Dino-Tastic Birthday

Morning All! 

A couple of weeks back we made a trip to London to the Natural History Museum. One of the friends we were meeting up with had a birthday that day so we had a bit of a dinosaur theme going and I created his card using the fabulous Dino-Mite.

It’s Fab Friday over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog so here is my make:   

I downloaded the font from Dafont and I thought it had a very Flintstone-esque look to it and fit the theme perfectly

Supplies:

• Image: Dino-Mite from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Grey card (although it looks green in the pics) and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Wording: Font Rock Font available on Dafont and Rockwell Extra Bold

Got some errands to run today and then tomorrow I’m off to the Make-It Craft Show in Farnborough. So excited as it always falls a week before my birthday and Hubby let’s me shop for my pressies

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Scarecrow and Friends

Just a quick post from me to share the second to last of Augusts makes. Here is a tag shaped card made using Scarecrow and Friend from Crissy’s Digis:

I made a mistake I don’t often do any more when making cards and I coloured my image before picking any patterned papers. I really struggled finding anything to match so I went for plain coloured card and added some pattern of my own with embossing and stencilling.

The flowers are punched from a cork sheet and coloured with a ProMarker.

Supplies:

• Image: Scarecrow and Friend from Whimsy Stamps 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Copic X-Press It, DCWV Cork Sheet and Orange and Green Core’dinations card
• Dies & Punches: Hole Punch, Corner rounder and Flower Punch
• Misc: Embossing Folder, Sarah Hurley Chevron Stripe Stencil, Brown Paint and sandpaper
• Embellishments: Handmade Flowers and Card Candi

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

•  Sweet Stampin’ – Embossing (Dry Embossed Background)
• The Corrosive Challenge – Let’s Hear It for the Boys
•  Dream Valley – Flowers

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Poppy

Morning All. I don’t seem to have quite got back into the swing of blogging since coming back from holiday, not helped by another tummy bug.

Anyhoo, it’s time for a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and this time our theme picked by the lovely Claire is:

It’s Summer Time

Here is my card using Poppy…

I’ve used the no lines colouring technique but printed the digi in beige rather than grey (thanks to Alyce at Kit and Clowder for that tip) and it was much easier to colour. Old Mr Mojo has taken a bit of a walk at the moment (if you see him please send him back…lol) so I have kept the rest of the card simple with an embossed background, sentiment and a ribbon.

Supplies:

• Image: Poppy by Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers and Copics
• Card: Copic X-Press It Card, Coral and Purple Core’dinations Card and textured white card
• Stamps: Sentiment from Pink Gem Designs
• Dies & Punches: Floral Oval Nestabilities and X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

•  Sweet Stampin’ – Embossing (Dry Embossed Background)
• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Summer Colours

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Sail Away

Happy Thursday everyone. Hope you are all enjoying nice weather where you are…it’s been really nice here, sunny but not to warm and the children love being out in the garden, especially watching our strawberries grow and ripen.

Enough waffle. It’s my turn to post over at the Whiff of Joy Blog and today’s theme is:

I was inspired by the nautical theme of the Summer Stamp Kit to create a card that looked like a Porthole…I think it worked as Hubby recognised what it was!! Here is my card but for more details and peak at a little extra I made with the scraps please head over to the Whiff of Joy blog…

I was proud of myself on this one as I cracked open the Watercolour paints. I haven’t used them for years and apart from using some watercolour pencils a while back I haven’t painted a whole image before…not bad for a first attempt.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Digi Bells New Release Blog Hop

Hurrah! It’s time for a new release at Elisabeth Bell and we have a **Bewitching** new Digi this month. Without further ado please welcome…

** Little Witch on the Moon **

…to our little family at Elisabeth Bell.

You should have arrived here from Lori’s Blog but if you didn’t and you would like to take part in the hop please head over to the Digi Bells Blog to get started.

You have plenty of time to join in the fun as the hop runs for a whole week, ending on Friday, October 25th, 2013 at 9:00am Arizona time (which should be 5pm UK time!).

 

I have coloured Little Witch on the Moon with my ProMarkers and I’ve gone for completely traditional witchy/Halloweeny colours.

Supplies:

• Image: Little Witch on the Moon by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Stamps: Personal Impression ‘Double Saying’ Stamp Set
• Ink: Distress Inkpad ‘Dusty Concord’
• Card: White, Purple and Green Core’Dinations and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm 
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folder: Marianne Corner Dies, Spellbinders Plain and Scalloped Circles, an X-Cut square punch (to create the fishtail) and a ‘Tied Together’ Embossing Folder
• Embellishments: Bow, Pearl, Paper Flowers, Viva Decor Pearl Pen and Orange Stickles

Your next stop should be the lovely Mary Lou’s blog.

For a chance to win don’t forget to leave a comment on each blog and at the very end hop back to the Digi Bells blog and let us know you’ve hopped along and what you thought of the of hop.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for hopping

Lisa

Distress It at A Gem of a Challenge

Morning All. What is everyone up to this weekend? We’re are headed off to the In-Laws for the day, as Hubby, FIL and SIL are off to watch the football…so no crafting for me today. I will be making up for it tomorrow and, as long as Miss Emily allows, will be having a very crafty day finishing off a magazine commission, projects for the next edition of Sarah Hurley’s Lookbook and some other design team work.

Waffle over it’s time for our new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge, which has been set by the lovely Shea. The theme this time around is…

Distress It

I have used the gorgeous Thoughtful Chloe and my distressing is the sanding on the embossing and the inked and tatty edges on my layers and sentiment…

My image has been coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, still practicing though, can’t get them to blend as well as my ProMarkers. Eeek no patterned paper on this one, instead I’ve used some Core’dinations which I have embossed with the ‘Tied Together’ embossing folder. I’ve also used a Fiskars border punch, a sentiment (also from Pink Gem) and to finish I have added some Meiflower gems, some pearls using a Viva Pearls Decor Pen and a few Wild Orchid Craft Flowers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa