Challenge 41 on The Crafty Addicts!

And it's time for the October Challenge at The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog and this time the theme is Anything Goes or Autumn Colours.

Two great sponsors again Moonflower Digital Stamps (Prize is a $10 voucher) and Sheepski Designs (Prize is 3 free digis).

I have chosen to use Slow is good from Sheepski Designs.

 

I wanted to do a bokeh, light through leaves background in pastels but as you can tell, it didn't work out! lol! I did though quite like the amber disco effect, so you will just have to imagine he is a Sloth out clubbing :) 

 

 

I used Derwent Pastel Pencils for the background and Polychromo Pencils for the Sloth. Added some twine and the greeting to embellish. Font is: Boyz R Gross NF

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Crafty Addicts Challenge 40 part two.

Second post for the Crafty Addicts post for Challenge No.40 on the blog!

Two great sponsors again, All Dressed Up (Prize of 2 images) and Lemon Shortbread (Prize of 3 images) and the theme is ATG or Add buttons or brads.

In this post I am showing you an image from All Dressed Up, in today's other post it'll be Lemon Shortbread!

I chose to use Boo! A freebie from All Dressed Up for my card, and added brads in the corners to fit the theme.

They have quite a few awesome freebies if you want to check them out? Card is coloured with Polychromo Pencils.

The greeting is part of the digistamp, including the cool eyes in the "Boo!".

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Crafty Addicts Challenge 40!

Back again with my Crafty Addicts post for Challenge No.40 on the blog!

Two great sponsors again, All Dressed Up (Prize of 2 images) and Lemon Shortbread (Prize of 3 images) and the theme is ATG or Add buttons or brads.

In this post I am showing you an image from Lemon Shortbread, in today's other post it'll be All Dressed Up!

I chose to use Jazz Flapper from Lemon Shortbread for my card, and added a brad to fit the theme.

 

Card is coloured with Polychromo Pencils. I added Nuvo Jewel Drops to her bead necklace in tiny little dots!

The font is Nouveau FLF. The brad was from my ancient stash.

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Humorous Challenge 38 at The Crafty Addicts.

Back with another challenge project! This time it's for Challenge 38 at The Crafty Addicts, with an ATG/Homorous theme!

We are very lucky to have Dr.Digi's House of Stamps sponsoring us this month and I have chosen "Hard Days Knight" digistamp (just minus the dragon, which is inside the card!).

This is actually an image I won from Dr.Digis last year, I love the short fat Thelwellian pony! I confess I did have to alter his hooves when I coloured him in, a horse with cloven hooves bothered me alot! lol.

I used polychromo pencils on Kendal Buff Card. And some red enamel bling as decoration!

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Final Challenge of the Year!

Final challenge for 2016 on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog! Challenge 31 is optionally themed " Let it Snow" or Anything Goes, as normal :) Super sponsor this time, Lemon Shortbread, offering 3 free digis to the winner, tbh it will be very hard to only pick 3!

I used Poinsettia Girl by Lemon Shortbread for my DT inspiration card, if you enjoy colouring hair, she is fabulous to tackle!

I have to admit, I was going to do a black and white card with just a pop of red in the poinsettia, but then remembered It has to go with the theme "Let it Snow!" Doh! So it's now somewhat more colourful. I just used the copic cool greys and black to colour her on smooth cardstock. She's 3D foamed to add some dimension to the card.
The snowflakes are from a hunkydory christmas kit.
The stamp is one of the set called "Hand Drawn Greetings" (JGS457) from Woodware.
Background paper is from "Tis the season" collection by BoBunny.
With added Stash Bling, Yellow Stickles, Glossy accents etc.

Close up of the card.

This is the first time I have tried to colour black hair with copic pens. I can see now where I need to get more light/shine, but I think it was ok for the first go! :)

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Sled Dawg! :)

Last but one challenge for the year on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog. As well as Anything Goes, there is an optional theme of Christmas Colours. Are red and blue christmas colours? I went with "yes" :)

Two awesome sponsors this time, Imagine That (Offering a $10 gift cert to winner) and Lacy Sunshine! (Offering 3 free digis to winner).

I did Christmas Sled by Imagine That for my inspiration card, it was super to colour!

I used polychromo pencils on smooth white card. Glossy accents on his eyes, nose and bells. The bobble trim, papers, snowflake and button were from the stash. The sentiment is also from Imagine that.

Here is a bit of a close up.

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Christmas Unicorn!

Another challenge post from me today for The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog, Challenge 29!

The theme this month is Christmas Paper or Anything Goes.

Both sponsors this month , Spellbinding and Scrapper's Delight, are offering 3 digistamps to the winner, so double the chance to win! This is the first time I have had a chance to colour a Scrapper's image, so I was really pleased to finally get Kira Unicorn Pony! (My friend Helen had coloured him a lonnnng time ago, and I loved her!)

So here is Kira!

The papers are all from magazine freebies and offcuts from the stash. Kira is coloured in polychromo pencils on kraft card. I added some green stickles to her mane and tail. The Happy Christmas greeting is from Woodware set "Hand Drawn Greeting" (JGS457).

Close up of Kira.

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Autumn Colours!

Loved working with Autumn colours for this Challenge, No 26 on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog! The theme is either Autumn Colours, or as normal, Anything Goes.

We are sponsored this time by the lovely A Day for Daisies who have some of my very favourite images to colour. This time, for my inspiration card, I used "Playing in the Pumpkin Patch" which was so nice to colour! I've used polychromo pencils on Neenah Sandstorm Cardstock for this one, wanted to see how it worked with the polychromos, imho it's just a bit too smooth, but I was able to blend fine on it.

I also went a bit mad with the embelli's but I was having fun and didn't care about whether I was being cost effective! I used dies for the clouds (joy) , bunting (die'sire) and butterfly (xcut). I used card and paper from my stash, probably each piece from a different collection and time period! The flowers are from Prima/QVC. Bling also from the stash. The greeting is a font called "Angel Tears".....think that's it!

Close Up of the image.

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Second September Challenge!

Second challenge of the month on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog! The theme is "Anything Goes or Patterned Papers". Sponsor this time is the wonderful Digistamps4Joy offering a $10 voucher.

I have used the image "Dream" by Digistamps4 Joy, and she was fab to colour. I cut out the letters in the stamp and layed different papers under them, for a paper-piece effect.

Papers from the Grace Taylor Home Sweet Home 12x12 pad.
Polychromo Pencils on Kraft Card.
Flowers from Wild Orchid.

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Challenge 24 on the Crafty Addicts Blog!

Back again with another inspiration card. It's Challenge 24 on the Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog and this time the theme is Funny/Anything Goes.

Awesome sponsor this time - Dr. Digis House of Stamps! Offering two free stamps to the winner! 

I have done one of the Dr.Digi stamps I won earlier in the year, I love him, he is fabulous, he is Mobility Malcolm!

Unsurprisingly, he is polychromos on kraft card! With some added enamel bling from the stash. Font is Impact Label.

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The September Challenge!

Challenge 11 on the Crafty Addicts Facebook Group goes live today! Theme this time is, as normal, Anything Goes, and the optional option (lol, going to leave that in!) of "Use Glitter". Sami Stamps is the sponsor this time, she has some amazing images, you'll be hard pressed to choose if you win! She's giving away a $12 gift card to the winner!

I chose to use the image "With You" from Sami Stamps for my DT inspiration card. I needed an image for an Anniversary Card and I thought it would be nice change from hearty type pictures!

I tried doing some distress ink blending on kraft card, and then cosmic shimmer mist over the top to get a watery effect. I masked off the image and text whilst I played with the ink. Font is "Little Lord Fontleroy". I added some sequins around the image (kind of wanting it to look rainy?) and then made the umbrella out of two glitter card stocks. The flowery one I have had since the beginning of time, must have been one of the first things I bought when I started to make cards and FINALLY I have used it on a project, lol. Image is unsurprisingly coloured with polychromos... the waxy finished meant it resisted the ink that made it through my masks really well!  

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Challenge 23! Moonflower and Gina Steampunk :)

Another new challenge on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog! This time the theme is ATG/Lace or Pearls.

Why not follow the link and enter? There's a great prize this time £10 voucher to spend at Moonflower!

Really enjoyed colouring Gina Steampunk from MoonFlower Digistamps this time.

I did the normal polychromos on kraft, with small pearl embellis to fit the theme. I then added the diecut cogs, (Joy Gears) also in kraft card and then real watch parts on top. Finally added a metal watch charm to fit the greeting. Larger cog embelli was from a pack by Tando.

Close up of head detail and pearl earrings :)

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Challenge 21 - First Crafty Addicts Challenge for August!

Hi everyone! Excited to be able to share my inspiration card for the 21st Challenge on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog.

This time the theme is "ATG/Emboss it!" and the two fab sponsors are Di's Digis ($12 voucher) and SamiStamps ($12 voucher)

I have used a stamp called "Pile of Whiskers" by SamiStamps and it was loads of fun to colour.

On the computer I layered the image over the top of the "Happy Birthday" before printing it out, so it looked like they were lay on top of the text. (Font is CheapskateOutline).

It's unsurprisingly all done in polychromos on kraft card with some Papermania star gems. To fit the theme I embossed some kraft card with a couple of plates from my crafty stash and used them on the back piece.

Close up of the detail.

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June Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog, Second Challenge!

Very lucky this month to have some great sponsors for the Craft Addicts Challenge Blog. This is the second challenge this month and the theme is Anything Goes/Hobbies.

The two sponsors this time are Digistamps4Joy offering $10 voucher and Robyn's Fetish offering 3 free images.

I love this Fant from Robyn's Fetish. He is called "An elephant never forgets." I added in some craft supplies around him to fit with the Hobbies theme.

So, it's polychromo pencils on kraft card again! I am addicted :) 3D foam mounted onto blank card stock, and bling in the corners :)

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June Facebook Crafty Addicts Challenge!

I loved making the card for this challenge and I have been waiting forever to be able to post about it :)

It's time for a new challenge on The Crafty Addicts Facebook Group. And this time the theme is as normal, "Anything Goes" and optionally "Bling it Up". My card is indeed very blingy in real life but sadly not so blingy in the photo, erf!

This challenge is sponsored by A Day For Daisies ($12 voucher to winner) and Morgan's Artworld (3 free digis to winner.)

I used an image called "Fairy Dog 3" from A Day for Daisies. I love it. Once I saw it I couldn't choose anything else. It is also perfect for a card I need to give in June, so double whammy bonus! :)

Its actually a one layer card, well, apart from the fact I decided in the end to crop it and mount it onto another card base. I printed the image and text onto card stock, masked them off and then sprayed it with Cosmic Shimmer Sprays. I then removed the masks and coloured in the dog with distress inks used like watercolours. I then added lots of Stickles glitter. So the Mica in the sprays and the glitter make it pretty blingy in real life.... not so in photograph tho! It's so cute... I kinda want to keep it. :)

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Challenge 17 on the Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog - Summertime!

Hi everyone. Another new challenge on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog and this time the theme is Anything Goes/Summertime!

We have two fab sponsors this challenge. Lacy Sunshine offering a prize of 3 digistamps and Oddball Art, also offering 3 digistamps to the winner.

I have chosen an image from Lacy Sunshine called "Lizzie and Claude". Coloured with polychromo pencils onto kraft card with a bit of extra bling!

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