Andrea's Happy Place: March 2015

Friday, 27 March 2015

By Diezyne New Release and Blog Hop!

It's finally here! The second release from By DIEzyne Dies. We are celebrating this weekend on Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group and C.C. Designs Facebook Group.

We are kicking everything off with a really big blog hop!

We have the C.C. Designs DT here today to share their creativity with the new By DIEzyne Dies. You can find By DIEzyne Dies by clicking HERE

Here is my card for this hop, I have used two of the new dies - Big Stitched and Pierced Rectangle Die and Half Brackets Die and let me tell you I love them!! They are easy to use and look fantastic, they are my 'go to' dies. I have also used 'Goldie' and her Outline Die as well as a sentiment from C.C. Designs #hashtag sentiments along with some beautiful Maja Designs Papers.

What is a blog hop without prizes?!?!

Of course we have prizes. We are going to play a game.

WORD SCRAMBLE

Here is how you play:

1. Visit each blog along the way.

2. Leave a comment.

3. Become a follower of each persons blog.

4. Each person will have 1 or more letters posted. Collect all those letters to unscramble the word.

5. The last person on the hop is Rhea, the creator of By DIEzyne Dies. Leave your answer in a comment on her blog. Make sure you also follow her blog.

To qualify all steps need to be followed.

Two lucky winners will receive 1 By DIEzyne Die Set and 1 stamp from C.C. Designs.

MY LETTER IS - T

Ok...so....that's the blog hop game. But, there are more chances to win over the weekend on Passionate Paper Creations and Friends and C.C. Designs Fan Page - Facebook Groups.

Make sure to come join the party!

Passionate Paper Creations and Friends > Click HERE

C.C. Designs Fan Page > Click HERE

IT ALL STARTS NOW!

Asa

Kim

Laura
Jay Jay
Simone
Delphine
Jennifer

Special guest hopping with the team...

Jo Thompson

Colleen Holmes

Your last stop on the Hop....This is where you leave your answer :)

Rhea

AVAILABLE AT:

InLinkz.com

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Treasure for Life!

Hello, I'm here today to show you my latest Karleigh Sue project.

Treasure for Life

I used a very special image that needed to be showcased in her own environment - the ocean, I have teemed her with Coral Border from Make it Crafty.
I spent way to many hours colouring this image, trying to create the illusion of her being underwater. This truly was a labor of love <3

I have primarily used Copic's for this image but I have also used a white polychromos pencil, a white gel pen and some dark blue fluid chalk ink.

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Hair - E53, E55, E57

Tail - YG03, YG05, YG25, YG67

Rose - R20, R24, R27

Ocean -

Sand - Y21, Y23. Coral - YR14, YR07 Coral - RV04; Seaweed - G14, G17. Fish - Y06, Y08 N5.

Water - BG70, BG10, BG13, BG72. Shadows - W4, W5, W7.

I hope this posts inspires you to get creative, Andrea xx

Karleigh Sue Challenge blog

http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.com

Karleigh Sue Etsy store

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarleighSueDigis?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Karleigh Sue Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KarleighSueDigis/

Karleigh Sue Inspiration / New release blog

http://karleighsue.blogspot.com

Karleigh Sue's Pinterest

http://www.pinterest.com/karleighsue/

Karleigh Sue on Twitter

https://twitter.com/karleighsue

Karleigh Sue on Instagram

http://instagram.com/karleighsue/

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Meadow Girls!

Hello!

Wow have you seen the new 'Meadow Girls'?? They are sooooo adorable and I got to play with Jena Blue Bird and she was so lovely to colour, even though I was a little intimidated by all that hair ;)

I couldn't chose which photo to post so I'm posting them both lol.

I coloured her with Copic's

Skin - E000, Eoo, E01.

Hair - YR21, YR23, E25 this is a new combo that Zoe suggested I try.

Birds/Bows - B00, Bo1, B02.

Dress/Flowers - RV000, RV00, RV11, RV13.

I hope you are as excited as I am about these little cuties :D

Andrea xx

Monday, 16 March 2015

Karleigh Sue - March New Release

Gee Wizz can you believe another month has past and it's time for a New Release again?
How exciting is this, so many pretty new images to tempt you with ;)

We are going deep into the ocean for this release with some beautiful 'Mermaids'!
Here is 'The Sea can't Hold Me' isn't she lovely?

The Sea can't Hold Me is one of 6 brand NEW Mermaids, so make sure you pop over to the Karleigh Sue Blog and check them all out.

I coloured her using my Copic's

Skin - E50, E51, E21, E11, E04

Hair/Tail - W1, 3, 5, 7.

Scales - V20, V22, V25, 17.

Background - BG70, BG10, BG72, BG75, Colourless Blender.

Andrea xx

Karleigh Sue Challenge blog

http://karleighsuechallenge.blogspot.com

Karleigh Sue Etsy store

https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarleighSueDigis?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Karleigh Sue Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KarleighSueDigis/

Karleigh Sue Inspiration / New release blog

http://karleighsue.blogspot.com

Karleigh Sue's Pinterest

http://www.pinterest.com/karleighsue/

Karleigh Sue on Twitter

https://twitter.com/karleighsue

Karleigh Sue on Instagram

http://instagram.com/karleighsue/

Sunday, 15 March 2015

4000 Members Party @ Make it Crafty

Party Time!! Make it Crafty is celebrating and the gorgeous Zoe has fabulous competitions and PRIZES happening in the Facebook group so make sure you pop over and check them out,

There is 4 challenges and I got excited about all of them so I made a card, even though I can't enter the comps but if I could which challenge would I enter?

Fairy Bells

1, Wild Crazy Hair Colouring Challenge

2, Transparent Wing Colouring Challenge

3, CAS One Layer Card Challenge

4, CAS Mostly Card Challenge

So I'm thinking I could nearly enter all 4, what do you think???

I hope to see you in the facebook group and joining in with the fun!!

Andrea xx

Friday, 13 March 2015

Carrot Love.

Hi all, Andrea here today with some Carrot Love Inspiration!

He/She is so cute giving that carrot a hug!

I had such a fun time making this card but I did have some difficulties photographing it due to it's shape but I'm sure you will get the general idea.

I coloured Carrot Love with my Copic's,

Bunny - C00,C1, C3, C5 N7

Ears - RV000, RV00

Carrot - YR02, YR04, YR07 G14, G28

I used some beautiful papers from Maja Designs,

The NEW Make a Card #5 Die set, the New Hopped Up sentiments form Amy R and the cute little flowers from the Goldie Outline die.

Carrot Love

New AmyR Stamps Hopped Up Rubber Stamps

Make a Card #5

Goldie Outline Die

Maja Designs

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Cherry Blossom!

Hi everyone :)

Wow have you all checked out the NEW Flowers from Make it Crafty they are all so beautiful but I must say the Cherry Blossom is my personal favorite. I couldn't wait to colour it!

Here it is on a CAS card, to me the image is says it all no need for fuss with this one.

I coloured the image with Polychromos Pencils,

Branches - Nougat, Walnut Brown, Burnt Siena & Indian Red.

Flowers - Light Magenta, Light Purple Pink, Red Violet & Cadmium Yellow.

Shadows - Cold Grey III & Cold Grey V.

Andrea xx

Monday, 9 March 2015

In the Spotlight!

Hi everyone, I'm so excited to share with you today my 'Spotlight' challenge card! I was feeling quite nervous about this challenge but after watching Sandy's video 'Copic Coloring a Spooky Spotlight' and finding a couple of inspiration photo's on Google I decided it wasn't too scary after all :) I have made a pictorial tutorial to show you my progress, so if I can do this so can YOU and I can't wait to see your entries over at Make it Colourful! I used Soprano Opera Singer and the Stage digi from Make it Crafty!