Bunny Painting

Morning all. We have a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Easter Time’.

And here is my card using Bunny Painting:

For a change I’ve used my AquaMarkers.

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Gift from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir AquaMarkers
• Card: Watercolour Card and Kraft Card
• DP: First Edition Spring Drop Paper Pad
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Stamps Handstitched Nested Rectangles and MFT Dienamics Blueprint 27 Dies
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Embellishments: Pearls and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Happy Couple

Evening All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I’m a little bit late sharing my make with you as I’ve been in party prep mode for Miss 5’s Birthday party tomorrow.

I wanted to share with you the guestbook I decorated for my Niece's Wedding. Christy has some of my favourite wedding themed images in the shop and this one is After the Vows: 

The wedding had a red and gold theme and very Christmassy, with table decorations using Holly and Pine Cones, so I incorporated this on the book

And I had my first play with some Foamiran to make the Poinsettias.

Supplies: 

• Image: After the Vows from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir 
• DP: A ix of First Edition and Pion Design
• Card: Red Card Cream Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies: Mr & Mrs from Crafters Companion and Holly Flourish from La La Land Crafts
• Embellishments: Pearls, Wooden Numbers, Metal Corners, Frantage, Foamiran, Crackle Accents

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Deer

Morning all. Did you see the fabulous new images Wendy has added to the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop this month? Wowee there are some cuties!

Please meet Boy's Christmas Stocking, Christmas Deer 2, Girl's Christmas Stocking and Magic Wand.

My first make with the new release was for inspiration over in the All Dressed Up FB Group and used Christmas Deer 2  

I was almost tempted to add a little red glitter to the nose…..but I’ll save that idea for another day!

  Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Deer 2 from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition ‘Gilded Winter’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Fleur De Lis Square Dies and MFT Blueprint 14 Dies
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: VersFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Gems

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

1. Come and Get It Challenge – Animals
2. Crafty Creations Challenge – Anything Goes
3. Crazy 4 Challenges  - Christmas or Winter Card
4. Penny’s Paper-Crafty   - Anything Goes
5. Moving Along with the Times – Animals
6. Crafty Catz – Anything Goes/Winter Colours
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
8. Crafty Cardmakers – Animal Magic
9. Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes
10. The Merry Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes/Christmas

Please hop over to the All Dressed Up FB Group to see some fantastic inspiration for the rest of the team.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Little Mermaid

Morning all. It’s time for some Conie Fong inspiration today and thanks to some fabulous colouring of mermaids in the Conie Fong Art & Design FB Group and Kit & Clowder FB Group I have been inspired to colour a mermaid myself..

I introduced Miss 4 to the Little Mermaid a while back and just like me it has become one of her favourite Disney films, so at her request this one had to be coloured to look just like her:

This image is Ariela Mermaid.

The papers are from a more masculine/boyish paper pad but I thought the colours and patterns looked a lot like sea…

Supplies:

• Image: Bowtie in my Hair from Conie Fong 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Original Markers and Illustrators for Skin
• DP: First Edition Up Up and Away 8x8 Pad
• Card: Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframes, Britannia Leaf Flourish and Precious Marieke Square Frame Die
• Sentiment: From Lili of the Valley
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Paper Flower, Pearls and Glossy Accents

For inspiration from the rest of the team be sure to check out the Conie Fong Art & Design FB Group and don’t forget we have the August challenge over in the FB group too!

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Tori the Dragon

Evening all. I have some super cute inspiration to share this evening using a Conie Fong image.

I have made a cute children’s card using Tori the Dragon – Up:

I thought I would use some colours I don’t normally use, so little Tori has been coloured orange!

And a little bit of no lines colouring on Kraft card as well.

Supplies:

• Image: Tori the Dragon – Up from Conie Fong 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir
  • Green: JG7, LG5, LG3, LG2
  • Yellow: GB10, BO4, BO2, GY3
  • Orange: CR9, OR3, OR2, OR1
  • Brown: TN5, TN3, TN2
  • Spots on Dragon: LG3
  • Background: TB1, Blender, BG3, BG2, BG1
  • Highlights: White ColourBlend Pencil
  • Eyes/Balloon Lines
• DP: First Edition Animal Antics 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: Brown Card, Mint Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Neenah Desert Storm 
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Pinking Circle Dies and Sizzix Nesting Star Dies
• Sentiment: From Lili of the Valley
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue, Doodling and Crackle Accents

For inspiration from the rest of the team be sure to check out the Conie Fong Art & Design FB Group.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Ballet Bunny

Morning All! It’s new release week at Crafty Sentiments Designs and we are onto day 4 of the inspiration.

All the new images that will be available in the shop on Saturday and here is my card with Bunny & Me

Aren’t the Tutus cute?

Supplies:

• Image: Bunny & Me rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Original Markers 
• DP: Sweet Owl by First Editions
• Card: Grey Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiments
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MFT Blueprint 14 Dies, Magnolia DooHickey Bon Voyage Foliage and Polkadoodles Elegant Nest Dies 
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Crackle Accents and Glitter Glue

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration using this gorgeous new image please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Phone Call

Morning All! There is more March New Release inspiration over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog today and all the new releases will be available in the shop on 11th March.

Today we are showcasing A Phone Call:

Isn’t she just the sweetest? I have made a very Valentine themed make but I think she would be perfect on cards for little girls to give to the BFFs!

I dug out some old papers for this one as the colours just seemed to fit.

Supplies:

• Image: A Phone Call rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir – Original Markers unless mentioned otherwise:
• Skin: Illustrators TN8, EB1, FS7, FS8 & FS9; DP2, DP1, PP2, PP1
• Hair Girl: EB7, EB6, GB10, GB9, GB8, GB1
• Cushions: AP4, AP3, AP2, AP1, GB4, GB2, GB1
• Shoes/Hearts/Top: DR6, PV4, MG3
• Trousers: B03, B02, B01
• Ground/Floor: BG5, BG4, BG3, BG2, BG1
• Background/Shadow: IG2 IG1, Blender
• DP: First Edition ‘Love Letters’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Sentiment: Clearly Besotted
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Squares, X-Cut Nesting Hearts and Spellbinder Floral Ovals
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue and a Chipboard Heart

To see some more fabulous inspiration using this gorgeous new image please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog and don’t forget the new stamps are available in the Crafty Sentiments Designs Shop on Saturday.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Wryn Goes Caroling

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday. The last one for this year over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. This time we want to see any Tiddly makes with the theme of ‘A Very Merry Christmas’!

I dug out an old favourite today, here is Wryn Goes Caroling:

Clean and Simple is what’s called for at times when I’m still ill, Miss 3 is ill too now and it’s the lead up to Christmas…busy busy busy.

And I think I spy a couple of markers that need a clean!!

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Goes Caroling by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Gold Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition
• Stamps: A Hobby Art Stamp Set  
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Scalloped Layering Dies and Whimsy Stamp Sweetest Birthday Shaker Builder Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Brightest Star

Evening all. It’s time for a new challenge over at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog. The theme is always Anything Goes but you have to use an All Dressed Up image to enter.

I’m still making Christmas cards   but Wendy does have such a lot of adorable Christmas images to choose from. For this card I’ve used Christmas Star:

I got a bit carried away with the frilly bits on this one.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Star from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition Gilded Winter 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: White Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Sue Wilson for Creative Expression Border Die
• Embellishments: Jute Trim, Chipboard Stars, Pearl Trim and glitter glue

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Dreaming of Summer

Evening all, slowly catching up on a few things, I’m just so heavy with a cold I just wish  could breathe a little easier……..I made the whole house smell of Olbas Oil and Menthol lol!

Anyhoo, have you seen our current challenge over in the All Dressed Up FB Group?  Our theme for the month is Girly.

We are spoilt for choice is Wendy’s fab All Dressed Up etsy shop, as there are loads of really girly images. For this card I’ve used Dreaming of Summer:

And even though it’s not a fave colour of mine I’ve managed to use quite a bit of yellow again.

Supplies:

• Image: Dreaming of Summer from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition Dreamcatcher 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Lilac Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiment Set
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Imperial Purple’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Butterfly Punch, Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies and Joy Crafts Fancy Square Die
• Embellishments: Pearls, Gems, Doodling and Paper Flowers

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop over to the All Dressed Up FB Group for more fabulous inspiration.

Lisa

Merry Weather

Hello All! It’s my turn to share some Elisabeth Bell love over on the Digi Bells Blog today and I’m sharing the card I made for the new challenge at Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge. Our theme this time around is Die Cuts and Punches. 

I made a card using Merry Weather:  

Supplies:

• Image: Merry Weather by Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Pink Pearl Card , Teal Card, Woodgrain Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition 6x6 Paper Pad
• Dies & Punches: Joy Craft Fancy Oval Dies, Go Kreate Large Oval Dies, Whiff of Joy Fence Border Die and Sizzix Fancy Tag Framelits Die
• Stamps: Sentiment from My LC Designs 
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Gems

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Forget Me Not

Morning All and happy Tiddly Tuesday we have a new challenge starting today of over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and this time our theme is ‘Gentle Spring Colours’ and we have an inspiration photo:

Here is my make using Forget Me Not Wryn:

Fairly clean and simple today!

Supplies:

• Image: Forget Me Not Wryn  by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Rust Card, Ivory Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition ‘Daydream’ 6x6 Paper Pad
• Stamps: Think Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual for Personnel Impressions
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad 
• Embellishments: Doodling and Flower Gems from Wild Orchid Crafts

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Easter Bunny

Afternoon all! Not sure if it’s me or Mr Blogger but this post was sat in my drafts folder

Morning All. Hope you have a good weekend planned, we are just chilling out and pottering around the house and garden.

Anyhoo, back to the point of my post and over at A Gem of a Challenge it’s the Pinks turn to host the challenge and we have  a fabulous theme of ‘Easter’

I have used Easter Bunny and I’m trying out a more CAS look:

I trying to master using my patterned papers in a more simple less layered way, I’m pretty pleased with how this turned out.

Supplies:

• Image: Easter Bunny from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Lilac Card, Lime Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition ‘Spring Drop’ 6x6 Paper Pad
• Sentiment: Written on Computer
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Doodling and a Pearl Flower Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Hoppy Easter

Happy Tiddly Tuesday and welcome to March! Only 7 days to my Birthday and I think Spring may be on the way!

We have a new challenge over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and this time our theme is ‘Easter’.

I already had the perfect patterned paper in mind for this card and the fabulous Emma Hoppy Easter made it the perfect pairing:

I used some new Nellie Snellen Dies that I picked up at the Farnborough craft show on Saturday, you can just see the lovely pierced/dotty edge in the photos.

Supplies:

• Image: Emma Hoppy Easter by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Pale Blue, Lemon and Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition ‘Spring Drop’ 6x6 Paper Pad 
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Dotted Multiframe Rectangle Dies and X-Cut Flowers and Leaf Punches
• Ink: Memento ‘Paris Dusk’ Inkpad
• Stamps: Sentiment from Whimsy Stamps 
• Embellishments: Gems and Ribbon

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Sweet Girl

Evening all. As if three posts in one day wasn’t enough I thought I would pop back with another creation, hehe!

I have made a lot of cards this year, probably the most ever and as I don’t sell them I am starting my own little card mountain! I thought I would get back to making some other things. I already have my colouring journal where I just make pretty pages for me to keep but I thought I would make a little album of memories and pictures.

I’m not into art journaling or even really into scrapbooking so I thought I would do it in my own way. So I’ve decided to make an album and make pages that represent what’s stored after them (a bit like file dividers) if that makes sense.

This one represents my little girl who will turn 3 in January and I have some really cute pictures and her drawings that I want to keep behind it. I’ve used the super cute Willow from Art by Miran:

And I’m going to throw my hat into ring for the DT call that is open on the Art by Miran blog. I would love the chance to join the team but there are some absolutely fabulous entries already, so I’ll just have to keep everything crossed! I love the style of Miran's images and they are all so super cute and if I was selected it would just be an absolute honor to work with such a fabulous team.

Supplies:

• Image: Willow from Art by Miran 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Brown, Kraft and Pink card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition ‘Sweet Owl’ 8x8 paper pad
• Embellishments: Pearls, Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers and doodling

I promise that’s the last post from me today! Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Wryn goes Caroling

Morning all! I’m going to be like a bus this morning. I’ve been posting a little less as it’s December and there is so much other stuff to do and enjoy, but  have 3…yes you read that right…3 pots to share today. Lol!

So first up it’s time for our last for Tiddly Tuesday of 2015 over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. Our new theme is Merry Berry and here is my take on it using Wryn goes Caroling:



I was reasonably organised with m cards this year and managed to get them all made it time. I thought instead of making a head start on next years cards I would make myself a little Christmassy page for my colouring journal.

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Goes Caroling by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black and White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: First Edition ‘Christmas Village’ 6x6 Paper Pad
• Dies & Punches: Go-Kreate Large Oval Dies
• Sentiment: Clearly Besotted
• Ink: Memento ‘Tuxedo Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Pearls, Gems, Paper Flowers, Doodling and TH Chit-Chat Stickers

Hope you can play along with us and thank you  for stopping by.
Lisa