Time to hop for Purple Day!

UPDATE: The hop is now closed. Thank you everyone who took part in the hop. The winner of this part of the hop was Chandhini, Shartl. 

(Comment on this post and the others in the hop to  be in with a chance of winning 2 free digistamps from Dr.Digi's House of Stamps!)

Hi everyone! Very happy today to be taking part in the Purple Day Blog Hop! As a group of crafty friends we are joining in with the hop today to increase awareness of epilepsy and how it effects peoples lives.

Purple day is a worldwide event to dispel common myths and fears about this neurological disorder and to reduce social stigmas associated with it. If you want to make a difference scan through this bit of blurb that will let you know what to do if someone you know has a seizure!

Thanks for joining the hop today! 

I am very happy to be sponsored by Dr.Digi's House of Stamps  and I have used Dumb Bell Derek for my purple card! 

If you would like a chance to win two digistamps of your choice from the Dr.Digi's Shop you must comment on each of the team's hop posts including this one and I will pick a random winner from everyone who has commented on this blog. 

Here is the digi I used from the shop (there is a sale on at the moment, use code sale20 to get 20% off):

And here is my version (Close up!):

He is coloured with polychromo pencils and a touch of white posca pen!  The font I used is "Ink free". Background papers from the stash and Making Cards Magazine. Bling stars from Paperchase.

There is also a chance to win prizes from Digi Doodle Studios,  Kinda cute by Patricia Alvarez, Ike's Art and Knitty Kitty Digis (that's me!).

You have from 26th - 31st of March to hop around the blogs, here are the links you need - 

Annabel ---You are here/.

Darnell

Fikreta

Hetty

Janis

Ike

Kitty

Karen

Lori

Lisa

Mia

Olga

Vicki

Thanks for joining in today, it's appreciated by all of the team that you took the time to hop!  Good luck with those prizes!

Links to our sponsors below:

Colin the Barbarian

Good Morning! I hope this blog post finds you germ free and not too short of toilet roll? Hope a bit of Colin will make you feel more cheery this morning, or send you straight to the gym, oh dear!

This is Colin the Barbarian (digistamp) from Dr.Digi's House of Stamps and my fortnightly DT post!

And here is what the digi looks like:

And here is my version:

I like doing skin and it's just five pencils so not too difficult!  White base layer, venetian red in the shadow parts, blended with light skin colour. Then walnut brown in the darkest areas and medium skin in the pinkest areas blended with white. Then keep adding layers!

No posca pen on this occasion, seemed to be ok without! I like adding white highlights to my colourings but I felt I got a strong enough white from my pencils this time.

Fonts are Modius Frigid and Newsflash BB.

Fancy a bit of shopping? Why not pop to the Dr.Digi Shop and have a browse. If you scroll to the bottom of the front page you can often find some discounted digis! Top tip!

Masterpiece

Welcome back to the blog and another Dr.Digi friday! And I went a bit off-piste today and not only coloured on white card, but also made a digital background. I know, I must be sick;)

This is Pablo the Painter. He may produce works that are not entirely genuine. I don't think Picasso is going to worry too much about his copy of the Portrait of Dora Maar though!

(Click the picture for a larger & better view)

So I swiped some famous paintings from google image search and made a gallery background for Pablo. I superimposed Pablo to make sure I was colouring him and the floor the correct size.

Here is the digistamp as in the shop (there are two versions, the other has a blank canvas):

And here is my version:

Then I coloured just Pablo and the floor on plain white card using polychromo pencils. Afterwards I slowly and painfully cut it out. (lol!)

I then re-edged some of the black outline of the stamp so it didn't get so lost in the background.

Finally I matted and layered it onto black card and then a white 18x18cm card blank. I made a little sentiment banner using Mister Sirloin font and attached it over the floor. Was a bit grumpy about covering that much beautifully coloured woodwork though, lol!

Thanks for joining me today! Why not pop to the Dr.Digi shop and see what inspires your to be artistic?