Woolly Cats!

Hi Everyone! (X-posted to the Sassy and Crafty Blog! time zones permitting!) Very happy to share with you a special GDT project I have been working on for Sassy and Crafty!

This is one of the kitties from their Thank Mew (4x8) Stamp Set.

Here is the super cute stamp set (this kitty has friends!) -

And here is my version -

I know, you've spotted it's A LOT bigger than the stamp set. 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!

I created the whole topper on the computer and printed just the kitty/wool part slightly pale (no-lines colouring style) straight onto kraft card. This meant all I had to do was colour it up and then cut it out!

Top inside tip, if you want to try no-lines colouring but get frustrated when you lose the details of the original stamp, always print out a normal dark version to refer back to as you colour. I always do, so I can remember where things are, like whiskers! 

I'm not sure why I went for a watermeh-loon ( Always pronounce it just like this, it's going to make you chuckle every time, I assure you.) colour scheme but I did. I love some red and green free from having to be christmassy! Papers are all from Making Cards Magazine. Bling is from the stash. I used a white posca pen for highlights.

The sentiment is also from the stamp set which has a great choice of phrases to use with the kitty stamps! 

Why not check out their blog now to see all the other inspo and super new stamp sets at Sassy And Crafty?

I have started on Christmas.

It's not even that early to start is it? I know several people who have already finished their Christmas Makes! Already! But, here I am, still on my first few and I decided to use the Layered Stencil "Plaid" from Witt and Sass to make a feature background for a christmas card.

I used the stencil and distress inks to begin with and then used some texture paste through the stencil afterwards. 

I added some ribbon (freebies from Making Cards Magazine), red rosette (From Helen) and Jolee gingerbread stickers also from Helen (I think she may have had them in her stash for a while!)

I printed out a greeting on the PC in Bernadette Rough and added with 3D Foam. Done!

Thanks for joining me today! I've another Christmas Make using the Plaid Stencil scheduled for Thursday :)

Airgungoodness!

We were really pleased to find an amazing offer online from Prettygrafik Design at the end of last year for their packs of digistamps and papers. For this card I have used some of the designs from the Cocoa and Cookies set. (They are actually on sale at 80% off at the time of writing this!)

I was at Helen's house using her airgun with copics and made the striped background for this card. The two mugs were coloured using Spectrum Noir pencils that I was busy trying out too :) The table cloth Helen made whilst she was demoing some of her copic skillz :) Stickles, Gloss and Sequins all added after from the stash.

Greeting is from the Holiday Dolls set by Hero Arts. Washi tape (I think!) is from Paperchase.

Peacock Feathers.

I recently picked up a kids sticker book called "Edwardian Fashion - Usborne Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing." and thought there was potential for some fab cards! I am also pretty excited to find out that it is a series and there are more books with different fashion eras to find too! It might have to be for personal projects only, but I really enjoyed making this card using them. This is Cecily, and her peacock gown.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Hobbycraft.