Kidnapping Michael Bublé

Just want to share with you a very specific card I made for a long time customer. Love making her orders, they are always crazy in the best way.  

 Let me assure you now, the design request was very long and thorough, and all choices from this point were to fit the brief!

I drew and then coloured the main image with copics. Yes, she had kidnapped The Bublé!

I masked off an area of my background and used peel offs like mini-stencils to create all the jewellery coming from the exhaust.

I then used distress oxides to cover the whole background. Then I made a stencil for a New York skyline but including the Avengers HQ building. I used black distress oxide over the stencil. To set the ink I sprayed it all with a fine mist of water.

I then 3D foam mounted the motorbike over the top and began adding lots of different bling to parts of the card. I also printed out a 50th moon so I could add the age to the card front.

I made the card up into an easel card. I used some online images to create a blue starry background and another New York Skyline for the inner. I raised the greeting on 3D foam so the topper could hook behind it.

And job done! Was going to glossy accent the glasses but forgot, oops! Hope they customer likes it. I am not sure if she returns it quite who I can give it to, lol.

Pie and Lattes

Poor Pilates Pat is not getting on well with her exercise ball. She has, like many of us, gained a "Covid Stone" and is hoping to burn off enough calories today so she can eat well on Saturday, guilt free!

Happy to be back on a Dr.Digi's Design Team Friday!

Here she is the digi in the shop:

I coloured her with polychromos and some highlights from a posca pen. I wanted to try out some new things in this colouring -

• lululemon style leggings

• camouflage pattern

• shiny non-transparent rubber ball

• some reflection on a shiny floor

Do you set yourself little challenges when you colour? I did ok with most of it but defo not the camouflage top, will need to try that again!

The background paper is recoloured but is originally one for the 60s Circles Backing Paper Set.

I'm really enjoying working with digital papers, you really can change them to fit your needs, and as I print them straight onto my 300gsm white cardstock, I save a chunk of time and hassle by avoiding the matting and layering. 

Thanks very much for joining me today! Lots of new digis in the Dr.Digi's House of Stamps shop if you haven't had a look lately?

Different kinds of cards?

Just wanted to share some cards I made for one of my besties. I make all kinds of cards using all kinda of sources and images. She needed -

• A male wine themed card

• A male 40th birthday card themed for photography

• A lego card for a 9yr old

• A male 40th birthday card themed for pizza

• A pokemon card for a 9yr old

Free wine art download. Greeting using font Impact label white. Happy text is from "Script Words 2" die set from Altenew. Sequins from the stash.

Altered a CUP Kit  (called "Smile") to be an easel card and added 40 in cork numbers and greeting in Bernadette Rough font. Kit printed out onto kraft card rather than white. Wooden bling from the stash.

Lego game from artsyfartsymama.com, I downloaded it a while ago so not sure if it's still available but there are other free printables available.  The wheel spins round so you can choose a lego challenge. Font is Neuropolitical.

I altered another download from CUP called Supreme Pizza. The background was all a bit too black so I added some yellow and some of my own text in Breamcatcher font.

 Another download from CUP - Pokemon Mini Kit, just decoupaged it and added a greeting (Scoobydoo font) and some yellow star bling (from Paperchase). I also glossy accented their eyes!

Just wanted to share with you some of the different things I sometimes make using no polychromos at all! lol. :D

Pop!

Good Morning! So still having tech issues... and I don't want to speak too soon but..... currently we are up! And just in time for my Friday Dr.Digi's Design Team post! This digi is Bob's Balloons!

He is perfect for a cheery male birthday card but I think any occassion that might include balloons would be appropriate. 

Here he is in the shop:

And here is my version:

I also used paper from the Sepia Stripes Backing Paper Pack. I made it slightly brighter and bolder before printing out. It is defo now my "go to" paper pack! 

As normal he is coloured with polychromo pencils on kraft card with a touch of white posca paint. I really enjoyed the challenge of colouring the balloons. 

Fonts are Grilled Cheese and Ink Free. Bling from the stash.

Why not check out more great birthday images in the Dr.Digi's Shop?!

Thank Mew!

Back again today (X-post to the Sassy and Crafty Blog, time zones permitting.) with the second of my two cards for Sassy and Crafty using the Thank Mew Stamp Set!  

It was unfortunately sold out when I wrote this post, but if you feel spendy make sure to leave your email address on the shop listing so you get notified when it's back in stock! 

Good news, it's back in stock!

Isn't she cute? Obviously I coloured her with polychromo pencils on kraft card.

This is what the stamp set looks like, more kitties and some awesome sentiments:

If you've spotted that she is somewhat bigger than she is in the rubber stamp set you are correct. I'm going to repeat what I said on the last post, I hope you don't mind.

Normally it's not ok to (just) digitise a stamped image but lucky for me, I asked and the folks at Sassy and Crafty they said "yes!" I was able to go to town on this chap with my polychromo pencils. If you are a pencil artist and find it hard to work with small stamped images it can never hurt to ask if it's ok for you to enlarge them. Lots of artists will be ok with it, they might even help your out with the process, but always ask! Don't be offended if they say no, and never share your digitised stamps with anyone else!

Here is a close up of the kitty bit, or erm kitty-bitty? lol.

I cannot think of pink and yellow and not also want to eat some Battenberg Cake immediately! Gosh they are delicious. It was hard to take photos and not just eat them, lol! Apparently it's a very English thing, do you have it in your country?

I used some papers from Making Cards Magazine. I went with a  fruit paper again, it's a bit of a theme as I used watermeh-lone papers on the last Sassy and Crafty card I made, lol.

Loved colouring her up, printed her out as a complete topper and then masked off the wording so I didn't get it too dirty with my pencil dust. Afterwards I 3D foam mounted her onto my backing paper.

Thanks for joining me today! I hope you can find something to tempt you in the Sassy and Crafty shop as the Battenberg Cake tempted me! Thanks to Sassy and Crafty for inviting me to take part on the GDT team during July!