Andrea's Happy Place: 2013

Monday 30 December 2013

Hi, here's my last entry into the Make it Colourful Texture Challenge http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-4-red-green-texture

All images can be found at http://www.makeitcrafty.com/

I've tried to add texture to her clothing

and texture in the trees

I hope I'm not being greedy by entering this challenge 3 times it's not so I can have a better chance at winning it's because I am really enjoying creating texture and that's the best part of these challenges, they push me to try new things and learn new techniques.

Andrea xx

Sunday 29 December 2013

Hello again, I have been practicing adding texture to my colouring and thought I might add this image into the Make it Colourful challenge http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-4-red-green-texture you can find this image here http://www.makeitcrafty.com/snowball-fight-digi-stamp.html

I'm also working on one more for this competition I will put up a pic tomorrow thanks for popping by Andrea xx

Hello, hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas. I had a bit of spare time and decided to colour this big scene I had created using all Make it Crafty images http://www.makeitcrafty.com/

It took a while for me to get started on this but once I got going I didn't want to stop. I have several step by step photo's to show.

Sorry about the quality of the photo's, I hope you enjoyed looking at them anyway :)

Andrea xx

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Hello, I did a bit of bartering with a very lovely young lady recently and in return for my goods she asked for a card made by me, I was so very nervous colouring this image as I look at this lady as one of the queens of colouring but I gave it my best shot and this is what I came up with

She has received this card and loves it, YAY!!

Here are a few progression pics.

So happy she loved it :)

This cute little girls name is Lizzie and you can find her here

http://www.makeitcrafty.com/lizzie-with-gift.html

Thanks

Andrea xx

Thursday 12 December 2013

Having a play with this cute Santa Mouse again, He's a Stamp Art Design by Kathryne image,

and can be found at Whimsy Stamps

http://www.whimsystamps.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13_38&products_id=2922

When I finished colouring this little guy he looked a bit flat

So I thought I try this funny yellow shadow/dotty thing

which I thought to be honest looked a bit silly, but when I put the card together it grew on me and now I'm quite happy with it :)

Thanks for checking out my blog :) feel free to leave a comment.

Andrea xx

Sunday 8 December 2013

Hello, today I made a bright and cheery card using Big Chesire Cat http://www.makeitcrafty.com/big-chesire-cat-digi-stamp.html and Whimsical Log http://www.makeitcrafty.com/whimsical-log-digi-stamp.html both from Make it Crafty, I am practicing how to create texture on the images using only the markers. anyway this is what I have come up with for my first try.

I have a few progress pictures too

He was a lot of fun to colour although adding texture is hard.

I will enter this card into

1. The Make it Crafty FB Sketch Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.618447068218165&type=1

2. The Make it Crafty Design Team Call

http://www.makeitcrafty.com/store-blog/news/fb-design-team-call

3. The Make it Colourful Hard Challenge - Texture http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-4-red-green-texture

Thanks for popping in to see my craft

Andrea xx

Thursday 5 December 2013

So excited to be writing this post right now!! I can now reveal that I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Little Miss Muffet Challenges http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com.au/

the current challenge is 'You've Been Framed' so I created two cards for Faye to choose from and she posted both of them :) I was so honoured to be asked to Guest Design for this wonderful company. Anyway here are the cards

Make sure you head over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenges and join in on this fun challenges.

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com.au/

Andrea xx

Wednesday 4 December 2013

Hi all, Wow there's some exciting things happening over at Make it Crafty, The most exciting being a FB Design Team Call!!! Then the new Make it Colourful Challenge and the December FB Sketch Challenge and I am entering all of them with one card, is that being lazy? Oh well I will start with this card and hopefully get time to make some more to enter :)

Here's a couple of step by step pictures, I kept forgetting to take pic's so only two.

Her name is Emo Willow Gift and she is this months FB $1 Digi and you can find her here http://www.makeitcrafty.com/emo-willow-gift-digi-stamp.html

I am entering her in the FB DT CALL

http://www.makeitcrafty.com/store-blog/news/fb-design-team-call

The Make it Colourful Easy Challenge 'Use Red & Green'

http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-4-red-green-texture

And the Make it Crafty FB Sketch Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.618447068218165&type=1

Thanks

Andrea xx

Monday 2 December 2013

Hello fellow crafters, I have an announcement to make and it very exciting....

I was asked to join The Whimsy Stamps Digital Design Team!

And I Accepted!!!! Yay!

I officially start in January so watch this space for some Whimsy Stamps Inspiration!

http://whimsystamps.blogspot.com.au/

Andrea xx

Saturday 30 November 2013

Here's another Christmas Card I made, I coloured the image awhile ago but only put the card together last night :)

Her name is Randi Red Nose and she is from Make it Crafty you can find her here- http://www.makeitcrafty.com/randi-red-nose-digi-stamp.html

I am entering her into the Divas by Design 'Use some Red' Challenge - http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com.au/

Hope you like her :)

Andrea xx

Friday 29 November 2013

I needed a break from Christmas Cards so I made this fun Birthday Card for no one in particular, although I thought I would add it to the Make it Colourful Competition hard challenge - muscle definition, but is three cards in one challenge too much?? I have loved learning how to do this and find I can't colour a being that has definition without applying some, whereas before I added some shadow and was happy with that lol Oh these challenges are wonderful :)

and here's a closer look

Oh to have a figure like that lol.

http://www.makeitcolourful.com/challenges/challenge-3-skin-muscle-definition

Have a great day :)

Andrea xx

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Hi, just wanted to show you this card I made awhile ago for a Secret Santa over at the Make it Crafty FB Page, I can now reveal it as it has reached it's destination in the US.

Hope you like it :)

Andrea xx

Monday 25 November 2013

Hello, when I checked out the Make it Crafty facebook page today I noticed Zoe had put up a very special post from The Squirrel and The Fox Blog asking crafters to join them in there challenge with the theme 'Use Violet' to support their DT member Mags B and daughter Sacha who are currently fighting Hodgkin's Lymphoma so I decided the least I could do was make a card and 'Use Violet' so here it is.