I've been feeling like poop the past few days with this stoopid cold, I've got no mojo, no get up and go, no nothing. But on Saturday night I gave my head a good wobble and sat down and coloured. Admittidly a LOT of images went into the bin, but Sonny was one of the images that passed as acceptable. Luckily. Just in time for the new challenge over a Pollycraft..

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!!

Here is the card I made using Sonny Honeycloud - My Way available HERE in digi from the Pollycraft Shop.

Not the first sorta design you'd usually think of for a girl card. I thought I'd go with yellow as my main colour as opposed to pink. I treated myself to some new copics recently (thinking they would reignite my mojo.. how wrong was I?!) and wanted to try a yellow combo. I used Y11, Y13 and Y21 - there is so much more depth in real life, I promise - these photos just don't do it justice.

I used some gorgeous papers and elements from an American Crafts kit I won in a raffle over a Sarahs Cards LTD alongside my monthly kit. SUPER excited about this kit - it's totally summery and a total contast to the Christmas stuff I seem to be swimming in lately! :) Brace youtself for a lot more of this! LOL.

The little orange tag, which is part of the kit ;) pulls out from behind the main layout, I've left it blank for personalisation later on.

You see the little strip along the top on the inside of the card? That's part of a perforated strip along the bottom of one of the sheets of patterned paper. GENIUS?! You know us crafters hate waste and this TOTALLY minimises it! ;)

Soo.. head on over to the CHALLENGE BLOG now to see what the rest of the awesome ladies have made to inspire ya - Lil' Kitty is a BIG feature, let me tell ya.

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

× The Squirrel and The Fox - One for The Girls

× By the Cute and Girly - Anything Goes

× Creatalicious Challenges - Distress Your Edges

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: American Crafts

Patterned Papers: American Crafts - Hello Sunshine

Digi/Stamps: Pollycraft Digi - Sonny Honeycloud My Way; Hero Arts - Anytime Messages

Colour: Copics - Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, R30; Hair: E35, E37, E39, E49; Yellows: Y11, Y13, Y21

ProMarkers - Oranges: Pumpkin, Honeycomb Pinks: Baby Pink, Cocktail Pink Shoes: Cocoa, Henna, Walnut 

Ink: DI - Frayed Burlap

Tools: Seeing Spots EF; Fiskars - scallop edge punch; WRMK - Crop-a-dile

Dies: Nesties - Classic Ovals LG

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - Blue seam binding, Lime Green bakers twine; Papermania - Blue pearl brads; American Crafts - Fabric Brads, Decorative Tags

Misc: brown fineliner

 

La La Land Crafts - Team Friday

Hey everyone. One ill little Lou reporting in today. I am so pooped it's not even funny. I've been ill with god knows what since early Sunday morning and I can't seem to shake it. It's draining me of all energy. I went for my flu jab yesterday after work - too little too late - that's all I'm saying.

Anywho, you didn't come here to hear me whinging on.. so I'll get on with it! Heehee. Time for some inspiration from Team Friday over at La La Land Crafts and the theme this week is..

HALLOWEEN

Have you guys seen the October release?! None of the images were particularly aimed towards Halloween projects, but by using the right colours and embellishments they lend themselves SO well to the theme. I had to use Kitty Kat Marci for my project this time round.

I have used Copics and ProMarkers to colour this image.

Skin: YR000, 00, R30
Hair: E30, 31, 33
White: E40, 41, 0
Blacks: Cool Grey 4, 5, Black
Purples: Amethyst, Aubergine
Greens: Lime Green, Bright Green, Grass
Orange: Honeycomb, Ginger, Spice 

Head on over to the challenge blog now to see what the rest of the Friday Team have got for ya! ;)

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges

As soon as I seen the new head for the Sew Easy Tool - Pennant Banner. HELLO!! So, truth is, it ain't all it's cracked up to be. In fact, I found that unless you make the line of pennants perfectly straight, then the triangle of holes ain't even?! WTH? Maybe it was just the way I was using it. But aside from all of that kerfuffle - I conquered it and in the end I created a template of three banners at a slight angle to use on my project for today! :)

Full credit goes to my boyfriend for stitching this tag while I sat and coloured the image. I think he's made a brilliant job, don't you? Don't compliment him too much, his head will explode. Needless to say he was very happy with himself! LOL.

Anyway, I bet you're saying.. WELL WHAT TAG?! Well, MY TAG FOR THE NEW TPS CHALLENGE, of course!!

This week we want to see..

WHITE ON WHITE WITH A COLOURED IMAGE

This challenge is only open to TPS images.

I found this really tricky! LOL. I just don't get it. So I went with extremely CAS!! I was gonna add some white roses from WOC, but then I thought hell, why take more attention away from those perfecto banners?! LMAO!!

I have used the gorgeous Lil' Birthday Pinkette Coraline - you know the Pinkettes are my fave, so this new release is just right up my street. A girl's gotta have a stash of Birthday paraphernalia, right?

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Art Impressions Stamps - Make a Tag or Bookmark

× Charizma Cards - In Stitches

× Digi Stamps for Joy - Think Pink

× Stampotique Designers Challenge - Tag Time

 

Head on over to the challenge blog now and see what the other awesome ladies, both established and brand new have got for ya! ;) If you're like me you might need a lot of inspiration for this challenge! LOL.