HAPPY NEW YEAR...

HAPPY NEW YEAR...

So today I have managed to craft 

All be it with a slightly thick head!

I have been colouring images over the last couple of weeks and not converting them to projects!

So today I decide to complete something 

The beginning of a new year always means a new pad for me 

So I decided to cover the front of the one that I bought from Tesco...

I decided to use a Gorguss Girl image that I stamped last year and had never coloured...

I used a cardstock backing cut to the size of the pad and then added all the layers and the image to this...

The sentiment is a beautiful stamp from 

VISIBLE IMAGE

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One that I had purchased last year and never use

One thing that I have promised myself this year is that I am going to make time for crafting and I am going to blog! So here I am 

LOL

I have coloured the image with Pro Markers and I have used a clear gel pen to add the detail to the coat and the umbrella - just adding a little clear droplet

I have used scrap pieces of card stock to add to the layers in 

co-ordinating colours

deep red, grey and cream

I have used a sheet of craftwork cards DSP that I purchased in a paper pack many years ago 

One of those that you stroke for several months before cutting! 

I have used sticky gems that were from the crafting section in Wilkinsons 

Love them!

I hope you like my finished project and here's to a crafty 2016

Happy Crafting

hugs

Debbi 

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I am entering the following challenges with my notebook

JULIA SPIRI - anything goes

CUTE CARD THURSDAY - anything goes 

CRAFT CHALLENGE - anything goes

2 CRAFTY GIRLS - anything goes

Kaboodle Challenge - found this on Helens blog...

The challenge this week was to creare a card with both spots and stripes - this for me was really difficult as I would normally go for one or the other and not both together and at first I was thinking that I needed the have a large panel of both.

I decided to keep the design of the card simple, using a backing panel of stripey paper from my stash and a smaller square panel of spotty paper in a colour picked up from the stripey paper also from my stampin up! stash.

The immage is a gorguss girl - little miss attitude again and I have coloured her with my promarkers. I have not mounted the image as I did not want to take away from the contrasting backing papers. I have stamped the sentiment in the same colour as the DSP and have used a hero arts stamp. If you look at the stripet DSP where I have stamped the image I have trimmed a piece off - off set this and stuck the sentiment lower than the rest of the paper, just to make it stand out more.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - your comments are appreciated - Debbi x x x

Simon Says Challenge...

WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT... The challenge on Simon Says this week is the famous Tina Turner song - are you singing yet?? LOL I have entered the card I used in the Sugar Nellie Challenge for this one too... The stamp Little Miss Attitude is answering the phrase, with her folded arms and jaunty expression almost daring you to care! - Although having said that I am one of the lucky ones and married to a gem! Who even though we said no presents this Valentines had a Pandora bag at the ready! This card I loved doing using the stamp from Love you much - cannot wait to play further with this even though Valentines has passed. The image I have coloured with my pro markers.

Thanks for looking and your comments are appreciated Debbi x x x

Sugar Nellie Blog Challenge...

The challenge this week was a sketch challenge and I thought that this was the perfect opportunity to use the other new gorguss girl that I purchased last week 'little miss attitude' this was so me when I was younger LOL and I am sure that hubby would agree that I still look like that now on the odd occasion! I loved following this sketch - I decided that I would use plain card stock and decorate that with hearts using different coloured ink. I have coloured the inage with my pro markers - as I have used beige for the main colour of the dress I did not do a lot of shading as I felt it was not needed. I am definately going to practice this technique as there are some brilliant tutorials on the net to show you how!

I have used a simple sentiment from one of the new SAB sets from stampin up! 'for you' it is from the set vintage labels.

I have used a black card blank and rounded the edges of the card, to emphasise them further I have inked the edges in craft ink. The first panel added was red stamped in black hearts - the stamp is from love you much. I have then added a white panel stamped in real red using the same stamp, The final panel is black stamped in white.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking, your comments are appreciated - Debbi x x x

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge...

I saw this challenge and knew that I needed to do this one... I have just purchased the Gorguss Guardian Angel stamp and couldn't wait to have a play this challenge was perfect for the monochrome tones theme this week. I coloured the image using my pro markers and mounted the image onto craft card stock, and then again onto chocolate chip card. I have also rounded the corners. I have used a piece of close to cocoa DSP as a panel on the card and mounted this on a piece of chocolate chip card. The card blank is also craft and I have inked the edges of this with close to cocoa ink. I have stamped the sentiment in close to cocoa and this is mounted on craft and chocolate card stock also. As decoration I have used three shades of card candy all similar to the colours I have used for the card.

I love angels and this is now my favourite stamp, I love the simplicity of this image and how the girl looks so peaceful - and of course there is a bear in it!

I hope you like my card and thanks for looking your comments are appreciated - Debbi x x x

Colour Create

This week was the colour combo - pink sorbet, lemon and chocolate mmmmmm! Well here is the card I made - I love these colours so had loads of things around to inspire me! The image was bought for me by my new ILWS friend Deborah she is a gorguss girl! and coloured with watercolour pencils. It is mounted on SU! card and the pink ribbon is SU! taffeta, the brown is from my stash... The yellow DP is also from my stash and the eyelets are dovecraft. The flower punch is woodware.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking TTFN Debbi x x x