Bessie Lulu - Stamping Bella

Hello :)
Oooolala, look at this gorgeous little petal from Stamping Bell. Her name is Bessie Lulu and she is a digital image.
I love soooooooo many of the Stamping Bella rubber stamps but I have to save my pennies for my trip to America in November so my desire for some rubber will have to wait :(

Bessie Lulu

She's such a delicate little petal I chose to colour her in soft pastels, using Copic Markers and Polchromos Pencils. 

Skin - E000, 00, 01, 11, 93. Eyes - Brown 179 pencil. Hair - E41, 42, 43, Brown Ochre 182 pencil,

Dress - C1, 2, 4, RV52, 63,. Flowers - RV52, 63, 55, C2, Cold Grey V 234, Warm GreyII 271, Stem - Pine Green 267 pencil, Shadows - BV20. 

The sentiment is a digital image from Make it Crafty. 

Thanks for spending some time in my Happy Place 

Andrea xx

Flower Lily Thank You Card - DoveArt Studios.

Hi there :)

Dropping in today to share with you this quick CAS thank you card I've made, I love having some thank you cards in my stash for when someone does something special and needs thanking.

Flower Lily

I used this image as inspiration for the colours

Mini Pictorial 

Copic Markers used - YR02, 04, V05, 06, 09, YG01, 03, 25, 17, W4, 6. 

Thanks for stopping by

Andrea xx

Tea and a Book - Saturated Canary

Hi all :)

Todays card is 'Tea and a Book' from Saturated Canary I thought she was perfect for my sister-in-law's birthday card and she loved it.

I printed her using no line technique and coloured her with Copic Markers. 

Skin - E000, 00, 01, 11, 93. Lips - E04, 93. Hair - E41, 42, 43. Eyes - Polychromos Pencils, 280, 175, 179. Top - RV52, 63, 55. Book - C0, 1. Tea Cup - E42, 43, White Gel pen, Black fine liner. Background - BG11, 13 Island pigment ink.

Andrea xx

Spookalicious Esmeralda

Hello :)

Today I am sharing a CAS card I made using the gorgeous Esmeralda from Make it Crafty.
I have been teaching a friend of mine some different colouring techniques over the last couple of weeks and she asked how to do monochromatic colouring so I thought I would use Esmeralda to show her how I do monochromatic colouring and how I do the no line technique.

Esmeralda 

I used the Copic Neutral Tones N1 through N10 to colour her with the addition of 4 polychromos pencils - White 101, Cold Grey 255, Paynes Grey 181 & Black 199 and Copic YR18 for the background along with Memento 'Potters Clay' Dye Ink. For the Magic Swirl (my second attempt) I laid down the pattern with White pencil then started by dotting several dots with white gel pen then adding black spica pen dots then clear spica pen dots to complete the effect. I think I will need to practice this technique a few more times. 

The sentiment I used was a freebie I got from the Make it Crafty Facebook group last year. 

I was totally inspired to attempt the magic swirls after watching the youtube video Zoe (from Make it Crafty) created. 

Thank for stopping by

Andrea xx 

Alwina the Good Witch - Make it Carfty

Hi friends, it feels like ages in-between posts I've been busy with family stuff and haven't had much time for crafting, although I did get enough time to create this CAS card using one of the fabulous New Images from Make it Crafty. 

Alwina the Good Witch

Zoe from Make it Crafty has created a fabulous you tube video  coloring one of the new images and explaining how to do the sparkly swirl, I recommend sitting down with a cuppa, watching and learning from this very talented lady. 

Colours used - Skin - E000, 00, 01, 11, 04. Eyes - B60, 63, N6. Hair - B60, 63, 66. Dress - C00, 0, 1, 2, 4. White Gel pen, Clear Spica pen. The Swirl was done with a white pencil, white gel pen, clear and black Spica pens. I did struggle to get a photo that shows the sparkle unfortunately. 

Background - C9 and Black pigment ink. I carefully coloured around the image then roughly to the edges of the card with the Copic C9 then using the ink and a dauber smudged around the edges. 

The sentiment is from LDRS - Fairytale Sentiments.  I stamped onto black cardstock with a white pigment ink and heat embossed with a white embossing powder. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges - 

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Challenge 215 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft - Challenge 21 - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft  - Challenge 36 - Anything Goes

Crafting with Attitude - Challenge 19 - Anything Goes

Hoping to get some more creative time this week :) Thanks for stopping by.

Andrea xx