Elisabeth J

Hi again Peeps,

I know I can be compared to the buses today, none for a couple of days and then two come at once, lol.  I would of posted this yesterday but I wasn't happy with the quality of the photos so waited until today.  But I'm sure you'll agree she was worth posting.

This is Elisabeth J from Make It Crafty and the theme at Make It Colourful for this fortnightly challenge is "using your Reds".  I have coloured her using my copics R35, R37, R39, R89 and my black prisma pencil for additional shading.

A little closer......................

 And a close up of the Make it crafty chipboard needle and spool embellisments.

I embossed the needle with silver embossing powder and I painted the spool with black acrylic paint to match my project.

Ingredients:-

Image Elisabeth J Stamp from Make It Crafty

Papers are Basic Grey

Chipboard embellishments Make It Crafty

Tim Holtz Stickers

Flowers wild orchid crafts

Magnolia Doohickey Sweet Lovely Lace

Doily and Lace from stash

Have a good weekend.

Crazy4challenges - layer it on
Drunken Stampers - something new (stamp)
Stamp, Scrap, Doodle - Anything Goes

Add Grass at Make It Colourful

Hi Peeps,

Yayy its Friday, my favourite day of the week and in particualr today as we are around friends for dinner tonight.

Today we have a new challenge at Make It Colourful which is to add grass.  I also posted my card on the Copic Marker Europe blog and also in case you didn't know, we now have challenges on the Copic Marker Europe blog where you could win 3 copic sketch markers, so definitely worth having a go.

I have these gorgeous papers by Prima and as usual I have matched my paper to my copic marker chart in order to find the colours that match the papers the best.  I have chosen many colours as I stamped this image with the intention of practicing with all these colours, but as I experimented I liked how it turned out so decided to use it for my card.

The image is one of the new fairies from Make it Crafty called Elven Samenah. My only regret is that I didn't make the digi image bigger but I had spent so much time playing with my copics adding the different colours that it was too late to do another image. I have also kept my design simpler to my usual style as the papers were so pretty that I didn't want to cover them up.

I experimented with the wings adding oranges, yellow and greens. 

I added in the grass by holding my pens upright and flicking in different directions and using different shades of the greens and the Yellow Greens.

Here's the copics that I used:-

I hope i've inspired you and look forward to reading your comments.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
Bloggers - Wings and Things
Fairytale - Something New
Craftuscrazy - Options but I have gone for anything new
My Mum's craft shop - Girls
Heartsong inspirations - Border punch or torn paper

Re-colour an image at Make It Colourful

Hi Peeps,

Just a reminder that over at Make It Colourful the challenge is to recolour an image that you did earlier in the year.  There's still plenty of time to enter, another two weeks, and as its a colouring challenge you can just enter your coloured image rather than a whole card, how easy is that.

So o.k., here's the card I made earlier in the year............................

And here's my image re-coloured... ummmmm not alot different except I now draw clouds in and tried to make a transluscent balloon so you can still see some cloud behind it, something I wouldn't have done before.

Ingredients:-

Tilda with balloon by Magnolia

Petals and Pailings stamp by Make It Crafty

Medium - Copics

Lasercut Chipboard corners are by Make It Crafty

Magnolia Doohickey Dream Tag at BunnyZoe

Papers by Prima 6x6" Paper Pad - Pixie Glen from Bunny Zoe

Lace and butterfly charm from stash

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Flowers by wild orchid crafts

Martha Stewart branch punch (available from Bunny Zoe on request)

I would like to wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year and thank you for all the comments that you have left me in 2011, I appreciate each and everyone.

I will be celebrating my 2 year anniversary in January and will have some lovely candy up for grabs, well hopefully two lots, so keep your eyes peeled.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
CES - Party
Hiding in my craftroom - Freestyle
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Happy
Wee Memories - Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle - Anything Goes
Hotshot crafts - Easel
Charisma - Anything Goes

White at Make It Colourful

Oh my goodness I've just realised I hadn't posted my DT card for Make It Colourful on my blog.  I was organised and loaded it into the Make It Crafty gallery but have forgotten my own blog.  The theme is to colour white and you have until Thursday evening to get your challenge card entered..... you still have time...

I have used elements from the Festive collection at Make It Crafty and combined with this gorgeous Tilda.

Light Source From a Lantern

Hi Peeps,

Well I did have my card ready last week but because of the grim winter weather I couldn't get a decent photo so I waited until the weekend, but was so busy that I didn't get round to posting it.  This is my DT card for Make It Colourful with the theme of "light source from a lantern" .  I have used Magnolia images which I actually purchased last year and never got round to inking, think were all guilty of this,  and complimented the card with snowflake chipboard pieces and a swirly corner, both available from Make It Crafty. I embossed them with silver embossing powder and they really come out looking very metallic.

I used my favourite Poinsetta Die from Marianne Designs and cut it out using some flock paper and it embossed lovely, so it has a lovely soft texture.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

My Time to Craft - Two of something (two stamps)

Oldie but a goodie - Let it snow

Shopping our stash - Use a stamp you haven't inked before

Pile it on just- Traditional Christmas

Just Magnolia - Black, grey, red & white (I have used all these colours in my colouring)

Stamptacular - Punch it

Colour Texture at Make It Colourful

Hi Peeps,

It's Friday and although it is the start of the weekend I am looking after a supplier from overseas, so the start to my weekend is a little delayed and will probably commence after I drop them back at their hotel sometime late tonight, grrrrrr.

Today at Make It Colourful the challenge is to create texture using your colouring medium.  I have again selected some of the new Winter Objects from Make It Crafty, I so love these elements to create gorgeous scenes for all those winter and Christmas cards.  I Used two of the tree's and the bench and paired up with my mini magnolia.

The picture isn't brilliant as it was late last night and my craft light did it's best, but it just ain't good enough.  I promise I will re-take but as I am entertaining an overseas's supplier I'm sad to say it may be Saturday morning before I get the opportunity. (REVISED - new picture below)

Ingredients:-

Winter Objects by Make It Crafty

Mini Magnolia Tilda
Magnolia Snowflake (forgot I had this)

Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Snowflake Die

Pearls from Bunny Zoe
Marianne D Creatables Sign Board LR0191

Marianne Designs Roses

Magnolia Doohickey Fence Die

Lace Doily, Tree Charm, Large snowflake, Cheesecloth from stash, Gesso

Martha stewart Branch Punch from Bunny Zoe

Large Snowflake from Asda

Embossed glittered Vellum Paper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (walnut stain)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

TOMIC - Bingo (metal embellishment, Lace, Doohickey Die)
Just Magnolia - Christmas

Winner of Make It Colourful Xmas Blog Hop and New Challenge

Hi Peeps,

It's Friday and time for another challenge over at Make it Colourful but before I get to that I need to announce the winner of the Make it Colourful Christmas Blog Hop, so drum roll...........................................

Congratulations Holly of Kopykat Creations.  Please email me so I can get your candy off to you.

Today is the start of another fortnightly challenge at Make it Colourful and the theme is "SNOW" and if you haven't already popped over to Make It Crafty to see the new Christmas Digi Images you really need to hop over as they are wicked.  I'll be working on another card using the new backgrounds but in the meantime I had been super organised and had already made this card using those mischievious elves......

Image:-

Snowelf Image

Paper by Magnolia

Magnolia Doohickey Die

Snowflake Chipboard Pieces by Make It Crafty

Puff paint and glitter on the snowflake chipboard pieces

Square doily from stash

Pearls and Acrylic paint from stash

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-


One stitch at a time - Anything Goes
One stop craft - Anything Goes

Reminder Make it Colourful Bi-weekly Challenge & Candy

Hiya Peeps,

Just wanted to remind you all that Make it Colourful has gone bi-weekly so you still have until next Thursday to enter your project into the challenge for "sheer clothing".  I had difficulty choosing an image and finally settled on a Tilda coupled with the new RED RUBBER Daffodil Dell from Make it Crafty.  Yes, I am collecting the Make It Crafty rubber cos as you know I am at heart a rubber girl, lol.

I hand drew where I thought her underskirt would be.  I chose slightly lighter colours than the outer dress and then created my sheer skirt going over the top with my choice of copic BG's.  I am not entirely happy with this project and I need to practice.

I have added my favourite Make it Crafty chippies and gave them a generous coat of green acrylic paint.  I have also added those gorgeous Marianne D Creatables English Rose LR0162 and equally gorgeous Magnolia Butterfly Die.

Also don't forget you still have time to do the Christmas Make it crafty Blog Hop where all the DT have Candy up for grabs, it starts HERE. 

Make It Colourful Blog Hop

Hi Peeps,

Yayyyy, It's our Boss's birthday today so a special hop.........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE 

To commemorate this joyous occasion, we're so excited to bring you a Birthday Blog Hop desguised as a Christmas Blog Hop!!We wanted to celebrate Zoe's Birthday in style so there are lots of inspiration, prizes, freebies and even a gallery album for you to express your own birthday greetings. This is one hop you don't want to miss and it only goes from now until October 12th!

The general theme for this hop is Christmas and what fun would a hop be without some new images? Zoe has released some fabulous new holiday themed images and they are a must on anyone's list - but the best part is you get 15% off all the Christmas digis from now until Sunday, October 2nd. Click on this link HERE to see them all.

Before we get to the hop, there's more details and a surprise in order... Everyone in this blog hop as Blog Candy!! Whoohoo!! You'll have two weeks, until October 12th, to visit each blog then each of the DT members below will announce their winners on Friday, October 14th. Feel free to grab the badge below and display it on your sidebar to spread the word about Zoe's Birthday and Blog Hop!

 I'd ask if you're ready for some inspiration yet, but wait... we've got yet another surprise for you!! We contacted one of Zoe's artists,  who also wanted to participate and drew us this gorgeous party girl for the occasion. Thank you.

This is "Party Girl Zoe" and isn't she ca-ute! We wanted to make sure everyone was included in our celebration so we're giving her away as a freebie to everyone who wants to join in and spread some birthday cheer!! All you need to do is create a project using a Make it Crafty image or chippies and upload it into the gallery HERE by October 12th. Then email  Barbara at ForgottenScraps@gmail.com with a link to your project to claim her!

Now are you ready for some Christmas inspiration? Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax, and get ready to enjoy a plethora of inspiration from the design team.

We hope you enjoy the hop and make sure you head on over to Zoe's personal blog and wish her a Happy Birthday! Grab the badge above and display it on your sidebar to spread the word about Zoe's Birthday and Blog Hop!

Now if you arrived from the awesome Elaine then your on the right track, if not you need to start at the beginning HERE.  Here's the full list in case you get lost.

Make it Colourful

Jane

Jen

Viv

Angela

Annika

Delphine

Elaine

Tracy - you are here

Debbie

Maria

Beccy

Carole

Barbara

I have chosen to use the Crackered Elf   and they are available today from Make It Crafty and don't forget you'll also get 15% off through to Sunday......

 Aren't they just so mischievious...... And here's my overall card...........

  

Just look at these two mischievious Elfs. I have coloured them with copics and also added a Make It Crafty lasercut chipboard  swirly corner, which I inked up using a distress ink and clear embossing powder.  Just love these embellishments.  The papers are Websters, just love them.  I have also used a stempleglede swirly grunge stamp inked onto acetate and added the sentiment in the centre.  The Poinsetta is Marianne Design Creatables Poinsettia Serrated LR0121 and I have also used the Branch from Marianne D Starry Garland LR0126

Now it wouldn't be a birthday without a birthday card, right.  So here's the card that's on the way to Zoe, but will be a tad late, sorry hun.  

I've also used some more lasercut chipboard on this card and inked them up using Vintage Photo distress ink, but I'll list the full ingredients of this card tomorrow in my Crafts and Me post as I don't want to keep you longer than necessary.

Now onto the Candy and be sure to visit all of the DT's blogs and Candy is everywhere.  Be sure to add a link to your blog in Mr Linky, but you do not need a blog to participate, just email me and I will add you in.  Please also leave a comment, just in case Mr Linky isn't reliable.  

Candy consists of:-

1 Delux Card Template

Bildamarna Stamp

Marianne Designs Label Bell embossing die

Pack of Pink Ribbon Roses

Pack of Lasercut Chipboard Filagree Centres 

Paper doilies 

We hope you've enjoyed the hop and make sure you head on over to Zoe's blog and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Next on the hop is the extremely talented DEBBIE but before you go little Ollie had his first grooming session on Sunday.  This is him sitting and looking directly up at me.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Partytime Tuesday - Anything Goes

Critter Sketch - Anything Goes

Oh La La - Punches/Dies

Stamps and Fun - Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenge - Handmade flowr (poinsetta)

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Island Dream

Hiya Peeps,

Hope your not getting fed up of me this week, lol.  I had an hour with a personal trainer last night and when I came out of the gymn I could hardly put one leg in front of the other to just pop into Sainsburys and well this morning I'm coming down the stairs like a 95 yr old woman, one step at a time.  OH says, "no pain, no gain".... ummmmmm,.

Anway, onto today's card which is hopefully fits the theme for our challenge at Make It Colourful of "PURPLE".  I have used the Kenny K's Bathing Beauty available from Bunny Zoe and paired her with the fab background from Make It Crafy "THE BEACH".

I have coloured the image using a combo of both copics and prisma pencils.

Ingredients:-

THE BEACH Background stamp from Make It Crafty

Kenny K Bathing Beauty from Bunny Zoe

Papers are My Minds Eye "Vanity Fair" from Bunny Zoe

Tickets from Tim Holtz

Half flat backed pearls from Bunny Zoe

Metal palm tree embellishment is making memories but I've had it an age

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Flowers from stash

Enjoy the weekend.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Drunken Stampers - Tell us what you did this summer (chilled on the beach, only wish I looked like her!)
Mark's finest paper - use a punch (leaves)
Show n tell - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffett - Purples, Blue/Greens
Paper Play - 2 or more stamped images
Shelly's - Vacation Memories
I brake for challenges - Backgrounds

Make It Colourful

Hiya Peeps,


As you may already know Zoe from Make It Crafty has set off the trend of colouring without black lines, so either stamping with a very feint ink pad or if using a digi stamp, changing the capacity to a max of 20% or less if you dare.  So can you guess what this week's challenge is at Make It Colourful...... Yep, NO BLACK LINES, yikes.  The effect that I have seen in blogland has been stunning so below is my first attempt and I will be practicing some more as I love the overall effect of this technique.

I stamped and masked off my Tilda before stamping the Whimsical Mushroom using a Memento Summer Sky ink pad.

I have used my Greys C3, C1 and W3 to make the shadows darker.

I did use rather alot of Copic Markers:-

Ingredients:-

Perfect Colouring Copic Marker Card

Tilda with Tulips by Magnolia

Whimsical Mushroom by Make it Crafty

Grunge Collection by Stempleglede

Prima "Madeline" Paper Pad

Mini Dragonfly Lasercut Chipboard by Make It Crafty 

Martha Stewart Border and Branch Punches

Marianne Design  Flower  Die

Pearls, Tag, Doily from Stash

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

I have entered my card into the following challenges:-

All sorts - Green/Blue
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Craft your days away - Make your own flowers
Ellephantastic - Here come the girls
Alphabet - P for pretty pastels
Jellypark - Punches/Diecuts
All that scraps Magnolia - Stretch your imagination
Charisma - Anything goes
Moving along with the times - Handmade flowers
Crafty Creations - Punch/Diecuts

Hope to see you over at Make it Colourful.

Urban Scene Whimsey and Make It Crafty Blog Hop

Hiya Peeps,

Whimsy Stamps & Make it Crafty have come together to create a fun Urban Themed digi collection!

Ann Vento has whipped up her magic and designed an incredible collection of
funky wall sayings, city landscapes and of course a range of super cool street signs.

Check out the Sentiments collection HERE

Make it Crafty is trying something new offering all the different elements for you to build your own urban backdrop.

Check out the Urban Street Collection HERE

Then of course, what better characters to incorporate into such a scene than the fabulous KennyK rubber stamps available from Whimsy Stamps!

Our incredibly talented Design Teams have had a blast playing with all the different elements to bring you LOTS of inspiration!

We have broken it in to TWO HOPS

HOP A Starts Here with me, yay and  HOP B Starts HERE!

There will be a winner for EACH HOP and if you hop your way through BOTH, you’ll go in the draw for the GRAND PRIZE TOO!

HOP A & B Winners will each receive a $15 voucher from both Whimsy Stamps and Make it Crafty

GRAND WINNER will win our full Urban Digital Collection

4 Digi Sentiment sets by Ann Vento & the Urban Elements Collection from Make it Crafty

You are currently on HOP A and starts with ME and here is my project

 I have used:-

Kenny K Boogie Down Rubber Stamp by Whimsey
Make It Crafty's Urban Street Collection
Whimsey City Talk Sentiments
Basic Grey Papers
Medium - Copics
White Acrylic Paint
Twine
Making Memories Nail Brads
Corrugated Card 

And here's the copics I have used:- 

Your next stop on HOP A is LISA, but before you go make sure you leave a comment below!

You have until August 21st 8PM Australian QLD time to make your way through the hops!

Be there... or be square! J

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

One Stitch at a time - Anything Goes

Stampin Sisters in Christ - Music (beet box)

Sew Many Cards - 3 or more brads

Stampin for the weekend - Spots/dots (papers)

Crafty chicks - Twine

CCEE - Glass

Craft us crazy - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Clean & Simple

Batwings and Boots

Hiya Peeps,

If this has posted then I'm still in Turkey, enjoying the sun and most importantly a very well earned break, but wanted to let you know that  today's challenge at Make It Colourful is "PINK".  I have paired up the Metallic Flowers from Make It Crafty with one of the new Crafts and Me Designers.  The image is called "Batwings and Boots".

My card is on the clean and simple side, mainly because it is going into the Book that will be on show at the Crafts and Me Stand at Stamperama on Sunday 14th August.  If you'll be there pop along and say hi.

The cogs are Lasecut chipboard pieces from Make It Crafty and I have covered two in black acrylic paint and one using silver embossing powder.  I really love my chippies.

Hope your all having a fab week and I will be back next week, so will look forward to reading all your comments.

Genevieve an a New Challenge Blog

Morning Peeps,

Oh I went to see Harry Potter last night with my son, and wow has 3D come on since I last saw it in my plastic pink and blue glasses, lol.  Technology hey, now I'm feeling my age.

It's time for another challenge at Make It Colourful and I have teamed my MIC background image, well two actually, I used the Moon and Bats from the Eerie scene and paired it with the Crooked Fence and added the beautiful Hannah Lynn Genevieve from Crafts and Me.  The challenge theme is to colour with with colours other than the usual, browns, blondes, blacks etc.  So out come the purples.....

 The sewing machine popped out again to stitch the panels.  The swirly corners are those fabulous Lasercut Chipboard embellishements from Make It Crafty and also available here in the UK from Quixotic Paperie.

 

Here's a pic of the Eerie Scene and Crooked Fence available from Make It Crafty.  I masked the moon and then used my airbrush to create the background using the Cool Greys and Lilac's.

Before I go I wanted to put the word out that my teamie Amy is starting a new challenge blog where you can show off your Marianne Designs Dies, woo hoo.  Click on the picture below to take you there.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Scrap Creations - 2 DP's and at least 2 different Embellishments 

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 

Do You Stack Up - Stitching 

Colour Me Creative - Favourite Copic Technique (airbrushing) 

Our Craft Lounge - chipboard 

Crafty Sentiments - Stitching 

Rainbow Lady's - A stitch in time 

Have a good weekend everyone.