Enjoying colouring!

Really enjoyed colouring this digistamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps! It's a recent release called Stained Glass Sunrise. Thought I would post it on what used to be LMMS Tuesday :D

When I saw how Barbara (Forgotten Scraps) had added in some corners to the curved part I knew I needed to do that too! Left mine uncoloured though, and just drew it in by hand. Loved using the copics for this, just relaxed and coloured it in without any colouring angst! I had in a commission for a churchy birthday card and thought it would be ideal. Font is Cinema Gothic BTN.

It's no longer LMMS Tuesday but....

... as I was lucky enough to get included in the New Release Mail Shot when I was a Guest DT member I couldn't resist sharing these two with you!!

 This is Lallana the Llama and Lukeelu the Alpaca from Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

I wanted to use a peruvian inspired colour palette for the fabrics and also the challenge of doing a spotty llama and a brown alpaca.  My default go to colour choices were abandoned for something less safe! And, I think it works ok?

When I mounted the card I thought the pair were disapearing into all that brown, so I cut them out and 3D foam mounted them to a topper to make them stand out.

Fonts are: DK Rosylee and Freehand 591 BT. I added stickles to the pom-poms for a bit of sparkle.

Thanks for this awesome bonus image LMMS, really enjoyed giving myself a challenge and colouring these two!

Little Miss Muffet Tuesday going down like a lead balloon?

It's that time again! And before I start -

Thanks very much for having me as a guest at Little Miss Muffet Stamps! Gorgeous range of digis and such a lovely friendly design team and community! It has been a real pleasure to work with you all.

Here is my final project for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this superb image is called "Feline Lead Balloon" and it makes me feel a bit on edge waiting for the pop!

Loved colouring this, worked really hard on trying to get a smooth blend on the balloon and resisted adding glossy accents to it so had to create the light and shine using just the pencils. Coloured the kitty using my normal technique for colouring fur with polychromo pencils on kraft card.

Here is a link to the digi in the shop!

I removed the sentiment that comes with the image and replaced it with something more birthday related. Fonts are Concurso Modern and DK Rosy Lee. The background paper is a freebie from Making Cards Magazine and I added purple sequins from the stash.

Although I left the balloon bare I did add glossy accents to his eyes, nose and nails. Spent a lot of time wondering if I need to add some kind of shadow for his fourth limb but in the end decided it was prolly obscured by the front leg.  A bit of a cheat maybe? :)

Loved colouring this up. Another super digi from LMMS! Would you like to see more and perhaps win some? Then check out the link below to visit the challenge blog!

LMMS Tuesday Time! - with snails.

These snails really make me chuckle! Wanted to share them with you on Little Miss Muffet Stamps Tuesday and they are my fourth project as Guest DT! Here are Belated Birthday Snails!

Although they are probably perfect for a belated card, I also think they are perfect for a snail mail card! Or just a "happy mail" theme! I coloured them with polychromo pencils on kraft card and the font is Concurso Modern.

Here is a link to them in the shop, where they are actually a rubber stamp which makes a change for me! Although I am a convert to the world of digital stamps, it's still really nice to have a REAL stamp sometimes, they are fab if you want to get a bit more creative!

I didn't use all the original squiggles that came with the image, but swapped most of them out for extra stars and then added glossy accents and stickles to make the image sparkle!

Did you know Little Miss Muffet Stamps has a fab facebook community? There is plenty of inspiration and ideas there as well as updates on offers for the shop! Join up?

Third Tuesday LMMS Post! - with added foxes.

Hello again! Back on a tuesday with some gorgeous Little Miss Muffet Stamps digi action! And this time is Celeste Amberglow Winter Woods. Yes, you are correct, I chose her cos of the fox. I am that predictable :)

This is such an incredibly pretty stamp, I really wanted to work hard to do her justice. I also was super keen to try out some new textures, so the boots have two textures and I wanted to add fur trims to the hoody. The greeting is simple because I am going to send her to a friend later on this year. (Font is Breamcatcher). As normal I used polychromo pencils on kraft card.

I added some glossy accents to her eyes and some stickles to the hearts on her hoody just to bling her up a bit, tho I was very tempted to leave her completely plain. Pearly gems around her were ancient stash finds. Used a new paper pad for the backing paper - Retro Feelings by Craft Sensations (Which claims to be doublesided, but unfortunately isn't!). I liked the colours in this paper tho, and thought it went well with the image.

There are so many ways to colour Celeste, I felt really inspired and just wanted to colour her again afterwards! If she tempts you, here she is in the shop:

Thanks very much for reading this far! If you would like the chance to win a voucher to spend in the LMMS shop, why don't you take part in the next LMMS Challenge on the Challenge Blog? Also a nice way to see some inspiration from the Design Team for using the stamps!

Little Miss Muffet Tuesday Time!

It's the second tuesday of the month and I am back with a new GDT Little Miss Muffet Project, and this time I have used Luna Bitterfrost Fallen Angel.

Isn't she awesome!? And great for feather practice, hair practice and skin practice! Really enjoyed doing her pink wings but it did take a while to do. They immediately improved with some pink glittery stickles right at the very end!

It's a simple greeting because I am going to use it for a commissioned card. (Font is Bernadette Rough) The remit for the commission was pink and sparkly, and I already know that they like shoes, so hoping her outfit will appeal too! I love her boots!

Really enjoyed my second guest project for Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Luna was such fun to do, plenty of little detail challenges to get stuck in to! Hope my customer likes her as much as I do :) Fancy colouring her yourself? Here she is in the shop!

LMMS has a fab facebook group you know? Why not pop by, join up and have a chat? :) It's also a great way to find out about new releases!

Little Miss Muffet Tuesday!

For the next five tuesdays I have the great honour of being a Guest Design Team Member for Little Miss Muffet Stamps! Was very excited to join the team for a stint and colour in some of the fabulous images! It's going to be hard for me to pick a favourite, but I might be starting with it! Here is Gelsey.

I had seen her once before on my friend Marion's Blog and thought she looked awesome to colour! I also wanted to pick a strong quote or saying for her, and in the end chose "Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit" so I can send it to a friend next time someone needs some strength and support! (Font is Tropical Script BTN)

I have coloured her with polychromo pencils (on kraft card ) and a tiny bit of white posca pen. I also added Glossy Accents to the beads and some stickles to her tail. Bling/Bubbles are from the stash.

Quite like it when the smooth card under the pencil catches the light and makes her tail look translucent! Wish I could capture that with my own colouring!  Gelsey is in the Little Miss Muffet Shop for just $3, and I definitely enjoyed every cents worth, so many details to focus on and effects to try and create! I pushed myself to go gold with Gelsey, and not fall back on my usual silvery metal effects, I think it gave her a richer look?

Thanks very much Little Miss Muffet Stamps for having me on the team! Project one complete! Excited to share project two next week!