A Little bit of Fairy Dust.

Hi - happy Saturday everyone :) It is a lovely day here in Dannevirke so I am going to make this quick so I can get out in my garden.

One of the new releases for October is KaiserCraft's  Fairy Dust Collection, this is a really pretty collection with lots of purple and turquoise.  Very girly.

I have used a couple of the papers from the 6x6 paper pad for my card and added a punched border and lace doily for some texture under my image.

I have added some Bo Bunny Pearlescents around the edge of the card and on the outside of the image.

I have added some flowers and a butterfly from the Fairy Dust collectables pack.

The image is called Darla Dogwood and she is from Lacy Sunshine stamps .

I have coloured her with copic markers.

Thanks loads for visiting and I hope you enjoyed my card.

Louise

Goodies on their way from Blitsy

So first off I love to support local stores and will do every time if

A - They are competitive

B- They have what I want without having to

wait until they are placing an order with a supplier 

I do love Blitsy though.  Most of the time if you are after a few things the shipping is pretty competitive, they often have stuff I can't find in NZ and usually the prices rock.  You can also use their competitors codes for 40% off, and that has to be good.

Here is the link....

http://blitsy.com/ref/x1850

I placed an order for some art journalling stamps and bits on Friday and it is on it's way now, pretty excited to be getting all these bits....

Crafty Individuals - stamp "a garden of flowers"

Crafty Individuals - stamp "Inky Background"

 Crafty Individuals - stamp "French Script"

Tim Holtz - Flower Garden Stamp

And a couple of stencils etc.   Cool hey :)

Make sure and check Blitsy out for a bargain - BUT check the shipping and conversion rate before you press enter.

SpiegelMom Scraps World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop

Happy World Card Making Day :)  And welcome to the SpiegelMom Scraps Bloghop.

The Sparklers are sharing some fantastic cards with you today and I hope you will finds loads of inspiration along the way.

You should have arrived here from Jody's Blog if not pop back and be sure to leave a comment on her Blog Hop post.  Be sure to leave a comment on ALL the hop posts as one lucky commenter will win a fantastic prize from SpiegelMom Scraps.

And here is my card for the hop.....

Here are the links for the products from SMS I have used on my card...

Cork Chevrons  

Star Sequins

Remember to use the code Louise15 in the coupon area for a sweet discount.

here is a list of the links for the hop.....

Jody Lynn

Louise Gannon Forsyth -  You Are Here :)

Charity Feit

Kat Benjamin

Thanks so much for joining in with us today

Lou

Colouring with Spectrum Noir Markers

Hi - Since I my official title on the Design team for Artfull Crafts is Colouring Specialist I thought I should share something about how I colour.

I have chosen to colour up an image from Wild Rose called Bluebell with Hedgehog which is no longer in the online store but there are lots of other adorable stamps from the range available.  I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I will list the colours as I go through the instructions.

I started by colouring Bluebell over most of her body with GB8, leaving the areas which will be coloured in lighter shades.

I then added texture with a flicking motion from the outside of the head to the inside leaving it untouched in the middle of the face and ears.  The marker was EB5.

I then went back with GB8 and blended the flicks out using first a flicking motion again over the EB5, then I went over lightly in a circular motion with the GB8

Once I was happy with how the blend of the two markers looked I added in my darker shadowed areas with EB8. I then blended over again using GB5

I then coloured my lighter areas with TN2 and using the same techniques as above added GB7 & GB10 respectively.

To add further definition I went over some of the areas of the image that had disappeared during colouring such as the eye, leg and the ear definition,

And here is the finished image (before adding a dot of red liquid pearls for the nose)

Here is a list of the markers....

Deer - GB8, EB5, EB8 and TN2 GB7 &GB10

Hedgehog - TN1, TN7, TN8

Present - DG2, JG2, JG6

CR8, CR9, DR7

Grass - LG2, CG2, CG3

Bachground - BT2, BT4

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope I have helped a little with blending your alcohol markers.

Thank You Tag for SMS

I have been having a great time playing with new goodies from SpiegelMom Scraps this week teamed with my new Silhouette Portrait.

I love how bright and bold this tag is and it will look awesome tied to a thank you gift.

I started with a large packaging tag which I painted with Shimmerz Creameez paint in My Clementine.  I then used a Theresa Collins mask to apply Shimmerz Dazzlerz in Lemon drop.

It leaves a gorgeous shimmer and isn't too thick.

I then took a doily and spattered with the My Clementine Creameez paint on a wet paintbrush.  I then cut my thank you sentiment on the silhouette.

I ran both the sentiment and the doily through my zyron so they were easy to adhere.

I then added the gorgeous sequins.

I am sure you will find playing with these paints as much fun as me so drop by the SpiegelMom Scraps etsy store and pick some up.  Remember to use the discount code Louise15 :)

Thanks loads for joining me today, have a wonderful weekend.

SpiegelMom Scraps Links.....

Shimmerz Creameez

Shimmerz Dazzlerz

Packaging Tag

Doily

Sequins

Home For Christmas KaiserCraft Collection - Artfull Crafts

Hi, sorry this post is a little late in the afternoon, I have been distracted by calves and lambs today and hadn't typed up my post to schedule, but I am here now :)

I have been playing with my distress markers on this card and boy do I need some practice!  As I am sure you will agree, but cardmaking is all about keeping it real so I am using it on a card anyway.

As you can see the image is pretty rough.  I used a magnolia image from some time ago,  guess she is called present tilda or something similar.   

The papers are from a new release KaiserCraft Christmas collection called Home for Christmas as are the embellishments which are some of the collectables from this collection.

I machine stitched around a few of the layers with gold thread to add some texture and also distressed the edge of the tag with ink and added some gold fibre.

Thanks so much for joining me today :)

Lou