Digital Tuesday - Steampunk Challenge

This week at Digital Tuesday we would like to see Steampunk cards. Talk about a challenge ;)  I have never even attempted a steampunk anything before this and I kinda think my card turned out as a gothic/steampunk hybrid.  I used the very gothy Little Red from Spesch Stamps and did my usual colouring with prisma pencils on watercolour paper.......

I did have loads of fun grunging and painting this with distress inks, glimmerglaze and glimmerglam.  It is the first time I have got really messy and creative with the TA glimmer products and it was AWESOME FUN!  I used a Tim Holtz die to cut the gears and the pearls are prima which I altered using glimmerglaze in saffron.

Thanks loads for coming by.......

Digital Tuesday - Text Me - SOOOOO Late

I am so embarrassed, I normally quite punctual but that has completely gone to the dogs this week :(  Here we are on Thursday and I am now posting my Digital Tuesday Challenge card, our theme this week is Text Me, so we would like to see sentiments, quotes etc on your projects

This week we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments, I have used one of their images on my card along with some digital papers.

I coloured the image using my prismacolor pencils and oms on watercolour paper.  The cardstock is bazzill and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Thanks loads for visiting

Flower Fairy Fabulousness

Today's card is bought to you by the letter F and the number 9 (how many flowers I used ;) I have used another totally cut image from Di's Digis printed on watercolour paper and coloured with my trusty prismacolor pencils.

I have used My Minds Eye papers which are a valentines collection called Be Mine and flowers from my hoard, it has got so bad it is no longer a stash. There are diamond stickles on the fairy's wings.

Thanks loads for looking, I am entering my card in the following challenges.........

Whoopsie Daisy - Things with wings
House of Gilli - Fav things (flowers & Faries)
Bearly Mine - Add a sentiment
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Fab & Funky - Starts with F
Diva's by Design - Fairies & Fantasy
Crafting For All Seasons - Things With Wings

Card Mania - Handmade Flowers

This fortnight at Card Mania we want to see handmade flowers on your card.  We have been sponsored by A DAY FOR DAISIES which iis where the snail image came from.  I searched quotes on google for the sentiment which I thought fitted well with the image of the mummy snail carrying her babies :)

I made the flowers with a Marriane Designs die and the papers are Echo Park Sweet Day.  I coloured the image with prismacolor pencils and OMS and the flowers are inked with Tangerine Tango ink from SU.
I am entering my card in the following challenges...
Marriane Design Divas - Stamp Something
Creative Inspirations - Fall Colours
No Matter Which Challenge - Die Cuts and/or Punches
CMC - Fall colours

Thanks loads for visiting, hope you liked my card.....

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Things with Wings

A wicked challenge over at Digital Tuesday this week :) Things with Wings, the options are endless.  I have made my card using a Di's Digi Design Image, I have printed out quite a few of these little cuties so be sure to keep an eye out for more of these sweeties coming.

I have used Echo Park Sweet Day papers from the 6x6 pad and coloured the image with prisma pencils on watercolour paper.  The sentiment is from hero arts.

I am entering my card in the following challenges -
Di's Designs Challenge blog - More than 1 diecut
Crafting for All Seasons - Things with Wings
Diva's by Design - Lovely Layers
Fab n Funky - Things with Wings
Clear it Out - Child image plus stash (doily, I must stop hoarding these)
Sassy Cheryl - It's a Cut
Shopping Our Stash - embossing
Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes


Thanks loads for visiting :)  Hope you have a great Thursday.....

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Sketch

Hi my lovely bloggie readers :)  This week at Digital Tuesday  we have a sketch challenge for you, here is the pic of the sketch.

And here is my take on it.....

I have coloured the pollycraft swings & slides image with prisma pencils on watercolour paper, the papers are from a My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pad and the sentiments is studio calico.

I am entering in the following Challenges....

A&T Emerald Faeries - Punches and Dies
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge - Summer  
Ladybug Crafts - Summer Fun
Bunny Zoe - Summer
Fashionista Challenge - Card for a Child
House Of Gilli - Add a Sentiment
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Include A Sentiment

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Childs Play

This week at Digital Tuesday Challenge we want to see cards for children.    We are being sponsored by Pink Gem, unfortunately I wasn't organised enough this week to snap up an image so I have used this image from the now closed :( Pollycraft (I shed a little tear that day).

Here is my card........

It was VERY timely that I made this as the boys came home yesterday from school with invites to a party on the weekend, so that makes the card a little less stressful.

I used papers from MME "on the sunnyside" 6x6 paper pad, a kaisercraft "kidzone"stamp for the sentiment, Papaya bazzill cardstock, Hero Arts Cerulean chalk ink, prisma pencils for colouring all the image apart from the skin which is coloured with copics, pebbles inc flag, button and twine.  I used water colour paper for my image as I like to colour with pencils on a textured surface and the watercolour paper allows for blending with OMS really well.

I am entering this card in the following challenges.........
Anything Goes Challenge - Summer Days
Cards & More - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Celebrating Summer
Critter Challenge - Digi Challenge
Paper pretties - Anything Goes
Truely Madly Crafty - Summer
Whoopsie Dasy Challenge - Anything goes


Thanks loads for visiting on this gorgeous Wednesday morning :)  Hope you have a great day!!!!!

SGC - Oh Baby Baby

This fortnight at SOUTHERN GIRLS CHALLENGE we would like to see baby projects in the spotlight.  The DT Lovelies have come up with some super awesome examples so make sure and head over and check them out.

Here is mine............

The image is from SATURATED CANARY, I have used papers from KaiserCrafts Charlotte's Dream Collection, liquid pearls, lace, bakerstwine, diamond stickles all from ARTFULL CRAFTS

Here is a close up of the colouring with my prisma pencils........

And finally a shot of the inside of the card.......

Thanks loads for coming to visit and make sure and leave a comment so i come and return the favor :)

OMG - Uninked Stamp Stash

I have been very industrious lately sorting my stamps and putting the ones I want to keep into clear CD cases and putting the ones I want to sell aside for listing on trade me. Well while I was beavering away I discovered a whole clear doco file (how I stored previously) full of uninked Gorjuss Girls.  Holy Moly what on earth was I up to?????  I have quickly remedied that and stamped off a few on watercolour paper.
Here is the first card I have created using one of these cuties.........

And seeing as how everytime I use a precoloured image I get loads of comments about my fabulous colouring skills (which shows people never read my posts as I always say "I have used a precoloured image) here is my ACTUAL colouring........

 This is coloured using prismacolor pencils and polychromos pencils with mineral spirits for blending on watercolour paper.
The shadow is copic markers N0 & N2
Papers are MME

I am entering my card in the following challenges ( got to love Feline Playful<3 )
Colour Throwdown 
Crafting for all seasons - lots of layers
Ribbon Carousel - Pintrest Inspiration
Divas by design - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky Challenge - Celebration
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Perfect Sentiments - Anything Goes ( with a sentiment )
Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes
Oldie but a goodie - Anything goes (stamp is about 2 years old and was previously uninked)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Sketch