Thanks Teacher!

Paper Smooches "Smarty Pants"... coloured with ProMarkers and Copics.

This was great fun to make! 

Playing with the Gelli Plate

First time playing with the Gelli plate!  Great fun! (a wee bit messy!) Used Sherrill Sorbets acrylics (had them for ages and was never sure exactly what to do with them!) They have a lovely pearl effect.  Teamed up with a Prima honeycomb mask.  Then set with the heat gun before stamping JOFY 09 from Paperartsy in Tuxedo Black Memento.  Finished off with some paper piecing, some white gel pen, crystal effects and chunky white Frantage.  

Over all I’m quite happy with this for a first attempt!

oh what to do with this? might just be one of my most fav stamp sets!

more colouring!

Washi - wonderful Washi!

Arrived today!  Say no more....   playtime!

Hello

This card is inspired by the green chevron paper. All the papers and cardstock are Stampin’ Up! (Island Indigo, More Mustard and Old Olive). The digi is a lovely Saturated Canary which I love to colour!  I love the simple “Hello” sentiment from Die-Namics.

 

 

Wryn

I've not coloured Wryn for ages - she's such a lovely image from Tiddlyinks!  Kept the colours simple on this one - the Papers are Rondelle from Prima.

4 the love of Monday

Hi! It's my DT Monday again!  Here's my entry - why don't you pop on over to Make The Day Special!

Sweet-hearts

Yes, I've gone colouring mad these days... if it stays still long enough then it gets coloured in!   (Murphy the cat better watch out!)

This started out as lots of mistakes and off-cuts.. then put them all together!!

 

Blending Book

As I'm colouring everything in sight at the moment I thought it would be a good idea to make a blending book - somewhere to keep a record of all the combos that I find that work well.  So here it is - found loads of bind it all stuff when I was having a tidy out so put some of it to good use here!

Daisy

Playing with Flexmarkers and Copics this afternoon – as it’s so miserable outside!  And it’s so cold! Got the heating on!

The greeting is by Paper Smooches, and the lovely papers are from Lawn Fawn. 

Card made for work colleague.. it's three in one card and 8"x8"...

three in one because you open it and there are two other card fronts inside.. the right hand opens out again to reveal the inside of the card and space for messages etc.

 

I love making these!

Dream, Love, Treasure

More searching through stamps to see what I could find.. and here is a Gorjuss Girl/Technique Tuesday combo! 

Coloured with Copics.

Found some black papers and some Swarovski crystals – the real thing really does sparkle better!

 

Oodles of hearts

I was having a wee look around in some (of the many) boxes of unmounted stamps that I have and I came across this lovely Stampin Bella stamp. Stamped her with Stazon then coloured using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.  Added some Stampin’ Up! Dazzling Details to the trim of her dress.

Also found a huge collection of bakers twine that I forgot I had!  Oops!

 

L O V E

Something a little bit different for me..  the letters are cute with SU! Bigz Typeset alphabet – made from My Minds Eye – the Sweetest Thing papers mounted onto chipboard.

A little bit of silver glitter paper to set it off with a bit of bling!

 

 

You are Awesome!!

More playing!  Colouring in… great fun!

I love this little dino from Paper Smooches Cutasaurus.  Coloured with Copics and Pro Markers.

The background stamp is Tim Holtz (Ultimate Grunge)

 

Hey Chickie!

Found my Copics!  They weren’t really lost – they just weren’t at the top of the pile of crafty chaos!

So what better to have a wee play than to use Paper Smooches – Chubby Chums!

Copics: YR07, Y17, Y06 and C-3

Papers are My Minds Eye – the Sweetest Thing

Hey Chickie!

Exciting day!

Well, it's absolutely freezing here.. we've even had some sleet/snow... not what you expect in mid May..not even in Scotland!   Brrr.. I think I will go an put the heating on!

Enough of the weather though..

 

It's an exciting day!

 

My first entry as a DT member for Make the Day Special! 

Here's my card.  Inspired by Paper Smooches (I just can't get enough!) and hexagons!! I love love love hexagons!!

Pop over to the MTDS Blog and check out all the gorgeous inspiration - these stamps are really hard to get and MTDS has the most fantastic range just waiting for you!

 

 

 

 

 

no time!

Practice!

Been practicing my colouring! She's such a cutie and a joy to colour!!

From Paper Smooches again – My Peeps

 

Cutasaurus

Hi!  This little guy is from Paper Smooches “Cutasaurus”.  I’ve just gone for something very quick and simple with this card… stamped the cute little guy and coloured him with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

 

Life is Art

Life is Art.. I was inspired to make this using Tim Holtz and Hero Arts Stamps after making one very similar designed by the amazing kath!

This is a little expanding file made for keeping embellishments in – all those spare die cuts that get lost! It's also the first time I've used little magnetic snaps carefully hidden to make the fastening - really pleased with how well they work!  

 

Happy Everything

Playing with Paper Smooches and Polkadoodles.

 

Birthday for someone who likes to travel. I love these stamps from Tim Holtz – so lovely to colour!

Hi!

In a bright mood today!   These cute little birds are from Paper Smooches “My Peeps”.  Coloured with a mix of pens – I was going for the colours rather than a particular type of pen – Marvy LePlume II and Stampin’ Up! Write Markers.

The paper is from Echo Park “Note to Self”.

Sadly, my bright mood is not related to the weather here – it’s cold, very windy, and the sky is very grey and cloudy – this means rain and gale force winds in time for the school pick up!

Happy B'EARTH DAY!

The challenge for this card was Earth Day.  This little critter from Paper Smooches “Birthday Buddies” seems to just fit the bill!  Loved colouring him with Tim Holtz Distress Markers. Also had a bit of a root around in my Sizzix and Quickutz dies – forgot just how many I had (oops!).

This was a really fun card to make – nice and bright!

 

Fairy Wishes

 

I'm entering this lovely little fairy in:

 

Flutterby Wednesday's Challenge

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes Challenge

next card in the making... had great fun colouring this gorgeous Saturated Canary stamp...

Cosmo Cricket papers this time...

Another Birthday!

 

And another!

 

Yummy Stash Used:

 

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Paper Smooches Stamps

Echo Park Note to Self Papers

Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip Ink

Grumpasaurus

Love this! Not sure who I would give it to but the wee dino is just so cute!

 

Yummy Stash Used:

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Paper Smooches Stamps

Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper

Stampin' Up! Rich Razzelberry Ink

(OW)L

This little guy stands 8" tall and is covered in little circles and ovals cut from shiny card and canvas treated with a blend of Letraset alcohol inks.  Took a lot of work to do the cutting - hence the name (ow)l   :-)   But here he is - finished.. with a little heart added to the front and some eyebrows (not sure if this is a step too far or not! His eyes are at a slight angle to make him look quizzical!!   lol

 

 

WooHooo!

Oh I love this little guy!

 

 

 

This is my entry for the Paper Smoochies Sparks Designer Drafts Challenge!

 

The inspiration for this challenge is a layout sketch.
*The challenge closes 14/04*

 

Paper Smoochies coloured using Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

This one time...

...at craft camp!

Had a brilliant weekend with lovely ladies gluing, stamping, cutting, colouring and generally having fun! Here are some of the outputs!

 

So a huge big thanks to Kath, Debbi, Charlotte and everyone!  Inspired once again!

 

Now, to play with all my new goodies... including these...

(37 new Tim Holtz Distress Markers... drooooool....)

Cupboard Trilogy Challenge #10 Easter

Hi! a huge big welcome if you've popped over here from the Cupboard Trilogy Challenge Blog!
It's our 10th monthly challenge - and the theme is easter!  I tried to make my DT entry as bright and cheery as possible, as all the snow, freezing wind and ice was getting me a bit down!  So what better than getting out lots of lovely bright colours and making something cheery!

So here it is!

I coloured the bunny using Stampin' Up! inks and a blender pen.  Love the lightness of the effect you can achieve.

Hope you like it!

Why not pop round to the Cupboard and see all the DT entries.  I would love to see what the easter theme inspires in you!

 

Tx