Wryn Sweet Treat

Hi I'm back again today to share the card I made today featuring Wryn - Sweet Treat a gorgeous digital image from Tiddly Inks, I'm really enjoying colouring these cuties :)

Coloured with copic markers - Skin - YR0000, 000, 00. Hair - E40, 42, 43. Top - RV000, 00, 21. Skirt - BG10, 11, 13. Ice Cream - RV000, 00, 21, BG10, 11, 13. Cone - E30, 31, 33. Shoes - W0, 2. Flowers - Y06, 15, 38, W6. 

The sentiment is from Wplus9 called 'Hand Lettered Hello'. 

The papers are from a Kaisercraft 6" x 5" paper pad called Dream Big. 

The Die's are from C.C.Designs 

Hope you are having a wonderful day :)

Andrea xx

Just Hanging Around

Hello friends :)

Just popping in to share my latest card that I have made just for fun, I've had this image printed for ages and have being dying to get her coloured up. Life has changed for me this year with the results meaning I have a lot more time for doing what I love to do, which colouring so look out for loads more posts from me lol, I hope I don't bore you.

Here is  Wryn - Hanging Around  from Tiddly Inks

I'm pleased with how she turned out :)

I coloured her using Copic Markers - Skin - YR0000, 000, 00, 01, E93. Hair - W2, 4, 6, 8. Shorts & Sleeves - B23, 24, 26. Belt - E23. Top - Y06, 15, 38. Branch - E23, 27. Leaf - YG - 03. Shadows - W2, 4. 

I cut the image out with a stitched circle die and mounted onto a card I'd splatted with Dylusions London Bridge Ink Spray and stamp 'hello friend' with my clear stamps from Wplus9 which I clear embossed. 

I have entered this card in the latest challenge over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog, wish me luck. 

Thanks for stopping by

Andrea xx 

Zoey's 21st

Hello lovelies, Today's card is one I made for our dear friends daughter Zoey (not MiC's Zoe) I have known Zoey for 21 years she and my daughter Staci (who turns 21 in March) have grown up together, so this card is a special one for me. I call this card a 'fancy' card for me because those who know me know that I'm a CAS girl when it comes to cards lol.

Zoe - by Krista

Zoe - by Krista comes free with the purchase of the 'Colouring Long Hair Tutorial' which is excellent value for money!

I coloured her with Copic markers & Kaszazz markers - Skin - YR0000, 000, 00, E93, BV20. Eyes - E23, 25. Lips - E04. Hair - W2, 4, 6, 8. Dress - BG10, 11, 13, 15. Heart - A1205, A7406, Y11. Shadows - W5.

Till next time

Andrea xx

Fluttering Sapphire Fairy

Hi, I'm back :) this time with an oldie but a goody! This is Fluttering Sapphire Fairy :) Another CAS card from me with the sentiment coming from two rubber stamp sets, the 'Fairy' word from Fairy Tag Tops and the 'Wishes' word from Santa Tag Tops.

Fluttering Sapphire Fairy

I used clear Wink of Stella on her wings that you can nearly see on here, so hard to capture the sparkle.

Here is a list of Copic markers I used to colour her - Skin - YR0000, 00, Eyes - B23, 24, 66. Hair - B41, 23. Dress - B23, 24, 26. Wings - C2, 3, clear Wink of Stella. Shadows BV20.

Thanks for spending some of your time with me :)

Andrea xx

Sailing off into the sunset!

Hello lovely people :)

It's Andrea here today with a bit of inspiration for you. Male cards are always harder to do then female cards mainly due to the lack of great male orientated stamps but look no further because this one is fabulous and one that most people even if  your not a sailor would relate to, who doesn't want to go sailing off into a sunset?? I know I would be keen and I've never sailed. Hope you like it :)

'Sailboat' 

I coloured the stamp with Copic Markers - Sun - Y11, 21. Sails - YG93, 95, 97. Hull - E35, 37. Water - B16, 37, Y21. 

Thanks for stopping by

Andrea xx

Fairies & Mushrooms

Hi everyone :)

Just stopping by to share with you this cute little card I made using Sapphire Sitting Fairy & Whimsical Mushroom from Make it Crafty.

'Sapphire Sitting Fairy' & 'Whimsical Mushroom'

I coloured this using Copic markers - Skin - YR0000, 000, 00. Hair - B23, 24. Eyes - B23, 26. Dress - B23, 24, 26, C2, 3. Wings - C2, 3 & Clear Wink of Stella.  Whimsical mushroom - E70, 71, 74, 77. Grasses - YG61, 63, 67, B26. Lady Beetle - R24, 27 N6.

When I finished colouring this little scene I chose to use a circle die to cut it out then after making two different card bases and some advice from Zoe decided to make a scalloped circle easel card but wasn't sure how exactly to do it so Zoe found this tutorial from Dawn Olchefske - DOstamping, it's great learning something new :) Thanks Zoe and Dawn.

Happy Crafting

Andrea xx

The Beautiful Calla Lilies

G'day all, I'm back today with a CAS card I made using the beautiful Calla Lilies, my first instinct was to colour the white because that's the only colour I had seen them in in real life then I decided to do a google search for Calla Lily and was pleasantly surprised to see they came in lots of different colours so I chose to do this one in shades of Violet.

Calla Lilies 

The card is 13.7cm tall and 10.5cm wide, I added the rubber sentiment stamp after I printed the digital image and when I had coloured the image added a few sequences and tiny confetti stars.

I coloured the Lilies with Copic markers - Petals - YG00, V0000, V20, V22, V25. Stamen - Y13. Leaves - G05, G46, G28. I also dotted the leaves ever so lightly with a pastel white pencil as the leaves for this coloured Lily are variegated.

Thanks for stopping by

Andrea xx

Transparency??

Hello lovelies,

Transparency Challenge?? Wow that's what I call stretching the colouring skills, but I gave it a go and even though I'm not entirely happy with the results it was fun trying something new :)

This is my first try using the Fluffy Bats behind the Moving Ghost to make him appear transparent.

Moving Ghost Digi Stamp, Graveyard Digi Stamp and Fluffy Bats Digi Collection

My second attempt was somewhat more challenging and right out of my comfort zone, I drew and used pencils lol.

I was inspired to try and draw a crystal ball after watching a youtube tutorial by Leonardo Pereznieto from Fine Art Tips he makes it look so easy lol,  this is my third attempt and I'm keen to continue practicing some more.

Fairy Bells - Fairy Tag Tops Rubber Stamp & Chipboard Word - Doodle Dream Words

I used Derwent Graphic Pencils H & HB, Polychromos Pencils 199, 235, 132, 235, 179, 180 & 166 and a Conte a Paris White Pastel Pencil 013. I coloured the chipboard word with a white pigment ink pad.

I hope to see you all having a try of this challenge to stretch your colouring skills :)

Andrea xx

Ashley Rose - Moonflower Digi Stamps

Hello friends :)

I am sharing a card I made using a freebie I received from 'Moonflower Digi Stamps' newsletter, if you aren't subscribe I suggest you pop on over to the web page and sign up, they have some gorgeous digi images :)

Ashley Rose

I completely forgot to right down the colours I used for this beauty, sorry. She was a pleasure to colour and I plan to colour up a few more Moonflower Digi Stamps in the near future :)

Thanks for stopping by

Andrea xx 

Baby Shoes - DoveArt Studios

Hello :)

I just whipped up two baby cards and thought I would share them with you all, I have used the new 'Baby Shoes' stamp and a sentiment from the 'Simply Sweet Sentiments' stamp. These two cards took me about an hour to make and I'm so happy with them :) CAS & quick gotta love that!

Baby Shoes Boy Card

Baby Shoes Girl Card

Coloured with Copic's

Boy Card - Shoes- B41, B32, B23, Laces - C2, Soles - E31, Shadows - W2.

Girl Card - Shoes - RV00, RV11, Laces - C2, Soles - E31, Shadows - W2.

I know stereo typical colurs for boys and girls but hey I'm old fashioned about some things :)

Till next time

Andrea xx 

Bad Doggy

Hello Lovelies :)

I hope you all enjoyed the New Release Blog Hop at Dove Art Studios, so many gorgeous new stamps to play with.
I'm here today to share the two 'Bad Doggy' cards I created, this time with the colours listed.

'Bad Doggy'  - Coloured

Coloured with Copics

Bad Puppy - Y21, E31, E33.

Chewed Hat - B93, B95, B97.

Grass - YG61, YG63, YG67. 

'Bad Doggy' - Not Coloured

Ok so I won't be doing a colour list for this guy lol, I stamped 'Bad Doggy' ready to colour and whist I was working out what papers I would use I popped him on this paper and immediately fell in love with it so decided to just leave him uncoloured, which shows you that these stamps look great whether you are a colourer or not :)

Thanks for spending part of day/evening with me.

Andrea xx

DoveArt Studios Blog Hop Winners!

Hop Winners!!

Thank you all for joining in on the latest release hop.  We were so blessed by the comments and love. We have chosen 2 people to win the random drawing.  If you are a winner please contact me jennifer@doveartstudios.com with your mailing address and choice of a DoveArt Studios stamp.  I will forward your information to CCDesigns to have it shipped off to you.  You have 5 days to claim your prize after that we will reselect a new winner.

And the winners are... Irene's Creations and Helen Holmes.

Irene and Helen said...

Irene's CreationsJanuary 28, 2016 at 12:36 PM

OH MY GOSH!!!, This is amazing. Just amazing. Love the rubber zipper stamp and horse and just soo awesome how you put them together... Amazing coloring too. Trying to come up with a favorite is just about impossible. The Horse is just amazing, but I sooo loved the Bad puppy too. The Young Fawn is soooo life like, the Columbine is a favorite of mine. Loved the Bible, Zipper and Cat too... So, I guess if I have to decide I am going to go with Bad Puppy. Amazing job on all of these...

and...

Helen HolmesJanuary 28, 2016 at 4:55 PM

Your stamps are all amazing Jennifer. My favourite of all your stamps are the lilac and butterfly and the Himalayan poppy, and any of the garden scenes. I am just a beginner with colouring , so it is great to see such a talented colourist 

Again thank you to everyone for joining us on our hop.  If you weren't a winner and wanted to go get one of the new or older DoveArt Studios stamps you can head over to CCDesigns Rubber stamps now and purchase one to create with.

Remember you can post your DoveArt Studios creation on our DoveArts Facebook page or the CCDesigns Facebook page.  We love to see what you have made!

New Challenge @ Make it Colourful

Join the challenge and stretch your colouring skills HERE

Looking forward to seeing your creations :)

Andrea xx