Faery Ink Little Mermaid Queen

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Also 2 runner up prizes of 3 free digis from the Faery Ink Shop!

 I am super excited to announce another card and digistamp giveaway but this time with Faery Ink Art and Design! Have you ever been and had a good look thru the Faery Ink Etsy Shop? Soooo many amazing images that look really exciting to colour up! 

I loved colouring Little Mermaid Queen, and my card is part of the top prize along with 3 free digistamps of your choice from the Faery Ink Shop!

Here is the Little Mermaid Queen digistamp that I worked with:

And here is my version:

As normal its all polychromo pencils on kraft card with a bit of white posca pen and stickles! Not done the white spot dandruff hair for a while and I think it works ok on a mermaid, lol!

Really happy with how her tail came out, I think it's my best version using this method yet, but would like to get it down to an exact formula before I share how I do it, make it as easy as possible!

The background paper is recoloured but original is from Making Cards Magazine. Font is Candy Buzz BTN. Bling was from Hobbycraft, it's an awesome mermaid type set, defo would recommend!

I had such a good time colouring up this stamp, I hope I can send her to a loving new home soon! Please feel free to enter wherever you can. Details on how to take part are in the giveaway post wherever you head to! Good Luck!

Merman-Momoa

It's a very dangerous thing suggesting to an enabler craft friend (Amy at Sweet November Stamps!) that you like her digistamp (Fluke Swiftfin!) and really want to do a crazy version of it. Then they send you the stamp and say "do it!". 

So, Jason Momoa Merman happened. lol!

This is the digistamp, I used it as a guide and stayed pretty much to the layout, just added in a few details on his face and a few tattoos on his body! (He also comes with a M.C. Hammerhead shark that I did not include, sorry!)

If you follow the link to look at it in the shop you can see Amy's version of him, much easier to see the original stamp on that.

And here is my version (lol):

I kind of based this on his Aquaman outfit, though he doesn't have a tail in that, but if he did I hope it would look like this one! I tried cross-hatch scales on his tail too this time, its MUCH easier than doing individual scallops

I REALLY enjoyed doing this, and I am so pleased that Amy let me do it!  I know it's not a perfect Momoa, but it's almost there??? lol.

Thanks for joining me today, hope you had a little lol at Fluke Momoa and enjoyed my barmy ideas :)

More great mermaids in the Sweet November Stamp Shop! Check them out?

The Look Out

I had a fab opportunity that I would like to share with you today, a little play with this super newly released image from Sweet November Stamps! Thanks Amy! I thought she would be lovely to colour up and she definitely was! She is called "The Look Out".

Here she is in the shop, tho the tail comes as a separate digi so you can place it wherever is suits you for your card:

And here is a close up of my version:

I'm a little bit obsessed with the coastal landscape and critters so added in a few rock dwelling friends for her.  

She is coloured with Faber Castell Polychromo pencils on kraft card. Doing a diaphanous rainbow tail really challenged my skills!

Font is Delinquente Demo. Background paper from Making Cards Magazine (July 2016). Bling from Shimelle and the stash. Quote thanks to André Gide.

So pleased to have got the opportunity to colour up this stunning image from Sweet November Stamps! I love doing mermaids, one of my fav things to colour. Make sure to pop the shop and check out all of their fabulous stamps, super high quality and gorgeous to colour up.

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!

Challenge 37 at the Crafty Addicts.

A new challenge has started on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog and the theme is ATG or Use diecuts.

Two smashing sponsors, Polkadoodles (Prize of Prize £6.75 approx 3 images) and Conie Fong Art (Prize of $10 gift card)!

I have made two cards, one from each sponsor. First -  have used Sally and Little Squirrel by Conie Fong.

Conie's stamps are a delight to colour and I am probably going to use this stamp a lot while I explore using different colour ways and styles etc. Love it! It's possibly meant to be a christmas image, but I am going to use it for a wintery birthday card instead.

The diecut I have used it called Leafy Tree Backdrop Portrait from Lawn Fawn. The leaves also come with the die and I used them with blue vellum.
Coloured with Polychromos Pencils on Kendal Buff Cardstock.
Tiny spot of stickles on the flower.
Posca pen to make the spots.
Blue baker's twine from the stash.

My second card is using Polkadoodles - Meribelle Rock It!  I've printed it onto kraft card and then coloured it with polychromo pencils. I also added in some white highlights using a posca paint pen.

The dies I have used as part of the frame are from a set by Sue Wilson called Fillables Fish Bowl. I added a touch of Nuvo Jewel drops to the sea horses to make a different texture.

Finished card -

Polkadoodles gave the Design Team a choice of three super digistamps for this challenge:

Meribelle Rock It

Female Painter Decorator

Foxy Friend

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Second Challenge of the Year on Crafty Addicts

Time for Challenge 33 on The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog, and this time the theme is ATG or Add a Sentiment. The sponsor this time is the incredibly talented Julia Spiri offering a prize of two digis, or three if you take part in the challenge using a Julia Spiri image!

I have used a gorgeous digi called "Mermaid and Lotus" by Julia, it was really lovely to colour and I am happy with the result.

I might need another go at doing an iridescent tail though, I don't dislike this version but it wasn't what I was originally aiming for! I will get there...maybe copics is the way to go! :)

As normal, this is polychromo pencils on kraft card. (Or Kendal Buff if you are a paper nerd like me.) The font is Parisian BT and the added sparkle is stickles. I added some enamel bling in the corners too.

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